from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . before the court in boone. iowa bakken pipeline protesters are facing trepassing charges today. waiting for a ruling. a dispute over water contamination between farmers and des moines water works is on hold. a decision postponed. an appeal to stop the construction of a kinnick style house in iowa city stalls. 4:30 on september 15th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a really decent day all

response to our next area of low pressure, but no rain is anticipated until well after the sun goes down. highs today should be into the 70s in all areas. late tonight into friday, rain does appear likely with widespread totals of 0.50" to 1.0" with isolated higher amounts as well. no severe weather is anticipated. given the slightly faster timing of the system, it's feasible we may slide by with only isolated showers in the area for football tomorrow night - fingers crossed! the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 70s. enjoy your day!today: increasing clouds. wind: se 5-15. high: 77 tonight: showers and storms become likely. wind: se 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and a few storms likely. wind: s 5-10. high: 76 tom. night: ance of she,ainly early. nd: sw 5-10l: 60anks kaj. arrested at a rally in boone will appear in court this morning. state troopers arrested 30 people epipeline resistance coa. this is video of the protest in boone, where they were arrested. the protestors are upset the company building

domain to acquire property rights for it. they're also concerned about possible harm to the environment. the pipeline will go through 18 counties in iowa. after their hearing this morning at the boone county courthouse, protesters are holding a news conference detailing their plan to fight the pipeline. yesterday dozens of members of the resistance coalition protested in des moines. they delivered a petition with 33,000 signatures to people from the department of justice at the federal courthouse. they are calling on presiden reject pending permits and rescind existing permits for the pipeline. last week, the obama administration temporarily halted construction of a part of the pipeline in north dakota. the iowa supreme court is deciding whether to weigh in on a lawsuit pitting des moines water works against upstream farmers. the farmers are accused of contaminating rivers with nitrates from fertilizer. the justices heard arguments yesterday in the case, which asks the court to decide

immunity from the lawsuit. if not, the water utility can ask for monetary damages. water works officials say removing excess nitrate from water cost one point five million dollars last year. the agency sued three northwest iowa counties that oversee 10 drainage districts. the lawsuit is on hold until the iowa supreme court makes its ruling. neighbors in iowa city must wait a little longer to find out if a plan to build a house resembling forward. the iowa city board of adjustment postponed its decision on whether to let a decorah couple build the home. the neighbors of manville heights association and some property owners in the area are appealing the city's building permit. one person says that construction of the kinnick-style house would negatively impact the health, welfare and safety of the neighborhood. meetings will continue next wednesday. mount vernon school's superintendent wants to know why a bond issue failed so badly with voters. a 15-point-9 million dollar bond

arts and athletics complexes, plus renovations to classrooms. only 36 percent of voters said yes. the superintenden t says the district will ask why approval was so low. "we have to look at what the public tells us. we'll be surveying folks. we'll probably have some other opportunities for people to explain." o'malley says the district can't put the bond on the ballot again for six months. iowa biw dollars to provide opportunities to students in the cedar rapids area. the program gives students a capstone like experience through a real world project. iowa big recently applied for grant money through the x-q super school project, which had a bus tour through cedar rapids. that project encourages people to rethink the high school experience. it didn't win the grand prize. but organizers liked iowa big and will give the program one million

and new horseback riding area are just a few of the renovations girl scouts can now enjoy in north liberty. the camp is showing off the updates today at a ribbon cutting ceremony. the changes create a central resident-camp property. this summer, the camp hosted more than 1,300 girls, nearly double the number from last year. people in cedar rapids can now use an interactive tool to see where the city's money comes from and where it goes. the city launched open gov. it shows the city's revenue and expenses, dating back can see how much the city gets from the streets local option sales tax, or how much it spends on police and fire. the city says it lets you visualize data, instead of just seeing rows of numbers. the city also has its annual budget and other financial documents available on its website. a dubuque man is facing charges today for a fight 3 years ago after a concert in wisconsin. the sheriff's office in crawford county wisconsin says anthony runde and joshua milligan had a grudge against

fighting at the rock on the river concert in bridgeport township, wisconsin. later, officers found milligan unconscious with head injuries in a campsite area near the concert. after a 3-year investigation, officers arrested runde tuesday. runde faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. prosecutors say robert stern killed his daughter who has autism because she was a burden. that was part of opening statement in stern's murder trial, which continues today. robert stern has pleaded not guilty to first degree in june of 2015, police say he admitted to shooting every round of three guns at his daughter, kimberly stern, killing her in the home they shared. she was 27. prosecutors say stern admitted to police officers that he killed her. then on the way to the police station, stern faked a medical emergency so they took him to the hospital. that's where they say officers were going to record stern confessing he killed his daughter because she quote "pushed his

hit record on his cell phone to capture that confession. police described stern as frail and confused when he was talking to them. "as passed by him through the kitchen, mr. stern made a couple of statements, as i am passing by. one was, ' i am dying of cancer'. the other is, 'i heard voices'." stern's attorney described kimberly as having severe autism. stern's wife had recently died, and he'd become kimberly's only care provider. the defense says kimberly diagnosis. iowa senator chuck grassley say people who are in the country illegally should not be driving. he re-emphasized on his stance during his weekly conference call yesterday. grassley was talking about a man who he says had been living in the u-s illegally. that man, fernando aguilar, was involved in a crash last week that killed lea phann , a 12 year old girl from des moines. grassley says he's requested aguilar's immigration records from the department of homeland security. " 16:37 yes we're in the middle of the case, the same way we've

omaha who was killed by a drunk driver who was also undocumented. we're trying to get to the bottom of this " the senator says he wants to know if the government had considered deporting aguilar in the past, and if he had received any immigration benefits. a group focused on feeding the pets of owners with lower incomes says they may need to shut their doors. out of is in jeopardy, putting the program in limbo. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good

response to our next area anticipated until well after the sun goes down. highs today should be into the 70s in all areas. late tonight into friday, rain does appear likely with widespread totals of 0.50" to 1.0" with isolated higher amounts as well. no severe weather is anticipated. given the slightly faster timing of the system, it's feasible we

football tomorrow night - fingers crossed! the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 70s. enjoy your day!today: increasing clouds. wind: se 5-15. high: 77 tonight: showers and storms become likely. wind: se 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and a few storms likely. wind: s 5-10. mainly early. wind: sw 5-10. low: 60 thanks kaj. plan on a really decent day all across the area. clouds will increasing in response to our next area of low pressure, but no rain is anticipated until well after the sun goes down. highs today should be into the 70s in all areas. late tonight into friday, rain does appear likely with widespread totals of 0.50" to 1.0" with isolated higher amounts as well. no severe weather is

of the system, it's feasible we may slide by with only isolated showers in the area for football tomorrow night - fingers crossed! the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 70s. enjoy your day!today: increasing clouds. wind: se 5-15. high: 77 tonight: showers and storms become likely. wind: se 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and a few storms likely. wind: s 5-10. high: 76 tom. night: chance of showers, mainly early. thanks kaj. a non-profit in cedar rapids

of options... animeals is like meals on wheels - but for animals. it gives food to pet owners with lower incomes or just are in need of help. right now, the owners of an old horse barn off mount vernon road are letting the non-profit use the place free of charge. but the owners are planning to tear the old barn down because of the cost of repair. that means animeals has to find a new place, on a tight budget. " we're very, very concerned about getting this ready in 60

spreading the word. seeing what they can do for us." the group delivers food to about 410 cats and dogs in the area each month. one linn county flower shop spread kindness through the gift of six roses. pecks in hiawatha hosted its annual good neighbor day yesterday. the shop gave participants six free roses all day until they ran out. it encouraged people to keep one rose for themselves and hand out the rest to a neighbor, friend or stranger. "it's a very happy day. we have a lot of repeat customers that come every year. we kinda threw them off a little bit by changing the week. but they started calling and saying 'when is good neighbor day?' " participants were also encouraged to bring in donations for the linn community food bank. good neighbor day has been a peck's tradition for more than 20 years. the galaxy note 7 recall might be just the beginning for samsung. in today's tech bytes, a different phone made from the company is

additional medical information to the public following her bout with pneumonia. donald trump had said he would release his health records this week. as abc's lana zak reports, t-v's doctor oz is the first to get a summary of trump's recent physical. continuing with donald trump talking about his stamina on the dr. oz show. donald trump: dr oz: why not share your medical records? trump then shared 2- pages with dr. oz but hasn't made his medical records public. besser: if all he shared is the most recent information from his physical exam, that's not a lot of medical information. meanwhile hillary clinton who has exposed much more about her medical history made public additional information this is the kind

expect to get from another doctor both candidates back on the trail today after trump took aim at clinton's health in ohio-- "you think hillary would be able to stand up here for an hour and do this?" and was interrupted by a pastor in the middle of a political attack. now hillary clinton. -- " pastor mr. trump i invited you here to thank us for what we've done in flint, not give a political speech. trump okay. that's good. and this morning, questions about ivanka's claims that the trump organization offers paid maternity leave for trump of the thousands of employees of your father? ivanka: it is and also adoption leave. but according to the huffington post, employees at several trump hotels say they do not get any additional paid maternity leave?only the existing federal minimums. tag: according to the latest polls, while clinton still leads nationally, trump and clinton virtually tied in the critical swing states of ohio and

voters than democrats in several battleground states, including iowa. the g-o-p has added thousands of voters in states like florida and arizona. and in iowa, registered republicans still hold a narrow lead over registered democrats. a court ruling upholding iowa's ban on former felons voting has kept that gap open. offenders often register as democrats. in pakistan this morning, at least 6 are dead and over 100 people are injured following a train collision. a passenger train hit a freight train near the central pakistani city of multan early this morning. officials say the crash happened after the freight train stopped to removed the body of a man it ran over. the passenger train then hit the back of the stopped train. according to local media reports, several people were still trapped

rescue officials tried to free them. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

morning's weather, kaj... plan on a really decent day all across the area. clouds will increasing in response to our next area of low pressure, but no rain is anticipated until well after the sun goes down. highs today should be into the 70s in all areas. late tonight into friday, rain does appear likely with widespread totals of 0.50" to 1.0" with isolated higher

anticipated. given the slightly faster timing of the system, it's feasible we may slide by with only isolated showers in the area for football tomorrow night - fingers crossed! the weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 70s. enjoy your day!today: increasing clouds. wind: se 5-15. high: 77 tonight: showers and storms become likely. nd: se 5-10. low: 64 mrow: ors and a few orms likely. wind: s10. high: 7: chance of showers, mainly early0

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early morning news. not done with delays. lots of projects are pushing more traffic to interstate 380 in johnson county. postponing production. theatre cedar rapids says it is trying to regain support following a casting controversy. bringing back the band. after 20 years, mckinley students hope to march in style. it's 5 o'clock on september 15th. here's a live look at the