Plan on a warm and windy day. Record highs will likely be tied or broken in many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild night continues to look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 60 tomorrow windy tshowers possible withfalling t nd w 2535 high 62 tom. Night are possible. Windy. Wind willst ov thanks kaj. Pped cedari casino on the agenda today for the iowa racing and gaming commission. Wild rose entertainment wants to build a 40million across from the doubletree hotel. It would be much smaller than the plan the commission rejected two years ago. Casinos in iowa must have a nonprofit partner. And as kcrg tv9s Forrest Saunders reports, wild rose is pairing with the newlyformed cedar River Alliance for gaming. Plans are still in the works, but if this becomes a least 4 of annual gaming revenue. Thats more than the state minimum of three. It could add up to a lot of money for charitable needs in the county. Wild rose is averaging about 1. 5 million per casino. Given that ours is probably that were the second largest city in the state wed be north of that. The boutique would be smaller than the last proposal by Cedar Rapids Development group. This time, fewer games, no restaurants. The total cost is a fraction of what it was 40 rose thinks the size reduction will decrease the amount of revenue loss felt by nearby casinos a Sticking Point for gaming commissioners last time. Im not guaranteeing what the commission will do or wont do. But, i know that something scaled down has a lot better chance than what was proposed before. Developers may get some insight into what commissiors are feeling duringe endahowsdiscussion time for wil intent to file for a license. Comssioner and former chair jeff lamber ithe group ll likely talko ming for theapp. Butao how members feel aboutthe. Lamberti said quote i believe the market is pretty saturated. Whether apific proposal would be favobly considered would likely be based uponour m market study right now to determine the impact on other area the next four to six weeks the linn county board of supervisors will swear in its newest member this morning. Stacey walker won the election for the district two supervisor. The cedar rapids native has served on an Area Task Force trying to reduce poverty as a method of decreasing violence. A Wartburg College senior is now the newest member for the Bremer County soil and water commission. And he was a write in candidate. Jesse kielman campaigned for just 10 hours on election day. He says he was interested in the position, until his mom called and told him she wrote him in. So, kielman decided to ask his friends to do the same. 33 37, i had a lot of people tell me maybe if you ran campaign that was mire 10 hours i would vote for you, thats a fair criticism ill take that kielman will join the commission after the first of the year. He wont be able to vote because theres already a commissioner from his ward, but he will have input. Leaders for the next legislative session. Linda upmeyer of clear lake will again serve as house speaker. And Chris Hagenow from Windsor Heights will be majority leader. They say there have been no formal discussions about what the republican majority will focus on next year. But they expect issues to include tax cuts, water quality, and education. They say they realize voters are hungry for change. People were frustrated with washington. In iowa we want to fight against the same type of environment. What my voters told me may be different, well come and put it together, listening to fol the next legislative session begins on january ninth. Some eastern iowa Gun Shop Owners say they arent seeing as many customers as they usually do after an election. Could introduce new restrictions on weapons and ammunition. So generally, they stock up. But following this election, store owners says there wasnt the usual rush. One owner says sales were up about 25 percent for three weeks before the election. After trumps victory, sales fell back to normal. Another owner says thats probably because gun owners predict there wont be any significant gun restrictions. I would say people are maybe getting a little more informed about. You need to go do something about this legislation wise. Buyi your basement doesnt change the laws traugh says he had several buyers order new guns the day before the election. The next day, they canceled the orders. Iowa congressman Dave Loebsack has joined other democrats in calling for president elect donald trump to rescind his appointment of white house chief strategist. Altogether 169 house members oppose the and hatefilled statements should have no place in the white house. Bannon is the former ceo of the conservative Breitbart News network. Bannon and the news site have been criticized for appealing to nationalists and white supremacists. Iowa representativ e steve king says he sees no issue with high level security clearances for the president elects family. Experts have speculated in recent days that trump was trying to get top security clearance for his adult children. But trump says thats not true. He recently tweeted that story. King says if trump wanted to clue his children in on high level white house policy, he should be able to. If donald trump, president elect, wants to bring his family members into highlevel positions where they would need security clearance, i do not have a philosophical or a legal or a logical reason why that shouldnt happen. Yesterday, the president of the Czech Republic thanked trumps ex wife, ivana, for her to prague. Trumps president ial Transition Team hasnt confirmed that appointment. Some sixth graders are trying to stop the arguing and fighting theyve seen since the election. These students belong to whats called a joyologist club at at their school in carlisle, south of des moines. The group is trying to spread joy to their classmates. Theyre also coming up with ways to reach out to students who might deal with discrimination. The groups young leader admits its a challenge to encourage people to think about others feelings. Were trying to like get the its kind of hard to get everybody to stop. The students say they also wish adults would grow up, act more like children, and spread joy like they are trying to do. I see tons of recyclable material coming through, literally tons, but you dont get to see the end result all the time one organization is reworking plastic winter days. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkably mild night continues to look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 hundreds of kids in the quad arrives. But these arent just any ordinary coats. Its actually recycled Water Bottles that will keep them warm. 700 fleece coats, each made out of 25 plastic bottles, will now be sent out to kids in the quad cities. The Keep America Beautiful organization donated the jackets. A coats for kids official says the organization gets some larger donations each year, but this one is the biggest, and the most unusual. The addition of the fleece coats, were just able to give them they normally wouldnt have access to. Zimmer says the jackets also offer perspective into what recycling can really do. Amazon is giving customers xray vision. In todays tech bytes, new app now allows shoppers to see whats inside their package, without even opening it stay with tv9. Its. Hillary clinton has made her white house. And president elect donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet, meeting with a potential secretary of state candidate today. Heres abcs janai norman, the democratic president ial nominee making her first public appearance since the crushing loss. Sot clinton i know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am too, more than i can ever express. Sot boxer boxer remember, Hillary Clinton got that . Yes up big in the popular vote, by the time all the votes are counted, she may well end up with more raw votes than all but one of the men ever elected. The exception . Barack obama. Sot clinton there have been a few times this past week, when all i wanted to do was curl up with a good book and our dogs and never leave the house again . At the same time, turmoil for the trump transition. Sot rogers i think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. Former team member and congressman mike rogers commenting on reports of disorder polluting the president ial transition. But trump trying to remain optimistic in a tweet that sounded like a taking place. At the center of the transition. Jared kushner, trumps soninlaw. Abc news confirming, the Transitions Team has requested National Security clearance for the Real Estate Developer who has no government experience. This as the president elect deals with backlash surrounding the hiring of steve bannon, former head of Brietbart News with alleged ties to white supremacists. Jn tag trump is holding another series of meetings today with advisors and political leaders. Among them, former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and South Carolina governor nikki haley. Of state. Airport employee was probably a retaliation attack. Police say the shooter, lloyd buie of oklahoma city, used to work for southwest airlines. Investigators believe he shot and killed 52yearold Michael Winchester on tuesday in retaliation for circumstance s that led to buie leaving his job. They say winchester was not his immediate supervisor. We do not know if mr. Winchester was the intended victim. But it is possible the suspect acted in t circumstances leading up to his resignation police found buie dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound shortly after tuesday afternoons shooting. 4c Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling several cheese brands nationwide for possible salmonella contamination. Those brands include 4c grated cheese, homestyle grated cheese, and cento dates between november 12th, 2016 and november 12th, 2018. No one has reported getting sick from the cheeses. You can find a list of the recalled cheeses on kcrg dot com. An iowa native is about to become the oldest woman to go into space. Today, nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson will head to space at the age of 56. She grew up in beaconsfield, a small town in southwest iowa. This is her third trip to the International Space station. This time, she astronauts will spend five months on the station doing research. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Will likely be tied or broken in many areas this afternoon as temperatures warm into the 7075 range. Plan on gusty south wind to accompany the warm air. Tonight, a remarkabl look likely with lows around 60. However, this will not last as our powerful cold front makes progress through the area later tomorrow morning. We will likely fall to around 40 by sunset, so ensure you have a jacket with you in a car when you leave tomorrow morning. In the wake of this front, the coolest air of the season will pour into the region as lows fall well down into the 20s and highs struggle to make 40 both saturday and sunday. Today partly cloudy, breezy and mild. Record highs possible. Wind s 1525. High 74 tonight partly cloudy. Very mild. Wind s 1020. Low 60 tomorrow windy with showers possible with falling temperatures. Wind w 2535 high 62 tom. Night a few sprinkles flurries are possible. Windy. Wind will gust over 35 mph. Low 29 abcs diane macedo and kendis mornings techbytes. In todays techbytes amazon is now offering customers xray vision. Maybe you need to know whats inside a box thats been delivered. Well, now, ios users can scan the bar code using the amazon app camera icon. Could come in handy for gifts. And you can send them back if you dont like them. Starting is cutting the prim membership cost. It includes a 30minute head start on plaque friday lightning deals. And google earth has launched the Virtual Reality version. Users can sore into space. It is pretty cool though. He have a great day. Oh, look. Another antiwrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. Neutrogena . Rapid wrinkle repair works. In one week. With the. 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