CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After nearly seven months of COVID-19 restrictions, fewer drivers have taken to Iowa’s roadways, which, in turn, means fewer people at the pumps and less funding for road construction through the gas tax.Work to improve the interchange between Interstate 380 and Interstate 80 in Johnson County will now take more time. That’s after funding the Iowa Department of Transportation uses for road projects like the new interchange took a hit due to the pandemic.“Starting back in March we saw as much as 40% of the traffic go down,” Cathy Cutler, a transportation planner...…CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After nearly seven months of COVID-19 restrictions, fewer drivers have taken to Iowa’s roadways, which, in turn, means fewer people at the pumps and less funding for road construction through the gas tax.Work to improve the interchange between Interstate 380 and Interstate 80 in Johnson County will now take more time. That’s after funding the Iowa Department of Transportation uses for road projects like the new interchange took a hit due to the pandemic.“Starting back in March we saw as much as 40% of the traffic go down,” Cathy Cutler, a transportation planner...WW…

Linn County has refrigeration trucks ready to serve as make-shift morgues, to handle an increase in COVID-19 deaths.Linn County Medical Examiner Donnie Linder said he is especially aware of the threat of the virus after spending the past week treating patients in hard-hit New Orleans. New Orleans has more than 20,000 confirmed cases with nearly 1,200 deaths across Louisiana. Besides being a medical examiner, Doctor Linder works as an ER doctor in St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Linder is also a clinical faculty at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. He said he was anxious to go...…Linn County has refrigeration trucks ready to serve as make-shift morgues, to handle an increase in COVID-19 deaths.Linn County Medical Examiner Donnie Linder said he is especially aware of the threat of the virus after spending the past week treating patients in hard-hit New Orleans. New Orleans has more than 20,000 confirmed cases with nearly 1,200 deaths across Louisiana. Besides being a medical examiner, Doctor Linder works as an ER doctor in St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Linder is also a clinical faculty at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans. He said he was anxious to go...WW…