quick 1-2" of rain is likely in many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5" are also possible. should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the 4th quarter. thanks kaj. they know where the fire at riley's caf near downtown extensively damaged the popular cafe started in or near a ventilation fan in the ceiling over a dishwashing area. the cafe is at 836 first avenune. firefighters got the call about 3-30 yesterday afternoon. it took them a little more than an hour to get the fire under control. one firefighter went to the hospital with a heat-related illness. crews had to remove most of riley's food and check to make sure the fire wasn't spreading. neither of the businesses beside riley's had any fire have smoke damage. the restaurant was closed when the fire started. the diner was part of cedar rapids for nearly 40 years. it could be closed for awhile. "48:14, "there is a good section of the roof of rileys that's either been consumed by fire or firefighters had to rip down to check for fire extension " they say the roof of riley's will have to be repaired, but the rest of the restaurant upset after learning people in a nearby city can purchase more flood insurance than they can. yesterday, they met to learn about their options after flooding hit winneshiek county 2 weeks ago. homes in spillville can only purchase insurance up to $35,000, but people in decorah can purchase up to a quarter of a million dollars. the mayor says the city is stuck at the $35,000 amount because fema's maps are outdated. the federal government hasn't updated them in spillville since 1976. " "when they issued them they ran into a sit they i believe lack of funding and some other stuff came up with the levee, so they shelved the maps, and until those maps are approved, the city of spillville cannot get to the next phase of flood insurance. so our residents are locked in at $35,000, '. " fema is now working on approving new maps, but klimesh says that won't happen until 2019. kcrg-tv9 has reached out to fema to find out why spillville's maps are outdated. training guidelines during their investigation into a substitute teacher's relationship with a student. mary beth haglin admitted having a sexual relationship with a washington high school student. she's charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee. the district says then- principal dr. ralph plagman didn't handle investigations appropriately this past february and april. plagman says he made the wrong call from trusting the wrong people. that allowed haglin to continue teaching. plagman, along johnson, resigned last month. iowa city school district students are heading back to class today. the heat forced the school district to let students out early yesterday for the second time this school year. classrooms like this one inside west high school can get as hot as 90 degrees during the day. the school's principal says kids have been getting sick inside the hot and humid rooms. "we would always prefer to have them in class, you know for the full amount of time, but i have to recognize that students and it's really hard on the teacher." 23 percent of the classrooms in the district don't have air conditioning. the district says it plans to install a-c in those classrooms by 20-23. last week, a motorcycle and a school bus crashed in clayton county, killing the motorcycle rider. now investigators have cited the driver of the clayton ridge school bus for failure to yield while making a left turn. she's charlotte scherer from guttenberg. the crash happened last thursday on great river the motorcycle rider, ronald kephart. he was 50 and from garnavillo. students were on the bus when it happened, but none of them were hurt. a university will analyze possible racial profiling from dubuque police officers during traffic stops. police say internal reports don't show anything alarming, but they want to be transparent. the city council voted six to one last night to hire st. ambrose university to do the 30-thousand dollar study. dubuque's police disparity just based on the numbers. but he says you have to look at other variables like the location of the stops. the st. ambrose group will collect its own data and use location as a variable. "the good thing about it is it gets the truth out there and it gets away from people's opinions. " the group will also study traffic patterns and work to identify the race of each driver at certain points throughout the city. they will start collecting data in the next few months. an iowa man is in jail this kidnapping and holding a woman against her will in a newton motel. police say 38 year old michael darrow held a woman at the econo lodge motel on monday, east of des moines in newton. when the victim tried to get away, investigators say darrow beat and strangled her. eventually, the woman escaped and ran into the lobby of the motel. kimberley plumb was working the front desk and called 9-11 for the victim. she just came running inside the hotel. her lip was cut. she was bleeding. asked me to call 9-11. said that the trucker's got her. so i went and got my cell out the door. the victim ran across the street to a gas station where police officers met up with her. police tracked down darrow a few hours later. officers say he and the victim know each other. a child from cascade, who's just 13 months old, is in intensive care at university of iowa hospitals. sheriff's deputies and firefighters found the child unresponsive the sheriff's office says a parent had left the child there unattended. they tried c-p-r, and eventually flew the child to iowa city. authorities have not released the child's name or condition. the organization providing meals on wheels in several counties says it needs extra money. how they are looking to keep the meals on wheel program serving others... is but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---. occasional showers and storms storms that form will be capable of torrential rainfall rates, and a quick 1-2" of rain is likely in many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5" are occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures falling to the upper 50s around the wheels serving people launches today. elder services, which operates the food program in johnson, washington, iowa and cedar, hopes to raise $250,000. the group says it needs the extra fundi meals. elder services' leaders will meet at the new location in iowa city later today to talk about the plan. - the paralympic torch is now lit... and the games kick off today. breno viola, a black belt judo fighter with down syndrome had the honor of lighting the torch last night before addressing the crowd. the events of the paralympic games will happen at 20 competition sites across four zones in rio de janeiro. organizers have admitted there are concerns over budget problems and slow ticket sales for this iowa football head coach kirk ferentz is signed to the sidelines through the 2025 season after agreeing to a 6-year contract extension. ferentz has just started his 18th season as iowa's head coach.. his new deal will raise his salary to $4.5 million dollars a year. ferentz and oklahoma's bob stoops are major college football's longest- tenured coaches. when the 2025 football season starts, ferentz will be 70 years old. applei announcement events, unveiling new products. what to look for besides the new iphone, coming up in tech bytes. stay with the white house tightening, hillary clinton and donald trump are ratcheting up the attacks. as abc's maggie rulli reports, the two nominees are also pouring in time and both candidates are focusing in on key battleground states. hillary clinton wrapping up yesterday in florida... where she accused trump of insulting america's veterans clinton: his whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who've worn the uniform to protect our most cherished american values and of lacking any real foreign policy plans clinton: he says he has a secret plan to defeat isis, but the sere plan. donald trump - bashing clinton right back while in north carolina... calling out clinton's use of a private email server trump: hillary clinton has taught us all how much of a problem we have by cybersecurity. and saying he is the candidate who can unite america trump: imagine what we could accomplish if we started working toward one people under one god, saluting one flag and with less than three weeks until the first official presidential debate - the two candidates sqaured off in back to back interviews with abc's david muir... pressing clinton about fined by the irs and trump - on his immigration policy trump: what's going to happen is if you're going to be a citizen, you're going to leave and you're going to have to come back o/c close and in the final sprint to election day - we're seeing a slightly a new strategy from clinton. before this week, clinton hadn't taken any questions from the press since the end of july - now she's holding back to back chats on her plane for two days in a row... taking queions on national securityand d that's the r time she's done n the presidential race show two different leaders -- but a close race. the c-n-n - o-r-c poll released yesterday showed republican donald trump at 45% and democrat hillary clinton at 43%. this poll was of 786 likely margin of error. yet hillary clinton holds a 6-point lead over donald trump in an nbc news - survey monkey poll. 48% to 42%. this was an online poll of more than 30,000 registered voters -- with a 1% margin of error. the man who admitted to killing a minnesota boy 27 years ago won't serve any time for that crime. danny heinrich admitted to abducting, sexually assaulting and shooting jacob wetterling on october 22nd, 1989. heinrich led authorities to jacob's body court to the crimes after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. the plea deal, which the wetterling family approved, means he'll serve 20 years for child porn, but nothing for jacob's murder. a california man has admitted to murdering a t-s-a agent at the los angeles international airport, almost 3 years after the shooting. the plea deal will spare paul ciancia's life, but the 26-year-old will spend the rest of his life in federal at the airport in november of 2013. that morning, ciancia also shot 2 other t-s-a officers and a traveler. those 3 all suffered serious injuries, but survived. "he caused a lot of pain to a lot of people and i'm never going to get back my friend. " in a note, ciancia said he was angry with the t-s-a because he said the t-s-a treated every american as a terrorist. now for a quick check on your weather with stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this occasional showers and storms will be scattered around the area today. any storms that form will be capable of torrential rainfall rates, and a quick 1-2" of rain is likely in many areas. over the northern half, isolated rain amounts of 4-5" are also possible. should this occur, flash flooding would be a concern, along with area rivers likely rising into the weekend. thursday continues to look dry with more storms possible on friday. this weekend will be a nice one with highs in the 70s and lows well down into the 50s. kickoff for iowa/iowa state will be in the upper 60s with temperatures ln c's diane macedo and nick watt h in today's "techbytes" -- apple is expected to answer some big questions today. >> first, will the iphone 7 have a headphone jack? it's unlikely. so the next question is, how will you connect the headphones? >> apple may announce a second generation apple watch and new features for apple tv. for those looking for fashion and funk, michael kors is out with a version of a smart watch. and, you're looking at a cool new drone taking to the skies. it takes off kind of like a helicopter and flies like an airplane. hitting speeds up to 50 miles an hour. >> right now, it's a prototype. the goal is to use it for everything from del "techbytes." >> have a great day. listerine? total care helps prevent cavities, strengthens teeth and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine? total care to the total family. listerine? total care. one bottle, six benefits. power to your mouth?. and for kids starting at age six, listerine? smart rinse delivers extra cavity protection after brushing. can't see it. can't taste it. but there's so much more to it. inside us are trillions of good microflora that support digestive health. the prebiotic fiber in benefiber? nourishes them... and what helps them, helps you. clear, taste-free, benefiber?. when you have something you love, you want to protect it. at legalzoom, our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. with an estate plan including wills or a living trust that grows along with you and your family. legalzoom. section. work on rewording. linn county supervisors asked for a rewrite before a second vote on a minimum wage ordinance. services closer to home. that's what people living in dubuque's west side are looking for from their library. good wednesday morning! it's 5 o'clock on september 7th. her first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... occasional showers and storms will be scattered around the area today. any storms that form will be capable of