in dubuque, at hartig drug on university avenue and at the dubuque county sheriff's office. live in dubuque katie wiedemann kcrg tv-9 news. developers have taken another step toward a boutique casino in downtown cedar rapids. casino operator wild rose announced today it's partnered with a newly formed nonprofit, cedar river alliance for gaming or crag . crag would hold the facility's gaming license and give a portion of revenue back to linn all casinos. the move comes after state gaming officials rejected a larger project in 2014, citing a saturated gaming market. members of the new nonprofit hope the smaller casino will make a difference to iowa's regulators, who grant gaming licenses. " i think that is the key to the key to the kingdom. size matters in this-- these negotiations with the commissioners." the iowa racing and gaming commission is tomorrow at its meeting near rathbun lake. kcrg-tv9 is helping raise money for families who are caring for sick children. it's a partnership we have with k-m-r-y radio and its annual radiothon for variety, the children's charity. this money will go to variety's compassion fund, and it will help pay for things that insurance won't cover. that could mean a gas card to help with travel, money for meals, or taking care of a phone or electric bill. k-m-r-y radiothon at 319-378-6400. we also have a link for donations on our website, kcrg dot com. meteorologist joe winters joins us now from k-m-r-y. joe, donation's are coming in? breezy and warm conditions build for our thursday. thursday marks the 21st straight day of above normal temperatures. associated fronts promise to put an end to the streak saturday. after highs in the 70s tomorrow, colder northwest winds blow into the area friday afternoon dropping highs into the 30s and 40s for the weekend. wintry weather stays to our northwest with this storm and we foresee a seasonable weather week ahead as we great night. tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 10-20. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, breezy, and mild. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 back to you. police in coralville are trying that person set a fire in a condo in the 400 building at the oakwood village condominiums. it happened about 9:30 p-m on october 25th. anyone with information should call the coralville police. an eastern iowa driver died after swerving to miss a deer and crashing. the benton county sheriff's office says laffite pierre was driving on 21st avenue south of blairstown around 6:50 yesterday morning. he lost control as he was trying to avoid a deer died this morning from his injuries. he was 44 and from blairstown. we want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999. you can also send us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. iowa congressman dave loebsack has joined other democrats in calling for president- elect donald trump to rescind his appointment of a white house chief strategist. altogether 169 house members loebsack says bannon's bigotry and hate-filled statements should have no place in the white house. bannon is the former c-e-o of the conservative breitbart news network. bannon and the news site have been criticized for appealing to nationalists and white supremacists. some eastern iowa gun shops say sales did spike a bit before the election. but it wasn't a lot and it didn't last. and they say the election of donald trump is one explanation. kcrg-tv9's dav shop in palo. dave, were owners expecting some "binge buying" of firearms this time? that has happened in the past both with recent presidential elections and following some of the high profile shooting incidents. gun owners feared new feared restrictions on some types of weapons and ammunition and stocked up kind of rush gun dealers have seen before. one told me sales were up by about 25 percent for three weeks before the election. after trump's victory, sales fell by that much if not more as gun owners realized significant gun restrictions probably weren't happening. another owner says gun owners who may have stocked up as a precaution in the past may have had second thoughts this time. " i would say people are maybe getting a lit something about this legislation wise. buying up ten guns and having them in your basement doesn't change the laws " traugh says he can point to at least one impact politics on sales. several buyers ordered new guns the day before the election. when they saw the outcome, they canceled the orders the day after trump won. the gun shop manager here says he thought about election. he didn't and now he's glad he didn't overstock. live in palo, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. rabgrai lost a legend today, with the death of mr. pork chop. " 00:10 pooooooorrrrr rrrrrrrkkkkkkkk choooooopps" bancroft iowa native paul bernhard was 88 years chops in the 1970s. and his chops and his unique call got more attention when he began selling them at ragbrai in 1983. we featured him in this piece back in 2007, when he told us about one of the times lance armstrong visited along the ragbrai route. "1:09 he was eating a pork chop and we were visiting a lady came and said sir can you step aside so i can take a bernhard's children have been selling the same pork chops the past few years and plan to continue the tradition for next year's ragbrai. registration for next year's regbrai opened yesterday. a long-time presidential secretary at wartburg college who died last month has left a unique gift to the school. and it's something that will hopefully help some wartburg seniors thrive. stay with tv9. a waverly woman who died last will help make wartburg women a little more successful. cindy carlson served as the secretary for wartburg college presidents until her death in october. carlson was diagnosed with breast cancer and a chemically induced blood cancer that happened as a result of her chemotherapy . but before she died, she had a wish to provide her wardrobe to wartburg senior women getting ready for working world or going on job interviews. so, carlson's closet opened earlier this week. clothing at no cost. amy prestholt says the free merchandise will be helpful when she starts student teaching next semester. "it's a perfect time in our lives, again transitioning to having to dress professionally everyday so it's great that we're able to kind of get these free and add them to our collection." the clothes are available to seniors at wartburg. an iowa native is about to become the oldest woman to go into space. tomorrow, nasa astronaut peggy 56. she grew up in beaconsfield, a small town in southwest iowa. this is her third trip to the international space station. this time, she and two other astronauts will spend five months on the station doing research. the iowa state cyclones football team is aiming for back to back wins this weekend. the team says its game against breezy and warm conditions build for our thursday. thursday marks the 21st straight day of above normal temperatures. however, an associated fronts promise to put an end to the streak saturday. after highs in the 70s tomorrow, colder northwest winds blow into the area friday afternoon dropping highs into the 30s and 40s for the weekend. wintry weather week ahead as we approach thanksgiving. have a great night. tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 10-20. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, breezy, and mild. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 tom. night: partly cloudy. wind: s 10-20. low: 58 friday: windy with a chance temperatures. high: 62 low: 58 saturday: partly cloudy, windy and much cooler. high: 40 low: 29 sunday: mostly sunny and seasonably cool. high: 40 low: 21 monday: partly cloudy. high: 45 low: 23 tuesday: chance of showers. high: 46 low: 32 wednesday: chance of their head coach is up for a national award. josh has more. for the first time since 2012, the union football team is back in the championship game. the knights won it all four years ago and will face boyden-hull/rock valley for the 2a title on friday. the game features two high-scoring offenses, boyden-hull averages 44 points a game, the knights average 43 and are led by one of the top running backs in the state, isaiah vaughn. he's coming off a 406 yard performance in the semi- finals. the team isn't just chasing a contest of his own. he's currently in the top 3 in the u.s. cellular most valuable coaches competition. he's already helped the school win 1,000 dollars and if he school will receive another five thousand. the voting closes on saturday at noon. josh the iowa state football team will try to win their second straight this saturday when they host texas tech at 2:30. the cyclones are coming off a 31-24 win over kansas for their first big 12 win. iowa state is a two point underdog at home and coach matt campbell thinks this is another big opportunity for his team to keep moving the program forward and show progress. i think the next step is is win two in a row you know rosses you know we we mandel's negative we paneled call classes close losses on but now we're getting on the handle success and i guess the one thing we found of the video is we still left a lot out there on saturday in terms of what we're capable of playing and what our expectation to lease my expectations of the football team to play back and we can contribute to keep on going into future seasons and keep on contributing to these people to the secret place success and trying to get them automation we need to keep on winning keep this thing going. sot :39 oc: "this thing going" coaching news 3 time city am champ chris james has been named the new boys and girls golf coach at linn-mar.. and finally congrats to linn mar volleyball standout megan renner who verbally committed to play for the purdue boilermakers in the class of 2019. thanks scott. we're still collecting money for variety, the children's charity. just call the k-m-r-y radiothon at 319-378-6400. or use the donation link we've posted on kcrg dot com. breezy and warm conditions build for our thursday. thursday marks the 21st straight day of above normal temperatures. however, an area of low pressure and associated fronts promise to put an streak saturday. after highs in the 70s tomorrow, colder northwest winds blow into the area friday afternoon dropping highs into the 30s and 40s for the weekend. wintry weather stays to our northwest with this storm and we foresee a seasonable weather week ahead as we approach thanksgiving. have a great night. tonight: partly cloudy. wind: se 10-20. low: 49 tomorrow: partly cloudy, breezy, and mild. wind: s 15-25. high: 72 back to you. thanks for joining us for kcrg-tv9 news at 6. oh, here's a fun postal fact. the inside of our mailbox is under federal jurisdiction, so if you broke my right thumb, that's the pasadena city police. but if you broke my left thumb, that's the fbi. if i'm going to jail, i'm killing him, not breaking his thumb. yeah. ooh! i got a letter from my meemaw. (sniffing) mmm. smell this. (sniffing) what is that? uh, roses, bengay and dr. scholl's foot powder. yep. grandma by calvin klein. you know, the last time i got a handwritten letter was from someone who told me i park like a blind person. that someone has a name. uh, thank you. oh, meemaw got a new set of teeth. oh, but then she found her old ones.