Smoke is also the same thing another Early Morning witness noticed as he was driving down highway 13. I seen the flames coming out the side door so then i whipped around to go to the Grocery Store to tell somebody so brian, the store owner, is a firefighter and he was running out the door fire crews stopped using water for a time for fear of spreading the flammable material around more. But the fire continued to spread until an aerial a foam to smother the flames. One nearby trucking business had semi trailers and even grain trucks parked no more than 50 feet away from the buildings that went up in flames. An employee saw the flames. And drove all the vehicles to safety. We moved our tanker trailer that sits down there. Went and hooked that up. And it was getting a bit warm. But we got it out of there. The owner later discovered just how partially melted from the heat. As for the firefighter who had the reported medical issue, that report did not indicate whether there was a connection to the fire. We do not have any other updates to report on that firefighter. Live in central city, dave franzman, kcrg tv nine news. Uihc after a truck hit him while he crossed the street. Thats according to our coverage partners kd th. Dubuque police say jeremy maus of New Hampshire had the right of way when he crossed the road at 17th and white streets in dubuque on tuesday night. His condition is not known. Police cited the driver, uriah ostrand, who is 22 and from dubuque. The citation is for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also send us pictures, videos or news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. We have pretty calm weather right now, but for anyone traveling home from thanksgiving or going out black friday shopping, you might see a flurry or two of snow. Meteorologist chris havely joins us now. More like winter. As you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain quiet until later tonight. A very weak system will be moving through the upper midwest and will create a few flurries or light snow showers, mainly in our northern counties. Travel impacts should not be large, but a few slick spots cant be ruled out. Otherwise, mostly cloudy skies the weekend will be dry and a bit on the mild side until rain moves in late on sunday and into sunday night. Around 0. 50 to 1 will be possible. As the system stalls out to our north, small chances for rain and light snow will be with us for the first half of next week, as temperatures drop back to more typical late november numbers. Tonight chance of flurries or light snow, mainly north. Wind w 510. Low 32 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 29 to 35 beth. Not everyone can be home for thanksgiving. Many spend at least part of the day at work. Teens took turkey day to those who couldnt take time off. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders was there. If you go back about 400 years to that very first thanksgiving between the pilgrims and the indians at plymouth, not much is known. What we do know, two culturally different groups of people came together for the greater good. Four centuries later, this group of cedar rapids teens is helping keep the good sentiments of some of them muslim. All of them helping others for the holiday. Nat the about 20 went to businesses on the east and west side with these bags of lunches. Theyre for anybody who was spending thanksgiving on the clock, working instead of relaxing with friends and family. From cops to gas stops. Not everyone has the blessing of a house and parents and food to eat on thanksgiving. On the effort was self evident but behind the bags of food a deeper significance. Just as the pilgrims and indians set aside differences for thanksgiving long ago, so too have these kids. Though they belong to different faiths, they showed togetherness at a time when the country could use a little more, post election. I think that interfaith partnerships are a great way of showing that while differences exist, and differences are an important have to divide us. Nat though it was turkey in those lunches. Unity was truly the main course. In cedar rapids, Forrest Saunders, kcrgtv9 news. Two eastern iowa marching bands had the honor of performing in a major parade today. Struttin up the road here is the Mount Vernon High School marching mustangs. 65 members under the direction of scott weber. Music plays Mount Vernons band was in chicagos mcdonalds thanksgiving parade. The band made its way through a mile long route through downtown. This is their third time in this parade. Also there performing this morning. 68 members of the williamsburg High School Marching band. They found out they were playing last year. Thats because each parade takes more than a year and a half of planning. This is their first appearance. After the day of feasting, many their black friday shopping early. We have a whole store of awesome. We have literally hundreds of items on sale stores like toys r us and jc penney are already open. Macys is offering deals only in store. But other stores like barnes and noble and costco are staying closed today to give employees the day off. By the end of the weekend, more than 137 million americans are expected to have done some shopping. Lindale mall in cedar rapids just opened its doors for shoppers leading up to black friday. And thats where we find kcrgtv9s samantha myers. Lindale mall will offer 22 hours of savings during thanksgiving and black friday, giving early bird shoppers a head start to gobbleup the best deals of the 2016 holiday season. Visitors from near and far will cash in on unmatched and dining options. Shopping hours thursday, november 24 6 p. M. 1 a. M. Friday, november 25 6 a. M. 9 p. M. One quad cities woman is showing just how shes continuing to workout with a babys debut weeks away. Stay with tv9. A quad city mom is taking cross out a big change was coming her way. But as wqads Jesyka Dereta explains. No challenge will keep her away from the sport she loves. Nat weight plate working out is a lifestyle for caitlin eliopulous. Nat barbell on bar click from. Deadlifts to burpees. Cross fit is anything but easy. Nat ugh and for caitlin. Working out is twice as hard. Thats because shes lifting for click on ground and when she got pregnant. Caitlin knew she wanted to stay active for herself and her baby. Caitlin eliopulos, 33 weeks pregnant for the long run just staying stronger obviously we are going to be carrying that baby after the pregnancy heavy lifting while pregnant can attract criticism. With people questioning if its safe for soon to be moms and their babies. Jessica cartee, physical therapist its not to say that it cant be done it would just be extremely modified jessica says you should get an okay from a doctor befor and the same goes for woman wanting to start cross fit while pregnant. Caitlin eliopulos, 33 weeks pregnant they think you cant throw a barbell over your head and yeah there are certain things you cant do but you can modify everything mother of 2. Miranda edel also did cross fit up until the day she went into labor. 19 30 16 miranda edel, mother of 2 when youre pregnant and your crossfitting people think youre even cooler because they are like how can you do this . 19 42 21 caitlin eliopulos, 33 weeks pregnant im towards the end of my pregnancy. I wouldnt say its easy but im getting to the point now where she needs to take a break. Caitlin cheers on her teammates. 19 36 27 nat woo supporting their goals as she gets closer to accomplishing her own. Wqads Jesyka Dereta with that story. Caitlin is due in january with a baby girl. Iowa state found some tough competition on the court today when they faced indiana state. Weve got highlights from this nail biter in a little bit. Stay with your 24 hour news as you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain quiet until later tonight. A very weak system will be moving through the upper midwest and will create a few flurries or light snow showers, mainly in our northern counties. Travel impacts should not be large, but a few slick p otherwise, mostly cloudy skies will stick with us through black friday. Most of the weekend will be dry and a bit on the mild side until rain moves in late on sunday and into sunday night. Around 0. 50 to 1 will be possible. As the system stalls out to our north, small chances for rain and light snow will be with us for the first half of next week, as temperatures drop back to more typical late or light snow, mainly north. Wind w 510. Low 32 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 29 to 35 tomorrow cloudy with flurries possible early, mainly north. Wind nw 515. High 41 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 42 38 to 44 tom. Night decreasing clouds. Wind w 510 low 29 alo 26 dbq 29 iow 29 26 to 32 mostly sunny. High 47 alo 29 sunday chance of showers, mainly afternoon. Windy. High 48 low 31 monday chance of showers early. Windy. High 49 low 42 tuesday mostly cloudy. High 42 low 34 wednesday chance of light snow showers, otherwise mostly cloudy high mostly cloudy. High 38 low 28 friday mostly cloudy. High 39 low 24 thanks, chris. The iowa state Mens Basketball Team went back and forth against indiana state in florida. Thanks, chris. The iowa state Mens Basketball Team went back and forth against indiana its final game of the season at Kinnick Stadium tomorrow. Stay with tv9. The iowa state mens orlando, florida for the advocare invitational. Cyclones facing indiana state, whos led by former. A lot of back and forth in this game. Early first half, Deonte Burton with the steal, and lift off. Onehanded jam. Cyclones down 54. Early foul trouble for Merrill Holden meant more minutes for darrell bowie. Gets the basket and the foul. Cyclones still down by one. Late first half. Matt thomas grabs the rebound, he pushes up the floor, launches this one from ames. Chaching. Cyclones still down 1, but they led 4140 at halftime. Drills a three in the corner. He had 13. Iowa state up 6564. Final minutes. Monte morris takes on two defenders and gets the circuis layup. He had a teamhigh 20. Game is tied 69 all. A minute left. Burton finds thomas in the corner and hes thankful for the iron gods. Favorable bounce. Cyclones up one. Final seconds, isu up 2. Brenton scott for the win, but it goes in and out. Iowa state hangs on to win 7371. Cyclones will face miami tomorrow at. The iowa Football Team is hoping to keep the hy vee heroes trophy in iowa city as the hawkeyes welcome nebraska to town tomorrow. Both teams are bowl eligible, but a win would add a lot to the resume for either team. This is the 6th season of the hyvee heroes trophy, nebraska holds a 32 advantage in the series and the road team has won the last four meetings. Teams arent ready to call this a rivalry, just yet. We havent played that much, often. But were border rivals, but we were in two different conferences for so many years. But i think it has the makings of and the potential to be. Ever since ive been here, weve won two and theyve won one. Both of our wins have been on the road and their one was here. Its been back and forth. As far as i know, i know its a really tough game between the two. It means a lot because of the trophy. Its just two teams that just go for quite a long time. I know theyre going to come out and do their same. It seems like a really great natural rivalry that will just do nothing but grow and become bigger and bigger. Just the proximity, kind of the like mindedness, i just think its a perfect fit that way. Trt 48 oc perfect fit that way. And dont forget, you can watch the hawkeyes versus nebraska right here on kcrgtv9 starting at 2 30. Thanksgiving is filled with turkey and all the fixings, family getting Minnesota Vikings at detroit. Final seconds of the game, its tied 13 all. Vikings with a third and 7, but sam bradford is picked off by darius slay. Tries to get the lions in fieldgoal range. Ball is loose, but refs say down and it was never reviewed. Lions set up matt prater for a 40yard field goal and the win. He splits the uprights. Lions win 1613 putting them in first in the nfc north thanks, scott. Well be right helping people to hear better. Tonight at 10, we introduce you to one man who says a new implant improved his life. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. As you prepare to possibly hit the roads this evening, the weather should remain quiet until later tonight. A very weak system will will create a few flurries or light snow showers, mainly in our northern counties. Thanks chris. Thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. We hope you are having a lovely helium. Yes. Yes. Taylor swift. Yes. Pi. Yes. Kardashian. More specific. Khloe . Yes see, i remembered if it looks kind of like kim its kourtney, and if it looks nothing like kim its khloe. Oh. Oh, thats a venn diagram, and i remember because i thought to myself, venn is he gonna stop talking about this diagram . What are you guys doing . Oh, well, we decided to use our breakfast time to expand our respective knowledge bases. Oh, let me try. Okay