after a cool stretch to close out october, meterologist chris havely is in with the first alert forecast.. the drizzle and clouds are moving out for tonight. skies should turn mostly clear for most of eastern iowa by the latter evening hours. temperatures will fall to around 40 for overnight lows. the second half of the weekend is shaping up to be much nicer with warmer air moving in, and plenty of sunshine to go along with it. expect highs in the low to mid 60s. we only go up from there as the workweek begins. expect highs around 70 through wednesday, before rain chances return for late thursday and thursday night. 70s in early november. can't beat it! tonight: skies clearing low: 36-42 winds: w 5-15 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 40tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 62-68 winds: s 5-10 alo: 65 dbq: 63 iow: 66 back to you. quick work by firefighters kept a fire at a university of iowa dorm from turning much worse and endangering the lives of hundreds. the iowa city fire department responded to the slater residence hall on campus at just before 1:30 this morning, and, once on scene, they attacked the fire on the ninth floor of the dormitory. kcrg-tv 9's sarah mccarthy joins us live from outside of slater hall -- sarah, you talked with people who had to get out...quick. absolutely, chris. i spoke with several students who say at first they thought the alarms were just a drill. but ras on each floor banged on doors - getting students out of bed and out of the building. sprinkler systems went off in part of the building. that contained the fire to one room on the ninth floor. officials directed students to two other dorms right across the street. and students say a few hours later, most could return to their rooms. although a few residents are still in temporary housing now. but according to one university of iowa official, everything went according to emergency plans. "i would want parents to know that students are safe, everyone was evacuated as they should be and very quickly let back into their rooms." there is significant water damage in parts of the building. tonight at ten, we'll take you inside to see the mess some students are still cleaning up today. live in iowa city, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. a deadly crash on friday in southern iowa, where investigators say a semi driver hit a horse and buggy in davis county.. the iowa state patrol said the driver of a semi was on a road, four miles west of bloomfield, when he hit the horse and buggy. troopers say the semi was trying to pass the buggy in the left lane of the roadway and that the horse tried to turn left as the semi passed it. investigators say 77-yard old norman yutzy was in the buggy and died at the scene. habitat for humanity restores have served people -- with stores in cedar rapids, iowa city, des moines and the quad cities... this morning marked a grand opening... in waterloo. the new restore in waterloo opened this morning on flammang drive. this is the first store to be built in the black hawk, bremer, and butler county area. the organization collects donated furniture and building supplies to sell to the public. employees torage units full of donations collected over the past few months to prepare for today's shoppers. those proceeds then go toward building houses for habitat for humanity. "through the store we're hoping to be able to build more houses every year, do more repair projects, and just do more for families in our community and everyone's been really excited about that." a note on the hours for the waterloo restore... the iowa heartland habitat for humanity restore is open wednesdays through saturdays -- 9 am to 6 pm.. also in black hawk county, high school students spent the day helping to gather food donations. students from hudson high school set up a table to collect donations outside of fareway today in waterloo. the food drive will support more than 50,000 people the northeast iowa food bank in waterloo considers "food insecure". hudson high school is competing with other area high schools to collect the most donations. the school with the most pounds of food will be recognized. but for the students, the drive means more than the competition. "i think if they just donate even a sixty cent can it makes them feel better it makes us feel better everyone wins, because we gotta start one step at a time to solve hunger." the last opportunities to donate are november 3rd and 5th at cedar falls high school parent teacher conferences and november 4th at the cedar falls pizza ranch. even before the holiday season, more than 100 cedar rapids children received a "faster way to get around"... variety the childrens charity - worked with two local nonprofits - to give them a way to foster independence and responsibility. tv9's brady smith reports. after a brief helmet fitting, and a walk across a rain-soaked parking lot... ...10 year-old tim pruitt meets his brand new mountain bike. and the excitement is overwhelming. 34:06-:18 "yes, this is yours! i'm trying not to cry! i'm trying not to cry...trying not to cry. yes, i'm totally excited."he's one of 113 kids who got a new set of wheels saturday morning. the hall-perrine cancer center turned one of its main parking lots into a test-drive area. 42:15-:23 "it was a great opportunity to provide bikes to the kids who need bikes, and provide some educational opportunities to the parents."this time, variety's bikes for kids program benefited the hd youth center and waypoint services. robyn rieckhoff says the youth center in particular is now serving more young people than ever. 39:33-:35 "we're trying to just really focus on the kids and their needs."keeley smith says events like this never fail to put smiles on faces. 44:45-:51 "including this one, we have done 500 bikes in cedar rapids and iowa city, just in the last couple months."46:00- :10 "you think every child definitely not that have never bought, owned, used a bike before." and that's exactly the case for pruitt. 34:33-:34 "it's my first bike." 36:36-:39 "what do you think of your new bike? pretty polling for the large 2016 republican presidential field are not in iowa but nearly everyone else is for the republican party of iowa's growth and fairgrounds in des moines. among those in the top-tier of recent polling who did appear, texas senator ted cruz, florida senator marco rubio, former florida governor jeb bush and former h-p ceo carly fiorina. the republicans are coming off last wednesday's third presidential debate in colorado. debates are coming up - november 10th, in milwaukee, december 15th in las vegas before the candidates return to des moines for a january 2016 debate -- the exact date has yet to be released... with all the concern over isis and global terrorism.. now hundreds are dead after a russian plane crashes, with isis claiming responsibility. isis claims it brought down a isis claims it brought down a russian jet over egypt, killing everyone on board. 224 passengers and crew were on the metrojet plane when it crashed in the sinai peninsula this morning. it's not clear what brought down the jet. but egyptian officials say the pilot reported technical difficulties and requested an emergency landing. this morning, u-s secretary of state john kerry sent his condolences to the russian people. storms rolled through texas. crews recovered a body today and presumed 2 deaths in the houston area were weather- related. meanwhile, cleanup is underway as people clear downed trees from their yards. strong winds and even tornadoes leveled buildings in the san antonio area. the storm even destroyed a historic bank in one small town about an hour outside of the city. twice a year on saturdays, we gently remind all that tonight brings the end of daylight saving time -- so bring on the early sunsets. tonight at 2 a.m., the official time will fall back one hour -- an extra 60 minutes of sleep before the sunday activities start up. if you're watching us online from arizona or hawaii, ignore the previous 15 seconds.. but accept our envy, especially if you're in hawaii... meterologist chris havely - who is from indiana...and i still can't figure out how they do daylight saving time - returns as we may be seeing warmer days.... stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. the drizzle and clouds are moving out for tonight. skies should turn mostly clear for most of eastern iowa by the latter temperatures will fall to aroundtemperatures will fall to around 40 for overnight lows. the second half of the weekend is shaping up to be much nicer with warmer air moving in, and plenty of sunshine to go along with it. expect highs in the low to mid 60s. we only go up from there as the workweek begins. expect highs around 70 through wednesday, before rain chances return for late thursday and thursday night. 70s in early november. can't beat it! tonight: skies clearing low: 36-42 winds: w 5-15 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 40tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 62-68 winds: s 5-10 alo: 65 dbq: 63 iow: 66tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 41-47 winds: s 5-10 alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 44monday: mostly sunny high: 69 - low: 44 tuesday: mostly sunny high: 70 - low: 48 wednesday: partly cloudy high: 70 - low: 50 thursday: chance of showers high: 61 - low: 50 friday: chance of showers high: 57 - low: 43 saturday: partly cloudy high: 56 - low: 39 stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. --all signs pointed to an easy today against maryland, but as college football proves time and time again, you can't take anything for granted. --the odds makers had iowa at a 17 point favorite against the terrapins....th e hawks get on the board in the first as leshun daniels, jr fights his way in....his 2nd career touchdown puts iowa up 7-0... --same score in the 2nd...the give to akrum wadley....the star of the northwestern win gets in the endzone from 12 yards out....14-0 iowa... --coach ferentz said he'd need all three running backs today and with 13 seconds in the half derrick mitchell, jr scores....21-0 hawks at the break... --it's 24-7 in the 4th...maryland deep in iowa's territory but the screen pass goes right to desmond king...his 7th pick of the season...this one he returns 88 yards...luckily greg mabin doesn't get flagged for a block in the back... as the hawkeyes move to 8-0 with a 31-15 win over maryland. josh christensen will have much more on the game at 10. --the uni football season is on life support from here on out as any hopes of a playoff berth would likely vanish with another loss. --today, uni hosting south dakota, who just a couple weeks ago beat north dakota state...this game was on 9.2....the coyotes get on the board first....play action pass from ryan saeger to brandt van roekel....7-0 south dakota... bailey to a regina grad's touchdown ties the game at 7.... --next possession for the panthers, bailey keeps it himself...uni up 14-7 at the half.... --3rd quarter it's waterloo native michael schmadeke from 48....he has just enough leg to put the panthers up 17-7... --schmadeke then out-does himself with a career long 50 yard bomb as uni beats south dakota 20-7. --iowa conference football...coe hosting luther....kohawks led 17-7 at the half and they add to it in the third as sam lahr plows his way into the endzone....24-7 coe... --luther answers with the fullback dive to christian moore....norse get back within 10.... --coe's offense goes back to work....the jet sweep to trevor heitland...he bobs and weaves his way through the luther defense....heit land finally goes down at the 25.... --lahr caps the drive with another touchdown....h e finishes the game with 239 yards and 4 scores as coe doubles up luther 44-22. --the high school cross country season came to an end today in its usual spot...fort dodge. scott saville has more from the state meet. the rain stopped just in time for a decent day for cross country. no question about the team and individual race of the day. 2a girls paige holub of monticello repeated as state champ with the time of 1854 becca mcdermott of cascade was right behind. it was flip- flopped in the team race cascade beat monticello by just 8 points 84-76 s. winnn was third with 90. cj may of ap was your state champion for the two-a boys wnining with a ttime of 1555. john crew of dyke new hartford was second and matt manternach of monticello fourth and his team finished third. the panthers bringing home two trophies. 3a boys logan murray in mount pleasant cross the line 1st in a time of 1617 .read smock of mount vernon lisbon was third miles bach and jeremy fopma of marion were fifth and sixth and mount vernon lisbon won the 3a team championship and let's just say they were a little jacked up. 3a girls former tv 9 athlete of the week lilly horst of vinton schellsburg was 6th and dubuque wahlert finished third in the team race . 4 a boys tyson van drasco prairie with the big kick finish second to ryan schweitzer of dowling. sam schillinger of cedarfalls was third. ryan murphy of linn mar 6th dowling won the and prairie third. 4a girls mckenzie janik of pleasant valley cross the line fist in 1755 your top local finisher was was bailey knock of iowa citywest in seventh 1a girls alyssa williams of durant took gold camryn reeg of belleview was second pekin and hailey schroeder of central elkader who's team was crowned champs and pekin was second. 1a boys andrew meyer of bellevue was highland riverside 5th pekin was second in regina third in the team race from fort dodge --thanks scott....linn- mar hosting girls regional swimming this afternoon....20 0 freestyle...ell y kalb of wahlert and kassidy lovig of kennedy in a tight race....and it's kalb who wins in 1:57.02.... --200 im...erica hsu of iowa city west cruising to victory in 2:06.93.... --100 free....kennedy 's maddie bagby leads the way as the cougars go 1- 2...kennedy wins the team title as well....state swimming is next saturday in marshalltown . thanks josh. we'll be right back with a final check of your the drizzle antonight. skies should turn mostly clear for most of eastern iowa by the latter evening hours. temperatures will fall to around 40 for overnight lows. the second half of the weekend is shaping up to be much nicer with warmer air moving in, and plenty of sunshine to go along with it. expect highs in the low to mid 60s. we only go up from there as the workweek begins. expect highs around 70 through wednesday, before rain chances return for late thursday and thursday night. 70s in early november. can't beat it! thanks chris. thanks for joining us for kcrg-tv9 news at 6. be sure to tune in again for kcrg-tv9 news at 10. until then, tt2watv#@5$! bt@q those were some fairly savage pre-adolescent jews.

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