cedar rapids will start to collect sandbags this morning. the city used 250,000 sandbags to protect buildings from flooding last month. originally, crews were supposed to start to pick them it should take 3 weeks to collect all of the bags. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on a much cooler day than yesterday. while some spots are starting off in the 60s, it won't last, and readings will settle back into the 50-55 range for much of the day. while moisture is limited, there will still be a chance of light rain as well, though all areas will stay well below a quarter of an inch. tonight, plan on temperatures to go into the 30s, however, the wind will not calm down entirely, which will prevent a hard freeze. patchy frost is likely, with widespread frost possible over northern sections of the state. temperatures will be in the upper 50 rebound in temperature likely for the weekend. today: light rain possible, mainly through early afternoon. slowly falling temperatures. wind: nw 10-20. high: 55 tonight: mostly clear. patch

look at the people and events that shape our community.this is iowa in focus.this week -- cedar rapids fights off it's second worst flood in city history.the two major party presidential hopefulls face off in their first head to head debate. welcome to iowa in focus -- we're giving context to what happens in the headlines and on the campaign trail. trail.that starts with the ba at the end of last week -- eastern iowa started to gear up for what would end up being the second worst flood in the city's history -- behind only the flood of oh-8. oh-8.a state of emergency was declared in both the city and county -- letting officials approve purchases and decisions a lot faster than normal.it's all designed for quickly developing and changing situations like a major natural disaster.while that was happening -- city crews laid down roughly five miles of hesco barriers -- and nearly everyone was thinking about just how bad 2008 was. "you can see the love for this place, everybody started pulling their trucks up and taking stuff out, called my wife and said i'd be home a little later and give si

people in downtown cedar rapids can learn today how to the second highest crest in cedar rapids. this is video over the cedar river in late september. today, the national weather service and the iowa flood center are working to give people tools and resources to help iowans be ready for flooding. the discussion is from 2 to 3:30 pm today in the cedar rapids public library. this man faces charges for a stabbing that seriously injured 2 people outside an apartment complex in cedar falls. 28 year old adam jacobsen is charged with 2 counts of attempted murder. officers say jacobsen, who lives at university avenue studios, stabbed 2 people there around 4:30 p-m yesterday. first responders took jeffery miller, who is 62, to the hospital with potentially life threatening injuries. denice bennett, who is 47, has multiple serious injuries. investigators believe jacobsen randomly chose the victims. a mother and her boyfriend have pleaded not guilty in connection to the death of the mother's 4 year old daughter in waterloo. that's courier. the boyfriend, chad little, is facing first degree m

the newbo city market in cedar rapids is asking for volunteers today. the market hopes to re- open on october 13th, and this morning is look any water in last week's flooding. but business owners have lots of work to do, moving equipment and products back in. volunteers are welcome to show up at 9 this morning. although the floods closed the national czech and slovak museum & library, it's open for business and preparing for a big celebration this friday. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us there now, where brewnost is being held. brea, the museum's operating fund. support the ncsml while sampling a huge selection of beer, wine, and ciders from around the world - each paired with a dish from a local chef. we hope you'll join us october 7, and say "na zdrav!" to an evening of fun in support of te friday, october 7, 2016, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm where national czech when the school day ends, the work day begins for our september student of the month. 17-year-old mercedez fay is a senior at cedar rapids washington high school. she's already earned her certified nur

this follows last month's flood, the second highest crest in cedar rapids. this is video over the cedar river in late september. today, the national weather service and the iowa flood center are working to give people tools and resources to help iowans prepare for flooding. the discussion is from 2 to 3:30 public library. this man faces charges for a stabbing that seriously injured 2 people outside an apartment complex in cedar falls. 28 year old adam jacobsen is charged with 2 counts of attempted murder. officers say jacobsen, who lives at university avenue studios, stabbed 2 people there around 4:30 p-m yesterday. first responders took jeffery miller, who is 62, to the hospital with potentially life threatening injuries. denice bennett, who is 47, has multiple serious injuries. investigators believe victims. a mother and her boyfriend have pleaded not guilty in connection to the death of the mother's 4 year old daughter in waterloo. that's according to the waterloo- cedar falls courier. the boyfriend, chad little, is facing first degree murder charges in th

they actually looked at space not just in cedar rapids, but outside of cedar rapids. so to keep these jobs in cedar rapids was critical." large companies aren't alone in choosing downtown. ironically - the flood of '08 is aiding aspiring downtown entrepreneurs.economic development manager jasmine disaster's relief fund is kickstarting small businesses as part of the city's micro loan program. program."there's actually a lot more interest than what we had originally anticipated. we didn't think it would be this high of a demand."modteets williams got a ten-thousand dollar micro loan from the city.a chicago native - williams plans to open a market at the roosevelt and says the downtown is a prime location for business. business."coming from a bigger city, i can see what needs to be fulfilled in downtown cedar rapids and i just felt like happy that i was the first one to take advantage of that opportunity." that's connor morgan reporting. williams says he plans to have his convenience store - called mod's market - opened before the start of the new year. right now - burg

both candidates will be in cedar rapids tomorrow. about 80 cedar rapids kennedy high school students are sleeping outside tonight. the students are doing it to raise money and awareness for the homeless. right now, the cedar rapids school district says about 240 students are homeless. plan on a cloudy thursday. while there will probably be some breaks in the clouds later today, it'll be too little too late for the october sunshine to push the temperatures around. tomorrow, however, is a different story. a strong warm front is still on track to move in from the southwest tomorrow, increasing the wind substantially and allowing for widespread highs into the 70s. while records are safe at the moment, we'll continue to watch this going forward. the weekend continues to look decent with highs next surge of warm air moves into the region with highs at least into the mid- 70s for all areas. it'll be windy again as well! today: cloudy in the morning. gradual clearing in the afternoon. wind: w 5-10 high: 54 tonight: mostly clear. wind: se 5-1

this follows last month's flood, the second highest crest in cedar rapids. this is video over the cedar river in late september. today, the national weather service and the iowa flood center are working to give people tools and resources to help iowans prepare for flooding. the discussion is from 2 to 3:30 this public library. as donald trump claims the 2016 election will be rigged -- the linn county auditor calls that claim "bogus". auditor joel miller says all voting in the county is through paper ballots. so those ballots are not connected to the internet in any way, and hackers can't get to them. "that's bogus, that should not be something people should be talking about. we maintain the highest integrity in our rhetoric, and i wish it would cease." miller expects poll watchers from both parties on election day. those people are volunteers from political parties who make sure everything is fair at polling places. yet governor terry branstad is supporting trump's claim that the election is rigged and national media organizations are intentionally helping hi

that's illegal in marion but allowed in cedar rapids. heather: allowed in cedar rapids. phoebe: if i could jump in, those numbers are also important to look at things like 60% ami or area median income. we have a lot of people we work with, some of my employees are at that level ... scott: 60, yeah. phoebe: professionals, people who can make $14, $15 an hour but they have a child would qualify for a 60% ami because they're earning 60% of area median income, but that's still well under those 80% ami rent levels. that's where, as scott mentioned, those lower levels but it could range from minimum wage up to a $15 an hour job. a lot of the people working in the service industry, people who might take care of your are people that are would qualify based on their income for these units. heather: let's now segue into the crestwood ridge development. that had a lot of news coverage this summer, quite a bit in the gazette, as i was ... lynda: just a little. heather: just a little in the gazette. can you tell us a little bit about how this particular development came into being?

tempings on the board looking at 49 in waterloo, cedar rapids, and dubuque. those winds are calm. 4 l to 8 miles an hour this morning. satellite and a redar, we do see a few little clouds down around southeast and very southern parts of iowa, but that's about it. but the rest of us are clear. some of the fog we are running into is around dubuque this morning. now, the planner, upper 50s at 9:00 with plenty of sunshine. mainly sunny at noon 68 and partly sunny this afternoon. that's kind after a brief ka pechlation of what we can plan on today. the big story of the week is more rain and cooler weather. we'll examine both of those items and let you know when to 7-day forecast about ten minutes from now. >> thanks, justin. >>> new this morning, a pedestrian was killed last night in johnson county. this is a live look at traffic there this morning. right now, vehicles are moving with no problem, but last night, a completely different story. the iowa state patrol says the pedestrian was hit by one vehicle and then by a second and third. here are a few pictures fro

in cedar rapids samantha myer kcrg tv9 news. the iowa state patrol is looking for a man for a stabbing this year at the iowa state fair. the search is for 21-year- old craig hunt on an arrest warrant for attempted murder. the patrol believes he's in the des moines area to be armed and dangerous. the state patrol says hunt stabbed another man twice at the iowa state fairgrounds on august 21st. since then the victim has recovered. after interviewing witnesses, the patrol identified hunt as the suspect in the stabbing. authorities are also investigating him for several shootings in the area. a waterloo girl is going to be okay after an s-u-v hit her outside a school on the city's east side. waterloo police say it happened on idaho street across p-m yesterday. first responders did take her to the hospital, her injuries are non-life threatening. after last month's flood pushed the date back, the walk to end alzheimer's is back on. more than 1,000 walkers will meet at the mcgrath amphitheater this weekend to raise money and let more p

the cedar rapids titans have a new head coach with a familiar name.. former hawkeye and nfl wide receiver marvin mcnutt came to terms on a two year contract to be the next head coach of the titans. after becoming the hawkeyes all-time leading receiver mcnutt spent time with the eagles,dolphi ns and panthers ending his nfl career in 2014. marvin takes over for mark stoute who left to of the jacksonville sharks in the arena football league. marvin will be one of our guest for on iowa live this monday night at the union station at 6:30. he will join chuck long. pat harty, doc and the marion volleyball team. basketball news iowa senior guard peter jok is one of 10 players selected to the preseason all big 10 team. jok averaged 16 points a game last year and hit 80 three pointers. and finally this was scene at that is basketball coach ben jacobson going yard.. but how bout uni football coach mark farley with back to back jacks.. his longest 323 feet. the walk-on from waukon still has some pop. thanks scott. one last look at the forecast, joe... after a mil

that the nine in cedar rapids. 60 in iowa city. your forecast, we have upper 30s to lower 40s in cedar rapids and iowa city. the forecast will feature clouds on a calm night in a cool night. to the day tomorrow, it will be 56 in cedar rapids. mostly cloudy. we are in the look for late rain tomorrow evening. 49 was showers and thunder but nothing severe for wednesday. we have a high 58. ill we 43 tomorrow night. 60s and partly sunny skies as we head into the weekend. mostly sunny with upper addis for sunday. glover -- lower 60s for halloween and november 1. we have the second day of november. the full forecast is on cbs2iowa.com . >>> here as i look at the other is going on around eastern iowa on this monday morning. a man missing more than two months has been found. the sheriff's office says a body found over the weekend matches the description of th man. the theater wars -- cedar falls reports that he was last seen august 23.'s body was found in a corn yield for the town. officials are still trying to determine how the man died. h

"cedar rapids. may be snorkel weather." those are just a couple of the one-liner t-shirts raygun is selling to help with flood recovery efforts in cedar rapids. since friday, they've sold 130 flood-themed shirts. raygun owner mike draper says employees will take half the profits from the sale of those shirts and use it to spend at "being a local business we are all about supporting other local businesses. so, uh, it's one of our values giving back to our community." the flood-themed shirts are selling so well, raygun plans to order more this week. "this is my choice in between food and diapers or my electricity. " extra charges caught some alliant energy customers when they opened up their bills.. now, the company's new system has them playing into the 70s for all areas with a nice mix of sunshine and clouds. our slow moving front is making progress eastward today and should bring a tonight into tomorrow morning. once we get past about 9am wednesday, the rain chance should be out of here as high pressure builds back in for

lutz plans to attend the innovation expo in cedar rapids this wednesday. that's where repour will officially be unveiled, as well as his kickstarter campaign. eventually repour will sell for about 1-dollar-50 per stopper. today, some cedar rapids parents - thanked the nicu staff who cared for their sick kids. this was at the annual reunion members at the unity point health - st. luke's hospital in cedar rapids. there were a number of game and activities. and, of course, plenty of ice cream. st. luke's says this is one of the events it looks forward to each year. " 05:18:50 it's pretty amazing to see some of the tiny, tiny ones we've had in our unit and to see them running around. even though they're here today, being in nicu is a stressful time. you never plan for it. so to know they're here and healthy, it's great to see that " the nicu at st. luke's cares for nearly 350 babies each year. people in johnson county celebrated two letters, today. u-n. this party was in part dedicated to the united nations. find out why in just a bit. . and injuries show what

cards like this one are helping in the cedar rapids area. adcraft printing volunteered to print the cards for free. cedar rapids police officers carry the cards around with them and hand them out to homeless people in the area. adcraft says it initially printed 10,000 cards two months ago, but printed 10,000 more when they ran out. police officers say about half of the people they give the cards to are appreciative. ,' 07:03:37;22 it doesn't help the community so much, it helps the person that we give them to. so i for medical care, food and shelter, homeless shelter information, some of those phone numbers that are critical. shower information, some of those things. the basic human needs. '. a director of one of the clinics listed on the cards says providing these resources to homeless people makes more of an impact than just donating money, she also says the cards will help people find warm shelter as it gets colder. in cedar rapids samantha myer kcrg tv9 news. the iowa state patrol is state fair. the search is for 21-year- old craig hunt

clown sightings have been in cedar rapids. police tracked down some students that were accused in being in a picture that was posted online. they told police they thought it would be funny to dress up as clowns like in other parts of the nation. >> cedar rapids business that close during the flooding threat last week may not open back up. best western cooper's mill hotel was not touched by flood waters but it's been in city had the property value assesesed and made a agreement for more than 5 million dollars.that agreement will be brought to the city council on october 11-th. the city's flood control system committee also heard updates tuesday - on flood protection near the 16th avenue bridge.these renderings show the levee and flood walls planned to protect areas that were excluded from recent temporary protection.the levee will have a 130-foot base and walls 13-feet high.crews are planning to break ground on >> we have cover and -- cloud cover and rain. both will move on. it shows the rain on the move and by late morning we

joel covering cedar falls and cedar rapids washington... wash off to a 5-0 start, cedar falls is struggling a kunde lofts a pass over the middle and in to the waiting arms of gabriel penrith. penrith puts together a good return to get the tigers deep in warrior territory. a couple plays later the tigers capitalize....sam cirksena finds luke loecher wide cedar falls takes the early 7-0 lead. 2nd quarter....afte r a tiger field goal...drew dostal returning the kick....take a look at end of the play....bryce pilcher just rips the ball away from dostal and starts heading the other way with it. what a heads up play by pilcher. tigers turn that in to six again....hayden clausen takes the sweep to the outside and finds his way past the goal line to put cedar falls up 17-7. time winding down in the 1st half...the warriors finally dostal open deep down the middle. 67 yards for the touchdown and wash pulls to within 3. but the tigers weren't done for the half either....claus en...finds a hole in that vaunted warrior 'd' and he's gone. 64 yards to the

cedar rapids is 32 degrees. the wind is out of the northwest with 70 -- seven. cedar rapids. we are looking at 35 in dubuque and 30 in charles city and 35 in iowa city. there is the frost advisory. it is in effect until 8:00 this morning. that is for the highlighting counties board to those dubuque and cedar rapids and iowa city. the temperatures this morning is 28 ft. dodge and 25 and spencer, 33 in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. that is a couple of degrees below normal. satellite and radar is clear. it will continue to move away from us allowing a weak area of low pressure to the north. a cold front does not move until sunday or monday but this does push cloud cover him. we will look for that tonight turning partly and sunshine. here is the forecast model. we have this through lunchtime. it is quite. here is a little bit of cloud cover into the evening. as quick as the clouds within, they move back out. we have sunny skies for saturday and sunday and monday. today, sunny and frosty and call. the winds are 5 to 10. it is 56 and iowa city. the little ones heading to school,

live in cedar rapids, samantha myers, kcrg- tv9. just last night, the cedar rapids city council rejected a plan to build apartments on edgewood road northwest. the proposal called for 41 affordable housing units, including five for homeless people. hundreds of patients at one get the painkillers doctors had prescribed them. the hospital says a former pharmacy tech switched out the opioids with salt water. and buchanan county hopes an experiment on one of its bridges will help it save money down the road. and the chicago cubs have evened up the world series behind a strong outing on the mound. they beat the cleveland indians five to one in game two tonight. prescriptions of hundreds of patients at a hospital in des moines. it happened between august 26th and october seventh at methodist medical center. the hospital says more than 730 patients received watered-down drugs. it says the pharmacy tech used a syringe to replace the saline in vials. so instead of fentanyl, many patients got nothing more than salt water. the hospital is now

they actually looked at space not just in cedar rapids, but outside of cedar rapids. so to keep these jobs in cedar rapids was critical." large companies aren't alone in choosing downtown. ironically - the flood of '08 is aiding aspiring downtown entrepreneurs.economic development manager jasmine almoayed says some of the money left over from the disaster's relief fund is kickstarting small businesses as part of the city's micro loan program. program."there's actually a lot more interest than what we had originally anticipated. we didn't think it would be this high of a demand."modteets dollar micro loan from the city.a chicago native - williams plans to open a market at the roosevelt and says the downtown is a prime location for business. business."coming from a bigger city, i can see what needs to be fulfilled in downtown cedar rapids and i just felt like it was an opportunity, and i'm happy that i was the first one to take advantage of that opportunity." williams says he plans to have his convenience store - called mod's market - opened before the start of the new

in cedar rapids, jordee kalk, later this week. unlike 2008, the city won't likely get much federal or state funding to help businesses bounce back. so cedar rapids mayor ron corbett is challenging people to visit local shops and restaurants to make up for a week of lost revenue. sot "we don't want to lose that vibe. and you ca committing to come down to these businesses at least 10 times over the month of october. and bicycle community, i think you can rise to the challenge and i'm asking you to do it 15 times. if you do that, all of these businesses will get back up on their feet. " last weekend, downtown was a ghost town. last night-- not so much. this is what 2nd avenue looked like just outside of the kcrg studios cars lining the streets. a lot of people heading back to bars and restaurants. nearby, businesses in the newbo and czech village neighborhoods still have work to do before reopening. officials at the national czech and slovak museum and library say it'll reopen monday. that's owed in large part to the volunteers who w

>>> we are taking a live look over cedar rapids right now. today cedar rapids is 49 iowa city 51. dubuque 47 and pretty mild out there right now. the 2016 political season has been filled with very public controversy but a political activist has shown controversial things we've never seen. and correspondent christine purcell has more. the video was released on monday by conservative activist james o'keefe with project actions donald trump rallies. this is scott a political consultant with a group of americans united for change. he tell us the under conference he has people trained it to instigate violence at trump rallies. in the video he appears to state his volunteers and protesters to initiate conflicts conversations with people who are naturally psychotic. i mean honestly, it is not hard to get some of these assholes (please bleep and cover the word on screen) to pop off. it is a matter of showing up, to want to get into the rally in a planned parenthood t-shirts. or, trump is a nazi, you know. you can message to draw them than 2 and a half million hits. ((take fullscreen))fov

homeless in cedar rapids says it's noticing an alarming trend. and hillary clinton and donald trump are making a flurry of stops in battleground states ahead of election day. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 10 . someone has been firing paintballs at vehicles and homes and even hit one person recently in cedar rapids. police say they won't stand for it. joins us on the story. forrest, police don't think kids are doing this? no. according to some of the most recent reports-- it sounds like the people behind paintballing are grownups. and it's been happening for months. earlier this year, francis douglas painted his home on e ave nw. but one morning in august, he woke up to find a fresh coat. "i walked out. happened to look up at the front of the been peppered with paintballs. at least three of his neighbors along e ave were hit as well. vehicles too, like this suv that was parked outside. "don't they have something better to do? or, someplace else to do it?" apparently not. police say, in just

the cedar rapids city council has approved the buyout for a well-known cedar rapids hotel. cooper's mill hotel and restaurant shut-down during the flood evacuation and will not re-open.the council approved a purchase agreement the property and all of its contents.the city plans to demolish the building next spring as part of flood protection efforts. the city is still picking up sandbags -- but it's also hoping to pick up struggling businesses.this morning -- leaders will discuss a new effort to give financial support to area shops that suffered financial losses because of the flood.most businesses didn't get any flood damage -- but many still had to shut down for a week or more. hurricane matthew is still causing trouble for thous of people. north carolina residents are still evacuating areas - due to flooding from rising rivers. more than 31 counties in the state are now considered federal disaster areas. and the death toll continues to rise - north carolina officials say 18 have died because of the storm.that puts the u-s death toll at 33 while haiti's death toll has sur

more flood cleanup efforts begin today in cedar rapids. the city will begin garbage flood evacuation zone starting today. sandbag drop off locations are still also still open at the ellis park tennis courts and the noelridge park swimming pool. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on a few areas of fog in eastern iowa this morning. as is usually the case, the river valleys will probably go first, but all areas do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. our storm system that's continues to be on track with two different rounds of rain. the first round should move into eastern iowa on wednesday morning, with another batch of rain set to arrive on thursday. the timing of these rounds still are not fully set as the impacts of hurricane matthew could still shift these we certainly hope your is we certainly hope your is off to a good start. good morning america is next. and we'll be back with a local news update in about 20 minute

both presidential candidates will be in cedar rapids today. democrat hillary clinton will be outside newbo city market in the courtyard at 1:15 p-m.. she will follow up later in des moines. and republican donald trump will bring his campaign to the mcgrath amphitheatre. that event begins at 7 p-m. hillary clinton's appearance at new bo. that includes 12th avenue southeast between second and fourth streets. and 11th avenue southeast between third and fourth streets. for the trump event tonight, the city will block off first street southwest between fourth and sixth avenues, right by cedar rapids police headquarters. one man has died after a 1-car crash in rural butler county. responders came out last night around 7 to 190th street, near willow avenue. that's east of clarksville. the iowa state patrol says 41-year-old jeffrey dewitt died when the car went off the road and hit a box culvert. two other men were hurt in the crash. this morning, police have confirmed to us a shooting happened at belleview road in waterloo. we are working with author

inside a small storefront on cedar rapids' northwest side... side...skilled fingers toil away while foreign conversation... ...fights the sounds of sewing . machines.some people when they see us here they don't kow why we are here? are they students? are they visitors? immaculee and the women working next to her escaped hardships most p eastern iowa will never know. know.we are refugee's -- we fled our country because of war.the group -- african women empowered -- gives them a helping hand.the bags and necklaces they normally make sell for 20-30 dollars -- creating a source of income. income.we dont stay home and we get annoyed in the home sitting on the couch like couch potato potatothe 2016 flood waters went down in cedar rapids after causing a little damage sandbags.derek siddel is in mount mercy's enactus club -- the idea poppped into mind when we were out there getting the sandbags for the flood. they figured if the water didn't get too high -- there would be plenty of bags left untouched.helen armstrong is the director of african ministri

of them met this afternoon in cedar rapids. coe hosting wartburg...bo th teams receiving votes nationally...an d the two teams traded field goals early in the opening quarter as brayton brandt connects from 32....and brandon abbas answers from 22....game tied at 3... --but then the knights find the end zone on this great play-action pass from matt sacia to collin werkman for 72 yards....10-3 wartburg... --coe answers a few minutes later as seth williams gets glenn hits him in stride...williams wins the race to the goal line...game tied up again at 10... --the kohawks had it going on the ground as well...trevor heitland rips off a 64 yard touchdown run...heitland finished with 204 rushing yards as coe moves to 5-0 with a 37-34 win over wartburg. the 50s once again, but this time around we might see a peek of sunshine! mostly cloudy skies today will turn partly cloudy at times and this will allow for our high temperatures to be slightly warmer than what they were yesterday. expect highs to reach near 70 degrees. partly cloudy ski

only 50 in cedar rapids and the north did not get out of the 40s. the thunderstorms we saw it last night have pushed off to the east so there is nothing in eastern iowa as far as any rain is concerned. you can see the clouds are hanging tough. i think they will be here most of the night and into tomorrow morning but the afternoon we in the temperatures will warm up late in the day. friday is a big warm-up and are highs will go back into the 70s. tomorrow we will start partly cloudy and temperatures will breach 56 for the high. >>> the latest group to try and get a casino built in cedar rapids is trying to help out the previous group. the folks behind that "w rose" boutique casino idea that we first told you about last month definitely want the people that laid the groundwork to come along with t. them.they're creating an "investor compensation initative" to get around one point five million dollars back for the cedar rapids development group...they're the ones that led the charge for that "cedar crossing" casino downtown that was voted down in twent

protection money for cedar rapids. joni ernst and chuck grassley wrote a letter to the u-s army corps of engineers demanding answers. they want to know how the corps decides which projects to fund and -- how they decide the amount for each one. they say flood control projects in iowa are dropping on the totem poll and sooner rather than later. both say the process by which budget items are prioritized is biased against smaller cities. 73-million dollars in federal money for cedar rapids has been approved -- but it hasn't been allocated. a new consumer alert to tell you about this morning - -samsung has now expanded its recall of the galaxy note 7 - in the u-s to replace ?all of it's replacement devices - they sent out after the first r. recall.those phones were thought to be safe after reports surfaced of phones catching on fire. comes after the company previously said they'd stop making the galaxy note 7.now samsung is offering a 100-dollar credit to note 7 owners who switch to a new samsung phone. the man accused of

the cedar rapids district. this is one of two fronts that will be passing across iowa, eventually leading to more seasonable weather. highs fall into the 50s and 60s later in the week, closer to where we should be for this time of the year. rain chances are minimal at best and that holds off until tonight: mostly clear. wind: w 10-20. low: 59 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: nw 5-15. high: 70 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 48 wednesday: partly cloudy. high: 66 low: 48 thursday: in the morning. cooler. high: 57 low: 45 friday: partly cloudy. high: 58 low: 35 saturday: mostly sunny. high: 65 low: 40 sunday: mostly sunny. high: 69 low: 44 monday: partly cloudy. high: 69 low: 49 tuesday: partly cloudy. in the 70s and 80s a cold front slides through the state tonight. this is one of two fronts that will be passing across iowa, eventually leading to more seasonable weather. highs fall into the 50s and 60s later in the week, closer to where we should be for this time of the year. rain chances are minimal a

homeless man in cedar rapids is set to begin tomorrow. and thousands of fewer iowans are buying flood insurance than they did just five years ago. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 10 . who is monica vernon? what would the democrat do if elected to iowa's first congressional district? vernon is a former cedar rapids city council member who's looking to nab republican rod blum's seat on capitol hill. she's the first in our week- long analysis of candidates running for federal offices, who may end up representing iowa. kcrg-tv9's brea love has the story. monica vernon's political career began on the cedar rapids city council during an icy winter in 2008. "41:05i remember thinking we can get through this. we worked with citizens all over the community, clearing the streets, and i thought 'oh we're flood happened instead. that meant most of her term focused on recovering from disaster. "41:32we worked one on one with so many homeowners, small business people, the government didn't even have

they actually looked at space not just in cedar rapids, but outside of cedar rapids. so to keep these jobs in cedar rapids was critical." large companies aren't alone in choosing downtown. ironically - the flood of '08 is aiding aspiring downtown entrepreneurs.economic development manager jasmine almoayed says some of the money left over from the disaster's relief fund is kickstarting small businesses as part of the city's micro loan program. program."there's actually a lot more interest than what we had originally anticipated. we high of a demand."modteets williams got a ten-thousand dollar micro loan from the city.a chicago native - williams plans to open a market at the roosevelt and says the downtown is a prime location for business. business."coming from a bigger city, i can see what needs to be fulfilled in downtown cedar rapids and i just felt like it was an opportunity, and i'm happy that i was the first one to take advantage of that opportunity." that's connor morgan reporting. williams says he plans to have his convenience mod's market - opened before the st

connor woof is a senior at cedar rapids jefferson high school. connor is a major voice at jefferson high school and part of the school's student leadership team. he is also a drum major and recently served as master of ceremonies for the cedar rapids school district's rally starting the school year. connor also works as a camp ymca childcare. he is also active in politics -- working for the clinton campaign. voting runs through friday at kcrg.com/stud entofthemonth. a feature on the winner to run october 25th in the kcrg first morning news. a dangerous category 4 hurricane is damaging haiti's southwestern peninsula. in the u-s, forecasters say it's too early to say how the east coast could be but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good plan on a really nice thursday! highs will be into the 70s for all areas with a nice mix of sunshine and clouds. our progress eastward today and should bring a rain chance to the area late tonight into tomorrow morning. once we get past about 9am wednesday, the rain chance should be out of he

cedar rapids now need to go. the city says it will take weeks to pick all of them up at the curb, but you need to be ready when the trucks arrive. and thousands of supporters raise dollars for breast cancer patients during an annual race in cedar rapids. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. "trees, billboards down - this in the carolinas, especially, are dodging high water. scooping up the sandbags. the city of cedar rapids has places open for people to drop off the sandbags that volunteers filled to help with last month's flood. growing through granola. an update on a center point business that is expanding -- now as o'brien's own approaches 5 years. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday. the power is slowly starting to come back on today along the east coast. hurricane matthew knocked out power to about 825,000 customers in south carolina alone over the weekend. as of this morning, that

two cedar rapids police officers >> to cedar rapids police officers are now cleared in the valley high apartments. when they got there they found a 25- year-old woman's dabbed struggling with mark bivens. they determined that prevents ignored the orders from the police. >> the linn county's air for office is looking to buy a 65 body cameras for under $120,000. the cameras are designed to work with patrol car cameras. video arrived at the station. sheriff brian gardner says the technology will protect people's rights as well as the deputies on patrol. county supervisors will discuss whether to approve the purchase announced the creation of the new jobs and small business recovery fund.businesses with fewer than 51-employees can apply for up to five-thousand 28-foot evacuation zone are eligible to apply. they must show proof of at least one day of zero revenue as direct result of the evacuation. evacuation.we have a link to the application on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. the city is also asking everyone in the corridor to make a special effort to shop at flood zone businesses.this as

in one - vernon voted in 2013 to support a cedar rapids casino. donated to her congressiona l campaign. in another - vernon voted for tax breaks and agreements with frew development group to lead the westdale mall rennovation. around the times of those votes, frew's president, john frew, made several donations to vernon's campaign. frew and skogman also donated to other city council member's campaigns. it's a common practice for developers to support pro- development candidates. we also found an example when redevelop the knutson building from hobart historic renovations. that's despite the fact that jim hobart donated to vernon's campaign a month later. it is true vernon voted for projects of developers who also donated to her campaign. but the ad suggests vernon was engaged in pay-for-play while on the city council. but there is no proof vernon voted a certain way because of donations to her campaign - which would violate state ethics laws. so while there is some factual misleading. that's why this ad gets a 'c' emergency crews needed to use a h

records are as follows: cedar rapids, 86, 1950. dubuque, 86, 1950. waterloo, 86, 1910. iowa city, 88, 1950. plan on dry conditions tomorrow and wednesday with only a small rain chance still on track for thursday morning.today : partly sunny, windy, and warm. wind: s 15-25. high: 83 tonight: mostly clear wind: nw 5-15. high: 70 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: nw 5-10. low: 48 thanks kaj. investigators in winneshiek county say two people died from gunshots this weekend at a mobile home park -- but that the public is not in danger. the winneshiek county sheriff's office say calls came in about gunfire around 6:30 last night in freeport -- that's just east of decorah. deputies responded to the north terrace mobile home court. multiple gunshots at the mobile home park. when an officer arrived at the mobile home park, he found 2 people were shot and killed. officials couldn't say what the relationship between the 2 people is. marx believes it's an isolated incident. 19:33:51-:34:02 "at this time we have no reason to believe the public is in any danger at all. obviously that's

covering the corridor in cedar rapids, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news live at five. let's take a moment now to see what's headed our way in your weather first weekend you've worked hard. retirement's within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age to 70. blum: we've got to raise the retirement age. blum would make it harder, voting to cut social security and privatize medicare. blum would even deny social security to seniors until they're 70. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message, tomorrow on cbs 2...one of the biggest lessons kids learn in college is how to manage their . money.the latest scam that says it'll help you out of debt -- but just ends up creating more.tomorrow on >>> we are in the weather center now with brandon. we are loving these warmer temperatures.>> it doesn't really feel like fall with temperatures in the 70s and 10 degrees above average. things will be changing, especially later this week and into the weekend. we will get to the upper 50s and lower 60s. couple of days. as we look at the current conditions, wins are ou

in cedar rapids, samantha myers kcrg- tv9 news. live out loud is giving its first iowa presentation on monday at westfield the future. area boy scouts spent their saturday morning picking up bags of food for people in need. scouts took the bags to homes last month as a part of the "scouting for food" campaign. the boys picked up the bags yesterday and spent hours sorting the food into boxes, with help from volunteers. this site at rockwell collins collects 20 to 30 thousand pounds alone. organizers say this a great way to help people in need, as well as teach the boy scouts. community service for the boys and teaching them how to be a better citizen and apart of the community. this is a great opportunity for them to learn that and appreciate other people in need so they can give back to the communities. " the annual drive collects about 50 thousand pounds of food for local food banks every year. dawson says if your bag wasn't picked up from your home, take it directly to a local food pantry. raised in cedar rapids on saturday for a

an "investor compensation initative" to get around one-point-five-million dollars back for the cedar rapids development group.they're the ones who led the charge for the "cedar crossing" casino down decade. the racing and gaming commission rejected that proposal in 20-14.with almost ten million dollars invested for that initial push, this new fund looks to bring both efforts together. 26:46-57 rogers: "these investors put a lot forward of their own money -- and wild rose and steve emerson and hunter parks really recognize that -- and wanted to do something to show that respect." respect." rogers tells cbs 2 news that still looking to do the same things the previous investors have been trying to do: bring economic growth downtown. the chicago cubs are heading back to wrigley field - all tied up at 1 in the world serie. series.after getting shut out in game won - the cubs offense woke up for game two beating the cleveland indians five-to- one last night.kyle schwarber drove in two runs on two hits. he missed most of the season with a knee injury. wasn't feeling it. like i said, my teammates p

there is a live look at our sky cam in cedar rapids. we are picking up on cloud coverage. 57 in waterloo and oelwein. 60 iowa city and 50 in dubuque. one reason we are warm is these winds out of the south from it then clouds are moving to the picture. no moisture. that rain that you're seeing in western part of the state that will be here later tonight and through the overnight. your planner says 76 today with partly sunny skies. 72 at noon and 61 at nine this morning. full forecast details including how long we have this mild weather and how much rain we could be looking at in the next few days coming up forecast. >> many businesses and people around cedar rapids are feeling the effects of the 20 16th flood even if the water did not come up to their house. >> stephanie johnson is live in the czech village to tell us how they are struggling. >> reporter: for the business is behind me like line bridge cleaning up but getting people back into the door. city officials say during the flight these businesses took a financial hit when they we

cedar rapids. >> on 18. john deere classic champ ryan moore to clinch the cup, not in but hey it is enough. thats a check of sports -- we'll be right back with it's almost time for everyone to hang up thier >>> it is almost that time of night for everyone to hang up the -- since friday, thousands have flocked to the 51st oktoberfest. it is a family-friendly celebration with all kinds of german thing, food, games and of course beer, a parade, a cake competition and she was a highlight there. >> he's legitment. i will tell you that. >> did you go to keg toss. >> i did not. i did, however, partake in some of the little shops that they have, some hot chocolate, fudge, goods stuff. that's year-round. >> yeah. >> and some good weather for it. we have nice weather continuing tomorrow with plenty of sun, temperatures in the 70s. a chance for rain comes back by wednesday. thank you for watching the cbs have a fantastic night. we will see you tomorrow. look at the people and events that shape our community.this is iow

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. "cedar rapids. may be snorkel weather." those are just a couple of the cheeky t-shirts raygun is selling to help with flood recovery efforts in cedar rapids. since friday, they've sold 130 flood-themed shirts. raygun owner mike draper says employees will take half the profits from the sale of those shirts and use it to spend at businesses in newbo. "being a local business we are it's one of our values giving back to our community." the flood-themed shirts are selling so well raygun plans to order more this week. still ahead this evening, we'll be talking to the head of the cedar rapids metro economic alliance about how businesses are bouncing back after the flood. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. joe, a beautiful sunny morning turned into a cloudy afternoon. the majority of the week with highs staying in the 70s. changes are ahead however, beginning on wednesday. two rounds of rain are expected this week starting wednesday morning and again on thursday. rainfall accumulation s of over an inch are possible in som

walk in cedar rapids. the 1 mile walk raises awareness and money for the families helping families programs. those services help foster families in the state. it's $10 dollars per person and free for children in foster care. there will be a costume contest, prizes, live dj, and games. registration starts at 9 in the morning at the kirkwood community college track. or you can register today at f-h-f-i-a dot org. kaj has one more check of your overall, today should be another decent day. as precipitation should be short lived and mainly confined to the early to mid-morning hours. from there, a spectacular fall afternoon is on track with a return to sunshine and highs well into the 70s. the wind will not be as strong as yesterday. late tonight into tomorrow, multiple rounds of rainfall become likely again, with a final round of rainfall possible thursday night. that final round will probably be the strongest and create the bulk of the rainfall totals, which should exceed 1" in some locations. behind this fron

allergies are forcing a set of cedar rapids twins out of their homes. i have how the community is rallying around them, coming up in good wednesday morning! it's 4:30 on october 5th. here's a live look at the city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... overall, today should be another decent day. as mentioned yesterday, any early to mid-morning hours. from there, a spectacular fall afternoon is on track with a return to sunshine and highs well into the 70s. the wind will not be as strong as yesterday. late tonight into tomorrow, multiple rounds of rainfall become likely again, with a final round of rainfall possible thursday night. that final round will probably be the strongest and create the bulk of the rainfall totals, which should exceed 1" in some locations. behind this front, get the jackets out! it'll be a return to typical october for friday and saturday. enjoy your day!today: showers possible early, eclearg. wind: sw15. hige owers and storms latewind: 5-10: owers and storms likely, pecially in the afternoon

the mustangs hosted anamosa tonight on kcrg 9.2, morgan hawk had the covering cedar falls and cedar rapids washington... wash off to a 5-0 start, cedar falls is struggling a little bit. first quarter...no score...brian kunde lofts a pass over the middle and in to the waiting arms of gabriel penrith. penrith puts deep in warrior territory. a couple plays later the tigers capitalize....sam cirksena finds luke loecher wide open on the little pop pass. cedar falls takes the early 7-0 lead. 2nd quarter....afte r a tiger field goal...drew dostal returning the kick....take a look at end of the play....bryce pilcher just rips the ball away from dostal and starts heading the other way with it. what a heads up play by pilcher. tigers turn that in to six and finds his way past the goal line to put cedar falls up 17-7. time winding down in the 1st half...the warriors finally make something happen on offense. kunde finds dostal open deep down the middle. 67 yards for the touchdown and wash pulls to within 3. but the tigers weren't done for the half either....claus en...finds a hole in that vaunted warr

mid-70s to cedar rapids and points south. today: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely, mostly in the morning. windy at times. wind: var 10-20. high: 57 night: mostly cloudy anoler. wi: 5-10gh: 54 t. night: mostly cle we certainly hope your is off to a good start. good morning america is next. and we'll be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. >>> good morning, america. fast freeze. a big chill moving into the northeast just days after 80-degree temperatures. plus, more snow on the way. half a foot now in the forecast. >>> also this morning, the fight to the finish. donald trump taking aim at obamacare and vice presiden biden. >> biden wants to take me to the back of the barn, me. i'd love that. >> as trump's famous surrogate newt gingrich takes on the media and megyn kelly. >> he's not a sexual predator. >> that's your opinion. i'm not taking a statement. >> you are fascinated with sex. >> what she then says to him. >> excuse me, mr. speaker. >> while hillary clinton lines up another big endorsement and looks

low 50s in charles city 54 -- 59 and cedar rapids. rapid city is at 47. we show you this because that is heading our way for friday night. highs today made 50s even lower 50s back to the west. here today for us 76 and cedar rapids 70 in kansas city and 80 in wichita. we always look west to see what's happening in the forecast. >> an area of low pressure and you can see it passes to the north and east over the next few hours. that low continues to make tracks overnight tonight. there is the heavy line along the cold front full of rain. that will bring us the cooler air for the end of the week. cloudy skies and rain built-in for the last -- later afternoon. heavy showers late night tonight to early tomorrow. probably by 6 am tomorrow most of the rain will be gone. clouds will do the same in dry for friday night football but chilly with upper 30s the lower 40s. >> today will be mild. 78 mostly cloudy scattered showers this afternoon southeast winds five miles per hour to 10 miles per hour. mid-40s in charles city. low 50s elsewhere cloudy skies and thundersh