of course, monticello, madison's home. i know brent will talk about some of these places, and of course eisenhower's home up in gettysburg. we want to thank the charlottesville -- and kirk is here, the executive director. i want to introduce our guest, brent glass, who is director emeritus of the smith sonan's national museum of american history, the world's largest museum devoted to telling the story of america, a national leader in preservation and interpretation of history, he is a public historian who provides management and consulting service to me you museums and cultural places around the world. since 2012 brent has served as a management consultant to more than 50 cultural and educational institutions, ranging from places like san francisco as well as abraham lincoln's presidential library foundation in illinois. he's currently working with several museums under development and was a member of the flight 93 memorial advisory commission. without further ado, let's welcome dr. brent glass. [applause]. >> thank you, s

some people who live in monticello are back in leak forced them to evacuate. the gas leak occurred at south affected 25 to 30 businesses and homes. people weren't able to go back until about 6:30 this evening. we'll be right back. stay with t-v nine. that airs right here on kcrg. while it's a fictional tv show, the role of designated survivor is a very real thing. our washington correspondent ted fioraliso introduces us to two men who were in line to be the next president in the event of a disaster. in the new abc show, kiefer sutherland plays a cabinet secretary - chosen to sit out the state of the union address - in the event of a disaster. the rest of the cabinet dead - thrusting sutherland's character into the oval office. thankfully, a situation like this has never happened. but there are protocols in place - just in case. "i've often thought about the fact - what if i did have to become president? and you know, you just have to do it." dan glickman was president bill clinton's agriculture secretary. he was chosen as designated survivor during the 1997 st

emergency responders took people affected to the monticello community building. remember, whenever you see news happening, you can let us know by calling our newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. joe, seasonably warm long will that sunshine stay with us? activism that is sympathetic to from iowa steve king is calling football player colin kaepernick's national anthem protests. refused to stand for the anthem in protest of racial biases and oppression against blacks and other minorities. king recently weighed in on kaepernick's protest saying the coach shouldn't let him play until he stops and asks for forgiveness. the iowa secretary of state's office wants more young people to vote in the upcoming presidential election. today, secretary of state paul pate announced a new initiative to work with 38 of iowa's colleges social media on campuses and bigger efforts for voter registration events. there are more than 300-thousand college students in iowa. in johnson county, officials have been working on getting young pe

monticello. to her this is hallowed ground. >> i'm thinking, right, this is the soil, this is the -- >> i have soil at home. >> do you? >> yes, i have at home. among those who stayed the night was joe mcgill, founder of the slave dwelling project. he slept in almost 100 slave quarters in 17 states. why should people do this? why should people come and sleep in a building like the that's right behind you right here? >> in these environments, it forces the conversation of race relations, those things that were set forth in the founding of this nation and where we are today, it helps us fill in the blanks. >> spots left blank, because in much of america, whileally men may have been created equal, they were not treated equally. even jefferson, enlightened, brilliant jefferson, couldn't naya is a historician at monticello. >> some of his memories were slaves lifting him on a horse, and one of the his last memories is a slave repositioning his pillow before he died. there was no way they lived without

some who live in monticello are back in their homes this morning after a gas leak forced them to evacuate. the leak was at south main and south streets before noon yesterday. it businesses and homes. people weren't able to go back until about 6:30 last night. new technology from the university of iowa is making it possible for emergency responders to be prepared for practically any situation. responders in cedar rapids used the university's mobile emergency simulation lab to practice treating a burn victim yesterday. the lab is capable of presenting a number of different scenarios. though everyday, the simulator helps them train for rare but very serious situations. "we like to put them in situations that they don't see very often... those really sick, critically ill or critically injured patients. you just don't come across them all that often. you can work for years and years and not come across a specific patient population that has a specific illness, and this forces them to make those critical thinking decisions" introduce people to careers in emergency response. apple hopes to see l

there's monticello with a reading of 81 degrees. to the northwest of us you can see some trouble brewing. as for our -- that's where our next front is located. that will be moving along eastern iowa with storms later on tonight. the live radar now and see the precipitation is a little closer view here and there's highway 20 from waterloo to fort dodge. a little ways before it gets into our region t. will be coming into our northern and western counties through the evening hours. and our predictor at 7:00 does indicate the showers and thunderstorms up in north tral and northeastern waw. by around 9:00 into decorah and back into north along highway 20 here and then evenly start sagging southward and through the rest of the area. there's the possibility with the high moisture levels that some spoits could see some locally heavy rain. here we are add finally at 5:00 in the morning with scattered showers and storms still around. so tonight, warm, moist air into eastern iowa. driving the showers and thunderstorms that we'll be experiencin

. >> monticello is a monument to husband genius.in every detail, but the hands that built this magnificent house were the hands of jefferson's slaves. >> it's pretty powerful to see they have thinks finger pripts in the bricks that my ancestors put these fringer prints there. they're so small, but a lot of them were actually just kids. >> more than 100 enslaved people worked here and the surrounding feels for decades. monticello wouldn't be here were it not for slaves. >> i have many ancestors including salary hemming's older brother, who was may great great great grandfather. >> this is the home of my great great great great grandfather. >> we were witness to an extraordinary family reunion. monticello invited some of the descendants of the enslaved people to come here for a night. it was both party and pilgrimage. a journey of connection. shannon le near is the offer son of "jefferson's children, the story of one american family." >> you look out at this beautiful place and think, wow, it's beautiful here, but would my ancestors h

he is ready to her in london and talking about her plans to go back to monticello. part of the writer letter reads i have my house to bill, my field to form and to watch for the happiness of those who labor for my. i've. i've one daughter married to the man of science, and who indeed i have nothing more to wish. they live with me. if the if the other shall be as fortunate and due process of time i shall imagine myself as blessed as the "most blessed of the patriarchs". so what are you talk about a little bit about what it was in .. language that intrigues you and made you think that was the root of this book. >> personally want to say that the title was so much controversy. we have to fight to have quotes because this is a jefferson quote about himself and we did not want people to think we are calling him the most blessed of the blast of the patriarchs because. >> because i am the most blessed of the blessed. >> stephen might be able to get away with that but i cannot get away with get calling jefferson the most blessed of the blessed of patriarchs. but we thought

ely's stone bridge is just northwest of monticello. the name comes from the family that built it by hand in 1893. only about 240 vehicles a day cross this isolated bridge over deer creek. but kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman reports that a university study is underway on how to fix it and pay for it. expert to spot the crumbling stone on the west part of the bridge.sot/nat but there are engineering experts here through saturday doing a thorough bridge study and they, along with students, came all the way from the university of colorado at denver campus. soundbite "we repair bridges, that's what my team does at the university we also have historic preservation derivative in all of our education for sustainability as part of a bridge study team through saturday. and as an academic project it's all at no cost to the county. several students will base their ph-d and master's projects on the study of this old jones county bridge. soundbite "i see modern bridges all the time in denver...we have some historic ones...but an arch bridge is interes

--then lauren ries gets in on the action as monticello beats regina 3-1. it's friday, september 23rd. starting off with a live look at . cities in the northern part of our viewing area are evacuating, preparing, and hoping flooding isn't as bad as predicted. here is a live look at waverly where people living on the southeast side are evacuating. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara

we have 77 in monticello and iowa city and the dew are not a big factor, upper 50s and low 60s. the wind has increased out of the south at 5 to 15 miles an hour with gusts up to 25. satellite and radar are quiet, some clouds building this afternoon but more so this evening. as you see, a nice quiet afternoon. ahead of us, clouds building this evening and rain expected overnight tonight. high of 79 this afternoon, 68 at 9:00, and we'll watch for coming up in about 10 minutes. >>> new at noon, the minimum wage will soon go up in lynn county after the third reading of the minimum wage ordinance was approved. it will increase one dollar each year for three years. january 1st it will increase to $8.25 an hour and by 2019 it will be $10.25 an hour. individual cities within county have the authority to opt out of the increase. >>> authorities are looking ifer more information after a young man's body was found over the weekend. 20-year-old nathan tweed was at the university of northern iowa.if you saw something related to the incident or have any information - the sheriff office asks y

the same temperature in waterloo, 61 old-line, monticello, 59 in dubuque and that winds our southerly, five -- 5 to 10 and the satellite but the north and west, we start to see the clouds move again. we will wait until the early afternoon to see rain and the afternoon and evening time for central and southern iowa. 85 degrees today compared to the upper 70s in the north and we will breakdown the temperatures and let you know why the contrast and temperatures and talk about a slight risk for severe weather, all of that coming up in the main forecast in about 10 minutes. vice presidential candidates from both major political parties are in iowa expect voters can start casting early ballots in 10 days. first up this afternoon, democratic vp nominee tim kaine kirkwood community college in cedar rapids last month. on the republican side, v-p nominee mike pence has two stops scheduled today in iowa. the indiana governor will hold a town hall this afternoon in mason city, then a rally company in dubuque.today's stops will be the fourth and fifth iowa events for pence since he got the vice- p

doors open at 5 p-m saturday, october 8th at the berndes center in monticello. soon the wapsipinicon river in service predict the river to crest at 22.8 feet, that's about 8 feet over flood stage. other cities along that river have also seen flooding with the crest coming soon if they haven't already seen it. governor terry branstad and lieutenant places that flood waters has reached and caused some damage. the governor and lieutenant governor will start in vinton, head to palo, and then go to cedar rapids. in cedar rapids, city leaders still have the voluntary evacuation in place for parts of the city. it may have hit the crest, but it is still far above flood stage meaning they recommend people stay out of those areas. a press conference is scheduled for 10 this morning to talk about flooding. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plenty of clouds. a sprinkle may fall out of the lowest clouds, but otherwise, a dry day continues to be on track. plan on the wind to really enforce the chill during the day and even with highs in the upper 50s to low

monticello, the warm spot at this hour at 52. those winds will be gusting today 6 to 12 miles per hour right now. the dew points are in the low to mid hoes. they are expected as we head through this afternoon. we'll keep the sunshine and forecast by 9 a.m. we'll be at 54. looking at 3:00 this afternoon, we'll be into the low to mid 60s area wide. coming up in just a few minutes, we'll take a look at the current river levels and the current forecasted crest in just a few minutes, guys. >> thanks, brandon. >>> just about 6:00. we're taking a look at a live shot from our reporter, stephanie johnson, to see what she can see at this moment. we'll check in with her. >> that's right. flood coverage on cbs 2 and fox at veridian credit union that's why we're offering auto loans as low as 1.74% apr... you get a low rate, plus up to $200 cash back, but this offer ends soon,

monticello. winds 9 to 13 miles per hour out of the west. they are going to be gusting to near 30 to 35 miles per hour today. that's pulling in a lot of the dry air with dew points in the 40s. you can see here on the temperature change from just the last 24 hours, most places 14 to 16, 19 degrees cooler to start today than we were just 24 hours ago. so that air mass has already begun to settle into eastern iowa. the clouds move into illinois as that cold front begins to push through. we are going to keep the sunshine in the forecast today. as you can see here, of iowa. we'll see that sunshine here for the rest of today and pretty much all week long. it'll be pleasant and less humid. sunshine and seasonal temperatures. upper 60s to around 70 degrees. 67 the high temperature for today in cedar rapids and waterloo. little warmer, 72 and low 70s. our predictor shows not much if any clouds in the forecast today. clear skies tonight. a little bit cooler, low to mid 40s expected, then some clouds, counties tomorrow, which could spawn an isolated sh

fifty-four monticello. fifty-six in dubuque. up midwestern picture cooler air to our north and west warmer where to the -- our south and east. high pressure continuing to slide through the midwest and it is that high that will keep things on the quiet side today. tomorrow afternoon a warm front moves in and that frontal boundary builds of the clouds in and eventually brings us some scattered showers and chances as we head into the evening and afternoon and evening still mostly quiet. tomorrow here's with where the cloud start to build in the forecast. as they do we will see again some scattered showers and western iowa by late morning. i think our chance of more so is into the evening and into the overnight hours. for thursday night that sets the scene for more rain as we head friday -- through friday. >>> upper 60s around seventy-one decatur. cedar rapids and waterloo at 72. seventy-four in iowa city. dubuque mid- 50s of this morning a few clouds and a calm start to the day. through the afternoon at mostly sunny and 71 is the h

police say people in homes and businesses near a gas leak in monticello should be able go back around 6:30 police say the gas leak happened this morning near forced police to evacuate 25 to 30 homes and businesses. remember whenever you see news happening, call newsline nine at 319- 365-9999. you can also email news tips, pictures, and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. people who were arrested while protesting the bakken oil pipeline are promising to continue their fight. today, 30 protestors appeared in court in boone county. they face charges for trying to block trucks from entering and leaving a this is video of the protest in boone, where they were arrested. they are part of bakken pipeline resistance coalition, which is fighting the use of eminent domain by dakota access, the company that's building the pipeline through the state. it's also concerned about the environment. the state of iowa is making a big push to get college students to vote this november. and north dakota state's football team has high praise for the hawkeyes heading into how long until people across the count

it goes over deer creek a few miles northwest of monticello. beth, the answer is it's a project involving researchers and students all the way from the university of colorado at denver. and they're doing it, for free, use the information to make some tough choices. there's a reason civil and structural engineers and students located 800 or 900 miles away came to this historic and remote stone bridge to study its condition. it's a family connection. professor kevin rens and his wife amy are from iowa and studied engineering at iowa state. amy rens was back recently for a visit and to hear about the problems with this historic bridge. sot "it has cultural the people who live here kids who come and hang out, the wedding pictures and photos that get taken here so it has significance for the community." rens engineering department at the university of colorado campus in denver budgeted about 30-thousand dollars to bring 14 people to rural jones county to measure and study this bridge. but the results of their professional study, which might cost a c

now we're seeing the end of the clouds near cedar rapids and monticello in dubuque. we will see sunshine areawide throughout the rest of the this afternoon and evening. temperatures warming up in the 70s areawide. we have seen 76 in waterloo and 74 in cedar rapids and 78 in iowa city. temperatures continue to climb up to area -- upper 80s. close to 80 for the to the south. less humid but it won't be completely comfortable. just slightly dryer air that will be in place for now and yes that means the humidity is going to go right back up. i will let you know how long the humidity will be with us and when you need the umbrella's coming up in a few minutes. kelly? >>reporter: -- >>> one-person dead and another injured at alpine high school in western texas about 200 officials say the shooter, a student died of self inflicted gunshot wounds. the person who was injured was transferred to a local hospital. no word on his or her condition. there are no other suspects in the shooting. a police officer was accidentally shot by a marshall as officers responded. the officers con

right now -- monticello residens residentsimpacted by a gas leak are back in their homes this morning.the city lifted an evacation order last evening.authorities tell cbs 2 news a construction crew hit a gas main earlier thursday forcing dozens of homes and businesses to evacuate.no one was hurt. iowa is a leader in flood research -and experts at the university of iowa got to show off their work at the iowa flood center. center.the center was established after the devastating floods of oh-8. during the open house -- researchers showed their work -- systems and instruments. together -- the programs work internationally and? locally to forecast what's going on in iowa. we always keep in focus the fact that we are here to help heart, you know, take it very seriously and i certainly hope take it to heart and take it very seriously and i certainly hope that we do. >> the open house was part of a celebration for the inks haitian of university president bruce harold. >>> pilot error is now the main cause of a blue angels plane crash in tennessee this summer. navy investigators just released thei

of homeownership fell to 36% that is the lowest level in recently recorded that is why josh hard monticello plans to build more in the neighborhood. >> they are saying i don't want to own a home. i want to live where i want to live. i want to move if a job comes up in an area i like and fill my life with experiences and not things. they are an unusual group in that sense so they can live in a house but not have the responsibility. >> reporter: home-style are popping up over the valley. 11,000 units will be added in 2016 and 2017 combined. a huge majority of the units will be filled, many with millennials not ready to jump into ownership just yet but wanting to call phoenix home with flexibility. >> rent in the compared to national numbers, many studies found it is going up and the average rent is $961, $62 higher than last year's numbers. >>> the calendar has turned to september, which means flu season is around the corner. enjoy the weekend before you start worrying about flu season, enjoy the holiday weekend. doctors are recommending people get their flu shots even though for another mont

. >> another battle, monticello, the panthers host the knights and he runs all of the way down, and that's the red zone and the knights are in business. and then it's the speedster. around the corner and in for 6, union is answers. he loses the snap and keeps his composure. he throws a dart to cooper and he's gone. >> mount vernon looking for the first win and jack on the end, and he throws it back to his quarterback adams and that's inside is of the 15-yard line. adams gives it to him. and then on their next drive, adams, airing it out to him and that's a touchdown. they scored them. mount vernon, 78-0. >>> springville and lone tree. that's off to the races. but he coughs it about this? he dives it and lone tree is up, 6-0 and still 6-0 in the second. and they look for anything. they were on the move later in the quarter. check out this, running like a man possessed. he runs over two on his way in. and lone tree is unbeaten. we upped the ante at culver's to create the new crispy southwest chicken sandwich. all-natural, whole white meat chicken breast. topped with spicy pepper jack cheese

monticello junior quarterback jacob manternach had 331 all purpose yards to go along with 3 rushing touchdowns and 2 passing in a wild 38-34 we want to go out there and compete as long as we could and hopefully get the cowbell back it was a wild game he needed all that. there was 7 lead changes we just kept battling back after they score and try to get as many scores as we could. their a hard-hitting game are you sore after that yeah i was pretty sore pretty beat up for the next few days and your week last year and neat joining them you have twin older brothers or tremendous athlete what's been like following in their footsteps well that i've always looked up to them since i was little and now it's just nice to be able to be at the same level they werei went first and after one warm up throw by second throw was on target.. bullseye... sometimes even a blind squirrel jacob still had a chance to match me looks good but a just a little long and it was time for jacob to hit the town to take snaps from strangers. and then their was cliff who owns the tv and radio shot downtown. if you turn the ball

northeast trees at six-12 67 in waterloo and double sixes in dubuque and 70 and monticello and dew points in the upper 40s to lower 50s. not much moisture in the air. northerly flow keeping the temperatures cool. yesterday we did not get passed the mid-60s. a win today gusting to 20. 68 and des moines, the quad cities the same. highs today in the upper 60s to lower 70s. just a bit of groundcover from there it is right there, a cutoff low and it's cut off from the jet stream so it does not move much. eventually it will move out of the forecast. until we deal with it we see clouds and through the day tomorrow we might see sprinkles friday afternoon and saturday. and again very minute moisture as we head through the next few days. today's forecast upper 60s to lower 70s. northwind gusting to 20. forecast this evening calm mostly clear to start out but we see clouds building. we cloudy skies as we head through the day. 67 degrees down to 55 degrees. friday night football does feature a few clouds and this to break -- a spray sprinkle. saturday 66 degrees and a partly sunny sky as well. saturd

on the board we find double sixes and charles city, old- line, monticello also the same at 60 50s so not much humidity. winds out of the east and north at 2-8 miles and -- 8 miles an hour. thin wispy clouds and they continue to move away. mostly sunny skies in the next chance of rain coming up in 10 minutes time. >>> three officers recovering phoenix. the video you are about to see is graphic. car slams into three officers who were standing around a quick trip around 2:00 a.m. police say a man ran his car into the officers deliberately. the officer was on his first night of patrol. another officer suffered from a broken leg in the third escaped with just bruises in -- scrapes. >> i am outraged by this incident. this i on our police officers and it is simply unacceptable. our phoenix police officers were targeted. >>> the -- the driver is 44- year-old mark pain. after the crash police used stun guns and he faces three counts of attempted murder. >>> a spokesman confirms that powell has been hacked. >> messages show the former secretary of state has issues with both candidates and one

and ahead of that, the moisture is trying to pool and you can see the dew point at 70 degrees in monticello and then you get up to charles city. that is how would determine where our fronts are. as this one drops to the southeast, it will take the threat of showers and thunderstorms with it as we go through the overnight hours and eventually the skies will be clearing out and we will get up to plenty of sunshine in eastern iowa. there is the front we are concerned about today. ahead of that, we have had enough instability for scattered storms and those will last until 10 pm or 11 pm and then the front goes through tomorrow. we may have a quieter day but eventually this looks back north end into wednesday. additional showers and storms will be back in the forecast at that time. tomorrow, you can see the temperatures won't be quite as warm as what we had today but still another toasty day for this time of year. a lot of places back in the 80s for highs and we still have enough moisture around to make it feel uncomfortable. on our predictor at 8 pm, you can see a scattering of storms so the mo

it is very comfortable out there. 63 in all one. 63 into core. 63 in monticello. iowa city, 68. winds are gusting out of the west and northwest from 13 to 23 miles per hour. we could see gu into the afternoon hours. sunny and breezy for tuesday. we could see an isolated shower tonight as a week storm system moves through from wisconsin. seasonal temperatures, upper 60s to near 70 as we head into the weekend. here are light showers up in wisconsin. the cloud cover will begin to sag south into our area overnight. here is what our predictor model has. around 8:00, light, scattered showers continue to make their way down. they should not last much after midnight. we will keep clouds in the temperatures should be a few degrees cooler with that cloud cover for tomorrow. for the rest of today, mostly sunny and pleasant. it will be blustery with west wins at 15 to 30 miles per hour. temperatures in the low 60s to the north, 68 and cedar rapids. we could see 70 and iowa city and down toward washington. for tonight, mostly cloudy, an isolated shower north and east. it will be cool. not as

decorah 48. 50 in monticello. cedar rapids, iowa city, 52. great pressure over the great lakes that is bringing in clouds and a northwesterly flow. you can see our predictor model has us in clouds. maybe light sprinkles. we will be back to sunshine as we get into the afternoon hours for tomorrow. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s area wide. we'll be back to check the river levels and what you can expect. >>> this morning, hearts are still grieving for a young life lost. several people came out last night to remember a 13-year-old girl that was shot and killed tuesday morning. neighbors, friends, and family held a candle light vigil at the very same spot the young girl was killed. cbs 2 news caught up with the victim's sister and cousin. she's too young, and she didn't deserve this. she brought joy to everybody. her attitude, it was something else. >> she didn't really get to graduate. she didn't really get to see anything. it hurts a lot to know that my younger sister got shot. i'll never get to see my sister again. >> cbs 2 news rep

we will start building the humidity in this evening and overnight. 79 in monticello. waterloo, 79. 80 and iowa city. dew points are much cooler, lower numbers than yesterday. dew 60s. we are feeling the humidity building across northeast iowa. winds anywhere from 6-12 miles an hour. 84 in mason city. 85 and fort dodge. 87 in des moines. low to mid 80s for us out there, especially in the quad cities. we are warmer tomorrow. look at what's happening around the middle west. warm air is building. an area of low pressure continues to move our way. as we look to the west we're finding some scattered showers and thundershowers north of us, around fairmont and back toward the mankato area and over to wells and austin, minnesota. that moisture will press east and as it does it will bring more cloud cover as we look for scattered showers this evening and overnight in the northern half of i was -- iowa. he was he the first wave roll through in the morning. this warm front continues to move through ringing the humidity and muggy air. here's what we have for this afternoon. dry fo

with that high- pressure over the top of us it is starting to cool down the thames. 48 degrees in monticello, 49 in dubuque. the dew points which had this summer into the fall have been so often up around 70 to 80 degrees are now back in the 30s and 40s. so finally in the upper midwest. and that dry air means quite a bit of sunshine in the coming days and certainly very little in the way of rainfall. forecast tonight has low temperatures in the low to mid- 40s range across the area with clear skies winds out of the west at 10 to 15. tomorrow looks to be a fine day but a cool one. temperatures in the 60s, brisk winds out of the west and extended forecast is a beauty that's for sure. temperatures expected to stay into the upcoming weekend. that is one of the driest forecasts i've put on the map since way back in june i'm guessing. >> i think so. >> could not come at a better time. >> thank you for that. i know you have no control but it is nice to see all those sunshine days. >> better late than never. >>> we are also talking about the wapsipinicon river too. >> let's go to jenee' ryan in jone

in monticello and tama tonight, temperatures at 55 degrees. >> this weather disturbance is what is bringing the cool air into the midwest. you can see the circulation around that. that is rotating winds in from the north and that is why we are seeing a drop of a temperatures and overall this thing is cut off from the main jet stream flow and when that happens, there's nothing to push it along. it will sit and spin around the ohio valley for several days to come. right now, the overall weather pattern is locked up and we don't the major changes or any major storms to impact the midwest. when i say plucked up, watch what happens to this pattern as we go through the next five days. you are looking at the jet stream and there is our upper air flow going to conduct -- to it will finally head back toward chicago and by sunday, is working its way up into canada as we finally get a kicker to move this along. from time to time, spokes of energy will bring clouds to eastern iowa and there is a slight chance in eastern -- a few showers developing friday or saturday but they look widely scattered. our

it monticello to cedar rapids. there are much cooler conditions up in the north where the winds were coming in from the north. this will not get a kick to the southeast and be the end of the rain. it is not the end of the reign in our future. another system is coming out of the southwest. this is what's left of her k norman. heading northeast. that will be back in the area on friday afternoon and evening and that's when will see another round of showers. in some areas that could be heavy rains. tomorrow will be dry and temperatures around 80 and you can see the dew points started to back off in the afternoon. it should be more comfortable with that -- out that extra humidity. the heaviest activity will be should end by three or four clock in the morning. tomorrow will be with sunshine and temperatures pretty comfortable. the winds will be turning from the northwest from 5 to 10. when you're extended forecast we have that rain back on friday but it is gone by saturday. will be it freeze and cool day on sunday. there

in our northern counties it's also monticello with that temperature. the dew points are back in the 60s around eastern iowa. that's down from yesterday. that tropical moisture is lurking in missouri and coming back at us to make a humid afternoon. that will lead to showers and thunderstorms. this is what's left of newton that energy should bring heavy rains south to the missouri. this will come across minnesota and that one should drink heavy rains to northern iowa, minnesota and wisconsin. there could be a split in eastern iowa with heavy rains to the south and some to the north. in northeastern iowa could be closer to the northern stream system. you may see heavier rains there. elsewhere the amounts are looking manageable. as far as temperatures for tomorrow our readings should be in the upper 70s to lower 80s as we get into the afternoon hours. you can see the moisture working its way back to eastern iowa. that will be there to help the showers produce the rain as they come through during the afternoon and evening. that system does move by quickly.

w. 50 into monticello. winds 9-13 miles per hour. keep that in mind as you head into the afternoon hours. not much to show on satellite radar. plenty of sunshine around the state of iowa. as far as their planner goes, sunshine and breezy today. isolated shower possible. we will be weekend with temperatures in the upper 60s, 70. 68 today in cedar rapids. a little bit cooler up toward decorah. predictor model shows that week system -- weak system coming in down to highway 30. they will be isolated at best. we will keep the clouds around for wednesday tomorrow with today mostly sunny and pleasant. temperatures in the low 60s north. mid to upper 60s south near iowa city and washington. tonight mostly cloudy with an isolated shower. temperatures on the cool side with upper 40s. here is short extended day forecast. 64 tomorrow and mostly cloudy. 69 thursday. as we get into the weekend, more seasonal temperatures around 70 as we get into sunday. plenty of sunshine. we just have to get through the overnight period with isolated showers but n

and hear about efforts to preserve a historic stone bridge that's crumbling near monticello. >>> finally tonight here, america strong. the high school football team and the cheerleader who won the game before the first play. it was jus in california. cheerleader ashley suddenly surprised. as each football player, all 57 of them, placed an orange rose at her feet. ashley was diagnosed with leukemia just last month. she's now undergoing treatment. and orange marks leukemia awareness. and it was all started by a friend on the team. >> she's part of the cougar family, so, i mean, why not let has been viewed more than 13 million times. overwhelmed, ashley tweeting, i don't know where i'd be without the support of my family, my friends, and most importantly, my school. and as the team gets ready for another game tomorrow night, now, it's the opposing team. the seniors of red bluff high school tweeting out a message of their own tonight, asking their fans to wear orange to the game to support that cheerleader on the other side of the field. #ashleystrong. ashley strong, america strong. and than

it goes over deer creek a few miles northwest of monticello. jones county leaders will get help from researchers and students from the university of colorado at denver in making the decision. they are doing an in- depth study of this unique stone bridge in eastern iowa, at no cost to county taxpayers. that's because of a family connection. professor kevin rens and studied engineering at iowa state. amy rens was back recently for a visit and to hear about the problems with this historic bridge. sot "it has cultural significance for the people who live here kids who come and hang out, the wedding pictures and photos that get taken here so it has significance for the community." rens' engineering department at the university of colorado campus in denver budgeted about $30,000 dollars to bring 14 people to and study this bridge. the bridge is closed through tomorrow for the researchers. tom hanks could guide a paralyzed and powerless spaceship from the moon's orbit back to the pacific... now he will play sully sullenberger in this opening weekend -

and further south, much warmer, 84 in cedar rapids and 82 in monticello and iowa city and muggy. the current temperatures, they've fallen to the 60s and by tomorrow the 50s and the low pressure is moving to the east. and in doing so, it takes the showers and thunderstorms with it. and by tomorrow afternoon, we'll get high pressure to develop and move in here, and that brings us mostly sunny skies. and there will be brisk winds and that delivers cooler and temperatures tomorrow afternoon, they're expected to be in the 60s to lower 70s but the dew points drop. they've been in the 60s and 70s and by tomorrow, back in the 50s and some 40s. and tomorrow night, clear skies and diminishing winds, lows are going to be in the 40s in many parts of the eastern iowa. tonight, the last of the showers and stor of the area. lows are 54-58 and tomorrow they're in the 60s. and lower 70s in the south and winds pick up out of the northwest. but the sun will be back in our skies and by the time we get to sunday, outstanding conditions. a nice day without the winds and sunshine. temperatures are up t

it goes over deer creek a few miles northwest of monticello. jones county leaders will get help from researchers and students from the university of colorado at denver in making the decision. they are doing an in- depth study of this unique stone bridge in eastern iowa, at no cost to county taxpayers. that's because of a family connection. professor kevin rens and iowa state. rens' engineering department at the university of colorado campus in denver budgeted about $30,000 dollars to bring 14 people to rural jones county to measure and study this bridge. the bridge is closed through tomorrow for the researchers. a major banking company faces scrutiny because of apparent fake accounts. authorities say employees secretly set up accounts using customer information and now wells fargo has to pay for it. is knocking on the door today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. it appears there arriving in our northwest counties early today. there should be a substantial break with very little activity around the midday hours, with storms increasing

right now -- monticello residens residentsimpacted by a gas leak are back in their homes an evacation order last evening.authorities tell cbs 2 news a construction crew hit a gas main earlier thursday forcing dozens of homes and businesses to evacuate.no one was hurt. iowa is a leader in water and flood research -and experts at the university of iowa got to show off their work at the iowa flood center. center.the center was established after the devastating floods of oh-8. during the open house -- researchers showed their work -- systems and instruments. together -- the programs work to forecast what's going on in iowa. we always keep in focus the fact that we are here to help iowans and we take it to heart, you know, take it very seriously and i certainly hope that we do. do.the open house was part of celebrating the installation of university president bruce harreld. pilot error is now the main cause of a blue angels plane crh navy investigators just released their preliminary report saying marine captain jeff kuss was practicing for an air show when he lost control of his jet -- wh

it goes over deer creek a few miles northwest of monticello. jones county leaders will get help from researchers and students from the university of colorado at denver in making the decision. they are doing an in- depth study of this unique stone bridge in eastern iowa, at no cost to county taxpayers. that's because of a family connection. professor kevin rens and his wife amy are from iowa and studied engineering at iowa state. amy rens was back recently for a the problems with this historic bridge. sot "it has cultural significance for the people who live here kids who come and hang out, the wedding pictures and photos that get taken here so it has significance for the community." rens' engineering department at the university of colorado campus in denver budgeted about $30,000 dollars to bring 14 people to rural jones county to measure and study this bridge. the bridge is closed through tomorrow for the researchers. walking a dog in winter freezes five flags in dubuque has a solution for dog owners, keeping both them are their pets, cozy in

monticello junior quarterback jacob manternach had 331 all purpose yards to go along with 3 rushing touchdowns and 2 passing in a wild 38-34 win over rival anamosa friday night. anamosa is a big rival for us so we want to go out there and compete as long as we could and hopefully get the cowbell back it was a wild game he needed all that. there was 7 they score and try to get as many scores as we could. their a hard-hitting game are you sore after that yeah i was pretty sore pretty beat up for the next few days and your brother was an athlete of the week last year and neat joining them you have twin older brothers or tremendous athlete what's been like following in their footsteps well that i've always looked up to them since i was little and now it's just nice to be able to be at the same level they werei went first and after one warm up throw by second throw was on target.. bullseye... sometimes even a blind squirrel finds at acorn. but jacob still had a chance to match me looks good but a just a little long and it was time for jacob to hit the town to take snaps from owns the tv and radio s

our temperatures right now are pretty much in the 70s around the region, although in monticello, it's dropped down to 66. in decorahings, you have a pleasant 73 degree temperature. here is our front as that works it way east, that will be the spark for our showers and thunderstorms but as it does go through the area tomorrow afternoon, the worst of the showers should shift to the southeast of us by early in afternoon. here's tomorrow's temperatures. it will start to turn cooler. look at this dry air starting to move into the midwest. the dew point tomorrow expected to drop to 39 degrees. it's been a long time since we've seen dry air like that. fall. tonight's forecast has increasing colludeyness, some scattered showers later on. then for twornl we have a lot of clouds around. maybe some upper 60s in the north, low to maybe mid 70s across the rest of the area. later in the afternoon, winds will switch to the guest. the best chance for showers probably early in the day and probably a few more later in the afternoon. tomorrow night, wednesday and thursday looking excellent. by the time