stacey walker is set to speak at that benefit. he's the first african american to serve as a linn county supervisor. kcrg-tv nine's forrest saunders is live at the museum tonight. forrest, how much do family and friends hope to raise? organizers tell me as much as they can. which could be a lot. about 300 have rsvp'd to this fundraiser and dinner. five dollar free will donations at the do bucks. add to that a silent auction which is in place. the dollar's will go back to mitchell and his wife. family says mitchell was paralyzed from the neck down after being struck by a bullet. he's currently in rehab and the dollars here will go toward paying all those bills that are sticking up.

are quite a bit. bringing him back to good health is costly." " a gofundme was created after the incident at the beginning of the month. it's since raised nearly 8-thousand dollars. again, supervisor stacy walker is going to be speaking later tonight. we'll have his comments tonight at 10 live in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg t-v nine news. for protesting the bakken oil pipeline at the iowa utilities board offices in des moines. jessica reznicek faces a trespassing charge after the protest. police say she refused their orders to leave the building this morning. reznicek and others - who call themselves "water protectors" - want the iowa utilities board to rescind construction permits for the dakota access pipeline. they are

drinking water. but the board says it isn't addressing protestors. " the board issued it's final decision in march. that's being litigated so we can't comment on litigation. " the pipeline is already in the ground in much of iowa. let's turn now to the weather and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, we have a chance to see some snow flakes tonight? scattered flurries come to an end overnight bringing a r tough through saturday. highs also remain consistent in the 30s with lows dipping into the 20s. our next chance for snow arrives later in the weekend on sunday. have a super day!tonight: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-20. low: 32 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-15 high: 37 the third finalist for the

president's job at the university of northern iowa is currently the chancellor of a school in montana. mark nook holds that position at montana state university in billings. he'll be visiting the u- n-i campus tomorrow for a public forum with students, the other two finalists are interim u-n-i president james wohlpart and former temple university president neil theobald. the iowa regents plan to select one of them for the job next week. the university of iowa has pushed back the opening of its children's hospital. the stead family children's hospital was supposed to open december 10th. but the university announced today it will begin to see patients late january or early february. the university says the hospital is not quite ready, and

of patients and their families is a top priority. in a world where people love quick service, the health care field is also trying to fill that need. the american academy of urgent care medicine says that's one reason for the growth of urgent care centers across the nation. and eastern iowa is also seeing that growth. just today, a new urgent care center opened in cedar falls. and another will start welcoming patients next week in dubuque. they are part of the 50 to 100 urgent care clinics and more than nine thousand centers have opened in the u-s since 2008. kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann joins us live from unity point finley's newest urgent care center. katie, there's a definite reason for opening this new clinic. the goal is to give more people an alternative to going to the emergency room, if they don't really need to. but they tell us, even after opening the first urgent care

patients are still going to the e-r. the hospital says more patients want urgent care because it takes too long for them to get into their primary care doctor. they say one reason doctors are swamped is because of the affordable care act. many more people are eligible to go to the doctor, so they do. since then, they say there's been a pent-up demand for patients to get quick care for non- emergency medical needs. when unity point finley opened this urgent care clinic back in august, they number of patients visiting the emergency room. but they didn't. "what we believe is happening is patients who've had to go outside our local community to get health care in order to get access. " brandon says patients living in dubuque have been traveling to places like waterloo or cedar rapids just to be treated for something like a sore throat or a sprained ankle. the hospital's hope is those patients will now stay here at home for care because they

is just one step in improving access to healthcare. live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, kcrg t-v nine news. a long time business in the newbo district of cedar rapids has a bit of an identity crisis right now. many people think they never reopened after the september flooding. the owner of little bohemia says the plywood boards over a front door and main windows have given people the impression he closed. what actually happened is he wanted to building by installing period glass and doors. he planned to do it during the down time while cleaning up after basement flood damage. but the construction got delayed. "we've been putting the open flag out front, the sign out front but we can't put any lights out because...we have no windows." melsha says he's open afternoons and evenings tuesday through saturday. he'll reopen with lunch hours as soon as the glass and door are finished and that could happen in a day or two.

but one cedar rapids shop that sells and repairs snow blowers says it's not too concerned right now. today is the last day to nominate someone for t-v nine's annual "nine who care." t-v nine and our show you care sponsors are looking for nine outstanding volunteers who've made real differences in their communities. to nominate someone, go to kcrg dot com slash care. we'll be right back. stay with us only five percent of iowa has

so businesses that sell snowblowers, shovels, and other winter items haven't seen a lot of sales activity yet. kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us in the studio. dave, are these businesses concerned? beth, we're really just starting the winter season so there's a lot of time left to jump start those the word "snow" in a long range forecast is enough to get people shopping for winter equipment. but if we go through december without a significant snowfall and into january then there's another problem. retailers say then, especially for the big ticket items like large snowblowers, buyers may simply hold off figuring they can make it through a couple of months without spending the money. here at the sled shed, owners ordered the about same amount of

are those who know winter will eventually get here and like to be prepared. " we've got a lot of people kicking tires...a lot of them set up they aren't even picking them up yet. what they do is call us and tell us they want them, they want their preseason promo price, yet they're not going to pick them up for a couple of weeks. " what is very different this year is how long the fall lawn and leaf care season lasted. until a week or so ago, the repair shop here was still getting lawnmowers and blowers in for repairs that's changed, with about 200 snowblowers in now for preseason repairs and tuneups. retailers say sales pick up when forecasters even mention the possibility of snow. but what they really like to see if a series of storms one after the other. that's when they tend to sell out. bruce and beth? thanks, dave. coralville is extending yard waste pickup into december because of the relatively warmer temperatures. the city says crews will

until snowy weather arrives. once that happens, the city will suspend service until spring, so crew can prepare for snow plowing. the city is encouraging people to set out their remaining yard waste as soon as possible. the iowa women's basketball team faces its toughest test of the season tonight. the hawkeyes will take on the number one ranked team in the county in iowa city tonight. stay with your 24 hour news

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bringing a gray and seasonable start to december. clouds will hold tough through saturday. highs also remain consistent in the 30s with lows dipping into the 20s. our next chance for snow arrives later in the weekend on sunday. have a super day! tonight: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-20. low: 32 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-15 high: 37 tom. night: cloudy and cool. wind: nw 5-10. low: 30 friday: cloudy and cool. high:

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success this year. we raised more than 135-thousand dollars - about 20-thousand more than last year. that money's going to the heritage area agency on aging. and it will help provide meals to senior citizens in seven counties in eastern iowa. coming up next, the big ten announced its offensive all- conference football team today. scott will let you know which hawkeyes made the list. and the iowa women gear up for top ranked notre

basketball team in the country visits carver. scott westerberg previews the hawkeyes and the irish. "how many times do you get to do that?"

lisa bluder asked about the chance to host the number one team in the country. the answer is, not since 1999 for the hawkeyes, a year before bluder arrived at iowa. notre dame will be a heavy favorite tonight but that just means the pressure is off the hawkeyes. "we have absolutely no pressure. we have to use this game for upsets and opportunities to get better and go against the best."the hawkeyes starting line- up consists of 2 freshman, 2 sophomores and a senior. coach bluder sees that "when you're a freshman you don't know what you don't know. they don't know that you're not supposed to beat a notre dame. they just go out there and play. that's what you want everybody to do." "you can tell our team in practice is excited about the opportunity to take down number one on our home court. home court advantage and i think our energy will help us out."there's not really a good way to truly prepare for notre dame, but coach bluder feels the schedule so far will give her team an idea of what to expect. "no we haven't played against number one, but we've played

this and just trying to get them to relax a little bit. i think that will be a key against notre dame." in iowa city, scott westerberg tv9 sports. it was a loss but the iowa men showed some improvement last night before losing their third straight to notre dame on the road 92-78.... but what a game for the two freshman cordell pemsl was 8 of 9 from the field and had 18 points and jordan bohannon hit 7 three pointers and scored a team high 23 points. school and the basket is the same distance did i expect to come in here and make seven three's no but i figured he would have some opportuities that is why i started him. i probably more proud of the fact that he had 7 assist and one turn. really our first true road game it helps having cordell on the floor we have has 3,4 years of experience together on the floor it's was just nice to get out their i think we took a step forward tonight. i went out and played the best i could

step in the right direction. sot :32 oc: " in the right direction" the uni men are back home tonight after coming off back to back losses against a very good xavier team.. but it doesn't get any easier the panthers are hosting a very talented george mason team. they are starting four guards at the center position they are starting a guy that can really score on the block. good passer plays extremely hard really rebounds the basketball theyve shown at this point that theyve got two or three guys shot. sot :18 oc: "three point shot" you can watch the uni-george mason game live on kcrg 9.2 tonight with coverage starting at 7:00. the big 10 announced their all conference offensive team today.. and iowa o-lineman sean welch, james daniels and cole croston were named to the third team for opening holes for this guy akrum wadley who was selected as a third team runningback.. lashun daniels who

with cj bethard, riley mccarron, george kittle and ike buttger. thanks scott. now here's a look at today's most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour news source, kcrg t-v nine.

experience is expanding its model. hear what iowa big is planning. that's tonight on kcrg t-v nine news at 10. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. scattered flurries come to an end overnight bringing a gray and seasonable start to december. clouds will hold tough through saturday. highs also remain consistet the 20s. our next chance for snow arrives later in the weekend on sunday. have a super day! tonight: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-20. low: 32 tomorrow: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-15 high: 37 thanks for joining us for kcrg-tv9 news at 6. we hope you'll be with us again tonight at ten.

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