Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. This weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, high around 77. Tonight clear, low around 54. Tomorrow mostly sunny, high around 79. Thanks kaj. A 58 year old cedar rapids man has life threatening injuries this morning from a crash with a deer on his motorcycle. Paramedics lewis access road and Cedar Heights trail Near Center Point around 130. Officials say the driver, michael long, wasnt wearing a helmet. Floridas governor is asking people in his state to evacuate this morning. But many are staying put and have decided to weather hermine. Abcs Adrienne Bankert reports, its the first hurricance to make landfall since 2005. Hurricane hermine. Making landfall. And gaining momentum. A. From sarasota, where some residents were trapped in their homes flash flooding in places like clearwater. Hermine contiuies to batter parts of floridas coast. With 12 foot waves. 10 inches of rain expected. Nats please protect property and evacuate immediately the governor urging floridians to get ready with three days worth of supplies sot gov. Rick scott floridabottom line this is lifethreatening. Sot mos we bought cases of water. Im still a little worried about the tidal surge. But some are still in town. Riding out the waves . Despite this is really severe sot mos still about 4 1 2 inches of water inside of the house. Many saying they want to protect boats. Sot jay you gotta stay on your boat so you can loosen your line and tighten your line. And their homes . Up to the last minute. Doing all they call to board up windows. Putting down sandbags. And moving to higher ground. Tag and things are expected to worsen through the Holiday Weekend with Tropical Storm watches and warnings in effect all the way up through the jersey shore. Adrienne bankert abc news new york. Just to give you a little more perspective on the size of this storm, this is what it looks like from space. These images from nasa shows Tropical Storm hermine approaching and landing in florida this morning. Us National Hurricane center hermine has weakened to a Tropical Storm as it moves farther this morning after some rough weather from Tropical Storm madeline. Now everyones watching hurricane lester. The category 3 storm is moving closer to hawaii. The center of lester will pass close to or over the Hawaiian Islands this weekend. One red cross volunteer from cedar rapids has left for hawaii. Hell help People Get Ready for the storm. Our community, the way i look at it, community doesnt stop at the city line or county line, so im happy to go to another part of the country and help. Forecasters are predicting lester will have maximum sustained winds near 125 miles per hour. Get on the ground, now hands behind your back this video shows a Police Officer in waterloo pulling a mans hair, hitting his head, and using Strong Language during an arrest in april. Police just released this yesterday. They say it came after a dangerous high speed chase in waterloo. Now a state Prosecutor Says the officer who charges. The Prosecutor Says jurors could potentially understand why officer Adam Wittmayer was upset. But for 24yearold montavis keller, thats not the case. Police say hes the man who started the high speed chase. That chase reached 90 miles an hour in and out of waterloo. Police say keller almost hit wittmayer as he put down spike strips, which eventually ended the chase. Police chief dan trelka says his officers behavior in even though the officer was almost struck under any circumstances we dont condone that type of behavior thats why we issued an internal investigation and ultimately disciplined the officer trelka did not go into the details of that discipline. But he says it was significant a teenager in waterloo is recovering from a gunshot wound he got during a shooting we first reported yesterday. That was one of multiple incidents involving guns that all happened heres a look at where 3 different incidents occurred the shooting, then a gunfire incident and a robbery. The crime scenes were scattered all throughout waterloo. Police are still trying to figure out if theyre connected. The first shooting happened at a home at 319 newell street about 9 wednesday night. According to the waterloo cedar falls courier, a bullet hit David Wright Jr in the leg. Hes 18. Police expect him to recover. Earlier this year, someone shot at wright while he was sitting in a car. Those shootings happened in april and july. Waterloo police hav store robbery or gunfire at a house on west mullan avenue. No one was injured in either incident. A former School Bus Attendant in cedar rapids faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison for enticing young girls who rode on his bus. Tyler konigsmark has pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of minors. Hes 20 and from cedar rapids. He says he asked three girls who were 12 to 14 years old for sexually explicit the 12 year old. The court has not set a sentencing date. Family and neighbors in dubuque say they are still grieving over the loss of nancy krapfl. The 66 Year Old Church secretary was on an Early Morning walk one year ago when police say a man attacked her and beat her to death. Family and friends held a vigil in jackson park last night. There, they prayed and released balloons with messages written on them. Her family members say she was a selfless person. ,its just the anniversary of an event that we hoped would never happen but t isnt the same since her death. Police arrested Helmon Betwell for 1st degree murder and 1st degree sexual abuse in the case. Police say he was breaking into cars at the time, saw krapfl at that early hour, and then severely beat her and raped her. He told officers that he had Nothing Better to do. Right now he is in a facility where he can get a psychiatric hawkeye football coach hayden fry is ready for its big reveal today. Coralville plans to unveil the statueduring the annual fry fest activities. Before, as you can see, the statue was in storage at the coralville marriott. The city used money from past fryfest events and other festivals to pay for it. The reveal is just one of the many activities youll find at this years fry fest. With just one day between them and the start of the footbal the 8th annual fry fest to live, eat, and breathe hawkeye football. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us from the iowa river landing. Brea, whats happening this year . Chris and nicole, its a celebration of all that is hawkeye. From the block party, to the trade show, to the huge pep rally it should be a good time for all fans. Im standing here with. Clarissa kane, brian mcdonald, tom ondrejicka. Could you tell us about some of the events happening . What kind of things can we see theyre planning to come out . Thanks. Fry fest starts tonight at 9 am and ends with fireworks at 10. For a full list of events visit kcrg dot com live in coralville, brea love, kcrgtv nine news. Fryfest 2016 is celebrating hawkeye rivalries in light of the great historymaking success of the 2015 iowa football season. Iowa currently holds the heartland, cyhawk, heroes, floyd of rosedale and big ten west trophies for the teams wins over wisconsin, iowa state, nebraska and minnesota, respectively. Please read below for a brief history of each rivalry and trophy. All throughout the tradeshow its a hightech hotel that is the first of its the first of its kind in the midwest. The new hilton brand of hotels has a modern vibe with amenities to match. When they will break ground in cedar rpi but right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. This weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, high around 77. Tonight clear, low around 54. Tomorrow mostly sunny, high around 79. Sunday mostly sunny, high around 82. Thanks kaj. Today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, high around 77. Tonight clear, low around 54. Tomorrow mostly sunny, high around 79. Sunday mostly sunny, high around 82. Rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. This weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, high sunny, high around 79. Sunday mostly sunny, high around 82. Meteorological fall season, but were already planning for cooler weather. This winter you can help keep kids warm with our coats for kids campaign. Were collecting new or gently used coats all this month. Then well pass them out to kids. Go to kcrg dot com for a full list of donation sites. You can also donate money online. A new hotel is coming to the westdale area of cedar rapids. The name is tru by kind in the midwest. The hotel will sit right off williams boulevard at 3900 westdale parkway sw. The groundbreaki ng will be september 13th. The hotel hopes to open in the fall of 2017. The tru by hilton brand of hotels started earlier this year. They feature amenities like digital key entry, the ability to check in through an app, and something called the hive. Thats an open concept area in the lobby with separate spaces to work, lounge, eat, and play. Westdales bringing this type of hotel to cedar rapids because it appeals to business and leisure travelers. Samsung is looking into some fiery problems with one of its new devices. The questions you should be asking if you have a Samsung Galaxy note smartphone in todays tech bytes. Exploded at its Cape Canaveral launch pad. The fiery explosion also destroyed a satelitte facebook was counting on to spread Internet Service in africa. It happened during a test fire. Spacex sends satellites and rockets that carry supplies to the International Space station. There were no injuries in the explosion. One florida senator says failures like this shouldnt stop future launches. Space flight is risky business. The fact is that we have triumphs and we have setbacks and this is a temporary spacex attributues the explosion to a problem on the launch pad. For the first time ever, researchers say theyve found mosquitoes carrying the zika virus in the us. They found 3 mosquitoes carrying the virus in miami beach, florida. Health officials in southern florida have been fighting zika for weeks, imposing mosquitocontrol measures and trapping in affected neighborhood gotten anywhere. We will be asking the federal and state govt for additional funds as we move on in this fight against zika. But that doesnt mean we are stopping any of our efforts waiting for those funds to happen. We have the funds necessary in order to combat zika. Zika causes just mild symptoms in most people. But it can cause severe birth defects for pregnant women. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Stay with tv9. Its. Now, one last look at this today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. This weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great weekend toda y mostly sunny, high around 77. Tonight clear, low around 54. Tomorrow mostly sunny, high around 79. Sunday mostly sunny, high around 82. Abcs diane macedo and devin dwyer have todays we have breaking tech news. Sam swrn sung is suspending sales of the new blockbuster phone. Yeah, batter ris of the new phone have exploded while cha charging. More than 1 million of the phones have been sold since they debuted two weeks ago. Customers can now eggs change the phone for another model. And check out this new hightech tractor. Its in its monitored and controlled using a computer or a tablet. And the sony walkman was once the thing to listen to music. It became the beone of the best sells gadgets of all time. The new one is plated in real gold. Its about. It does. Those are your techbytes. . When is your flu shot more than a flu shot . When it helps give a lifesaving vaccine to a child in need. . Thanks to customers like you, walgreens get a shot. Give a shot. Program has helped provide 15 million vaccines through the un foundation. Its that easy to make a difference. . Walgreens. At the corner of happy and healthy. Oh wow, what kind of underwear are those . Theyre breathable underwear from fruit of the loom. Wait, fruit of the loom makes breathable underwear . Yeah, they have tiny holes to let the air through but. Yessss. I love them. Stay cool with breathable underwear from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. A commonly used detour to avoid i380 during peak commute times will soon close. According to triple a, gas prices for labor day this year are the cheapest theyve been for the Holiday Weekend since 2004. One day until the start of the hawkeye football se most of it. I have more on that coming up in a live report. Good friday morning its 5 oclock on september 2. Heres a live look at the city cam. First, meteorologis t kaj omara
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