u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of marietta college in ohio. democratic leaders say iowa will play an critical role in november's presidential election. they spoke at the progress iowa corn feed in des moines yesterday. at the event -- including senate candidate and former lieutenant governor patty judge. judge pointed out how she believes there has been no action in the senate for the past 8 years and she plans to change that. former presidential candidate and former governor of maryland, martin o'malley, closed the event calling out donald trump for his quote "american nightmare" agenda. he pointed out how much work needs to be done in the next 72 days leading up to the election. ""people say to me where's chuck issues well i don't know someone said he's dragging his feet and i thnk he is." " ""i love your state i'm excited to be here for hillary clinton, tim kaine and also for patty judge...you have some fine congressional candidates we have running

u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of marietta college in ohio. democratic leaders say iowa will play an important role in november's presidential election. they spoke at the progress iowa corn feed in des moines yesterday. leaders from around iowa spoke at the event -- including senate candidate and for judge pointed out how she believes there has been no action in the senate for the past 8 years and she plans to change that. former presidential candidate and former governor of maryland, martin o'malley, closed the event calling out donald trump for his quote "american nightmare" agenda. he pointed out how much work needs to be done in the next 72 days leading up to the election. ""people say to me where's chuck on all these issues someone said he's dragging his feet and i thnk he is." " ""i love your state i'm excited to be here for hillary clinton, tim kaine and also for patty judge...you have some fine congressional candidates we have running this yea

u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. the state regents have hired a search firm to help find a new u-n-i president. taken place this month for students and community members to provide input. the committee would like to have a candidate profile with the qualities it would like to see in the next president no later than september fifth. it will work to advance the final three to five candidates to the regents by november 12th. the regents would like to be able to introduce the president a month later on december 12th. classes started today at loras new students on campus. college president jim collins says it's because more students are choosing to transfer to the school. he says the number of students transferring hit an all time high this year. collins chalked it up to students wanting to have better opportunities at a small school. new students moved to campus and started orientation thursday. actor and university of iowa grad gene wilder died today. the frizzy haired wilder was a master at playing panicked characters

u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of marietta college in ohio. during the summer, a lot of us get busy with vacations, family get togethers and back to school. with people being so busy, blood donation centers take a hit. the red cross says donations are critically low and hope to address that need through a blood drive today. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us live from the cedar rapids marriott. brea, what does the red public? as the emergency call for blood and platelet donations continues, the american red cross asks eligible donors to make an appointment now to help ensure a sufficient supply for patients in need. august is a popular month for end of summer family vacations and get-togethers, weekend trips to the beach or pool, or shopping for back-to-school supplies. at the same time, many patients and their families across the country are focused on lifesaving medical a blood transfusion. patients like five-year-old robyn ulrey of farmland, indiana

u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of marietta college in ohio. the board of regents has hired a search firm to help find a replacement. the maker of epipen says it will now offer a cheaper version of its lifesaving allergy drug under growing criticism of its skyrocketing costs. drug for people having an allergic reaction. right now, a two-pack costs more than $600- dollars. now, the maker, myland, will offer a generic 2-pack for $300 dollars. it should be available in several weeks. the company says it will also keep in place discount programs for the branded epipen, which it announced just last week. the high water has pulled back as people in northeast iowa now have to pull away sand bags. elkader felt lucky the river feet short of initial forecasts on friday. several people there still had water in basements. crews spent much of the weekend removing sandbags and debris left behind. ""we cleared down by wilkes grocery store we had sandbags from central

u-n-i provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of marietta college in ohio. the catholic worker house in cedar rapids will meet this week to decide what do with a donated house. the property is right next to the worker house and needs some improvements before the nonprofit can use it. to help pay for those improvements, the worker house held its first-ever fundraiser at quarter of the purchases made during the afternoon yesterday went to the organization. the worker house helps people with food and shelter. and now here's your first alert forecast. overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. plan on a chance of scattered storms, be so poorly organized, it's tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slow-moving, leading