House Destroyed by Tornado - Caught on Surveillance Camera rjo232KCRG 2008-06-04 | An ATM surveillance camera from First State Bank in Parkersburg, Iowa caught this amazing footage of a house being destroyed by the deadly May 25th EF-5 tornado. The person who lives here was home at the time and was not injured. Hard to believe after seeing the video!
Man Allegedly Exposes Himself Near School, Parents on Alert rjo232KCRG 2009-05-07 | By: Claire Kellett, Anchor/ReporterIOWA CITY - Parents got an automated alert Wednesday telling them police are investigating a flasher who frightened two kids walking home from Roosevelt Elementary School in Iowa City. Police say the incident happened Monday afternoon, but the Iowa City school district and police learned about it Wednesday morning. Police believe a man exposed himself and was possibly masturbating outside when the 11-year-old girls walked by him. The alleged incident happened in the 700 block of West Benton Street, just a few blocks away from the school.Busloads of students leave Roosevelt Elementary School in Iowa City weekday afternoons. 7-year-old Npatanishi Byrd uses a different mode of transportation, her own two feet. After Monday's report of a man exposing himself to students, this first grader will walk with a parent every single step of the way."I thought that's psycho. That's not cool. So now her mother really doesn't want her to walk to school by herself, period," says Antoine McKinnie's, Npatanishi's stepfather.A recorded voicemail from the school district alerted parents of the police investigation around lunchtime Wednesday. Officers began the investigation that morning, interviewing both girls."The officer wanted to make sure he wasn't getting a "community story" so he interviewed them separately, and their stories were consistent," says Sergeant Troy Kelsay of the Iowa City Police Department.The story is two girls, one in fifth grade, the other in sixth, were walking home on West Benton Street. The girls say an adult male watching them walk by exposed himself and was possibly masturbating. Police think the alleged incident was timed, but aren't sure if the man wanted the students to see him."There is nothing in the girls' account indicating the suspect called out to them or tried to attract their attention," says Sergeant Kelsay.Details aside, the story has Todd Widmer thinking he'll likely accompany his girls to and from school even when they're old enough to walk alone."They are going to be sick and tired of me walking them back and forth all of their life," says Widmer.Parents are being extra cautious. So are police. For now, patrols are up near Roosevelt Elementary School.The suspect is described as a white male, possibly 30 to 40 years of age. The girls say he was dressed in all blue and was wearing a black baseball hat and dark sunglasses.One of the girls told police she thinks she saw the same man again Tuesday afternoon. As of now, police are treating this as an isolated case.
2009 St Patricks Day Parade rjo232KCRG 2009-03-17 | St. Patrick's Day Parade in Cedar Rapids - March 17th 2009.
Aerials of Cedar Rapids Iowa During Flood of 2008 rjo232KCRG 2008-06-15 | KCRG-TV9's video of Cedar Rapids from the air during the record breaking flood of 2008 (June 14, 2008)
Bank Surveillance Cameras Rolled as Tornado Hit rjo232KCRG 2008-06-03 | Seconds before the tornado hit Parkersburg, First State Bank looked like most banks do on a Sunday, quiet and empty. Then the winds roared through, papers and furniture swirled into the air. Even though the tornado ripped the security camera off the wall and tossed it around, the lens still managed to capture the video at left.
Flooding in Lamont, Iowa rjo232KCRG 2008-05-29 | A huge storm destroyed hundreds of homes in NE Iowa on May 25th, 2008. The town of Lamont was devastated by flooding. More info: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/19331299.html
KCRG-TV9 Coverage Tornado Hits NE Iowa 5-25-08 rjo232KCRG 2008-05-29 | This is KCRG-TV9 coverage as the EF5 tornado hit NE Iowa on May 25th, 2008. TV9 was live on the air, covering Sunday's storms from around 4:00pm until after the 10pm news. This is a small section of that coverage. A total of seven people were killed by this storm and hundreds of homes were destroyed.
Aerials of Parkersburg after Tornado rjo232KCRG 2008-05-29 | This is aerial footage of the town of Parkersburg, Iowa, after an EF5 tornado took out half the town on May 25th, 2008. Seven people died in that storm.
Hazleton Aerials after EF-5 Tornado rjo232KCRG 2008-05-28 | Views of the town of Hazleton, Iowa after an EF-5 Tornado hit the town. That tornado ended up killing seven people across NE Iowa.
KCRG-TV9 Coverage After Killer Tornado Hits rjo232KCRG 2008-05-28 | An EF-5 tornado tore through NE Iowa on May 25th, 2008, killing seven people. This is the A block of the KCRG-TV9 News at 10:00 that evening.
NE Iowa Torando Video (7 people killed) rjo232KCRG 2008-05-28 | Video captured on cell phone while trying to get ahead of tornado by Parkersburg, Iowa firefighters. Submitted to KCRG-TV9 by Erik Schoneman and Rod Truax Jr. 1/4 mile SW of town.
