has your first alert forecast, kaj... nicest days of this work week. plan on sunny sky today, with a few more clouds in the sky tomorrow. highs will be back into the mid-50s in many areas today with upper 50s possible tomorrow. our next storm system is still on track to move in on thunderstorm s all across the tv9 viewing area. some of these storms may be strong in the afternoon and evening hours. a solid half inch to one inch of rain is possible with this system. behind it, it will be quite windy, with gusts to 45mph on thursday morning. friday will also be windy with temperatures falling down to the lower 40s for highs. bottom line is to enjoy today and tomorrow! thanks kaj. waterloo police are

where bullets hit a car and a house. police responded to a car crash near vinton and courtland streets late yesterday afternoon. that's when they found a car with bullet holes up against a tree. the waterloo- cedar falls courier reports bullets also hit a house nearby. no one was hurt. 3 homicides in 48 hours. authorities in central iowa have responded to three fatal shootings near the des moines area over the weekend. the most recent one was outside a nightclub. polk county authorities are looking for a person who shot and killed a man and hurt 3 others early yesterday. deputies responded to a fight outside evolution nightclub around 2 a.m. that's on the des moines' north side behind the bridgestone plant by interstates 80 and 35. when they arrived, they heard several gunshots. they found 20-year-old dashwan smith with a gunshot wound and took him to the hospital. he later died there. 3 other people also went to the hospital. " there were several hundred

when this incident occurred what we need is the communities help. police took a 17-year-old into custody on saturday night for the shooting death of a 28-year-old man on friday night. and 42-year-old brendan mcguinness has been charged in waukee for the shooting death of 41- year-old gino risola on saturday morning. this is the first recorded homicide in waukee--a suburb of des moines-- since 1977. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. crews are cleaning up railcars in western wisconsin - 32 of them derailed along the mississippi river. at least 5 of the cars were carrying ethanol. the burlington northern santa fe train hopped the tracks outside alma, wisconsin -- that's northwest of la crosse. more than 150 people had to evacuate in the hours after the derailment on saturday. law enforcement says no one was hurt. last winter, there were two major derailments here in the tv-9 viewing area. in february, a canadian pacific train carrying ethanol cars derailed into the

mississippi in dubuque county, near balltown. some of the ethanol drained into nearby soil and water. then, in march, a b-n- s-f oil train derailed near galena, leading to evacuations on the illinois side of the mississippi. investigators said 8 rail cars carrying bakken crude oil went off the tracks. the university of missouri board of curators is set to meet this morning at 10 for a partially closed session. this comes as protests at the university of missouri are amplifying as students ask for the president to resign. 1:15-1:19 i say--power, i say--power, i say--power, i say-power this protest involved several students blocking the president-- timothy wolfe's car. students are protesting the school's handling of racial tensions- specifically wolfe's part in that. this comes after about 30 black football players say they won't practice or play until the president is gone. one student has even gone as far as going on a hunger strike until wolfe is

" so i'm in this because it's that serious. we're dealing with humanity here and at this point we can't afford to continue to work with individuals who just don't care for their constituents. " wolfe said yesterday that he's dedicated to a dialogue to solve what he called very complex issues. missouri's next football game is on saturday. it's unclear what penalty the players may face if they refuse to play. millions of americans are conned out of their money every year. that includes iowans. so for the second time in about 18 months the iowa fraud fighters are on the case. tv-9's forrest saunders joins us at the desk this morning. forrest, fraud is pretty common? it can be. let's look at the numbers. according to the iowa insurance division: con artists swindle more than 7 million americans each year. they take about 3 billion dollars. the target demographic? those 60 and older. the

commissioner the victims include smart iowans being tricked by sophisticated schemes, losing their entire life savings. a retired marion school teacher, jo ennis, was one who never thought she'd fall for a con. but starting back in 2006, scammers took used a ponzi-style investment scheme to grab about 1- million from her after she sold the family farm. the man behind the fraud plead guilty and jo recouped some of her losses. now, her story is being featured in a traveling forum on the dangers of investment fraud. the iowa insurance division is behind the effort, traveling the state and coming to coralville a week from today. " they help me a lot, personally. we learn a lot about issues in communities. we actually opened up cases at these events. we learn what's happening in our communities across the state. it also lets people know that we're there. " the commissioner estimates his office will see 55-hundred to 6- thousand inquires this year. a lot of them will be

complaints. the commissioner says that number is on par with years previous. the event is november 16th at the holiday inn conference center. people need to rsvp by november 12th. seats are still available. head to iowa fraud fighters dot gov to register. it's interesting that they are coming back to eastern iowa so soon. right. thanks a lot forrest. republican presidential candidate ben carson has been taking questions on the events he wrote in his book. a wall street journal article focuses on a story from carson's 19-90 autobiography. the neurosurgeo n wrote in a yale class called "perceptions 301", students were led to believe tests had been burned, requiring all the students to take it. in the book, carson said he was the only student who didn't walk out. but leaders from yale told the wall street journal that there was no such psychology class. sot " the burden of proof is not going to be on me to corroborate everything that i've ever talked about in my

road, every single day from now until the election you're going to be spending your time doing that and we have much more important things to do " carson also faces scrutiny for claiming west point had offered him a full scholarship. he later said that he never applied or was granted admission. carson called the story quote a "political hit job". not many presidential candidates will be in iowa over the next few days as both sides prepare for debates this week. on saturday night, democrat martin o'malley met with hundreds of linn county democrats in marion for the group's hall of fame dinner. the former maryland governor again touted his experience as a state executive. he's the only 1 in the field of 3 who has been a governor. yet his polling - in both iowa and nationally - is in the single digits. the republican field will meet for a debate in milwaukee tomorrow that will air on the fox business network. as with the previous republican debate, there will be two -- one at 6 pm for the candidates with less

than 2 point 5 percent of the vote in polls, and the 8 p-m debate for those in the top-tier of the polling. donald trump and carson are at the top of the field, with trump narrowly leading a cnn/orc poll of iowa voters. that was released on friday. all three of the democratic presidential candidates will meet in des moines at drake university for a debate on saturday night. this will be the only iowa debate for the democrats before the 2016 iowa caucuses in february. o'malley, former secretary of state hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders were together in iowa last month at the jefferson-jackson dinner, also in des moines. tonight, dubuque city leaders will get opinions on a proposed new skate park. the city has committed 600-thousand dollars to the project and has challenged a user-group to raise another 200-thousand. the city wants to get several ideas for a design. the meeting will also review dubuque's two existing skate parks at comiskey park and mcaleece

sports complex. the meeting will be tonight at six at the five flags center on main street. starting today, the dubuque county library will forgive fines for food. library users can swap a non-perishable food item for one dollar in fines. the library will donate all of the food to the saint stephen's food bank. dubuque county library district has branches in asbury, epworth, farley, holy cross and peosta. some university of missouri football players say they won't play in saturday's game. they say the university president isn't handling racially charged incidents well enough. authorities have found more evidence that a russian plane crashed mid-air over egypt because of a bomb. but right now, here's a look at today's

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today and tomorrow will be the nicest days of this work week. plan on sunny sky today, with a few more clouds in the sky tomorrow. highs will be back into the mid-50s in many areas today with upper 50s possible tomorrow. our next storm system is still on track to move in on

s all across the tv9 viewing area. some of these storms may be strong in the afternoon and evening hours. a solid half inch to one inch of rain is possible with this system. behind it, it will be quite windy, with gusts to 45mph on thursday morning. friday will also be windy with temperatures falling down to the lower 40s for highs. bottom line is to enjoy today and tomorrow!

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a college football team is now caught up in a campus protest, as some students call for the university of missouri system president to resign. andrew spencer reports the team's players are sticking together -- at least publicly -- as more than two dozen say they'll boycott team activities. "in the name of...""jesus!" "in

"jesus!" "in the name of..." "jesus!" students gathered at the university of missouri this weekend to highlight complaints of racism on the overwhelmingly white campus. now, in a tweet posted by missouri's "legion of black collegians," more than two dozen football players have joined the calls for the university system's president to resign. the players said they would not be a part of any practice or game until he does so. players met with their coaches, as the team canceled its scheduled practice on sunday. most of them were tight-lipped about the meeting and about the protests. "we're not allowed to comment on much, so... like i said, we're just going to stay together as a team, and we all made this decision as a team to not talk to media, so you're not going to hear much from theayer ..."mizzou coach rpk wrote line, "the mizzou family stands as one," posting this picture of the team. the move comes after graduate student jonathan butler started a hunger strike last week. he accuses the university's leadership of not doing enough to address racism on campus and push mizzou in a positive direction. "i'm in this, because it's that serious. we're dealing with humanity here, and at this point, we can't afford to continue to work with individuals who just don't care for their constituents." university of missouri system president tim wolfe issued a statement saying, in part, that he is "dedicated to ongoing dialogue to address these very complex societal issues" -- giving no sign that he intends to

a sound captured on a cockpit recording just before the explosion gives further evidence that a bomb brought down a russian plane over egypt. the plane was traveling from egypt to saint petersburg last saturday when it crashed, killing all 224 passengers on board. aviation experts believe it broke part in midair because crews found the plane's debris scattered across a large area. isis quickly claimed

" "every bomb has a sort of signature, a chemical signature that will be lefton whatever it blows up. " egyptians and russian officials have warned against reaching any conclusions before the investigation is complete. they have sent the plane's voice recorder to a special lab to pinpoint the source of the sound. family and friends will hold a funeral for a 6-year-old boy in louisiana today. deputy marshals norris greenhouse and derrick stafford face second-degree murder charges in the death of jeremy mardis. officers say they were chasing an s-u-v with the boy inside last week, trying to serve a warrant to the boy's father. that's when they fired at least 18 rounds, killing mardis and critically injuring his father. "we're not aware of any warrant or anything at this time or exactly what transpired as to why they were encountering that vehicle." family and friends of the boy say they just want answers as to why the officers killed the boy. now for a quick check on your

weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... today and tomorrow will be the nicest days of this work week. plan on sunny sky today, with a few more clouds in the sky tomorrow. highs will be back into the mid-50s in many areas today with upper 50s possible tomorrow. our next storm system is still on track to move in on wednesday, spreading showers and thunderstorm s all across the tv9 viewing area. some of these storms may be strong in the afternoon and evening hours. a solid half inch to one inch of rain is possible with this system. behind it, it will be quite windy, with gusts to 45mph on ursdaymorningfday will also bendy with

mpar falling down to the wer 4 for highs.bottom line is to enjoy today andomorrow! c's kendis gibs and reena ninan have this abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan have this morning's america's money hey there, good morning. topping "america's money" -- a new thanksgiving tradition in the making? >> ham, could replace turkey on many tables this holiday season. the recent bird flu has sent turkey prices soaring. it was james bond to the rescue this weekend at the box office after several weeks of flops. spectre collected $73 million in ticket sales.

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source, this is kcrg-tv9 news early morning news. the jury's back at it.... deliberation continues this morning after both sides in the nicholas luerkens murder trial gave their final points on friday.. a group is coming to eastern iowa to help stop swindling. millions of americans are out of money every year thanks to scammers. one high school senior is working to get more kids on the court or field and out of trouble..