Hike. Gunderson health plans will see a 20 jump. Medica plans to raise rates 19 and avera will rise 5 . All those hikes are for individual plans. About 55,000 people enrolled for plans on iowas exchange this year. Also, at this hour, the red cross is trying to bump up the blood supply calling the level of donations critically low from the summer months when many regular donors are often away. At the cedar rapids marriott. Brea, now that school is back in, red cross leaders are looking to get back to a normal level. The American Red Cross warns blood supplies in iowa and across the nation are critically low in summer months. Thats because many people are on vacation and dont take the time to donate. It is holding a blood drive today at the cedar rapids marriott until 1 00 pm. You can also donate anytime by contacting your local American Red Cross on sunday afternoon, concerns over a office. On sunday afternoon, concerns in the tv9 viewing area. Conditions were just right last night to put a tornado on the ground in northern linn county. A viewer sent us this photo of that tornado that touched down near troy mills yesterday. No major damage from the storms. First Alert Storm Team meteorologist chris havely joins us now. Chris, could we see some similar type of popup scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon, much like we had on sunday. Given there isnt much wind even aloft in the atmosphere, storms will not move much where they do develop. That means heavy rain will be possible in localized areas. Tonight storm activity should decrease some this evening, then ramp up again on Tuesday Morning as a cold front approaches us from the north. Tuesday will be muggy again with storms possible throughout the day. Behind that front, much more comfortable and cooler air moves in through saturday. High pressure will be in firm control and wont move out quickly as a tropical system in the gulf holds things in up the overall weather p scattered thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 alo 80 dbq 81 iow 83 78 to 84 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 alo 65 dbq 67 iow 68 64 to 70 the search for a new president at the university the Search Committee is gathering now for its first meeting at the cedar falls campus. It will set a timeline and procedures for the search. Uni provost jim wohlpart is currently serving as interim president at the university. Former president bill ruud left last month to serve as president of Marietta College in ohio. The board of regents has hired a search firm to help find a replacement. The maker of epipen says it will now offer a cheaper version of its lifesaving allergy drug under growing criticism of its skyrocketing costs. Drug for people having an allergic reaction. Right now, a twopack costs more than 600 dollars. Now, the maker, myland, will offer a generic 2pack for 300 dollars. It should be available in several weeks. The company says it will also keep in place discount programs for the branded epipen, which it announced just last week. The high water has pulled back as people in northeast iowa now have to pull away sand bags. Elkader felt lucky the river feet short of initial forecasts on friday. Several people there still had water in basements. Crews spent much of the weekend removing sandbags and debris left behind. We cleared down by wilkes Grocery Store we had sandbags from Central Plumbing all the way back to their dock and that was all sandbags 7 feet high the city initially told tv9 it could take up to two protection. But firefighters told us sunday they were ahead of schedule. Theres only a small row of sandbags on the south side of the river and crews hope to have this cleaned up within the next couple days. A police chase at the end of the concert at kinnick ended with a car crashing into a home and police using a taser on the driver. Mischief and eluding charges. Police say he refused to stop for police and hit speeds of 100 Miles Per Hour in a 25 zone on melrose as the kinnick concert was letting out. He eventually crashed into a home on olive street. He and a passenger both ran away. Police caught sockness with the help of a taser. The passenger was a 16 yearold runaway from wisconsin with several felony warrants for her arrest. Panic filled Los Angeles International airport last night from a report of an active shooter. For passengers. Airport Officials Say the report turned out to be false but it lead to more than 280 delays, 2 cancellations and at least 27 diverted flights. The la Police Department had to clear the airport to search it before confirming there was no evidence of any shooting and that this was a false alarm. These are difficult situations because there were multiple reports of something that was very significant and potentially very dangerous. And so i think our officers did an excellent job. They followed their protocols. Threat, they found and addressed it. As lax scrambles to get back on time with hundreds of flights, the delays this morning were about an hour for arrivals and more than 90 minutes for departures. A new event hopes to become an annual rally to stop the violence in cedar rapids. The event was at redmond park, close to where robert humbles shot and kille1 fight between two rival groups about a year ago. Humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter among other charges. Sundays rally was also down the street from a shooting more than two weeks ago. Bullets hit at least one home and car. Yesterday kids got to play games, eat food, and meet with Cedar Rapids Police officers. Organizers the event aims to keep kids on the right path because they dont have mentors no more, so by them knowing what we do, and im an artist and where i came from and how i was different story and outlook on life, then they dont got no choice but to listen and obey. Police say building better relationships with the community is a good Crime Fighting tactic. Officers say it makes it easier for people to talk to authorities about problems in their neighborhood its the combat veterans battle that we often dont see. Amid the heartbreaking number of veterans who take their own lives each day, a Smartphone App is working to try and stop this. Linn county supervisors gather, once again, to look at whether to increase the minimum wage and if so how to put it into place. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. Another muggy day is ahead. Scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon, much like we had on sunday. Given there isnt much winde atmosphere, storms will not move much where they do develop. That means heavy rain will be possible in localized areas. Tonight storm activity should decrease some this evening, then ramp up again on Tuesday Morning as a cold front approaches us from the north. Tuesday will be muggy again with behind that front, much more comfortable and cooler air moves in through saturday. High pressure will be in firm control and wont move out quickly as a tropical system in the gulf holds things in up the overall weather pattern across north thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 alo 80 dbq 81 iow 83 78 to 84 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 alo 65 dbq 67 iow 68 64 to 70 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 alo 80 dbq 80 iow 81 77 to 83 tom. Night storms early, low 62 alo 60 dbq 62 iow 65 59 to 65 wednesday mostly sunny and less humid. High 79 low 62 thursday mostly sunny. High 75 low 57 friday mostly sunny. High 77 low 53 saturday mostly sunny. High 80 low 55 sunday chance of storms. High 82 low 63 monday chance of storms. Chance of storms. High 81 low 67 commit suicide. Now, cellphones may become weapons to fight against depression and post traumatic stress. Marie salt reports. Fighting on the front lines in the iraq war was bad enough for army veteran dan jabs. We were getting constantly exposed to ieds. But when dan jabs returned home, he found out the sleeplessness, restlessness. You see some things that civilians dont understand. And because of that, anxiety, constant fight or flight mode, youre always tense. And navy veteran, Samantha Michelle reeves, thought her constant nightmares were actually normal after coming home from Operation Iraqi freedom. I was also afraid to go ask for help because i thought people are going to look at me like im crazy. Thankfully, both vets eventually found vets prevail. 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The American FarmBureau Federation and the National Farmers union say its time for congress to act. Usda just responded to the dairy industrys problem. But farm groups say corn. Wheat. And bean prices are tanking. Nfu president Roger Johnson says congrs on the next farm bill immediately. Theres obviously some Serious Problems with the safety net that need to be fixed. So thats going to be one of our first requests is to get Congress Moving quickly. We think theres also some tweaks that can be made to the existing farm bill. Johnson says the payments that farmers get. Are designed to come in a year and a half after the fact. Adding they put those payments in the next funding for the Farm Service Agency to get direct and guaranteed lending for struggling farmers. Despite an ideal planting season. Field agronomists going through the corn belt think yields will be variable. 12 teams of four scouts traveled through iowa with the 2016 pro farmer crop tour. And they were expecting a slight drop in iowa corn yield. Rains were in the area as the tour went through the state. And field agronomist for Dupont Pioneer erik zumbach says yield monitors will be all over the board. The numbers for iowa were released and the corn crop is estimated at a hundred and 88 bushels an acre. The average soybean pod count in a three by three foot square is 12 hundred 25 pods. Minnesotas numbers were released at the same time. Theyre likely to see a hundred and 82 bushes an acre. And 11 hundred 7 soybean pods in a three by three foot square. Market analyst brian markets. The pro farmer tour didnt find a reason to think that a strong bean yield is there with high pod counts across most of the states. And certainly didnt see enough reason to see a smaller corn yield, versus what the usda has. Our takeaway is that the corn yield is big. Its not that 175, but lets just say this. Its still awfully big. It still confirms ending stocks will be increasing substantially this fall. So when youre talking about a 15 billion bushel crop or something near that its just really hard t the markets. So i think what were going to do is were going to press on down and find new lows. Were dealing with a seasonal tendency for cattle to roll over here. Cattle on feed numbers here recently have just supported and continue to support big inventories. And the hog market also faces that same problem. You know were seeing hogs well off the june highs here trying to find a bottom. Big supplies over on the livestock are keeping the traded cash markets are not giving any reason for futures markets to trade higher. Algeria is showing a lot of interest in us corn this year. Already theyve doubled the 20142015 marketing year in buying corn. About five hundred 27 thousand metric tons. Or about 20 million bushels. The Us Grains Council say algeria is a relatively small market. But it and its neighbors in north africa show potential for export growth. A 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 one of the great character actors of 70s sitcoms passes away you may not know his name but his face and smile was very well known. Plus, will the actor known for playing harry potter return to the character that made him globally famous. The showbiz wrap is next. The usps approved a stamp z22e3z zixz z22jkz zixz y22jky yixy radcliffe return to being harry potter . Jason nathanson has todays showbiz wrap. Is there more harry potter in Daniel Radcliffes future . The New York Daily News says Warner Brothers is eager to cast him in a film version of harry potter and the cursed child wizard into manhood. Its a smash hit on the london stage. One possible snag radcliffe has said he wants to keep some distance between himself and the character he created onscreen. So far, no comment from the star or the studio. You may not know his name, but chances are you know this face. The veteran character actor Marvin Kaplan has died. Hes been a television staple since the nineteen fifties. Fans may know him best as henry a regular customer at mels diner in the classic sitcom alice. Marvin kaplan was eighty nine. Star trek now has the governments stamp of approval. The Us Postal Service is marking the fiftieth anniverary of the Television Shows debut with four star trek forever stamps. Th might even get your snail mail there a bit faster. Though it obablywonbt transporter. Finally, dont breathe left them breathless at the box office. The horror film opened in first place with an estimated take of 26 point one Million Dollars. It bumped suicide squad down to second place, with an estimated 12 point one million. Kubo and the two strings ok third place. And thats asppening in hollywood. Im on energy. As the Central Iowa Power cooperative will be in urbana in just a few hours to display that future. This years your voice, your vote coverage tackles the attacks between the clinton and Trump Campaigns as trump is planning a major speech on immigration. Updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. Linn county supervisors meet to for increasing the minimum wage throughout the u. S. Economy yet the latest figures show less spending, even as people are earning more. Top democrats gather in des moines on sunday to try and build momentum, now at 71 days until the november election. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. Linn county supervisors plan to vote on a county meeting wednesday morning. And based on discussions today, it looks like the countyimposed increase will pass. Supervisors spent 45 minutes discussing the details of the county minimum wage. If passed on three readings, the ordinance would boost the minimum wage by a dollar an hour to 825 per hour january 1st. The ordinance would boost wages another dollar in january 1025 per hour. The wage rate, the date in which is would be impacted it all seems very common sense and my colleagues and i are looking forward to passing it. Supervisors rejected some calls for a lower minimum wage for workers ages 1417. The details of the proposed minimum wage resolution will be posted on the countys web site possibly later today. Americans spending slowed don increased in july. The slowdown in spending was expected but economists are hoping for stronger spending to speed up the economy in the second half of the year. Consumer spending accounts for 70 of Economic Activity in the us. Governor Terry Branstad today created a new task force aimed at getting more iowans training after high school. He issued an exective order to create the future ready iowa alliance. Iowa faces a shortage in its workforce for people a college degree. Branstad still needs to appoint members to the committee. Meteorologist chris havely has your first alert forecast, chris. You are tracking the chance for some quick storms today. Another muggy day is ahead. Scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon, much like we had on sunday. Given there isnt much wind even aloft in the atmosphere, storms will not move much where they do develop. That means heavy rain will be possible in localized areas. Tonight storm activity should decrease some this evening, then ramp up again on tuesday m cold front approaches us from the north. Tuesday will be muggy again with storms possible throughout the day. Behind that front, much more comfortable and cooler air moves in through saturday. High pressure will be in firm control and wont move out quickly as a tropical system in the gulf holds things in up the overall weather pattern across north america. Today scattered thunderstorms possible. Very muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 alo 80 dbq 81 iow 83 78 to 84 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 alo 65 dbq 67 iow 68 64 to 70 blood supplies are critically blood supplies are critically low nationwide thanks to a summer slow down in donations. The American Red Cross is hoping to drive up donations today at the cedar rapids marriott. Thats where kcrgtv9s brea love is this midday with details. Brea. Blood supplies in iowa and across the nation are critically low in summer months. Thats because many people are on vacation and dont take the time to donate. It is holding a blood drive today at the cedar rapids marriott until 1 00 pm. You can also donate anytime by contacting your local American Red Cross iowas first medicaid oversight hearing is happening this afternoon. The committee is tasked with reviewing the states switch to hearing is happening this afternoon. The committee is tasked with reviewing the states switch to a p this morning, lawmakers heard from people on medicaid about their experiences. Several recipients have complained of delayed payments or cancelled Services Since the switch. And the three Companies Running the system reported huge losses in filings last week. Insurance rates for plans on the States HealthInsurance Exchange are set to skyrocket next year. The Iowa Insurance Division today approved a 43percent rate hike for wellmark plans. Aetna plans will see a 23 a 20percent jump. Medica plans to raise rates 19percent and avera will rise 5percent. All those hikes are for individual plans. About 55thousand people enrolled for plans on iowas exchange this year. Iowas largest cooperative Energy Provider will show off its future today in urbana. Central Iowa Power Cooperative will unveil the 1st of 6 sites in the largest solar farm in the state this afternoon. It announced plans for th this time last year. The urbana site is off of bing miller lane, just west of interstate 380. Once all 6 sites are open, it will increase iowas Solar Energy Output by about 20 . Youll start seeing more political ads soon. Donald trump announced his biggest ad buy yet to compete with the growing Campaign Fund for Hillary Clinton. Abcs lana zak shows us those ads are targeting a specific point. Natsot in Hillary Clintons america, 10 million ad buy is his largest to date and plans to target Hillary Clinton in 9 swing states. Sot matthew dowd abc news political analyst the economys the number one issue that people are upset with the status quo in the course of this and its the first time weve seen an ad like this. But that ad will not help unless donald trump stays on message. Hoping to stay on message, the Trump Campaign announced a major speech on immigration wednesday in weekend trump invoked the memory of sarah root, a young iowa woman killed in a drunk driving accident by an undocumented immigrant. Sot donald trump president ial nominee we will use Immigration Law to prevent crimes, and will not wait until some innocent american has been harmed or killed. Saying he will be tough on law breakers. Trump continued that theme in a multiude of tweets this morning, particularly aimed at minority voters. Tweeting. How much more crime, how many more shootings, will it take for africanamericans and latinos to vote trump safe while Hillary Clinton is Million Dollars in just one day in the hamptons. But she continues to be haunted by emails from her time as secretary of state. Sot matthew dowd abc news political analyst its an amazing situation that neither of these candidates, donald trump or Hillary Clinton, can seem to put away the other one because of their own problems that have developed in the course of this whole thing. Lana zak oncam close clinton and trump are also challenging the other to be more forth coming on health records, Clintons Campaign saying today that she has released a detailed medical letter but that trumps doctors note is, laughable. Lz, abc news, Washington Democratic leaders say iowa will play an Important Role in novembers president ial election. That was the message at this years iowa corn feed on sunday. The gathering of Democratic Leaders replaced the longtime harky steak fry. Former president ial candidate and former governor of maryland, martin omalley, headlind the event. He called on iowa to block the quote american nightmare agenda from donald trump. Senate candidate patty judge criticized incumbent Chuck Grassley for the general people say to me wheres chuck on all these issues well where is chuck on all these issues well i dont know someone said hes dragging his feet and i thnk he is. I love your state im excited to be here for Hillary Clinton, tim kaine and also for patty judge. You have some fine congressional candidates we have running this year jim mowrer, monica veronon. Its an exciting year in iowa. Democrats say they want to protect gains made like sustained growth from the recession and the Affordable Care act. A williamsburg business offers fabric in just about every hue. But the woolen needle also handles sewing and pattern kits as a destination in iowa county or. On the internet. Thats this weeks made in eastern iowa. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. Another muggy day is ahead. Afternoon, much like we had on sunday. Given there isnt much wind even aloft in the atmosphere, storms will not move much where they do develop. That means heavy rain will be possible in localized areas. Tonight storm activity should decrease some this evening, then ramp up again on approaches us from the north. Tuesday will be muggy again with storms possible throughout the day. Behind that front, much more comfortable and cooler air moves in through saturday. High pressure will be in firm control and wont move out quickly as a tropical system in the gulf holds things in up the overall weather pattern across north muggy. Wind se 510 high 81 alo 80 dbq 81 iow 83 78 to 84 tonight chance of storms. Wind light s. Low 67 alo 65 dbq 67 iow 68 64 to 70 tomorrow chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind nw 510. High 80 alo 80 dbq 80 iow 81 77 to 83 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 alo 60 dbq 62 iow 65 59 to humid. High 79 low 62 thursday mostly sunny. High 75 low 57 friday mostly sunny. High 77 low 53 saturday mostly sunny. High 80 low 55 sunday chance of storms. High 82 low 63 monday chance of storms. High 81 low 65 tuesday chance of storms. High 81 low 67 needle said she dreamed of a fabric store while growing up. Thanks to a prime location in williamsburg and the power and the reach of the internet, this 10yearold business in thriving. Thats this weeks made in eastern iowa. Soft colors for a soft material. We create a homey environment and its bright world but a homey world. This is the woolen needle for the past five years, Carla Brinkman and annette boland. We all love to do things with our hands, to be crafty. Have turned an extension of a passion for fabric and creativity into a successful business that covers the cost. And covers the customers. When i was 12, i lived o indianaola and i wanted to have a fabric shop on the corner of my parents property out there. Its always been a dream of mine. But many many years of raising kids and having my own custom sewing business and then a quilt Pattern Design business shop, it was all kind of leading to opening up a shop. As the front door swings the people trickle in those colors. Those fabrics the hand dyed wools, penny rug quilt kits, rughooking supplies, yarn and designs. All of the designs. All stick out. We are known for our kits a lot of customers come our do and lae kits, the ttern designs and the kithat cre designs. Had to ask sewing al ade shows. Its a happy place come to work and its a happy ace for people to come in. Its not work its to somed p we always welcome your thoughts and suggestions on businesses to feature for made in eastern iowa. Just drop me an email chris. Earl kcrg. Com. Have you ever looked into acupuncture . It may hold an aura of mystery for some but our medical experts from unity point in cedar rapids will take us through some of the benefits to it, acupuncture is a traditional used to stimulate pressure points throughout the body. Although acupuncture does not target tumors or prevent cancerous cells from spreading, it can play a beneficial role in improving a added to the Integrative Wellness services at the Nassif Community Cancer center. Joining us to talk more about it is dr. Nancy lorenzini. How does acupuncture work, how long has it been around . How does acupuncture help individuals going through Cancer Treatment . How often should individuals receive acupuncture . Where can they learn more about acupuncture . Nassif Community Cancer center for acupuncture information, call 5584876 dr lorenzini, thanks for being nutritional expert will take us through changes on go shopping. Stay with your 24 hour news midday. Iowas Medicaid Oversight Committee will the system today. This morning, it heard from patients upset with Customer Service and cuts in care. Providers also complained of a complicated system leading to delayed payments since the switch to the private system a few months ago. The Iowa Insurance Division today approved big rate hikes for plans under the Affordable Care act, known as obamacare. Wellmarks rates for individuals will jump an average of 43percent. Aetna, the biggest provider on the exchange, will raise rates 23 perce the 55thousand people enrolled on iowas Insurance Exchange starting next year. The linn county supervisors plan to vote wednesday on a minimum wage hike in the county. The board expressed support for the proposal this morning. The plan would raise the wage by a dollar an hour each of the next three years, putting it at 1025 by january 2019. The maker of the epipen will now offer a cheaper generic version. The emergency recent years to 600dollars, drawing criticism. In response, the company will offer a generic version for 300dollars. On iowa live kicks off a new season tonight in a new home. Scott and friends will be at the Union Station on 16th avenue sw in cedar rapids. Hell talk with former hawkeyes keenan davis, marv cook, Allen Reisner and bill happel, along with the regina, solon and jefferson football teams. Oni owa live airs at 6 30 tonight on kcrg 9point2. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. Another muggy day is ahead. Scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon, much like we had on sunday. Given there isnt much wind even aloft in the atmosphere, storms will not move much where they do develop. That means heavy rain will be possible in localized areas. Tonight storm activity should decrease some this evening, then ramp up again on Tuesday Morning as a cold front approaches us from the north. Thats all the time we have . [ cheers and applause ] announcer ready to get fresh . 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