Advocacy program plan to boost staff while the survey is open from next monday through november 20. Our hotline staff is aware of the survey launch and release date, weve extra staffed the support line were prepared to take an increased volume of calls and support survivors or support anyone who is having some emotional response from the survey the university chose not to participate in a recent National Survey on sexual assault. Ui Officials Say they had concerns about the timetable and completeness of that survey. This study will be geared more specifically to the university of iowa. In iowa city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. We have another High School Football game tonight on kcrg nine point two. Tonight were back at Kingston Stadium as linnmar takes on cedar rapids jefferson. And thats where we find joe winters. Great conditions for clouds will thicken as the night goes on, keeping us mild with lows in the 50s. A few showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start in the afternoon for most of us. Well have highs in the lower 60s. Wet weather continues into friday evening and night, so the High School Football games are looking somewhat soggy. Fortunately, lightning should not be a significant issue. Rainfall totals of a quarter to halfinch are looking common, but some locally higher amounts may fall. Well clear out on saturday, which gives us a pleasant weekend. Tonight turning cloudy low 4955 winds e 1015 alo 52 dbq 49 iow 52 tomorrow showers likely high 6066 winds se 1020 alo 62 dbq 63 iow 65 back to you. Have a harder time sending selfies through the social media app snapchat. The district blocked the app from its wifi network yesterday. Kcrg tv nines Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann is live at the School District headquarters. Katie, some people say snapchat can be dangerous. Was it causing problems at school . Yes, administrator s say snap chat is distracting at school. That mobile app is sometimes known as a popular way for people to send nude photos to each other. Administrators say it wasnt one specific incident that caused them to block the app, but theyve been talking about blocking it and now is the time. Its a form of social media that seems to be some teens favorite way to communicate. Its a social media network. Why would the district block it for kids, you know . Well, because the School District says snapchat has absolutely no Educational Value. Unlike other social media sites. The way we balance that theres a lot of Educational Value that twitter offers as well. Theres a lot of professional learning that happens on twitter. Snapchat allows users to send pictures and videos. After the receiver views the image, the system will delete it. But. You could send that to me and i could take a look at that picture on my phone of the image, so its not really deleted. That kind of distraction while in the classroom is the biggest reason the districts blocked the site from its wi fi network. Using the School Districts wifi, you can launch the app. So say i want to send a selfie to my friend samantha. Its not going to let me send it. There is a way around it though. Students are still able to access snapchat using their own cell phone data plan. Were not providing the avenue for them to do that on our resources. And while students say blocking it on wifi doesnt seem fair. Some say they agree it can be a distraction. If i am hanging out with my friends, i just take a snapchat and put it on my snapchat story. Sister. We checked with other School Districts in block some social media sites, but not snap chat. Western dubuque does block snap chat and they have for several years. Live in dubuque, Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. To figure out how Many Properties were vandalized in the cedar hills neighborhood in the area around gordon avenue northwest. Officers do not have an exact number of victims, but say anyone with damage should get a professional repair estimate and report it to them. Police have identified the suspects but there are no arrests. Cedar Rapids Police are also looking for this man. They say he used a stolen credit card at a store on september 28th. If you know who he is, call police at the phone number on your screen. A jury in des moines has found a man guilty of attempted murder and assault for randomly shooting at people. 33 year old pete polson fired shots at people last november while driving around a des moines suburb. He wounded two people in pleasant hill, and both survived. Polson also shot at a third person. He faces up to 25 years in prison with his sentencing coming up in december. A man who was an aide to former texas congressman ron paul is guilty of causing pauls 2012 president ial campaign to file false payment records to former iowa senator kent sorenson. A des moines jury convicted dimitri desari today, and acquitted his codefendant of making false statements to the fbi. Prosecutors alleged the two hid 73 thousand dollars in payments to sorenson. Sorenson endorsed pauls president ial campaign before the Iowa Caucuses in 2012. Theres a new leader in the republican president ial race in iowa. Todays Quinnipiac University poll found. Doctor ben carson leads donald trump among likely caucus participants. Carson had 28 percent support compared to trumps 20 percent. The poll was taken from october 14th to the 20th and has a 4 point 1 percent margin of error. When it comes to the democrats, the new Des Moines RegisterBloomberg Politics iowa poll Shows Hillary clinton holds a strong lead over senator bernie sanders. The former secretary of state had 48 percent of likely caucus goers, while sanders had 41 percent. This poll was conducted between october 16th and 19th and has a margin of error of 4 point 9 percent. In a kcrg tv nine follow up tonight. Today a judge dismissed a lawsuit over the proposed chauncey Tower Development in iowa city. Trinity Episcopal Church had filed the suit to stop the project, claiming the building would violate the citys comprehensive plan. The church was also concerned it would create parking problems and cast a shadow over the church. But now, the project is back on. The 15 story tower at college and gilbert streets would include 66 apartments, a hotel, offices, and a movie theatre. High School Students got a taste of the real world today. Well look at a program that shows them Job Opportunities that will continue to be in high demand. And well explain how these people are helping others by spending an entire 24 hours doing nothing but building new websites. Stay with tv9. Opened their doors to visitors this week. Theyre showing off what they do in hopes of getting more people interested in manufacturin g careers. Many high School Students took part in the advancing the future tour, which Kirkwood Community college and several corridor companies organized. About a dozen cedar rapids kennedy high School Students saw firsthand how workers do their jobs at midwest metal products. Many of these metal pieces will eventually become parts of airplanes and train engines. The students industrial tech teacher said theyre hearing over and over that many highpaying positions are available. There are places looking for some type of skill. They have been looking for a couple of years and cant find it. Its a challenge for the industry to get the people they need. Thats why they are so enthusiastic about helping with education and helping you find what you do. They say theyre glad more people got to see the companies because a lot has changed over time for manufacturing. The marathon is now on for one Cedar Rapids Company as it helps a Record Number of nonprofits in just 24 hours. Developers, designers and marketing strategists will work through the night at geonetric in cedar rapids. When they finish at 8 am tomorrow, 8 local non profits will have new websites thanks to their hard work. Organizers say many of these non profits already had some sort of web presence before today. The reality is that nonprofits cant go to their board and ask for the resources it takes to really create a great online presence, but having that kind of resource available to them helps make them a lot more effective. This is the 4th year in a row geonetric has done this, helping 13 other area nonprofits. Kcrg tv nines Forrest Saunders will be there live in the morning to get an update on their work. High School Cross Country runners are racing their way to the state meet. And John Campbell takes us to the Great Outdoors on the turkey river in northeast iowa for some canoe fishing. Clouds will thicken as the night mild with lows in the 50s. A few showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start in the afternoon for most of us. Well have highs in the lower 60s. Wet weather continues into friday evening and night, so the High School Football games are looking somewhat soggy. Fortunately, lightning should not be a significant issue. Rainfall totals of a quarter to halfinch are looking common, but some locally higher amounts may fall. Well clear out on saturday, which gives us a pleasant weekend. Tonight turning cloudy low 4955 winds e 1015 alo 52 dbq 49 iow 52 tomorrow showers likely high 6066 winds se 1020 alo 62 dbq 63 iow 65 tomorrow night showers likely saturday clearing sky, breezy high 64 low 54 sunday mostly sunny high 60 low 39 monday partly cloudy high 58 low 40 tuesday chance of storms late high 59 low 45 wednesday chance of showers high 54 low 48 thursday partly cloudy Cross Country with districts and regionals. The top 15 runners and top 3 teams advance to state. Lets head out to Seminole Valley park on the Northwest Side of cedar rapids. This is the first ever high School Cross Country meet on this course. Class 1a girls kicked off the meet. Alyssa williams of durant dominated from start to finish in a time of 18 26. 31. She won by 46 seconds. Central elkader won the team title, starmont was 2nd and iowa city regina was 3rd. On the boys side. Bellevues andrew meyer, whos ranked number one in class 1a also had a commanding lead in his race. He crossed the finish line in 16 09. 45. Iowa city regina took the team title, bellevue was 2nd and wapello took 3rd. Also at Seminole Valley park was class 4a. Ladies first. At the halfway point, its freshman Reagan Gorman of cedar rapids washington with the lead. She has 3 to 4 runners not too far behind. Reagan used all her strength in this race. She collapses right as she crosses the finish line. She won in a time of 18 58. 22. Muscatine was the team winner, iowa city west was 2nd, Dubuque Hempstead came in 3rd. On the boys side. This was a tight race at the halfway point. Prairie had the top four spots led by tysen vandraska. Vandraska pulls away from his teammates on the final half of the race. He won in a time of 15 39. 34. Prairie wins the team title, Dubuque Hempstead came in 2nd and iowa city west took 3rd if you are partial to fishing from a canoe or kayak, there is something new out there to keep you on an even keel. John campbell has this report from the Great Outdoors every little stretch is a whole other painting. Kind of kicks in the creative juices wildlife artist krieg jacque recently joined 5 other anglers on a trip down the turkey river northwest of elkader. In my teens we used to travel up here. Fished the turkey and volga river. Nice homecoming to come down this stretch. They want to hit but a little undecided. I am assuming it is cooperating. I felt it hit the log and bam nice little smallmouth. Not only smallies, but some nice rainbows and browns also provided plenty of fun. You have probably noticed the attachments on the kayaks and canoes. They are called styriggers. They were designed and developed by brian mauer of denver to stablize potentially unstable boats. Five years after he started developing the styrigger it is finally available to the public. All teh while it has been in production. Everybody says i like the idea. Like the concept. Mauer feels the styrigger is also for bow fishermen, duck hunters but mainly for people young and old who just want to feel safer on the water. How do you like yor styriggers . I really love it. It is a solid platform. You are not second guessing your movements. Jacque not only liked his ride. He loved the challenge being provided by the elusive trout in the turkey. Nice to float over the fish spot them although not taking the lure. At least they are there. Ah yes, the payoff. Bottom line it had been a good trip for wildlife artist krieg jacque there will be a painting coming out of this for sure. Yes. You can find out more about the styrigger and how to get one by going to crane creek kayaks dot com. Thanks, scott. Clouds will thicken as the night goes on, keeping us showers are possible friday morning, but the rain will start in the afternoon for most of us. Well have highs in the lower 60s. Wet weather continues into friday evening Football Games are looking somewhat soggy. Fortunately, lightning should not be a significant issue. Rainfall totals of a quarter to halfinch are looking common, but some locally higher amounts may fall. Well clear out on saturday, which gives us a pleasant weekend. Tonight turning cloudy low 4955 winds e 1015 alo 52 dbq 49 iow 52 tomorrow showers likely high 6066 winds se 1020 alo 62 dbq 63 iow 65 thanks joe. 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