Our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be dry with highs back into the upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night into sunday with widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 winds se 515 alo 49 dbq 50 showers low 4450 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 47tomorrow showers storms late high 5258 winds se 515 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 58tomorrow night showers stor ms low 5460 winds se 1020 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 58 a Facebook Post from the Johnson County sheriff is sparking conversation about gun control. The post shows part of a gun permit request, and lists the prior offenses of the person who wants the permit. Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabeck says he doesnt want to issue the permit because of all the offenses, but state law says he has to. In 2011, lawmakers changed iowas gun law from may issue to shall issue. Under may issue, sheriffs could deny gun permits for nearly any reason. Shall issue allows sheriffs to deny permits only for specific reasons, sucuc as alcoholism, mental illness, or past felony convictions. Pulkrabeck says he posted the permit application on facebook to make a point. He says someone with an offense like a no contact order should not get a gun permit. Its just another glaring example of someone who i would not, and i think the general public would not consider a law pulkrabeck says he would have to petition for a change in the law to deny such an application. He says he doesnt believe lawmakers will make changes any time soon, but he hopes they will eventually reevaluate the gun law. Two republican president ial candidates are making stops in iowa today. Donald trump will be in des moines at the iowa state fairgrounds this evening. Trumps Campaign Rally at varied Industries Building begins at 6 30. The latest cbs news poll shows trump in first with 35 percent republican primary support. Ben carson is making two stops in iowa. Hell be at the burlington golf course at nine this morning for a breakfast event. Then at 12 30, hell travel to honey creek resort in moravia for a town hall meeting. Carson is in third in that same cbs news poll. Health officials are warning people that the best defense against influenza is the flu shot. Two central iowa men have already died from the flu just this fall. Experts say unlike last year, should be more effective. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us now. Forrest, whats different about this years shot . According to the cdc this years vaccine is expected to be around 60 percent effective, up from around 20 percent last year. Flu season in the United States can begin as early as october and last as late as may. During this time, flu viruses are circulating at higher levels in the u. S. Population. An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get seasonal flu and spread it to others. When more people get vaccinated against the flu, less flu can spread through that community. Flu vaccination should begin soon after vaccine becomes available, if possible by october. However, as long as flu viruses are circulating, vaccination should continue to be offered later. While seasonal influenza outbreaks can happen as early as october, during most seasons influenza activity peaks in january or later. Since it takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body that protect against influenza virus infection, it is best that people get vaccinated so they are protected before influenza begins spreading in their community. Flu vaccine is produced by private manufacturer s, and the timing of availability depends on when production is completed. Shipments began in august and will continue throughout october and november until all vaccine is distributed. A task force is working to find a School Schedule solution in iowa city. Right now, Elementary Students start classes at 8 45 am. Each day. Junior high and High School Students begin at 8 am. This years start times are different from last years. Thats when elementary junior high and High School Students began later. This group of teachers, parents, and students looked at four new possible schedules. All of those options would mean Elementary Students could begin as early as 7 30 in the morning. The latest option would mean secondary students would end their day at 4 05 in the afternoon. But busing is now the challenge. Right now we have it tiered so that buses go out pick up secondary student, drop them all off, and then get the Elementary Students, so were looking at do we want to continue doing it that way or do we want to try Something Else . A decision will come by the end of february. If youd like to see all the proposed schedules, look for this story on kcrg dot com. They call themselves the Oakdale Community choir. The group consists of about 60 people, and it meets every tuesday to practice. Friends and family came together to watch the final product last night. The choir is all here. Choir director practicing its the last quick practice before the show. Joel conard and steve dunham are shaking their lastminute nerves. 21 36 42 i am usually calm and cool until im right on th spot. 21 41 11 i try to be in the moment. When the concert beings they each have their parts. Joel is whats called an inside singer steve an outside singer. The big difference outside singers get to leave, inside singers have to stay. 21 30 25 we dont call ourselves inmates. Its inside singers and outside singers. The men serving time at the iowa medical and Classification Center in coralville. Those in purple are volunteering their time 21 43 05 when we first started a years ago there was a lot of tension, both the inside singers and the outside singers were very nervous. Now they say theyre more comfortable as they sing holiday songs and songs written by inmates. 21 40 48 each one is powerful in its own way. Music isnt the only powerful part of this group its the connections they make. 2 33 55 this gives me a connection with people that i wouldnt otherwise have in here. 21 38 12 these guys say it helps them but i think the outside singers get more out of it. A group of insiders and outsiders setting aside their pasts and working together for a Better Future and a good show. 21 35 55 we wear different colored shirts but i think we have an understanding that we are all human beings kcrgtv9 news. The woman who started the group is an associate professor at the university of iowa who was researching music in prison. She says the goal is for participants to learn from each other and to empower inmates to gain skills for successfully reentering society. The new kcrg news app is now available to download. If you have the old kcrg app, youll need to delete that. Youll find the kcrg news app in the apple and android app stores. Facebook is adding a new feature that lets you use the social media site when theres no internet access. And abc wants to take you on a tour of a foreign land through Virtual Reality. More ahead in todays techbytes. Good morning its. Hi, im master sgt. Timothy larson deployed from decoda air force base here in sw asia. I and hello to my three kids, bethany, toby and zach. And i also want to say, happy holidays to my parents william and lana larson in iowa and ill be home soon. Thanks and stay hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be dry with highs back into the upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 winds se 515 alo 49 dbq 50 iow 53tonight chance of showers low 4450 showers storms late high 5258 winds se 515 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 58tomorrow night showers stor ms low 5460 winds se 1020 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 58 thanks kaj. Now heres abcs reena ninan trt oc hey there, in todays techbytes, bad connection, no problem. Facebook is launching new technology that would allow users to access their news feed and postcomments even with a poor internet connection. Meant to help in places like subways. Brandnew way to make purchases at walmart. The retailer just laumpked walmart pay. Use the app on any android device. And abc news wants to take you on a Virtual Reality tour of north korea. Download an app will be able to travel correspondent bob woodruff. I love it. I think its going change the world. I love bob woodruff, those are your techbytes. Have a great day. Im caridee. Ive had moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis most of my life. But that hasnt stopped me from modeling. My doctor told me about stelara it helps keep my skin clearer. With only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. Stelara helps me be in season. Stelara may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. 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Daniel holtzclaw was originally charged with 36 counts, but the jury convicted him on 18 counts yesterday in court. Andrew spencer shows us what led up to yesterdays decision. Former Oklahoma City Police Officer Daniel Holtzclaw shook nervously as the judge started reading the jurys verdict. And increasingly lost his composure as the list of charges continued. Count eight defendant is guilty of the crime of forcible oral sodomy and punishment is set at 20 years. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated for more than forty hours before finding holtzclaw guilty of rape and Sexual Battery in all, 18 of the 36 charges he faced. Outside the courtroom, demonstrators had little sympathy for holtzclaw, who was convicted on his twentyninth birthday. Happy birthday to you while some of them find justice in the guilty verdict, others worry about what the punishment will holtzclaw is formally sentenced in january. Im sure that theyre going to try and run it together so he wont see nothing but 30 years, and thats not fair to us. Its not fair to my daughter. Its not fair to any of the victims or the people of our community. Ho ltzclaw was fired from the Police Department last year, when the allegations surfaced; one woman came forward to accuse him of sexual impropriety during a traffic stop. The charges snowballed from there, and he was eventually accused of assaulting or raping 13 women while he was on the job. Holtzclaw and members of his family have maintained that he wasnt guilty of those crimes. Now, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. Im andrew spencer, reporting isis has a much different meaning to students at the university of iowa. Now the school is changing the name of a set of helpful tools for students because of and heres a live look on our city cam. Kaj will be back right after the break with a meteorologist kaj omara joins us now with your first alert forecast. Our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be dry with highs back into the upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night into sunday with widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 winds se 515 alo 49 dbq 50 iow 53tonight chance of showers low 4450 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 47tomorrow showers storms late high 5258 night showers stor ms low 5460 winds se 1020 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 58 the house will vote on a today. The bill will keep the federal government operating until december 16th. This gives lawmakers more time to agree on a one point one trillion dollar spending plan to finance federal agencies next year. But disagreement s between republicans and democrats over taxes, the environment, and Syrian Refugees have stalled the measure. The Senate Passed the bill yesterday. Cedar rapids schools has a response to recent accusations of asbestos in one of its buildings. The district says no one was ever in danger from the toxic substance. Keep it here on tv9. Good friday morning. Youre looking live on our city cam. Its december 11th and heres what you need to know today. The Johnson County sheriff is sparking debate about gun permits. He posted a picture of a gun permit request with the persons prior offenses, and says, by law, he has to approve the request. Family, friends and teachers are mourning the loss of waterloo teen moe sed. A trapper found his body in the cedar river last weekend. A former Oklahoma City Police Officer now faces sentencing after a jury found him guilty of rape. Lawyers say he used his badge to exploit his victims. Its National Influenza vaccination week and Health Professionals say its not too late to get your flu shot. And one anonymous donor used the money they would have spent going to the rose bowl game to buy food for a North Liberty food pantry. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be dry with highs back into the upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night into sunday with widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 showers low 4450 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 47tomorrow showers storms late high 5258 winds se 515 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 58tomorrow night showers stor ms low 5460 winds se 1020 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 58 the state medical examiner is performing an autopsy on the body of a waterloo teen to figure out how he died. A trapper found 18 year old moe sed sunday on the cedar river near gilbertville. Investigators used dental records to identify him. The waterloo west junior went for a bike ride on october 22nd without a cell phone or his wallet. Friends and family hadnt seen him since. Dozens of people helped search for sed. They printed and passed out flyers in areas they knew he enjoyed. Then the search shifted to some of the trails and lakes in the greenbelt areas along the cedar river. Friends say sed was an avid fisherman and rode his bike everywhere. One search Organizer Says the family appreciated the support. Especially for the family it provided them with some hope some sense that others were committed to help finding there were no signs of trauma, so the cause of death will depend on lab reports. In a tv9 followup this morning. Cedar rapids schools say there were inaccuracies in the investigation that found some students, staff and construction workers may have been exposed to asbestos. A dnr investigation found there was uncontained asbestos at Washington High School earlier this year. The district says renovation work was happening in the area and that students and staff did not have access to it. The district says it cleaned the area where they found asbestos and tested the air afterward. The dnr report said the district was initially reluctant to close the school over the summer due to the asbestos problems and in firing the Asbestos Removal company. The district says it used immediate and appropriate measures to address the situation. The dnr is pursuing legal action against the district and the Asbestos Company it hired, the sniffles, the cough tell tale signs its flu season. This week is National Influenza vaccination week and Health Professionals want you to remember to get your flu shot. Tv9s Forrest Saunders is live at Linn County Public Health this morning. Forrest, i hear youre going to show us how easy it is to get the vaccine . Thats right, nicole. According to the cdc this years vaccine is expected to be around 60 percent effective, up from around 20 percent last year. Flu season in the United States can begin as early as october and last as late as may. During this time, flu viruses are circulating at higher levels in the u. S. Population. An annual seasonal flu vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get seasonal flu and spread it to others. When flu, less flu can spread through that community. Flu vaccination should begin soon after vaccine becomes available, if possible by october. However, as long as flu viruses are circulating, vaccination should continue to be offered throughout the flu season, even in january or later. While seasonal influenza outbreaks can happen as early as october, during most seasons influenza activity peaks in january or later. Since it takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body that protect against influenza virus infection, it is best that people get vaccinated so they are protected before influenza begins spreading in their community. Flu vaccine is produced by private manufacturer s, and the timing of availability depends on when production is completed. Shipments began in august and will continue throughout october and november until all vaccine is distributed. Kcrg tv9 news. Somone in North Liberty traded in a trip of a lifetime to help hundreds of people in their community. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy shows us how a football ticket turned into nearly two thousand pounds of food for the North Liberty Community Food pantry. This is a busy time of year for food pantries. More families need help around the holidays and donations often increase. But one recent donation shocked workers here in North Liberty. An anonymous person dropped off this huge pile of items, you can see theres food and different toiletries all adding up to nearly two thousand pounds of items the donor told workers they chose to give up traveling to watch the hawkeyes play in the rose bowl and bought these items with that money instead. Im here with the pantrys executive director tina dubois. Tina what was your reaction with all these items . What will these items help you do . Are you still in need of more donations right now . Thank you, tina. Now if youd like to volunteer or drop off a donation of your own, weve put all that information under this story on kcrg dot com. In North Liberty, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. The university of iowa is renaming its information hub for students over complaints about its acronym. Iowa student Information Systems the university of iowa is renaming its information hub for students over complaints about its acronym. Iowa student Information Systems or isis is a collection of tools where students can sign up for classes or review financial aid. But the university has received complaints about the name since the terrorist group isis became prominent last year. Officials say they are using the opportunity to create a new information system, with a new name. On social media there were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didnt like the fact that they were typing that name in. The university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. Cyclone fans are happy this morning after a thriller in ames. Rivalry game, but fell victim to the hilton magic. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. Its. Hi, im master sgt. Timothy larson deployed from decoda air force base here in sw asia. I just want to say happy holidays and hello to my three kids, bethany, toby and zach. And i also want to say, happy holidays to my parents william and lana larson in iowa and ill be home soon. Thanks and stay First Alert Storm Team meteorologist kaj omara joins us now. Our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night into sunday with widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 winds se 515 alo 49 dbq 50 showers low 4450 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 47tomorrow showers storms late high 5258 winds se 515 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 58tomorrow night showers stor ms low 5460 winds se 1020 alo 54 dbq 55 iow 58 thanks kaj. Thanks kaj. For himself on and off the field. Hes helping students succeed in schools one book and math problem at a time. That and more still to come on tv9. A coralville construction project will be done tomorrow. Crews reworked 5th street, between 1st and 10th avenue, as part of road improvement and flood mitigation projects. It was supposed to be done in august. But moving utilities below ground kept the street closed. Crews will turn on street lights next week, and theyll landscape in the spring. Dubuque countys old jail is getting a new life. Its been a museum since the early 1970s. Now, the county plans to use the exhibit section of the museum as office space for two county departments. But the jail is a National Historic place, and that prevents them from changing or removing the old cells. Its strictly a numbers game. Were spending a lot of money every year on renting office spaces. We have a building thats attached to the courthouse, that is dubuque countys already. Commission and the it department will move in to the old jail building on january 1st. An eastern iowa Cosmetology College is celebrating 50 years in education. Capri College Students competed in a total look recreation challenge yesterday to celebrate the milestone. Students recreated hair, makeup and fashion trends from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and today. Instructors say its a way to highlight the ways capri has made impacts on the community. I do think we produce the best graduates around. And capri is known in florida and california. We offer a Business Training program and we are internationally recognized because of that. Capri has School Locations in dubuque, davenport, cedar rapids and waterloo. Fans had to wait until the very end to see the cyclones narrowly beat the hawkeyes in last nights crossstate rivalry game. The hawkeyes traveled to Hilton Coliseum for the mens basketball game. And although they 2003, they came out on fire. They led at halftime 49 to 35 with iowas Jarrod Uthoff getting 30 points in the first half alone. But iowa state made a comeback in the second half, chipping away at the hawkeyes lead. With just over 21 seconds left in the game, the cyclones monte morris made the game winning basket for an 8382 final score. Tv9 caught up with morris after the game. George handed me that ball and he said to go win this game. That just shows the character, the type of person georges is and confidence he has in me and my teammates. The cyclones have won the last two meetings in the cyhawk series. One star hawkeye Football Player is working hard off the field to help kids succeed. Running back jordan canzeri has spent the last several months volunteering with the Nonprofit Organization strive for success. Canzeri spends his days off helping kids catch up on spelling and reading. He started volunteering to earn credit for a class, but says he continued doing it how much the kids inspired him. Its the kids futures and we tell them that all the time, and they laugh, that okay, well even though i dont to do the school work and it needs to be done, well we tell them, dont do it for the teachers, dont do it for anyone else but yourself because this is something that is going to be huge importance later on down the road. Canzeri is also an active volunteer at the ui childrens hospital. Yesterday he and some teammates handed out yellow roses to patients to celebrate the hawkeyes recent rose bowl bid. The new kcrg news app is now available to download. If you have the old kcrg app, youll need to delete that. Youll find the kcrg news app in the apple and android app stores. Now heres our morning mugshot on your friday. The Cedar Rapids Community School District is hosting its annual state of the district. Its this morning from 7 30 to 8 30 at the districts Educational Leadership and support center on edgewood road northwest. Come hear about the learning. Superintendent brad buck will speak and there will be special videos and student entertainment. There will also be a light breakfast. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. Heres what you need to know as you head out the hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Door on your friday. The us approve a temporary spending bill that will keep the federal government operating until december 16th. It would give lawmakers more time to agree on a plan to finance federal agencies next year. 2016 gop president ial frontrunner donald trump will be in iowa today. Hell hold a Campaign Rally at the varied Industries Building on the State Fair Grounds in des moines. Doors open at four, the rally is at 6 30. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. While a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really wont have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. The day should be dry with highs back into the upper 40s to mid50s. Plan on a wet weekend with rounds of rain pushing across the area. The period of heaviest rain still looks to be saturday night into sunday with widespread amounts of 2 on average. There may be isolated higher or lower totals, but everybody will get a thorough soaking. Any moisture leftover on monday may go to a brief mix, but the vast majority of this event will be rain. Our weather turns cooler by next week with highs dropping down to the 30s and 40s. Have a great weekend toda y partly sunny high 4955 winds se 515 alo 49 dbq 50 iow 53tonight chance of showers low 4450 winds s 510 alo 44 dbq 43 iow 47tomorrow showers storms late high 5258 winds se 515 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 58tomorrow iow 58 we certainly hope your isf gd start. Good morning america is next. News good morning, america. Extreme weather from coast to coast. Powerful storms lashing the northwest of a state of emergency right now. This rare tornado touching
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