Within its banks. The Bank Accounts of some local businesses forced to shut down are a real concern. Fox news spoke with a number of operators trying to get back on their feet after last nights evacuations some are still paying off debt from the last flood in 2008. Still the owners say all though tough not impossible. You put one foot in the other, and go from there there is nothing else we can do. There is too much going on, weve come too far. I cant say that its 100 well be here forever but well make an effort. They plan to reopen by the latter half of this week. It is not just downtown shops trying to make up. Where despite dodging the flood they are still trying to reconnect with customers. It seems hard to talk about Flood Recovery when they didnt those who sand bagged or just offered a prayer are being asked to step up one more time to help small bus. Businesses. Shoooooooooooooooooooo oooooooosh. Ever since the hescos and sandbags came do. Down. Hows it going mayor ron cheerleading tour of businesses in the flood zones. As the open signs blink back to life he says spending a few dollars here right now is critical. And thats why ive tried to call on the people of cedar rapids and around cedar rapids to be the stimulous, to challenge people to come and at least support flood impacted busineses ten times over the month of october october such good stuff at the famous sykora bakery the dough is rising again. You know a week is like maybe three months of profit but owner john row char wreck says shutting down when those incredible colachesand baked goods are flying out the door by the dozens is bruta. Brutal. Its going to take a few days to get everything back to normal but were open, ready to go and so people just need to get out and support everybody, itd be wonderful. Spider . Its hard to believe thats what were focusing on today actually. A stones throw from the river lion bridge brewing had more beer inside than flood water. It h just be back in business by halloween but its opened and loyal customers know what to do. Do. Weve had an outpouring of support among Community Members people coming in from out of town making sure to stop here whether for dinner or just for a beer. And its just an Incredible Community there almost are no words. Varoom. The mayor tells me tomorrow hes announcing the cr supporting businesses in the flood zone and the winners will receive a Gift Certificate and one will be mayor for a day. Matt hammill fox 28 news. Despite some clouds it was just a perfect fall day weatherfirst meteorologist Brandon Marshall perfect fall day today. The weather first meteorologist brandon martial is in to tell us what to expect tonight brann. Day started with promise by afternoon the clouds did roll in, kept temperatures in the 80s for our south eastern counties right now the clouds still remain a temperature of 62 degrees here in cedar rapids with wind eastsoutheast. Decora, iowa city, cedar rapids at 62, clouds moving in from the southeast, we have clouds moving in from the west as well. Well keep those around tonight we get into the afternoon, they could go to sunshine with mild temps there is our next storm system, will left out in the northern planes tomorrow that will drag our front through later on tomorrow night bringing us scattered showers, mostly cloudy, calm and mild, comfy with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, ill let you know whats coming and a number of services return to normal. They open the bulling as well as the lynn county courthouse and Sheriffs Office. Students in cedar rapids. And bus services are back on the regular schedule as for the hundreds of thousands of sandbags workers plan to pick them up next week curb side pick upstarts next monday, will complete. Organizers are collecting money from individuals, corporations and groups. The money will be awarded to local nonprofits working to help in recovery of floodimpacted homes and community needs. For more information on the fund simply head to our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. Ushers ferry Historic Village is cleaning up after the flood workers say theyre lucky beus four buildings. Thats a lot less than 2008 when they had to tear down 16buildings. To prepare this time around staff and volunteers removed everything from buildings that could be impacted. They say nothing was destroyed and the repairs are relatively minor. These 2 buildings will have to have 2 feet of drywall cut out and then well check out the floor but we think theyre the floors are in pretty good shape so well air them out power wash them clean them up and fix them up. Really thankful for is that no planned events were disrupted by the flood. They even had two weddings out here on some of the higher ground. Governor Terry Branstad today said it is likely . Federal assistance will be needed to recover from the recent floodin. Flooding. The state can request a federal disaster declaration if costs exceed 4point3 million dollars. Right now, iowa Homeland Security is working with local and county governments to collect damage estimates. My guess is have seen and the Lieutenant Governor and i did extensive touring on the areas i believe we will far exceed the threshold to get federal president ial disaster d. Designation. President obama already has declared eight counties in northeast iowa a federal disaster for flooding last month. Authorities are trying to figure out what happened when a corridor man was hit by a tra. Train. A train hit the mans pickup truck yesterday at the scene. Scene. His name is not yet being released but those who knew him say he was a good person, belonged to a nice family and thought the world of his kids. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says it happened at an uncontrolled railroad crossing. The intersection doesnt have arms or flashing lights. They say its important drivers Pay Attention to signs, slow down or come to a stop to make sure its safe to cross. 17 03 12 ive probably been little bit careless, but from now on, im going to stop and look in light of the tragedy. Tragedy. The Sheriffs Office says they are waiting to hear from the state medical examiner to release the victims name in the next few days. A new project at Kirkwood Community college means more students will have the opportunity to learn outside of the classroom. Classroom. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live on campus tonight with more on the developing plans, dora . College answered. They are working to provide a multipurpose space for students to use for training and enjoyment. Enjoyment. You might know it as a Truck Driving range. But construction here means Kirkwood Community college is taking a different direction. Direction. This is going to be home to several athletic fields, also going to home to some recreational spaces. An open field now but when its done Troy Mcquillen says itll showcase space for extra curricular activities. Activities. There for some additional green space, we have a heavy student population in intramural activities ranging from flag football to soccer. But thats not it. This twofold area will also serve as an outdoor c. Classroom. One of the this twofold area will serve as an outdoor classroom. One of the classrooms is our horde culture program, our landscaping and parks and Natural Resources theyll be living lab. She says she could seal how the new development could help much as anybody else does. Does. Theyll be able to maintain, plant, develop and really kind of come up with some great ideas as the facility develops in the future. Theres no time line for when the project will be done yet. But we do know that in a itll look very different. Covering the corridor live in cedar rapids, dora miller, fox 28 news. If youre a family with college age kids now is the time to start applying for federal student aid. Aid. Fox 28 news statehouse reporter steffi lee details changes to the free application for federal student aid. Aid. Freshman Kareemah Muhammad depends on Financial Aid to get through school. Sot Kareemah Muhammad, freshman Financial Aide to get through school. Well, basically what i use here i come from a home with six kids and a single mom. Money secured from student aide, she couldnt afford housing while attending Des Moines Area Community college. It helps me pay my tuition here, also helps me get me books. Starting this year students like her can get a jump start on the fasfa application. By getting in earlier were hoping the families will be able to know, get their award letters back earlier than has been in the past. If this is your students first time using the fasfa application, theyll have to create a federal student id. The iowa college of Access Network says they need to keep that information in a safe place because theyll be using that in years ahead. It isnt just federal aide, form. For karima, every dollar towards her Education Matters and she plans on getting her form in early. I think it is nice they spend the time. In des moines, fox 28 news. The Iowa College Access network has several officers across the state and provides services to help families fill out that fasfa form. Next on the fox 28 news at 9 00 a day trip to world refound structures right here in iowa. We take you road tripping the bridges of Madison County in winterset. The day ended on a cloudy note today but we manage to stay dry, our weather first meteorologist will tell us when rain returns to eastern iowa tomorrow on fox 28 morning live how your child can dress up like a superhero and be one we talk to the directors of a special event thats helping families right here in the corridor. Thats tomorrow on fox28 to the year in iowa. One of the biggest events of the year in iowa is coming up this weekend and it is a chance to see six structures known across the world. Fox 28 news anchor matt hamel kicks off our october travels as he takes us road tripping to winterset iowa. In a city known for its monumental silverdomed courthouse and larger than life stars in town continue to be the beautiful bridges of Madison County. I enjoy our tours because they are over and holding hands. One of only six surviving structures designed to cover and protect the oak floorboards below, roseman bridge dates back to 1883, he says you can still see the tacks where they hung notices of a cow for sale or a church social. It is when robert and francesca came calling that everything changed. We were interested. Much like the field of dreams, the love affair between eastwood and streep has sent bridge fans here for 20 years the roseman is what robert was searching for when he drives up to francescas farm, the near numerous times with adoring fans. I have witnessed on this bridge weddings, proposals, people coming here sand throwing relatives ashes in the river, isolated and it is quiet and romantic. In fact, every week people come from all over the world. On this day helen and lisa are zealand. Ive seen bridges of Madison County, it is so gorgeous, it is like a dream to come and see this. This is a perfect week to visit the Madison County Covered Bridge festival is october 8th and 9th. The colors just explode around the community and it is a great time to roll out the to Madison County iowa. It is the light at the end of the tunnel to preserve these treasures and activities from brass bands, cars a grand parade to music on the courthouse steps. Might be most proud of its historic demonstrators, they fill the streets to honor the heritage, no lama drama here, theyll show you yarn, chew horse like a pro, throw some pride in civil war re enactments. Molly clause says the strong wooden lattice is like the patch work of quilts part of the fabric of life, colorfly woven in the moments of quilted gems precious fabric of Madison County, there is a story in every piece of fabric so the theme fits. Spans of time and the people dedicated to preserving and sharing their past all part of the magic of the bridges of Madison County. Color and history and heritage, Covered Bridges and fun for two full jam packeddayses come experience our natural duty and ties to hollywood. Road tripping in winterset, im matt hamel. The Madison County Covered Bridge festival runs this saturday and sunday in winterset south of des moines. We are getting close to a peak fall color. It is coming here i know the trees are starting to change i have friends in northern wisconsin, it is up that way leaves changing colors. Weve got clouds in the forecast for tonight as well as early tomorrow morning well see sun by afternoon temperatures will respond to the mid70s and rain moves in ill track your rain chances ill track your rain chances and a big weekend cool if you didnt expect to see an applebees usda choice top sirloin. Just wait until you see the price. Woodfired steak with two sides for just 9. 99. Now for a limited time. Im Chuck Grassley, and i approve this message. In twentythree years, Chuck Grassley hasnt missed a single vote. 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Welcome back, we started the day with sunshine, the clouds began to work their way in the Area Temperatures were in the 60s and south eastern part of our viewing area mostly cloudy 62, winds eastsoutheast around 8 Miles Per Hour, 60s, waterloo, charles city at 63, iowa city at 62, dubuque the cool spot at this hour, 60 degrees, winds out of the east southeast at 8 Miles Per Hour, gusting at 25, and for tomorrow we have clouds moving in from the southeast, we also have clouds moving in from the west, most of tonight as well as the start of tomorrow, but then well see sunshine by tomorrow afternoon. Right here in eastern iowa. Temperates of the cloud cover, spot to the west, mid to upper 70s that warm air will start to work its way in tomorrow as well be in the mid to upper 70s by tomorrow afternoon. Mild tuesday on tap, we have a storm system coming through tomorrow night into wednesday, wednesday afternoon another system comes in on thursday, that will produce showers and thunderstorms and were in store for a big cool down as a here is hurricane matthew, a category 4 hurricane winds of 140 Miles Per Hour, you can see it is moving very slow north, northeast around 8 Miles Per Hour, devastation in parts of haiti also parts of cuba, storm surge the heavy precipitation to flash flooding and it is expected to remain a major hurricane well off into the later this week into the weekend could even reach parts of florida, thats something well have to watch later into the week to start the weekend here over the rockies into the northern plains, bring a cold front to the area coming up later tomorrow night. On wednesday, you can see the front slowly make its way in by 1 00 tomorrow morning, a fewrumbles of thunder, thursday leading to additional chances of showers and thunderstorms. From 3 quarters to maybe an inch to an inch and a quarter down to the south, doesnt necessarily mean these amounts of rain will fall in these areas but others potential of hove rain with these storms that do move through. Here is that upper low pushes off into canada, mild air moves in, this cold front will push through thursday into friday and that will bring a much fall like weather pattern with upper 50s and low 60s for the weekend so tonight mostly cloudy calm and mild. Temperatures will be in to upper 50s tomorrow, partly sunny conditions temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s and your extended forecast showers move tuesday night into wednesday, well get a break on wednesday afternoon with temperatures around 72, showers and thunderstorms, a big cold front moves through thursday night into friday, we cool down upper 50s to low 60s to start dug your fall jackets out of the closet you might want to do so over the next few days youll probably need them. Another sign, the dot is starting to hire snowplow drivers. Taking sides over trumps taxes. The wildly different view on the campaign trail over the republican nominees past losses. Losses. Bombshell revelation against Hillary Clinton. Well preview the wikileaks release when the fox 28 news at nine continu. The Donald Trump Campaign is again on the defensive right now after the New York Times published his tax returns from more. The Donald Trump Campaign is son the defense, publish tax return from 20 years ago. The paper says it shows trump could have avoided paying federal taxes for nearly two decades the reporting 900 million. The Trump Campaign responded warning trump used every tax law to his advantage. Supporters called trump a genius for the way he navigates tax laws for personal finances they continue to refuse to release any tax returns themselves. The Iowa Attorney general blasted Donald Trumps financial records, spoke during a News Conference organized by this afternoon. Both side this news moves further there may need to bechanges to the tax code and how trump doesnt speak for working americans. Being president is something really special in our country. We have a right to demand more of that person than the ordinary citizen one of the demands would be that overtime they pay their fair share taxes. They are attacking the New York Times claiming the tax records were illegally obtains there is a law protecting the tax records but believe they are on solid legal ground. That brings the question to the day, do you believe the tax code favors the wealthy . Fox28iowa. Com youll find that on the home page. With the election over a month ape way the attacks are only going to increase. Details the october surprise that could affect the clinton campaign. Before the celebration came the bombshell. A wikileaks suggesting Bernie Sanders was right, it was rigged against him. Schultz announcing shell step down at the end of the convention. Made for a chaotic start to the Democrat National convention now ma anxiously standing by to see if wikileaks founder keeps his promise. Related to the Hillary Clinton campaign. The question is what kind election. The most likely most devastating thing would be email evidence that was a direct quid pro quo between speaking fees or contributions to the Clinton Foundation and political analyst david boaz boze says theres a reason opponents wait until october to release Sensitive Information a lot of americans dont Pay Attention to politics in the summer. Noe everybodys paying attention. Something that comes out now can have the strongest impact the announcement is scheduled for tuesday and former Trump Advisor Roger stone tweeted that wednesday Hillary Clinton is done. Referring to the wikileaks revelations. Still boaz doubts whatever is released will have a . Major . Impact. They find an email from hillary sure to get rid of the body. Short of that the Hillary Clinton is not gonna be done by any one email or any package of emails. For now the waiting game begins as people watch to see if the document dump is a true october surprise. In washington im kf reporting. Next on the fox 28 news at nine the Big Decisions delayed on capitol hill. We look at the weeks. And a College Football tradition that keeps it in the family. The father son handoff at coe college when the fox 28 news at nine before leaving town for a few weeks, congress kicked the nations. Before leaving town fo few Weeks Congress kicked the nations can down the road after the election. Called a continuing resolution fixed to funding the federal government. Something lawmakers will have to deal with during a lame duck session in november. National correspondent is at the capitol to explain the neverending battle. The motion is adopted. With that, congress averted the government shut down passing a continuing resolution were able to fund our military, fund veterans able to fund research. While leaving the hard work to a longer term budget until a month after the november time, before again, were at the end of the budget year in crisis mode. It puts a great burden on federal Government Program managers because all the Congress Said is well you can do what you did last year with the same amount of money, basically. Complaints over the inflexibility of the cra have come from multiple and from members of congress themselves. Weve only had two years since 1974, that we havent had a single c. R. Jeff barnd, congress is supposed to pass 12 Appropriations Bills to fund various components of government like the military, Homeland Securitya even to Fund Congress itself. The fiscal year runs from october 1st through the end of congress itself. The fiscal year began runs through the end of session. While many say the process is partisanship, the former congressman points to the end of budget year marks. The way to negotiate is put something in an appropriations bill that a member needs it may be messy thats the political process is supposed to work. Even though low makers are supposed to be in, they believe the process may work better compared to earlier this year. Lame duck members free to build conscious according to political pressures. In washington, fox 28 news. A bill designs to fix the Veterans Crisis line unanimously passed a house vote but iowa congressman david young a sponsor of the bill says there is a lot of work to do to turn the bill into law, the Third District representative says the legislation is stalled in the senate today he hosted a round table discussion with local professionals he wants to spend the bill to president obama sooner rather than later. Says the Veterans Affairs administration you have to develop all the assurances and protocols to ensure that the veterans practice. Young says if signs into law he wants to sign the va more accountable, and see what congress can do to help. The newest museum the National Museum American History and culture opened last month. Our digital news partner found the Supreme Court justices place was largely over look. 25 years ago Clarence Thomas became the Supreme Court justice, he secured a place in african American History. The second most important is tell, the african American History and culture. Showcasing the history, covering everything from the slave trade to the civil rights to james brown but Justice Thomas is reduced to a footnote top billing. museum 90s vignette with hill i have no vendetta against Clarence Thomas. She is featured in the museums vignette to blacks in the 1990s, and has her photo prominently shown with multiple blurbs about her. Thomas disputed hills confirmation, but his side of the story is mostly ignored. Museum officials acknowledges that thomas has very little presence in any of our exhibitions. We reached out to the Thomas Family but they did not want to weigh in. While thomas might have been a footnote in the museum. Mark paoletta, who helped the Bush White House with thomas confirmation says the hearings were major news in the early 90s. paoletta everyone got to watch them, anyone over 16 years old got to watch those things probably right through through the early 90s but for now his role in the history of African Americans is limited to barely a mention the museum designed to memorialize African Americans roles in the u. S. For circa, im raffi williamsanchor out for more on this story or to read more from circa, head to our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. Brandon a quiet and pleasant. Happy october, we are in the first full week of the new month, we go through some significant changes by the time we get to halloween you can see our average temperature around the first starts at 68 degrees, by the time you get to the 31st, our average high is in the middle 50s we average more than two and a half inches of rain and minutes of daylight by the time we get to the 31st our first fall freeze is 32 degrees usually falls somewhere between october 1st and the 10th but i dont see that happening at least anytime soon which is certain lip good news mostly cloudy as we take a look at the conditions, 62 eastsoutheast wednesday around 8 Miles Per Hour temperatures area wide, checking in at 62 this hour winds out of the eastsoutheast at 7 to 12 Miles Per Hour, pick up as they go into the day tomorrow gusts near 25 weve been seeing clouds move in from the southeast now starting to see more clouds move in from the west, mostly cloudy conditions in the forecast for tonight and also the start tomorrow morning those clouds put kind of put a damper on some of the temperatures in eastern iowa, a little bit more sun, 72 move their way into our area by tuesday, were expecting a mild day tomorrow, wet from tomorrow night through thursday with a couple storm systems moving through and a big weekend cool down in store a pretty strong cold front moves through thursday night into friday morning. Here is our storm system to get its act together, into the into canada, this front will approach from the west gets into our area around 1 00 tomorrow morning into wednesday morning bringing scattered showers and a few thunderstorms to the area and then the front kind of stalls out wednesday night into thursday and that will set the stage for additional showers and thunderstorms which could produce heavy rain. One of our model says a quarter to an inch maybe an inch around cedar rapids, there is a storms could put down heavy rainfall. Thats something well have to watch over the next couple of days there is the upper low as it moves off into canada that will give us southwesterly flow our temperatures will be mild for the next couple of days then by thursday into friday this cold front moves through, this cool air will settle in with High Pressure and that will lead to temperatures well below average perhaps upper 50s to low 60s by the time we get into the weekend. Mostly cloudy calm and mild, it will be comfy with temperatures wide then for tomorrow partly sunny, it will be a breezy day, 15 to 25, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, showers moving in tomorrow night into wednesday, well have dry hours maybe sunshine on wednesday afternoon then showers and storms move in again Late Wednesday night into thursday with temperatures in the low 70s that cold front moves through thursday night into friday and look at those temperatures all the way down into the upper 50s to low 60s as we get into the we could see nighttime lows by saturday morning in the upper 30s in some areas. Whatd you say . Upper 30s, i dont think weevil been in the upper 30s yet so far, going to be quite chilly. No snow, either. Dont have to worry about snow. I posted the videos. No, not for awhile hopefully. Fingers crossed. Lets try to avoid hawkeye football. Team representing more than iowa in august, where theyll be competing for gold next fall, plus there is a new stake for a Football Team this season how they are keeping the darien why have the latest smartphone if you cant use it wherever you go . Switch to u. S. Cellular for our best plan yet 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. Hat at your secret fishing spot. All for just 49. The best part . We put towers in places the other guys dont. Because u. S. Cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. Im Chuck Grassley, and i approve this message. In twentythree years, Chuck Grassley hasnt missed a single vote. In just six years, senator patty judge missed a hundred and eightytwo votes. Missed seventysix percent of their meetings. Iowa Economic Development Commission Member judge, missed sixtynine of seventytwo meetings. The register called patty judge a . Habitual no show. . Grassley works. Next fall the iowa baseball. Now fox 28 sports. The iowa Baseball Team will do something one over University Team has done, represent the United States in august. Of bringing back a medal. 22 of the 35 man roster will make once in a lifetime trip. I dont think our guys have come to grips to what it is like with a uniform that says usa, es will be a pressure system that well be playing National Teams from around the country that have been planning on this for a long time and with us being the ones to represent the United States it will players. Tyler hasnt lost in his first year calling the shots since taking over for his dad steve. As pat found out, so did his family. Ready coaching runs in the family. Dad now it is normal. After 9 successful years, he retired after last season his youngest son tyler took over and quickly convinced dad to unretire. He and i talked and he goes to me, goes, so dad, when do you feel, you know, you want to stepaside . He was ready to step down, we had talked opportunity comes from me to be the head coach, i definitely wanted him on staff. I said, i will enjoy coaching with you, you know, im expecting to coach with you, said, oh yeah, i dont want to step away from this game. It is a comforting feeling knowing he is on the sideline knowing i can always go to him if i have a question. There have been some minor changes. Tyler is more new school, likes the music to be playing up in practice, thats fun for us. He has done a tremendous job of taking this team i think to the next level, new energy, new ideas. Father and son still have plenty in common. The way in which we coach and treat people, it is very similar. Take pride in their program. I think thats the biggest thing is they care about the program, the culture, you know the past, present, the future. They know whats at the of cohawk football. As the over all program you see that family is important, it is really important to the game of football, ultimate team support when everyone is so connected and it is blood, you your son is taking over and continuing the tradition that we have here it is really special being able to keep it in the family being able to coach with your dad and continue to do this is really special clark field for as long as the stakers roam the sidelines in cedar rapids pat moroney cbs two sports zach johnson did a lot of winning and a lot celebrating on sunday the cedar rapids native won his match and finally was on the winning side of a ryder cup victory for team usa but the cup isnt staying in america only because of the golfers the fans did there part too. Quite frankly the ameran fans from all over. Just. From day one pushed us. I mean its been a Long Time Coming especailly for some of us who have been to a few of these. This one is for them. I mean thats really why we did what we did. I mean you could see it, the emotion is pretty deep. I mean i looked like my three year old daugher. I was a mess. That looked like my 3yearold daughter, i was a mess. Thats it for sports brandon. Mostly cloudy skies are in the forecast for tonight by the time you get to tomorrow morning the clouds will be around, temperatures in the mid70s by 3, showers move in will linger into wednesday morning. Looking good on behalf of whats that . Our high school yearbook. Hey, uh, do remember a girl named jamie eckelberry . No. Yeah, sure you do. She used to hang out at the house all the time. Oh, yeah. Eckelberry hound. Not a name she was fond of. Hey, i didnt make it up. I just spread it around. What about her . Uh, she called the Alumni Association and tracked me down. How does that work . They let her sniff one of your sweaters . Shilede ema me. Shes in town on business, and i invited her over. Great. Ill get out of your way. Just keep her off the good rug. Very funny. No. For your information, its not a date. Shes just a friend, who, by the way, has become very successful in her field. Oh, thats nice that she has a field to run around in
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