90, refused to move, and this time she faced a close call. despite that, kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann reports the woman's still not going anywhere. rachel engelhardt refuses to move out of her flood prone house. she says, why would she? everything she loves is right here. it was over the microwave, so it would have been that high. in june 2008, flood water nearly destroyed her home. upper end of town and i said 'no way'. " fema funding allowed the city to purchase several flood damaged homes. but rachel refused the offer. she has one very big reason to stay put. "i open and lock it, everyday. that's my job. i clean the church and i clean the rectory. " englehardt doesn't drive, so she wants to stay within walking distance of st. joseph's catholic church. "it's more important to me to get to my church job than it is to get out of here, that's they need her too. she's a fixture of the entire community. "if you spent anytime in elkader, you know rachel and you know what a big heart she has. " on thursday, rachel and her family moved all of her first floor furniture out of the house. just in case the rising river spilled over. " the national weather service says the turkey river at garber is rising, but it will probably right now, it's at 22 feet. it could go up to 24 feet and then fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. that means garber's earthen levee should protect the town. it would be in danger if the water rose to 26 feet. governor branstad visited three communities in winnishiek county today to see the damage from this week's heavy rain and flooding. kcrg t-v nine's dave franzman reports on the clean up that's now underway. "now, unfortunately, the people in spillvill the historic inwood ballroom here...they had to do it eight years ago in 2008 and they're doing it again today." a small army of volunteers used fire hoses to wash out the mud. their hope is when the wooden floor dries it will need only minimal repairs. governor branstad says what he and the lieutenant governor saw on the tour was a lot of that...people pitching in to speed the recovery. "branstad: the spirit has been great. you can see people coming together neighbors and friends and the communities are disaster declaration here frees up some grant money to help lower-income families. if there's enough total damage, federal funds might also become available. meanwhile, plenty of examples like the inwood ballroom show communities are already pitching in to help themselves. " and as for getting it back in operation, the last time it took 13 days...this time they're trying to do it in 10. in spillville, dave franzman k people living in winneshiek county can now let the county know about flood damage on their property. you can find that on kcrg dot com. meteorologist justin gehrts joins us live from independence on this first full night of high school football... and our coverage on friday night lights. justin, some games could see a this evening, but most of the rain and thunderstorms will wait until the overnight hours to take over. occasional showers and storms continue into saturday, with the highest chance happening in the morning. rainfall totals in the neighborhood of a half-inch are likely although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. highs stay in the 70s tomorrow thanks to extensive clouds. a slight chance of storms continues sunday with a partly sunny sky otherwise and highs in the lower 80s. the situation is the same monday, with dry and middle of next week.tonight: scattered showers and thunderstorm s. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 alo: 63 dbq: 63 iow: 65 tomorrow: occasional showers and thunderstorm s, especially in the morning. humid. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 alo: 77 dbq: 76 iow: 79 back to you. today, monsanto employees in williamsburg never happens... someone pulling out a gun and starting to shoot. and emergency responders from throughout iowa county took part in the drill. kcrg t-v nine's phil reed joins us from our newsroom. phil, we need to point out that this was not a response to any specific threat. no, it was not one certain situation, monsanto officials say with the recent mass shootings across the country, they want to stay prepared. the drill started when a man wearing a mask and holding a fake gun entered the facility. workers williamsburg manufacturin g. police went in shortly after to search for the suspect who went into hiding. it took them 30 minutes to find him. they say that's a good time considering the size of the building. a helicopter from the university of iowa came to take a simulated shooting victim to the hospital. this is the first time iowa county first responders held an active shooter drill at an industrial site. "well, for one thing at a school you can usually pick out who the kids are. where in a employee is, and who's not. " there were three simulated shooting victims during the drill, including the shooter. police say you have three options to react if you're caught in this type of situation. i'll explain what they are tonight at ten. live in the newsroom phil reed kcrg-tv9 news. tomorrow night's concert time at kinnick. but today crews were testing volume levels outside the stadium. up next, find out why they're trying to keep the i'm josh christensen live in solon where the spartans are getting ready to take on mount vernon. of kinnick stadium is less than 24 hours away. today crews finished setting up the stage for the back porch revival. tomorrow. headliners include blake shelton, thomas rhett, big and rich, and tucker beathard, who is the brother of iowa quarterback c-j beathard. kcrg t-v nine's mark carlson reports on some of the final preparations that took place this afternoon. crews spent much of friday doing sound checks here at kinnick stadium, and they weren't just about the fan experience, they were about something much more important, just across the street. kinnick stadium friday... and for good reason. "the concern was the neonatal center. " hawkeye athletics officials say they simply can't disrupt babies, or anyone else at the hospital.. "there's people in the hospital right now checking the sound, i haven't had a phone call, so so far so good. " the end goal of the concert -- is to raise money for iowans impacted by disasters. former hawkeye and organizer dallas clark says he for each other. "we are excited to see what comes from this epic night at kinnick stadium, and we think we're going to do a lot of good in the state of iowa. " now the only thing left to do... sit back, wait - and admire a site in kinnick stadium that's never been seen before. "last sunday morning when we started moving in at 8 a.m. i could hardly imagine what this was going to look like on saturday, well now we know... it's a concert venue, that's what it is right now. " tv nine news. there are still tickets available for the concert. you can buy them online, or walk right up to the south gate ticket windows at kinnick. coaches are working to finalize their lineups for the iowa hawkeyes' first game of the season. but still ahead, hear why they're having a hard time deciding who'll be the team's bac a few light showers are possible thunderstorms will wait until the overnight hours to take over. occasional showers and storms continue into saturday, with the highest chance happening in the morning. rainfall totals in the neighborhood although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. highs stay in the 70s tomorrow thanks to extensive clouds. a slight chance of storms continues sunday with a partly sunny sky otherwise and highs in the lower 80s. the situation is the same monday, with dry and seasonably warm weather for the middle of next week.tonight: scattered showers and thunderstorm s. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 alo: 63 dbq: 63 iow: 65 tomorrow: occasional showers and humid. wind: sw 5-15. high: 77 alo: 77 dbq: 76 iow: 79 tom. night: a few showers or storms possible. wind: s 5-10. low: 65 alo: 64 dbq: 64 iow: 66 sunday: slight chance of storms. partly sunny. high: 82 alo: 65 monday: slight chance of storms. partly sunny. high: 83 low: 66 tuesday: partly cloudy. high: 83 low: 66 wednesday: partly cloudy. high: 84 low: 65 thursday: chance of friday: chance of storms. high: 85 low: 66 saturday: partly cloudy. high: 85 low: 63 thanks justin. up next tonight, scott previews from solon, which is hosting mount vernon tonight. and hear how a true freshman is making some noise at quarterback for the hawkeyes this some great games to open the season tonight.. none bigger than solon hosting mount vernon in the highway one rivalry. josh christensen joins us live from solon and this should be a good one vernon is ranked no. 1 in class 2a. solon has won the last 14 meetings against the mustangs. and i'm joined by solon head coach kevin miller. coach, as i mentioned, mount vernon is ranked no. 1, this team has a lot of weapons on offense, what's the key in slowing them down? ... you lost a lot of offense from last year, but you do have blaze griffis back at qb and future hawkeye jacob coons. what's the identity for you guys this year on offense? ... you year and you've talked about how that didn't sit well with the program. your slogan is where excellence is tradition. how have the players responded in rebounding from last season? thanks josh and as i mentioned highlights on friday night lights endzone from 10:30-11 right here on kcrg tv-9. and our game of the week on kcrg 9.2 is independence and west delaware in the highway 20 rivalry. that game will kick off at 7:30. morgan hawk and former hawkeye lou montgomery will have the call. the hawkeyes released their two deep depth chart today and there is now a slash between sophomore tyler wiegers and true freshman nathan stanley for the back up quarterback job. with the second group and the third on the third group. part of the decision is does cj's helmet come off you know is nate ready to or we ready to burn a year. so you know that it will kind of play out as the season goes on but nate hs done a really nice job in camp. he is a really good all- around athlete played baseball basketball is the coaches son so he has been around the in this sunday night at 10:35 for iowa football with kirk ferentz. we will have a special one hour preseason show with all the players. and we are going to have a big party to kick off on iowa live this monday night at union station. we have some great guest come on out from 6:30 to 7:30.. that's union station on 16th ave. thanks scott. most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour thunderstorms will wait un take over. occasional showers and storms continue into saturday, with the highest chance happening in the morning. rainfall totals in the neighborhood of a half-inch are likely although places that get repeated rounds of rain could come away with more than an inch. highs stay in the 70s tomorrow thanks to extensive clouds. a slight chance of storms continues sunday with a partly sunny sky otherwise and highs in the lower 80s. the situation is the same thanks for joining us for kcrg-tv9 news at 6. have a great evening. your iphone 6s deserves a strong signal, right? ?? well, u.s. cellular put towers in places the other guys didn't. so you can track your route. stream your music. ?? 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