Going to stick around for us today kaj . Plan on another breezy and warm day. Storms will be knocking on the northwest door later today and into the night. Heavy rain is possible out of any storm given the amount of heat present. A few storms northwest of waterloo will carry the risk of a few strong wind gusts as well. Overall, the weather pattern will be very active for the next 36 hours with heavy rain the main risk going into wednesday. Rainfall totals over 2 still appears possible over the northern half of t and off to the east with our next cold front coming in here on friday. This front will also bring a rain chance with it. This weekend will be great, and the iowa iowa state game will have ideal weather conditions saturday night with a kickoff temperature in the upper 60s. Today a chance of storms in the afternoon. The highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 89 tonight stoseme likely. Heavy rainsb. In peciay late in the afternoonrou will hold a second vote on whether or not to raise the minimum wage. Last week, supervisors voted four to one to raise it. Supervisors laid out a plan to raise the wage to 825 an hour starting january first. Then in january 2018 and 2019, the county would boost it each time by a dollar, topping out at 1025 an hour. Supervisors will have to vote a third time to make it official. Thats slated for next monday. Union to move forward with the plan. There should be a minimum wage, and not just a minimum wage, but a living wage. So the proposal by the linn county supervisors is a good proposal, and the Hawkeye Area Labor Council and our unions are standing behind that proposal. Dozens turned out for the hawkeye labor day picnic in cedar rapids yesterday. It was a celebration of the hard work behind better working conditions. Tonight lee county supervisors, in the southeastern most tip of iowa, will discuss a request from a Group Supporting the increase at their meeting. Five iowa counties have either approved or are considering raising the wage. Today a native american tribe in north dakota will ask a federal judge to temporarily stop work on part of the pipeline that is set to go through iowa. The Standing Rock sioux tribe wants a temporary restraining order on the Company Building it, dakota access. The Texas Based Company wants to build the Bakken Oil Pipeline to north dakota to refineries in illinois. It would go through 18 iowa counties along the way. The tribe says it is trying to prevent destruction of sacred and culturally significant sites. This has led to many protests in north dakota. If granted, the order would stop construction while the judge looks at a broader request to stop building the pipeline, which hell rule on by friday. New this morning. A man is dead after he lost control of his pickup truck responded to the crash on w14 just north of spillville around 3 30 sunday morning. Investigators say 32year old omar flores from calmar was not wearing his seatbelt and died at the scene. A Dubuque County woman whos dying of cancer is leading a new fight to create a right to die law here in iowa. Earlier this year, four members of the iowa Senate Introduced a bill called the iowa death with dignity act. The bill stalled in the Senate Human Resources committee, nevem a similar bill had a similar fate in 2015. Kcrgtv9s Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann introduces us to the woman behind this latest effort. Like so many people, lori gibbs wishes for a long, healthy life. But a rare form of cancer is changing all that. The Life Expectancy of my cancer is 4 months to two year. I was told i have a 20 percent chance of making it to 5 years. This is my 5th year. Shes been through Clinical Trials and has been doing back to back chemo therapy years. She says her doctors say the cancer will eventually kill her. A slow and painful death she doesnt want her family to watch. I dont feel they should have to go through that and have their last memory of me in that state. I dont want them to see that. Shes part of new Dubuque County Group Pushing iowa lawmakers to pass what she calls death with dignity legislation. The group wants iowa to have a law similar oregons law. That would allow iowans who have less than 6 months to live due to terminal illness to take a doctor end their own life. This is not assisted suicide, assisted suicide is when a physician or someone or yourself take your own life. I am not taking my own life. My disease is taking my life. My disease is killing me. But mark schmidt from the catholic archdiocese of dubuque says it absolutely is suicide. It is physician assisting a suicide. Its not really compassionate, because that doctor is not entering into the suffering with the person. Its not really dignified because that person is worth more than offering them death immediately. The archdiocese says terminally ill while schmidt says this is a religious issue, he believes the government should be involved. It takes financial advantage by Insurance Companies and medical professionals whod rather do the suicide instead of standard care. Still gibbs says religion and politics shouldnt mix when it comes to the terminally ill. Its not up to lawmakers to decide what is religiously right or religiously wrong for me. I am the one with the terminal disease. I am the one who is dying, therefor i am the one who should have the choice and the decision on how i die. And as the reality of her impending death sets in, gibbs finds herself wishing for something death. To be able to have my family at my bedside were i can have a peaceful saying goodbye to everyone, and slip away peacefully. Thats my wish. A wish she knows she may not live to see come true. In Dubuque County Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 each month. They work on ways to push lawmaker support of the death with dignity act. The next meeting is tonight at 6 at the luther manor club house. The man who drove a campus bus that hit and killed an isu student is out of jail. Story county authorities released Benjamin Clague after he completed his 30 day sentence and paid a 100 dollar fine. He was driving the cyride bus. That hit 18yearold emmalee jacobs last december in ames. Jacobs was injuries. Jacobs mother and father felt clagues sentencing last month was too lenient. They hope lawmakers will review sentencing guidelines in similar cases. In a kcrg tv traffic alert. Trying to avoid i380 between North Liberty and swisher by taking highway 965 over the iowa river is not an option. Construction on the bridge today and the road will be closed for months. Road crews are fixing the bridge after engineers found st is expected to wrap up at the end of november. The county is paying less than half of what it expected to repair the bridge. Last month, county supervisors approved a contract for about 996 thousand dollars with cramer and associates, a company out of grimes. The county had expected bids to come in at about 2 million dollars. We have our first finalists of the year for kcrgtv9s student of the month. Well start in iowa city with emily halverson, a senior at west high school. Class load that includes college courses. She rearranged her senior schedule so she could continue volunteering at the coralville food pantry. Next, another senior, mercedez fay, from cedar rapids washington high school. The 17 year old already has her cna, or certified nursing assistant, license and is working on her rn. She strives to exceed expectations from herself and others in everything she does. Rounding out our list is holly rubin , a freshman at oelwein high school. She has a busy band, choir, swimming and community theatre. Shes also a grand representative for the International Order of rainbow for girls. You can vote now. Just go to kcrgdotcom slash student of the month. You have until friday to vote. Well announce our winner on monday and feature our student at the end of september. People gathered in des moines with a message for everyone the violence in their city needs to stop. Three people died in shootings over the weekend. Coming up in our next half hour, a rally remembered one of the victims. Released new details about how they found the remains of a minnesota boy missing for decades. What experts believe led to plea deal and the discovery. But right now, heres a look at todays morning its. Plan on another breezy and warm northwest door later today and into the night. Heavy rain is possible out of any storm given the amount of heat present. A few storms northwest of waterloo will carry the risk of a few strong wind gusts as well. Overall, the weather pattern will be very active for the next 36 hours with heavy rain the main risk going into wednesday. Rainfall totals over 2 still appears possible over the northern half of the region. By thursda and off to the east with our next cold front coming in here on friday. This front will also bring a rain chance with it. This weekend will be great, and the iowa iowa state game will have ideal weather conditions saturday night with a kickoff temperature in the upper 60s. Highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 89 tonight storms become likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 tomorrow storms likely. Heavy rain is possible, especially late in the afternoon night storms likely. Heavy rain is possible. Low 65 in philadelphia. What he could learn about his case today. And apple is changing what they do with music and playlists. What theyll soon roll out to make them personalized. Thats ahead in our tech bytes. Pornography charges may have made a deal to lead authorities to the remains of a little boy missing for decades. Jacob wetterling was just 11 years old. When he was kidnapped in 1989 near his home in st. Joseph, minnesota. His remains were recently found buried on a farm about 30 miles away. Cnns esme murphy reports on why the deal was possibly area farm where Danny Heinrich lead authorities to jacobs remains last week mourners have left flowers. No one directly involved in the plea negotiations would comment on the record. Sources tell us the talks have involved monthslong painstaking negotiations that would have only happened with the wetterling familys approval. Something had to be in it for him i would think. Veteran twin cities criminal defense attorney Joe Friedberg is not involved in this case. Negotiation is unprecedente d but that the key here is that heinrich, who is 53, could spend the rest of his life behind bars in the child pornography case. The only thing they could give him is a. Some relief on his place of incarceration. Friedberg and other legal experts told us child molesters and killers are often targets of beatings and Sexual Assaults in prisons. There is a place in florence, colorado. Its not the highest security, but it secure enough where an awful lot of going. Thats a place where and he could probably go and be safe. Friedber g says whatever the terms of the deal he believes heinrich would end up with a virtual life sentence. This is clearly well thought out, his lawyers are the best around and andy luger is the united state attorney has a great facility for putting things in perspective and handling things for consideration for all parties. That was esme murphy reporting. In federal custody on child pornography charges, coming from evidence found at his home. His trial is scheduled for october. Today, bill cosby could learn when his felony Sexual Assault trial will begin. Hes due in court today at an evidence hearing in to keep out key evidence, including nearly one thousand pages of damaging testimony he gave in the accusers lawsuit back in 2005. Cosby, who is 79, is charged with drugging and molesting a woman he mentored at Temple University in 2004. His lawyers also want to keep jurors from hearing a taped phone call between cosby and his accusers mother. Long time comedian and actor chevy chase checked himself into rehab. His spokesperson place in minnesota for a tune up regarding an alcohol related issue. The spokesperson went on to say chase wants to be the best he can be. Back in 1986, chase entered a Treatment Facility for issues with a painkiller addiction. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Stay with tv9. Its. Nats of motor starting, skis moving thats six month old auburn absher from wake forrest, North Carolina going water skiing. His dad says hes the worlds youngest water skier, breaking a record of a baby who was six months and 27 days old. The video was taken sunday, but no word from the if it truly broke a record. In todays techbytes apples new feature is taking on spotify. The companys rolling out new personalized play lists to some apple music subscribers. Its called my new music mix. It offers 25 tracks. Just like spotifys discover weekly. And for the first time, smartphone apps the time people spend online. Tablets make up another 11 . Analysts say were finding phones more convenient than others. And japan is embracing some phew high tech help at the airport. A threefoottall robot on roller skates. Trials run will you december. A leading consumer testing publication recently tested the top laundry detergents. The winner persil 2 in 1, didnt only beat tide. It beat every single detergent tested. Boom. Made about donald trump, and what trump had to say while he met with voters. A planned meeting between president obama and his philippine counterpart will not happen for now. Well tell you about the heated comment the meeting, and what it has to do with drug trafficking. And high river levels in dubuque forced miller park to close, but city Officials Say it should be back open in time for a major local event. Good Tuesday Morning its 5 oclock on september 6th. Heres a live look at the city cam. And we should see some warm
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