areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday morning in the 60s. do not be fooled by this, as temperatures should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days.today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 paralyzed in a cedar rapids police shooting took their fight to the city council. they are demanding police release dash cam video of the incident two weeks ago. on november first, police officer lucas jones stopped jerime mitchell near coe college for a traffic violation. police say the two men got into some kind of an altercation and jones fired his gun. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed reports mitchell's family wants to see the video. family and friends of jerime mitchell filled chamber in support of him. many had to wait outside because the room became over capacity. they held signs that read black lives matter, and justice for danky. danky is mitchell's nickname. the family attorney was inside the meeting to make sure nobody inside spoke on mitchell's behalf. he's says mitchell is recovering, and that his health is their number one priority. " at this point, we're still waiting to complete the investigation pending release of at this point we're just focusing on jerime's health. that's really his family's main priority at this time." i spoke to the iowa dci earlier today, and they say there is no timetable for when the investigation will be complete. in cedar rapids, phil reed, kcrg tv-9 news the linn county attorney says police can't release the video until the investigation is over. but the iowa public information board disagrees, saying state law would allow it. west des moines is paying nearly two million dollars to settle a sex a female sergeant claimed police chief shaun ladue discriminated against her because she's a woman. two other women settled in similar lawsuits earlier this year. chief ladue resigned over the weekend. the west des moines city manager didn't say whether chief ladue's resignation was connected to the settlement. but he says he asked the chief to resign because of his leadership. " we are reaching a point in the department if you're the majority of the the leader, then then whatever that person does is ineffective. " the city is stressing the settlement will not mean an additional cost to taxpayers. last year the state patrol disciplined a supervisor for a facebook joke about killing a sportscaster. now that supervisor is on administrative leave, but the state won't say why. the department of public safety says lieutenant kelly hindman is on paid leave. he commands the patrol's post in fort dodge. on facebook that he wanted a sniper to shoot e-s-p-n college basketball announcer dan dakich in the head. aftr an internal investigation, hindman kept his supervisor position. he's been with the patrol 28 years. two iowa legislators want ideas on how to fight the state's opioid abuse crisis. that's according to our coverage partners k-d- t-h. state representativ e chuck isenhart of dubuque and legislative committee. the committee is studying ways to combat opioid abuse. this afternoon, the lawmakers are meeting with people in dubuque. that's at northeast iowa community college's town clock center at 1. senator joni ernst wants more information from the u-s department of veteran affairs after 32 year old veteran took his own life. it happened november 7th after the v-a told curtis gearhart he would have to wait for help. stress disorder. ernst wrote a letter to the v-a inspector general demanding an investigation into why the v-a was unable to provide care for him. a friend says he knew gearhart had memories that haunted him. "47:55 it's really unfortunate i guess the best way i can put it that we don't have better healthcare or mental health care for the va " hopes she doesn't have to write to the v-a against about another iowan veteran not getting adequate care. in september, senator ernst also called for an investigation into the iowa city v-a after a veteran committed suicide following a trip to the center. brandon ketchum's family says he asked a doctor at the iowa city v-a to admit him to the psychiatric ward in july. but they say the doctor refused, and ketchum killed himself hours later. the federal government has identified the remains from oelwein. now he'll receive a proper burial with full honors. marine private first class wilbur mattern was 23 when he died fighting on a pacific ocean island during world war two. the government recently found his remains inside a burial site there. mattern will receive a proper burial next monday, november 21st, at arlington national cemetery near washington, d-c. dozens of seniors living in a des moines assisted living facility have a month to find a walden point is dropping its assisted living services to become regular senior housing. that means residents who can't take care of themselves have to move. the c-e-o of walden point's management company says they haven't been able to line up a new vendor for food and nursing services. so the owner set the 30 day deadline to drop assisted living services. "13:44-"i just don't know what to do - this was my home and i hate giving it up." " the c-e-o of the management company operating walden point says they are working with social workers and have extra staff on site to help during this transition. the cedar rapids city council has unanimously rejected a townhome project called the commons. a company wanted to build the 50-unit complex on blairs ferry road, about a mile west of edgewood road. the city council turned down the rezoning request after complaints from with a major renovation to the ped mall. last night, the city council voted to hire an engineering firm. crews will improve underground electrical components and pipes. they'll also rework the brick walkway, replace planters and add an elevated stage. as work finishes up on the washington street project, downtown businesses will have a year off from construction. "construction crews have been really mindful of working around the businesses and making sure they have access it'll will always remain open regardless of construction 33:15 " the engineering firm will spend most of next year planning the eight million dollar project. construction will start in 20-18 and will take about two years. a dangerous intersection on highway 20 has re-opened after a complete overhaul. the intersection is where seventh street southwest met highway 20 on the west edge of dyersville. in recent years, several people have died there from from seventh street and created an interchange a little farther west. it removed the turning lanes, and built on- ramps, and an overpass for highway 20. during a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday, the mayor called for a moment of silence as they dedicated the new, safer interchange to the people who've lost their lives. "it's unbelievable how many people have lost their lives here. and this interchange and overpass is going to improve the safety here for everybody. " the total cost of the overpass about 17 million dollars. most children are wearing seat belts the right way, but that number drops for teenagers. the university of iowa's college of public health published a recent survey about seat belt compliance. it says more than 90 percent of parents with children 13 and younger buckled them up the right way. for kids ages 14 to 17 that percentage goes down to 83 percent. and august this year. they questioned people at gas stations and fast food restaurants in 36 cities here in iowa. a coffee shop in cedar rapids has moved to better cater to its customers. the owner of the early bird caf says the move just made sense. plan on another decent november some fog around, especially in river valleys and wide open areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday. we will likely wake up friday morning in the 60s. do not be fooled by this, as temperatures should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 thanks kaj. plan on another decent november day. like yesterday, there may be some fog around, espe areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday. we will likely wake up friday morning in the 60s. do not be fooled by this, as temperatures should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days. today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 cedar rapids is serving a new purpose. the early bird is now open in part of that space. the owner says the coffee shop's lease with the towne center building ended in october so she decided to move locations. "a lot of our business customers are clients that lot of meetings happen here so it just seems like a logical space." the early bird's weekday hours will stay the same. and it is now open from seven until 11 saturday mornings. president elect donald trump says he is appointing the new environmental protection agency administrator. in today's agribusiness report, why trump say that person must be farmer friendly. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good z24zvz z12fz months.. a new environmental protection agency administrator will be appointed.. and president elect donald trump says that person will be farmer friendly.. but looking back at the last eight years.. the e- p-a has had to engage a lot their rules.. or tasks are finished up.. but the old e-p-a administration.. wants to make a smooth move.. to the new one.. "so we'll begin working with the transition team, identifying the issues that that are ongoing. identifying some of the challenges we see that continue into the next administration. provide them with information, and do anything we can to help them to get off to a running start once they're in place in january." carleton says they a few decisions to make concerning some more pesticide registrations, the announcement to the renewable fuel standard, which he says is on track.. they also have worker protection standards.. and have to put certified training rules in place... one of the achievements of the agency.. according to carleton.. is the waters of the u.s. rule.. which he admits as controversial.. another achievement.. was that the agency has approved nearly four for producers.. carleton says working with agriculture is important.. but not easy.. "just to address some of the challenges that we have to protect public health in the environment while making sure that our farmers and ranchers can do the things that they need to do to produce." ---- farmers had a perfect week to wrap up harvesting.. nearly the full seven days were good for field work according to the iowa crop progress report.. corn harvest is finally on a normal pace.. 94 percent has been harvested.. the first time this year progress was not behind the five year average. moisture content is at 16 reporting on the soybean harvest.. because it's nearly all done.. however.. southwest and south central iowa still have about 10 percent left of its soybean crop to harvest. grain movement has slowed down.. about 55 percent moderate to heavy.. ---- it was a bit of a turnaround tuesday.. livestock sectors... breached the red.. but corn and beans are back up.. the real strength from the corn market and also on the wheat market, we got down to very competitive levels in the world when we reached "same thing on wheat, the hard red winter wheat is the cheapest wheat in the world. the corn's the cheapest corn in the world up to march, so we're very competitive, that's given us some strength. we're also seeing some funds that are short positions buying back some of their positions, and that's also given strength to some soybeans. but the weather in south america is near ideal, but the weather watch is on in argentina in a la nina year." "the product market remains are focused on wednesday's video auctions for fat cattle. that's been setting a bit of the tone. so that's given us a bit of a handcuff trade today." "the hog market really is just under a little bit of pressure today. cash market continues to push lower. it's been a steady grind to the down side. we have bigger numbers ahead. it looks like the kill this week is again hog market seasonally under pressure as the turkeys over there are pressuring us a little bit also." --- in.. i hope to see you again tomorrow. ---- we'll post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg.com. i'm david geiger with the agribusiness report. trt oc: standard there may not be any snow on the ground, but leaves are a different story. those piles of ankle deep leaves in your yard can block out the sunlight and kill the grass underneath. how to make the leftover leaves pull double duty, day. like yesterday, there may be valleys and wide open areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday. we will likely wake up as temperatures should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days.today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 when left alone, fallen leaves list report, we look at the different ways to remove those leaves and what to expect if you hire someone to do it for you. ""using a mulching mower to clear your leaves is easier than using a rake and can help the leaves decompose quicker. be sure that you do this, though, before the leaves become too thick or when they're wet. " ""it's okay to leave a little bit of that - it's organic matter - if you can mulch it up and kind of mow over it, but if you that becomes an issue of choking out the turf and thinning out, and costing you more money in the long run." " raking leaves is strenuous work, but it's essential to keep your lawn lush and healthy. mold, in particular, is one problem with letting leaves collect. you can mulch them back into your lawn, but you'll need to stay on top of it as they continue to fall. most pros will rake, blow and vacuum leaves away depending on the layout of your yard. angie's list members report angie says to wait until you have leaves on the ground before getting free, in-person estimates from different contractors. for more tips and tricks, check out angie's list dot com. an iowa lawmaker is calling his new idea "suck it up legislation". he wants to be able to take away money from state universities that use it for students upset about the presidential election. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, early morning news. some students say a peaceful march against discrimination gave them hope about the future after recent hate crimes. a coffee shop is helping collect donations for cedar rapids police after a woman's rant about officers wearing black bands to a company is setting up two scholarships at a central iowa college to honor those two officers killed near des moines. faculty remember the impact the two left behind. good wednesday morning! it's 530 on november 16th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another decent november day. like yesterday, there may be some fog around, especially in river valleys and wide op visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday. we will likely wake up friday morning in the should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days.today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 thanks kaj. their anti-hate and discrimination march is starting discussions about prejudice in their community and classrooms. the march was several days after an sudanese- american family found this note outside their home in iowa city. it reads quote "you can go home now" followed by incident as a hate crime. kcrg t-v-nine's jordee kalk reports on the concerns circling iowa city. hundreds in iowa city gathered one week after the presidential election to protest hate and discrimination in their community. nat the prostestors marched through downtown iowa city for about 15 minutes before landing at the parents and concerned community members joined hand in hand, and chanted for a future that's free of hate and discrimination. iowa city west high school students organized this rally. students say discrimination is not just happening on the streets of their community, but also in school hallways. lujayne hamad29:12, "i felt i was too young as a 15 year old to lose hope in the world but this has made me feel a lot better." jordee:now students hope this protest will open the stage for a larger discussion of how to end hate and discrimination in this community. they discussed hope they will be given more classtime to discuss how to end hate and discrimination. in iowa city, jordee kalk, kcrg tv9 news. a cedar rapids group, positive words and actions, is organizing a supportive rally today. the organization says it is standing up for muslim americans, immigrants and racial minorities. supporters will meet from 6 to 7-30 tonight near first avenue and seventh street northeast. says he'll introduce legislation to cut the budgets of state universities spending money on students upset about the presidential election. state representativ e bobby kaufmann is calling the it the suck it up buttercup bill. kaufmann wants the house oversight committee to clarify state laws. the bill also targets schools using taxpayer dollars to fund election-related sit-ins and grief counseling beyond what is normally available to students. tuition rates are skyrocketing is absolutely unacceptable to me. " state representativ e phyllis thede says kaufmann's legislation threatens freedom of speech. ""i don't want to go after somebody because they're fearful or they're upset or they're angry. that's not what legislators do." " iowa public four-year universities say they haven't spent any extra money on election- related events. university of northern iowa students and faculty gathered for three sessions to discuss the election and their fears. and faculty held a rally, and university of iowa student groups also held events. the iowa city city council has voted to allow its police department to temporarily "overhire," increasing the diversity of the police force. iowa city budgeted for 66 uniformed officers working the streets. one officer recently left and another will retire by the end of the year. but police can now hire four officers because three of the next four candidates on the certified us in the studio. brea, a lot of police departments are trying to increase diversity. nicole, police in iowa city say if city council didn't approve the over hiring, iowa city police would have probably lost candidates to other departments. and because the city typically needs to hire five or six new officers a year.. officials say it wouldn't cost the city a lot to hirer sooner rather than later. the extra cost will come from temporarily over-staffing. the city will have to find an additional 77-hundred dollars a month for each officer. that's untl retiring. iowa city police say they were lucky to get a number of diverse applicants. "if i wait eight months from now, that won't be the case just because those qualified african-american applicants can go work anywhere they want" " iowa city reserved four training spots at the state law enforcement academy for january. the extra minority officers hired will bring police close to the racial makeup of the entire community. up slightly more than 92 percent of the iowa city department... and black officers just over three percent. with the new hires, that department's makeup would change to 88 percent white officers and almost eight percent black officers. the 2010 census put the black population in the city at just under six percent. and nicole, cedar rapids police are also looking to hire officers for full time positions. you can find more information about qualifications and salary with this story on kcrg dot com. donations ar officers in cedar rapids. it's after a woman verbally attacked police and posted her remarks on facebook. nats - we got popo wearing a black thing on her badge cause she's sorry a couple of cops got whacked. the woman live streamed herself cussing out three officers who were wearing black bands in honor of two officers a gunman killed in des moines this month. the woman's outburst happened at brewhemia in the out for trespassing. now, customers of brewhemia are donating to a cause called operation "blue"-hemia. the coffee shop's owners say it started with a couple of customers offering to buy coffee for police officers. the shop has since moved the campaign to go fund me and has raised more than 12- hundred dollars. "17:26:56 this is more about thank the police that removed the woman and saying hey we appreciate the police and what they do " can't accept gifts worth more than three dollars. brewhemia says if police can't use the funds to buy coffee, it'll donate the money to the police department itself. if you'd like to donate, we've put a link to "operation blue-hemia" in this story on kcrg dot com. casey's general stores is now donating 50- thousand-dollars for two scholarships in memory of the two des moines area police officers killed in a ambush. the scholarships are for simpson college. both sergeant tony martin graduated from simpson with criminal justice degrees. faculty members say they hope the donation helps the officers' memory live on. "both of them have been shining examples to our current students of what we would hope to turn out as officers who are serving the public, and i think that is probably their greatest legacy. " these are endowed annual scholarships. simpson college will determine the criteria for the recipients. united airlines will s airfares but at the cost of other advantages. it's part of a move from several airlines to some fog around, especially in river valleys and wide open areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday 60s. do not be fooled by this, as temperatures should drop to around 40 by 6pm. the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days. today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 to the variety children's charity. the fund supports families caring for a critically ill child. that could mean a gas card to help with travel, meals, or taking care of a phone or electric bill. to donate, you can call the k-m-r-y radiothon at 319-378-6400. we also have a link to donate on or twitter wants to give you more ways to block certain content on the site. it hopes to decrease the amount of negativity as you scroll through your feed. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tv-nine. months - and united airlines wants to attract more budget conscious fliers as it looks to boost profits. the airline announced on tuesday that it will now offer lower "basic economy" fares. if you buy at those prices, you can't pick your seat and you can only bring one carry-on that fits under the seat. you will also be the last to board. the new fares will go on sale in january for flights beginning in march. delta already offers a twitter is figuring out ways to cut down the amount of abuse people see and make it easier to report negative conduct. the social media company is expanding a mute function that allows you to mute accounts they don't want to see. you will also be able to mute keywords, phrases and conversation s. home depot is capitalizing on the benefits of low unemployment, low mortgage rates and rising home prices. the retailer raised its outlook for the year as sales surged in the third an increase in the number of transactions as well as a three percent rise in the amount that customers spent. triple-a is forecasting that 48-point-7 million americans will travel over the thanksgiving weekend. that's the highest number of travelers since 2007, the year before the global financial crisis. triple-a also expects at least one million of those people to go at least 50 miles from home. stay with kcrg-tv9. some fog around, especially in river valleys and wide open areas. be advised that visibility could change rapidly on the commute given the shallow nature of the fog, and you are reminded to keep yourself visible with low beam headlights. plan on highs to go back into the lower 60s in many areas. the next 48 hours will be wild in terms of temperatures. 70s are likely tomorrow in most areas with a free-fall in temperatures around midday friday. we will likely wake up friday morning in the 60s. do not be fooled by this, as temper the weekend continues to look chilly with upper 30s to lower 40s both days.today: early morning fog possible. mostly sunny. wind: se 5-15. high: 62 tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 5-15. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, mild, and breezy. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 60 game, it's the punter. but that wasn't the case in iowa's epic win over michigan. "ron has personality. i guarantee you he's got a lot of personality." "seems like kickers are different personalities than anyone else." a different personality, maybe that's the best way to describe ron coluzzi. just listen to his assessment of what happened on this fourth down play from saturday night. "in all s i got hit, i thought i was on fire, so i stopped, dropped and rolled."coluz zi's front flip and then his subsequent reaction to this running into the kicker penalty became source material for social media jokes. and of course, coluzzi appreciated the humor. "a lot of instagram and twitter memes and it's been pretty funny. some people are really cleaver. i think they have too much free time at home to think of the stuff they have, but it's been a lot of fun." and loose on the biggest state of his football career. "i don't know if you saw me on the kickoff saturday night, but i was waiving to peppers, kind of juking him out and i was playing the air guitar. i was going to the beat of the drums that the band was playing. we're in our own little world." and that world rarely includes the kind of media exposure coluzzi has received the last few days. it's sort of uncharted waters for a punter. "i mean it's pretty cool. it's a lot of fun, but i'm just happy to play for here, i've got a coaching staff that loves me, i've got teammates that are behind me 100% no matter what happens. i more excited to be doing it for them, not really this." but what better personality to handle the spotlight than ron coluzzi. coach ferentz announced today that greg mabin is out for the rest of the regular season with a fracture in his lower leg. offensive tackle cole croston is still out this week. miles taylor and ike boettger are day to day and george kittle the game winning field goal to upset second ranked michigan as fans stormed the field and players learned a lesson not to take their helmets off.. cj as you can see took his off and threw it and they didn't find it until later that night along with a lot of other helmets. "greg, our equipment guy, told me one of the cops walking down the streets saw a kid wearing it downtown or something like that. there were lockerroom. guys were like, 'yeah, we don't know what happened to our helmet'. that's the last thing i was thinking about was my helmet. i figured we'd get them back which in the end we did." trt :24 oc : "...in the end we did." --the john wooden award preseason top 50 was announced today and peter jok and monte morris are on the list. jok, who was named preseason all-big ten, is averaging 20 points through iowa's first two games. the senior shooting guard averaged 16 a game last season and hit 80 three and a half points and 7 assists per game so far for the cyclones. the wooden award is given annually to the top college basketball player in the country. the winner will be announced on april 7th. --women's basketball...io wa state hosting uni...just before half-- ellie herzberg throws up a shot-- no good-- but gets the rebound-- bucket and the foul-- she'd make it a three point play. it was 34-30 at half-- cyclones leading.third quarter -- jada buckley the fade away "j"-- money -- but the pantr there down just two when hannah schonhardt banks in the jumper-- tied at 43. the cyclones would come alive after that-- heather bo-vee the three-- as the cyclones go on to win it 76-68 --former tv9 athlete of the week ryan murphy announced on twitter he will run at the university of arkansas. the senior from linn-mar won the mvc cross country super meet and finished 5th at state. the razorbacks are coached by chris bucknam, who was at uni starting off with a live look at . it's wednesday, november 16th. here's what you need to know today. high schoolers hope their peaceful protest following a hate crime in iowa city will help spark discussions about discrimination. president-elect donald trump says the process for picking his cabinet members national security advisors has suddenly resigned. iowa city police will temporarily have more officers than normal. it will hire three extra people to bring more minorities into the department. police in cedar rapids say they can't release dash camera video of an officer shooting a man two weeks ago. family and supporters of that man protested at a city council meeting. a company has set up two scholarships at simpson college in honor of the two police officers who died in the des moines area. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now,