Garrett Heyd

3 weeks ago | cbs2iowa.com | Garrett Heyd

This past week, students a part of the Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates, or IJAG, program at Iowa City West spent the last few days of their school year giving back to their community.

1 month ago | cbs2iowa.com | Garrett Heyd

So far, this year's severe weather season has been a busy one across the United States, especially as we enter the summer months, just a few days away. National Severe T'Storm Warnings & Tornado Warnings - 2025But when we look at the season so far inside Iowa's borders, it's been very different. Looking at just the severe thunderstorm warning counts across the country and here in Iowa, the country as a whole is nearly 1.5 times ahead of the year-to-date 40-year average.

1 month ago | cbs2iowa.com | Garrett Heyd

Gravity waves in the atmosphere are very different from gravity waves created by large stellar objects like black holes. In this case, gravity waves are waves in the atmosphere created by air flowing over or around things like mountains and in some cases, thunderstorms. These waves can occasionally be seen from radar and satellite by seeing their effects on clouds. You can think of it like ripples in a pond after a rock was thrown into it.

1 month ago | cbs2iowa.com | Garrett Heyd

IOWA — Now that we're getting into the latter half of May, the planting season for many of Iowa's farmers is well underway. Across the state, we've been seeing excellent progress for most of Iowa's corn and soybean crops being planted. As of Monday, the USDA's Crop Progress Reports 91% of Iowa's corn crops being planted and 84% of the state's soybeans being in the ground. They are both nearly two weeks ahead of last year which is around six to 13% ahead of the five-year average.

1 month ago | cbs2iowa.com | Garrett Heyd

Sometime soon, astronomers are expecting a star over 3000 light-years away to go nova any time now. When it does, this star will "reappear" in our night sky for the first time in nearly 80 years!T_CrB_NOVA -- Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image LabThe star in our sky is usually pretty dim and nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye. With a magnitude of only 10, for reference, the North Star has a magnitude of about 2.