first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood crews and families around iowa will be cleaning up neighborhood s after severe weather crossed the state. most of eastern iowa was on watch for tornados yesterday afternoon, when the sun had already set. in des moines, people found widespread damage across much of the southwest side. high winds blew through - and in seconds these massive oak trees crumbled. strong winds shattered the glass on the second floor an elementary school. it snapped a power pole at its base. ""my heart just stopped - i couldn't believe how much damage happened in such a short amount of time - it's unbeliebable." " whether the damage there was the result of straight line winds or an actual tornado is up for debate. the national weather service will be surveying the area to make that official determination. new estimates show iowa drivers have a greater chance of hitting a deer this year. state farm insurance says iowa's risk ranks third in the u-s. the data shows drivers in iowa have a one in 68 chance of hitting a deer. last year, it was a one in 77 chance. state farm says it uses claims data and the number of state licensed drivers to determine the estimates. deer hunter and former d-n-r representativ e joe wilkinson says the deer population in iowa is holding relatively stable. he estimates hunters will kill about 75-thousand deer between now and early january. hunters play a key role in keeping the deer population from getting out of control. he says deer are a little more active right now because it's breeding season. "doe's aren't ready to breed, they will run this way and the bucks will chase them, they'll go around in circles, they don't, they're not acting like they do the other 11 months of the year. " wilkinson says in the early 2000's the deer population was much higher. that's before the d-n-r loosened hunting restrictions. people living in marion have a better idea of the plans for the proposed mixed-use the library board wants to tear down the current building and put up the new structure because the current one isn't big enough for the growing population. the board is working with ryan companies to develop the plan, which includes the public library, residential and retail space. an architect laid out some plans for what everything could look like last night. input from the public will help as the design comes along. the library director says this project is not a done deal, but the next step is to start to develop a cost model. "13:12:14 we still need to cost out both sides of the project and determine wither or not we can move forward on it, before we can even show anything to the public saying this is what we want to do, we need to be certain we can do it." the library director says the residential and retail sections of the project will produce property tax dollars that weren't there before. that money will help pay for some of the project. the director is hoping to start construction several months ago, officials destroyed millions of birds because of the bird flu. now some are worrying if that will have an effect on whether or not they'll have a thanksgiving turkey. tv-9's forrest saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. forrest, will we have our traditional holiday favorites? don't sweat it when it comes to turkey. at least if you're buying frozen. the national turkey federation says there will be plenty to go around. here's why. this season's frozen turkey stock was flash frozen beginning back in march. that was before the avian flu outbreak occurred in late april-may, the last case in june. hy-vee meat experts say it could be a different story when it comes to fresh, unfrozen turkey. the lost turkey stock was in our area. that means groceries may have to get unfrozen birds from further away. a local hy-vee store director says that might impact supply. " there's no guarantee that when everything is said and done and you pile all 240 stores together and place an order, that we're going to be able to get everything that we're ordering. " joyner said they expect consumers will be paying more for unfrozen birds too. he expects the stores will be paying anywhere from 40 to 60 cents per pound higher. what that means for you and me is uncertain at this point. although, some economists are thinking people on average will spend 15 percent to 20 more for turkey this year than last. a coralville man faces charges for allegedly sexually abusing a four year old girl. a criminal complaint says 71 year old raymond wagehoft inappropriate ly touched the girl on october fourth. the complaint says it happened while he was watching and the girl later told his wife about it. wagehoft also faces charges of child endangerment and lascivious acts with a child. convictions on all three counts could carry a penalty of up to 37 years in prison. a cedar rapids man admitted he killed his best friend last year. yesterday, a judge ruled she won't allow that confession at his trial. the judge said an investigator violated bobbie little's rights when he asked about the murder of shanna beyhl without little's lawyer present. little is facing charges of first degree murder and second degree theft. a criminal complaint shows he stabbed and killed beyhl on april 4th of last year. the complaint says he then took some of her things and traded or gave them away. the judge hasn't set a new trial date for little. one army reserve unit in cedar rapids is getting ready to head to afghanistan. the troops spent their veterans day yesterday in training. the cedar rapids- based 649th regional support group should be in afghanistan the year. about 35 soldiers who train at the armed forces reserve center are finishing preparations. they'll spend a number of weeks at an army post in texas before heading overseas. this unit also served in afghanistan in 2009. they spent yesterday bringing soldiers who haven't been deployed before up to speed. "i think whether they've deployed or not every experience will be a little different. for those who haven't deployed there's certainly a lot of wisdom around the organization" the reserve unit's mission will involve supporting other soldiers in the field. that includes maintaining equipment and facilities as well as working with private contractors that provide services to the military. oh the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming others spent yesterday at veterans day ceremonies. that included the metro veterans council program at veterans memorial coliseum. leuitenent colonel tim carey with the iowa army national guard was the guest speaker. "for nearly 380 years, americans have stepped forward and toward the sound of battle to protect our citizens and our way of life from all enemies foreign and domestic" the new horizons band and the jefferson high school meister singers provided the music. ready. aim. fire! shot aim. fire! shot in dubuque, american legion post six sponsored this veterans day ceremony at the mystique community ice center. the guest speaker was a vietnam era pilot who flew "tubbers tiger," a helicopter on display at dubuque's veterans memorial plaza. survey says-- staying away from facebook can make you feel better. and a major breakthrough will be changing the way we track airplanes in the air. that's ahead in today's tech bytes. good morning! it's ---. plan on a very windy day. we'll 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! and now here's abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson with this morning's techbytes. trt hey, there. in today's "techbytes" -- gnaw way of keeping track of the world's airliners. >> it will be done using satellites. it was motivated by the disappearance of malaysian flight 370 last year. the first reviews are in for apple's supersize apple ibook pro. "usa today's" says it's good but may not be a laptop replacement. >> joanna stern says it's not researchers say facebook might be stealing your joy. >> a new study says quitting facebook may make you happier. a positive change for people after a week without it's holiday time, and no fruit is as versatile as our ocean spray cranberries, which is why we're declaring it "the unofficial official fruit of the holidays." the fig's gonna be so bummed. [ chuckles ] does your makeup remover take it all off? every kiss-proof, cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena. hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 50% more data than verizon and at&t for the same price. but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? no. u.s. cellular sized data. good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 50% more data than verizon and at&t. plus $400 per line. millions of people are expected to be in a severe storm zone today. this is the same system that slammed us here in iowa with heavy rain, tornados and even snow. abc's stephanie ramos has the latest. a fast moving.... major storm sweeping the midwest. nats - "tornado on the ground!" reports of twisters in iowa.... nats - social video: "tornado warnings?" national weather service officials say the system began tuesday around utah ..then moving east into the nation's mid-section. in knoxville iowa...powerf ul winds and rain packing a punch.... tearing down trees and ripping through industrial buildings in this town.... nearby, flipping this semi on its side. the driver doing ok. in all....3 rollover semi truck wrecks reported wednesday near avoca iowa. nats - wind/blizzard the storm didnt stop there.... portions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraska and kansas saw blizzard like conditions... some of those hit with thunderstorm s as well. sot: truck driver "it's been rough, slow going....55mph from kansas city, that's about all i could get. you just wanna go, go, go but you can't!" nats: snow scraping... from snow to ice...in colorado...? frozen roads more like an ice skating rink for drivers.... nats - wind/blizzard he saving it, he saved it lighter snow in western kansas.. but residents bracing themselves for slower commutes. in northern california...th e early dose of winter weather is a good thing. skiers and snowboarder s craving for some snow...welcoming an early ski season... tag: the main threat today will be strong winds from the central rockies to the great lakes.... up to 60 mile an hour winds... good news: expected to last just one day. stephanie ramos abc news washington high school football players in iowa are thankful they'll be playing in a dome today. they're padding up and ready to hit the gridiron for state football semi-finals. here's a live look on our kaj will be back right after the break with a full look at your windy thursday forecast. meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now with your first alert forecast. plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! thanks, kaj. an eastern iowa school district is losing an eastern iowa school district is losing enrollment numbers. and now voters in the school district will decide if the district should just dissolve. hello to you on your thursday morning from tv-9. this is a live look at on our citycam. it's november 12th and here's what you need to know. it's going to be an extremely windy day in eastern iowa with strong wind gusts, we'll take a look just how windy in your first alert forecast. people across the state are cleaning up the damage this morning from the severe storms that rolled across iowa yesterday. some people in eastern iowa are travelling to boone today to give their opinions on the proposed bakken pipeline that would come through iowa. students at the university of iowa show solidarity with studentprotestors at the university of missouri. they want to focus on racial issues here on campus. and the national turkey federation says there will be enough to go around for your thanksgiving meal, but you may have to pay a little extra if you want to cook a fresh, not frozen, bird. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! strong winds will complicate tornado clean-up in southwest iowa this morning. the national weather service confirmed an ef-1 tornado near avoca . that's a town in pottawattamie county. last night's twister packed winds at about 110 along with barns and trees on farm. there are no reports of any injuries. in eastern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings with farm machinery inside of them. this is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road. mathew cover sent us this photo. in knoxville, cleanup begins from some extensive damage.. there are downed trees, power lines and debris all over the road. several homes were damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt. the knoxville police chief said it was the worst damage from weather he had seen. jennifer mcgrath was home alone with the storm slammed her home. "petrifying. your house shakes and you think it's going to come off. you hear glass breaking and things being thrown against your house." the walmart in knoxville was also damaged - after high winds blew off parts of the roof and also overturned this semi truck. we want to say a big thank you to all of you who sent remember when you see news, call newsline nine at 319-365-9999. or you can email pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. school leaders in gladbrook-reinbeck are preparing for the school district to dissolve. voters in the area will eventually make the decision. this push comes after the district voted to close the school building in gladbrook. all of those students moved into two schools in reinbeck this fall. kids in kindergarten through 6th grade now go to the elementary school building, and students in 7th through 12th go to the high school. last night, at the elementary school in reinbeck, a "dissolution commission" met to listen to the responses from neighboring districts. those included north tama, grundy center, dike-new hartford and green mountain- garwin. enrollment has fallen since the building in gladbrook closed. but there's been an uptick in attendance in g-m-g, where the schools are closer than in reinbeck. "51:00 if the majority of the to dissolving, it'll continue to be one whole district and then, as time goes by, there can be conversations with neighboring districts, such as operations sharing of staff. " mathis says it will likely be well into 2016 before people in the district will vote on the dissolution. a white university of missouri at rolla student is expected to be in court today for allegedly posting online threats. authorities say 19-year- old hunter park used the so-called anonymous social media site yik yak to threaten to "shoot every black person" he sees. he is now being held on 45-hundred dollars bail for making a terrorist threat. it comes amid racial tensions at the university of missouri's columbia campus. the university system's president and chancellor resigned this week following protests over inadequate responses to racism on campus by administrators. solidarity with those at the university of missouri. more than one hundred people stood on the steps of the pentacrest to chant and share concerns yesterday. organizers say they also want to make a statement to administrators here. they want more focus on cultural and racial issues on campus, including significantly lower retention and graduation rates for black students. 05:47:38 "i would like to see research done on campus atmosphere, barriers to students of color, classroom atmosphere, microagressions . there needs to be research done on all of that and a commitment to finding out why these systemic gaps exist." bruce says some students are planning to travel to missouri to meet with students effected by recent protests. 468 employees with rockwell collins are voluntary retiring early. the largest employer in cedar rapids announced the plan in september, with a goal of reducing its overall head count by 500. that's two and a half percent of its workforce. it's making cuts due to projected slow sales of business jets. to be eligible for the retirement plan, employees had to be at least 60 years old by the end of the year... and must leave by december 18th. they had to sign up for it by monday. the bird flu this year wiped out 48 million birds nationwide, with nearly 32 million of those here in iowa. some of those were chickens, but a large portion were turkeys putting thanksgiving dinner on the line. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders us at the desk have turkeys for our tables? let's just say you'll have plenty to gobble. leading turkey officials say don't sweat this year. the avian flu hasn't ruined plenty of the poultry to go around. here's why, according to the national turkey federation. this season's frozen turkey stock was flash frozen beginning back in march. that was before the avian flu outbreak occurred in late april-may, at local hy-vees, it could be a different story when it comes to fresh, unfrozen, turkey. the turkey stock that was lost, was in our area. local groceries will have to import fresh turkey from further away and there's no guarantee there will be enough to meet orders. that means potentially limited numbers at a likely higher cost. " until they get into our door, it's still a commodity price. we don't know what we're going to be at. we're hearing numbers anywhere from $.40 to $.60 per pound higher cost, just to us. " joyner said he'll have a better idea of how much that will translate to customers as turkey day gets closer. according to some economists, though, thanksgiving turkey prices at the supermarket are expected to be about 15 percent to 20 percent higher than last year. we'll have to wait and see. so turkeys are available. tv-9's forrest saunders. thank you. state high school football semi finals start today at the uni dome in cedar falls. we'll have full coverage of all the games on kcrg nine point two. class eight and three-a teams play today. eastern iowa teams to look out for -- don@bosco plays newell-fonda at nine this morning. and west delaware plays pella at 8:15 tonight. again we'll have coverage all day on nine point two. a major league baseball pitcher will make a stop in eastern iowa today. colin rea is coming home to cascade and you have a chance to meet him and ask questions. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break. it's ---. first alert storm team joins us now. plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! some doctors from asia are eastern iowa. they visited unitypoint st. luke's in cedar rapids to learn about the different stages of treatment. that story and more still to come on tv-9. a woman is dead this morning after a semi-truck hit her when she was walking along highway 30. the linn county sheriff's office responded to an accident at highway 30 eastbound and the entrance to palisades kepler state park. this was around 9:30 last night. it closed off highway 30 eastbound from highway 13 to cedar river drive. 28-year-old michael obrien of belle plaine was driving the semi truck east on highway 30 when he hit her. the sheriff's office is still investigating. today people will have the chance to tell the iowa utilities board how they feel about a proposed pipeline that would cross the entire state. so far there have been multiple protests against the pipeline, but the board wants to hear a lot of opinions. the bakken oil or the dakota access pipeline would move 570 thousand barrels of oil a day across 18 counties in oil fields in north dakota and go to refineries in illinois. kcrg-tv9's brady smith met with a local group of activists who will be at the meeting. ann christenson is one of the founding members of 100 grannies. she'll be at today's hearing before the iowa utilities board. it starts at 9 a-m, and speakers for and against the pipeline will take turns at the podium. each person gets 2 minutes to present his or her case. christenson says the pipeline would be disastrous for iowa's waterways, and there's no way that dakota access - the project developer - is able to guarantee it won't leak. "they're putting our waterways more at risk, including the mississippi river. if it leaks, and it will, i don't know what'll happen. i mean, we won't have drinkable christenson says more than 200 people are signed up to speak during today's hearing. but she has doubts that everyone will get a chance at the podium before they run out of time. groups in iowa are coming together today to help prevent more deaths from heroin. the u-s attorney's office in iowa is working with the u-i's college of public health and injury prevention research center. they are holding a symposium today at 8:30 a-m to talk about the rising death rates from prescription medication and heroin overdoses. experts say from 2000 to 2013, heroin overdose deaths increased by 20 times. representatives will be there to talk about different aspects and treatments perspectives. law enforcement will also give their perspective of the increase of heroin use. doctors from singapore are learning from doctors in cedar rapids. nine medical professionals toured st. luke's hospital in cedar rapids yesterday the group is here all this week shadowing doctors and nurses to learn about care integration. that's the process of moving a patient into the hospital and then through different stages of treatment. so far, the visitors say the trip has been a success. " excellent, i must say. my whole team has been very impressed with what we have seen, what we have heard, what we have learned. we have great discussions every night, after we leave this hospital. " the doctors from singapore will next move to the stanford university hospital in california before heading home. today, the city of cedar rapids is hoping to get input for improving cedar lake. today it's holding an open house to collect ideas, interests, and desired amenities for the lake. it will start at 5 o'clock this evening and go until 6:30 at the water administration building. this will also be the chance for the community to hear about what friends of cedar lake have in the works already. cascade native and san diego padres pitcher, colin rea, will be meeting with fans today. the cascade chamber of commerce is hosting a meet and greet today at 7 o'clock. that's when rea will start answering questions. he made his first debut as a pitcher in the major leagues in august. now here's our morning mugshot on your thursday. it's the greater cedar rapids community foundation's celebration of community. the event celebrates the charitable giving and good work of nonprofit organizations in linn county. program directors will share how their projects are making a difference in the community. two local nonprofit professionals will get excellence awards. the event is november 17th from four to six at theatre cedar rapids. if you have a non-profit event or organization you'd like to see featured... send us an e-mail... mugshot at kcrg-dot-com. here's what you need to know as you head out the door on your thursday. people from all around the state, including eastern iowa, will gather in boone today to share their opinions on the proposed bakken pipeline. the iowa utilities board hearing starts at nine. more than two hundred people are on the list to speak. each person gets two minutes to state their case. state football semi-finals start today at the uni dome in cedar falls. the class eight and three-a semi-final games are today. we'll have all the action from all four games today on kcrg nine point two. coverage starts at nine. and it's a good thing that those games will be in the dome today. though the storms are out of our area, it will still be a windy one. it will make driving on the interstates and highways difficult and hard for those picking up the mess from yesterday's storms. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, especially once they have been emptied out. give high profile vehicles some extra room as well. the wind should continue right into friday, though the gusts probably won't be any worse than 30mph by then. our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. our weather turns active again as we head into next week! we certainly hope your is and we'll be back with a local

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