Declaration. That would free up federal dollars for rebuilding. In spillville, the first day rebuilding focused on this Community Owned ballroom. Flooding did as much damage, if not more, than eight years ago in 2008. Many volunteers knew how to tackle the job from past experiencem uck out the floor first and let it dry. Some volunteers here were so focused on fixing this Community Asset first they started work here befor i know my place needs a little assistance but ill get it done. Its an unfinished basement. , itll be ok and as for the governor, he says its important to get a firsthand look both at the damage and future needs as communities rebuild. And if those areas need more manpower or equipment all they have to do is ask. Dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. Winneshiek countys Environmental Health office private wells and septic tanks. Its advising those people to limit their sewer usage. And if a private well flooded over the well housing, its important to have the water tested for contaminants. Clayton county has closed some roads because of flooding. That includes parts of 360th street and lower cedar road in garber. And south high street and galaxy road in elkader. The county has also closed chariot , abbey, and bugle roads, which are secondary elkader escaped serious flooding overnight when the turkey river crested much lower than predictions. It topped out around 22 and a half feet, well below the 27 feet that the National Weather service predicted. People in elkader had piled up sandbags along the river to protect the downtown area. A lot of businesses, though, still had basement be patient with the cleanup. We ask that people dont just selfdispatch themselves to the scene, lets give our professionals time to work. Elkaders flood clean up could take as long as two weeks. Tonight on tv nine news at 10, well explain why corn may have helped keep this flood from reaching the record high in 2008. Tv nines Katie Wiedemann was in elkader today and that 2008 flood. Heres what she is working on for tv nine news at six. When a 90yearold elkader womans house flooded in 2008, she refused a government buyout. So her house is the only one left in this flood zone. Now, as the turkey river is creeping closer to her door, she says shes still not going anywhere. Be sure to stay with tv nines First Alert Storm Team whenever Severe Weather hits. You can download our meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us live now from independence on this first full night of high school football. Independence is hosting west delaware in one of the games well feature on friday night lights. Justin, the weather should be nice. A few light showers are possible this evening, but most of the rain and thunderstorms will wait until the overnight hours to take over. Occasional showers and st saturday, with the highest chance happening in the morning. Rainfall totals in the neighborhood of a halfinch are likely although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. Highs stay in the 70s tomorrow thanks to extensive clouds. A slight chance of storms continues sunday with a partly sunny sky otherwise and highs in the lower 80s. The situation is the same monday, with dry and seasonably warm weather for the middle of next week. Tonight scattered showers and thunderstorm s. Wind e 510. Low 64 alo 63 dbq 63 iow 65 tomorrow occasional showers and humid. Wind sw 515. High 77 alo 77 dbq 76 iow 79 bruce and beth. Police in marion are looking for two people after a robbery early this morning at a convenience store. It happened about 1 30 am at the fas fuel station at 998 eighth avenue in marion. These are security pictures of the robber. Police injured. Police are also looking for this woman in connection with the robbery. She was in the store right before it happened. And remember, whenever you see news happening, call newsline nine at 3193659999. You can also send news tips, pictures, and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. A couple of drivers are recovering from a scary this video from the iowa dot shows a car merging too fast from highway 30 onto i35 near ames yesterday. It moved into the left lane right in front of a semi, which hit the car, pushing it sideways down the road. The dot says both vehicles came to a gentle stop. The driver of the car is 16. He was not seriously and yield when merging in a situation like this. A task force that supports raising the minimum wage in polk county is taking a different approach. Its recommending a lower minimum wage for workers under age 18. The Task Force Wants polk county to go from the states minimum of seven 25 an hour up to eight 75 an hour next april. And then eventually it would reach ten 75 by january 2019. Percent of those increases. They say that would account for limited hours and duties employers often place on younger workers. The plan now goes to the polk county supervisors. New data show how the three private companies that now manage iowas medicaid system are performing. Governor branstad wanted the privatization to begin at the first of they year, but it didnt start until april first. Thats after federal delays because they said the state wasnt ready. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy joins us. Sarah, the new data from the department of Human Services show what happened in the first three months since the change . Bruce, this report really breaks down what successes and problems providers and patients have seen. Some of the good news is all three companies are working through complaints that come their way. The Companies Report 100 percent of grievances are problems areas we pulled those graphs for you to break down the numbers. On the provider side, doctors and specialists arent always being paid for medical services. This breaks down paid, suspended, and denied claims by company. In june, amerigroup paid about 88 percent of claims thats the green you see. Amerihealth paid 75 percent of claims. And unitedhealthc are paid 67 percent of claims. The rest were suspended or denied. For denials include. Claims werent filled out correctly. A claim was duplicated. Or a Certain Service should be covered by another payer. There are higher levels of denied claims at pharmacies you see those in red. Amerigroup has the highest amount of denied claims at more than 40 percent. Amerihealth denied about 40 percent of claims. And unitedhealthc are denied about 30 percent of claims. Some of the top reasons listed for those denials are. A prescription was refilled too soon. Or a product just isnt covered. People experiencing problems with claims or services will have a chance to share their stories at a meeting inside the State Capitol on monday. If youd like to attend, weve put details under this story on kcrg dot com. Bruce . Thanks, sarah. The organizers of tomorrow nights backporch revival at Kinnick Stadium are watching the flooding in northeast iowa. Proceeds from this first ever concert at kinnick will help people like those wh a few light showers are possible thunderstorms will wait until the overnight hours to take over. Occasional showers and storms saturday, with the highest chance happening in the morning. Rainfall totals in the neighborhood of a halfinch are likely although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. Highs stay in the 70s tomorro slight chance of storms continues sunday with a partly sunny sky otherwise and highs in the lower 80s. 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Researchers assessed more than 100 toddlers finding they were more succ essful learning new words when their surroundings were quiet than when there was background noise. On cam for more information, check out momseveryday. Com, im annie payne. A felon who says he voted by like how iowas court system handled his case. And now he has to pay. Glen tank of waterloo pleaded guilty this week to election misconduct. That was part of a plea deal to avoid prison time. The judge ordered tank to pay a 750 dollar fine. But he also has to pay court costs and fees, pushing his bill up to 15 hundred dollars. Tank lost his right to vote with a conviction for third offense rights had been restored when he registered and voted at the Waterloo Police station. This is National Womens equality day, and one Iowa Organization is using the day to point out the growing number of women running for office. The group, fiftyfifty in 2020, says more women are running for iowas state and federal offices this year than ever before. Filings through the secretary of states office. Show 65 women are candidates in the november house. 11 are candidates for the state senate. And four are running for the us house and senate. 27 of them are incumbents. Fifty fifty in 2020 is non partisan group that formed to get more women into iowa political offices. Republican donald trump wont be riding a harley here in iowa tomorrow. But he will be bringing his president ial campaign to iowa senator joni ernsts annual roast and ride fundraiser. Iowa since accepting the gop nomination last month. Trump will take part in the roast part of the event, but not the motorcycle ride. Ernst is hosting her roast and ride at the state fairgrounds in des moines. Trump will be one of the speakers. Governor branstad and iowas republican members of congress will also be there. Also this weekend, Progress Iowa is hosting its Second Annual corn feed in des president ial candidate Martin Omalley will be speaking. Democratic political Candidates Party leaders will also be there. Bring people together and talk about progressive ideas and policies that can help move our state and our country forward. The event is similar to the annual steak fries that former senator tom harkin held each year. It kicks off sunday at two at simon estes amphitheater. Its incredibly, people arent used to seeing kinnick look like this. The home stadium for hawkeye see a different crowd this weekend. Well preview concert time at kinnick. Next here on we asked u. S. Cellular customers to show us all the beautiful places they get coverage with our strong signal. You posted from the seashore. You shared from your hike. You showed us this sunset. You posted from the farm. And you adventured way out there. A lot of amazing places. . . U. S. Cellular put towers where the other guys dont. So join our network, and start sharing your moments game. The home of the hawkeyes has gone through a major transformatio n to get ready for tomorrow at kinnick. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson has a preview. This concert is all about raising money for charity, the native fund, which was started by former hawkeye dallas clark and and iowa native ashton kutcher. I was talking to dallas clark earlier today, and he says looking at all the flooding going on up north, thats exactly the type of thing that the native fund benefits, its iowans helping iowans in the case of a disaster, clark says hes pretty excited to see cant wait for tomorrow. This will be interesting to see, and everything has been right on, and theres been no set backs, everyone has done a great job and ready to put on an unbelievable show tomorrow. Tonight at 6, well take a closer look at why the university is very carefully listening to how loud it will get in here tomorrow, and its for a very important reason, well have that story tonight at six. For now, outside Kinnick Stadium, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. If youre going to the concert, inside Kinnick Stadium theyre only allowing gallonsized clear bags and small clutches. Women will have to check larger purses at the Recreation Center by the stadium. Well be right back. Stay with us right here on tv nine. Lets go back to justin live in takes place, but this time its at a large eastern iowa business, and not the usual school or hospital. The 2008 flood is dealing with flood waters again in elkader. Forecast. A few light showers are possible this evening, but most of the rain and thunderstorms will wait until the overnight hours to take over. Occasional showers and storms continue i chance happening in the morning. Rainfall totals in the neighborhood of a halfinch are likely although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. Highs stay in the 70s tomorrow thanks to extensive clouds. A thank you for joining us for world news with tonight, several breaking stories as we come on. An abc news exclusive. The Young American daughter kidnapped by isis. Her parents making a direct plea to isis themselves. Tonight, right here, what they say the president promised. And now, the white house responding. Also tonight, the Airport Security scare. A jet, terrified passengers onboard. A community in shock. Two nuns murdered. And now, the urgent manhunt at this hour. Shot by mistake. The armed robbery. The homeowner, the husband who calls police. He and his wife need help. Police arrive, and the homeowner is shot by mistake. And, the tropical threat. Were tracking the system right now. Getting closer to the u. S