A minnesota mother whose 11 year old son went missing 27 years ago says her family is now grieving. Grieving. Patty wetterling released a statement monday saying shes not ready to speak to the media yet after police found her sons remains. Remains. A masked gunman abducted Jacob Wetterling in 1989. His remains were positively ident weekend in minnesota. Minnesota. Police have a person of interest in custody right now on child pornography charges. Fbi officers interviewed dan heinrich at the time of the abduction but were never able to charge him. Him. On saturday heinrich led officials to jacobs remains. The developments are a direct result of months long plea deal negotiations between henrichs lawyers and federal prosecutors. They say such a deal is unpredecented and would only happen with the support of the wetterling agreement are still unclear. Nearly three decades after Jacob Wetterlings disappearance the case has played a major role in shaping. Laws. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is here to explain how leglislation is helping to protect countless other children. Children. Stephanie . Stephanie . Five years after Jacob Wetterlings disappearance congress enacted the Jacob Wetterling act setting forth guidelines for states to establish sex offender registry programs. More than two decades later th offenses that can land a perpetrator on the iowa sex offender registry. Experts say wetterlings death is not in vain. The intention of the sexual offender registry is to identify individuals who have been convicted of a sex crime and that it is accessible to the public its public notification, its public notification, and its for community safety. Safety. Tune in to the cbs 2 news ten at 10 tonight to hear doesnt always accomplish its intended purpose. In the newsroom Stephanie Johnson cbs 2 news. The developments from that minnesota cold case are sparking interest in a decades old missing child case in iowa. Iowa. Yesterday marked 34 years since johnny gosch disappeared from a West Des Moines neighborhood. Friends and family are holding on to hope theyll find out what happened to johnny. The president of the Johnny Gosch Foundation still has his briefcase full of old the message to parents is still the same. Stranger danger. What to teach your kids about if youre walking to school and somebody pulls up, what do i do . Withdraw and you run. Run. Authorities say older cold cases are reviewed on a yearly basis by a group of officers who specifically look at old unsolved cases. Authorities say a personal dispute caused causeda shooting at an event center in clive that killed two people and injured two others. Died at the scene and 44yearold kevin hall died on the way to a des moines hospital early monday morning. As many as 60 people were in the parking lot of the 7 flags event center. About 250 attended an event that was held there on sunday. Right now no suspects have been identified. Overnight president obama has landed in laos for his next stop in his trip around asia. Asia. The president announced the us has pledged 90Million Dollars for a three year project to help clear the country of unexploded bombs. Right now there are 80 milliion left over from a secret Bombing Campaign as part of the vietnam war. They still kill or severly injure around 50 people every year. The white house has cancelled the president s meeting with philippines president Rodrigo Duterte after he lashed out at president obama. The president was set to confront duterte about killing drug dealers without due process but the filipino the idea and said hes not an american puppet and then cursed at the president. President. Duterte has said hes sorry that his words came across as a personal attack on the president. The president also addressed controversy at home from overseas. While in china he said Football Player Colin Kaepernick has the right to protest during the national anthem. Kaepernick has caused a stir recently protesting minority oppression. He says he wants to stop violence against African Americans and will continue to kneel during the anthem until things change. Obama said hes glad that kaepernick is engaged in the democratic process. Id rather have young people, who are engaged in the argument and trying to think through how they can be part of our democratic process, than people who are just sitting on the sidelines, not paying attention, at all. All. While kaepernicks stance has divided fans, he has garnered support from some joined in his protest. Bill cosbys lawyers could ask a judge today to throw throwout two key pieces of evidence in the Sexual Misconduct case against cosby. One is a deposition that he admits to having extramartial affairs and giving women drugs so theyd have sex with him. Him. The other piece of evidence is a recorded phone call between cosby and his accusers mother. Cosby is charged with felony aggravated indecent assault from a 2004 case involving temple constand,. Cosby has pleaded not guilty. Former fox news executive roger ailes has hired the same libel attorney that also worked for hulk hogan and melania trump. Trump. Attorney charles harder is warning new york magaizine after they reported on sexual harrassment accusations against ailes. The most recent story says fox News Executives looked the other way while ailes harrassed females within the company. Right now former anchor Gretchen Carlson the linn county mayors bike rie ridebrought hundreds of cyclists right through downtown cedar rapids. Rapids. The annual ride showcases the need for continued transportation development. Cedar rapids has worked to expand bike accessabilty through painted and protected bike lanes. We spoke with several avid riders who say cedar rapids has come a long way but can always do more. Theres a great north and south trail but east and west its not theres not a lot of connected trails not a lot of connected loop connecting the trails that are there would be a great thing 11 11riders also said traffic crossings continue to be a safety concern where trails meet busy roads. An iowa girl battling brain cancer got a big suprise this weekend. The only presents 10yearold ava wants for her upcoming birthday are cards. The boundurant girl battled she beat it by age four only for a new scan this summer to show that its back. Her simple wish for birthday cards went viral and this weekend a convoy of cards showed up at her front door. It took a group of jeeps to deliver them all and she got some from as far away as india and austrailia. They have funny pictures on the front and they say like kind and nice things inside of them. Excited and i couldnt stop jumping up and down. Down. Ava started chemo and the family is waiting to hear back if she qualified for a study. Friday scans showed the cancer has . Not spread. She turns 11 on september 13th. Its touching story about one familys tragedy bringing new life to someone else. Else. Introducing longhorns Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Plus an appetizer or a dessert. Only at longhorn steakhouse. Being an organ donor can save lives. A kentucky mother lost her son four years ago when he accidentally shot himself playing with a gun he thought didnt work. Work. John chapman shows how this weekend she heard his heart beat again. Again. 14year organ donor, joe hansen got his heart. Joe met calens family for the first time this week. Sawn grace admits she was not thinking about giving up her sons heart, before she even started to mourn his death. dawn grace, calens mom but when i was asked to donate i was very angry, i thought they were crazy, calen was fine. But grace says her son appeared in a vision and donation. dawn grace, calens mom he come to me and he says momma, what would i do . This is not about you. What would i do . and i got on the phone and i told them i would because thats who calen was. Who calen was, saved joes life. Joe is back to work, going to college and thankful that calen and his family are organ donors. To tell everybody that uh this could happen to you um Everyone Needs to donate. You never know, your child or you might need help from a total stranger, just never know but it is the right thing to do. What do you say to a family who gave you their sons heart. Transplant recipient joe hansen just holds on tight and lets the mother listen to the heart that once beat in her son. But i can hear it can you shakes her head. Dawn traveled all the way from kentucky to meet joe and to listen to her do. Its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Coming up next. The hard road iowa state is taking trying to get their first win under Matt Campbell. Campbell. Score . I wanna see if it changed. Credit scores dont change that much, do they . Really . Ill take it. Sir, your credit. Is great right . When was the last time you checked . Yeah, id better check my credit score. Here, try credit karma. Its free. All right. No more surprises. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. A jetski accident on the corailville reservoir sent an illinois woman to the hospital over the weekend. On sunday a jetski driven by one man was following another when they turned hitting each other. 27yearold kristin tuma was on one of the jetskis and was hurt in the crash. She was taken injury. One of the drivers was given a ticket and the crash is under investigation. Right now a proposal to ban alcohol at a couple of local beaches is in the works. The places in mind, lake macbride beach and the Pleasant Creek state recreation area, have seen other changes recently as well. This is the first full summer the beaches close at 6 00. Documents from the Natural Resource Commission Show the change has helped cut back on the number of arrests sometime this year. A davenport man is behind bars accused of killing his girlfriend during an argument. Police say 55yearold thomas lopez assaulted 37yearold Melissa Lewis last week in their home. Court documents say he choked and pushed her and when she was shoved a 4th time she fell back and hit her head on a window sill. Hes now facing murder charges. In 2014 after a week one loss to uni i0wa state turned around upset the rival hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium this weekend they hope to do it again its cyhawk week and mia obrien was in ames on monday catchin up with the clones. It wasnt the start to the Matt Campbell era the cyclones were hoping for forwe left a lot of plays out there on the field. I think we had like 105 yards called back but week one is in the pt pasti dont think we need to use it as motivation. I just our experiences experiencesthere were some great moments. There were some tough moments. We live. We learn. And we move onand what theyre moving on to is another rivalry game the big one the one that many of this years cyclones have yet to truly be a part of ofi never played in the game but ive been a part of it. Havent really heard much of anyone talking about if theyre scared or nervous about themrebuilding or not the cyclones arent avoiding the topic topicit s something we;ve talked about sin got here. Do you talk about it with you kids . Absolutely you do. Because i think if you dont your at faultfor if historys taught us anything when it comes to the cyhawk ga. Game. Be prepared to get hit in the mouth. Iowa will come. And they will play as hard as they can. Its about that live and learn learnwere not very favored like we are every single week so we just gotta go out there and fix our mistakesand anythi. Anything. Its all about who shows up that weekcan happen. In ames, mia obrien, cbs 2 sports. In hawkeye news Disruptive Force in his First College Football Game and the big ten took notice nelson was named the conference player of the week today after finishing with twoandahalf sacks and two forced fumbles on saturday both turnovers led to iowa touchdowns. When uni beat an fbs team on saturday they put the rest of the fcs on high alert the panthers are title contenders. And this weeks rankings reflect that the panthers moved up in mondays polls from numberfive to numberthree conference rival north dako number one and unis opponent this saturday montana is ranked 14th. The kernels will start their playoff run on wednesday but after yesterdays loss jake mauers team was slumping dropping four of five as the regular season winds down thankfully the good vibes returned on monday. Its the regular Season Finale at Veterans Memorial stadium. Fourth inning tied at one and zander wiel blasts off a towering shot all the way out of the park and it lands a grand slam in the 7th he finished with 19 dingers on the season. Later in the fourth jaylin davis at the plate and he goes deep oppo taco off the qdogs barbecue sign in right that makes it 5 to 1 cedar rapids. And five kernels pitchers kept the lumber kings at bay sean poppen blows it past gus craig to end the sixth. Kernels end the regular season with a 12 to 2 win. Cbs2 news connects with the corridor. Call us with your story email us at news at cbs2iowa. Comor connect with us we asked u. S. Cellular customers to show us all the beautiful places they get coverage with our strong signal. You posted from the seashore. You shared from your hike. You showed us this sunset. You posted from the farm. And you adventured way out there. A lot of amazing places. . . U. S. Cellular put towers where the other guys dont. So join our network, and start sharing your moments album its called influence and itll be out september 16th. Chiklis, won an emmy for his work on the shield, he says he always saw himself as both an actor and musician. But kept the music on hold due to acting and family. But now that his kids are older and his acting careers on solid ground, hes giving music a shot. Chiklis says the album was influenced by rock artists of the 70s and 80s like Bruce Springsteen and queen. He says any lover of rocknroll will quote dig his album. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in after the break. The next step in the friendship between one autistic boy and the college Football Player who ate lunch with him. Him. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the right now on cbs 2 this morning. The next step in the battle over linn countys minimum wage. The latest damage from one of the summers worst storms even after its no longer a hurricane. The best way to find the year. Breaking news breaking news this morning out f ofnebraska just west of omaha. A body was found in ames nebraska Authorities Say a body was found just after midnight in the middle of an alley. This is a photo from ketv in omaha. Not many details have cbs 2 news will continue to track this developing story and bring you any updates. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Today the linn county board of supervisors will take their next step in approving a potential wage hike. Hike. Cbs 2 news told you last week the board approved a First Reading of a proposal proposalthat would bump the wage to 10twenty by 2019. This is video from that meeting. This morning at nine the board will vote on their second consideration of the new ordinance. If it passes today the proposal would still need to be approved one more time next tuesday for it to pass. If it goes through the first wage increase would take effect at the start of the new year at 8 dollars and 25 cents. Another eastern iowa county is now looking at the minimum wage. Lee county supervisors will discuss the issue at raise the wage group had asked them to consider it. Lee county is where fort madison and keokuk are and they join a growing number of counties starting to look at raising the minimum wage including johnson and polk county. A busy bridge in Johnson County will close starting toda. Today. If your morning commute involves the highway 965 bridge on the iowa river youll want to find an alternate route. Route. Thats because this morning crews will begin construction on the bridge fully closing it down. The road has been reduced for the past few months. Crews will work to replace the bridge deck. The project is expected to be completed by the end of november. A third death has now been associated with hermine while the storm moves along the east coast. Coast. It happened friday when a 30yearold man was trying to remove a tree that fell on a highway in South Carolina and he was hit by a car. He died a day later. People in North Carolina and florida were killed before then. Hermine hit florida as a category one hurricane before georgia. Hurricane newton is threatening some parts of Baja California in mexico. The Storms Center is expected to hit the area this morning. A bus carrying about 40 marines burst into flames on the interstate monday. Monday. Everyone was able to get off in time. Take a look at whats left of the bus. This happened in tennessee as the group was heading to nashville from North Carolina for this years marine week festivities. No one was hurt but they did lose all of their equipment an cause of the fire is under investigation. Labor day usually marks a big push in president ial campaigns. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton spent her labor day in key battleground states like illinois and ohio. She tried to keep the focus on donald trump but she spent part of the day answering questions about the fbi investigaiton into her email scandal. A federal report says clinton told the fbi she didnt know that the c markings in certain emails meant classified. She also said she didnt recall any briefing handling classified information or federal records. The fact that i couldnt remember certain meetings, whether or not they had occurred doesnt in any way affect the commitment that i had and still have to the treatment of classified materia material. Clinton has promised reporters covering her more access in the nine weeks before the election. Today she campaigns in florida. Meanwile donald trump invited po plane on labor day. Day. The republican nominee said he plans to participate in all three scheduled debates a shift in tone from earlier in the summer when he said there was a chance he might not attend. Trump skipped a debate in february just ahead of the iowa caucuses. Today hes campaigning in virginia and North Carolina. One of the biggest upfor grabs states come november could be iowa. The latest cbs Battleground Tracker labeled iowa the . Only toss up state in the race right now. They leaning trump while 26 are likely to go clinton. Longtime conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly has died. Died. The conservative rights activist helped defeat the equal rights amendment in the 1970s and founded the profamily eagle Forum Political group. She spent 70 years focusing on protecting views on the traditional family and wrote several books fighting to preserve traditional gender roles. Gop nominee donald trump praised schlafly saying she end for america first. Lawmakers will be back in the house and senate after a seven week recess. Heres a live look at the Capitol Building in washington dc. Legislators arent expected to get much done since Election Year politics will rule the congressional calendar. Congress will leave again in just four weeks before the november election to campaign. Theres a lot on the docket but lawmakers need to pass first. Officials in both parties have said they want to work on an agreement for funding the zika virus. An update now to a story we brought you last week a photo of a young autistic boy and a Florida State Football Player went viral after the college ball player visited the Kids High School and noticed he was eating lunch alone. Alone. Thats when Travis Rudolph a star wide receiver decided to eat lunch with young bo paske. Rudolph later gave bo a customized seminoles Football Jersey along with tickets Season Opener last night. Well this week has been an absolute blast. And i cant believe i get to meet the whole team. Team. Its been, its meant the world. Its definitely been a whirlwind. But fsu and espn and the whole team has been fan. Fantastic. To cap it all off good guy Travis Rudolph actually caught a touchdown in the first half last night. The defecit in the first half to win 45to34. A hawkeye Football Player is now getting big praise for his big performance last weekend. Weekend. Defensive end matt nelson has been named big ten freshman of the week. The urbandale native got 2 and a half sacks and forced a pair of fumbles in his first career game. Nelson and the hawkeyes are getting ready for the Iowa State Cyclones who come to Kinnick Stadium this saturday night. There are many exciting milestones for students but some can be very expensive. Expensive. Helpful tips to find the best prices for homecoming dresses in this mornings beyond the books report. Report. The school days are back and students are already looking forward to the homecoming dance. Parents on the other hand are sweating thinking about the bill. Amanda with the iowa fashion project says now is actually a great time to sho. Shop. Its right at the end of wedding season so a lot of these local boutiques, joy in theyre all trying to clear out their inventory so youll find a bunch of gowns on sale. She says shopping Consignment Stores like elegant repeats in cedar rapids will help cut the cost. You can find these dresses at the fraction of the retail priceand you can find anything you might need from jewelry from shoes to accessories its all here. Senior, Nicole Miller knows first hand. Hand. I got my prom dress here for 75 dollars and its like my favorite dress ever. And you only wear them once so. And since that is a tru statement, renting a dress online is a great option but be careful the online store is. Legitimate. There are a lot of companies out there that the gowns are actually knockoffs. So they use the picture that the manufacturer provides but its not the manufactuer that prodcues the dress so when it comes in the sizing is wrong the material is not high quality and its just not the dress your daughter or teenager had their heart set on. For Online Options dayna suggests rent the runway or promgirl dot com. For a really unique option, there are custom make a dress. Dress. Whats great with local designers is theyll work within your budget. So well have alist of those designers you can contact on our website. Amanda says in the end the perfect dress is the one that reflects the teens personality and style. Enjoy the process of finding the dress finding the accessories getting your hair and makeup done. All of that is just as fun as the dance itself. To find out more about iowa fashion project visit cbs2 iowadotcom. Its and right now in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. The gym thats helping people some people say the only limits are the ones you set for yourself. Yourself. A gym in virginia is proving that idea to be true. True. Chip reid explains how some people who go there are mather climbing 8 year old mather stoverling was born with spina bifida and has no use of his legs. Nats . But what he does have is fierce determination. Nats . sot chip and mather what did it feel like when you got to the top . It felt really cool. Like i was flying or something. Eric gray, who lost an eye to cancer, founded catalyst sports to teach climbing to people with all kinds of and chip 16 18 01 it just brings me joy to see that, to see people push themselves and just go as hard as they can. The ropes keep them from falling but the upward progress is all their own. sot chip and jonathan whats the hardest part of this john . Remembering to breathe . . Dr. Jonathan lessin has had parkinsons for 13 years. Nat sot molly yes, get it nice, says, is the perfect therapy. sot jonathan exercise is good for exercise is sot jonathan exercise is good for parkinsons disease, it actually wakes our brains up so its like you walk in and you feel stiff and feel like you cant walk the joints are very stiff and you climb and youre making big movements, stretching your joints out, stretching your muscles and you feel like you can run out of here. Gray calls climbing an equalizer. sot gray 16 12 44 cover some of this with chanelle youll see a lot of people who come in in a wheelchair and all of a sudden they leave the wheelchair behind and you tell whether they have a spinal cord injury or whether they have Cerebral Palsy or spina bifida. it just looks like someones climbing. Just ask channelle houston whose spine was broken in a car accident. sot chip and channelle 15 00 46 when you first started, what did you think . Well i didnt think that i would get to the top, thats for sure . . and how far did you get . I made it to top. its a big challenge and i did it, so im proud of myself. With no legs. . . No legs but here. All you really need. Is heart. Chip reid cbs news alexandria its and youre watching cbs 2 this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. Just ahead. The president s take on one of the most controversial storylines welcome back its now were good news for drivers this fall prices at the pump are hitting lowest levels since 200. 2004. The National Average for a gallon of regular is twodollars and 19cents today thats 21 cents cheaper than this time last year. The summer of low gas prices has meant big savings for drivers almost 19billiondollars compared to last year. The average us household is expected to pocket an extra threehundred20 dollars in savings this year because of the Parent Company of kfc and pizza hut says it will sell a stake in its China Division ahead of a spin off later this year. Year. Yum brands based in louisville, kentucky says the deal is valued at 460 Million Dollars and should be finished by the end of october. The company that also owns taco bell says its china operations account for about half its revenue. Shares of yum china will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange in november. Liquidators are trying to buy the teen clothing retailer aero. Aeropostale. Theyve bid 243 Million Dollars for the company at a bankruptcy auction. If approved the deal could potentially keep more than 200 of its 800 stores open. The retailer had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in may citing strong online competition. A new survey finds people still like to read the Old Fashioned way. Pew Research Says 65percent of americans read a book in print in the last year. Thats mo that read an ebook and 4 times the number of people who turned to an audio book. The survey also found people reading ebooks are more likely to use a tablet or smartphone over dedicated e readers. Starting today starbucks is to drink to. Along with the popular Pumpkin Spice latte the company is launching a chile mocha. Its a spicy new addition to the fall line up featuring mild ancho chillies with a hint of cayenne pepper. The longest domino drop shot ever recorded recorded a bar in dubai set the record. It took more than 160 employees to execute the recordbreaking attempt at the huddle sports bar and grill. They set up sixthousand, one hundred and fortyeight shot glasses, which according to a Guinness World records official, not all of the glasses fell properly, but it was enough to beat the old its right now its degrees in coming up next. The big reason cheaper food isnt automatically a good thing for. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Theres a race going on right now. The worlds clean energy super powers either going to be germany, china, or us. And im going to make sure its us. From 500 million solar panels installed by the end of my first term, to precision manufacturing. Well beat the competition and create new high wage jobs. What could be the longest streak of falling food prices in about a half a century. Century. Manuel bojorquez explains why not everyone is be. Benefitting. Nats heather serving kids dinnerheather buen says putting food on the table has gotten easier. sot heather buen 05 15 absolutely, less painful to go to the grocery store. looking at app on phone the texas mom tracks what she spends each week and says savings on staples like bread and eggs add up. sot heather buen manuel 01 51 i would say i can save anywhere from about 25 dollars to 50 dollars on my grocery bills in comparison to be a big help. Oh yeah, definitely a big help. gfx in the average price of a dozen eggs has dropped from 2. 57 last year to a dollar54, down nearly 40 per cent. A gallon of milk is about 40 cents cheaper 3. 43 to 3. 06 a pound of ground beef, down about 50 cents 4. 20 to 3. 69 . gfx out the reason the nations Food Supplies have been steadily growing while demand has declined in major overseas markets like china, where a strong dollar has made American Goods more expensive. Its good for us consumers like buen, nats at the ranch but not Food Producers one of the nations largest cattle operations. sot pete bonds manuel 10 39 07 18 months ago these cows would have been worth about 3,000 and theyre probably worth 1,500 now. the loss in value means . Several Million Dollars. Several Million Dollars . Yeah. He says its a price drop nats cattle auction smaller ranchers may not survive. The government has already tried to boost the dairy industry by buying 20 Million Dollars worth of cheese, that will now be distributed to food banks. Whether thats enough depends lower in the grocery aisle. Michael byers is ceo of fiesta mart. sot Michael Byers 24 38 i think thats anybodys guess right now, what were hearing it could go through the end of the year and possibly into the first part of next year. But not everything is cheaper. The price of some fruits and vegetables has actually increased. Due in part to a drought in california. If youre just getting up, good morning its now right now its degrees in after the break. The comments from one world leader that cancelled a meeting with president obama. Obama. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the right now on cbs 2 this morning. The painful journey that finally ended with one midwestern boys body being found. The iowa missing attention. The cause behind a shooting in one small Iowa Community that killed two people. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin barry. Barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio
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