city officials are pretty pleased with how the protection system is holding up? yes, city officials say they're very pleased with what they're seeing. 16 to 17 feet of water typically floods the newbo area, but with all the temporary protection -- a lot of the water is staying away. there.cedar rapids streets operation superintenden t mike duffy has spent days inside the flood zone. watching as pumps work to keep water out - and monitoring hesco barriers that have been set up all over the city. ive got a lot of confidence in the hesco barriers, we haven't had any breeches anywhere, we've had a little seepage under, which is actually expected. in newbo - duffy says the walls are working - despite the fact some areas are still flooded on the south side of the beyond 16th avenue is not on a flat surface, so hesco barriers would not work there. water rising nats from sewers in the czech village water is coming up from the sewer system. but duffy says all the prerpartion is paying off. city officials spent the weekend putting concrete, clay and sandbags over manholes a

the city plans to start picking up those sandbags for free a week from monday. that's october 10th. and the city's also reminding people whose homes have damage to hire a number to check a contractor's legitimacy. still ahead, the cedar rapids building services director will explain the steps people should take to begin repairs. 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 checkpoint

he wants the city to pay up. he claims the police had no right to arrest him. a woman is requesting the city has six months to investigate and respond to that claim. anchor: the family of sandra bland has reached a settlement with the state of texas. she died in a texas jail last year after being arrested during a traffic stop. her death was ruled a suicide but her family denied those a 13-year-old boy in ohio is dead after being fatally shot by police. officers responded to a report of an armed robbery last night. police found three suspects. one pulled a gun out of his waistband. an officer opened fire. the gun was a bb gun. the officer is on administrative leave. anchor: video. this was the miracle on the hudson. it has been seven years. a new report shows six of the recommendations in the wake of that crash of actually been carried out. the captain is credited with averting tragedy by landing that plane in the hudson river after a flock of geese disabled both engines. investigators say it turned up recommendations to prevent future tragedies the majority hav

that latest pocket of snow slides up over the city as rainfall. it will slide near greeley keansburg and its groups up into nebraska. meanwhile, we clear up the city cities but then when shows continue over the north central north central mountains, rocky mountain national park in particular, out to in your rabbit's park and at the very tops of top of the peaks since no possible done still possible down at ground level not very much. you can see the big storm systems coming around on the north side it's usually lighter but still can pose a hazard trip travel has it for some isolated westerly wind which is what we have tomorrow. 45 for denver and us would go throughout the day to mouth will tomorrow it will be much cooler, sixties and seventies on the plains, fifties in planes, fifties in high country. denver's high only 68 a windy day not as strong as today. still a slight chance for some moisture but the best chance sunday a breeze and 64 back into the seventies in no time. another minor system will move to next thursday. up to be a big treat for

that shows you the back up well. city leaders are telling residents if you're not helping with the sandbags stay out of the city. remember stay safe and be and now a final look at your weather >>> a lot of people are interested in the crest information so we'll go over it quickly once again. in cedar falls the crest expected at 101 feet on saturday at 1:00 p.m. waterloo, 26 matlock four on saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. downstream, sunday and at about midnight on monday night into tuesday morning the crest in cedar rapids anticipated at 23.5 feet. this is what it looks like if the river reaches 25 feet and the all the bridges will be closed and a lot of residential areas will also be covered with water as well. that's a very sad story. >> it is. you see the paramount theater right there on the edge. we'll see you again at 6:00. so what do the trade deals supported by congressman rod blum really mean for iowa? blum's deals are just one of the ways the biggest corporations rig the system to make more money at the expense of

. >>> great to see our city lit up at four core 30 in the morning. some are actually wanting down as well. donald trump took to twitter and we have the tweet that everyone is talk about this morning.were going to have it headed your way.yes he goes there and when i say goes there he talks about that miss universe contestant and always floating out the idea of a possible sex tape. you can't make this stuff up. in connection with nbc news will have complete coverage. for starters brother wagner's kim and dana on this friday bridgework this time in the eastbound lane it's down to one lane you can see on the far left-hand portion of your screen down to one lane. cars are getting by they say this could last until about 10 o'clock this morning or so. if it does it is going to be a nightmare for people who use it to 15 to get into work or school this morning. we will continue to monitor the situation throughout the morning. yesterday they did the westbound lanes but wrapped up by the bulk of the morning commute. >> kim: start showing up around five this mor

. >> it's important to come up city streets. stay on main street and make returns those are usually populated areas and it allows police to catch up to you much quicker. >>> will continue to follow the latest allotments on the search for the shooter. tune in to wake up arizona starting at 4:30 am for any overnight developers. >>> weird tracking owners of the gilbert kenilworth dozens of dogs died. the plea deal in this case and tomorrow they will learn their sentencing from that deal. the hearing starts at 830 in the morning and look for an update on cbs5 news at noon. >>> asking congress to step in to help prevent cyber attacks on voter databases. >> hacks could just be the vote is safe in november. >> arizona got lucky that our systems were strong enough. >> reporter: secretary of state date says foreign actors are able to break into a county election officials computer earlier this summer and install malware. her cyber team is confident the crux did not get into the all- important voter education database. >> 99.9% certainty t

the city is hoping that will protect the city up to a crest of 26 feet. businesses and residents in the newbo district, czech village, the time check downtown have also started taking precautions. the city engineer says cedar rapids learned a lot from the 2008 flood and feels much more prepared. "when the crest forecast increased today, we had to change our plans a little bit, so we've been working all day to adapt those, the measures that we put in place. we did so we could add to those, so that's the part that we are working on currently. " mayor ron corbett said the original crest meant the flood could affect 389 commercial properties, and slightly more than 13-hundred residents properties. of course, that area has expanded a bit with the higher crest prediction. there are now four locations where people in cedar rapids can go to either help or pick up sandbags. two are open overnight. those are at hawkeye downs and in the area of 16th avenue and williams boulevard southwest. two are just open during the day. pavillion and in the area of 5th street and

and down the street at city hall, hundreds of volunteers got out shovels to fill up sandbags. shovels city officials say they are better prepared than they were in 2008. the city's fire department now sits well outside the flood zone. and all new development has gone to the west, away from the river. but that doesn't mean the city is safe. "watching water usage in town. anyd pumped outside. we think our sewer system is going to be alright, right now, but with the water coming up, it could start to take on some water. " "volunteers in vinton hoping to keep water out of their city by building up these 8 foot hesco barriers near city hall " the three block stretch of sand filled barriers will protect vinton's fire station, and power plant. "we gotta save the distribution plant. that has all of the diesel generations that produce power." in vinton, phil reed kcrg tv9 news the water that cedar falls is to waterloo. the city closed downtown bridges friday river. those include the 11th and 18th street bridges, westfield and park avenue as well as the bridge near the railroad tracks. t

the city is preparing for three to four feet of water by wednesday. and just up the wapsi, central city is already some people had to leave their homes. and some houses along the river bank have water in their basements. the city has been bringing in sandbags to help out people in flood zones. "last night it was right at the tree right there and then from about 11 o'clock until about 4:30 it hit the bottom of the hill behind my house." the wapsipinicon is set to crest tomorrow morning in central city. we'll be right back, so stay covering some streets along the cedar river in cedar rapids. this is ellis road at 18th street, right near ellis park, and as you can see it's robbins park, and the water is really high at the boat houses on harbor drive. one last look at the forecast, joe... after some very warm and wet september weather, we finally have an extended break. northwest flow aloft brings down cool and dry air. highs stay in the 60s with lows in the 40s for the level storm, near the great lakes, spins moisture through the region later tomorrow and wednesday

the city wants to make sure everyone can thoroughly clean up this weekend. they're keeping the city services center on 15th avenue southwest open this weekend. staff will be on hand from 8 a-m to 5 p-m both saturday and sunday. people whose property related questions. all fees for flood permits are waived. and remember, if you need to have your power or gas service turned back on, here's how you can contact the utilities. alliant energy is 1-800-255-4268. mid american energy is 1- 888-427-5632. crews are working to finish the tear down of all the hesco barriers blocking bridge en the work done by today. because of that, police check points will remain in place until tomorrow morning. but traffic is returning to normal in other parts of the city, as edgewood road bridge is now open. today the city of cedar rapids held it's final 10 a-m news conference to update people on the flood tear down process. that's where we find kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman. with the news conferences every watch it or set your d-v-r to see the show overnight, at 1:30 saturday morning.

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: mostly cloudy. a few sprinkles are possible, mainly east. wind: n 5-15. high: 66 bruce and beth... let's go now to kcrg t-v nine's with some business owners who go

magic number for the tribe six games, andy's got that coming up -- city. >> look at this. great shot. >> we'll tell you everything that's going to happen. >> your mic is off. >> andy's coming up. all right. it is a canvas of beautiful colors here on the radar. it's a customary summer weather pattern. it is not raining anywhere nearby anyway. the nearest rain shower is way up here over lake michigan. not coming oush way any time couple of days. outskirts in the 60s. we've got mid 60s for akron and canton. dew points 59. so humidity is manageable. so your weather window tonight, notice clear skies and we'll bottom out near lower and middle 60s near cleveland. some spots in the upper 50s. here's the dool cool down. it will we'll watch a frontal boundary stalled out. the high will do its job and keep us warm and dry. the front finally arrives for the weekend. tonight 60 and career sky -- clear skies and mild. tomorrow, starting off right around 60 degrees and ending up in the 80s and dry and warm. you want to see the cool down? here it comes. fall comeses on saturday. a high of

and down the street at city hall, hundreds of volunteers got out shovels to fill up sandbags. shovels city officials say they are better prepared than they were in 2008. the city's fire department now sits well outsid t development has gone to the west, away from the river. but that doesn't mean the city is safe. "watching water usage in town. anybody in town, we'd like to make sure their sub pumps are pumped outside. we think our sewer system is going to be alright, right now, but with the water coming up, it could start to take on some water. " "volunteers in vinton hoping to keep water out of their city by building up these 8 foot hesco barriers near city hall " the three block stretch of sand and power plant. "we gotta save the distribution plant. that has all of the diesel generations that produce power." in vinton, phil reed kcrg tv9 news we'll be right back. stay with daytime hours of our saturday. the sky remains partly cloudy with warm conditions and highs storms return with heavy rain again a possibility. the weather pattern turns cooler and drier for most of next wee

tonight a laconia man is charged after police say he threatened to blow up the city's police station. jamie: early this morning laconia police were called to main street after a 45-year-old war en bears allegedly armed with a machete was making threats to blow up the police department using a propa examine the devices as a precaution, he is charged with criminal threatening with a deadly weapon and use of a molotov cocktail. >> obviously very concerning to us that somebodies with making threats to blow up the police department and then to find out th he had taken a substantial step towards doing the that was very concerning, so we're just happy he was taken off the street without incident and that nobody was harmed. jamie: the man said he was mad at police becau they had had narcotics charge. he waived his arraignment today. jennifer: haley is in with a sweatshirt kind of day. hayley: i know, it was kind of cool. jamie: i love the light jacket weather, that's the best. hayley: you want to keep it handy for tomorrow morning, it latest be one of the coldest mornings we've seen so far th

cities. they are going up in cities like vinton and palo. but first we'll go to tv 9 oh forest saunders on an update on city services. >> hi chris. there was a lot of stuff covered in today's press conference. but one of the thing i wanted to pass along that chief scammers are out there and trying to take advantage of people until a designated evacuation zone. there are two scams. one that scammers are spreading rumors they want them to keep their doors emergency personnel. police are encouraging people to lock doors and windows. scammers are offering free hotel rooms and asking for credit card information. the chief explained that is also not true and not to give out financial information over the phone. residents are being contacted by telephone and offered a free hotel room and they are being asked to supply their credit again, this is a scam. do not fall for this scam. >> the chief said that and couple of the other things including that the national guard has arrived and they're going to be at checkpoints in the cedar rapids evacuation z

city. we're dry. throughout the day tomorrow. maybe a pop up shower. all the way into the near the border. but the city i think we're good. sunshine. all day long tomorrow afternoon. with highs that will approach once again the low 90s. wao*epl warm things up here into at least approach the holiday. you can see dark clouds over the mountains there. in the distance. nothing popping up over the city. >> some locations across the metro area. downtown. some low 90s. thrown into the mix. including greeley. mid 90s. 70s and 80s there. as we head into the high country. raoeulgt right now cooling off a bit. especially where we have seen the rain. 70s and 60s shows up. 82 fort collins. 84 downtown. >> . castle rock at 77. >> . mid to upper 50s. comfortable quiet evening. mayb mountains. tofrpl tomorrow afternoon. temperatures crank up. ty think we'll hit 91. town town downtown. before the day is all finished. storms coming to an end. clears skies from there. over all comfortable. tomorrow breezy. again just like we have seen this afternoon. good deal of sunshine. start to finish. with a high of 91 d

up to 63 in center city. very refreshing and cool numbers. 60 in vineland. 61 in woodbine, 65 in sea isle city, low 60 up and down the state of delaware. if you have plans to head out later on, if you get shopping down or errand. it's a great day to do that from start to finish. early will be cool and comfortable. 10:00 a.m., upper 60s. 75 at noon. it will get warm this afternoon, high of 83 around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, back into the upper 70s by 6:00 p.m. you can get the hourly forecast by heading to 6abc.com/weather anytime you want. >> a maryland woman has an unusual theft charge against her. a washington, d.c. officer charged her with second degree theft for stealing three french fries from his plate. the officer said the 26-year-old woman approached him and ate one of his fries and continued to eat them. she refused to stop and reportedly said you might as well take me to jail. >> i don't know that he needs to arrest her, but that was definitely very strange on her part. >> some wondered if the woman

city are closed. the water coming up to signs in cedar rapids. the city says temporary barriers and levees appear to be holding and protecting many the homes and businesses of thousands of people who were evacuated. please have confidence that the city has a plano ttge people back to their homes and again until the river falls below 18 feet. because so many areas are closed -- cedar rapids transit is suspended through friday. to help people get to class -- kirkwood community college is starting its own free bus transprotation for students and employees today. in parts of linn county roads are starting to re-open. a live look at the county now. you can see the list of roads that have re-opened right now on your screen. in benton county -- some roads also starting to re-open. parts of benton county -- including vinton -- hit hard, as you can see in this drone video. the bridges now re-opening are on your screen. remember -- if roads are still flooded, please turn around, dont drown. once again a call for help for families in benton county. the count

next, why he says the city is now refusing to do any work to clean it up after they painted over i just finished this last year. >> folks endeavor say the city refuses to clean up its own live. >> for homes have been damaged. this home really got the worst of it. the homeowner tells us is going to cost at least a thousand dollars to fix it and he says the city is refusing to do anything about it. >> it is a here i just it just sprayed all the way up and all the way to the fence and all the way up to the door. >> pressing came home one day in june to find his the front area of his home covered in white paint. >> it's pretty much cement the stuff you know it's not coming off. >> neighbor say a city truck was painting street lines on 13th avenue when a somehow malfunction in a street sweeper sent to clean up only made it worse. >> this is they said no problem,

cedar rapids city hall might not re-open for up to 30 days. the city says the building took on some floodwater, but they pumped out much of it. the damage was mostly to basement rugs and drywall. members of the american red morale high as people start to return home. "they don't know exactly what's going on. there's lots of anxiety. they've lost their homes. they've maybe lost some of their belongings and those kinds of things. they don't know what they're going back to. and they're more concerned with that than they are the living conditions" the red cross housed more than 60 people at st paul's united methodist church this week. it also housed dozens of people at the cedar hills community church. the red cross is also supplying water damage. the business, tornado's pub and grub, hopes to reopen soon in the cedar rapids newbo district, even though it was on the "wet" side of the city's temporary flood wall. the city set up hesco barriers on 16th avenue southeast, leaving most of newbo dry to the west, while tornado's and a few other buildings

as clean up begins in palo ... the city wants people to put their dry sandbags in a pile on the curb or take them to the community center. the city is in need of volunteers ... and people with trucks to help remove sandbags. you can find that information on our website, kcrg dot com. reporting live in palo nicole griffin kcrg tv9 news. people along the wapsipinicon river are also seeing uite a bit of flooding. hear from one man who says even though his he doesn't want to move. stay with your 24 hour news watch for clouds to increase overnight as an upper-level system spins moisture in from the east. some sprinkles are possible in northeast iowa as moisture wraps around the system. more sunshine emerges with a partly cloudy sky dominate highs on wednesday, low 70s return early next week. have a good night. tonight: mostly cloudy with a few sprinkles. wind: nw 5-10.low: 46 tomorrow: mostly cloudy and cool. a few sprinkles are thanks joe. here's a live look at the cedar avenue bridge this evening. we'll have more coverage of f

city. street barricades will likely go up along these streets today. upstream will push the cedar river in waterloo to a crest of 22 feet saturday afternoon - just above flood stage. city leaders are activating the fletcher avenue floodgates at black hawk creek. they could also close bridges, depending on flood forecasts. " "we're still below the record but we want to make sure that we're prepared for whatever is coming and that would be the second highest crest in the history of flooding on the cedar river in available at the city's public works building for anyone who needs them. overnight floyd county declared a state of emergency. the county's emergency management agency says they have received rain reports of 11 plus inches. police and fire departments are evacuating those in flood prone areas. that high and fast moving water in floyd county shut down a lot of roads yesterday. the county has opened a shelter at the old middle school on grand avenue in charles city. tv9's john campbell took an you'll see, the video gives you a better idea of the sco

up. while in cedar rapids, city leaders are planning... and people are sandbagging leading up to the anticipated crest of the cedar river on tuesday morning. move. those on the southwest side are packing up their belongings and leaving their homes. good friday morning! it's 4:30 on september 23rd. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert rain continues over portions of the area today with much of the activity wrapping up by noon. heavy rain is again a concern going forward for the next few hours. the forecast focus remains on a quiet night along with a quiet day on saturday. by saturday night, we are back at it already with more rainfall which may cause additional rises on area rivers. stay tuned going into the weekend and river data is constantly updated and tweaked to reflect the latest conditions and forecast.today: morning storms possible, then turning partly sunny. wind: se 5-10. wind: e 5-10. low: 66 tomorrow: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. high: 85 tom. night: increasing clouds. rain arrives late. wind: se 5-10. low: 65 t

city. street barricades will likely go up along these streets today. the city of palo is also asking for volunteers to help fill sandbags. volunteers are alre road. the city is asking people to volunteer for "2 hour blocks", but won't turn anyone away if they want to work longer. volunteers are asked to bring their own shovels. overnight floyd county declared a state of emergency. the county's emergency management agency says they have received rain reports of 11 plus inches. police and fire departments are evacuating those in flood prone areas. that high and fast moving the county has opened a shelter at the old middle school on grand avenue in charles city. tv9's john campbell took an aerial tour of the shell rock and cedar rivers. as you'll see, the video gives you a better idea of the scope of flooding - and what's coming downstream. rivers out of their bank. saturated fields. flooded roads and the worst of worse was here in greene...kind of the epicenter today. the golf course....some houses along the sh certainly in harms way here....once again th

the city has a big clean-up job too. 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

give police a call. >>> tough news for those who park in the city times up for two popular free parkinggrams. the ppa is ending the free parking on wednesday nights in center city and first fridays in old city. >> and fox 29's karen hepp found out, and this is really no surprise, a lot of folks aren't happy about it. >> reporter: flyer on windshield, bad news. no more free parking for nights out. the city has become so alive with folks coming downtown people love the free parking make eight night wednesdays and first fridays in old city. that was the point of the promotion. but as they say, all good things must come to an end. just today, the ppa announced if you want to hit the latest beer garden or gallery you'll have to pay. >> i think that's a terrible idea. i mean we get it once -- one day during the week, and i mean people really enjoy that. especially young people coming out here to park on wednesday -- like wednesday nights going out. it's just like little extra coming into the city. >> reporter: parking in the city can be expensive and exasperating without the free nights some

this is all in an effort to keep homes around the city safe and up to code. wisn 12 news' mike anderson is live in milwaukee with more on how the program works. mike: it's called the city's compliance loan program or cpl. here's what it does. it helps homeowners pay for repairs to satisfy code fines, and create safer healthier homes. clp serves as one component of the strong neighborhoods plan and is featured in the mayor's 2017 proposed budget that he will deliver to the milwaukee common council on monday. today at noon the mayor will visit a local resident to discuss in detail the benefits of the program. reporting live this morning, mike anderson, wisn 12 news. ben: the mayor also just announced his plan to use $11 million next year to guard against lead eur that money would go toward removing lead in homes and in the pipes delivering water to 70,000 milwaukee homes. and yesterday, milwaukee county passed a plan to provide grants and loans to homeowners with leadpipe laterals, the service homes they go into your house and also lead-based paint. melinda: new

up to speed. looks great in pinellas county. i-4, ybor city up to speed. veterans expressway, absolutely no delays. that's a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene and gayle. >> thank you so much, leslee. exploding washing machines. >> still ahead, the brand under scrutiny. >>> and shopping early for the holidays. new numbers are out on how many people are already looking for the perfect gifts. it's 5:21. you're watching news channel 8 > new an 8 on your side consumer alert. a warning about exploding washing machines. we're talking about certain top- loading washing machines made some of the machines made between march 2011 and april 2016 have exploded. in fact, one woman claims her washing machine broke through the wall when it blew up. samsung claims to be working on a fix right now. but experts suggest people only use the delicate cycle. >>> it's not even halloween and already people are shopping for the holidays. in fact, a whopping 34 million adults admit they have starting shopping for christmas. and another 2 million admit they are done

progress west so east of 95 but up through atlantic city and up through the parkway there through partslong beach island that's where the little heavier rain is. maybe tenth of an inch or possibly about .20 of an inch of rain possible. here's the radar. this is future weather computer that shows shows wait look like and here's where it is headed. it will start to spin south just a bit. little band here across maybe the coastal sections seeing a few showers overnight tonight. then we'll see a little break tomorrow. things will start to change though starting here tomorrow and continuing through the end of the week. those showers there out around washington, d.c. will try to work their way in but that is really the heat and the humidity that are building in. still gusty tonight. these are the current wind gusts out of the north about 20 to close to 30 miles an hour so breezy day as that storm gets a little closer but it's moving out. the time of this there it is thursday. here's the change of weather. this heat plus the humidity will start to build in from the south. not lasting long thou

the city will start picking them up on monday, october 10th. this morning, attorney general tom miller and iowa insurance commissioner nick gerhart will join cedar rapids city leaders at their flood briefing. they will address consumer protection and insurance claims that particularly affect f starting to open across the city. this morning, edgewood road crossing the cedar river is open. the city says downtown bridges should be open to traffic saturday. that includes all i-380 ramps leading into the downtown area. bus service will also resume saturday. and starting monday, the linn county-cedar rapids solid waste agency will start collecting garbage and recycling within the evacuation they can put out their normal trash container plus two 35-gallon bags for free. the final flood barriers are down and all the male inmates are back in jail at the linn county courthouse this morning. the county moved them to other facilities last weekend. workers are still removing flood barriers from the sheriff's office. that's set to re-open monday. progress isn

city's offer to help with home repairs. the program for milwaukee homeowners to keep your home safe and up to city standards. melinda: first a live look outside. a less humid day in store on this friday. we are tracking conditions as you head out for work and school. ben: good morning and welcome to wisn 12 news this morning. i'm ben wagner. davenport. let's start with the forecast. meteorologist jeremy nelson is in the weather center. jeremy: a little less humid today and cooler temperatures. i think we see generally the dry weather with just a slight chance of isolated shower passing by. we have one shower slipping through walworth county. let's take a closer look and this may contain a quick hitting

time authorities got to the scene it was re: submerged. >> a resident as unhappy after he city workers. coming up next, why he says the city is now refusing to do any work to clean it up after they painted over i just finished this last year. >> folks refuses to clean up its own mess. amanda crispin joins us live. >> for homes have been damaged. this home really got the worst is going to cost at least a thousand dollars to fix it and he says the city is refusing to do anything about it. >> it is a here i just it just sprayed all the way up and got all the way to the fence and all the way up to the door. >> pressing came home one day in june to find his the front area of his home covered in white paint. >> it's pretty much cement the stuff you know it's not coming off. >> neighbor say a painting street lines on 13th avenue when a somehow malfunction in a street sweeper sent to clean up only made it worse. >> this is they said no problem, the city it will reimburse you for the work that needs to be done. >> so preston was shocked to receive this letter. >> and as a result i must deny your claim. >>

business owners near the newbo area say they're upset because the city did not put up barriers. 16th avenue, the city said, would not be effective because it's not a flat serious. hesco are large bins filled sand on both sides of the river. they act as portable floodwalls. the city used 40 feet. if they hold, they should keep out, because of design, up to 26 feet of water. some of those restaurants and shops on the other side of thehe wall decided to put up their own protection. they built a five-foot wall over the past few days. the business owner has sandbags in front of the building as well as behind the wall and the owner tells us he plans on running a generator outside. his restaurant took on so muchlo damage during the flood of 2008 and he plans to stay here to stop the floodwaters from ruining his restaurant. >> it's disappointing because i put a lot of time and money and effort into this building and trying to this neighborhood can grow and to be left out, it feels like it wasn't for any good. >> this is the best placement for it. you have a long stretch of concrete and in ord

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his city by picking up trash in district 5. he says illegal dumping is an ongoing problem despite laws to address the issue. he says the city is lacking when it comes to enforcing those laws. >> i can't cite anyone or arrest anyone. >> reporter: residents say it takes four to five days to pick up the illegally dumped trash so they took matters in their own hands taking the trash to the door steps of city leaders. >> this isn't how humans are supposed to live. we have enough resources to come out here. >> until that happens, people in east oakland to have live with the situation. bags and bags of trash, stoves, even car parts littering their streets. >> you wouldn't mind them getting ticketed for illegal dumping? >> no, i wouldn't mind. >> reporter: city leaders are considering cameras in areas where illegal dumping is rampant. that way they can catch those responsible. >>> september has been declared pedestrian safety month. traffic safety officials say 815 pedestrians died on california roadways last year. that's about two

one group advocating for the higher minimum wage is gearing up for a city by city struggle next year. " i think the first year is agreeable to most places but then it's how they feel where do they go from here " wapello county, including e ottumwa, could be next with a final minimum wage hike vote set there for tomorrow. polk county could take a final vote next month and lee county is actively kcrg tv9 news. it's a great start to the work week joe. will the sun stick around for this evening? an increase in clouds tonight signals the approach of a cold front from the west. overnight showers and storms develop and stick showers and storms continuing while wednesday and thursday are looking good. by thursday night clouds thicken once again with the next rain chance ahead for friday. once again we will need to watch closely to see if any friday night light football games are impacted by rain. have a goodnight. tonight: mostly cloudy. showers move in late in the night. wind: s 5-15 low: 63 tomorrow: mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a few storms. wind: w 5-10. high: 73 alo: 70 bruce

city inspectors were out here helping and checking on students as they were moving in. they are checking and apartments. they are also checking on things like this. trash just piled up as far as the eye can see on city sidewalks. sidewalks are jammed with junk. inspectors cautioning students moving in. mattresses are everywhere, including under a man in a santa suit, mattress surfing off the back of a van. it was clear mattress christmas stern talk. >> he said i wasn't the brightest santa. >> we have a significant life hazard out of the neighbors with students. we've suffered some through the years with significant tragedies down here. >> reporter: we found students moving out of the home, about to be taken over by new tenants even though the station is full of a homeless man's belongings. >> reporter: so you come home and there is a stranger in the kitchen? >> yeah, long dark hair. takes off out our back door and runs down the street. >> reporter: a door without a lock leading from outside to the basement. it's since been secured, he says. one of many stories in a spot where city inspectors say students and parents often pay top dollar for substandard conditions. >

city or head on any of the bridges. i'll send it to you michelle. >>> with more and more homeless tents popping up in san francisco, the city has had to get creative to help those in need. its newest strategy is not standard because this plan centers on gift cards. kpix 5's melissa caen explains why the investment could finally spark change one person at a time. >> everybody knows that feeling when you're walking down the street and you see somebody on the sidewalk and they are asking you for help and you want to help but you don't know how. >> many people in san francisco ask me the question should i give money or food to people? >> reporter: jeff kaczynski is the man tasked with taking the homeless program and creating an effective blueprint. since taking the job in august, he had to deal with tents springing up around the city, creating navigation centers and finding new units of permanent housing but he says the first step in helping the homeless is finding out who they are and what they need. so he is excited about a program from a san francisco nonprofit called hand up. >> they also came one this idea to create th

be sure to look up the city tax rate on the asseccors website. t -- what it will mean for your property taxes ... and you can try to fight it. unfortunately .. when this annexation came up last year ... there was no protest of it .. and no testimony recoded from home owners... according to public records. there's no way to know if fighting it would have helped ... but it's always best to be informed... so you can fight!! and now you know. i'm michelle mortensen >>> ((denise valdez)) >>> we're going to start to feel a warm up in our forecast. ((dave courvoisier)) >> fortunately we shouldn't see any excessive heat. she joins us now from the greek food festival. ((katie boer)) good evening -- a really nice across southern nevada with clear sunny skies and nice warm, below average temperatures across the region. ................. let's take a look at your evening planner for tonight. looking ahead to saturday morning low 70s by 8am tomorrow. ................. looking at current conditions today -- we're below seasonal average with highs in the upper 8

. >> dana: they paint over the black dots so only one finger shows up. city public works department says this has happened before. normally takes just under an hour to repair. officials say they take these incidents seriously. anyone caught doing this is going to be prosecuted. kids in las vegas do not try this at i have a feeling that stunt was pulled over the summer when there was a lot of down time. still to come, can't wait to see how he's received tonight. colin kaepernick is in action and says that is going to happen again. when they have our national anthem on full display he will not be standing at attention. military members will be in san diego, a preview of what to expect coming up. >> dana: i found big foot. he's crossing the road there. >> kelly: just a few clouds in the area but rain showers off to the east. how about the temperatures stepping out the door? right now. 83 in mesquite. pahrump 84. highs today in the low triple digits. >> kim: that takes us to portland, oregon. he's not trying to hide. >> dana: wie seen a similar scene play out her

cities we kind of tipped our hand there. according to the navigation ap waze. cleveland is third and the site use the data for millions of people o come up with driver satisfaction result. >> any city that is shrinking would be a good driving city. the roads were men for a lot of people. smaller population. >> there are there in phoenix. >> i'm noticing at 1:00 in the afternoon it seems like rush-hour has started. coming up, the city voted the best cruise destination in the country and the choice might surprise you. >> plus a good new reason you might want to snap a couple of selfies every day. >>> i always drive great. always great. even when i'm on the light rail. >> not the problem. >> how about those sun devils. oh, boy. they were in the driver's seat they are doing their thing tonight a day early in texas to be exact. arizona state taking on the road runners. >> that's smoky? >> i don't think it is. make mark will get in our ear. robinson. >> is what the best cruise destination in the united states? according to a site called kris critic the city of san francisco is number one. it is one of the great cities in the world. it's kind o

most of pasco county all the way up to dade city. areas that have been saturated with previous rain the last 24 hours are continuing to get more. and that tends to lead to more flooding. further south, things are relativeui have rain set to move on shore. so we can still see a few showers. the worst of it is over. the winds are still from the southwest. gusty. so watch for coastal flooding but the high tide is coming down now. >> parts of pinellas county are still coping with parts of flooding. you can see the streets turned to streams. mark douglas has been wading through the flood waters from clearwater to saint petersburg and he joins us live from shore acres, a flood prone area. >> reporter: absolutely. all you have to do is sneeze in this neighborhood and it gets flooded. the sun is out. we see the sunshine for the first time in days. within the last hour or so, we have seen the water at this intersection alone drop by at least six inches. we are at the corner of huntington and connecticut and just an hour ago, where that car is

there's some water from storm sewer back-up which the city s some water there. that's riverside park taking on water. a little further upstream, ingredion - penford right along the river looks dry. past the 8th avenue bridge... there's the mott building, just renovated and reopened -- that's down the hill from the police station. the knutson building is surrounded by water. the amphitheatre has water up to the first level back to the focal point with the downtown core -- as mays island does have water along the end. the hesco barriers are covering 9.8 miles of the city- at least in this video from last night when it was still daylight -- the barriers seem to be holding up. now we'll shift from the cedar river -- to the wapsipinicon. people in anamosa are watching the river tick up a little more each hour but city leaders say they are not expecting significant flooding. in 2008, flooding caused major damage to the then, the city spent $250,000 dollars to build three new containment levees near the entrance of the wapsipinicon state park. city leaders say this exp

this morning are on the severe side. 69 in wilmington. 66 in sanford and looking northward wrapping up city by city. high of 78. we stay in the inner 70s. most of us starting to see drier condition and weekend looking great. first weekend in october with highs in the upper 70s. morning lows in the 50s. ride or a run to enjoy your weekend. just turning 6:2 it right now on this wednesday. let's check in with al lie. what's the lathe es on this early morning accident. >> still out there. blocking the shoulder. clayton bypass on u.s. 70. we do have heavy delays because of rubber necking plus it's that time of morning where it starts to pick up anyway. otherwise if you're traveling through the raleigh area roads look pretty good. that's the only incident we have out there. some showers as you travel traveling closer to fayetteville area. 85, 40. been pretty quiet morning out there. we take you to your drive times on 540 to u.s. 64. 17 minutes there. 440 there i-40 going to take you about 10. back outside to i-440 at lake boone trail where things are moving pritd well at 6:22 this morning. compan

cattle congress in waterloo -- for people cleaning up. city workers say it's been pretty slow with only a few people dropping off debris -- but said it's important to keep the area green and clean. "yeah, i think it's nice it's a good idea for them to have a spot to come and dump off stuff that in the city." the dump site at the national cattle congress opens every morning at 10 -- and closes at six. it will be open through october ninth. nd in cedar rapids -- flood barriers are coming down with the cedar river is coming down. the linn county sheriff's office tweeted this video. the sheriff says the basement has some water in it. the office will reopen to the public monday. midamerican will be restoring gas this comes as the city is allowing some to return to their homes. this video from our kwwl drone -- flying over the newbo and czech village neighborhoods, which had to evacuate,. midamerican says it will take several days to restore service. decision 2016 -- donald trump is in new hampshire today -- he campaigned in council bluffs yesterday

we'll talk about it coming up. >>> we have that one closure of eastbound 96th avenue here at commerce city, just after i-76 between there and the railroad tracks. it's where the serious accident happened. 104th or even better 88th is a good alternate getting to littleton, no issues to downtown denver. thousands of people across our state face a potentially deadly disease and there's now a lawsuit claiming our leaders aren't doinggenough to save >>> this local pastor accused of a serious crime. why you're going to want to switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. speed may not be available in your area. call today. >>> it is 5:30. a warning for people in boulder. if you haven't noticed yet, your tap water might look gross and cloudy. >> the city is issuing a warning, telling folk not to drink the water in boulder. amanda de

city. street barricades will likely go up along these streets today. forecasters say waters from upstream will push the cedar river in waterloo to a crest of 22 feet saturday afternoon - just above flood stage. city leaders are activating the fletcher avenue floodgates at black hawk creek. depending on flood forecasts. " "we're still below the record but we want to make sure that we're prepared for whatever is coming and that would be the second highest crest in the history of flooding on the cedar river in waterloo"" waterloo says sandbags are available at the city's public works building for anyone who needs them. overnight floyd county declared a state of emergency. the county's emergency management agency says they have received rain reports of 11 pl police and fire departments are evacuating those in flood prone areas. that high and fast moving water in floyd county shut down a lot of roads yesterday. the county has opened a shelter at the old middle school on grand avenue in charles city. tv9 took an aerial tour of the shell rock and cedar rivers.

they don't have any answers. >> reporter: meanwhile ball continues to wait for the city to step up. >> and they don't care! that's the way i feel. they just don't care. >> reporter: most the city leaders i tried to contact today weren't working. but i kept calls and got in touch with the environmental services department. they sent a supervisor to do modifications to the pumping system. and that slowed the flow of the waste water and hopefully will keep that sewage away from these homes. >> won't bring those valuable pictures back she lost and the other things. but where have they been staying? >> the city is keeping them in a hotel right now. but they've been there three weeks. one bedroom. we're talking a family with a 3- year-old son and a dog and they're all crammed in a one bedroom hotel. they're ready to get out of there. and in one house, they haven't even started in the ininterior work. domino, domino. hopefully they can return this to normal for these folks soon. you better call beckman if you have a problem. she's on it for you! >>> mosquitoes test positive for siplin castri

. >> did the city follow up on this letter at all? >> did the city get this letter? >> peskin plans to press for answers during a public hearing on september 22nd. as for alleged political interference. a millennium representative describes that accusation as outrageous. and a spokesman for gavin newsom told us, i have no idea what aaron possess kin is referring to. >> a 19-year-old woman has pled not guilty of murder. she's accused of beating and torturing a homeless man. one of six people accused of brutally assaulting that man in golden gate park in may. cell phone video captures videos of the suspects forcing the man through the park. the woman was arrested in arizona and is being extradited to san francisco. >>> questions over whether tesla's auto pilot software is involved in a deadly crash in china. tesla in a statement says it's investigating the crash, but also stated the damage to the vehicle was so extensive, that no log data was sent to tesla's servers. there's no way of knowing if the auto pilot feature was involved. safety concerns have surfaced over te