This will in turn give us milder air again today. A low pressure system continues to sit in the pacific southwest, stalling out the weather pattern for at least another 24 hours. High temperatures today will top out into the upper 60s and lows will drop into the 40s once again. These temperatures are still well above where we should be for this time of year. A cold front will move through late monday and into tuesday bringing the smallest chance of a shower late monday. Temperatures will only drop a few degrees as a result of its passing. Today mostly sunny. Wind s 510 high 68 alo 68 dbq 67 iow 68 65 to 71 tonight mostly clear. Wind sse 510 low 42 alo 42 dbq 43 iow 42 39 to 45 thanks britley. In a tv9 update, Cedar Falls Police released the name of the woman killed in a crash near downtown. Investigators say 38year old cynthia brooks was a passenger in the car and died at the scene. A 43yearold woman and a 7yearold girl in the car with brooks suffered serious injuries. Investigators say 46year old main street around midnight yesterday. The iowa state patrol says he rearended a mini van. It also says he also tried to jump off the 1st street bridge after the crash. A passenger in that minivan suffered serious injuries. The crash remains under investigation. We also have an update on a crash out of delaware county. The state patrol released the name of the man killed after crashing into a tractor. It happened near 200th avenue and 165th street on friday morning. Eric smith of manchester died after sideswiping the tractor that was driving in the opposite direction. And out of jones county, Monticello Police arrested three people after a chase late on friday night. We first told you about this yesterday morning. Around 10 40 that night, an officer tried to stop a stolen vehicle from missouri. The driver fled, leading jones county and cascade authorities on a chase. At one point the vehicle rammed into two Law Enforcement vehicles. And third streets. Thats used to cause the driver. Police are pursuing to lose control and eventually stop. Law enforcement arrested kevin glassmeyer, dechone jackson and megan dains. Police also found guns in the vehicle. Today people in the des moines area will remember a Police Sergeant killed in an ambushstyle attack. A Visitation Service for 38yearold Anthony Beminio starts at 2 this afternoon at Lutheran Church of hope in west des he and Urbandale Police officer Justin Martin were killed last week. Services for officer martin start tomorrow with his visitation. His funeral is on tuesday. We will air both of those funerals on kcrg 9. 2 it was early last wednesday morning when both men were shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars. Police say 46yearold scott greene fired at least 15 shots at both officers. Police say they had run ins him as the suspect in the case. Greene turned himself into police about 8 hours after the shootings. On friday, a judge set his bond at 10 million dollars, cash only. He faces two counts of firstdegree murder. A cedar rapids Painting Company honored the fallen officers yesterday. Jay reece of reece painting parked outside of godfathers pizza and put a thin stripe of blue painters tape on cars for no cost. That blue line with a black background is often used to he hopes his effort will help. Cedar rapids were all about community. Its about the public supporting the police. They do a lot of things when theyre off duty that nobody sees. So, this is our way whether theyre going to work or shopping maybe theyll see that we have their back. Reece said it will hold another blue line event if people are interested. If not, he will pass the tape off to someone else who wants to in these final days before election day, a new poll shows rod blum has an edge over Monica Vernon in the race for iowas first district. A Loras College poll found the republican incumbent had 47 percent support of likely voters. Vernon is six points behind at 41 percent. The democrat has gained one point compared to a similar poll from september. Sixterm senator Chuck Grassley keeps increasing his lead in recent polling. A Des Moines Register poll has than 20 points over challenger and former Lieutenant Governor patty judge. Thats up from a 17 point lead in a poll just last month. Stay with tv nine on election night. Follow us on social media for updates all day and and share your voting experience with the hashtag ia votes. When the polls close at nine join us for facebook live. And dont miss a special edition of the tv nine news at 10. Well have live reports of key races across the state. With kcrgtv9 is raising money for critically ill children and their families. Well have the details on how you can donate, coming up in a live interview. Stay with tv9. Its. Another day very similar to us to have a southerly wind component. This will in turn give us milder air again today. A low pressure system continues to sit in the pacific southwest, stalling out the weather pattern for at least another 24 hours. High temperatures today will top out into the upper 60s and lows will drop into the 40s once again. These temperatures of year. A cold front will move through late monday and into tuesday bringing the smallest chance of a shower late monday. Temperatures will only drop a few degrees as a result of its passing. Today mostly sunny. Wind s 510 high 68 alo 68 dbq 67 iow 68 65 to 71 tonight mostly clear. Wind sse 510 low 42 alo 42 dbq 43 iow 42 39 to 45 tomorrow partly cloudy. Wind s 510 60 to 66 tom. Night mostly cloudy with isolated showers possible. Wind sw 510 low 46 alo 46 dbq 46 iow 46 43 to 49 tuesday partly cloudy. High 59 low 46 wednesday mostly sunny. High 58 low 40 thursday mostly sunny. High 63 low 44 friday mostly sunny. High 53 low 41 saturday cloudy. High 57 low 34 monday chance of showers. High 55 low 43 thanks britley. The uni panthers havent lost a hoped to keep that streak alive at indiana state much needed bye week, but the matchup was a tough one. The hawkeyes traveled to 12th ranked penn state. First time these two teams have met since 2012. First drive for penn state, blacknall in the back of the end zone. 19yard score. Nittany lions up 70. Later in the first, they line up for a field goal hoping to make it 100. But decorah grad josey jewell comes up with the block. It was still 70 after one quarter. But penn states offense picks up in the 2nd. Saquon barkley, one of the best running backs in the country, breaks one tackle, gets some great blocking as well and he takes it 57 yards to the house. Nittany lions added iowa finally gets on the board as c. J. Beathard hits akrum wadley on the screen pass. He jukes one defender, then another and runs it in for the 12 yard score. Iowa still trailed 247 at halftime. 4th quarter, penn state starts to put the game out of reach, mcsorley finds a wide open barkley. 44yard td. Barkley also had 167 yards rushing. 347 penn state. Then, its Tommy Stevens on for a 13yard touchdown. 417 penn state. Iowa did get one late score as beathard throws a dart over the middle to Jerminic Smith who runs it in for the score. But the hawkeyes fall 4114 which snaps their 9game road win streak. The Northern IowaFootball Team has been dealing with a lot of injuries at quarterback. First, aaron bailey. And then this week, eli dunne didnt pass the protocol for a concussion. So, that meant, Colton Howell was the new. Panthers on the road at indiana state today. 1st quarter action, indiana state quarterback isaac harkers pass is tipped and it falls into the hands of unis ricky neal. He gets a few yards on the return. Uni offense looking to cash in. Colton howell goes deep over the middle to prairie grad jalen rima. 40yard catch. It would lead to a Michael Malloy touchdown. Panthers up 70. Later in the first, rima on the punt return that started on the sixyard line. Remember, he was a state here. He also gets some great blocking. Rima takes it to the house, 94 yards. Panthers up 140 after one quarter. Big game from Michael Malloy, 84 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. Including this one from 5 yards. Panthers win 396. D3 football, cornell with its final home game of the year facing ripon. 1st quarter, daniel brown launches one to the end zone, and Justin Ramirez hauls it in for the 30yard touchdown. Rams tie the brown takes over later in the 2nd. He fires a laser over the middle to gabe noyce for the 16yard touchdown. Rams take a 1714 lead. Their defense gets in on the action too. Ripon quarterback rolls out, throws, ball is tipped and is picked off by cedar rapids washington grad maliek ketchens. Hes got some blockers and almost takes it in for a pick six. Hes tackled at the nine. Very next play, brown for the pylon and gets in for the score. Rams hang on 3128. Standing at the top of the podium was everyones goal today at the girls state swimming meet. Scott westerberg has the highlights. The team race was dominated by ames but some eastern iowans picked up medals. Emma sass of dubuque senior finished 5th in the 50 yard freestyle. Her time was 23. 62 wahlertss victoria michel came out of heat 3 to grab bronze in the area champion was linnmars kelsey drake as she wins the 100 butterfly in 55. 13 i wanted to go faster, i really did, but i was really excited and i took it out really fast, so the last 25 was a bit painful. I could tell pushing off the last wall that my legs were hurting really bad so i just tried to push through it to the wall. 100 backstroke, while Jessica Williams of kennedy claimed 6th. Drake found the podium for a second time as she finishes 2nd in the 100 breaststroke to cap off a great senior season after taking a year off to swim club. I love my team. I had so much fun. This meet is amazing. The atmosphere is so cool and just amazing to be back in it. Im so glad i came back, yeah from the girls state swimming meet in marshalltown, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. In college volleyball, teams were playing for an automatic bid to the ncaa tournament in their respective conference tournaments. In the iowa conference, coe facing wartburg in the championship on kcrg 9. 2. First set, linnmar grad aryn jones drills this kill into the hardwood floor. Knights take the first set 2517. Coe responds in the 2nd set, hudson grad lindsey koch sends one into the corner. Kohawks take set two, 2520. But wartburg comes back in the 3rd as jones comes up with the block point for wartburg, jose esser with the kill off the block. Wartburg wins the tournament, 31. Cornell looking to win the midwest conference tourney for the 6th Straight Year facing st. Norbert. First set, diamond boyd with the kill off the block. She had 18 kills. And the rams are down 32. Later on, setter Katherine Devlin sees a soft spot in the defense and takes advantage. Rams down 64. Cornell was able to spread the offense. Nicole ciari she had 12 kills. But st. Norbert ends cornells streak winning this in five sets yesterday High Pressure still sits over the ohio river valley allowing for us to have a southerly wind component. This will in turn give us milder air again today. A low pressure system continues to sit in the pacific southwest, stalling out the weather pattern for at least another 24 hours. High temperatures today will top out into the upper 60s and lows will drop into the 40s once again. These temperatures are sti of year. A cold front will move through late monday and into tuesday bringing the smallest chance of a shower late monday. Temperatures will only drop a few degrees as next week the variety compassion and their families in more ways than one. The fund is hosting its two days of compassion on november 15th and 16th. Kcrgtv9 is also helping with the radiothon on kmry. Joining me now with more on next weeks event are Wendy Crossett and jj trotta with variety. Caring for a critically ill child is difficult; mentally, emotionally and financially. Th workers to identify needs and distribute funds immediately, providing much needed relief for families. Variety partners with iowa hospitals to help critically ill children and their families by providing comfort, care and fulfilling immediate needs such as a gas card for frequent travel to appointments meals for a parent who spends weeks at the hospital payment of immediate bills will spend their special day in a hospital bed care for siblings when parents need to stay with their ill Child Support for the Compassion Fund is raised through two annual radiothons. The cedar rapids radiothon, hosted in november, supports children and their families at Unitypoint Health st. Lukes cedar rapids and Mercy Medical radiothon, two days of compassion, hosted in december, benefits mercy des moines and blank Childrens Hospital. Every donation large and small helps provide relief and hope to families seeking care. Variety invites you to give the gift of compassion. If youre getting tired of almost over. Thousand of iowans have already cast their ballots ahead of this tuesdays election. But voting officials in the state say those numbers are actually down compared to years past. Good sunday morning its 8 30 two days from election day, a new poll shows a stronger lead for donald trump in iowa. But its a different story nationally. And an open house this morning will let people see the university of iowas new Childrens Hospital before it starts accepting patients. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrgtv9 sunday morning news. But first, meteorologis t britley ritz has your first alert forecast, britley. Another day very similar to yesterday High Pressure still sits over the ohio river valley allowing for us to have a southerly wind component. This will in turn give us milder air again today. A low pressure system continues to sit in the pacific southwest, stalling out the weather will top out into the upper 60s and lows will drop into the 40s once again. These temperatures are still well above where we should be for this time of year. A cold front will move through late monday and into tuesday bringing the smallest chance of a shower late monday. Temperatures will only drop a few degrees as a result of its passing. Today mostly sunny. Wind s 510 high 68 alo 68 dbq 67 iow 68 65 to 71 tonight mostly clear. Wind sse 510 low 42 alo 42 dbq 43 iow 42 39 to 45 thanks britley. Today officially starts election week across the country. In the race for president , a new poll shows donald trump with a strong lead over Hillary Clinton in iowa. A Des Moines Register poll just released yesterday shows trump with a 7 point lead over the democratic nominee. 46 percent said theyre voting for the republican nominee while clinton gained support from 39 percent. Its a different story nationally. The latest abc news tracking poll shows Hillary Clinton with a 48 percent to 43 largest gap in the daily poll since october 26th. Trump comes back to iowa later today. Hes scheduled to speak in sioux city around noon. His stop in western iowa is part of a long day for the republican nominee. Hes also in minnesota, michigan, pennsylvania and virginia. Clinton takes her campaign to ohio today. Shell be joined in cleveland by nba star lebron james before heading north to new hampshire. Her Vice President ia stops toady in wisconsin. While polls open on tuesday, absentee ballots can be turned in through tomorrow. Despite the big push for early voting this cycle, voting officials in iowa say things could be better. Kcrg tv nines Samantha Myers tells us why, and how iowa hopes to help. Margaret macinnis loves to vote. So much so, she wanted her daughter to see what it was like, saturday at the Johnson County auditors office. I wanted her to be a part of voting before tuesday has become a popular and convenient way to avoid long lines and schedule conflicts on election day. I dont really have much time throughout the day because i have class and i have work and i just thought that every vote counts and i might as well just come in whenever i had the chance to. But, in iowa, early voting numbers are actually down seven percent, comapred to this time in 2012. Back then nearly 47 thousand more voted early, three days out. Iowa secretary of state paul pate attributes the drop to a devisive pair of president ial candidates. He thinks people waiting until the last moment to cast their ballot. Over 40 percent of iowans have voted before election day to keep turnout like that high, pate said state offcials are constantly coming up with ways to increase voter accessability and communication. Iowa has partnered with facebook to alert users when they can vote. Theres also this new webpage called my iowa vote, which may help get people to the polls outside of president ial elections. People can sign up on their phones or computers and they get text messaging so it will remind them and say hey theres an election a school board like an absentee ballot . Nats back at the polls, macinnis says her daughter loved seeing how the process works. I wanted her to be a part of this historic election. And exercising their right to vote early. In iowa city, Samantha Myers kcrgtv9 news. Stay with tv nine on election night. Follow us on social media for updates all day and and share your voting experience with the polls close at nine join us for facebook live. And dont miss a special edition of the tv nine news at 10. Well have live reports of key races across the state. In north dakota,