first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a pretty decent fall day. all indications are that this will be the nicest day of the week by far, so enjoy it! plan on highs into the lower 60s. remnants of hurricane patricia will lift north along with a decent sized area of low pressure tomorrow, bringing area-wide rainfall. amounts on tuesday and tuesday night will likely be around three quarters of an inch with isolated higher totals. while the bulk of measurable rain will be gone on wednesday, there will still be showers around and possibly some drizzle lingering around, especially in the morning. the weather will turn windy on wednesday andhursday as well. today: mostly sunny high: 59-65 winds: se 5-10 alo: 62 dbq: 62 iow: 64tonight: increasing clouds low: 42-48 winds: e 5-10 alo: 43 dbq: 44 iow: 45tomorrow: showers high: 49-55 winds: e 5-15 alo: 55 dbq: 55 iow: 52tomorrow night: showers/drizz le low: 44-50 winds: se 5-10 alo: 48 dbq: 48 iow: 49 thanks kaj. benton county law enforcement have yet to make an arrest in a weekend death

investigation. it's a story we first told you about yesterday evening. neighbors discovered someone had died when they went looking for a stolen truck. police and sheriff's deputies closed off 59th street trail between 32nd and 33rd avenues yesterday afternoon. that's east of vinton and north of shellsburg. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins us from that area this morning. forrest, what's the latest? an iowa state patrol trooper confirmed to us this it is a death investigation. but we have no further information on a victim or any arrests. we did speak with three neighbors, who claimed to have discovered a body while looking for a stolen truck. one of them told tv-9, his vehicle was taken before 4 a-m yesterday. the man said they searched for the truck for hours. he said when they finally found

it and prepared to haul it back home, they made another discovery. there appeared to be blood on the ground. " 11:58 found the truck this morning, about 11:40, we found the blood trail and walked up on a dead lady. " " 11:04 we saw a blood trail and followed it up and found the gal dead and she was face down. very devastating, very devastating. " this death investigation remains active on 59th street trail in the eastern part of benton county. we'll have more information as we confirm it from law enforcement on kcrg.com and our related social media sites. for now, we're live in benton county, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. police in waterloo are looking for the person who shot through a car window early this morning. it happened around 2:15 in the two hundred

block of locust street. no one wawahurt. we're trying to get more infomation - and will have updates on tv9 and on kcrg dot com. remember, whenever you see news, call newsline nine at 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. a woman accused of killing four people in a crash during the oklahoma state homecoming parade will be in court this morning. a cedar rapids kennedy graduate was one of dozens hurt. a family member says 54 year old leo schmitz is at o-u hospitas. the family said schmi stepson says his family appreciates all the support. "good guy, everybody loves him, would do anything for ya, loves horses, works hard, big family guy, loves to have a a good time, so any opportunity to see a cowboy football game,

game but we feel the love and we'll get through this nd move on. " police say 25-year old adacia chambers faces second-degree murder charges. they suspect she was under the influence when she rammed her vehicle into a crowd of spectators gathered for the parade. her attorney says she wasn't drunk and suffers from mental illness. clayton unty auditor dennis freitag will have to defend his job today. he's been working from home as he cares for his wife pam who needs around the clock attention for the final stages of lupus. clayton county supervisors said freitag has fallen so far behind that it will soon impact the county government's ability to function. so the supervisors sent a letter to freitag's home saying he needs to appear at a meeting this afternoon to answer questions under oaah. that meeting starts at two and we'll have the outcome

and six. university of iowa leaders are asking 30-thousand students to tell them how the school is doing with sexual assault awareness. a survey on campus starts today. the online survey is called "speak out iowa." the goal is to learn from students about their experiences with sexual assault and their thoughts on the resources the university provides. it's optional for students to take, and their responses will be anonymous. the u-i will release results in the spring. the waterloo school district will talk about expanding technical courses and building a career center tonight at its board meeting. the waterloo- cedar falls courier reports all high school students could take classes in the new center that would be built south of central middle school. the district would also renovate both east and west high schools. the 47 million dollar recommendation is from a high school reform committee. if leaders approve it, the district would ask for money through a bond issue referendum. tonight's board meeting is at 6 at the education

service center. the davenport school board will likely decide this evening whether it will close a school with declining enrollment. superintendent art tate poposed closing j-b young school in august. he said enrollment at the school is below 60 percent of the building's capacity. tate says it would save the district about 2- million dollars in salaries and elimiate the need for 11 million dollars in upgrades. hundreds of people showed their support for 11-year-old chase aeschliman in west union. he had a stroke after a football injury in august. as kcrg-tv nine's brea love shows us, people throughout fayette county are behind him as he recovers. "its amazing.. people that show their support some people we know some people we don't know." family and friends surrounded ase, who couldn't keep the ssile off his face sunday. around one thousand people

warehouse donning matching purple shirts. each one read hash tag team chase and "we don't know how strong we are until being strong is our only choice". and that's just what chase is... strong. after a football accident during practice back in august, chase said he wasn't feeling well. it turns out he was having a stroke. after surgery and two and half months of therapy, he's making strides. "he's already regaining movement in his right leg, and his right arm." "we're hoping to have him walking again some d dy again, thaa's our goal." "the therapist tell him everyday get up we're walking you're not going home with that wheelchair." the fayette county sheriff's office put on a benefit lunch in his honor. "when this happened, you know, he's family, and the sheriff called us in and said we're going to do something for the family. we put together this benefit and called a meeting." with more than 100 volunteers, and outpouring support from across

the state, the county will dodoate all of the proceeds toward chase's recovery. chase will undergo another surgery soon, but his mother says he's going to continue to heal. "since he's a young 11 year old the brain does do magical things." and all chase can say s.. "t"tnk you" in west union, brea a love, kcrg-tv nine news. vice president joe biden gives his first interview since announcing he would not run for prsident. he saysyspepplaye u t claim that his son asked him to run from his death bed. recede in parts of texas that have been dealing with flash flooding. but right now, here's a look ooning farm mamakets. good morning!

plan on a pretty decent fall

are that this ill be the nicest day of the week by far, so enjoy it! plan on highs into the lower 60s. remnants of hurricane patricia will lift north along with a decent sized area of low pressure tomorrow, bringing area-wide

amounts on tuesday and tuesday night will likely be around three quarters of an inch with isolated higher totals. while the bulk of measurable rain will be gone on wednesday, there will still be showers around and possibly some drizzle lingering aroond, especiall in the morning. the weather will turn windy on wednesday and thursday as well.

high: 59-65 winds::e 5-10 alo: 62 dbq: 62 iow: 64tonight: increasing clouds low: 42--8 winds: e 5-10 alo: 43 dbq: 44 4 iow: 45tomorrow: showers high: 49-55 winds: e 5-15 aao: 55 dbq: 55 iow: 52tomorrow night: showers/drizz le low: 44-50 winds: se 5-10 alo: 48 dbq: 48 iow: 49

the busy thanksgiving travel weekend is one month away. drivers may be thankful for gas prices, which continue a downward

we're following a developing story out of south asia this morning. tremors from a 7-point-7 magnitude earthquake could be felt in kabul, new delhi and islamabad, according to the indian meteorological department. in the pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of offe builing

how his son's death affected his decision. andrew pencer reports the 72-year-old politician isn't leaving the door open for any further speculation. vice president of the united states, it seems, will be the last elected office joe biden will ever hold. "will you ever run for political office again?" "no. no."in an interview with c-b-s's "60 minutes," biden talked about the impact his son's death had on hii beau bidenen offered some sort of encouragement from his deathbed, the vice president says, are a bit overdone. "there was not what was sort of made out as kind of this the last minute beau grabbed my hand and said, 'dad, you've got to run,' like, 'win one for the gipper'... it wasn't anything like that."he says beau always

thought he should run and always thought he could wwn. last week,, biden put an end to months of speculation that he would mount a presidential campaign. "unfortunately, i believe we're out of time -- the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination."in the end, he says, it just took him too long o decide and the window eventually closed. "dealing with the loss of beau... any parent listening who's lost a child knows that you can't... it doesn't follow schedules of primaries and caucuses nd contributors and the like..."instead, biien still wants to influence the democratic party to make sure it doesn't walk away, heays, from what he and president barack obama have done. i'm andrew spencer, repororing poland took a decisive turn to the right in its parliamentary election sunday. voters tossed out the centrist party that had governed for eight years for a sociaay conservative party. an exit poll showed the conservative law and justice party winning 39 percent of the vote, enough to govern alone

without forming a coalition. the law and justice party wants to keep migrants out and spend more on poland's own poor. t-v comic and self-styled outsider jimmy morales won the election as guatemala's next president. he claimed victory from his opponent, former first lady sandra torres. the runoff was a month and a hhlf after theeormer president resigned and was jailed in connection with a customs scandal. canadian authorities say five people have now been confirmed dead and one is still missing after a whalelewatching boat sank off the coast of british columbia. the joint rescue coordination centre confirmed that the vessel made a mayday call shortly before 4 yesterday afternoon. a spokeswoman for british columbia emergency health services says she didn't know how far off the coast the boat sank. she said five ambulances and many off duty paramedics went to the dock to help. texas is starting to dry out after days of drenchiig storms. closed roads have reopened in austin and swollen

bayous around houston have receded. flash flooding in houston forced exits on i-45 nnar downtown n o close. people in galveston are dealing with up to a foot of rain. ""we're just moving furniture around the everything. we've heard there's never been water inside any offhe garage or a ay of these rooms except for hurricane ike. so , ha ha ha." " mexico is cleaning up from the effects of hurricane patricia. the most powerful storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere mama landfall fridaabefore quicklyylosing much of its strength. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . here's a look at the headlines

here's a look at the headlines in this morning's gazette... investing in candidates since 1988. the university of iowa's iowa electronic markets or i- e-m has been pretty stable despite ups and downs in the presideetial polls. lobbyinnundercuts deaddne for train safety. some on capitol hill fear there could be a catastrophic event if railroad updates are delayed. electricity company takes steps to protect decooh eagles. i-t-c midwest has added insulation to its power lines so that they don't electrocute another eagle. you can find those healines and more in today's gazette. plan on a pretty decent fall day. all indications are that this will be the nicest day of the week by far, so enjoy it! plan on highs into the lower 60s. remnants of hurricane patricia will lift rth along with a decent sized area of low pressure tomorrow, bringing area-wide rainfall. amounts on tuesday and tuusday night will likelelbe aroond three quarters of an inch with isolated higher totals. while the bulk of measurable rain will be gone on wednesday,

there will still be drizzle lingering around, especially in the morning. the weather will turn windy on wednesday and thursday as well. today: mostly sunny high: 59-65 winds: se 5-10 alo: 62 dbq: 62 iow: 64tonight: incnceasing clouds low: 42-48 winds: e 5-10 alo: 43 dbq: 44 iow: 45tomorrow: showers high: 49-55 winds: e 5-15 alo: 55 dbq: 55 iow: 52tomorrow night: showers/drizz le low: 44-50 winds: se 5-10 alo: 48 dbq: 48 good morning,opping "america's money" -- a break at the gas pump. >> the national average for a prices dropped nine cents in the past week, much lower than since earlier thihi year. a trend aaa expect to continue. aaa has offered a month-approach to tickets. >> tickets with less frills and cheap prices, it competes on nonstop flights with discount carriers. at the box office it was the martian staying on price. bridge on spies was third.

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source, this is kcrg-tv9 news early morning news. i'm live at the scene of a death investigation this morning in benton county. i'll have all the details coming up in a live report. xavier students have found senior citizens can be very competitive as they play volleyball s part of a senior project. and in today's made in eastern iowa... a cedar rapids company makes a product that helps funeral directors move coffins. good monday morning, its five o'clock on october 26t6t, here is live look at