Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a nice monday well see plenty of sunshine today with highs well into the 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, ad should arrive late on tuesday into wednesday morning. Widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of this system, our weather is fairly dry, but does offer up the typi temperatures that is common in iowa for late october. Today sunny. Wind ne 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few thunderstorm democrat Monica Vernon is counting on her work as a City Council Member to unseat an incumbent for iowas first congressiona l district. As a part of our week long analysis of candidates running for federal offices, today we feature the democrat who has run for Political Office before. Kcrgtv9s brea love joins us now. Brea, what is some of vernons history leading up to this point. Well, chris and Nicole Vernon ran for office a couple times before. Just last year, she ran with jack hatch, hoping iowa. Vernon also ran for this house seat when she lost against pat murphy in the primaries two years ago. Now shes hoping this election will be in her favor. Monica vernons political career began on the Cedar Rapids City Council during an icy winter in 2008. 41 05i remember thinking we can get through this. We worked with citizens all over the community, clearing the streets, and i thought oh were flood happened instead. That meant most of her term focused on recovering from disaster. 41 32we worked one on one with so many homeowners, Small Business people, the government didnt even have programs for as many Small Business people as were hit in this community, so we helped create that. After getting the people back on their feet, she started on the public buildings. 42 10the Beautiful Library we have today, our convention center, which is used all the time, and really newbo, the newbo city market, the amphitheater, those were all things i worked on. With septembers flood, vernon says she plans to fight in congress to get federal help to pay for permanent flood protection in cedar rapids and other towns that need it. Congress all over the country who have these kinds of issues, so i think its a good time for working together with others to get some really good things done. Working together is exactly why vernon says shes perfect for congress. Vernon, who switched from a republican to a democrat in 2009, says shes focused more on getting things done than labels. 44 58when the flood happened, we didnt ask people if they were republicans, or democrats, or independents. We said, lets all Work Together and get things done. Thats how ive always conducted my life. Thats why im really ready to go to the u. S. Congress. Now, vernon wants to take her methods to focus on protecting Social Security and medicaid. On the economy, she wants to improve wages and get more support for all businessesshe wants to promote Small Businesses, help , rmicare and Social Security are always ari. 7 26we n oe. We know when we dty tter our economy does better, we all do better. I think s ker ds. And she says her tracrecor ll my sleeves, and i get to it. The way i dit, i know it isnts ble to solve problems and get opponent, congressman blum. That will air on the kcrg tv9 news at 6. The most recent poll on that race from Loras College shows blum at 45 percent support. And vernon with 37 percent. Chris and nicole . Thanks brea. Vernon and blum will meet for their first debate on wednesday night in cedar rapids. Kcrgtv9 and the gazette will host at coe college, starting at 7 pm. You can watch it on kcrg 9. 2. Beth malicki will co moderate. Iowa senator joni ernst says shes supporting republicans up and down the ticket, including donald trump. 05 37 00 i do not condone the way he speaks on many different levels. I dont support that aspect. The way im explaining it is im not fighting for for my county, so i will continue to support the republican ticket she made those comments while visiting mission of hope in cedar rapids yesterday. Trump has dealt with criticism over lewd comments about women. Since then, nearly a dozen people have accused him of inappropriate sexual advances. Donald trum among female voters than with male voters. The republican president ial candidate made those comments during a rally yesterday in florida. He says he believes polls showing him struggling among women are inaccurate. Trump also remarked that the polls werent the only element of this years election that are flawed. Its corrupt. They want me to take that back, let me tell you, folks, its a rigged system. Polling shows the republican nominee has voters, particularly after a number of women accused him of sexual assault. Trump has denied the allegations and has promised to sue the women. During a Campaign Event for Hillary Clinton, president obama says Donald Trumps accusations of a rigged system are a sign of one thing. Donald trumps already talking about how the game is rigged. I gotta say, that means hes losing. Polls show clinton with a narrow edge over trump in spoke yesterday. But the race is still tight. President obama also hammered nevada gop representative joe heck. Harry hes running for a seat thats opened up with democratic minority leader harry reids retirement. Hillary clinton says her lengthy list of policy proposals to her penchant for planning. During a rally yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, the former secretary of state says she has plans for everything. I gotta tell you, i have this kind of Old Fashioned idea that if im asking you for your vote, i should tell you what im going but we make lists. Right . We make our lists and try to get it done and figure out what were going to cross off. Clinton also noted shes put all her plans in a book. She says its called stronger together and she wrote it with running mate tim kaine. One town in northwest iowa says its seeing a boost cherokees city manager says theres a clear boost when pipeline construction workers come into town. There arent a lot of open parking spots in the downtown area. Hotels are full and there are lines at local grocery stores. Dakota access is building the pipeline that will carry crude oil from north dakota to illinois. The company says the project is about 75 percent complete. But some people have criticized it for its potential effects on water and tribal lands. Pipeline seem to be getting bigger. Law enforcement arrested 127 protesters this weekend. In morton county, hundreds temporarily blocked a highway yesterday. The sheriff also says deputies fired at a drone that protesters flew too close to a Law Enforcement helicopter. People have been protesting against the pipeline for months claiming it will damage the environment and affect native american lands. A dairy in Fayette County just outside of business not in stores but in the dorms of eastern iowa. And even one of the busiest airports in the world. The Country View Dairy has found a robust business in greek yogurt especially at colleges. From the cows to the production of yogurt itself, the clock is always the constant in this process. Since opening in 2002, country view has worked into more and more places including the dorms at Northern Iowa, wartburg, cornell. And even Ohare Airport in chicago. The reason were looking at a record production this colleges. Were also taking production and breaking into the wisconsin market. That happened this summer and, on top of our normal busy season, that turned into a 17,000 or 18,000pound week. Coming up at 6 20, well take the four tour of Country View Dairy and take you inside the work of this growing company that runs, literally, hot and cold. Recent records show fewer iowans have Flood Insurance now than they did a few years ago. Determine why, but have a few ideas to what might be behind the decrease. With highs well into the 50s. This is about average f year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on tuesday into wednesday morning. Widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temperatures that is common in iowa for late october. Today sunny. Wind ne 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. Wind se 102 thanks kaj. Plan on a nice monday well see plenty of sunshine today with highs well into the 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on tuesday into wednesday morning. Widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of this system, our weather is fairly dry, but does offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temperatures that is common in iowa for late october. Today sunny. Wind ne 510. Clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. Wind se 1020. Low 49 insurance now than they did 5 years ago. Just fewer than 17,900 customers bought policies in 2011. There were only about 13,900 with Flood Insurance at the end of last month. Officials say homeowners may have dropped coverage because of increased premiums or because banks dont require coverage after they paid off their homes. Another reason could be buyouts of homes in low and central iowa were heavily damaged or destroyed in the flooding. Of those homes, 79 didnt have Flood Insurance. Smaller scale farms and urban producers now have a more streamlined version of loans. The department of agriculture has now announced guaranteed loans up to 100,000. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Welcome to the agribusiness farms and urban producers now have a more streamlined version of loans. The department of agriculture announced guaranteed loans made for loans going up to a hundred thousand dollars from usda approved lenders to purchase farmland or finance ag operations. Its called ez guarantee loans. Using a simplified application process. Usda smaller farmers get the capital they need to start up or expand operations. They are also expending coverage to smaller lenders. Calling them microlenders. Who can also offer ez guaranteed loans of up to 50 thousand dollars. Homeland energy solutions. An ethanol Production Facility near lawler iowa. Has produced a billion gallons of ethanol. The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association announced the achievement saying it local economy. The plant started up in april of 2009. And employed 49 workers. It can produce more than a hundred 50 million gallons of ethanol a year. Making it one of the largest dry grind plants in operation. Blue bunny is expanding in iowa. Wells enterprises. Is moving forward with an upgrade an Modernization Project in le mars. To the tune of 40 Million Dollars in capital investment. With two new production lines. And will add authority approved an award of more than three Million Dollars under the High Quality Jobs Program on friday. The city of le mars is providing a local match tax abatement. The markets closed last week. Mostly in the green. The corn and soybean market is really firmer today. The real strength in the market comes from the demand remains very strong. Exports pace particularly on beans are strong. And its the Strong Demand that continues to overwhelm the big going to be the last big harvesting weekend of the year for soybeans in the u. S. And focus is strongly starting to switch to the weather in south america. No weather problems in south america yet and the market overall remains in a rangebound trade on the grains. Weve been in a range trade for about two months. The Cattle Markets having a firm tone today, we did have a limit up trade on thursday, were getting follow through buying technically today. The the belief is that were going to see the consumer pick up the demand. The supplies in the Fourth Quarter are going to be up about five and a half percent. But were at price levels where we can move some beef. The hog market is firmer following the Cattle Market here today. Large supplies are still in front of us. Were still going to have supplies in the Fourth Quarter up five and a half percent over a year ago. All of next year, pork supplies are going to be up 3. 8 percent over a year ago. The Obama Administration has now l normalize relations with the nearby country. That includes financing for farm inputs like Crop Protection products and machinery. And also includes shipping barriers. But House Speaker paul ryan says the embargo will stay. Ryan says the latest round of regulatory changes are meant to chip away at the us embargo. To ease trade and travel. But he claims that jeopardizes Property Rights of american businesses. And thats all the time for the show today. Hope you have a great weekend. Ill be back on every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt oc standard tvs, video games, or time on smartphones. Many parents are concerned todays children are a giant experiment for how much screen time is acceptable. Now, scientists have come up with a reccommended amount of exposure, and who should stay away from screens completely. Stay with tv9. Its. Plan on a nice monday well 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on tue widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of this system, our weather is fairly dry, but does offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temperatures that is common in 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. Wind se 1020. Low 49 screen time can be a big point of conversation for kids whether they are 2 or group in the us may have some answers about screen time is acceptable. Heres abc news Stephanie Ramos with more. Tvs . Computers . And touch tvs . Computers . And touch screens. They are the new playgrounds for kids and toddlers alike. But many worry that this constant exposure to Electronic Media might come with negative consequences that todays babies are a giant Lab Experiment about screen concerns about this new wave of devices and technology and what it might be doing to our kids the American Academy of pediatrics has now come out with a set of guidelines. Their recommendati ons . Parents should completely eliminate exposure to Electronic Media for kids under 18 months. For kids between 18 and 24 months, an introduction to screens is ok . But they urge that parents to participate in all digital exposure, so it can be about the parent child contact. And for kids between the ages per day. And stop screen time use one hour prior to bedtime. Keeping bedrooms and meal times screenfree. These devices can be great ways to educate and entertain a child . But creating that unplugged time in the home leaves a chance for the whole family to download some bonding and program a happier future. With this medical minute im Stephanie Ramos trt oc police are investigating a crash that sent a person to the hospital in waterloo. It happened at the same intersection where a a police chase. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. This is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. The 2nd murder trial for one eastern iowa man starts today. Out of prison. Many chicago cubs fans in des moines are not surprised with the teams success. They watched some of the roster grow in iowa. A middle of the night breakthrough may soon pour in money for one eastern iowa man. His New Invention debuts this week. Good monday morning its 530 on october 24th. Jury selection will get underway today in the 2nd murder trial for a cedar rapids homeless man. Prosecutors believe Travis Standlee killed homeless woman, while he was suspected for another murder. The 45yearold faces a firstdegree murder charge and will go to trial in scott county. The judge moved the proceedings because the authorities believe standlee killed sharon mead, who was also homeless. Cedar Rapids Police say they found meads body near the Coe College Campus in september of 2015. Prosecutors claim standlee killed mead the day after he was released from jail, under suspicion of another murder. Authorities said, at the time, they didnt have enough evidence to hold standlee. They later charged him for murdering both mead. And raymond ursino, who was also homeless. Earlier this year, a jury degree murder in the death of ursino. A judge sentenced standlee to 50 years in prison. Waterloo fire rescue took 1 person the hospital following a crash at South Washington street and west 6th street last night. Police say a car and an s uv crashed at the intersection around 10 30 last night. The driver of the car was the only person injured. A crash at the same intersection seriously injured a motorcycle driver last week. Police say the driver led them on a chase and went through a red light. Thats driver to the uihc. A woman is recovering this morning after a car hit her. She was crossing the road in downtown cedar rapids yesterday afternoon at 1st avenue and 2nd street east. An ambulance took the woman to a local hospital. Shes expected to be ok. The driver received a citation. Authorities dont know if alcohol, drugs or fatigue played a role in crash that killed 13 people in california. Authorities say a tour bus slammed into the back of a semitruck early sunday. In addition to those killed, were returning from a trip to a casino. The california Highway Patrol says the bus was moving much faster than the truck. I will tell you that the speed of the bus was so significant that when it hit the back of the bigrig trailer the trailer itself entered about 15 feet into the bus. State police say the bus had passed its three most recent inspections. The crash. Multiple fire crews worked on a massive fire in what cheer in keokuk county. The fire broke out sunday afternoon on barnes street. No word on what sparked those large flames. Were working to get more info from the sheriffs office. Over the next 2 weeks, the candidates will make a final push for the white house. A new abc news tracking poll Shows Hillary clinton ahead of rival donald trump with a double digit lead. Abcs Angelica Spanos has the latest. Against time, and still fighting accusations of sexual misconduct, donald trump is looking forward in the must win state of florida where he believes hes doing better among female voters than with male voters. Sot donald trump, us republican president ial nominee ill tell you what, were doing well in the polls but you know i really think those polls are very inaccurate when it comes to women. I think were doing better with women than with men frankly. Nat hillary rally newly confident Hillary Clinton taking her campaign to church in clinton, democratic president ial candidate we got to actually start interacting with people we dont agree with. I do that all the time. Because we cant fix our problems if we dont. President obama in las vegas saying that trumps claim of a rigged election, is a sign that hes losing. Sot barack obama, president of the United States of america youve got a guy who proves himself unfit for this office every single other side youve got somebody who is as qualified as has ever run for the presidency, Hillary RodhamBlack Hawk County is testing its Voting Machines today. The county auditor says the tests are required before every election and with some concerns about election rigging, the county wants to be transparent. A group of voting machine technicians from all parties carry out the week long testing. Machine results are compared against the totals for premarked ballots. After the celebration heard around the world, cubs fans are looking forward to the first game of the world series tomorrow the players get their start in des moines. The iowa cubs director of Communications Says more than a dozen guys on chicagos roster played for the triplea affiliate. Many long time fans are not surprised with this years success. Im glad to have this finally happen. Its kind of Unfinished Business thats taken care of. Now my bucket list is like one thing long so its just indians tomorrow night at 7 oclock. This is the first time the cubs will play in the world series since 1945. Downtown iowa city traffic could be even tighter today on linn street. Traffic is cut to one lane only between iowa avenue and college street this could stay in place through the end of november. The lane reduction is part of the reconstructi on work on the washington streetscape project. That project is replacing underground infrastructur e and updating lightig, washington street. All businesses on washington street are open during construction. A cedar rapids man says his New Invention is the best way to preserve wine. 1 25, about 2 years ago i was sleeping on the couch, you know how that goes with a newborn and i just began thinking about wine, we had just poured about a half bottle of wine down the drain and i just thought there has to be a better way to tom lutz created repour. Its a disposable wine stopper. To use it, you remove the foil tab and put the stopper in the neck of the wine bottle, like you would a cork. Repour absorbs oxygen from inside the bottle. Lutz says thats what keeps wine fresh. And itll work for at least 6 months. 5 22, anyone thats ever tried some of the wine preservation on the market knows its gimmics theres a vaccum stopper that most people will have in the drawer that they tried once or twice so anyone that has need to save wine from one day to the other or to the next this is the perfect product lutz will officially launch repour at the innovation expo on wednesday. Thats at the doubletree in cedar rapids. Eventually, repour will sell for about a dollar 50 per stopper. Politicians are giving their 2 cents on a multi billion dollar deal that could change the entertainment world. At t announced the deal to buy time warner causing worry for the see plenty of sunshine today with highs well into the 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to fairly dry, but does offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temperatures that is common in iowa for late october. Today sunny. Wind ne 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 thunderstorm s likely. Wind se 1020. Low 49 thanks kaj. Plan on a nice monday well see plenty of sunshine today with highs well into the 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of this system, our weather is fairly dry, but does offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temp iowa for late october. Today sunny. Wind ne 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few about passing up that penny left on the sidewalk one bank has decided to give you more bang for your buck or in this case your penny. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Friday. And Energy Stocks led the declines. The huge business deal between at t and time warner is already facing some major opposition. Republican president ial nominee donald trump says it should be killed because it would limit competition and hurt customers. Vermont senator and former president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is asking the Obama Administration to block it. Some publicinterest groups also say the nearly 86 billion dollar deal would lead to higher costs and fewer choices. Samsung electronics faces more hundreds of south Korean Galaxy note 7 owners announced plans to sue the company. Samsung has stopped making and selling the devices. Months after the brexit vote, banks in britain are getting ready to leave the country by the end of the year. Thats according to the head of the british bankers association. Itll be months before formal talks get underway for britains exit from the european union, and those negotiations could last as long as two years. International bankers say they thanks to ally bank, a penny may be worth a lot more than just good luck. The bank has placed 100 fake pennies across the country worth one thousand dollars each. If you find a penny, you can redeem it online until the end of the year. The bank is hoping to encourage consumers to save with the promotion. Its heres a live look at on see plenty of sunshine today with highs well into the 50s. This is about average for this time of the year. Our next area of low pressure is not far off, and should arrive late on tuesday into wednesday morning. Widespread rain is likely during this time period with a half inch to one inch possible for everyone. Temperatures will offer up quite a spread on wednesday with 60 degrees possible over southeast iowa, while northeast iowa barely gets to 50. In the wake of this system, our weather is fairly dry, but does offer up the typical rollercoaster ride in temperatures that is common in 510. High 58 tonight increasing clouds. Wind e 510. Low 40 tomorrow showers developing in the afternoon and evening. Wind se 1020. High 56 tom. Night showers and a few thunderstorm heres a look at todays top stories. The jury selection today for the 2nd murder trial for Travis Standlee starts today. Police say he killed a homeless woman last year in cedar rapids the day jury found standlee of seconddegree murder in the death of a homeless man. With just more than two weeks until election day, a new abc News Washington post poll Shows Hillary clinton 12 Percentage Points ahead of donald trump 50 to 38 percent. Today, clinton speaks in New Hampshire and trump campaigns in florida. The hawkeyes lost a toprecruit, 4star running back eno benjamin. And the team also has a ton of things to fix after saturdays loss to wisconsin. One area of concern is the passing game. Running back akrum wadley was iowas top receiver with 7 catches for 72 yards. Their longest passing play was only 21 the personnel, but they know things have to improve. You can always do stuff to help. We got a bye week coming up, so its going to be much needed to get some guys healthy. Just work on Getting Better with those receivers, better chemistry and all that kind of stuff. All you can do is go to work. We had a couple of close calls that wouldve helped us, just bang bang plays where we were just a little bit off. Somehow, someway, were going to have to push that over the to of doing those things. Its such a fine line. So, i think its just us growing a little big more, getting our timing down. And well continue to look at ways to free some guys up or find some easier throws. Trt 38 oc find some easier throws. The Northern IowaFootball Team made a change at quarterback this weekend giving eli dunne his first career start. Dunne led the panthers to a 617 win over missouri state. Today, he was named the mvfc offensive 418 yards and two touchdowns. Hes the first uni quarterback to pass for over 400 yards since pat grace in 2009. The coe Football Team improved to 80 on the season after throttling luther on saturday, 45 6. Today, the kohawks climbed up the d3football. Co m poll to 17th. They were ranked 18th last week. Coe hosts buena vista next saturday, a game that will be on kcrg 9. 2. Nfl action, atlanta. Big day for former Hawkeye Adrian clayborn. In the 2nd quarter, he recovers the fumble and scores a touchdown. That put the falcons up 2710. Later in the 4th quarter, clayborn spins Philip Rivers to the ground for the sack. He has 1. 5 on the year. Falcons lost in overtime though, 3330. Colts and the titans. 3rd quarter, colts in the red zone. Former Hawkeye Karl Klug with a goal. Hed be credited with a. 5 sack. Colts still win 3426. Browns and the bengals. 1st quarter, former Hawkeye Christian Kirksey comes on a delayed blitz, he and teammate carl nassib combine for the sack. Kirksey finished with a teamhigh 8 tackles, but the bengals win 3117. Western dubuque wrestler Aaron Costello has verbally committed to the iowa hawkeyes for the 2017 recruiting class. Costello is a twotime state heavyweight finals last season. Nascar sprint cup at talladega. This is a favorite for cedar rapids native landon cassill. 20 laps to go, he gets bumped slightly but he makes a nice recovery. That couldve been trouble. Landon finished 21st. The day belonged to joey logano who advances to the next round. 8 drivers left harvick, johnson, kurt busch, logano, kenseth, edwards, hamlin and kyle busch starting off with a live look at. Its monday, october 24th. Heres what you need to know today. Today, a homeless man goes to trial for murder for the second time this year. A jury found Travis Standlee guilty back in june in the death of a homeless man. More than 100 people are facing charges after protesting the Dakota Access pipeline in north dakota. While a northwest town sees more b a new abc Washington Post poll Shows Hillary clinton with a 12 point lead over donald trump. Both candidates head to Battle Ground states today. One eastern iowa man has developed a new disposable wine stop. The product makes its debut in cedar rapids on wednesday. The United Nations celebrates its 71st anniversary today. The Johnson County chapter highlights diversity during an event yesterday. Youre watching kcrgtv9. 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