Freeport. Very high water. Cannot pass this road. Were seeing walls and basements caved in. Completely flooded out. Earlier we were in decorah whee we took this video. Emergency responders rescued this woman stranded in her car. There was also campers and trailers washed by the river sent. Plenty of people out assessing the scene for themselves looking to help and check high water. There is help out here if you do live in the decorah area. Stone ridge church is the primary shelter. The Salvation Army is providing food service and clean up. Emergency management asks people to stay off the roads do not do any unnecessary driving because a lot of roads look like the one im standing in front of. Stay in your home unless emergency or you are again lots of flooding here in free port. Stay inside if you can. Or head to Stone Ridge Church for shelter. Well be back in a half hour with the latest on the flooding in decorah live in freeport, brea love, tv9 news these are pictures from downtown waukon earlier this morning. A member of the allamakee waukon got 10 inches of rain, but their new water Retention System was a big help. They did not see a lot of flooding in downtown. Now, thats unlike the problem waukon saw in june 2013. A long, heavy rain at that point in time led to major flooding in their downtown. The downtown sits in a valley, where rain quickly joins us now. Justin, people in the majority of the viewing area didnt see a lot of rain. But how much did they see up north . We have a break in the rain for the time being, but scattered storms may redevelop this afternoon and evening. The most probable location for that is in the southern half of the area. Heavy rain and a few strong storms are possible. Highs reach the lower 80s. Isolated storms exit end to the week. Well have highs in the 70s thursday through sunday with Storm Chances returning for the weekend, especially saturday. Toda y partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms redeveloping, mainly south. Heavy rain is possible. Wind sw 515. High 82 alo 82 dbq 80 iow 83 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. Low 63 alo 63 dbq now to italy, and the devastation people there face after a massive earthquake. Quake destroyed buildings. Abcs ray raimundi shows us the rescue efforts now underway to find those trapped underneath the rubble. Nats of sirens it lasted just seconds. But the emotional devastation will be felt for a lifetime. The shock . So ever apparent among the faces of those impacted. Nats of searching right now the desperate race against the clock to find people trapped underneath debris. Nats in italian can you breathe . In italian its important you remain calm a rescuer tries to re pleading with her to remain calm. People bloodied. Cov ered with dust from debris. Destruction everywhere. Nats of cameras flashing of man being pulled out of stretcher this person. Pulle d out alive on a stretcher by rescuers. Those who experienced the violent tremors now sharing those horrifying moments sot emma tucker traveler i think more than anything . It was just this terrible sensation of literary the ground beneath your feet moving . And having no clue what to do the sixpointtwo magnitude quake struck just after 3 30 in the morning. The Us Geological survey . Puts the epicenter. Just over 100 miles northeast of rome. The tremors felt across a vast area of the country sot nat pop man we are alive because we escaped through the window. The aftermath ,, seen here. Walls ripped from homes. Chunks of cement now blanketing roadways. Makeshift Triage Centers formed. To care for those injured. The italian Prime Minister. Vowing to rebuild. Sot italian Prime Minister we pledge all together that no family, no city, no hamlet will be left alone. Pkg tag this is the second earthquake. In seven years to hit this region of italy. The 2009 6point3 new york. a second earthquake struck this morning, this time in myanmar. The 6 point 8 magnitude quake hit fairly deep below the surface, according to the Us Geological survey. They say a deeper quake died in this quake. You could feel it several hundred miles away in thailands capital of bangkok. There is some good news this morning. The president of colombia says negotiators with his government and leftist rebels are putting the final touches on a history peace deal. Their president hopes to announce the details later today. Once negotiations conclude, voters must ratify the deal. Back here at home, a pickup truck led Law Enforcement on a chase for about 15 miles county Sheriffs Office says around 12 45 this morning, a deputy tried to pull a pickup truck over but the driver sped away going into black hawk county. The chase ended on eldora road near the intersection with west shaulis road thats between hudson and waterloo. Deputies say they tried to pull the driver over for a license plate violation. Students started classes today in the Iowa City School district, and there were likely many more students walking or biking to classes. For the part of North Liberty city School District, School Leaders made 2 changes this school year that could push more kids to walk to school. First, the district eliminated discretionary busing for 9 schools. Thats also known as busing for students who are not entitled to it under iowa law. The district also changed the starting time for classes at Different School levels. In anticipation of more students walking, the city and School District has changed some things. The city repainted all crosswalks. All crossing guards will if possible, the city wants kids to possible take a different route to school we would like to avoid students crossing penn street and dubuque street but also acknowledge kids have habits and theyve walked to school that way for years. Instead, the city suggests going further down to front street. A crossing guard died last school year in North Liberty after a car hit her at the intersection of penn and stewart streets. T are looking for nominations for the kcrg tv nine student of the month. Just go to kcrg dot com slash student of the month and click on the nominate button. Well announce 3 finalists on the first tuesday of every month during the tv9 morning show. Its rare for people to get an infection from a brain eating amoeba. But its even more rare for the person with the infection to survive. But thats the case for a teen in florida right now, and we look at his case next. And coming up in our next half hour, we take a closer look at the investigation now two people and their dog dead in a home. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with doctors are optimistic about the recovery of a by a rare, brain eating amoeba. The boy got the infection while vacationing with his family in florida. Cnns Kim Hutcherson looks at how people can get it. 16yearold Sebastian Deleon only the fourth person in us known to survive an infection caused by a rare, brain eating amoeba. I have treated amoeba cases in the past and theyre all severely marginal, fatal. Called Naegleria Fowleri the amoeba lives in warm, Freshwater Lakes and rivers. And kills 97percent of its victims. It can cause severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and in most cases death. But exposure rarely equals infection. A lot of people get exposed to antibodies to this because they have been exposed to it a lot. Doctors say the key to infection is water going into the nose with enough force to get the amoeba to the brain. Anything that you would have that would force water up your nose puts you at risk. Thats anything from hot springs to diving in water or any type of water sport, or even using one of those sinus rinse bottles if the water has not been sterilized. But Health Officials dont believe its time to panic infections are still incredibly rare. Scared, like if you go swimming in a lake, youre going to get this. But you have a bigger chance of getting hit by a car and dying than getting this. Im Kim Hutcherson reporting. 6 teaspoons, or 25 grams. Of sugar a day. Thats the new recommendation on how much sugar your kids should eat each day. The American Heart Association published a paper in the journal circulation, saying thats for kids ages 2 to 18. So we looked at the amount of sugar in certain foods. According to web md, there are 10 teaspoons of sugar in a regular can are having an impact on crops in the fields. Well get an update on how crops are progressing toward the harvest in our agribusiness report. And find out why the Us Government plans to buy 20 Million Dollars worth of cheese. Stay with tv nine. Welcome to the agribusiness this last week and cooler nights helped out grain and pod fill according to the iowa crop progress report. Heres a central iowa cornfield from yesterday. Ninety percent of the corn crop is at or passed the dough stage. 10 days ahead of the five year average. With 45 percent of the corn dented or beyond. Six days ahead of last year. And four days ahead of normal. And there were scattered reports of corn showing signs of maturity. A central iowa soybean field i saw yesterday desease. Pretty common according to the report. Soybeans setting pods are at 92 percent. Five days ahead of last year and four days ahead of normal. Three percent of beans are turning color. And conditions are reported at 82 percent good or excellent. The 2016 pro farmer midwest crop tour is in full swing. Day one is over and the results are in for ohio and part of indiana. Corn yields are at a hundred and 49 bushels an acre. While soybeans. Measured by the number of pods in a three by three foot square re reported there were fields with poor pollination already tipping back. But soybeans could be the saving grace for farmers in the eastern corn belt. Day two of the pro farmer crop tour goes from indiana to illinois. You can keep track of the progress on twitter under the hashtag pftour16 the pro farmer update was. Expected by analysts. Grains are slightly lower as they look to see what the rest of the week brings we have had a lot of chatter through real fields here its going to conclude on friday. But disappointing yields on the wings. South dakota and ohio but expect those to improve as we move to the middle of the corn belt. That was expected. And its basically big supplies versus big demand. And its the big supplies that are over weighing the market today as were under a little bit of pressure. The cash Cattle Market continues to just languish here. Futures are discounting a sharp drop in the as the demand just continues to be slower than expected and just too large of supplies for the current weaker demand and so consequently we continue under pressure on the cattle. The hog markets under a lot of pressure here today real fear is as we move past labor day we lose our seasonal positiveness. We start to move into larger supplies. Weather cools down and the weights grow a bit. Very much in general is a bit slow and so consequently the larger supplies are overtaking the softer demand and pressure to the downside. Deere and company is cutting production at its waterloo plant until at least october. The move comes as the Worlds LargestFarm Equipment manufacturer waits for used inventory levels to decrease at its dealership. A deere spokesperson attributed the move to low commodity prices. Weakening farm income. And more used equipment purchases. Deere says agricultura be down 15 to 20 percent this year in north america. And thats all i have for the show today. Thanks for joining me. Ill be back here again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 24 oc standard the Us Government announced its going to step in and buy 20 Million Dollars worth of excess cheese from dairy farmers. It plans to give the cheese to cheese surplus is at a 30year high. Experts say its due to factors like higher milk production, more european exports, and sluggish demand. Dairy farmers have seen revenues drop by 35 percent in the last two years. The purchase comes weeks after the usda announced 11milliondollars in assistance to dairy producers. Great deals may be tempting to car owners or buyers. But be sure the dealer youre working with actually exists. The Better Business bureau has a warning about a scam across iowa thats next popping up across iowa, promising to buy or sell a car at a great deal. The Better Business bureau says its a scam worth keeping an eye on. Barbara green with the bbb is here today. They make it sound like its a real dealership with a real address and theyre selling online. Theyll communicate over text or email. So what do you need to remember when you buy or se iowans to be wary of fake car dealerships, often using the same or similar names of legitimate dealers, claiming to be based in des moines, ames, cedar falls and waterloo. Theyre offering to purchase vehicles or making fast listing of vehicles purporting to be for sale. Bbb investigators have recently looked into several types of scams relating to online vehicles. Fake dealerships use names of companies that closely resemble established dealers. Names being used include broadway motors, jefferson motors and benson motors. Bbb following the massive flooding happening right now in northeast iowa. The water was so strong from the upper iowa river, it pushed this trailer into a bridge. We have a live report on the pr and well hear from a woman who lost her boyfriend in a fatal fire in central italy today, and its devastated towns and claimed lives. And when some students went back to school for their first day in iowa city, they had to deal with this construction. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. Take a look at this video, shot by tom edie. It shows just how much water the city of decorah is dealing with today, after rain fell for several a Flash Flood Warning for all of allamakee and winneshiek counties as well as parts of howard and chickasaw counties has expired. But not before heavy rain did a lot of damage. You can see the impact of that high water today in decorah and freeport. Kcrg tv nines brea love spoke to someone today who is dealing with flooding in decorah whee we took this video. Emergency responders rescued this woman and trailers washed by the river sent. Plenty of people out assessing the scene for themselves looking to help and check high water. 252 nd street and river road in freeport. Very high water. Cannot pass this road. Were seeing walls and basements caved in. Completely flooded out. Area. Stone ridge church is the primary shelter. The Salvation Army is providing food service and clean up. Emergency management asks people to stay off the roads do not do any unnecessary driving because a lot of roads look like the one im standing in front of. Stay in your home unless emer of assistance please call 911. Again lots of flooding stay inside if you can. Or head to Stone Ridge Church for shelter. Live in freeport, brea love, tv9 news in allamakee county, the Sheriffs Office has put out a travel advisory for today. Mudslides, brought trees down and washed out roads. The Iowa Department of transportation is in the area trying to close and fix roads. They ask drivers to not go through any standing water. And this just came in from our viewer ryan. Its a picture he took with a drone, showing the flooding in spillville. Justin tells us spillville is currently seeing historic flooding on the turkey river there. And its easy to see, because thats the inwood ballroom that sits al lets go now to justin with the forecast. Are we done with the rain for a few days now justin . We have a break in the rain for the time being, but scattered storms may redevelop this afternoon and evening. The most probable location for that is in the southern half of the area. Heavy rain and a few strong storms are possible. Highs reach the lower 80s. Isolated storms exit tonight, leaving us with a quiet chances returning for the weekend, especially saturday. Toda y partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms redeveloping, mainly south. Heavy rain is possible. Wind sw 515. High 82 alo 82 dbq 80 iow 83 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. Low 63 alo 63 dbq 63 iow 66 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind nw 510. Investigating a report of a stabbing. Officers responded to 69 Nevada Street just after 10 this morning. Police say a man was stabbed in his upper body, lockdown for a short time during their investigation, but that has since been lifted. A massive earthquake in italy has claimed the lives of more than 70 people this morning. It lasted just seconds, but because it was such a shallow quake, it did a lot of damage. It destroyed buildings, and now rescue efforts are underway to try to find anyone who is trapped. People who are in italy explain what it was like when the quake started. I think more than anything . It was just this terr beneath your feet moving . And having no clue what to do the Us Geological survey says it was a 6 point 2 magnitude quake, and put the epicenter a little more than 100 miles northeast of rome. The fight against isis is getting stronger, as turkey sent tanks and special forces into syria today. Turkish fighters are trying to clear a border town of isis militants. This is turkeys most significant military involvement so far in the part of the battle this morning. Turkish fighters have already taken over a village from isis. A cedar rapids woman says she did everything she could to go back to save her boyfriend from a house fire. He later died at the hospital. Alize watson says her neighbor came to her rescue with a ladder when she climbed out onto her roof trying to get away from the flames. The fir Avenue Northwest just before two yesterday morning. Firefighters believe it started in the kitchen when someone left a pot with grease unattended on the stove. Firefighters pulled naquave whitlock from the burning house. He later died at a hospital. He was 22. Watson, who was his girlfriend, also went to the hospital. She told tv nine she is in shock and grieving the loss of her boyfriend. But she is grateful for her neighbor, who rescued her. He was trying to get that ladder fixed and im like, just catch me the Cedar Rapids Fire Department plans to nominate her neighbor for one of the states lifesaving awards next year. Polk county investigators are trying to learn how 2 people and their dog died inside their home. Polk county deputies found them around 4 oclock yesterday afternoon. The family had asked authorities to do a welfare check. Investigators have not said what the home looks like or any information about the condition of the bodies. When they arrived, they looked through the window, saw a none responsive individual they could render aid. Where they discovered a deaseaded adult male, a deceased adult female, and a deceased dog. The victims names have not been released pending notification of family. A jury will soon decide if a waterloo man is guilty of 1st degree murder. Yesterday, jurors heard closing arguments in the trial of perquondis holmes, who is 25 years old. Prosecutors say holmes fired gunshots at a car that had pulled into an the shots killed daequan campbell, who was 18. This is the second time holmes is on trial for the death. A judge threw out his previous conviction because the trial included evidence that jurors werent supposed to see. Authorities in Jo Daviess County are asking for help to find someone who broke into trailers, stealing construction tools. Our coverage partner kd th says it happened last weekend. The Sheriffs Department says the thief cut the locks off the trailers. The trailers were at job sites galena and on u. S. Route 20 when students went back to class today in iowa city, those attending South East Junior High School are dealing with construction. The school recommends if your child can, ride the bus, because this construction does not allow for any walking, biking or driving. It also impacts tate and city high schools. The district sent out reminders to parents. Parents are asked to drop off and pick up their kids at the Mercer Aquatic Center bradford drive will be a busy road until this is done. Thats why shes asking drivers who use bradford to be extra aware for a while. Knowing we have 844 students that are going to be released at 3 oclock thats a lot of pedestrian traffic, so if cars could just be aware take a little more time, go a little slower, and avoid this area if at all possible. The construction is expected to take about two weeks. Until then drivers should watch for children and vice versa. On the billboard charts, but shes also in hot water when it comes to a lawsuit over one of her songs. And were remembering an actor this morning who spent years giving life to a character on law and order. And northeast iowa isnt the only place that saw high water because of the storm system that swept through here this morning. Well tell you where flooding and a tornado touched down, up next. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming Severe Weather in nebraska brought flash flooding and a tornado near omaha, nebraska overnight. You can see the cars that were left behind in high water that quickly dispersed. The National Weather service also reported a confirmed tornado in washington county, nebraska. It also brought about widespread we have a break in the rain for the time being, but scattered storms may redevelop this afternoon and evening. The most probable location for that is in the southern half of the area. Heavy rain and a few strong storms are possible. Highs reach the lower 80s. Isolated storms exit tonight, leaving us with a quiet end to the week. Well have highs in the 70s thursday through sunday with Storm Chances returning for the weekend, especially saturday. Toda y partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms redeveloping, mainly south. Heavy rain is 82 alo 82 dbq 80 iow 83 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. Low 63 alo 63 dbq 63 iow 66 tomorrow partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 77 alo 78 dbq 77 iow 78 tom. Night clear and cool. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 54 alo 53 dbq 54 iow 56 friday mostly sunny. High 76 low 54 saturday scattered thunderstorms likely. High 77 low 62 sunday chance of storms. High cloudy. High 81 low 65 tuesday partly cloudy. High 81 low 62 wednesday partly cloudy. High 80 low 63 thursday chance of storms. The highest paid actresses, and we look at who is claiming the top spot. Abcs Jason Nathanson looks at that, as well as the loss of an actor who had a long time stint on law and order, in the showbiz wrap. Time for another round of does this song sound too much like that song . This time starring demi lovato and her 2015 tune stars shes being sued by the group sleigh bells, who say stars sounds way too much like their 2010 song infinity at issue is the bass drum and the hand clapping. The similarity was an issue when stars first came out at the time lovatos producers, who are also being sued, said they didnt steal anything. When it comes to cash, Jennifer Lawrence is once again queen of hollywood. For a 2nd straight year, she tops forbes list of highest paid actresses. The magazine says in the past 12 months, the 26 year million bucks, thanks to the end of the hunger games franchise, xmen and more. And law and order fans are in mourning steven hill has died. Hill was best known as the long running District Attorney on the show, new york d. A. Adam schiff, who delivered his lines with a grumble and a growl. He stared on the series for 10 years, from its 2nd episode in 1990. Series creator dick wolf called hill one of the truly great actors of his generation, and said hes the only actor hes ever known who consistently tried to cut his own lines. Steven hill was 94. And thats whats happening in hollywood, Jason Nathanson, abc news, los angeles. Midday. If you have a question for veterinarian david graeff, call us now at 3193995998. Stay with us. Switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of highspeed internet for just 20 a month. Thats the speed you need to stream. Game. Connect on social media. Learn, shop and more with fast inhome wifi. So call 844565link. Get up to 40 megs of highspeed 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. Dr. Graeff, thanks for being coming up tomorrow, our financial expert will be here. Stay with your 24 hour italy after a 6 point 3 magnitude quake hit the central part of the country. Hundreds of crews from across the country are now working on coordinating rescue efforts. Rescuers have pulled dozens of people from the rubble. Hours of heavy rains left a flooded mess behind in northeast iowa. This is video from around you can see high, fast moving water swept a trailer down river and into a bridge along highway 9. A woman also needed to be rescued from her car. And in freeport, homes are now flooded. Also in decorah, people brought in tractors to pump water over the earthen berm between them and the upper iowa river. Thanks to our viewer who sent us these pictures. And this just in, the decorah School District has already cancelled and this picture came in from our viewer ryan. He took it with a drone, showing the historic flooding levels around spillville along the turkey river. That actually shows the inwood ballroom that sits along the river. Mornings weather, justin. We have a break in the rain for the time being, but scattered storms may redevelop this afternoon and evening. The most probable location for that is in the southern half of the area. Heavy rain and a few strong storms are possible. Highs reach the lower 80s. Isolated storms exit tonight, leaving us with a quiet end to the week. Well have highs in the 70s thursday through sunday with Storm Chances returning for the weekend, especially saturday. Toda y partly cloudy with scattered showers and storms redeveloping, mainly south. Heavy rain is possible. Wind sw 515. High 82 alo 82 dbq 80 iow 83 tonight chance of storms, mainly south. Wind nw 510. . Announcer can you keep a secret . Well, we cant all hour long were revealing perfect sandwich secrets that you can sink your teeth into. Marios kicking things off with a grilled sensation thatll have you shouting focacciayeah baby then michaels in the kitchen with the fabulous hilary duff. And theyre serving up a toasty, cheesy, crunch italian favorite. Plus, see how one program is turning school lunch times into a fine dinning experience. Round tables, food right in the middle. The chef, they announce what they have made for you. Announcer get ready for the best thing since sliced bread, right now, on the chew . [ cheers and applause ] good afternoon and welcome to the chew. If you could put the essence of