Approach today. At the university of share their feelings and concerns about the election. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman is live there. Dave, what were people getting out of these exact details on what everyone was saying because the lets talk meetings at uni that started wednesday and wrapped up today were closed to the public. One University Representative said it was done that way because otherwise students, staff and faculty might be afraid to share concerns honestly. The idea of sharing thoughts about the election started when some on campus began airing their concerns. The university arranged for people from the campus veterans center, Campus Ministries and other groups to lead the private discussions. The perception i got from these people is donald trump is going to promote this sense of racism. All those things. I personally dont believe it is accurate but i believed they believe and that doesnt change the perception in their head what i heard is a lot of different viewpoints, i heard a heard a lot of optimistic. We dont know where were going but we will get through it rough it. Ketelsen says one thing he did not hear in this lets talk session were any concerns about personal safety based on the results of the election. Live in cedar falls, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Meteorologist joe winters joins us from the edgewood road hyvee in cedar rapids this evening. Joe, a nice night for the Salvation Army to kick of its red kettle campaign. Happy veterans day and thanks to all who serve. After a super weather week, the weekend is looking up as well. Saturday is the coolest day as we begin the day in the 20s and abundant both days helping temperatures on sunday rebound to near 60. The late part of next week shows signs of a stronger storm system that could bring more typical november weather back to the midwest. Have a great night and a safe weekend. Tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 bruce and beth. Eastern iowans in many and women whove served in the military. A crowd of several hundred people sang patriotic songs and saluted the colors at this annual Metro Area Veterans Council observance. Organizers typically look to find the oldest veteran in attendance. In this case, it was a 95 yearold Army Air Corps member who joined before world war ii even started. Only about six world war ii veterans attended, and being part of a shrinking group is becoming common at events like sot im lonely all the time im all by myself what do you think about as you go to things like this . Oh, i dont know you just enjoy the fellowship of other veterans. Many of the oldest veterans say theyll keep coming to veterans day events like this all long as they are able. The highway 965 bridge over the iowa river has re opened in johnson county, and that should help cut down on some of the traffic on i380 between cedar rapids and iowa city. The bridge opened today three weeks ahead of schedule, but right now its just one lane because workers still have to do some minor touch up work. The contractor says the lane restriction could last for spring spotted structural issues on the bridge. It was down to one lane of traffic for most of the summer until the bridge closed completely for repairs on september sixth. Some Dubuque County employees are spending quite a bit of time in jail. They havent been arrested, rather they recently moved their offices into the countys old historic jail building. Its located at 36 east 8th street, near the intersection with central avenue. Kcrgtv9s Dubuque Bureau chief says the move was a unique solution to the countys overcrowding for more than a century, this historic space housed hundreds of convicted criminals. You hear stories from people saying this place is haunted and stuff like that. A space where justice was once carried out. Is now a place where employees carry out important county business. The medical examiner moved into here. Along with the county medical examiner, the old building is now home to the countys it Department Prior to the move, the county was paying rent to house these offices off county property. We were paying rent for almost 350400thousand dollars per year for office space. The county already owned this underutilized building. So, after an 800thousand dollar renovation, its now a fully functional office, with a few quirks. Theres no wasted space in this office building. If someone needs an extra office chair, theyre right here, stored in cell block a. You get some people coming in here and saying, ya know, my dad stories of prisonors past still linger in these walls. Literally. One of the last inmates wrote poetry on the walls of his cell block. Something the county kept, to help honor the history. Its a beautiful Historic Building and i hope more people get a chance to come see it. Come see it, they say, during regular Business Hours and experience where the past meets the future. In dubuque, katie the leaders of a cedar rapids building, but not for the reason you might expect. The house of prayer ministries says someone broke one of the Church Windows last weekend. And Church Members are trying to find out the motive behind the attack. Church members noticed the broken glass sunday night when they returned from a service in waterloo. No damage was done inside the building. And police could not find what was used to brak and the assistant pastor says its members are growing. So hes not ruling out them being targeted out of jealousy. Theres a lot of talk about this ministry making a difference in the community, and truth be told i know that some local pastors dont care for our pastor. The pastor is upset, but instead of wanting them arrested, he wants them to come to service. Right now police have no suspects. The church plans to have service on sunday at its are walking away champions today from the state tournament. And the High School Football semi finals are underway at the unidome in cedar falls. We have highlights from several games. Happy veterans day and thanks well. Saturday is the coolest day as we begin the day in the 20s and 30s. This is due to light winds and a clear sky. Sunshine is abundant both days helping temperatures on sunday rebound to near 60. The late part of next week shows signs could bring more typical november weather back to the midwest. Have a great night and a safe weekend. Tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 tom. Night clear. Wind sw sunday sunny. High 59 low 33 monday mostly sunny. High 58 low 39 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 38 wednesday mostly sunny. High 60 low 39 thursday partly cloudy. High 62 low 41 friday chance of showers. Windy. High 55 low 49 high 47 low 25 its championship friday at the state volleyball tournament. Scott and 5a. Union and dikenew hartford in 3a. This was all wolverines early on. Dnh took the first set and here in the second its Baylee Petersen with the kill. Wolverines up 2. Later in the second set its Haleigh Durnin with the block. Wolverines win the first two sets with ease. But union fights back in the third. Maggie driscol block it as the knights avoid the sweep. And then the 4th set was a battle. Megan westerberg has highlights from class 3a,4a, and 5a. Union and dikenew hartford in 3a. This was all wolverines early on. Dnh took the first set and here in the s petersen with the kill. Wolverines up 2. Later in the second set its Haleigh Durnin with the block. Wolverines win the first two sets with ease. But union fights back in the third. Maggie driscol block it as the knights avoid the sweep. And then the 4th set was a battle. Megan hudson with the kill. Union up 2015. But dikenew hartford rallies. Amber rickert with the championship clinching block as the wolverines win it 31. With them beating us in the regular season, it was just push or motivation to beat them now. Its unreal now. I cant explain how i feel. Its just awesome. Class 4a. Wahlert back at state for the first time in 5 years. Golden eagles won the opening set and leading here in the second. Mack enzie may with a rocket. Wahlert up 138. Then its may coming from the back row as the Golden Eagles win the second set 2516. This one was never in doubt. Elizabeth with the block. Wahlert up 5 in the third. Championship point. And who else. Its may with her 21st kill of the match as wahlert win the 18th state volleyball title in school history. Knowing that we have left our mark on wahlert is unbelievable. Its something we always dreamed of, and now weve made our dreams come true. Class 5a. Cedar falls trying to stop ankeny centennial from winning its Third Straight title but the jaguars took the opening set 2517 on the maddi as well but here in the third grace burken puts one away. Cedar falls up 119 later its Claire Gerdes with the block to tie things up at 24. But just too much from the jaguars as centennial sweeps cedar falls to make it three titles in a row. From the state volleyball tournament, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. The state football semifinals continued today at the unidome. Josh has action from the 1a semis. Gladbrookreinbeck entered todays game on a 21game winning streak. Rebels facing st. Ansgar. First drive for gladbrook. Right, he throws a strike to matt johannsen. He gets taken down at about the 9, its a 33yard gain and a first and goal. A couple of plays later, lott rolls out again. No ones there, he tucks and runs, and hes in for the 4 yard touchdown. Rebels go up 70. Next offensive possession. Gladbrook facing a 4th down, lott throws it up to erik knaack who goes airborne for the grab. 25 yard gain and a first and goal. Very next play, lott rolls 2nd touchdown of the game. Rebels up 140, they led 147 at halftime. St. Ansgar ties the game up in the third. Parker hendrickson with the 5 yard touchdown. 1414. But gladbrooks offense responds on its own drive capped off by this parker bown 9yard touchdown run. Rebels go up 2114 after three quarters. Then in the 4th, they seal the deal the 1yard plunge by gage murty. Gladbrook is going back to the title game for Third Straight year winning 2814. Thats awesome. Hard work pays off and that for granted because thats awesome football. From the uni dome, Josh Christensen tv9 sports. Last nights xavierpella game should have been for the state championship. It was the game of the year in High School Football. One against two and boy did it live up to the hype. This game went back and forth all night. Maliki wilson capped off his High School Career in style with 237 yards rushing on 30 carries. Xavier had a 3028 lead and pella was driving pella got one last shot at and two big time catches by 65 ryan van wyke the second one a 26 yard touchdown catch on the final play of the game to give the dutch a 3430 win and extend their winning streak to 40 games. This was a crushing loss for xavier who played their hearts out and showed a lot of grace in defeat. I just told them i loved them so proud of them. Not one day this year did you go to practice thinking this is because theyre great kids and they got a lot to be proud of. Whenever you get a loss at the end of the season when you are so close its always tough but teammates played their hearts out i couldnt be more proud of our guys and i am just glad i could play with them my whole career. Sot 21 oc my whole career weekend is looking up as well. Saturday is the coolest day as we begin the day in the 20s and 30s. This is due to light winds and a clear sky. Sunshine is abundant both days helping temperatures on sunday rebound to near 60. The late part of next week shows signs of a stronger storm system that could bring more typical november weather back to the midwest. Have a great night and a safe weekend. Tonight clear and colder. Wind light. Low 28 tomorrow sunny. Wind sw 515. High 52 back to you. Thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. We hope youll be with us again star wars fanfare playing .