Proclamation for the flash flooding damage in five northeast iowa counties. They are allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and now use state money to help with Emergency Response and recovery efforts. Lets go over to clermont in fayette county, where were hearing about voluntary evacuations. Kcrgtv nines Samantha Myers joins us live there. Sam, what are you seeing . Have started working to open a shelter in the last hour at the Valley Community school news happening, call newsline nine. The number for that is 3193659999. From base camp to campus. Thousand of veterans whove risked their lives overseas are now back in the us, and going back to school. Hear why one univrs the transition from soldier to student isnt necessarily an easy one. Stay come to an end, bringing much needed dry air to the state. A cold front continues to slide to the east and with it a comfortable end to the work week. Be on the lookout for some patchy fog to start our friday. Saturday, however, best chance will be late friday night through saturday. Early sunday we dry things our once again and the holds into early next week. Have a great night. Tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. Wind ne 510. High 76 thunderstorms developing. Wind e 510. Low 64 saturday showers and thunderstorms likely. High 77 low 64 sunday storms end early, partly sunny. High 80 low 66 monday partly cloudy. High 81 low 65 tuesday partly cloudy. High 81 low 62 wednesday storms. High 82 low 62 friday chance of storms. High 81 low 63 pkg amanda on cam according switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Sir, hi. Did you just say, switch and you get 50 off a smartphone . Uh, yes. Sorry. Hi. Hello. I was watching tv and i saw you say 50 off smartphones. And well cover all switching costs. Oh wow also, you g. Uh, excuse me. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Plus, well cover all switching costs. 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More than 130 veterans are now enrolled thru kcrgtv9s Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann looked at the challenges of going from base camp to campus. Hey whats going on . Christopher clarksmith cant get very far on the university of dubuque campus without casually running into a friend. Not much just working, how you been . Is a far cry from what hes used to. As soon as i got out of high school, i said im going military. Clarksmith spent the next three years in the airforce, then more than a decade in the Iowa National guard. Classroom nat today, hes an aviation student, surrounded by classmates who are half his age. The biggest difference is these kids, and i use the term kids are just starting off in life. Ive already been there, done that. Been there, done that during tours in saudi arbia Veterans Resource Center to help students like clark smith. Its a great way to reintegrate into normal everyday life. Youre not going to believe this but the government is kind of complicated once in awhile and there are programs out there that fly under the radar. Student veterans also have access to oncampus Mental Health therapy. Theyre adjusting so its going to take a while for them to adjust and so we have to provide them with support. And for this veteran whos dealt with his own fair share of ptsd, that help is paramount. Its a daily struggle but college has helped me to become a flight deck officer, and making a few new friends along the way. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. We have more Flood Coverage from northeastern iowa. People in elkader are sandbagging in an effort to block rising water. Well show you their efforts, coming up on your 24hour news source, kcrgtv nine. Sandbagging all day. Theyre trying to prevent the kind of damage they saw when the turkey river crested in the 2008 flood. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy shows us their efforts. A wall of sandbags is guarding downtown elkader from water thats expected to quickly rise sometime tonight. Emergency management teams say its an effort that takes the whole town to successfully protect businesses and homes. Nats of girl talking about 2008 as devastating flood levels threaten the heart of downtown elkader, its easy to draw comparisons but this time. Nats of shoveling people here say theyre prepared. Helping hands worked through wednesday night to build a sandbag wall just tall enough to protect main street 25 feet high. Morgan grocholski senior student they said they needed help at lunch at school today. Anything i can do to help my community, ill do. But thursday afternoon, water breached two levees upstream. We just found out the prediction for the river is to go to 27 feet, which would go over our levy. And we just found out it went is two towns up, so were planning that it will meet that prediction. Neighbors and friends boxed up the inside of businesses moving whatever they could away from rising water. Nat of lady moving stuff and outside, students dismissed from school early helped fill and tie sandbags. Our Football Team helped or last night, they went to school, went to practice, and then they went and helped sandbag. So you can just see how people love their community and want to help out. Dozens of helping hands. Who hope this work will make all the difference. Community School District superintenden t if you grew up in small town iowa, thats just part of life. Its just what we do, we help our neighbors here. The Fire Department told me without our students and staff they dont think it wouldve got done, so that was really nice. Sarah out in 2008, flood levels here hit just below 28 feet. Water levels are expected to rise near that level overnight, which will likely take out several power grids. Well continue monitoring the flood levels here as that happens and bring you updates on air and online. In elkader, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Now heres a look at whats world news. World news tonight with david muir is next with the latest on the tornado emergencies across the midwest. 35 reported so far, one reaching winds over 150 miles per hour. See the images of the devastation and what to expect next in those areas. Coming up. More buildings, homes and stre members have a difference of opinion. Hear what that could mean for future downtown development. And as flood waters move through northeast iowa, we check the Current River levels and show you where warnings are in after flooding continued downriver today. People in elkader are sandbagging as waters there spill over the banks. And in fayette county, Emergency Responders are preparing for the worst. If the water goes over the dike in elgin. That could also make flooding worse in clermont, where waters swept this porch away. It all happened because the turkey river rose overnight. Fayette county sheriff marty fisher told us red cross volunteers have at the Valley CommunitySchool District in between clermont and elgin. The sheriff says neighbors and High School Students are out placing sandbags in hopes of stopping any overflow. This comes after widespread flooding yesterday farther north in towns like decorah, freeport, and spillville. The flooding also took one life yesterday when flash flooding swept a car corner of chickasaw county. Today the Sheriffs Office said the driver who died was 77yearold albert gott of rural sumner. Just this afternoon, Governor Terry branstad issued a disaster proclamation for the flash flooding damage in five northeast iowa counties. They are allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek counties. Those counties can now use state money to help with emergency lets go back now to meteorologist joe winters at Kingston Stadium for a final look at our forecast. Showers across southern iowa come to an end, bringing much needed dry air to the state. A cold front continues to slide to the east and with it a comfortable end to the work week. Be on the lookout for some patchy fog to start our friday. Saturday, however, sees a return to more showers and storms. The best chance will be late friday night through saturday. Early sunday we dry things our once again and the holds into night. Tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog possible. Wind light nw low 56 tomorrow partly sunny and pleasant. Wind ne 510. High 76 bruce and beth. Thank you for joining us for world news with david muir. Tonight, the new tornado threat as we come on. Millimeters bracing for storms tonight. 35 reported tornadoes already. The state of emergency declared, an ef3, tearing through a starbucks. The threat from texas, all the way north. Donald trump calls Hillary Clinton bigot. Trumps own supporter behind reacting. Late today, Hillary Clinton firing back, asking which campaign is really promoting racist lies . And trump, moments ago, doubling down when asked if clinton is really a bigot. Pulled from the trourubble. The stunning scene. The 10yearold girl pulled out alive. The air scare. The radar vanishing at two major american airports