A light wind and clear sky will lead to a cool night in the 30s with patches of frost. Tomorrow will be another seasonably cool and sunshiney day with highs returning to the middle to upper 50s. The weekend looks great with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs in the 60s. Shower chances come back to our area by tuesday and last into thursday, and a few rumbles of thunder may be in the mix on wednesday as well. Tonight mostly clear with areas of frost. Wind nw 510. Low 33 alo 32 dbq 32 iow 35 tomorrow mostly sunny. Wind w 510. High 55 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 57 Kinnick Stadium is getting a big upgrade soon. Approved renovations to the seating areas in the stadiums north end zone. Kcrg tv nines Josh Christensen joins us with the story. Josh, what can fans expect . The project will overhaul the north endzone stands, starting after this season. Here are some renderings for the project. The renovation will replace the existing general admission seating with upper and lower general admission sea
Bruce, back to you. Candidates in iowas third Congressional District are also debating tonight. Incumbent republican david young will face democrat jim mowrer. That district is in southwest iowa, and includes des moines, red oak and council bluffs. The debate starts at eight oclock on iowa public television. This years election is featuring a pretty non people are coming up with interesting ways of showing their distaste for some of the candidates. One dubuque woman was so disgusted as she drove past a trump billboard every day, she raised funds to counter the billboard. Kcrg tv nines Katie Wiedemann joins us now. Katie, the sign company she used says this is something they have never seen before . Exactly, aaron vosmek from cr signs who owns them. Never before has an an individual person, who is not attached to a campaign, bought a political ad like this. Kate parks is a mom and teacher who says shes tired of driving past this trump billboard. Its been on display along highway 20 near
Thanks, james. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first alert forecast. Joe, are the clouds finally going away for tonight . Thursday was a battle to get tonight a clear sky is expected continuing into the start of our friday. With a southerly flow of air returning to the state the mercury jumps significantly tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 70s common. Quiet weather continues through the weekend with a treat of a day ahead on halloween. Have a great night. Tonight mostl tomorrow partly cloudy. Breezy and milder. Wind s 1525. High 74 back to you. Getting kids to eat fruits and vegetables is a never ending battle for many parents. Most kids grow out of it, but theres a chance they may not. Kcrgtv9s Samantha Myers is here, samantha this is more than just refusing to eat lima beans. It could actually be an eating disorder. Disorder. It causes people not to eat certain foods because of the appearance, smell, texture, taste, or even a past experience with food. I visi
For free doctor visits, prescriptions, dental and eye care. The clinic counted on the community for volunteer physicians and donations to make it possible. If that federal Health Insurance program disappears, clinic leaders say theyll have to step up again. Were going to need more help, dave, if that happens. Were still going to take care of patients one by one who walk through out door and provide that Compassionate Care we always have if we have 1 in the waiting room or 200. Running new patients through the signup process to see if they qualified for Health Insurance became an automatic first step. Its still the first step until, or if, the law changes. The clinic, open mornings only, sends those with insurance elsewhere and mainly cares for those who cant qualify for help. One woman on medicaid, but a past freeclinic patient, doesnt want to go back to the way things were. Going without insurance, its daily patients these days, costs didnt drop as much as you might expect. The higher
Other landscaping. The site will continue to offer yard Waste Collection and some appliance recycling. This first step, creating a scenic overlook and some landscaping, should start next spring and wrap up by the fall. Other projects including creating a trail system will come in future years. And people need to realize the old landfill can only light recreational use. That means hiking, biking and, of course, that scenic overlook. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first break any records today . Mercy Medical Center in cedar includes open heart surgery. Yesterday, the state Health Facilities Council Approved the hospitals certificate of need application for the program. Mercy is interested in opening the center because it says it sees a growing need for cardiovascular surgery. The already started to recruit surgeons to join the heart team. Unity point saint lukes hospital, which is also in cedar rapids, already performs cardiovascular surgeries. The us senate has passed