Knife. Today marks exactly one year since a man raped and killed a 66yearold woman in dubuque. And at seven oclock tonight, family and friends will be gathering to remember the victim, nancy krapfl. Police say krapfl was out for a morning walk last september when Helmon Betwell beat her and raped her. He was 19 at the time. After his arrest, police say betwell told them he attacked the woman because had Nothing Better charges of first degree murder, first degree sexual abuse, and burglary. He and krapfl did not know each other. A judge ruled earlier this year that betwell is not mentally competent to stand trial right now. Hes still in Police Custody as he awaits a hearing on his mental state. We want to remind you that whenever you see news happening, we encourage you to call us on newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. Johnson county will soon go from one lane to none. Structural issues on the highway 965 bridge forced it down to a single lane. On tuesday, it will close completely. Kcrgtv9s mark carlson joins us now live from johnson county. Mark, how is the closure expected to impact traffic . Yes, beth a lot of people use this bridge. This is also a route a lot of people take to avoid driving on interstate 380, which runs parallel to 965. The bridge is expected to be shut down completely for three months. Officials say they hope to have it completely back open by the end of november. But that will require a dry fall for that timetable is to hold. A detour route has been posted, which will run from shueyville to i380 to penn street in north liberty. Right now Officials Say its all about getting an Early Warning out to people because this is going to be a Big Inconvenience out and weve put message sign boards out this past week warning everybody that it is going to happen sept. 6, like always we ask people to plan accordingly, give themselves a little extra time to utilize the detour route. Penn street is part of that detour, which already gets very crowded during the morning and evening commute. So this project will impact people who dont county, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. We turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, sunny and low humidity. What more could we ask for on fall, meteorologic ally speaking, has arrived. Cooler and more comfortable air started us off in our new month and it sticks with us into the weekend. For the Holiday Weekend the weather look good. Highs stay in the 70s and 80s with lows dipping into the 50s. Rain chances come back into the weather picture on labor day, but this is an isolated chance. Have a great night. Tonight clear and cool. Wind light ne low 52 510. High 76 as abcs Marci Gonzalez experiencing rain as this massive storm works its way toward them. He drenching outer bands of hurricane hermine already flooding parts of florida man in green shirt it was still about 4 1 2 inches of water inside of the house. Homes in largo underwater audio only sot guy its cedar key voluntary evacuations . Nat its strictly voluntary evacuations as the storm heads for a direct hit along the gulf coast . Rick scott the most important thing that we ought to all put in our minds is that this is life threatening. If hermine strengthens it would be the first hurricane to make landfall in florida in more than a decade . Making it the first in Tristan Connells lifetime Tristan Connell im just happy because we can surf, and im also a little scared. Others turning their concern tony frazier, worker preparing for storm this does the trick and putting out sandbags . Woman what else can i do . Saying this is a drill they know well . But dont take lightly . Our interview tammy cain you know when you live in florida, this is what it is. You just listen and watch. If it gets bad you leave. If you can ride it out. Ride it out tag but its not just people here in florida getting ready with Tropical Storm watches and warnings in place for parts of georgia and the carolinas. Going into this Holiday Weekend. Mg abc news mexico beach, fl a red cross volunteer from cedar rapids iso there prepare for the storm. Brian keath boarded a plane for the big island today after getting a call to help at 11 oclock last night. When he arrives, hell be setting up shelters and making sure resources are accessible. They want to preplace people so as soon as the hurricane hits, they have people on the ground ready to begin operations right now, the red cross says the hawaiian islands. For the first time ever, researchers say theyve found mosquitoes carrying the zika virus in the us. They found three mosquitoes carrying the virus in miami beach, florida. Health officials in southern florida have been fighting zika for weeks, imposing mosquitocontrol measures and trapping in affected neighborhood s. Zika causes just mild symptoms in most people. But it can cause severe birth defects for pregnant women. A test involving an unmanned spacex rocket ended in a huge explosion. This is video of it happening at its Cape Canaveral launch pad this morning. Spacex uses the pad to send satellites and rockets that carry supplies to the International Space station. No one was hurt in the explosion. But the blast destroyed Satellite Technology commissioned by facebook due to launch saturday. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley says he thinks hear what he thinks of Donald Trumps renewed pledge to keep immigrants out with a physical barrier. Started us off in our new month and it sticks with us into the weekend. For the Holiday Weekend the weather look good. Highs stay in the 70s and 80s with lows dipping into the 50s. Rain chances come back into the weather picture on labor day, but this is an isolated chance. Have a great light ne low 52 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind e 510. High 76 tom. Night mostly clear. Wind light se. Low 54 saturday mostly sunny. High 78 low 54 sunday partly sunny and seasonable. High 80 low 59 high 85 low 65 tuesday chance of storms. High 85 low 69 wednesday chance of storms. High 84 low 68 thursday partly cloudy. High 83 low 65 friday chance of storms. High 78 low 59 this winter with kcrgtv9 and our show you care program. All september, coats for kids is now collecting new or gently used coats. To find out how to donate, head to kcrg. Com slash care and check out the coats for kids section. Today School Superintenden ts across iowa received a message from the American Civil Liberties union. Its after the aclu says an who shared anti gay and antimormon messages. Well be right back. Stay with tvnine. About since their children came into the world. The moment you will leave them at college. Heres how mom and blogger amy byrns handled sending several of her children off to school for the first time. Sot amy byrns because i have four children, when my first two kids went to college, every time they left it was sad i was sorry to see them go but it was also kind of like. Eh there is more where that came from. Vo but now that where number three has gone away to school, im kind of starting to that well of children that ive had was starting to run a litle dry. And things are really starting to change in our house, and i think when she left for college, i could really, really feel all of a sudden how things were changing in our family. Jen can you relate to amy . Share your stories on our Facebook Page and visit us at momseveryday. Com. For momseveryday, im jen lennon. Received a letter today from the American Civil Liberties union of iowa, urging them to Research Organizations invited to speak at their schools. The aclu says parents were upset when one school here in iowa invited a Christian Group for a presentation. The aclu says the Logan MagnoliaSchool District sponsored an assembly by the Todd Becker Foundation last spring, which warned students about after the assembly, the foundation invited students to meet directly with the speakers for a portion that some local churches sponsored. The aclu says during that time the speakers expressed antimormon and antilgbtq messages. Some students felt the school had endorsed that. So in its letter today, the aclu asked School Superintendents to let students know they dont have to participate in religious sponsored events. New numbers ou still slow going for the midwest economy. Survey managers across nine midwestern states rated the economy 47 point 8 in august as part of the midamerican Business Conditions index. Thats up from 47 point 6 in july. Scores below 50 suggest economic decline. An economist with the survey says the region is suffering because of weaknesses in the agriculture and energy sectors. A new statue of hayden fry is almost ready. But not quite. Coralville is former iowa football coach tomorrow during the annual fry fest activities. Right now, as you can see, the statue is in storage at the coralville marriott. The city used money from past fry fests and other festivals to pay for it. He rounded out the so called full grassley during a stop in anamosa today. While te grassley shared his thoughts on Donald Trumps immigration plan. And he said he has some alternative ideas to trumps wall. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Its a deal you dont want to miss. Sir, hi. Did you just say, switch and you get 50 off a smartphone . Uh, yes. Sorry. Hi. Hello. I was watching tv and i saw you say 50 off smartphones. And well cover all switching costs. Oh wow also, you g. , excuse me. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Plus, well cover all switching costs. Excuse me, can i just. Hmm . What . I just need it back. I dont have it. I dont know what youre talking about. Vow to build a wall between the us and mexico. Nominees plan during an open house at the Jones County Court house. This comes after trumps unexpected Campaign Swing into mexico yesterday, and subsequent comments that he still plans to crack down on illegal immigration. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us now. Dave, what does grassley think of trumps plan to build a wall and have mexico pay for it . Bruce and beth, grassley reiterated his support for the republican president ial nominee. Grassley said he also supports more security measures than exist now between e but he pointed out there are other things the u. S. Could do to increase Border Security without a new physical wall and arguing about who would pay for it. That doesnt mean a physical wall all across the border. Nor does it mean a wall itself is what you need if you want to secure the border. Some physical wall, some virtual wall it could be electronics, drones etc. Etc grassley. It marks his 99th visit to an iowa county this year something even other politicians call the full grassley. But some of his political opponents are claiming that the full grassley visit to every county is not exactly as advertised. And well look at that claim and a response tonight at six. The most recent poll from yougov and cbs shows grassley and judge in a close race. To judges 38 percent. 15 percent of potential voters didnt know which candidate they would support. The margin of error on this poll is plus or minus four percentage points. Well be right back. Stay with mans hair and smashing his head to the ground during an arrest. And a new, high tech hotel will be going up in the westdale area of cedar rapids. Thats tonight on t speaking, has arrived. Cooler and more comfortable air started us off in our new month and it sticks with us into the weekend. For the Holiday Weekend the weather look good. Highs stay in the 70s and 80s with lows dipping into the 50s. Rain chances come back into the weather picture on labor day, but this is an night. Tonight clear and cool. Wind light ne low 52 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind e 510. High 76 tonight, breaking news. Hurricane hermine ready to strike. Widespread flooding. Damaging winds up to 75 miles per hour. And now, parts of florida under a tornado watch. Plus, millions in the northeast could see a labor day washout. Our team in the storm zone. Disaster on the launch pad. The spacex rocket exploding in a huge ball of fire, destroying a 200 million satellite to be used by facebook. Mixed message. Donald trumps hardline stand on undocumented immigrants. So today, why is he saying hes, quote, softening his position . The abc news exclusive. Basketball star dwyane wade speaking out about the death of his cousin in chicago, and how trump responded to the tragedy