accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day!today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-15. low: 32 thanks kaj. raising money all day on kcrg-tv9 to help feed seniors. that means every penny raised today goes to the heritage area agency on aging and its senior meals program. last year, with your help, we provides meals delivered to seniors stuck in their home. it also offers meals at several dining sites across the seven-county region heritage serves. last year, that totaled more than 320-thousand meals for seniors in need. statewide, about 72,000 seniors don't know when or where they'll get their next meal. 67% of those getting a meal from heritage are at or below the federal poverty level. it's donations and tet problem. more than a quarter of the program's funding comes from donations. but over the last ten years, those donations have dropped more than 237,000 dollars. federal funding has also been inconsistent. here is how you can help today. call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. a volunteer can take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on volunteer. you'll also find a link for that on kcrg dot-com. president elect donald trump is expected to announce more cabinet picks today. sources say he'll name the health and human services secretary. that's expected to be georgia representativ e tom price. he's a former orthopedic surgeon. he's also a leading critic of president obama's signature health care law. "ever since pres. obama and the democrat-led congress passed the law six years ago, that law's failures have been piling up " price ha obamacare. the most recent bill includes tax credits for buying private policies and putting money in health savings accounts. trump is still meeting with contenders for secretary of state. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. cedar rapids police have identified the two people who died saturday when their vehicle crashed into a police s-u-v on i-380. they were martrell watson and kaitlyn hall- stougard . watson, who was the rapids. police were handling another crash on i-380 southbound near first avenue early saturday morning. that's when watson lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the passenger side and back of the police cruiser. he and his passenger died at the scene. two officers in the car were also injured, but are now out of the hospital. the state fire marshal says the cause of the thanksgiving day fire in central city may never be clear. crews say the fire started about 8 a-m thursday at the iowa gold distributing recycling business. business's buildings and caused some air quality concerns. the state fire marshal's office says the fire started in a building on the west side of the facility.. investigators say they can't figure out what started it because of all the destruction. a judge will decide if former cedar rapids substitute teacher mary beth haglin is guilty of sexually exploiting a student last school year. haglin, who is 24, chose to have a bench trial instead of a jury trial. a judge will prosecutors have already filed. because of that, the charge against her for having sex with a 17 year old is an aggravated misdemeanor, not a felony. the maximum penalty is two years in prison. the judge has promised to make a ruling in about a month. students at ohio state university will go back to class today. that's as investigators figure out why a student attacked several people. authorities say 11 people were hurt when a student drove his car into a group of people on the he then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife. a campus police officer shot and killed the student. police are now investigating whether it was a terrorist attack. a new industrial park in cedar rapids could bring major companies and new jobs to the area. alliant energy announced plans for the big cedar industrial center yesterday. it's an area near edgewood road and 76th avenue sw, north of the eastern iowa airport. alliant says the 1,300 acres the eventual plan is to help iowa compete with other states for large scale businesses. alliant says instead of buying the land, it reached deals with the property owners. "those landowners continue to own the land at this time. they will continue to farm the land, and people will continue to live in some of the houses that are on those acreages at this time. but under the circumstances that a business will come along and be interested in developing that land for their business, they could purchase that land from the landowners." alliant says it has paid some money to the landowners to get them be part of the program. the linn county board of supervisors now has 485 acres of land to expand squaw creek park. the county bought it in early november for more than seven million dollars. it plans to extend its public park and trails as well as create a wetland. the county purchased the land from sutherland dows family trust. the sale will go through in march. the more than 400 acres is between highway 13 and mount vernon road officials say they'll use county reserve money, bond issues, selling land, and the local option protecting the land is their main priority. "there won't be development along the creek. it won't be turned into homes, it won't be turned into businesses. it will remain in a wild woodland state." the county will not use the forty million dollar linn county water and land legacy bonds to pay for the land. some dubuque business leaders say they're tired of disrespect and violence toward law enforcement. so they've organized a fundraiser to a newly formed group made up of bankers, business owners and doctors is launching what they're calling the dubuque k-9 project. they want to raise 100- thousand dollars to buy and train a new police dog for the department. right now dubuque has one full time and one part time k-9 officer. police say another police dog could help cut down on crime. "it's a first hand investment and we think that's the best way to assure that the needs of the police department are properly cared for. " police department or premier bank by december 15th. we have information on how to donate along with this story on kcrg dot com. funding from the annual fill the plate telethon today will help seniors in eastern iowa get meals. we'll show you how you can lend a hand. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---. plan on a nice late november touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day! today: mostly mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-15. low: 32 plan on a nice late november day. we will see lots of highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-15. low: 32 welcome to the agribusiness report, i'm david geiger. ---- iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey participated in a public budget hearing with the governor yesterday.. outlining the department's 2018 budget proposal.. northey requested five hundred thousand dollars for the animal industry bureau.. to helpo and potentially respond to a foreign animal disease outbreak.. northey also supports the proposal passed last year that would give nearly half a billion dollars through 2029 for water quality efforts in the state.. he also asked for six point seven five million dollars for conservation cost shares in 2018.. one point eight million to close agriculture drainage wells.. and a hundred and 50 thousand dollars from the technology reinvestment fun to begin the process of updating database systems.. northey says even though it's a tough time in the budget for the state.. it's important to keep investing into iowa's agriculture.. valued at nearly 13 and a half billion dollars.. ---- seed treatment rights for producers caught a win last week.. the e-p-a.. won a legal battle against many plaintiffs including environmental activists... who wanted the e-p-a to regulate seeds treated with neonicotinoid s as pesticides under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide decided that additional regulation would duplicate the e-p-a's existing regulatory review.. the american soybean association welcomed the development.. they.. as well as croplife america and the american seed trade association had intervened on the side of the e-p-a.. a-s-a president richard wilkins calls the ruling a big step forward in science based system. ---- the three year downtrend of commodity prices may be over according to rabobank estimates.. they say the global population is growing.. with prosperity rising.. fueling a switch to more expensive, meat and dairy rich diets.. rabobank says food prices will be the main hold up.. even with farmers rabobank adds that there is a wildcard with china's commodity stockpiles.. a decision to start selling down that.. could have a big impact on global markets. ---- beans are still going strong into the new week.. market analyst alan boost late last week, from the epa annoucing their 2017 blend requirements. but today we're up against some historically high price levels" "now, having said that, we have pretty good momentum here. export inspections are a little slower than last week but still pretty respectable at over 2 million tons. on corn and wheat, they're kind of tied together. we have plenty of feed grains around the world so the meal will help it a little bit. we've got big supplies and the market's trying to seeing some selling today in the cattle pit. had a tremendous run last week following the cattle on feed report. it showed tighter numbers for dec, jan, feb. basically as far as finished cattle are concerned and we got a pretty good price pop out of that both in the cash market and the board. i think you're just seeing a little month end profit taking here today." "we've had a nice little corrective rally in the hogs it's not hit the main resistance yet. cash, though, is at a two or three dollar discount to the board and if cash doesn't show a little more activity soon, then call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. a volunteer can take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on z24zwz z12fz take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on the home page to donate online. you can also sign-up to volunteer. you'll also find a link for that on kcrg dot-com or you can contact heritage agency at 319- 398-5559 plan on a nice late november day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day!today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 wind: w 10-15. low: 32 the director of the heritage agency joe sample is helping with the telethon this morning. joe, there are two parts to the senior nutrition program - home delivery and meal important? what challenges to seniors, in particular, face in eating healthy? here is how you can help today. call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. a volunteer can take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on the home page to donate online. you can also sign-up to volunteer. you'll also find a link for that on kcrg dot-com together, we raised 115- thousand dollars last year. the program provides meals delivered to homebound seniors. it also offers meals at dining sites across the seven-county region heritage seniors in need. statewide, about 72,000 seniors don't know when or where they'll get their next meal. 67% of those getting a meal from heritage are at or below the federal poverty level. it's donations and telethons like this that fight the program's funding comes from donations. but over the last ten years, those donations have dropped more than 237,000 dollars. federal funding has here is how you can help today. call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. a volunteer can take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on the home page to donate online. you can also sign-up to volunteer. you'll also find a link for that on kcrg dot-com or you can contact heritage agency at 319- we'll be right back with news and weather on we'll be right back with news communities in eastern iowa are cleaning up this morning after tornadoes touched down yesterday. a man in iowa faces terrorism charges after he threatened police officers. police say it hits close to home after two des moines area officers were killed this year. one high school student says he wants to take any opportunity to learn something new. november's student of the month has already started on that path with skills in arts, academics, and athletics. good tuesday morning! it's 530 on november 29th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a nice late november day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the the t showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day!today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w raising money all day on kcrg-tv9 to help feed seniors. that means every penny raised today goes to the heritage area agency on aging and its senior meals program. together, we raised 115- thousand dollars last meals delivered to homebound seniors. it also offers meals at dining sites across the seven-county region heritage serves. last year, that totaled more than 320-thousand meals for seniors in need. statewide, about 72,000 seniors don't know when or where they'll get their next meal. 67% of those getting a meal from heritage are at or below the federal poverty level. the program's funding comes from donations. but over the last ten years, those donations have dropped more than 237,000 dollars. federal funding has also been inconsistent. here is how you can help today. call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. a volunteer can take your donation over the phone. you can also donate online. head to kcrg.com and you'll find a link right on the home page to donate online. you can also sign-up to volunteer. on kcrg dot-com. this morning, some people in grundy and butler counties are picking up after tornadoes caused minor damage. tornadoes are rare this time of the year, but not unheard of. in the coming days, the national weather service will be on the ground surveying the damage. they'll look into this reported tornado, which someone spotted near grundy center just before four o'clock yesterday afternoon. as kcrg t-v nine's jordee kalk learned, there was also a report of a tornado in expected to continue later today. most of the damage is where i am here on the northeast side of town. the city says the home that had the most damage is along orchid drive. i spoke to the homeowner there and she says she's missing a few shingles off the roof of her home but nothing too severe. she just tells me she's glad both she and her husband are safe she also says this storm is less severe than the storm in 2008. again there were no you. the first of 3 finalists for university of northern iowa president is coming to cedar falls today. he left his last university abruptly... faculty, staff, students, and community members. just this past summer, the board at temple university planned to dismiss theobald as the school's president after a "no" confidence vote. he resigned a few days later. people can attend a public forum for him today from 2:30 to 3:45 at u-n-i's maucker union. the state regents plan to choose a finalist from the three candidates next week. some students have a knack for telling creative stories. ryan adams, a senior from independence, has lots of stories to tell based on his long list of activities. but stories with video. here is our kcrg-tv9 student of the month, presented by hills bank and trust. nats assembling the camera 18-year-old ryan adams knows how to do a little bit of everything. "i wasn't familiar with the cameras at all until last year..." he takes the initiative to learn new things, which is why ryan does so much. "there's so many great people in every department and activity i'm involved in. but music is really become passionate about." ryan is a leader on his school's drumline. he's also a singer, active in musical theatre and plays local gigs with his own rock band. "music has been able to give me emotion that words can't. and that's something really powerful." in addition to the arts, he's a decorated athlete - qualifying for state in track and cross country. now in his senior year - he's got his eye on the future, focusing on film making projects. "right now, wrestling team on making videos for their pre-season hype up." talking with coach "for him to come in as an intership student and kind of hone his skills and see how he can put technology into athletics is kind of a nice challenge for him." i'll have you look right here "i really believe that there is so much to learn out there. and that motivates me to want to "he's about as far as most college students would be in terms of working on the job and doing things that most adults are able to do at a high school level. " whether it's running for a medal or putting together a video project - ryan will continue to set high goals for his future. " the main driving factor in my life is all that there is out there for opportunities for me, not just here at school, but also out in the community, out in the world, " ryan adams, our kcrg-tv9 student of the month. ryan says he's visiting several colleges to find the right fit. he wants to go into digital cinema or communication s. if you would like to nominate a student, head to kcrg dot com slash student of the month. we'll take a break for december and announce three finalists in january. thousands of senior citizens don't know where their next meal is coming from. that's why right now we are the plate telethon. and its underway the plate telethon. and its underway right now and you can donate. sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. day! today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-15. low: 32 joining us now is tim getty with heritage area plan on a nice late november day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day! today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered flurries. wind: w 10-15. low: 32 joining us now is tim getty with heritage area plan on a nice late november day. we w highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond morrowmes up later this weekend. ve a good y! today: mostly sunny. wind: 55. high: 50 tonight:st oy. wi. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 155.gh: 3d flurries. wind: w 10-15low: 32i we have a bunch of volunteers here helping now - but you also need volunteers to run the progr volunteers in the senior meal program? is it difficult to find enough volunteers for these programs? here is how you can help today. call our phone bank here. 319-399-6000. you can also donate online. head to kcrg dot-com and you'll find a link right on the home page to donate online. you can also sign-up to volunteer. you'll also find a link for we raised 115- thousand dollars last year. the program provides meals delivered to homebound seniors. seven-county region heritage serves. last year, that totaled more than 320-thousand meals for seniors in need. statewide, about 72,000 seniors don't know when or where they'll get their next meal. 67% of those gettin from heritage are at or below the federal poverty level. it's donations and telethons like this that fight the problem. more than a quarter of the program's funding comes from donations. but over the food insecurity and the need for good nutrition programs for an aging population is a concern anywhere in eastern iowa. but those who serve rural populations often face extra hurdles. kcrg tv nine's dave franzman looks at what it takes to run a meals program in north english community center fills a big need both here and in the nearby communities of south english, millersburg, parnell and williamsburg. sot/nat just three full time workers produce more than 10-thousand meals a year for an aging population. in this part of iowa and keokuk counties, there are few public transportation options and not much of a safety net of other services for community is often call on to do more. " they can go from being well fed to not doing well at all in a shorter period of time...fewer people checking in on them " the small staff and a handful of volunteers often take time to visit and get to know the homebound or shut-in clients. almost 90 percent receiving the meals live alone. if those doing deliveries see something. "so we know to call their family...to say they're not looking right, not acting right you might want to consider calling or stopping by to check on them and it's something we enjoy doing we're glad to do it easing the burdens of the family and the client" jeri pierce is glad someone is checking up on her as well as delivering daily meals. after two strokes, at age 59, she's basically homebound and has no family nearby. "they call me every day. call me at 8:00 o'clock in the morning. " " in a small rural community like this, a food cr unexpected ways. for instance, the only grocery store in north english closed for six months earlier this year before reopening with new owners. so if you're an elderly person who is homebound, what do you do? " with no groceries available and many clients unable to drive, the north english center prepared extra meals for months to make sure clients had access to food for both breakfast and lunch. even with that crisis clients to appointments like doctor's visits or shopping trips. in a small rural area like north english, a meals program often involves more than just food. day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction in visibility could occur in the more robust snow showers. this also looks to be another typical cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes day!today: mostly sunny. wind: sw 5-15. high: 50 tonight: mostly cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 31 tomorrow: chance of light snow. little to no accumulation. wind: w 15-25. high: 38 tom. night: scattered urries. wind: w 10-15. low: plan on a nice late november day. we will see lots of sunshine in many areas with highs briefly touching 50 degrees. beginning late tonight, more clouds will rotate back into the region and will allow for snow showers to develop across the area tomorrow, especially in the afternoon hours. these snow showers will be wind driven, and while no accumulation s are likely, a brief reduction cloudy week too with little chance to see the sun beyond today. our next chance of precipitation beyond tomorrow comes up later this weekend. have a good day!today: mostly sunny. wind: y cloywind: w 5-10. low: 31 morrow: chance of light snow. t. lets start off with some hoops. defending state champion xavier opened the season tonight against mount pleasant. --the panthers with 4 starters back this season and the saints return plenty of firepower as well....one of those guys is dribble and hits the jumper...saints up 13... --then it's mims in transition...he takes it himself and gives xavier a 26-10 lead... --mount pleasant trying to rally...brady sartorius with the nice backdoor cut to as he pulls the panthers within 12... --but xavier just has too many weapons....jac kson joens buries a 3 as the saints open the season with a 55-45 win over mount pleasant. --it's a huge week for the iowa women's basketball team. the hawkeyes begin a four game homestand by hosting notre dame on we as the number one team in the country. the hawkeyes hung with 9th ranked ucla for three quarters last thursday and that has the team confident they can also play with the irish. "we played really well in those three quarters, so we know we can carry that energy with us and play against any team in the country." "we were really playing very well against ucla and in the end couldn't drop down a couple threes. otherwise, we played two good opponents and played pretty darn well. i'm happy with where we are right now, know it's an about it." "knowing that we can keep up with some of the top teams in the country, that's just giving us an extra boost of confidence heading into this game." trt :30 oc: "...heading into this game." football news. iowa all-american corner desmond king will play in the senior bowl. the missouri valley conference announced their all-conference teams today senior defensive tackle karter schult who was named the defensive player of the year was named to the first team. schult led all d-one football with in addition to schult.. linebacker jared farley uni's leading tackler with 80 was second team along with defensive backs elijah campbell and malcolm washington.. and offensive lineman trevor hanson and robert rachie also second team. iowa state senior kicker cole netten was named the big 12 special teams player of the week. the ankeny iowa native capped off his career going 4-4 on field goals. netten is third national hitting 16 of 17 good morning from kcrg-tv9. starting off with a live look at . it's tuesday, november 29th. here's what you need to know today. kcrg-tv9 is working with the heritage area agency on aging for the fill the plate telethon today. you can donate to help give meals to senior citizens who need them. peop up this morning after tornadoes. in a rare event, some tornadoes did touch down. students at ohio state university will go to class today. this, after a student attacked and hurt 11 others on campus yesterday. a judge says he'll likely make a decision on a former substitute teacher's case in about a month. mary beth haglin faces a charge of sexual exploitation. alliant energy hopes to bring businesses to a new industrial park to cedar rapids. it will be the largest one in