Part about it this guy had no idea he was receiving it. Heres a live look at our good morning its 6 am today is. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. A cold front is draped over the kwwl viewing area this morning with temps in the 40s to the than yesterday at this time. Winds are turning to the northwest and picking up speed. And will be gusty all day. Clouds and a few showers track through today, too, especially through the middle of the day. Before clearing out by this evening. We could see a few showers today but you will throughout the day. The winds die down tonight and the skies that frosty forecast for you in a few minutes. Decision 2016 coverage. With less than four weeks to go the president ial campaigns are heating up. The campaigns are really starting to focus on the battleground states iowa included. Donald trump stopped in florida focusing much of his speech about stolen Clinton Campaign emails released by wikileaks. He claims those emails show that clinton wants to surrender to a world government. Controlled by large earners and foreign governments. The election of Hillary Clinton would lead to the destruction of our country. Trumps running mate, mike pence was in iowa yesterday. Hillary clinton also campaigning in florida with al gore. Obama held a rally, talking to voters there. The president said any decent human being who heard trumps taped comments about women would say they were not right. Believe in forgiveness and redemption, but that doesnt mean im going to elect the person president. The president also criticized republicans who still support trump. As president obamas second term are being asked what they think. In a new Des Moines Register mediacom iowa poll less than half of the iowans surveyed are happy with his performance as president. The poll shows nearly 60percent of iowans say obamacare has mostly been a failure. Voters do give the president credit for job growth and foreign relations. Time now is. An eastern iowa man dies after police say he fell from a parking ramp. The man is identified as Michael Peterson from cedar falls. Waterloo police say he was found hurt in an alley. He later died at the hospital. An autopsy is being done but police say, they are not suspecting foul play. He was 52. Investigators say a cigarette might have caused a fire near a culvers restaurant. It happened in dubuque during the lunch hour yesterday. The actual restuarant didnt catch fire but the shed behind it did. Inside is where they keep the dumpsters. Those are also damaged. When the fire broke out the restaurant im really glad it was just the shed though, because it open, they closed the drive through window. A fire and gas explosion destroyed a home outside chicago. Firefighters say two people were injured no word on how badly theyre hurt. No one was home at the time. Firefighters are working to a man is released from the hospital less than 24 hours after being attacked by a bear. The man was jogging on a california trail when he saw a bear. Police say as he backed away from the animal another bear he i tried to run past it, cause it, it just came down and got me. He was able to break free and run back home despite having gashes to his head, upper body, legs and feet. Tons of explosives could not bring down a 93 year old the broadway bridge in little rock was imploded but as you can see collapse but it did weaken the bridge. After five hours. And using cables and a barge. Crews were finally able to bring down the bridge. Is scheduled to be completed early next year. The clown epidemic sweeping the nation in recent weeks including right here in iowa. Urbandale Police Arrested jacob steil for allegedly wearing a clown mask and chasing two people with a machete. Its a new trend but clowns have been an iconic part of scaring people for decades. Clowns have been a major scare factor at the heart of darkness something that is totally different anth being human, but you are trying to look over your emotional level and starts making you feel uneasy. Anything that is that crazy or weird looking makes you feel like it could also be threatening. The heart of darkness is open thursday through sunday now through halloween. For more iornfmation head to kwwldotcom. Two people are facing child neglect charges because of this. Police in wisconsin saw these people wearing clown masnd left their 4year old child at home alone while they carried out the clown prank. The child has been placed outside of the home by the department of human services. An awful hammock accident in may. Killed a 13 year old iowa girl. And for the past 5 months, her friends have used the sport she loved to help deal with the loss. Justin surrency tells us how theyre keeping her spirit alive at every game. Group of girls to be Volleyball Team has no choice but to sit their mvp on the have been a freshman at Roosevelt High School this year was killed in a hammock when a brick pillar collapsed on her body. Really hard not just on me but on everyone on the team. A team that still relies on each other to cope. Take a deep we win or feel down we just and all of our wins go out to her. Just the sight of peris smile courtside has lifted their this for peri. Practice tshirts with her name and number also serve as a life lesson. They say expect nothing and appreciate everything. She may not be able to add keep her name in it forever. Its going to be a trophy that gets passed from year to year. Its going to be the peri sagun girls are still going to be playing for peri and putting in all their effort for peri because who could forget peri . The coach says the award in name will begin this season. Itll be permanently placed in the trophy case. New this morning. Now that the school year is underway. Traffic is always a concern when it comes to kids crossing the street. One group of iowa middle schoolers didnt feel safe. So they made a change in their community. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in Buchanan County to tell its pretty dark. But right now im by the east buchanan sch street and 5th street in winthrop is right next to the school. Its very busy. Full of buses. Parents dropping kids off and students walking to and from school. A girl scout troop says this intersection was a problem in the past the middle schoolers tell me before last month. There was just a flashing red light at one corner. They say the light was hard to see. Always on. One girl scout says she walked with her brother home from school. But they didnt always feel safe. Looked like a 15 year old or 16 going to walk across so i grabbed his shirt and yanked him backwards. The girl scout troop petitioned to the city council. Asking them to instead make the intersection a 4 way stop. After several months of meeting with the girls. The city listened. Last month. The new stop signs were installed. Weve got you covered live in Buchanan County. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The girl scouts also got approval from the Buchanan County sheriff who thought it was a good idea. A man who left school to fight World War Two finally receives his high school diploma. He is 90 years old. His family invited him to a Board Meeting in pennsylvania, where he thought he was going to lead the pledge of allegiance. But instead his grandson presented him with a diploma. We wanted to surprise him, and david did a great job, so were really happy. When he came home after World War Two, he joined the labor force instead of finishing high school. So getting the diploma its coming up on today in iowa. A recall to tell you about. An iowa Dough Company is calling back some ice cream products well tell you why. Plus. The nations highest court takes up a longrunning patent dispute between apple and and meteorologist eileen loan. This is today in iowa. Now your storm track 7 its not uncommon for autistic kids to flap their hands. Ly disqualifying. Im a republican, but this election is so much bigger than party. My son max cant live in trump world. So im crossing party lines and voting for hillary. I dont always agree with her, but shes reasonable. And shes smart. She can work with people to solve problems. I want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered. Weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team clouds this morning with a few showers tracking through. But. You will notice the wind and cooler weather more today. Leading to a couple of very chilly mornings. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will catch clouds much of the day today and will likely be shaking a bit with the strong winds. It is also temps are running in the 60s ahead, 50s along and 40s behind the front. Still above normal. But probably warmer than the rest of the day will be. It is cooler behind. A good 1015 degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning. And the winds are stronger. Already 1520 mph and gusting higher. The front has some rain with it, but it will be fairly light with most getting a 20s to the 60s over the midwest. The 20s and 30s where the High Pressure is centered. And heading our way. We have seen our highs for the day and will continue to see breezy conditions. A few showers will track through, too, mai tonight with light winds and lows dropping into the low to mid 30s. A freeze warning coats most of the viewing area with frost advisories to the south. But we are running behind. We should have had our first frost days or even weeks ago in the viewing area with the cold start tomorrow, we will only climb into the mid to upper 50s with light south winds and lots of sunshine. And we get back into the 60s for friday with 70s for the weekend. We have a series of fronts that good 1015 degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning. And the winds are stronger. Already 1520 mph and gusting higher. The front has some rain with it, but it will be fairly light with most getting a few hundredths. It will be the temperatures you notice. They range from the 20s to the 60s over where the High Pressure is centered. And heading our way. We have seen our highs for the day and will continue to see breezy conditions. A few showers will track through, too, mainly through midday. Clear and cold tonight with light winds and lows dropping into the low to mid 30s. A freeze warning advisories to the south. But we are running behind. We should have had our first frost days or even weeks ago in the viewing area with the cold start tomorrow, we will only climb into the showers and even thunderstorms its coming up on today iowa. Beer a tv and a lounge chair. Its the Perfect Place for men to. Get their nails done . Plus. Watch out for deer. A new report says iowans need to keep an extra lookout on the roads. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got osterdock, coralville and all of eastern iowa when my dad got the contract with donald trump, it was huge for our business. There was never any question about the quality of work. And the next thing you know, you werent getting paid. When youre a small business, a big contract is everything, i mean, its huge. But. If you dont get paid, its devastating. If he treats the American People like he treated my father, on the trump taj mahal, were. Were in trouble. Morning. An iowa Dough Company is recalling cookie dough because it may be contaminated with listeria. Blue bell is recalling all products that were made with cookie dough supplied by aspen hills. This involves halfgallons and pints of blue bell Chocolate Chip Cookie dough and blue bell cookie two step. Return the ice cream for a full the Us Supreme Court hearing arguments over a battle between apple and samsung. It has to do with patent infringement. Five years ago apple sued samsung for copying its patents for distinctive iphone features. Like the flat screen and the rounded rectangle shape of the phone. A Lower Court Ordered samsung to pay apple about 4 hundredmillion dollars. This may come as a surprise to you or not at all. Iowa is one of the leading states where you are most likely to hit a deer. For deer collisions. You have a one in 68 chance of hitting a deer. So whats number one . That would be west virginia. A guys trip to a nail salon filled with women sparked a unique business venture. He created a nail salon for men in la. The salon is considered a grooming shop aimed at men who like to look good. Its designed to resemble a man i guy that would never step foot in a nail salon would not only go to, but want to come back, i could be onto something. Some 180new locations are expected to open throughout the eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Few showers. Breezy and cool today with steady falling temps. Widespread frost tonight thursday morning with lows in the low to mid 30s and sunshine. Highs are back in the 60s for friday with 70s over the weekend. Youre watching kwwl. Weve how tall are you . How do we measure greatness in america . The height of our skyscrapers . No. Its measured by what we do for our children. The values we pass on. Ive spent my life fighting for kids and families and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work take them. That means good schools for every child in every zip code. College that leads to opportunities. Their own. We face big challenges, but we can solve them the same way families do. Working together. Respecting one another. And never giving up. I want our success to be measured by theirs. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Vernon im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message. The truth Monica Vernon donated every pay raise to charity and helped build a homeless shelter for women and children, but multimillionaire blum promised hed take only half his salary. Then in congress, blum broke his word and kept all the pay. Now he wants to cut Social Security and raise the retirement age. Congressman blums out for himself, not us. In iowa. Now on today in iowa a Vice President ial nominee in iowa defending his running mate. Their opponent is facing more questions about e mails. Food giant reacting to the creepy clown craze. And people just want to get home. But first they have to wait until the cows come home. A strange sight on the road. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. A cold front is draped over the kwwl viewing area this morning with temps in the 40s to the 60s. Warmer ahead, cooler behind the front than yesterday at this time. Winds are turning to the northwest and picking up speed. And will be gusty all too, especially through the middle of the day. Before clearing out by this evening. We could see a few showers today but you will throughout the day. The winds far. Ill have that frosty clearing out by this evening. We could see a throughout the day. The winds far. Ill have that frosty forecast for you in a few minutes. Decision 2016 we are less day. People are lining up to vote early. So far, about 38 hundred people have cast their ballots in black hawk county. Tracie potts is in washington this morning with the latest on the president ial race which includes new details about leaked Clinton Campaign emails. This is donald trump as care about his support. What i want to do is i want to win for the people. To win trump needs florida. Hes making two more just a few points. Your vote really, really, really counts, a lot. You can consider me as an exhibit a of that clintons out west today after campaigning in florida with al gore, focusing climate denier in the white her emails. Hillary clinton is one disclosure away from potentially having this race flipflop once again. So shes sending Top Democrats to swing states to talk about trumps lewd comments on women i too believe in forgiveness gonna elect the person denying anything wrong with the Clinton Campaigns contact with the Justice Department investigating her emails. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Donald trumps running mate says hes disappointed in the republicans who say theyll no longer support trump. Mike pence toured a farm in central iowa. He was asked about trumps lewd i think donald trump, dal family and apologized to the American People and im someone who believes in forgiveness, believes in Second Chances as the overwhelming majority of American People do. Pence also held a rally in newton where a voter said this am but im saying it. No, you know, im like trump. Do i not not saying the truth, guys . Come on. We have a revolution coming on nov. 8. I promise you. Today, pence will campaign in virginia and north carolina. Today, Hillary Clintons husband will campaign for her in eastern iowa. Former president bill clinton is holding an early voting event in waterloo. Hes set to speak at 6 45 tonight at c doors open at 5 45. Well have coverage right here on kwwl and kwwl dot com. In a kwwl followup this morning the search for a man wanted in connection to a stabbing at the iowa state fair. The man wanted is craig hunt. Hes considered armed and dangerous. Hunt is accused of stabbing Darquan Jones on the last night of the fair in august. Jones was treated and later released from the hospital. Hunt is charged with attempted murder, and is also possibly connected to several shootings in the des moines area. In a hot car. It happened in fresno, california. Investigators say the childs grandmother was watching him. She was inside her apartment when the child was found. I know at the end of the day only god knows and she didnt mean for this to happen and that if she could she would take her own life to give her grandson his life back. Police are questioning the boys grandmother who needed medical distraught over what happened. The picture doesnt gives us a great look at the suspect, but knows something and steps forward. La placita was held up on sunday. A man came in with a gun. Heres a look at the suspect you can only see his eyes. The stores surveillance camera shows the man waving around she screamed and the owner came running out but instead in trying to argue or fight with him because he had a gun pointed at him too. He just threw some the store at the time but no one was hurt. Right now, theres a new City Ordinance on the table that would require businesses to have a camera near the door. Thats something that could have been very helpful in this case. If the Waterloo City Council approves it some businesses like restaurants, banks and hotels would have to buy cameras. And if businesses already have them. Updates and inspections would be new this morning. You are never too young to speak up and make a positive change in a group of iowa middle schoolers made their town a safer place. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in Buchanan County. And amanda traffic is always a concern when kids cross the street. Thats right jerry. Im at the corner of jackson street and 5th street near east Buchanan School district. Its hard to see right now. Troopers. And now im not at a quick glance. Intersection. nat of car busy and right by the east Buchanan School district. nat of shoes like many kids here. And then. Rylan walks to and from road, and my brother was going to walk across, so i grabbed his shirt and yanked him backwards. Girl scout troop 2128 new this intersection was a problem. These signs and this flashing red light were the traffic warnings at this intersection. And the red light was hard to see. Was on or off. It was on during the school day, it wasnt on after school, and sometimes the stop light convincing the Winthrop City Council this intersection needed a 4way stop. And the city listened. We added this one in. We helped a lot of kids safely cross the street so they do not get hit. A safer place because hahahah i want to talk more about what these girls did to accomplish this. They spoke to at multiple city cil signatures from people supporting them. And went to a public hearing before the city Council Voted in their favor. Weve got you covered live in Buchanan County. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The girl scouts started working on this project in june. The stop signs were just added dont have the word patience on them but its one of the most important things to keep in mind as a big project begins in eastern iowa. Groundbreaking for a new phase of the southwest arterial along highway 52 is happening in dubuque. When the projects done the fourlane, divided highway will give people another option to drive through the southwest side of the project will have a big impact. People living on cousins road used to be able to drive directly to highway 20. Now they have to take a longer busne kinda at the dead end of a road signage we think we can get around that, long term itll be a good spot, an excellent spot. The work should be done by 2019. Another key project this one focusing on flood prevention. Its the groundbreaking for a permanent Flood Control levee in cedar rapids. It will help protect the newbo includes a Detention Basin and a pump station. Everything is set to be finished this morning, a fouryearold girl is back with her family after a terrifying few days. Police believe the florida girl was kidnapped by a former family friend. She was found at a hospital in memphis after a nurse recognized her from an amber alert. Say thank you for bringing me my heart was like in my stomach the whole time. Like, he knows when i got to use my phone i couldnt hold my phone still. Like, the only thing i could think about was the little girl. The little girl. We need to get her, we need to get her. The fbi is now questioning the man accused of taking her. An iconic mascot is taking a step back because of the concerns over clowns. Fewer apperances for now. Sightings of creepy clowns have been on the rise across the country the past few weeks. In one case someone dressed as a clown harrassed people at a mcdonalds. The fast food giant says it wants to be thoughtful in light of whats going on so ronald wont be seen as much for the time being. Rush hour traffic is beefed up in one city. So much so the highway looks more like a pasture. Cows got loose on a louisiana highway after a cattle trailer flipped. A line of cows raced down the highway. It took Law Enforcement about two hours to round them up. Coming up on today in iowa. An nfl team puts away the tcu need help. Plus so many cub fans in eastern iowa are breathing a big sigh of relief this morning. The team showed little life until their last at bat. The forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is up next. And meteorologist eileen loan. Now your storm track 7 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. To share more photos at your cabin or video chat 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 and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line for only 49. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast Information Team clouds this morning with a few showers tracking through. But. You will notice the wind and cooler weather more today. Leading to a couple of very chilly mornings. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras will catch clouds much of the day today and will likely be shaking a bit with the strong winds. It is also going to be chilly, although not so bad to start early this morning. Temps are running in the 60s ahead, 50s along and 40s behind the front. Still above normal. But probably warmer than the rest of the day will be. It is cooler behind. A good 1015 degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning. And gusting higher. The front has some rain with it, but it will be fairly light with most getting a few hundredths. It will be the temperatures you notice. They range from the 20s to the 60s over the midwest. The 20s and 30s where the High Pressure is centered. And heading our way. We have seen our highs for the day a continue to see breezy conditions. A few showers will track through, too, mainly through midday. Clear and cold tonight with light winds and lows dropping into the low to mid 30s. A freeze warning coats most of the viewing area with frost advisories to the south. But we are running behind. We should have had our first frost weeks ago in the viewing area with the cold start tomorrow, we will only climb into the mid to upper 50s with light south winds and lots of sunshine. And we get back into the 60s for friday with 70s for the weekend. We have a series of fronts that bring a chance of showers and even thunderstorms back to the area this weekend into early next week. The time now is still to come this morning the comeback cubs. They havent ended a century old drought yet but took a big step last night. If you didnt expect to see an applebees usda choice top sirloin searing to smoky oak perfection you see the price. 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Rain has caused the ground to become soft and in some cases the usda says less than 20 percent of iowas corn is harvested thats about three days behind from last year. Soybean farmers also have less than half of their crops harvested. We spoke to a farmer that has a hundred and 25 acres of beans in the flooding. He says it was a big hit to his farm. And its the first time i know will get up, and it will get just a week before the harvest is just unimaginable. He does have Crop Insurance but he says hes taking a loss this season. The usda says more than 80 percent of corn and soybean crops have been rated good to excellent. Instead of curses, cub fans are talking about comebacks this morning. What a way to move on to the next round of the playoffs. In the ninth San Francisco leads 52 hoping to send the series back to chicago for a final game. But here come the cubs. One run in already and then Wilson Contreras with a single up the middle to score two. Its tied. Until javy baez singles to score the cubs fourth run of the 9th inning. Chicago leads 65. They turn it over to their closer aroldis chapman. Strike three. Comeback in a postseason game since the mets in 1986. Chicago will face the winner of the dodgers nationals series at wrigley field. Game one of the nlcs is saturday. Tips off in a month. Iowa senior peter jok is hoping to have a big season for the hawks. Hes one of 10 players selected to the preseason all big ten team. He was a second team all two families in need of a hand receive a big surprise and some added muscle. The Green Bay Packers teamed up with a Home Improvement store to remodel the bathrooms of two families in wisconsin. They helped put in a new shower pay a dime for the remodeling projects. Its were wrapping up today in iowa with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan next. Eileen is back with another its troubling. Congressman blum actually cosponsored a bill that could make it legal for a woman to be fired just for being pregnant. Ancer screenings. I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and i know it was Early Detection that made a difference. Its not a political issue. Its about caring about all of our people here in this country. Im Monica Vernon, and i approve this message. Forecast. Few showers. Breezy and cool today with steady falling temps. Widespread frost tonight thursday morning with lows in the low to mid 30s and only the 50s for highs thursday afternoon despite plenty of sunshine. Highs are back in the 60s for friday with 70s over the show is next and well be back in 25 minutes with more news and weather. Good morning. Unshackled, donald trump goes on a tirade against his own party, ripping fellow republicans, including House Speaker paul ryan. I dont want his support. I dont care about his support. President obama goinging off on p you just have to be a decent human being and say thats not right. As Hillary Clintons team deals with a new round of hacked emails, investigators now trying to figure out who was behind it. Was it intentional . The fbi now investigating after a small plane crashed and burst into flames in connecticut. One passenger killed, the pilot hospitalized, but reportedly saying it was not an accident. Not loving it, mcdone can alds announces a big change
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