friends of a man a cedar rapids police officer shot say some information doesn't fit. surrogates stump. iowa voters can meet with plenty of supporters for both presidential candidates today. mumps outbreak in dubuque. health officials now say the city is home to half of all mumps cases in iowa. 4:30 on october 2nd. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... wet weather is likely today with a few thunderstorm s also possible. while no severe weather is likely, a few localized downpours may occur, especially during the morning commute itself. totals will generally be at or below a half inch in many areas. tonight, the sky clears out as dry high pressure builds in from the northwest. this high

at least monday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. while there is a front near the area on election day, it appears all it'll be able to do is generate clouds and appears too moisture starved at this time to warrant much of a rain chance. just beyond election day, temperatures should stay at or above seasonal averages. have a good day!today: owers and isolated stor kely, t ghway 20. wind: ne-. high: toni gh: 64 tom. night: clear.patchy. nd: lit. low: 42thanks kaj.

happened isn't exactly accurate to what he said and i'm just here to say his side of the story. " the family and friends of the man cedar rapids police shot and injured early yesterday say they need to make sense of the situation. that man, jerime mitchell, is in critical condition this morning. his brother-in-law says the bullet that hit mitchell hit the top of his spine. that was during a traffic stop struggle between mitchell and the police officer. friends say a vigil for mitchell last night supports them as they face the unknown. friends and family of jerime mitchell say he is a caring, loving man and they have a lot of unanswered questions as to what happened. they held signs and candles for jerime mitchell in greene square tuesday night. mitchell's brother-in- law jesse land says he wants to see dash camera footage to find out why the officer shot him. "02:38:42;03 this isn't a black and white thing. im white i have

black and white thing, this is a right and wrong thing. if you have the right training to be put in these situations, it's more that and i'm not pointing fingers at the officer either because i don't know the whole story, " they say if he survives, he will most likely be paralyzed for the rest of his life. cedar rapids police say there is not body camera footage because police officers are not equipped with cameras. in cedar rapids cedar rapids police will soon get body cameras. yesterday, the city council voted to get a department of justice grant that will help pay for them. chief wayne jerman says the police department will get 126 body cameras over the next three years. overnight, police in des moines say someone shot an officer. authorities say it happened at 1-30 this morning, a couple miles

the officer. police are looking for possible suspects. this incident is a few miles from a shooting that happened yesterday morning that hurt two people. they are expected to survive their injuries. democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine and former president bill clinton will both be in eastern iowa today. kaine will stop at loras college in dubuque. that's at 1:45 this afternoon. and clinton will hold an event at the waterloo center for the tim kaine's wife, anne holton, was in des moines yesterday, there, she encouraged iowans to not only vote, but vote early. she says hillary clinton's email scandal has been a huge distraction, but doesn't think there's much substance. u-s house speaker paul ryan will be in waterloo today. he'll join iowa congressman rod blum on a tour of the hospitality house. that event will start at 2:30 this afternoon. blum is the republican incumbent who's facing democrat monica vernon in iowa's first

republicans in indiana yesterday. at a grassroots rally, ryan discussed plans for the g-o-p's future. over the weekend, he also spoke about his rocky relationship with republican presidential nominee donald trump. "i've spoken with him a number of times and he does support our agenda. i do know we have common cause on big foundational issues of the day." ryan has previously said he wouldn't campaign for trump. former new york mayor rudy giuliani will also be in eastern iowa todayt at the vinton american legion, the hiawatha g-o-p office and duos coffee in waverly. president obama has declared 19 counties in eastern and central iowa as federal disaster areas because of flood damage from late september. the list includes linn county, where cedar rapids spent more than 10 million dollars on temporary flood protection. city leaders say they aren't sure how much they'll get from fema to cover

multiple reports of gunshots led waterloo police to a s-u-v covered in bullet holes. authorities say they started getting calls of gun shots around 10-30 last night. officers then found an s-u-v with multiple bullet holes parked in an empty lot in the 200 block of newell street. a grocery store employee faces charges this morning for stealing more than 10-thousand dollars worth of lottery tickets. polk county sheriff's deputies say the tickets we store. that couple actually won the lottery and used part of their winnings to build the store. 27-year-old matthew hinrichs is now charged with lottery ticket theft. deputies say he stole lottery scratch tickets over several months and cashed them in at other locations a co-worker reportedly saw him stealing tickets and reported it. " for someone who is considering stealing a lottery ticket, just remember it is one of the most trackable items in a retail environment so it's something we're like going to be able to track down and

deputies believe the thefts happened between december of 2015 and august of 2016. the iowa d-o-t is considering more changes for an intersection in rural benton county. it's where 55th street going west out of urbana connects with highway 150. now the d-o-t wants to hear from others about a two million dollar project that would turn the highway 150 curve into a t- intersection. a crash there i five young people. tonight's informational meeting is from 5 to 6:30 in the library at center point-urbana high school. the iowa department of health says half of all of the mumps cases in iowa are in dubuque. dubuque schools say 20 students and staff have come down with the mumps since the start of the school year. usually at six years old, students will get two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella or m- m-r vaccine. but 13 to 15 year olds in dubuque for some reason, have a

of this age group is vaccinated. comparatively, black hawk county has 93 percent, linn has 80 and johnson has 68. school nurses in dubuque say they haven't dealt with a mumps outbreak in several years. right now, school staff is watching kids for symptoms. school custodians are following standard protocol for cleaning school buildings. each time doctors confirm another case, the school sends out a letter to parents and news organizations, spread of the illness. "during the testing stage when you're waiting for the confirmation, you really need to be not going out in the public for a minimum of 5 day or longer until symptoms subside. " officials say the mumps vaccine is only 88 percent effective. so dubuque schools is trying to figure out if the students affected are part of that small percentage with a vaccine that didn't work. with just a couple of days to go until veterans

customers to round their grocery bill up to the nearest dollar to send straight to veteran organizations. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us live from the hy- vee on edgewood road. brea, what is this project called? it's called hy-vee homefront and it's happening right here in eastern iowa. 's a way to support our active duty troops and veterans. here to tell us more is .. explain how this works? what's going on here in involved? thanks.. hy-vee homefront starts tomorrow. if you're interested in learning more you can find information on kcrg dot com. hy-vee homefront campaign in three years, hy-vee homefront raised more than $838,000 - through customer donations and a corporate match - to help support three organizations. this year, it is our goal to surpass $1 million in funds raised for veterans and their

homefront round up program. hy-vee's round up program runs nov. 3 - 13. the program allows customers to round up their grocery bill to the nearest dollar - or any dollar amount - with the proceeds going to support hy-vee homefront organizations. hy-vee will once again match customer donations, up to $100,000. for the first time, customers will be able to donate to hy-vee homefront through aisles online. the online shopping service allows customers to contribute $1 or $5 per order to support veterans and their families. every year, the money raised from the hy-vee round up program supports thre hope for the warriors, which is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families and the families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty. o operation first response, which helps meet the immediate personal and financial needs of wounded carrie underwood, brad paisley and the other country artists will come together

awards on tv9. during the cma's you can watch for a keyword to appear on the bottom of the screen during the show. then listen to brain and courtlin the next morning on k-h-a-k to find out when you can call in with that keyword to win tickets to the keith urban show at the jones county fair next summer. the renewed focus on hillary clinton's emails is rallying both democrats and republicans. as the presidential nominees get closer in national polls, both are hitting battleground states hard. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good

a few thunderstorm s also possible. while no severe weather is likely, a few localized downpours may occur, especially during the morning commute itself. totals will generally be at or below a half inch in many areas. tonight, the sky clears out as dry high pressure builds in from

through at least monday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. while there is a front near the area on election day, it appears all it'll be able to do is generate clouds and appears too moisture starved at this time to warrant much of a rain chance. temperatures should stay at or above seasonal averages. have a good day!today: showers and isolated storms likely, the heaviest south of highway 20. wind: ne 5-15. high: 61 tonight: gradual clearing. wind: n 5-15. low: 44 tomorrow: sunny. wind: nw 5-15. high: 64 tom. night: clear.

light. low: 42

say someone shot and killed two officers in an ambush-style attack. police say it happened early this morning at about 1 o'clock a couple miles south of the merle hay mall. they first found an urbandale police officer who someone shot and 20 minutes later found a des moines

police haven't released any more information but are planning a news conference in the next hour. this happened just a couple miles away from a shooting that hurt two people yesterday morning. a delicious dilemma. in today's tech bytes, butterball is taking a new approach to helping you with turkeys on thanksgiving. stay with tv9. it's ---. as the candidates scramble from

pitch to early democratic voters who may have had a change of heart. but hillary clinton is not letting voters forget trump's past remarks. a-b-c's lana zak reports. the two candidates are making their final appeals to america--trum p on obamacare trump "i will ask congress to convene a special session so we can repeal and

donald trump is the poster boy for everything that's wrong with our economy."near ly 28 million americans have already voted, and donald trump is hoping to change some of those hillary clinton votes-- sot - donald trump / presidential nominee"you can change your vote to donald trump. trump will make america great again, okay?" in 4 states: wisconsin, minnesota, pennsylvania, and mii early voter nats? but perhaps most surprisingly, neither trump nor clinton focused on the fbi email probe... clinton instead trying to bring home the female vote-- 22:27:07 "i want all the girls to know: you are valuable. don't let somebody like this bully tell you otherwise. earlier, she took on a protestor who held a sign attacking her husband 22:17:36 "i am sick and tired of

of people who support donald trump. clinton said she wants to focus on the future--but in her latest campaign ad, the focus is on trump's past statments. nats ad: putting a wife to work is a pretty dangerous thing. tag: clinton's message is rallying her supporters. in three days following the fbi announcement over new emails, clinton raised $11.3 million online, the most since she became the nominee. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

wet weather is likely today with a few thunderstorm s also possible. while no severe weather is likely, a few localized downpours may occur, especially during the morning commute itself. totals will generally be at or below a half inch in many areas. tonight, the sky clears out as dry the northwest. this high pressure system will be with us through at least monday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. while there is a front near the area on election day, it appears all it'll be able to do is generate clouds and appears too moisture starved at this time to warrant much of a rain chance. just beyond election day, temperatures should stay at or above seasonal averages. have a gooy!today:owet uth of highway 20. wind: ne 15. gh: 61 tonight: graduaearin: 44 morrow: sunny. windnw 5-. gh: 6 patchy valley fog possible late. wind: light. l: 42c's kendis gis

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early morning news. election countdown for candidates. iowa senator chuck grassley is now fighting for his seventh term, though some are pushing for a change. fight for t-v time. hillary clinton and donald trump's campaigns are turning more attention to t-v ads. round up for the homefront. veteran organizations in the area. i have more on that coming up in a live report. good wednesday morning! it's 5 o'clock on november 2nd. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... wet weather is likely today with a few thunderstorm