kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us live from newbo tonight. dave, some of the property owners were worried early this morning. beth, it's all good now, but some of the owners down here were very worried about morning. one of the earthen berms, that the city is using along with the hesco barriers, sprang a large leak. there were other leaks inside the area protected by the temporary flood walls. but most of those came from water backing up in storm and sanitary sewers. the problem at the end of 4th street southeast was a large leak with the water undermining this dirt berm and shooting into the air. one business owner says he was really concerned at firs response by city workers and contractors solved the problem. "there were over a 100 truckloads coming full speed it was dangerous these guys were literally risking their lives running dirt tamping it down massive loads of dirt and sand they got it contained and pumped back to the other side of the wall" a few commercial building's, like shriver's backing up into the basement. but it wasn't a lo

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman is live at the linn county sheriff's office this mid day. dave, what's going on there? chris, what we're seeing here is probably the exception, rather than the rule office are coming down, but this is the only sign we've seen so far of large scale dismantling of a flood barrier. now as we take a closer look at the activity, i call tell you crews started this morning and they are carefully lifting the metal- reinforced barriers to use again later. the county roads department will be ab projects. the plan is to remove the barriers from entrances first so work can go on with people using the building. the sheriff is hoping to get some people back inside in the next day or so but this office won't open to the public until monday live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news we're also following the flood along the wapsipinicon river. this morning it did crest just south of anamosa at 22.8 the earlier prediction of 24 feet. as the wapsipinicon bends through anamosa, most of the homes are on higher ground -- the riverside cemetery and high scho

right now kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us live from downtown cedar rapids. dave, even though the evacuation zone will re- open, the city will still restrict who can be there for a while? entrance to the bridges crossing the cedar river are starting to come down today. but there are some driving restrictions for the next day and a half. the end to flood zone restrictions will come in stages. at 7:00 tomorrow morning...no more curfew and at noon those who own property in the evacuated areas or live inside that rezone can come and go on any flood- related activity like cleanup. the bridges should be cleared by tomorrow and authorities will let those but regular motorists will have to wait for the all- clear saturday morning. "the barricades and checkpoints will still be in place so police will still be standing at those checkpoints asking people to show id so the bridges in the downtown area will not open to the downtown public until 7:00 a.m. on saturday" winter says two bridges, edgewood road and 16th avenue, haven't been inspected yet because the water was st

t-v nine's dave franzman was there and joins us live from the newbo district that flooded badly eight years ago, and has since been rebuilt. dave, how's the city preparing? bruce, the city of cedar rapids has a complete playbook listing how to respond to different flood events on the cedar river. it was adopted and refined after sandbagging will eventually be part of the response everywhere but newbo market operators wanted to start early and put out a call for any volunteers to join the effort. one of the first steps in the plan is to get equipment into place ahead of time if possible. in low-lying areas, crews have put pumps in place and also forms that keep storm water in the streets from overfilling the sanitary sewer system. as the river rises, barricades on streets likely to flood will begin going up. at the first of what will be a daily news briefing during the flood danger, city leaders urged caution. "safety is our number one priority we want to continue what we did in the flood of 08. if you remember the city had no fatalities so whatever advice needs to be taken, please do

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman was there. dave, there were more "thank yous" for a week's worth of efforts than new information today? brea...both the mayor and city manager singled out a made it possible for the city to survive a second highest crest of the cedar river this week literally with minimal damage. in his remarks yesterday, the mayor's message was welcome home to property owners and residents now able to return to any part of the evacuation area beginning at noon today. he also has a specific message of thanks to many students who had the week off of school due to the flooding issues. he said many could have relaxed the community. " ron corbett, cedar rapids mayor - " the city's building services director says inspectors have been out where they can and so far have found only a "small" number of properties with any flood damage. he would not put an actual number to the term "small" just yet. also here today... both the iowa attorney general and state insurance commissioner. their message was not that the city has t

we're going back now to t-v nine's dave franzman live at the city services center in cedar rapids. dave, the mayor today said many people were caught off guard with the extent of flooding in beth, knowing what could happen if the cedar river reaches just over the 25 foot level and being able to stop it are two different things. but there's a different feel with businesses and others close to the river. the preparations have started and many aren't taking chances this time. alliant energy's downtown tower got hit hard in the flood of 2008. this time, there's no trusting to luck. contractors installed a 4- foot-tall flood wall covered with a rubberized material to hold back any water. but even expensive preparations took place at shaver road. if these 1-million dollar plus substation transformers get wet, they get ruined. so a crane will lift everyone onto trucks to a move to higher ground. "you've got to start now so you're ready by the crest and if the crest happens you're ready for it and if it doesn't you're right there as well" other companies weren't using protection methods as

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is live at the linn county sheriff's office tonight. dave, the cleanup is just beginning? beth, crews began dismantling the hesco sheriff's office this morning. the idea is to get sheriff's department personnel back inside here in a day or so and open the building to the public monday. with the danger zoning now shrinking, life was also returning to some parts of downtown on the east side of the river. employees and volunteers started removing sandbag walls and plastic sheeting from the front of several businesses. many said the goal was to get open possibly as soon as the weekend. sandbags. " we've got out plumbers in here...like boilers we pulled we're reinstalling things like that it'll depend on back pressure in sewer lines and when the city is comfortable having people come back " some of the bars and restaurants are planning to reopen as soon as this weekend the linn county engineers says all the sand removed from flood barriers here will be reused in county road and construction projects. also reuse sand that doesn't come in conta

kcrg-tv nine's dave franzman joins us now live from the proposed location of the new location. dave, the builders are calling this a quote "boutique" casino. what does implies it's going to be a lot smaller than a typical resort casino. there won't be any restaurants or a hotel. the idea is to make use of what's already downtown and share customers with existing businesses. the proposed plan calls for using the space now occupied by this commercial real estate building, the adjoii lot and an auto service store. but it's not all for a casino. parking would be on the ground floor, the casino itself on the second and office space for the third and fourth floors. the biggest question, though, is whether downsizing the casino plan would create less conflict with existing casinos. "we're just hoping we're responsive to what they gave us as feedback two years ago, we're trying to right size it, we're trying to locate it so "they came to us because that's our niche and they've known us and that's what i said, we're good at operating smaller casinos " one potential complication involves

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us from the newbo district. dave, sandbagging has already started there. justin, the city was planning to ask for volunteers at several sandbagging stations beginning at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. the operators of the newbo city market wanted to get an early start and began called for volunteers to come and bring this own shovels about departments will follow a flood preparation handbook first laid out after the devastating flood of 2008. earlier today, crews began pre-positioning some equipment like pumps at intersections in low lying areas. they're also putting up some of the concrete forms that protect the sanitary sewer system from flood waters that may get into streets. at a news conference, city leaders urged home and businesses owners in the way of potential flooding to take precautions now. "the most important thing we learned as a city available i want every property owner, whether personal property, a business or non profit to please look at the map." city, and other maps, make predictions about pro

t-v nine's dave franzman is live at the linn county sheriff's department with more about that. dave, we've heard what the city is asking people to do with their sandbags barriers? beth, this hesco barrier in front of the sheriff's office belongs to linn county. and this sand will not go to waste. workers will recover it and it will be used in future road and construction projects for the county. crews are carefully removing the wire- reinforced hesco containers to reuse as many as possible in the so the plan is to return as many as possible in good shape. this flood barrier is far enough away from the river to be the first to come down. the sheriffs wants to get personnel back as soon as possible with the office here reopening to the public monday. but it's a lot more complicated to take down than put up. "everything is heavier now and harder to get at we've got two rows that butt up against each other so we can't get the lifting hooks in to pick up that front row so it will take some time, at least 3-4 days " the county spent about 100-thousand dollars to buy enough hesco barri

as kcrg-tv nine's dave franzman reports, iowa drivers are also entering the months with the highest numbers of deer-car collisios is the time of greatest risk for a vehicle-deer collision in iowa. but somebody apparently forgot to tell the deer recently. "well, these were brought in...one on friday and one today and i have another vehicle just dropped off...so there's three within a week." the state farm statistics show the average auto-deer repair bill nationwide is just under four thousand dollars. but wulfekuhle says some accidents cost a lot more to fix. the estimate for this one, one in 68 is much higher odds than a typical lottery game...but this is one lottery you don't want to win. " you didn't feel lucky, though, no, no i felt very unlucky that day" iowa shares one thing in common with other states that lead the list. that's a large deer population. one iowa d-n-r specialist says the state's deer population probably peaked about 2006...and the goal for a few years after that the state issued more tags and loosened rules to reduce the numbers. now, the goal is a keep a stable, sligh

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us live from jefferson. dave, at this point, do we know how the boy is doing? beth, investigators tell us the 15-year-old student was transferred to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics, and there is no current condition update. however, police de morning as life threatening. immediately following the shooting, the school went on a lockdown with students unable to come and go. some parents gathered outside wanting to take their students home for the rest of the day. the lockdown ended just before ten o'clock. classes continued for available. a number of students told tv9 about half took the option to leave early. "i haven't talked to my daughter yet, but just the situation going on i want to bring her home and we'll discuss the events that happened today " cedar rapids police do not believe the student who tried to take his own life attempted to enter the school with a weapon. instead, they believe the self-inflicted wound occurred on a small concrete patio area outside the school's fine arts auditori

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman is live in the newbo district. dave, one business owner insists the city could have protected all of the bruce, tornado's grub and pub is maybe 20 or 25 feet away from the hesco barrier that kept the newbo district dry except for some water seepage in basements. but owner tom slaughter still insists the city could have included all occupied buildings in that safety zone. protection line now. slaughter and his family members were busy removing his own line of sandbags and plastic sheeting. he says he only got a foot or so of water in the basement and should be able to reopen almost as soon as businesses on the dry side. and he continues to insist the city could have put the line of hesco barriers on fields behind the handful of buildings here and protected everyone. " we're the only street that's unprotected from the city of cedar rapi about this wall...but city was protected...but the city wasn't all the way protected " at the daily briefing, city leaders expressed regret that a few businesses were left unprotected

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman joins us from jefferson high school tonight. dave, what have students told you about this? who reported hearing some kind of a "popping" sound as they were entering one of the school buildings. police don't believe anyone witnessed the shooting, and it was the sound that prompted those here to investigate and find the wounded student. immediately after the reports of a self-inflicted shooting, jefferson began a lockdown procedure. that means one student who was off campus when it happened also discovered that meant you couldn't come back inside either. " i called my mom because they wouldn't let us in. they told us to go home, and then they sent a call out later saying we could come back. " the lockdown here ended after about two hours, and students and parents got a choice. they could stay in class with counselors available or go home immediately. some parents wanted their students at home. " my older son, he's pretty upset too he wants to come out, so i'm going to pull both of them out there was no one else involved aside from

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is live at valley high apartments tonight. dave, you talked with neighbors today? beth, neighbors described it as saying he looked out a window to see the entire parking lot filled with police cars. and some also said they heard bits and pieces of what might have prompted the domestic disturbance call that drew a police presence. police did not describe what went on inside the apartment just before the officer- involved shooting. but one neighbor said she spoke with the stabbing victim's mother afterward. daughter had children together, and bivins had come to the apartment and threatened the woman. another man said listening to para medics he knew the woman had serious injuries. "they were telling her things like control your breathing, stay focused keep your energy up that sort of thing so they were really focused on her as well" two next-door neighbors who in the domestic dispute were surprised. both knew bivins and the woman had argued in the past but they'd never seen any sign of physical violence. one d-c-i agent in charge

dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. the d-o-t cited another reason for asphalt on the highway 100 extension. it's a quieter surface than concrete, and that eliminates the need for sound barriers to protect nearby homes. now here's a look at what's coming up at 5:30 on abc's world news. coming up the tropical storm slamming the east, breaking news a ma reporting the driver who intentionally slammed into three officers and moments ago, donald trump scolded by a interstate 380 in johnson county - and that's causing backups during peak commute times. and an eastern iowa non-profit that helps provide food to animals... is in need of a help. tonight at 6. tonight at ten. tonight at ten. y226sy y12fy be like! wednesday was a beautiful day and thursday starts off on a good note as well. we are, however, tracking our next storm heading across the plains. showers and storms, with a heavy rain threat, develop thursday evening. rainfall chances end later on friday with a dry forecast trend above normal next week. have a great night

dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. cedar rapids follows cities like orlando, oklahoma city oh and quiddich is one of the sporting events that could be coming with that conference. google it. a new ad is taking aim at a democratic state senator from eastern iowa. challenger rene gadelha says senator liz mathis wasted millions of tax dollars on things like a golf tournament. we'll put that claim to the test and clouds in the north more rain heads our way. showers and storms are once again expected tonight, especially in the north with heavy rain a continuing around for friday and finally cools down statewide early next week. have a good night. tonight: chance of storms. isolated heavy rain possible. wind: s 5-10. low: 67 tomorrow: chance of storms. isolated heavy rain possible. wind: s 5-15. high: 83 tom. night: chance of storms. wind: s 5-10. low: 64 friday: turning mostly sunny. high: 85 low: 64 sunday: chance of storms. high: 75 low: 65 monday: mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. high: 67 low: 57 tuesday: mostly c

i'd like to show them the respect that we do it properly" dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. that university of colorado study of ely's stone bridge should arrive before the end of the year. the jones county engineer estimates tearing down the old dollars. u-n-i is hoping to continue their success this weekend against montana. after beating iowa state in ames last weekend, the panthers hope to open their home season with a win. stay with your 24 hour news return to the forecast soon. our next area of low pressure and associated frontal systems traverse the state friday. ample moisture is available and as a result rainfall develops, with locally heavy totals possible. lingering showers will be around for the friday night, but just in time for college football on saturday the weather improves. a fall weekend is instore, with highs in the 70s and lowers in the 50s. have a super night! tonight: increasing clouds. wind: light e. low: 62 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. locally heavy rain possible. and a few thunderstorms. wind: nw 5- 10. low: 57 saturday: mostly sunny a

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is live at the county administration building tonight. dave, one supervisor voted "no" harris who represents the more rural parts of linn county and many smaller communities. he personally says he believes an increase is warranted after ten years with no change. harris told fellow supervisors he voted "no" because of the negative reaction from business owners in smaller communities. harris says many are telling him increase wouldn't cause much concern. but it's the increase to $9.25 an hour and then $10.25 in following years that worry them. harris, for one, thinks if there is a push for city councils to "opt out" of the minimum wage hikes it will come next year if state lawmakers don't weigh in first. "i think state legislators are paying more attention to this than anyone thinks they are. i'm confident this year we'll see some legislative action in des but should businesses fear an increased minimum wage. tonight at six, thoughts from one cedar rapids small business owner who is supporting the push for a higher minimum. the final vote on

in vinton, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. pastor bob plans to make a relief group soon. the group has also set up a go-fund-me page to help complete the project. you can find a link to that page with this story at kcrg dot com. a young iowa girl just found out her cancer returned, shortly before her 11th birthday. coming up in our next half hour, we'll look at how people around the world are now granting her birthday wish. and in a few minutes, we look at the warnings east coast as hermine continues to cause problems. plan on a breezy and warm labor breeze, that'll help take the edge off the approaching mugginess today. late tonight into tomorrow morning, a small chance of storms exists, with a better rain is possible with any storms that come through the region both tuesday and wednesday. thursday, we should remain in-between system with dry sky likely. friday, a strong cold front approaches from the west and should generate some more showers and storms. going into the weekend, plan on highs to fall well down into the 70s with dry conditions partly cloudy early, then tu

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. in a t-v nine update... police arrested the woman they say robbed a u-s bank in coralville last month. charge. she's 20 years old and from coralville. police say she handed a note to a teller at u-s bank on 10th street in coralville around five on august 5th.. the note said that gathings' boyfriend was going to kill gathings if the teller didn't hand over 12- hundred dollars. the teller gave her the money and gathings ran away. after receiving tips and reviewing security video, police arrested her. a judge sentenced a former cedar falls high school coach and teacher to 10 days in jail for stealing students' medications from a locked douglas wilkinson, who is 34, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of prescription drugs and to making a false theft report. police arrested him in february after a security camera caught him stealing drugs from the nurse's office at holmes junior high. wilkinson was an english teacher at cedar falls high school and a basketball coach at holmes junior high. when you see news, ca

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman sat in on that vote and joins us live from our cedar rapids newsroom. dave, how did today's vote end up? chris...the final tally was four to one in favor of boostn that's the same vote it's been each time and supervisor john harris, the lone "no" vote explained it's because of the opposition he's heard from mainly small business owners in the rural areas and smaller communities. supervisors had to vote on three separate occasions for the county wide change in minimum wage rules to take effect. with the change, the state and federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour goes to $8.25 in linn increases take place in january of 2018 and january of 2019 with the county wage topping out at $10.25 an hour roughly two and a half years from now. one supervisor says as more counties take action it's more likely state lawmakers will step in. "what the state has to do first is having a conversation about minimum wage and then we'll see what the state does about counties that enact their own and if there's no legislative action this session i guarantee you there will be a l

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us live from city hall where today's news conference just wrapped up. dave, what did they have to say? "in '08 it was much less in advance. i am happy to say only people are starting to take notes from today's 10 am city of cedar rapids flood briefing:hesco barriers are being set up. more of these portable flood walls are on the way. plan is deploy 4000 feet and supplementing with earth levies and berms to fully protect both sides of the river. sandbagging stations at them to homeowners and businesses. access to ellis via zika avenue. surrounding communities and contractors offering help, materials and equipment. at this time, no change in anticipated level due to overnight rain. protecting to 24 foot level. focus today on both side of river in low-lying area. hesco barriers and earthen berms and levies installed by contractors. some road closures are starting to take effect due to minor flooding. the city is taking measures to close low-lying roads to prepare for potential flooding. current closures include otis road and ellis road west of edgewood. eff

in vinton, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. pitch to other vinton churches and the local disaster relief group soon. the group has also set up a go-fund-me page to help complete the project. you can find a link to that page with this story at kcrg dot com. the iowa board of regents says its plan for a new budget system will bring more predictability to tuition. but it says the unpredictability of the amount of state funding available could make the plan more difficult. the board recently announced a plan to fund the 20-18, 20-19 budget years new state dollars. the board now say it's unsure how much money the iowa legislature will give higher education each year. while many people will spend the day away from work and school today, that's not the case at cornell college in mount vernon. classes actually start today with an opening assembly at 9 this morning. students and staff are asked to take part in the event. then, it's off to class. students at cornell follow a block schedule, meaning they take one class for 18 days. unoffi

dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. the linn county supervisors will vote for the third, and final time, on the minimum wage ordinance this monday. each

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman is following the story today. dave, what are police saying now this morning? chris, local authorities are not saying anything at the moment because the investigation has been handed over to the state division of criminal investigation because it involves cedar rapids officers. the d-c-i agent in charge tells me in may be several days before the officers are identified because they must be interviewed first. the d-c-i agent did say in the shooting possibly something later today. police have not offered many details about what led up to the shooting incident other than it was a domestic disturbance. the officers involved were place on administrative duty as is department policy. this morning, little signs remained of the incident except for some crime scene tape. one resident in an adjoining building says he saw a police presence and then heard what he thought were two shots. he believes there was another injury aside from the man shot by police. he heard paramedics talking to a woman apparently injured in what happe

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us live outside the u.s. cellular center. dave, the city is pretty excited about this convention. beth, the convention itself brings about 200 to 300 participants for four days and will generate quite a few thousand dollars in local economic activity. that's nice. what's nicer, though, is some of the people coming make decisions about regional and even national tournaments in a variety of sports. the "go cedar rapids" tourism

kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman got an update at this morning's press conference. what are some of the highlights from today dave? chris, the highlight today was how to start and at this morning's brief, city leaders outlined a schedule on exactly when that will happen. here's how it will happen. at seven o'clock tomorrow morning, friday, the curfew in the evacuation zone will end. at noon on friday those who have businesses in the evac area or live there will be allowed back for flood-related work. for the general public, all the restrictions in flood zones come to an end at 7:00 o'clock saturday morning. for the mayor, the message was summed up access to city will begin clearing flood barriers on the avenue bridges today. those living in the area may be able to use them at noon tomorrow with access through checkpoints. the general public can't go over the bridges until the entire area is open up at 7:00 o'clock saturday morning. now, it's going to take longer to reopen cedar river bridges at 16th avenue and edgewood road. for edgewood road, that will depend on how

kcrg-tv9s dave franzman joins us live from the city services building with how the the city of cedar rapids is preparing for tuesday morning's more than 25 foot crest. and they say they feel people are more you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at 6. volunteers and members of the

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg t-v nine news. "it's not over yet, but we're feeling good, we're feeling very, very confident that this temporary system that we've built in less than two days will protect our city. " the city says the temporary barriers a the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the sewer system below ground. crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city said it could announce conference tomorrow morning. linn county sheriff brian gardner says his department on mays island in cedar rapids has escaped major flood damage. the city set up hesco barriers and sandbags to protect it against at least seven feet of water. gardner says sheriff's office will have to fix some flooring in the basement that's underwater right now. unfortunately, we have people out there trying to take advantage of

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us now. dave, what does grassley think of trump's plan to build a wall and have mexico pay for it? bruce and beth, grassley reiterated his support for the republican presidential nominee. grassley said he also supports more security measures than exist now between e but he pointed out there are other things the u.s. could do to increase border security without a new physical wall and arguing about who would pay for it. "that doesn't mean a physical wall all across the border...nor does it mean a wall itself is what you need if you want to secure the border...some physical wall, some virtual wall it could be electronics, drones etc. etc" grassley. it marks his 99th visit to an iowa county this year something even other politicians call "the full grassley." but some of his political opponents are claiming that the "full grassley" visit to every county is not exactly as advertised. and we'll look at that claim and a response tonight at six. the most recent poll from yougov and c-b-s shows grassle

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg-tv9. open for business. today, 11 story, 37-million dollar tower in downtown cedar rapids. the building on first street isn't completely done, but c-r-s-t headquarters is operating out of there already. companies that will lease space will move in next month. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. joe, rain is coming our way tonight? showers and storms move into the weather picture tonight continuing on friday. some gu some of the storms, especially tonight. at this points it appears that friday night lights football games will not see much inhe way of problems from the rain. the weekend is still looking up with dry weather and highs in the 70s. tonight: showers and storms become likely. wind: se 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and a few storms likely. wind: s 5-15. high: 76 just into the tv newsroom. a judge has issued an arrest warrant for a former substitute teacher at washington high school in cedar rapids. mary beth haglin has admitted to having a sexual relationship with

dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. today, people started dropping off wet and dry their homes and businesses in cedar rapids. the city set up a collection site this morning at noelridge pool. a second collection site will open tomorrow in ellis park at 7 a-m. the city plans to start picking up sandbags from people's front curbs a week from monday, october 10th. so if you cat haul sandbags to a collection site, put them out in front of your home. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. he's live in mount vernon where the mustangs are night lights game. joe, as we wait for the water to recede, our dry weather will continue? an area of low pressure, cutoff from the jet stream, meanders its way to our east. it is close enough to keep more clouds in the forecast through saturday. as a result highs remain in the 60s. a warmup starts sunday, bringing 70s back into h week. wednesday finds our next chance for measurable rainfall. have a great night and a safe weekend! tonight: cloudy. wind: ne 5-10. low: 57 tomorrow: mostl

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us in the studio tonight. dave, what is hawkeye community college doing? bruce and beth, the school wanted a way to make students think about those 11- hundred student lives lost every year to suicide. so lining a central courtyard that connects the main campus buildings is a rather dramatic display. it's 11-hundred pairs of empty shoes representing students who didn't get the mental health counseling they needed. and it's not just empty shoes at this community college campus in waterloo. there are literally hundreds of stories about those students who took their own lives. some are on photo posters, many others attached to the shoes themselves. for those students taking the time to look, read and ponder it's a reminder that this can be a stressful time of life and there are people willing and able to all, college is a really stressful time...just dealing with life trying to get homework done trying to have a social life trying, working to grow who you are working to have some money. " for every student represe

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. though people can start moving still open in cedar rapids. they're at saint paul's methodist church and cedar hillary community church. last night, 80 people stayed at those shelters. the shelter at saint paul's will close sunday at 2 p-m. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. he's live from mount vernon, where the mustangs are hosting the anamosa riders for our friday nigh lights game. joe, it's really starting to feel like fall for tonight's football games. an area of low pressure, cutoff from the east. it is close enough to keep more clouds in the forecast through saturday. as a result highs remain in the 60s. a warmup starts sunday, bringing 70s back into the forecast through the middle of next week. wednesday finds our next chance for measurable rainfall. have a great night and a safe weekend!tonight: cloudy. wind: ne 5-10. low: 57 tomorrow: mostly cloudy. a few sprinkles are possible, mainly east. wind: n 5-15. high: 66 iowa are now eligible for federal help as they recov

dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. the linn county supervisors will vote for the third, and final time, on the minimum wage ordinance this monday. each own local ordinances that would allow them to avoid the increase. re-locating and re- opening. that's what the owner of riley's in cedar rapids has decided to do one day after a kitchen fire heavily damaged the building. the fire at the diner, which is on first avenue, started around four yesterday afternoon. fire crews believe a small vent fan overheated in the ceiling above the dishwasher. a majority of the roof is gone, and the rest of the diner has heavy smoke damage. kcrg-tv9's jordee kalk is i plan for the diner? riley's will re-open at 6:30 friday morning. but it won't be at this location, it'll be just a few blocks down the street at daisy's garage. richard pankey owns both restaurants. pankey says the plan is to start offering the breakfast menu at 6:30 every morning. after 11 on monday through pankey tells me he hopes this is the best way to ensure his custome

kcrg tv nine's dave franzman reports four of the five businesses chosen are up and running, and now program leaders are looking for new candidates. experience in construction when his employer closed up and left town.sot/nat he tried to go out on his own with a one-man concrete business. it wasn't working. then he saw a story on tv9 and learned about new micro loans. " i went and checked it out and it's a lot of work...but it's well worth it " hemann used the micro loan to buy tools instead of renting and paid for difference between a business that failed and one that's working. " now when it comes to opening an upscale restaurant, 10-thousand dollars is a drop in the bucket ...but for the pig and porter here, a microloan was an important part of the financing program...it wasn't the first dollar, it was the last" will monk and partner matt melone had lined up investors and found commercial loans. but construction costs overruns this business also got one of the first cedar rapids micro loans and that 10- thousand dollars was enough to open the doors this summer. "everybody thinks they had

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman joins us now. dave, how did grassley respond today to questioning about the lack of public events in those bigger counties? bruce, the senator insists he doesn't duck public events in iowa's more populous counties because he's afraid of seeing more critics. he says he mixes "town hall" type events that are always open to the public with trips to schools or factories that have a "closed" audience. and he does it to get and offer a chance to ask questions. about a hundred spectators jammed into a jones county courthouse to get a chance either to listen or ask a question of iowa's senior senator. the senator makes it clear at the start no question is off limits. sot/nat but supporter's of grassley's opponent patty judge told reporters the "full up to be because some the 99 county events are actually private meetings behind closed doors. "if they can't have that face- to-face with their u.s. senator there is a problem so yeah, it is something they do care about." but the senator and his staff took issue

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman shows overlook. it's a display that's hard to miss on the courtyard at hawkeye community college. shoes...11- hundred lined up in rows each representing a student life lost in a typical year. " this is adam smith...he was 19...he said he was sorry false accused of plagiarism. " for some students, it's a painful reminder of loss because they knew someone this age who committed suicide...or tried. " i didn't really expect it. happy but it's impossible to know " " as you look around the central part of campus, it's obviously a powerful statement...1 pair of shoes equals 1 life lost anywhere in the us...for many people it might be a generic kind of thing...until you get to something like this ...this is a uni student who took her own life now quite a year ago. " the hawkeye display remembers two u-n-i students who committed suicide along with hundreds of other students nationwide. college community campus of loss...it was to encourage those fighting depression or other mental health issues to get help. a

nine's dave franzman tonight. dave, what does the damage look like? beth, on this side of the earthen berm and hesco barrier things are looking pretty good with only minimal water in the streets and in some of the building basements. it was a tense time early this morning when water breached this earthen dam and crews had to respond quickly to bring in more as these photos show, a handful of property on the edge of newbo couldn't take advantage of the temporary flood barriers. the owner of tornado's pub & grub told me his own sandbag wall was holding off three feet or so of water with just a modest amount of damage so far. one local historian says the city faced a difficult choice because the temporary flood walls could only stretch so far. " they sacrificed five of the major historic buildings, there like mad modern, tornados, kickstand. what i saw was 3-4 feet of water covering the outside of the buildings " other newbo owners, while sorry for the potential loses in a small corner of the district, were still happy the temporary flood barriers held a

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman is live outside of the proposed casino site. dave, how beth, one obvious difference is it's a lot smaller and a lot less expensive. the plan that failed two years ago would have cost more than 160- million dollars. this plan is pegged at 40- million... and the development itself would have commercial office space so the casino would only fill part of the space. the more modest "boutique" casino that would go where this office building, are now, would still provide about 200 jobs. it wouldn't have a restaurant or hotel... with the idea being to share customers with local downtown businesses. one wild rose official hopes a study will show less of an impact on existing casinos with this plan. " we have a plan, does the plan make sense. cedar rapids is the second largest city in iowa i think someday cedar rapids will have a casino."

kcrg-tv9's dave franzman has been at jefferson for the past couple of hours and joins us now. dave, what have you been able to find out? chris, that pretty much sums up the basics. we talked to a couple of students who say they were entereing the building. what we've learned from both pd and school administrators is the shooting appeared to tak epalce outside the fine artsm building on the jeff campus. students who left said there was some initial confusion inside. eventually, most learned it was a suicide attempt outside the school. one student told us she was off campus when it happened. and when she cam lockdown in effect. " i was in shock. nothing like this has happened since i've been here..... shooting something. " school officials gave both parents and students a choice. that was stay in class with a modified schedueld and councilors available or go home. some of the students number of students appeared to go home. police described the injuries to the student as life-threatening. but we've had no update on condtion from police yet. live in cr df tv9 news. we received doz

in vinton, dave franzman kcrg tv9 ne. pitch to other vinton churches and the local disaster relief group soon. the group has also set up a go-fund-me page to help complete the project. you can find a link to that page with this story at kcrg dot com. an eastern iowa business is making a name for itself by producing something quite intangeable.... ...comfortable work environments former playboy bunny pamela anderson says she has some regrets. hear what she says she just can't support anymore. meteorologist chris havely a fairly weak system is moving across north central iowa this midday, causing a few showers and storms north of highway 20. this activity should diminish by the afternoon, leaving all of eastern iowa under mostly sunny skies. mugginess will be on the this evening, we're back to very humid conditions. moving into tonight, a few storms are possible for overnight and early tuesday morning. better chances for rain arrive tuesday late afternoon. heavy rain will be possible with any storms that do develop. our act

in our show you care spotlight, kcrg tv nine's dave franzman looks at the work underway to make that space a new temporary place to stay. pastor bob gaston and others members of his congregation were some of the first called out in mid july to help with the tornado response.sot/nat it's understandab e for the salvation army. he knows first hand how much it cost find temporary motel housing for all the displaced vinton residents. "we don't exactly how many we had but the motels were full and you're figuring 80 dollars a night so maybe $15,000 for the first week" but after the initial rush pastor bob thought there has to be a better way. and then he thought about his own home...the parsonage next door to the church...and about that upper floor. sot/nat with the blessing of church leaders, work started to convert the top floor into temporary community housing for any one, or any family, in need. have empty space, there are other churches...buildi ngs that are empty...we decided we're going to look into other alternatives. " pastor bob says this space certainly wouldn't have housed all t

live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. volunteers have been turning help move people's furniture. kcrg-tv nine's forrest saunders joins us live from cedar rapids city hall with more about those efforts. you want talk about inspiring, this town knows how to come together and fig happened earlier this morning. look at this. vo before 10:00 this morning-- this is what it looked like in newbo. the city created this and two other sandbagging sites in cedar rapids. look at this. we're talking about hundreds of volunteers who came out to make sandbags for those in need. some of them were students from north linn. those about 50 students had the day off, but decided to work instead of take it easy. a middle school teacher, who came up with the " we had an inservice. we were thinking about flood victims. we remember 2008. we started talking to some of the kids last night, said hey if you want to go, we'll bus you down there. we can help out for six, seven hours. we've got nothing else to do." another cool thing, happened over at no