our coverage into the floods of 20-16 continues tonight -- with a live look on a much calmer cedar river tonight from our cedar rapids skycam. the river -- dropping below flood stage since it's second-highest crest last week. here's an overhead view on downtown and the swollen river with the kwwl drone at the height of the flooding. cedar rapids--conting protection plan--something that's been in the works since the flood of 2008-- but the plan--not satisfying everyone-- kwwl's kristin rogers joining us live from downtown cedar rapids with more--kristin? well the city's plan requires green space along certain parts of the river-- which means buyouts. the city--already removing many of the homes we are talking about-- since 2008-- but they say--there will

along ellis boulavard-- people still enjoy riverfront property-- while some in cedar rapids--were a part of buyouts after the 2008 flood-- the city--turning their homes along the river into greenspace--driveways can be found--leading to nowhere. some current homeowners--worried--t elling us off camera--they don't intend to leave their homes-- several of them hanging pirate flags last week-- to symbolize being on barriers- "we're not going to be probably approaching them for a better part of a decade." the mayor says although there will be future buyouts--in order for permanent flood protection-- they will be optional.. "our hope is to negotiate a sale price with all of these properties that are going to be on the wet side but again it's not a mandatory sale, the city is not

instead he says they are example of what this permanent flood protection system could "the idea is during a flood downtown is operating as normal." but the city says--they have about two-thirds of the promised since 2008--still hasn't come through. "congress had approved it, the core has authorized it and the president has actually signed the bill." "we feel like we are a pinball in a pinball machiene getting bounced around year after year after year." flood--which he refered to as a "near-miss" can make cedar rapids a priority again when it comes to getting those federal dollars. the permanent flood protection system is estimated to cost more than we've got you covered live in cedar rapids--kristin rogers...kwwl news. there will be a groundbreaking next week in the newbo area for part of this permanent flood

long levee-- city leaders say should protect the buisness in newbo that flooded last week. the red cross giving an updated picture on relief efforts throughout the flooding. the organization says in provided shelter to 707 eastern iowa families. more than 21- thousand meals and snacks were served to flooding victims -- and more than 36- hundred relief items and clean up supplies have been given out so far. 198 disaor and across the country were mobilized over the past two weeks. you can also still help flood victims. text the word "redcross" -- all one word to 9-0-999. a 10-dollar donation will be made on your behalf and added to your phone bill. looks like a calm night for much of us -- storm track seven chief forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl few showers are possible

is also going to be breezy and mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s few showers are possible thursday morning with a better gusty winds and downpours. the storms taper off around or shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it cooler. high temperatures near 60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains to the upper 60s by sunday. an eastern iowa man who stomped and kicked the head of a black man in a racially-motivated assault -- will face maximum prison time. randy metcalf of dubuque was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today -- after he was found guilty of committing a hate crime. evidence presented in trial showed metcalf shouting racial slurs directed at the victim while both were in a dubuque bar in

swastika tattoo and bragged about burning crosses. he would attack the man in the bar later in the night. the attack hasn't been the only instance of racial tensions in the city recently. in april -- police say they found two crudely constructed items that appeared to be burnt crosses near the intersection of 22nd street and washington. the discovery prompted a response from the local naacp chapter and a hate crime investigation. an area school is briefly evacuated today after a fire is the fire started in the boys bathroom at cunningham elementary in waterloo. fire crews say they are investigating whether or not the fire was accidental or on purpose. no one was hurt -- and classes resumed. in continuing coverage. local leaders will meet later this month to talk about progress for a major road project. here's a look at university avenue in cedar falls right now -- with roundabouts taking shape -- but two-way traffic still

kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live in cedar falls with more. mac? project organizers say they're happy with progress they've made but business owners along university say they're struggling. (nats... driving by) slowly but surely -- (nats... tractor) -- university avenue takes shape -- (nats... tractor) -- but driving away business every day -- (nats... traffic) "they're not seeing us, so project needed to be done -- but broke ground at the worst possible time to start a new business. "it really is. so many people have commented that they drive think that's not good. that's not what we want to hear." "despite recent weather conerns, construction workers stay busy with paving projects taking shape along university." "i understand it has to be done. university has been definitely needing this for years, but as a business, it's having people use spot and who can't." saying traffic along university now is boom or bust

the time of day. "come 5:00 around here with the road construction it's not fun." project organizers hope to have traffic open on both sides of university by the end of november. that progress will be disccused during the upcoming city we've got you covered live in cedar falls -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. project leaders say their main concern includes improving safety on university -- while minimizing the business impact during the project. the importance of being a gentleman. ten boys at irving elementary school in waterloo are enrolled in "boys to men"- a new program put on by volunteers every week- where they learn the ins and outs of being a true

all out earlier today, she joins us now live in the studio with more, lauren and they are very impressive. from helping others to the importance of proper hygeine..these 5th graders are on the fast track to becoming young gentlemen. volunteers adam bolander and kevin grieme meet with 10 students, teaching them a new lesson every week. they say the school was in desperate need for mentors up this 10 week program to help teach multiple boys the importance of being a gentlemen. from proper hygeiene to respect- these boys are learning it all.. take it from cameron- he says he has learned a lot so far. you should be doing your school work instead of messing around because education is everything, education is power. local businesses are also helping out the program- their polos that

importance of tucking in your shirt already. their last lesson was about being kind..still on the way, a lesson on respecting women. a lot of men can learn something from these young gentlemen we've got you covered, lauren moss - kwwl news. they have six weeks left- but the organizers are hoping to take the program behind the cedar valley- turning more and more boys into young gentlemen. coming up on kwwl -- all in the her mother in eastern iowa. an area group is pulling the thread as they spin up momentum for a nationwide competiton. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman.

here is additional forecast isolated showers overnight. a few showers are possible thursday morning with a better chance of showers and storms storms taper off around or shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it is also going to be breezy and cooler. high temperatures near 60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains mostly sunny through the weekend clouds return tonight with isolated showers overnight. a few showers are possible thursday morning with a better few storms might be strong with gusty winds and downpours. the storms taper off around or shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it is also going to be breezy and cooler. high temperatures near 60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s by sunday. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast

clouds return tonight with isolated showers overnight. a few showers are possible thursday morning with a better chance of showers and storms storms taper off around or shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it is also going to be breezy and cooler. high temperatures near 60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s by sunday. clouds return tonight with isolated showers overnight. a few showers are possible thursday morning with a better chance of showers and storms in the afternoon and evening. a few storms might be strong with gusty winds and downpours. the storms taper off around or shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it is also going to be breezy and cooler. high temperatures near 60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s shortly after midnight. friday is mostly sunny, but it 60 are below normal for this to the upper 60s by sunday. thursday morning with a better chance of showers and storms gusty winds and downpours. the is

60 are below normal for this time of year. the sky remains mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s cooler. high temperatures near with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s by sunday. thursday morning with a better gusty winds and downpours. the is also going to be breezy and mostly sunny through the weekend with temperatures slowly warming to the upper 60s by sunday. chelsea clinton making a couple of stops in iowa today while

one of those stops coming at the university of dubuque. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live from the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque with more on clinton's visit. the visit comes as part of a push to get people to vote early ahead of next month's general election. but it was also another chance for chelsea to campaign for her mom. in her visit to the university of dubuque, chelsea clinton talked about a number of affordable care act... "we do know we need to work on the affordable part of the the case about what my mom has she also addressed veterans affairs, after her mother's opponent has come under fire for his comments about p-t- s-d "we need to really move away from the stigma that surrounds ptsd and mental health issues broadly. this is part of what is mental health issues. we should not be treating mental health as somehow different than health."

gotten veteran joe hickey on board. "for him to criticize veterans, disabled veterans, is not only deplorable, it's unamerican." trump's campaign firing back after comments surfaced this week. they say his comments were taken out of context, and that he's committed to helping any veterans suffering with ptsd. we've got you covered live from the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson...kwwl news. trump meanwhile -- spending the day in nevada. the republican presidential nominee toured a christian school in last vegas this morning before making two

a new clinic is coming to waterloo. a covenant clinic will soon open here -- sharing a building with a family video store already in business along franklin street. construction on the building is already underway in order to host the clinic -- which sould open before the end of the year. coming up in sports... guess who is ready to make his return to the national football league ..... hawkeye arena... find out how the hawks feel about the upcoming season. rick coleman joins us next. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in hiawatha, dunkerton, peosta and all of eastern iowa. "now, kwwl sports." when my dad got the contract with donald trump, it was huge for our business. there was never any question about the quality of work... and the next thing you know, you weren't getting paid. when you're a small business, a big contract is everything,

evastating. if he treats the american people like he treated my father, on the trump taj mahal, we're...we're in trouble. the whole country's in trouble.

vernon: i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message. congressman blum's smear campaign -- misleading and false. the truth -- monica vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter for women and children, but multi-millionaire blum promised he'd take only half his salary. then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. now he wants to cut social security and raise the retirement age.

stadium...but the iowa hawkeye men's basketball program is ready to break out the round balls at carver hawkeye arena. today coach fran mccaffery and the hawks hold their annual media day in iowa city. the hawks return just one starter from a team that made it to the second round of the big dance before losing to eventual national champion villanova. senior peter jok jok was iowa's with 16 points a game---he also grabbed three and a half rebounds and had one point three steals a contest. the hawks also return nicolas baer and dom uhl---who both logged significant playing time for just because we are young guys, but we are real athletic we can run and we havd playmakers this year we can shoot it..every year people

surprise them. fran has been doing a great job since he's been here. he always finds a way for us to be successful. night november 11th against kennesaw state at carver hawkeye arena today four-time super bowl champion quarterback tom brady returns to practice with thw game suspension for deflate-gate. despite being without brady for the first month of the season.. the patriots are three and lead the american league east. new england visits winless cleveland on sunday. and we have some excellent choices for our friday night heroes week -- in class 4a we have seventh ranked waterloo west at cedar falls.

surging cedar rapids kennedy.... in class 2a... roland story and dike-new hartford fight for district supremacy -- and in class a... second ranked gladbrook-reinbeck and eighth ranked hudson in a battle of unbeatns.. . you can find this poll on the kwwl dot com sports page --

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inside the singlespeed brewery in downtown waterloo. progress is coming along as they plan to start production next month. a one-thousand year old tool is still being used in a big way here in eastern iowa. the spinning wheel has been used for centuries to make yarn and thread -- and at three oak knits year's spinzilla event. these spinners are also

our own animals such as alpacas, bunnies, sheep, um, y'know all fiber" there are nearly seventeen hundred people worldwide sitting at their wheels this week to compete in spinzilla. let's go to storm track seven chief for a last look at your forecast. meteorologist mark schnackenberg for a last look at your forecast. thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l news at six.

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