has your first alert forecast, kaj... and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 people in elkader are anxiously watching the morning. they're hoping they made enough preparations after watching what towns upstream have dealt with earlier in the week. the river is predicted to crest in elkadeer at around 27 feet today, just slightly below the high water mark from the 2008 from 8 years ago. so much attention from the flood of 2008 came along the cedar river and the iowa river. yet the turkey river swamped elkader, reaching a crest of 27.77 feet on june 10, 2008. the high water stuck around for days and recovery took a long time as most of elkader is within 4 or 5 blocks of the turkey river. elkader this morning, watching the turkey river. brea, do you know about what time is the river will reach it's highest point? volunteers also helped businesses along south main street move out of buildings expected to flood. some business owners say they expected parts of the downtown area to lose power last night. so volunteers tried to make sure people are people in the towns say the many people rallied together to put up the walls and it was a team effort. "17:33:38-17:33:48 "they sandbagged to a level to protect it, to 25 feet and f it goes over the levee, it will affect houses, behind the church, couple of streets." clayton county will be giving us an update on the status of everything later this morning around 10. governor branstad has issued a disaster iowa counties. it's for flooding in allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek counties. these counties can now use state money to help with flooding response and recovery efforts. governor branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will tour flood damage in winneshiek county today. they will be in freeport around 9:15. they will then head to the inwood ballroom in spillville around 10:15. and will go to fort atkinson around 11 o'clock. we'll have complete coverage of the governor's visit recovery efforts, on-air and online today. the coralville food pantry hopes its new location will help it serve more people in need. the new location is at 420 10th avenue, just blocks away from the food pantry's previous location. the new space is about twice as large. staffers say there's now room to simulate a grocery store experience for their clients. they say the pantry is also in an area of town that's relatively easy to qualify for the assistance. "51:07, the only qualification to receive food assistance here is you are a coralville resident and that's it " people can go to the pantry once a week for assistance. the pantry helps about 850 families a year. police say someone with a gun is robbing delivery drivers in coralville. police have responded to four two weeks. they've all been in an area by 20th and 22nd avenues and ninth and 10th streets. police believe the robber is a black man, between 18 and 21 years old. they say he wears all black and sometimes has a bandana over his face. the sister of a man found dead inside a polk county home says she may have an idea of what could have caused his death. the bodies of raymond silbaugh, alicia arpy and a dog were found in a home between des moines tabitha, asked police to check on her brother tuesday because she hadn't heard from him for several days. the cause of death is still under investigation, but she believes carbon monoxide from a generator that was found inside his home killed them. " i was pounding on the door over and over, and nobody would answer the door, and the cat was just lying outside.that's the only thing that kind of told me she hadn't been let in for a while " investigators say it could take at least 2 weeks before they learn the official cause of death. elkader this morning, watching the turkey river. brea, do you know about what time is the river will reach it's highest point? chris and nicole, the national weather service predicts it will crest around 1 this afternoon. again, that's around 27 feet and about 15 feet above flood stage. today's predicted crest is slightly below the high water mark from the 2008 flood. central community school district were dismissed early yesterday so the city could have more help filling a clearer vision for the future of downtown development. mayor jim throgmorton recently sent a memo to city council members urging them to consider changing guidelines on new downtown buildings. that's after the council voted to not provide financial support for a 14-story building at the site of the old van patton house, which burned down in a the council is no longer in favor of large scale projects in the downtown area. "we actually have a vision that is expressed in our comprehensive plan, it's the downtown portion of the comprehensive plan, so one of the things i sought to do in that memo is just draw people's attention to that plan, and say okay, now what? we need tools to achieve that vision. " throgmorton says he wants the council to reconsider zoning rules that currently allow this morning, state-run media in turkey reports several police officers have died from an attack. this is the latest in several recent attacks that seem to be targeting police. good morning! it's ---. plan on a steady increase in clds our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 thanks kaj. plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 turkey river rising in crest at 26.5 feet today around noon or 1 o'clock. in 2008, the highest on record it got just about 27.77 feet. so, lower today than that, but definitely still significant. here's a first look at good morning america. trt oc in this morning's "good morning america" first look. the family of the arizona shoot instructor accident ally killed by a 9-year-old girl is filing a lawsuit against the shooting range where he worked. >> they created a very unsafe, dangerous environment that ultimately got my dad killed. >> reporter: the lawsuit said weapon to entrust to a 9-year-old girl who caused her to lose control of the weapon when firing. >> all right, go ahead and give me one shot. all right. >> reporter: the accident occurred back in august 2013, 39-year-old was teaching this girl how to shoot the uzi. but the recoil caused the girl to lose control. a stray bullet hit the with your "good morning america" first can't see it. can't taste it. but there's so much more to it. here's how benefiber? works. inside us are trillions of good microflora ber in benefiber? nourishes them... and what helps them, helps you. clear, taste-free, benefiber?. mr. clean gets tough on dirt and grime and grease in just a minute mr. clean will clean your whole house and every room that's in it floors, doors, walls, halls he's so tough, he cleans 'em all mr. clean! with the right steps, 80% of recurrent ischemic strokes could be prevented. and i'm doing all i can to help prevent another one. a bayer aspirin regimen is one of those steps be sure to talk to your doctor after an earthquake in central italy. italy's civil protection agency has confirmed 2 the number of injured being treated at hospitals is at 387. firefighters and rescue crews using sniffer dogs have been working in teams in the areas that were hardest hit. they're not saying when their work will shift from saving lives to recovering bodies. one italian man living in georgia says it was only through the internet that he was able to contact his family in italy. " it is very very hard to get in touch with them telephone lines time, everything is just gone. " the head of operations for the civil protection says the rescue efforts will continue. this morning, state-run media in turkey reports at least eight police officers have been killed in a bombing. it says the attack was a car bombing at a checkpoint in the southeastern part of about 50 yards away from a police station. 45 people are also reportedly wounded from the attack. this follows several recent car bombing attacks towards police in turkey. the federal government blames the kurdistan workers' party for a car bombing last week. johnson county officials say they are excited to lead the way to using more green energy. they've recently added solar panels to buildings and plan to add even more. its here is a live look at stay with kcrg-tv9. us now with your plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolte scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend! today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 thanks, kaj. solar energy will soon power more buildings in solar energy will soon power within the next month, workers will install solar panels on top of the health and human services building to power 10 o field near the county administration building. those panels will provide about 25% of the power at the administration building. because of a power purchase agreement, the county won't have to pay for the panels. but they will pay the energy company to use their power. county officials say they are working to add more solar panels at other county buildings as well. friday night lights live is tonight. the west delaware hawks take on the independence mustangs. our coverage starts at 7:30 and don't forget about after the game, zip over to friday night lights end zone after the 10 pm news on kcrg-tv9. tons of highlights plus our expert analysis and the occasional bad pun... the salvation army from cedar rapids is up in northeast iowa helping flood victims. some volunteers say sometimes all people need is a friend to listen to what's going on. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. good morning from kcrg-tv9. it's friday, august 26th. starting with a live look at the turkey river in elkader. the river is expected to crest there at about 1 p-m -- a little short of the 2008 out my community, i'll help. " dozens of volunteers helped build a wall of sandbags in elkader in preparation for today's crest. governor branstad has issued a disaster proclamation for several counties in northeast iowa. today, he plans to visit cities with flooding. a 15-year-old girl has serious injuries after a car hit her in front of kennedy high school. police did not ask for charges against the driver for the crash. donald trump plans to attend an event for joni ernst event tomorrow in des moines. 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 plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterw quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. hitting some towns along thet iowa this is video from clermont yesterday. now the high water moves downstream into clayton county. that includes elkader. people there are preparing for the turkey river to potentially rise to its record 2008 flood level. the national weather service predicts it will reach that mark around 1 this afternoon. this is what downtown elkader looked like back in june of 2008 when the turkey river crested at 27 point 77 feet -- a record there before finally pulling back -- revealing damage that took years of recovery. kcrg tv9's brea love is in elkader this morning. brea, you've watched the river rise almost a foot in just the last two hours... chris and nicole, the turkey river is predicted to crest at 27 feet in elkader today. that's just slightly below the high water mark from the 2008 flood. the national weather service predicts it will reach that mark around 1 this afternoon. central community school district were dismissed early yesterday so the city could have more help filling sandbags. volunteers also helped businesses along south main street move out of buildings expected to flood. some business owners say they expected parts of the downtown area to lose power last night. so volunteers tried to make sure people "20:58:54 "it was just a wonderful deal to have so many people just showing up asking if they could help " o'clock today. we'll continue to monitor this situation in elkader and the surrounding towns and work to bring you those updates both on air and online at kcrg.com. in elkader, brea love, responders are preparing for the worst...if the water goes over the dike in elgin. in clermont, fast running water swept this porch away. fayette county sheriff marty fisher told kcrg tv9 that red cross volunteers have opened a shelter at the valley community school district in between clermont and elgin. the sheriff says neighbors and high school students were out placing sandbags in the chickasaw county sheriff says the man who died while swept away in the flooding was a 77-year-old man who lived near sumner. this area quickly flooded during the heavy rain early wednesday morning. deputies say albert gott managed to call authorities when the flash flooding washed his vehicle off county road v-56, or union avenue in northeast chickasaw county. but later deputies found his body north of lawler, less than half a mile from his car. the cedar rapids salvation army victims. army staff working from the parking lot of the citizens savings bank have been serving hot meals. major paul logan told us some people just want someone to listen to them during this tough time. "some just want to talk and just share what their experience is, and what they're going through. so that's always a good experience to have. just to be able to encourage them. just to let them know that there's somebody else that cares about them."" the parking lot of the bank in spillville through the weekend. this morning, hillary clinton and donald trump are trading even more insults in the race for president. as abc's kenneth moton reports, the candidates are trading charges of racism and corruption, setting the tone for a bitter fight until november. this morning, the race for the white house...downri ght nasty. sot hillary clinton "he is taking hate groups mainstream" sot donald trump "she's totally bigoted. there's no question about it." to allegations of racism between donald trump and hillary clinton who says trump is trying to make america hate again. sot clinton "trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. it's a distributing preview of what kind of president he'd be." clinton even released this new campaign video. nats "the reason a lot of klan members like donald trump is bec trump "when democratic polices fail, they are left with only this tired argument, you're racist, you're racist you're racist." trump is struggling to re-define his own policy on immigration and that core plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. polling the audience at a fox news town hall. sot trump: who wants those people thrown out? unidentified male: i do! on cnn...pulling back on that deportation force he promised. sot trump "you know it's a process. you can't take 11 million at one time and just say boom, you're gone." the wavering stance...leadin g to confusion and more protests at trump protester "we are undocumented . we are unafraid. and we are here to stay. trump says he'll be giving an immigration speech in the next week or two to clarify his stance. just one of many issues that will be touched on at that first presidential debate...one month away from today. kenneth moton, abc news washington. republican presidential candidate donald trump will be iowa tomorrow, ready to roast and ride. earlier this month, senator joni ernst announced trump will speak event. this is video from last year's gathering. the motorcycle ride and republican rally is at the state fairgrounds in des moines. a car hit a kennedy high school student crossing the street, putting her in the hospital with injuries police describe as serious. now parents and drivers are expressing concern over students not using the crosswalks as they go to school up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now. plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning o the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 thanks kaj. and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over on scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 thanks kaj. plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as storms should quickly become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend!today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: isolated showers and storms. wind: sw 5-10. low: 65 thanks kaj. a waterloo man was arrested on tried to get away from police. in his effort to escape, he climbed out onto the roof of a two-story home. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tv-nine. it's governor branstad has issued a disaster proclamation for five northeast clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek counties. these counties can now use state money to help with flooding response and recovery efforts. governor branstad and lieutenant governor kim reynolds will tour flood damage in winneshiek county today. they will be in freeport around 9:15. they will then head to the inwood ballroom in spillville around 10:15. and will go to fort atkinson around 11 o'clock. we'll have complete coverage of the governor's visit to northeast recovery efforts, on-air and online today. a waterloo man ran out onto his roof trying to escape police this morning. police surrounded a two story house at 303 locust street until around 1. the man peacefully returned inside the other charges are pending. we have an update on a story we reported last week. the city of coralville will not put down a dog that bit a woman. but the owner will not be getting the dog back. the dog, roman, is an 18 month old beauceron . the decision to let him live came after the owner, tom henson, agreed to micro-chipping and neutering the dog. then the dog will undergo training in north carolina. responders took a 15- year-old girl to uihc with serious injuries after cedar rapids police say a walking to school. it happened on 42nd street northeast. the student goes to kennedy high school. this is the car that hit the girl yesterday morning around 7-30. the impact broke the windshield. the driver isn't facing any charges for the crash, but police did issue a ticket for an expired license plate. investigators believe the driver was going about 20 miles per hour, which is below the posted speed limit in the area. kennedy principal jason kline put out an e- everyone to use extreme caution on 42nd street and wenig road. he also urged all students to use the crosswalks instead of cutting across the streets. one woman says there were almost two accidents in the same spot yesterdamorning. lucy jackson says she was driving through the same area when a different student walked in front of her car, not looking for traffic. " i was going slow enough and paying attention i stopped short so that i didn't hit her but it was so close it made me uncomfortable." both police and drivers who use this road say students taking a short cut through traffic is a problem. the student injured yesterday morning crossed the street about 30 yards from a crosswalk. now for our morning mugshot. tomorrow is the 4th annual parish festival for st. matthew's church in cedar rapids. there will be cash raffles, food, games, and inflatables for kids. you can also go to a beer tent they will have set up with live music. there will also be a chance to participate in from 9am to 5pm on the st. matthew's church grounds. kaj has one more check of your forecast next. stay with kcrg tv9's brea love is in elkader this morning, watching the turkey river. brea, what's the latest there? weather service predicts it will crest around 1 this afternoon. again, that's around 27 feet and about 15 feet above flood stage. today's predicted crest is slightly below the high water mark from the 2008 flood. students and staff in the central community school district were dismissed early yesterday so the city could have more help filling sandbags. now, one last look at this morning's weather, kaj... plan on a steady increase in clouds today and that will limit our high temperatures into the mid- 70s as well. this morning, a few isolated showers may also be found in far southern iowa before the showers to our south fizzle out. this front will be a key to our weather later tonight though as s become likely. it continues to look like many, if not all football games should go dry tonight, but rain should quickly push in right afterwards. this rain should amount to a quarter to a half inch with isolated amounts over one inch possible. another round of scattered storms will be possible in the afternoon hours, with much of the activity likely waning or moving east by the evening. sunday looks mainly dry with only isolated storms possible. have a great weekend! today: mostly cloudy. isolated showers possible far south. wind: e 5-10. high: 76 tonight: scattered thunderstorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 tomorrow: showers and thunderstorms likely. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 tom. night: we certainly hope your is off to a good start. good morning america is next. and we'll be back with a local news update in about 20 minutes. also make sure to join good morning, america. breaking overnight. major security breach at an airport. >> apparently, somebody jumped in a truck on the runway out there. >> a man jumps a fence, fleeing police, then steals a struck, crashing it right into a plane. the investigation into how this could happen. fighting words. donald trump and hillary clinton of racism as trump wavers on immigration again. and hillary attacks the man running his campaign. trump's campaign manager joins us live. murder mystery in mississippi. two beloved nuns found dead. killed in their home. no suspect or motive. now, a massive manhunt under way. the community on edge. race against time. the hero police officer rushing to the scene to pull a passenger from a burning car. breaking glass, yanking him out, the amazing rescue caught on his body cam. the 21-year-old lucky to be

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