Tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s rday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 alo 71 dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 organizations continue to work to get things running back to normal in cedar rapids as the river levels drop. And it sounds like saturday will be the big day. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman was at the press conference that wrapped up just minutes ago. Dave, tell us about the scale down. Day, weve been covering the the view. You may be able to watch morning. Crews are working to restore electricity and gas to people in cedar rapids. Alliant energy says only about 30 customers asked to have their power shut of. Now, its working to restore power to those outside the flood zone. For people inside the scaled back zone, alliant will inspect each home before turning the power back on. And Midamerican Energy company says it can begin restoring gas service to properties outsidt People Living on a avenue nw say they were happy to be able to get home yesterday, but were not able to stay overnight because they did not have the power on. I have to move everything back in but right now im just really focused on getting the power back and getting gas back its getting cold out so you know were going to need our heat Law Enforcement and the National Guard will continue to enforce a curfew for those still inside the reduced boundaries, from 8 didnt take on much water, there are some areas that did see damage because of the flooding. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson joins us live. What are you seeing . As the cedar river continues to go down in cedar rapids, towns along the wapsipinicon are anxiously watching the river rise. As the cedar river continues to wapsipinicon are anxiously watching the river rise. This is what it looked like yesterday in oxford junction. Thats in jones county. Two days ago. Water surrounded a few homes and the citys park. Yesterday, it was over the road is several places and more home owners are dealing with flooding. This is a town that has been a flashpoint of flooding recent years. People there say the flood water is almost as high as the flood in 2008. Today the federal Emergency Management agency, or fema, is in watched last week as the Shell Rock River swelled beyond its banks. A dike the city built helped hold off some of the water, but it didnt prevent all of it from reaching homes. The mayor says the flooding affected more than 150 homes. With the clean up from flooding, many people are looking to get rid of their sandbags. If they were contaminated bywat dispose of them. But, if they are still waterfree, there are some things you can do with the sand around your home, instead of throwing experts say spreading sand over the ground can help clay rich soil. Its great to use when potting plants. It can help put out fires in your backyard fire pit. It can also help dissolve icy sidewalks in the winter. Or weighing down a lightweight vehicle for winter driving. We are following other news today. The university of iowa wants to make students aware of a Sexual Assault on campus. The university is not releasing a lot of details, but says a person was sexually assaulted a party, when the victim became separated with their friends. A student who violates iowas Sexual Misconduct policies faces sanctions up to getting kicked out of school. In new jersey, at least one person is dead and more than 100 hurt after a commuter train slammed into a train station in hoboken. At least two of the injuries are critical. The crash happened in the middle of rush hour as the train came in from new york. Both the train and the station sustained serious damage. The national sending investigators to the scene. Oil prices are rising around the world after a major announcement on Oil Production in the middle east. Opec, or the organization of patroleum exporting countries, decided to cut Oil Production. Oil prices almost immediately jumped more than 5 percent after yesterdays decision. Opec nations are expected to reduced production by as much as a Million Barrels a day. Overnight, crude o hovered around 47 dollars a barrel. This could eventually iowas delegation is working across party lines to get funding for cedar rapids and its flood protection system. Coming up in our next half hour, well hear from ernst, blum and loebsack on what theyve been doing to get those federal funds. And coming up next. Many people enjoy jumping on roller coasters for a thrill rush. But now some Research Says it may be the best medicine for kidney stone patients. Updates our temperatures coming while there may be a north breeze at times, it wont be as gusty as it has been the past couple of days. Clouds will begin to filter back into our sky tonight and continue to increase bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s saturday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 alo 68 dbq 65 iow 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 55 saturday mostly sunday partly cloudy. High 72 low 53 monday partly cloudy. High 74 low 51 tuesday partly cloudy. High 78 low 55 wednesday chance of showers storms. High 73 low 56 thursday partly cloudy. High 72 low 50 friday mostly sunny. High 72 low 47 people who suffer from kidney stones know how to pass one. But now, Health Specialist denis dador looks at new Research Showing kidney stone patients may want to hop on a roller coaster. Big Thunder Mountain railroad is a runaway mine train adventure, but for kidney stone sufferers like grace wu, it could be good medicine sot grace wu if it works, great. I like rollercoasters. Michigan State University researchers decided to test their theory after patients reported their kidney stones passed painlessly after riding big Thunder Mountain at Walt Disney World similar to the ride at disneyland. Scientists created 3d printed sizes. Then the silicone kidneys went for a ride. Nats ride the results . Even the largest stones got dislodged after two or three rides. Also, riding in the back was more effective than sitting up front. Nats it really doesnt make sense. City of hope urologist clayton says you need more than turbulent motion to pass kidney stones, but adds adrenaline may cause movement in the ureter that helps propels the stone. Sot dr. Clayton lau city of hope and actually that causes contraction. So theoretically the ureter can contract and push and move that stone all the way from the top to the bottom. Standup dador dr. Lau says all that jostling in the back seat of a rollercoaster may loosen the stone out of the kidney but thats only part of the journey. Sot the ureter is pe about 30 centimeters it has a long ways to go. Msu researchers say in their models, the stones did pass all the way out. They even suggest riding moderate intensity roller coasters might be good preventive therapy for people prone to kidney stones. Dr. Lau says while its rip roaring research hes not ready to recommend thrill ride therapy. Sot lau i think thats the last thing you want to do when youre in pain is jump on a roller coaster. Grace agrees, but loves the idea. Sot probably ill do more of the conservative route, what my physicians say. T if he thinks me riding a roll with the flooding weve s value of our crops . We look at that in our agribusiness report. As well as the new recognition iowa received for its fight last year against the devastating bird flu epidemic. And heres a live look at the ellis boat harbor in cedar rapids, where there is a little damage from the flood. Our flood 2016 coverage will continue ahead on one of the worst animal disasters in history swept the nation. But hit iowa particularly hard. A strain of Avian Influenza led to the deaths of nearly half of iowas egg laying chickens. And millions of other poultry. The Response Team for iowas department of agriculture had to deal with a way to dispose of 35 million dead birds. Including a quarter of turkeys. Affecting 70 producers. And involving around products. Last week at the National Association of state departments of agriculture. The iowa team received the james a. Graham award for outstanding service. Iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey nominated the team. Saying staff in his department stepped up to respond to the outbreak. And other states saw that. Several made the point that after that event that as they had concerns about how they might set up and respond that they had you learn . What lessons can we take away . And in fact we did have a couple other stats that did have to go through that. Northey says indiana was one that reached out to iowa staff to help them deal with the epidemic. Adding that iowa poultry is back in business. In some cases. The supply is back so fast the prices on eggs and turkeys are down. While i was talking to secretary northey. I also asked him about farm ground affected by iowa. Near the river. Farm and pasture acres have been affected. Definitely has impacted some crop ground. When you look at the totality of iowa with 23 million acres. Its not a lot of acres. But if its your acres, its a very big deal. Northey says in some cases. Farm neighbors showed up to help out harvest before flooding hit. Last month. Governor Terry Branstad issued a proclamation of disaster for four northeastern iowa counties reports looming ahead. The grains are stabilizing a bit. Now that were in the middle of the week, the market is really looking forward to the stocks report at 11 am on friday. That is going to set the tone through the end of harvest. But we do have some news here that is helping us out during the day. Its keeping us from really falling out of bed. Everything that weve seen today continues to show that we have strong demand. As far as corn we had an increase in ethanol production. We had a big corn sale to mexico so we do have demand there and in the this morning. One thing that we really have to look at in china is theres going to be a holiday next week. That could slow things down, and were really in a critical price level there so thats really something that were watching very closely. Boy after the big action yesterday its kind of a relief to just see some stability today. We do have lower cash prices and thats making it hard to get excited about a rally. From a technical perspective we are at a Double Bottom right now. So we could see some support on that. The midday cuttouts are higher. So thats and as far as the hogs go, if we can get some chart support in these areas, again we have a lot of commercial buying going on. So right there im looking for a recovery in the 50 cent area theres a new usda report out. For cagefree shell egg. This month was the first of a new regular report. And its intended to add transparency to the cage free shell egg market. It will have the retail feature price information and production estimates. Collected from more than 29 thousand Retail Stores across the country. The show today. Thanks for tuning in. I hope to see you again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 42 oc standard the city of cedar rapids even touched on this scammers trying to take advantage amid the flood. Well hear from the Better Business bureau on what to watch out for and what people have been approached with. Stay with tv9. People have been trying to take advantage of flood victims throughout the city. And other pockets of eastern iowa. Barbara green from the Better Business bureau is here today. September xx, 2016 des moines, ia following any disaster iowans roll up their sleeves and get to work. That is what many are doing after the floods in eastern iowa. The aftermath of disaster can bring out the best in people but it can also bring smart consumer and dont be taken advantage. Many people want to help in any way they can, said chris coleman, president and ceo of bbb serving greater iowa, quad cities and siouxland region. Unfortunately, scam artists strike during these tragedies. Please check with bbb before hiring a business. Bbb offers these tips for rebuilding after the floods document everything. Check with your Insurance Company about policy coverage and save all receipts, including those for food, temporary lodging, or other items that may be covered expenses. Stay centered. You may feel anxious to get things back to normal, but dont let your emotions get the best of you. Make temporary repairs if necessary. Shop for services. For major permanent repairs, take time to shop around for contractors. Get at least three competitive bids, check out references and contact your requestaquote as an easy service to request bids from accredited businesses. Rely on experts. Dont trust a worker who shows up on your doorstep to announce that your home is unsafe. If you are concerned about possible structural damage in your home, have an engineer, architect, building official, or other housing expert inspect it. Use contracts. Secure a written contract agreement with anyone you hire. It should specify the work to be done, the materials to be used, and the price breakdown for both labor and materials. Review it carefully before signing or paying money. Write any oral promise into the contract, including warranties on material o solicitations. Be wary of doortodoor workers who claim to have leftov pair materials fe street or who do not have perm. Phony tactics. Unscrupulous sinesses may make big promisesa meowners insurance is sure tovn a contract, they require you highpressure a. Dont be pressured into making an immediate decision with a longterm impact. Requests for upfront payments. Never pay for all repairs in advance and do not pay cash. The better sin purchasing Services Call the tter Business Bureau at 800222 wbb. Org i owa http . About Better Business reau Better Business bureau been creating a commi i business n trust each other throughprogrt practices, create marketplace le models, and denounce bstanda ople turned to bbb moreh2 milli5 llion businesses andcharities. Region, foundedn9 d ise of 112 u n reach us at 5152438137 or l rbara. Thany r being re. Barbara. Thank you for beg here. Ill ead on this midday. Peop can now vote early in iowa, and hillary inton is in the Hawkeye State today to make that point. D im mark carlson, live in dar rapsmhking on a little dama left behind by the gh cedar river. Teorogist jusn cedar rapids. The city announced when the evacuation zone will be lifted, and bridges reopened. I have a live report next. Us lawmakers took action to get money for a cedar rapids flood protection project. We look at the push from iowas delegation. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, midday. The city of cedar rapids is working hard to get back to normal as water levels continue to fall on the cedar river. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman got an update at this mornings press conference. What are some of the highlights from today dave . Chris, the highlight today was how to start and at this mornings brief, city leaders outlined a schedule on exactly when that will happen. Heres how it will happen. At seven oclock tomorrow morning, friday, the curfew in the evacuation zone will end. At noon on friday those who have businesses in the evac area or live there will be allowed back for floodrelated work. For the general public, all the restrictions in flood zones come to an end at 7 00 oclock saturday morning. For the mayor, the message was summed up access to city will begin clearing flood barriers on the avenue bridges today. Those living in the area may be able to use them at noon tomorrow with access through checkpoints. The general public cant go over the bridges until the entire area is open up at 7 00 oclock saturday morning. Now, its going to take longer to reopen cedar river bridges at 16th avenue and edgewood road. For edgewood road, that will depend on how quickly the water retreats. Live in cedar rapids, lets get an update on the river levels. Justin, it seems like were seeing a steady drop in a pleasant afternoon is ahead with lots of sunshine and highs around 70. While there may be a north breeze at times, it wont be as gusty as it has been the past couple of days. Clouds will begin to filter back into our sky tonight and continue to increase tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s saturday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 alo 71 dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 cedar rapids, more services and buildings will reopen. That includes the linn county juvenile justice center. Its now back open for normal business hours. But, the linn county courthouse and jean oxley Linn County Public Service Center will remain closed for now. While most of cedar rapids didnt see much damage, there are some places that sustained damage. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson joins us live. There is state Assistance Available for some flood victims thanks to the governors disaster proclamation. It covers 13 counties in all. Uninsured or underinsured people can get up available for some flood victims thanks to the governors disaster proclamation. It covers 13 counties in all. Uninsured or underinsured people can get up to 5,000. But there are restrictions. For example, a family of 3 can have an income of no more than 40,000. Applications are due to the state by november 7th. People in linn and benton counties can summit their applications to hacap. An amendment calling for expedited construction for the cedar rapids flood project is officially in both the us house and senate is in our washington dc bureau. Sharing more about this bipartisian effort from the iowa delegation. Its worst flooding the cit cedar rapids has witnessed since 2008. And the iowa delegation is making their voice heard. Crafting amendments in a congressional water bill. It sends a message to the office of omb, the president s office that both the house and the flood wall project is very important. Congressman rod blum and iowa lawmakers on capitol hill are calling for the flood protection funds to be released. The cedar rapids project was approved by congress in 2014 but the Obama Administration has not yet included the project in its budget. Its time to stop the nonsense of going back and forth. The army corps blames congress. Congress blames the army corps. Lets just all figure out how to do this and get this done. But how exactly will the project get accomplished . This will help at least some. It remains to be seen how this puts more of a priority on the cedar rapids project than it was in the past. Cedar rapids is a very high priority for us and the iowa delegation. Senator joni ernst worked on a similar amendment in the Senate Water Bill that passed last week. Now. Shes calling on the government accountabilit y office to investigate. We are pushing to make cedar rapids a priority for a flood mitigation project. We think that cedar rapids is not getting a fair shake when it comes to that go to the president s desk until after the election. In washington, sjr reporting. People are cleaning up flood debris in some cities along the wapsipinicon river. That includes up in buchanan county. Dumpsters for debris are now available. That includes 3 locations in independence and two places in littleton. Theyre available through october 10th. We are following other news today. A former iowa State University register as a sex offender. A judge sentenced Patrick Whetstone today. He pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He assaulted an unconscious female student after an on campus party in march of 2014. She says she woke up to whetstone assaultg her. Whetstone faces probation for 2 years as well as 10 years of monitoring as a sex offender. A Loras College poll shows Iowa Republican congressmen will likely keep their jobs in this fall in the race for senate, the poll found incumbent senator Chuck Grassley with a strong lead over democrat and former Lieutenant Governor patty judge, 54 percent to 37 percent. Grassley is looking to earn his 7th term in office. Its a little bit closer in the race for iowas first congressional district. Firstterm senator rod blum picked up 45 percent support in the Loras College poll. 37 percent favored former Cedar Rapids City Council democrat monica vernon. Believe it or not, but were a little more than a month away from the november general election. Today marks the first day iowans can cast an early ballot in that election. Democrat Hillary Clinton is marking the occasion with a stop in des moines. People can now get settled at the Cowles Commons area downtown, whe clinton is set to speak at 12 30. While there, she will lay out her vision for the country if she becomes president. Yesterday Republican Donald Trump spoke in council bluffs. While there, trump said it president ial candidate ted cruz endorsed him. Comedians get a lot of their laughs from politics, and that cant be any truer than during an election season. Find out who saturday night live will soon tap to play donald trump through the november election. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now. With lots of sunshine and highs around 70. While there may be a north breeze at times, it wont be as gusty as it has been the past couple of days. Clouds will begin to filter back into our sky tonight and continue to increase tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s saturday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 alo 68 dbq 65 iow 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 54 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 55 saturday mostly cloudy. High 66 low 54 sunday partly cloudy. High 72 low 53 monday partly cloudy. High 74 low 51 tuesday partly cloudy. High 78 low 55 wednesday chance of showers storms. High 73 low 56 thursday partly cloudy. Sunny. High 72 low 47 thanks justin. A pleasant afternoon is ahead with lots of sunshine and highs around 70. While there may be a north breeze at times, it wont be as gusty as it has been the past couple of days. Clouds will begin to filter back into our sky tonight and continue to increase tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s saturday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. Toda dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 alo 68 dbq 65 iow 69 tom. Night mostly cloudy. Wind ne 510. W54 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 55 saturday mostly cloudy. High 66 low 54 sunday partly cloudy. High 72 low 53 monday partly cloudy. High 74 low 51 tuesday partly cloudy. High 78 low 55 wednesday chance of showers storms. High 73 low 56 thursday partly cloudy. High 72 low 50 friday mostly sunny. High 72 low 47 the loss of people who have passed away. And alec baldwin will make regular appearances on saturday night life. Abcs Jason Nathanson has the new trump. Alec baldwin will play the republican president ial candidate when the new season starts this saturday. Nbc made the announcement in a promo showing baldwin being transformed into donald trump, while Kate Mckinnon gets her Hillary Clinton makeover. Darrell hammond had been playing the real estate mogul, but word is baldwin will take over trump duty through the election. The tv world is mourning soap opera queen agnes nixon. She created all my children, one life to live, and other soaps and was among the first to put hot button social issues including abortion and vietnam in her storylines. Agnes nixon charge of ncis has also died. Gary glasberg has been running tvs most watched broadcast drama for 7 years. He also created ncis new orleans. E was just 50. And thats whats happening in hollywood. Im Jason Nathanson, abc news, los angeles. Ahead, our financial expert will take us through Estate Planning and the importance of it for anyone and that. A misconception is that Estate Planning is only for the wealthy but. Lets face it. Its something that will be mandatory for everyone. Tory meiborg from world trend financial joins us. Estate planning is often thought of as a exercise o wealthy. But all of us should complete some basic Estate Planning steps. These include a will couples, especially younger couples, assume a will is not necessary since assets will simply pass to the surviving spouse. But what happens in the case where both spouses pass away . Most importantly, the will outlines who would be responsible for raising surviving children. Durable powers of attorney this empowers a third party to make decisions when you are not able to, such as in the case of a temporary disability. An estate checklist this is a list detailing who is the deceased accountant, where they hold bank and investment accounts, Life Insurance funeral arrangements , where to find important documents, etc. Once completed, a copy should be provided to the person responsible for administering the estate, or at least directions on where to find the document. All of these documents should be reviewed periodically and whenever there is any major life event. Any one who has administered an estate can vouch for the difficulty when little or no direction is provided. Preplanning goes a long way. Coming up tomorrow, our gardening expert. Stay with your 24 hour news midday. At least one person is dead and more than 100 hurt after a commuter train crash in hoboken, new jersey. The crash happened this morning a train station. Both sustained serious damage. The National Transportatio n safety board is investigating. Back to our flood 2016 coverage. Friday morning at 7, the city of cedar rapids will allow people and businesses to go back into the flood zone. They will have to get through check points first. For the general public, all restrictions will lift at 7 am saturday morning. Today crews will start to clear flood barrier downtown. As for the edgewood road bridge reopening, it will depend on the receding water. And heres a look at the ellis boat harbor in cedar rapids, along the cedar river. This is the first time weve seen this area. One boat house sunk this morning amongst the flood waters. The fast moving cedar also moved a lot of the homes around, which means people will have to do some cleaning up. With the news conferences every day, weve been set your dvr to see the show overnight, at 1 05 friday morning. And tonight were featuring High School Football on kcrg 9 point 2. Waterloo west comes down to cedar rapids to play at jefferson. You can catch the tackles and touchdowns at 7 pm. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. A pleasant afternoon is ahead of while there may be a north breeze at times, it wont be as gusty as it has been the past couple of days. Clouds will begin to filter back into our sky tonight and continue to increase tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s saturday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 alo 71 dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 tomorrow increasing clouds. Wind ne 1015. High 69 alo 68 dbq 65 iow 69 tom. E 1 w54 a 54b w5saturday mostl. . Announcer today, were revealing recipes from the vault. Michaels making a family classic with the hilarious alfonso ribeiro. 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