Temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend todaycloudy. Wind 1 tennessee continue to comb through burned down buildings this morning. Officials now confirm 11 people have died in the wildfire. Dianne gallagher has more. Its been several days since fires burning in the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern tennessee engulfed towns in sevier county, butthe number of li increase. Officials confirmed thursday that three more bodies have been found, bringing the number of People Killed to at least ten. One of those killed, alice hagler, had been speaking to her son on the phone when the fast moving flames reached her home lyle wood mother was killed in wildfire things went from the brother was the fact that she was really scared and frantic because the house was actually on fire at that point. Rescue crews have been working around the clock, putting out brush fires and searching for survivors, some even refusing to sleep at home. A photo posted on facebook by the Johnson City Professional Firefighters Association shows five firefighters asleep on the sidewalk after returning from a 30 hour shift. More than 700 buildings are destroyed or damaged, and 14,000 people were acuated monday. Many with just the clothes on their backs. As residents turn to the burned aa manyll fie ea, plans on doingsomething abo dolly parton, entertainer we want to provide a hand up to all those families that ve lost everything ine fires. A nt to make sure that thelwood fa those families who have lost their homes in the fires until they get back up on their feet. Im dianne gallagher, reporting. Despite dropping temperatures and snow in north dakota, protesters against the Dakota Access pipeline refuse to leave their camp. Earlier this week, the states governor many thought the state would force demonstrator s out. But the governor yesterday said thats something he doesnt plan to do. Protesters say the order is a way to block deliveries of supplies to the camp. The governor says thats not true either, and hes mainly concerned with safety. We may not be able to help you in an emergency situation. Your health and safety may very well be at risk. The governor issued his with threats of cutting off our food supplies. We responded by saying area Law Enforcement think some people have left the camp. But they dont have an estimate on how many people remain. Officials are retabulating ballots in wisconsin this morning. Green Party Candidate jill stein requested the recount. Shes also paying for the 3. 5 Million Dollar tab. County Election Officials across wisconsin have hired temporary workers and expanded hours to recount nearly 3 million ballots. Different stations set up. Actually right now theyre all physically counting the ballots. Weve reconciled poll lists for municipalities and we have reconciled absentees for all the five we have on the docket today stein is suing for a recount in michigan and pennsylvania as well president elect donald trump has filed an objection to the vote recount in michigan. Michigans elections board will consider his request to block a h trump says the recount should be stopped because as a 4thplace finisher in the state, any alleged fraud or mistake didnt aggrieve jill stein. Stein responded calling it a shameful and outrageous attempt to undermine democracy. Ninety thousand dollars for six new homes. Thats the major donation for cedar valley habitat for humanity today. Wells fargo is donating the money as part of a six Million Dollar effort. The dedication ceremony is at four this afternoon. Anyone is welcome to attend at company says its to help stabilize communities. Earlier this year, cedar valley habitat for humanity partnered with habitat and home builders. Together, they built three homes in five days. That was this past june. A space is opening in dubuque that will allow people to get their hands onto all sorts of tools and equipment. The Key City Creative Center will operate inside a building at 1781 white street. And its thanks to a 50,000 dollar grant from the Iowa Economic Development authority. Members of the c equipment for woodworking, automotive work, blacksmithing, and making music, among others. To get that access, theyll have to pay 50 dollars per month. The Creative Center will also offer classes. As shopping malls across the country look for ways to keep people coming in, a dubuque mall offers a new and different option. The vertical jump park opened yesterday at dubuques kennedy mall. Its filling space after several stores called it quits and left behind empty room. Parents say they drop off the kids while they shop. I still want stores here. It is the mall. But its something to do. While i shop, he could play. Right next to the vertical jump park is planet fitness. The gym opened in the mall last year, after sears moved out. Transportation is the second highest household expense for americans. Thats according to 2012 us labor data. And a lot of times buying a car isnt feasible for families. Thats why Andrew Schmidt now has a new and several other sponsors presented a chrysler van to him as part of a program called miles for smiles. Schmidt says someone stole his truck and insurance wouldnt cover a replacement. He has a son and daughter, and theyve had to rely on public transportatio n for a while. It means everything to me, you have no idea what it is like to try to do the simple things. To go get groceries to get to all of the places ive had to get to just to keep our family going on our day to day basis. Program covered costs for registration, taxes, and insurance for a year. Also, miles for smiles loaded the trunk full of food. This is the sixth year for the program has given away a car. 120 workers at transamerica in cedar rapids will soon be without a job. The insurance and Investment Company is laying off about 800 people nationwide. Transamerica will also close two offices in california and one in ohio during the next year. The company says the cuts are competitive environment. It says its helping the laid off workers find new jobs. The Janesville School district came up 14 votes short of passing a bond issue months ago. Now the district is back, asking for voters to pass it. The bond issue needs a 60 super majority to pass. Last april, it came up short by just 14 votes out of more than 800 ballots. The district is offering basically the same plan to voters on tuesday. The money would pay for a new gym and Elementary School classrooms. Homeowners with a about an extra 12. 50 a month. Supporters thought about reworking the proposal, but decided they needed everything on the list. It was certainly disappointing. We regrouped after that failed vote and said, you know one of the shortfalls we had as a group or committee is just communication. The district has added nearly 100 students in the last six years. The polls are open from noon until 8 pm on tuesday for the vote. Of bringing home something he could show off. And he didnt disappoint, after battling to reel in a whopper of a catfish. Plan on another cloudy november chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend today cloudy. Wind nw 515. High 38 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 27 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. High 37 tom. Night rain snow late. Wind s 510. Low 30 thank day. Like yesterday, there is little chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the take over downtown cedar rapids tomorrow night. Its one of many fire and ice festival events this weekend. The parade starts at 6, it will follow the traditional parade route. If you cant make it downtown, joe winters and i will host live coverage on kcrg 9point2. One man is showing off his latest catch after a fishing trip. He got a little bit more than he bargained for. Riahn brewington caught a 112 pound catfish. He says he knew he had Something Big at the end of his line, but wasnt prepared for how big the fish truly was using a smaller fishing pole so he thought it would break. After a 30 minute battle against the beast with gills, he was finally able to get his hands on it. He took all of the string out two times and i thought i was going to lose him. I didnt realize how big he was until i actually got my hands underneath him. The 112 pound catfish is only 5 he wishes he couldve broken the record, but hes pretty happy with the catch. And it is friday, so well have much more, but likely smaller, catches on John Campbells big ol fish in a few minutes. If youre looking for a different sport, High School Hoops is tonight. The lisbon lions take on the north linn lynx at north linn. Tip off for the girls is at 6, with the boys game following, likely 7 30. You can watch both the usda is adding to their Conservation Reserve Program. Most participants are beginning farmers and veterans. More on that in todays agribusiness report. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning report, im david geiger. The usda is accepting more than five hundred thousand acres for the Conservation Reserve Program grasslands enrollment. Iowa has more than 54 Hundred Acres accepted. About half of the offers sent to crp. While nebraska is the big winner. Getting about one hundred 22 thousand acres. The usda accepted 21 hundred offers across 34 states. More than 70 percent of the acres are from beginning farmers. Veterans and underserved producers. About two thirds of the acres are in counties with the highest threat for acres are in wildlife priority areas. The voluntary c rp Grasslands Program lets grasslands threatened by development or conversion to row crops be maintained as livestock grazing areas. The average price of grains at the farmer level is still down for corn. But up for beans compared to last year. According to the farmers got for corn. In october. Was three dollars. 30 cents a bushel. 24 cents above the september price. But 28 cents below the year before. The october price for soybeans was nine dollars 22 cents a bushel. 26 cents fewer than september. But 53 cents livestock markets are starting to face a bit of pressure. And the grains are still going downhill. The dominate issue in the grain market is the fundamental level to the top. And by that i mean the large supplies in the us, the large supplies in the world are really weighing on the market. Weve had some strong chinese buying, in soybeans in the complex over the last several weeks. That seems to be slowing down. The world competition in wheat is really pressing the wheat for three days in a row and thats been pulling the corn market down so, were moving lower technically down to support zones. Cash cattle this week had a wild higher trade this week. We traded 115 a hundredweight this week on cattle, that was up sharply versus the week before and get three to five dollars a hundredweight, but stalling out a bit in the face of big competing supplies in pork and poultry. Really whats happening in the hog market is just large supplies coming at us, continuing to come at us. We think the slaughters going to run close to five percent over a year ago for the next several weeks. So it just really boils market. The large supplies all adds up to prices coming under pressure New California legislation puts pressure on the dairy industry. According to the western united dairymen. A law requiring livestock operations to reduce methane emissions 40 percent of 2013 levels by 2030. Could have dairy operators leaving the state. California is the largest milkproducing state. And its producers are dealing with five years of drought and low milk prices. Regulators are targeting dairy manure. Which counts for about a quarter of the methane emissions. The state has set aside 50 Million Dollars to help offset dairy farms. But the industry says that wont be enough to help the more than 15 hundred dairy operations in the state. And that wraps up the show for today. Thanks for tuning in. I hope to see you again next time. Well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard or carp, anglers can always send us a picture of their best catch. Were even open to eels. Thats next in this weeks edition of big ol fish. Stay with tv9. Its. Chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next cloudy. Wind nw 515. High 38 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 27 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. High 37 tom. Night rain snow late. Wind s 510. Making an impressive catch is ready for a photo finish. We meet up with johns fishing friends in this weeks big ol fish. Isaac smith of arlington starts things off with a 20 pound carp from the turkey. How about the tag team of laney and jd tritle of center point. Heres one for the memory books. Landon simon holds up a nice channel cat he caught callie jo buck and the bass she caught while fishing with grandpa jerry sorgenfry. Tyler pierce has a firm lip lock with his big catch from a bertrum pond. Brian sienknecht of traer hauled in the northern at the lake of the woods. The blue cats grow large in texas. Callyn kohler caught the 40 pounder while fishing with her brother in law jason clark. Young caden clark was on that same trip to louisville lake. Hes puppy tipped the when a big eel homed in on the chicken livers. And pulling down the curtain is Ann Langenfeld of iowa city and her 30 inch lake trout she caught in lake superior. With all my fishing friends, this is John Campbell reporting. After hours of debate, an english class in eastern iowa will keep a book in its curriculum. The School Districting is reminding parents and students that not everyone will have to read the book. Stay with your 24 hour news Early Morning news. Investigators are trying to figure out more about a truck that drove into a walmart, killing three people. Police dont think it was an attack. A former Eastern Iowa University charges. For now hes keeping his current job. A dubuque class will keep a Controversial Book in its curriculum. But it doesnt mean students have to read it. Good friday morning its 530 on december 2nd. Here is a live look at. Plan on another cloudy november day. Like yesterday, there is little chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun investigators say it older man rammed his truck through the front entrance of a pella walmart. Officials are waiting to release his name and the names of the three People Killed in the crash. They do say they think it was an accident. Two of the three people who died were walmart employees. Thats according to one of their coworkers. The crash also sent the driver and one other person to two employees say this is something they never could have imagined. I just heard a loud crash, you know, and a loud banging noise, i knew something was amiss, i looked up and i saw several people running in that direction. Its really sad knowing people i know and have gotten close to over the past few months have passed away because of such a tragic accident. About 150 people came out for a and hurt last night. Police in south florida say two adults and four children are in the hospital this morning following a school bus crash. It happened yesterday in the city of hialeah , a suburb of miami. Police say a car ran a stop sign, forcing the driver of the school bus to swerve and smash through a concrete wall at a home. According to the reports, police say the cars driver will likely face charges. People living in the area say this corner is infamous for that. People run the stop and run into that house usually bus Company Officials say the children were students at an area middle school. None of the injuries are lifethreatening. In a tv9 followup this morning. A former Cedar Rapids School bus attendant will spend 11 years in federal prison. 20 year old tyler konigsmark was sentenced for enticement of minors. He admitted he had sex with an underage girl earlier this year. He also used his phone to request sexually explicit images fr a former Clarke University basketball coach now working in des moines faces an owi charge this morning. 32yearold Justin Einerson is now the head boys coach at Lincoln High School in des moines. Police pulled him over sunday morning after someone reported a reckless driver. His preliminary breathtest was a point 3 32. That is four times the legal limit. When you get up into these astronomically high numbers you obviously cant exercise good judgement. Youre going to vehicle and you cant do any of those things safely for yourself or someone else einerson spent three seasons as an assistant mens basketball coach at clarke, leaving the school in 2011. The des moines School District says he is allowed to continue coaching. But einerson cant transport any students. Ainsworth Elementary School in Washington County may have to shut down. And School District say thats largely due to a lack of funding. Right now, ainsworth elementary has about 70 grade. Its part of the highland district, which serves ainsworth and riverside. This school year, the highland School District ss it was forced to cut 500,000 from its annual budget. Thats because of a lack of state funding. In 2015, the district asked voters for money to build a new Elementary School to replace Old School Buildings in ainsworth and riverside. The School District says a combined staff and a more Energy Efficient building would have saved the district 250,000 a year. So the district is looking at other cuts. Already, 4th and 5th school. 26 41, pretty unfortunate if they have to close. We dont want that at all the district plans to discuss the schools closure at its next several meetings. It hopes to make a final decision by february 1st. An alternative is now available for some dubuque students who dont want to read a Controversial Book. A Dubuque School committee has decided to keep the perks of being a wallflower as part of the curriculum for a literature class at hempstead high school. They say the teacher can provide an alternative book if students or their parents request it. Packed the room where the Committee Held a nearly three hour discussion about the book last night. Some parents had complained about the book containing sex scenes and depictions of drug and alcohol use. The Committee Heard from some of those parents. But most speakers supported the book. 12 15 the inundation of pornography and obscenity has a numbing effect, and now its making its way to our assigned material to minors. 17 15 the characters are fragile; happy at times; indifferent at times suffering. Characters High Schoolers can relate to. Speakers included current and former students, teachers, and parents. The linn county Attorney Says a county supervisor has chosen to, in his words, politicize our Legal Process of justice. Jerry Vander Sanden made those comments after supervisor Stacey Walker called for a special prosecutor to han seriously hurt a man. Vander sanden released a statement yesterday saying one of his duties is to attend the grand jury and give it legal advice. His statement said, i fully intend to discharge this responsibility in a professional, conscientious and ethical manner. The 7member grand jury is reviewing the november 1st shooting of jerime mitchell. Cedar Rapids Police officer lucas jones wounded him during an altercation after a traffic stop near coe college. Those close to mitchell say the shooting paralyzed him an annual effort to feed the hungry during the holidays is starting in Johnson County. The Crisis Center of Johnson County and the university of Iowa Community credit union are working to fill the food bank. Each year the program collects money to buy meals for people around christmas time. The Opening Event is today at 9 30 at the food bank. This is video of last years event. Uiccu is matching every donation to the food bank from december 5th through the 16th. The Holiday Season is in full swing and so is jim mcdonoughs annual holiday grande tour. Mcdonough i and has produced 16 cds since starting his piano career in 2000. For more than a decade hes hosted performances in several cities in iowa during the Holiday Season. The tour benefits camp courageous. And this morning at 6 20 we will talk to mcdonough and hear one of his songs. Here is a list of his performances this year. Mcdonough starts in anamosa tomorrow night. He then goes to monticello for sunday night performances and then to dubuque on the 10th. Then on the 11th, hell be at following weekend, mcdonough performs in davenport on the 17th and in cedar falls on the 18th. You can still buy tickets to these performances. The number of people who have filed for Unemployment Benefits has gone up. The number is now at the highest level in five months, but the job market is still in good standing. Plan on another cloudy november chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend today cloudy. Wind nw 515. Cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 27 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. High 37 tom. Night rain snow late. Wind s 510. Low 30 thanks kaj. Plan on another cloudy november day. Like yesterday, there is little chance of seeing sun, with steady temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next how the top executives operate. This follows a scandal where employees used customer information without permission to meet sales goals. Stay with your 24 hour news highdividend stocks fell thursday, as bond yields rose to their highest price in more than a year. The number of americans applying for first time Unemployment Benefits rose last week to the highest level since summer. Although, the numbers are still at a level consistent with a healthy job market. Jobless claims rose by the highest level in 5 months. Initial claims have remained below 300,000 for 91 consecutive weeks. Thats the longest streak since 1970 when the population and workforce were significantly smaller than they are today. Black friday deals helped pull november auto sales out of a recent slump. That increases the chances that 2016 could set a record for new vehicle sales. Total us sales rose four percent for the month to onepoint38 mil vehicles. Thats the highest november sales on record. General motors and ford outperformed expectations and foreign automakers produced solid gains for the month. Wells fargo is splitting the roles of ceo and chairman as the bank continues to deal with the fallout from its sales practices scandal. Shareholders pressured the bank to separate the roles. The change also requires its board chair and vice chair to be independent directors. The bank supposedly opened 2 million unauthorized customer at on our city cam. Plan on another cloudy november day. Like yesterday, there is little fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend today cloudy. Wind nw 515. High 38 510. Low 27 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind w 510. High 37 tom. Night rain snow late. Wind s 510. Low 30 thanks kaj. Heres a look at todays top story. Investigators are trying to learn more about a crash that killed three people inside a walmart in pella. Officials say an elderly man drove his truck through the front of the at the store. Police say they think the driver did this on accident. Z24zwz z12fz back home tonight hosting the cincinnati bearcats. A jammed packed crowd at hilton and the cyclones came out bombs away. Matt thomas got off to a fast start with the triple. And then Donavan Jackson off the bench co range. And monte morris with another big game high off the glass for two of his 15. But the bearcats were tough on the boards in the first half led by one at the break. Thomas with the heat check early in the second half on the step back trey. And this game went down to the wire cincinnatti tied it on the gary clark jumper. Iowa state with a chance to win it in regulation but naz mittrou long is off they mark one point lead on this jacob evans free throw. Iowa state struggle to get a good shot with time running down. Naz off the mark again and the bearcats snap the cyclones 37 game home winning streak against nonconference opponents winning 5554 in overtime. Ncaa volleyball tournament, iowa state facing purdue down in columbia, missouri. 1st set, waverlyshell rock grad morgan kuhrt goes cross court to put the cyclones up 2423. Purdue came back wi kuhrt comes back again, this time with the heater. Were tied 16 16. But its all purdue after that. And the cyclones lose 30. Northern iowa also in the big dance facing creighton in lawrence, kansas. After losing the first two sets. The panthers rallied. Jesup grad piper thomas comes around for the kill, she had 14. Then former dikenew hartford standout bri weber rises up for the block. But the panthers comeback falls short losing state tonight 6150 former Benton Community allstater Madison Weekley with 10 points in the loss. Their was a big wrestling showdown tonight in lisbon. The second ranked lions hosted top ranked alburnett. Scott westerberg has more. A couple of powerhouses doing battle at the lions den. After alburnett forfeits the first two weights, ben moyer scores a nearfall to end the first period. He wins an 113 major to get the pirates on the board. Lisbon goes on a run after th part of a 71 decision to put the lions in front 154. Then at 138, chase mclaughlin gives lisbon six more points with his first period pin. Jack butteris in a tight match at 152 with kanan morris. Butteris holds on for a 43 decision. At 160, alburnetts Tucker Franklin uses this reverse as part of his 86 decision but the the dual 4816. From lisbon, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. And finally its time for another edition of the kcrg tv9 athlete of the week sponsored by cedar rapids toyota. Marion 510 junior guard chloe rice can fill up a stat sheet in the opening game against mount vernon. Chloe scored 20 points. And had 5 rebounds, 5 assist, and five steals in the win. Chloe is trying to help lead marion back to the state tournament where they lost in the semifinals last year. What kind of goals have you set as a team . Individual end right now it takes everyday to get their by that time we will be ready for state and the championship game. So you said championship game that is the goal . That is the goal yea. She is very competitive person even in practice she doesnt take a drill off she hates to lose. I notice you are an inside player you like to take the three what do you enjoy most . Lately i have been working on my outside shots more because i have been able to get to the rim in the past years i have been changing it up a little. So they have to goal yea. Your coach was a good basketball player at mount mercy has he told you. He told me. You are going to have a shooting contest with him you have to win because he loses he has to do bear crawl killers. You can beat him i can beat him. Chloe who is one of the best free throw shooters in the state took on coach in a free throw shooting contest and lets just say rice doesnt miss and she stepped up and went 1010. It looked like she could 100 straight. S force a playoff but he missed on his second shot and it was time to do bare crawl killers one of the worst things an old man can do. And lets just say at the end of of one killer coach was dead. I was about to call 911 get and get the ambulance. But he did manage to crawl across the line before collapsing. Starting off with a live look at. Its friday, december 2nd. Heres what you need to know today. Investigators say they think an elderly man accidentally drove through the front of a walmart in pella. Three people died and two more, including the driver, went to the hospital. Fire off 11 people have died from the wildfires in tennessee. Today, people from gatlinburg can return home. President elect donald trump has filed an objection to delay a recount in michigan. It was supposed to start today. He also picked general james mattis as his secretary of defense. Temperatures could likely get below zero next week in north dakota and pipeline protesters are refusing to leave. North dakotas governor says the state wont force them out. Ainsworth Elementary School in Washington County may have to shut down