temperatures will warm into the 60s. perfect football weather i'd say!the evening is pleasant as well. temperatures will stay mild, dropping only into the low 40s as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas south of i-80 may actually top out in the low 70s.this warmth will stick with us through the middle of next week until our next system moves in on wednesday bring chances for rain and a few storms. today: mostly sunny and warmer. wind: sw 5-15. high: 66 alo: 66 dbq: 64 iow: 67 63 to 69 tonight: mostly clear. wind: s 5-10. low: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 iow: 45 41 to 47 thanks britley. edtial nominees have just littleore than 2 election day now 17 days away, the nominees are focusing their time on key swing states. out plans for his first 100 days in office at an event in gettysburg pennsylvania. that's of course where president abraham lincoln delivered his famous 'gettysburg address' back in 18-63. trump's policy adviser says the nominee will talk about his vision to quote 'restore our economy' and 'give the government back to the people'. this will be trump's 2nd straight day in the keystone state. he talked about stopping illegal immigration while campaigning in central tough new mandatory minimum federal prison sentence for anyone who illegally re- enters the country after previously being deported. they won't come back. " democrat hillary clinton makes several campaign stops in pennsylvania today. she was in ohio yesterday. whoever wins the state of ohio yesterday in cleveland, clinton attacked trump's claim that she doesn't have the physical strength to run the country. " i have now spent for and a half hours on stage with donald, proving once again i have the stamina to be president. " recent polls show the state of ohio is a tossup between clinton and trump. nationally, the latest cnn poll shows clinton with a 5 blum and democrat monica vernon have agreed to debate next week. they're both running for iowa's first district -- which covers waterloo, cedar rapids and dubuque. kcrg-tv9 and the gazette will host the debate at coe college on wednesday, october 26th. you can watch it on kcrg 9-point-2, starting at 7 o'clock. political campaigns are paying attention to ballots but haven't returned them. that's according to the director of the lor-es college poll. the iowa secretary of state's office says almost 100,000 fewer people have requested an absentee ballot this year as compared to the 2012 presidential election. experts say that information will likely cause campaign workers to try to get in touch with people who haven't yet requested an absentee ballot. especially those voters who haven't voted early to vote in the past. "they kno and they'll actually track whether you have returned it. so for them it's a way of saying 'ok, we've got your vote, we know you are done. we don't have to keep calling you, we don't have to keep coming to your door.' " when they're looking at those numbers, no one can see who voters have voted for. but they can tell if the voter is registered at a republican, democrat or independent. today you can drop off any unwanted prescription drugs at dozens of locations in enforcement agency's 12th annual drug take back day. the dea's campaign is designed to cut down on prescription drug overdoses. in cedar rapids, drop off locations are set up at the police department and the linn county sheriff's office. in waterloo, the police department is hosting a drug drop off on the city's west side. you can take them to greenwood pharmacy near ridgeway and kimball avenues. and in dubuaue, the city's drug task force is collecti list of drop off locations on kcrg dot com. there's some good news for drivers in cedar rapids this morning. construction is now complete on 42nd street northeast near i-380. the city had been doing pavement and utility work there since spring. it also added turn and bike lanes. this was one of the largest road projects for the city this year. the construction was part of the city's some classrooms in cedar rapids are going to start looking a bit more like a coffee shop than a classroom. mckinley middle school is trying out flexible learning. teachers are using it to change up the learning environment and keep up with the modern day student. the students are part of the process, telling their teachers what would help them learn better. they say it creates excitement around learning and improves the atmosphere. ""we're finding that kids' level of stress at school lowers a lot when they are in spaces where they feel relaxed where there's lots of natural light, scent can even play a big role in an environment," the school says the furniture and desks will come in within the next few months. an annual effort to feed the hungry during the holidays has started in johnson county. yesterday the crisis center of johnson county kicked off "project holiday." each year the program collects money to buy meals for it distributed nearly two thousand meals. and this year it hopes to give out even more. " we have about 100 sites in and around johnson county that have displayed project holiday tags, so just grab a tag, take it home and that's a nice reminder to send in a gift, 25 dollars buys a holiday meal for a family and every little bit helps. " project holiday organizers hope to feed more than four thousand people this last year the iowa hawkeyes claimed every rivalry trophy during the big ten season. today the heartland trophy is up for grabs as they host wisconsin. we'll show you when and where you can catch today's game. stay with tv9. it's ---. partly cloudy skies early this this afternoon. thanks to the wind shift from the north to south along with the wonderful sunshine, high temperatures will warm into the 60s. perfect football weather i'd say!the evening is will stay mild, dropping only into the low 40s as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas south of i-80 may actually top out in the low 70s.this warmth will stick with us through the middle of next week until our next system moves in on wednesday bring chances for rain and a few storms. today: mostly sunny and warmer. wind: sw 5-15. high: 66 alo: 66 dbq: 64 iow: 67 63 to 69 tonight: mostly clear. wind: s 5-10. low: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 iow: 45 41 to 47 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: nw 15-25 high: 69 alo: 68 dbq: 66 iow: 69 66 to 72 tom. night: mostly e.wind: n 5-15 low: 40 alo: 38 dbq: 40 iow: 40 37 to 43 monday: mostly sunny. wednesday: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. high: 63 low: 52 thursday: becoming partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 47 friday: partly cloudy. high: 60 low: 46 saturday: chance of showers, mainly north. high: 60 low: 46 sunday: partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 39 thanks britley. after losing their first two games, the mount morning will break and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon. thanks to the wind shift from the north to south along with the wonderful sunshine, high temperatures will warm into the 60s. perfect football weather i'd say!the evening is pleasant as well. temperatures as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas south of i-80 may actually top out in the low 70s.this warmth will stick with us through the middle of next week until our next system moves in on wednesday bring chances for rain and a few storms. today: mostly sunny and warmer. wind: sw 5-15. high: 66 alo: 66 dbq: 64 iow: 67 wind: s 5-10. low: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 iow: 45 41 to 47 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: nw 15-25 high: 69 alo: 68 dbq: 66 iow: 69 66 to 72 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: n 5-15 low: 40 alo: 38 dbq: 40 iow: 40 37 to 43 monday: mostly sunny. high: 61 low: 40 tuesday: chance of showers. high: 61 low: 44 wednesday: showers and a few thanks britley. after losing their first two out the season on a 7 game winning streak. scott will have highlights from the matchup with williamsburg coming up next in sports. switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. speed may not be available in your area. call today. regular season and we had a district title on the line tonight in williamsburg. the raie live on kcrg 9.2 morgan hawk called the game on 9.2 and joins us live from williamsburg.. morgan this was for the title. joel girdner joins me now and including at kingston where kennedy needed to beat prairie by atleast 11 points to get in. we were scoreless after one at kingston...pick and 4 for the cougars...nick duehr finds carter krall who wins the race to the goal line to put the cougars up a touchdown. the prairie offense would respond. levi usher turns the corner on the quarterback keeper picks up big yards before he's tackled on the cougar 5 yard line. later in that sequence....4th and goal from the 1...joseph meyer finds his way into the endzone to get the hawks on the board. this was a close game throughout... thanks joel.. iowa city west in needed a win over ottumwa to have a chance to make the playoffs. and west came out flying high thru the air quarterback evan flitz hooks up with one of the most sought after wide receivers in the country oliver martin and he has some pretty good wheels and run by everyone for big yardage before he steps out of bounce and that set up basketball yard touchdown run and poses for the camer.. and devonte says hey i can do it all.. now on defense.. checkout this interception off the deflection and lane is gone for the pick six for his second straight td to make it 28-nothing.. and they werent done yet not by a long shot.. flitz with the play fake fires the long ball to martin who comes down with it for six more and iowa city rolls to the win. 8 man football.. a trip to the playoffs was tree.. the lions hosted midland who came out wingining it.. alex martin going deep for dawson paulson and he has him for the games first touchdown.. but lone tree comes right back on the ground drike hotz from 25 yards out races into the endzone and the two point conversion made it 8-6.. and this game was back and forth austin smith from the wildcat straight ahead for the 10 yard td to put midland on top 14-10 comes lone tree that guy hotz again with a td run from 20 yards out to put lone tree back on top and wins a shootout .we are just getting started we will have more highlights on the endzone when we comeback. with the stakes sky high the indians came out all jacked up for this one.. and they looked good on the opening drive checkout the move by wide receiver alex whalen for big yardage.. but that drive stalled and assumption answered fake airs one out for a wide open ryan wohlers and he takes it down the one fumbles but it gets it back to set up the first touchdown of the game.. and the knights took a 13- nothing lead moments later on the justus burke 31 yard touchdown run.. former hawkeye and nfl tight end allen reisner was the honorary captain tonight and he says throw to the tight end.. good call allen.. trevor paulsen connects with a wide open grant meth down the middle and look at him running with the ball one handed to cut the lead to that had them ringing the bell.. but assumption answered moments later on the levy td run to take a 20-6 lead.. marion still playing with a lot of heart checkout the hit by dawson kirk on the sidelines..but a few players later levy with the throw back to burke who does the rest and davenport assumption beat marion darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. to share more photos at your cabin all for just $49. the best part? we put towers in places the other guys don't. because u.s. cellular thinks you deserve a signal that works wherever you are. switch to u.s. cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line this afternoon. thanks to the wind shift from the north to south along with the wonderful sunshine, high temperatures will warm into the 60s. perfect football weather i'd say!the evenin will stay mild, dropping only into the low 40s as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas south of i-80 may actually top out in the low 70s.this warmth will stick with us through the middle of next week until our next system moves in on wednesday bring chances for rain and a few storms. today: mostly sunny and warmer. wind: sw 5-15. high: 66 alo: 66 dbq: 64 iow: 67 63 to 69 tonight: mostly clear. wind: s 5-10. low: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 iow: 45 sunny. wind: nw 15-25 high: 69 alo: 68 dbq: 66 iow: 69 66 to 72 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: n 5-15 low: 40 alo: 38 dbq: 40 iow: 40 37 to 43 monday: mostly sunny. high: 61 low: 40 tuesday: chance of showers. high: 61 low: 44 wednesday: showers and a few thunderstorm s likely. high: 63 low: 52 thursday: becoming partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 47 friday: partly cloudy. high: 60 low: 46 saturday: chance of showers, mainly north. high: 60 low: 46 sunday: partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 39 back to you brea. after two weeks on the road, the iowa hawkeyes it's a battle for the heartland trophy as 10th ranked wisconsin comes to town. today is also the annual 'america needs farmers' game. iowa narrowly won the heartland trophy last year in a tough 10 to 6 game in madison. today's kickoff is set for 11:00 can watch the game on espn. you can catch the uni panthers live on kcrg 9.2 this afternoon. they're taking on missouri state under the dome starting at 1:00 this afternoon. it's been a difficult few weeks for the panthers. they've lost 3 out of four games by a total of only 12 points. again, you can watch today's game live on kcrg 9.2 the united way wants to know if you helped out during flood protection in eastern iowa last month. to bring in federal dollars to help the state recover. halloween is still more than a week away. but today, several events across the state are letting kids celebrate early. stay with your 24-hour newsource, kcrg-tv9. on october 22nd. here is a li today. governor terry branstad is asking for federal aid to help after last month's flooding affected more than a dozen counties. cedar rapids police say shooting paint ball guns at people and houses is dangerous... and not just for the victims. and two people are still on the loose after robbing a bank in a small delaware county town. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrg-tv9 saturday morning news. but first, meteorologis t alert forecast, britley... partly cloudy skies early this morning will break and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon. thanks to the wind shift from the north to south along with the wonderful sunshine, high temperatures will warm into the 60s. perfect football weather i'd say!the evening is pleasant as well. temperatures will stay mild, dropping only into the low 40s as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas south of i-80 may actually top out in th middle of next week until our next system moves on wednesday bring chances for rain and a w storms. today: mostly sunny d warmer. wind: 5-15. hig 66 alo: 66 q: 6iow: nd: s 5-10l: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 41 t47thanks britley. about a month after flooding state is asking the federal government for help. governor branstad has asked the president to declare a disaster declaration. the governor requested funding under fema's public assistance program. that money would go toward repairing damaged roads, bridges 19 counties. it would also cover the cost of emergency work before, during and after the flood. the united way is asking people to log any of the hours they put in to help with flood preparation. volunteers are encouraged to go online, enter their name, email, how they volunteered, the hours they worked, and upload any pictures. united way says so many people came out to help, that they couldn't keep track of everyone. linn county emergency management flood prevention and repair costs. and they hope people will be honest about their hours "there's really no value to anybody personally to call in hours they didn't work. and this is iowa. we trust people to be fair and honest on what they submit " the united way saysit wants to be better prepared to log people's hours in future disasters. a link to where you can enter your hours is on our website, kcrg dot com. rest of his life in prison for killing his wife. a judge sentenced 48- year-old barney fraaken earlier this week. he pleaded guilty to a first- degree murder charge on thursday and was immediately sentenced to life in prison. investigators say he shot and killed his wife amy fraaken last year. he was also charged in the shooting death of his 16-year-old daughter, amber. that charge was dropped in the plea deal. fraaken's the former city clerk of the western iowa town of casey is going to prison for mail fraud and setting city hall on fire. a judge sentenced dorothy dillinger to five years in prison yesterday. she set this fire at city hall in august 2014. it happened the night before auditors were arriving to investigate missing money. she later admitted she had been taking the money and using it for personal expenses. a judge has not said how much restitution prosecutors want her to pay more than two million dollars. the delaware county sheriff's office says two men are on the run this morning after robbing a bank with a gun and a knife. the sheriff's office says the robbery happened around 8:45 this morning at the citizens state bank in hopkinton. none of the bank employees were injured in the robbery. anyone with information should call the sheriff's office. cedar rapids police say someone and even hit one person recently. according to some of the most recent reports-- it sounds like the people behind paintballing are actually adults. and it's been happening for months. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders reports. earlier this year, francis douglas painted his home on e ave nw. but one morning in august, he woke up to find a fresh coat. "i walked out. happened to look up at the front of the house. we had florescent- orange spots." his polka dotted property had been peppered with paintballs. at least three of h as well. vehicles too, like this suv that was parked outside. "don't they have something better to do? or, someplace else to do it?" apparently not. police say, in just the last two weeks, there have been at least four reports of vandals firing paintballs at property and people. chief wayne jerman called the act a juvenile thing to do. not only is it possible someone will get hurt, but paintballers could be shot themselves. their guns look remarkably like the real thing. "don't these people think that they stand the risk of somebody trying to protect themselves? i just think it's an incredibly a few of the incidents. authorities arrested 26- year-old kenneth herring and 30-year-old earnest murry, earlier this month. police say the two spent the evening of october 6th driving around cedar rapids, shooting paintballs out of a van. one woman was hit in the eye. herring was charged with criminal mischief. murry, driving while barred. "luckily, it was water soluble." the good news for francis, and many of the other victims, that paint on his home washed right off. it maybe gone, but his frustration for the vandals remains. police say they'll be watching for this kind of thing as vandalism usually ticks up through halloween. the rich heritage of cedar rapids theatre company is performing the play 'little shop of horrors'. the shows are being performed at the scottish rite temple. the comedy-horror musical started 'off broadway' before it became a movie in 1986. showings today are at 2:00 in the afternoon and 7:30 tonight. an american sign language interpreter will be at the 7:30 performance. we'll talk with the theatre company about why they're doing this and how it's benefiting a local charity, coming up in local hy vee stores are also getting into the halloween spirit today. all stores in marion and cedar rapids are hosting in-store halloween parities this afternoon. the free event includes trick-or- treating, coloring activities and cookie decorating. the first 100 children in costume at each store will receive a free goodie bag. the parties run from 1 until 3. and in dubuque, kennedy mall's hills and dales halloween harvest is this trick or treating through pumpkin patches, door prices, a costume contest and a dance party. tickets are 5 dollars per child. proceeds benefit the hills and dales human services in dubuque. donald trump and hillary clinton are in a tight race going into next month's presidential election. that's despite no major newspaper endorsements for the republican nominee. we'll dig into how important those endorsements are, coming up. stay with tv9. it's ---. meteorologist britley ritz joins morning will break and we'll see plenty of sunshine this afternoon. thanks to the wind shift from the north to south along with the wonderful sunshine, high evening is pleasant as well. temperatures will stay mild, dropping only into the low 40s as winds continue out of the south. a few passing clouds will be all.sunday the sunshine returns and so do the warmer temperatures. expect highs nearing 70 degrees. areas sout o actually top out in the low 70s.this warmth will stick with us through the middle of next week until our next system moves in on wednesday bring chances for rain and a few storms. today: mostly sunny and warmer. wind: sw 5-15. high: 66 alo: 66 dbq: 64 iow: 67 63 to 69 tonight: mostly clear. wind: s 5-10. low: 44 alo: 44 dbq: 44 iow: 45 41 to 47 tomorrow: mostly sunny. wind: nw 15-25 high: 69 alo: 68 dbq: 66 iow: 69 66 to 72 tom. night: mostly clear. wind: n 5-15 low: 40 alo: 38 dbq: 40 iow: 40 37 to 43 monday: mostly sunny. high: 61 low: 40 tuesday: chance of showers. high: 61 low: 44 wednesday: showers and a few cloudy. high: 59 low: 47 friday: partly cloudy. high: 60 low: 46 saturday: chance of showers, mainly north. high: 60 low: 46 sunday: partly cloudy. high: 59 low: 39 thanks britley. some busy websites were all government is trying to figure out who's behind the attack. source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. darien: why have the latest smartphone if you can't use it wherever you go? switch to u.s. cellular for our best plan yet: 7 gigs of data per line for only $49. to share more photos at your cabin or video chat at your secret fishing spot... all for just $49. the best part? we put towers in places the other guys don't. that works wherever you are. switch to u.s. cellular and get a whopping 7 gigs of data per line endorsing hillary clinton. just a handful favor donald trump. despite that, polls have the nominees only a few points apart. kcrg-tv9's washington correspondent ted fioraliso endorsements .. in politics--- there's no such thing as a sure thing. eli yokley: 5009 not many people expected this race to be this close. this was one of the back burner races. the contest between incumbent republican senator roy blunt and democratic challenger jason kander is heating up. the latest polls are telling--- blunt and kander are now neck and neck. political expert eli yokley says the tides changed when kander released his now infamous washington would be talking about jason kander if it weren't for that ad. it put him on the map nationally.democratic presidential nominees have just a little more than 2 weeks to persuade voters. with election day now 17 days away, the nominees are focusing their time on key swing states. today republican donald trump plans to lay out plans for his first 100 days in office at an event in gettysburg pennsylvania. that's of course where delivered his famous 'gettysburg address' back in 18-63. trump's policy adviser says the nominee will talk about his vision to quote 'restore our economy' and 'give the government back to the people'. democrat hillary clinton makes several campaign stops in pennsylvania today. she was in ohio yesterday. whoever wins the state of ohio has gone on to win the election for the past several decades. yesterday in cleveland, clinton attacked trump's claim that she doesn't " i have now spent for and a half hours on stage with donald, proving once again i have the stamina to be president. " recent polls show the state of ohio is a tossup between clinton and trump. nationally, the latest cnn poll shows clinton with a 5 point lead. this morning cyber investigators are trying to figure out who h popular websites. it affected millions of users yesterday. abc's chuck sivertsen reports. mysterious hackers turned cyberspace into a battleground friday, stranding millions of internet users in online limbo. this map highlights in deep red the areas that were the worst affected. twitter -- spotify -- and ebay among the hundreds of popular sites that were blocked in waves of attacks starting friday morning. another: netflix -- with such shows as "orange is the new black" and "stranger things." the hackers' target -- the east-coast host of those sites, dyn inc. in new hampshire.they were hit with what's known as a denial of "bots" -- to overwhelm a site with queries. dyn said in a statement "our engineers are continuing to work on mitigating this issue." federal authorities are on the case: sot - josh earnest, white house press secretary: "i know that the department of homeland security, that is the us government agency that is responsible for monitoring our security in cyberspace and coordinating with the public and private sector to protect us interests in cyberspace, is monitoring the situation." this is just the most recent attack. according to u-s intelligence, email c the russian government. but who's behind friday's cyber-sabotage? sot - josh earnest, white house press secretary: "i don't have any more information to share about who might be responsible for that malicious activity." finding the answers not likely to be quick -- or easy. chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. we'll take another look at your right now, get the directv select package from centurylink with up to 12 megs of high-speed internet for about 50 bucks a month for one year. directv has live sports... 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