violent. its a new trend but clowns have clowns have been a major scare factor at the heart of darkness for years. but unlike the recent neighborhood sightings people are asking for these scares. --- even more than usual -- the haunted attractions seeing an increase in numbers this year. but ask owner kevin schultz -- if the clown empedimic has helped business? "i've heard about it, so what we did is started sending people stand outside their windows at 3 a.m.; just stare in. it seems weekend." clearly a joke --- no it isn't a clever marketing scheme. but as a veteran haunter --- schultz has a few theories on why something that is totally different than being human, but you are trying to look over happy, it starts messing with your emotional level and starts making you feel uneasy. like it could also be threatening." the clowns in this haunt -- getting the best of me a time or two --- ((nat)) but they certainly arent the only scares in this place. from zombies to bloody mary chasing after you --- or scarecrows that come alive --- there is a scare for everyone. for yourself -- to get the full scare experience. kevin schultz says his goal is to bring back the true meaning of halloween -- by providing a fun night full of scares. we've got you covered . . .jessica hartman kwwl news. the heart of darkness is open thursday though sunday now through halloween. for more information head to kwwl-dot-com. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: clouds increase tonight as a cold front approaches the area from the west. scattered showers are likely wednesday morning as the front moves through. the front also changes the wind direction to the northwest and keeps the temperatures will be 20 degrees colder than tuesday. in addition to the highs in the 50s, it is also windy with gusts diminishes. frost is likely by thursday morning in many locations in eastern iowa. temperatures will range from 30-34 degrees. thursday and friday are mostly the wind increases from the south. season is now underway. here's a look at the flooding just weeks ago in forest city --that's in northern iowa. robert hansen has 125 acres of beans near fairbank 60 acres were destoryed by the flooding --and he says 37 acres of his corn had water up to the ears of the corn. "i farmed for about 50 years and it's the first time i know we expect this. the wapsi river just a week before the harvest is just unimaginable." hansen does have crop insurance --but he says he still will be taking a loss this season. hansen does have crop insurance --but he says he still will be taking a loss this season. new details tonight -- an iowa man accused of murdering his girlfriend will have his future decided by a judge. 27-year-old eddie hicks, of dubuque, waving his right to a jury trial at a first degree murder charges in the death of 21-year-old kahdyesha lemon. prosecutors say he stabbed her at least 20 times in june of last year at her dubuque home. a warrant is issued in connection to a stabbing at the iowa state fair. the man wanted is 21-year-old craig hunt -- he is considered armed and dangerous. hunt is accused of stabbing darquan jones on the last night of the fair in august. jones was treated and later hunt is charged with attempted murder, and is also possibly connected to several shootings in the des moines area. police are looking for a man accused of robbing a restaurant and store at gunpoint. it happened at la placita in downtown waterloo, sunday afternoon police say the man walked in with a gun- demanding money. here's a look at the suspect --you shows the man waving around a gun..with the young woman behind the cashier, looking very scared. one employee says the young woman screamed..and got the attention of the owner who came came running out but instead in trying to argue or fight with him because he had a gun pointed at him too..he just threw some money at him. there were m but luckily nobody was hurt. a bullet is found on school grounds for the second day in a row in the dubuque school district. the bullet found today outsdie carver elementary. this comes after one was found outside bryant elementary yesterday. the principal there says a young student brought it to school --according to our coverage partners at the telegraph herald. still, police say there is no danger to the anyone. police say the trio broke into unlimited services, the fish-shack, and the super wash in manchester. charles montes, chris white, and lucynda manternach have since been arrested and are all facing burglary-related charges. an iowa airport approves a 500- million-dollar expansion plan. the money will be used to make the des moines airport's terminal larger. the current one, built in 1948, isn't big enough with more flights coming and going, according to people the proposal includes 14 new gates and a new parking garage. two-point-five million people are projected to travel through the airport this year decision 2016 coverage -- hillary clinton continues to hold a lead over donald trump in the latest nbc news --wall street journal poll. the polls shows clinton with 50 percent compared to trump's 40 race --the poll remains similar --with clinton holding a nine point advantage. trump's v-p nominee, mike pence in the state today. pence holding a rally in newton. he referenced trump's comments towards women back in 2005 --saying he supports his running mate --and that he did the right thing by apologizing. gov. mike pence: it takes a big donald trump did just that, this last weekend. last sunday night my runningmate showed humility. he showed the american people what was in his heart and then he fought back and turned the focus to the choice pence later touring a family farm in colfax --along with his family and campaign members. former president bill clinton will be in the state tomorrow, as well --campaigning for his wife. president clinton will be holding an early voting event in waterloo, as well as indianola. the cattle congress --doors open at 5:45. we will have full coverage right here on kwwl and kwwl dot com. coming up on kwwl... a police chase comes to wild and scary ending... plus.. a man stranded in floodwaters uses the power of social media here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven chief meteorologist m forecast, coming up... and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to information. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with "now your storm track 7 you've worked hard. retirement's within reach, but congressman blum wants to raise the retirement age to 70. blum: we've got to raise the retirement age. until they're 70. i'm monica vernon, and i approve this message, because seniors have earned social security and medicare. 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: clouds increase tonight as a cold front approaches the area from the west. scattered showers are likely wednesday morning as the front moves through. the front also changes the wind direction to the northwest and keeps the temperatures from warming up. temperatures will be 20 degrees colder than tuesday. in addition to the highs in the 50s, it is also windy with gusts diminishes. frost is likely by thursday morning in many locations in eastern iowa. temperatures will range from 30-34 degrees. thursday and friday are mostly sunny with highs in the 50s thursday and low 60s friday as the wind increases from the south.clouds increase tonight as a cold front approaches the area from the west. scattered showers are likely wednesday morning as the front moves through. the front also changes the wind direction to the northwest and keeps the temperatures will be 20 degrees colder than tuesday. in addition to the highs in the 50s, it is also windy with gusts to 30 mph. wednesday evening the sky becomes clear and the wind diminishes. frost is likely by thursday morning in many locations in eastern iowa. temperatures will range from 30-34 degrees. thursday and friday are mostly sunny with highs in the 50s thursday and low 60s friday as area from the west. scattered showers are likely wednesday morning as the front moves through. the front also changes the wind direction to the northwest and keeps the temperatures from warming up. temperatures will be 20 degrees colder than tuesday. in addition to the highs in the 50s, it is also windy with gusts to 30 mph. wednesday evening the sky becomes clear and the wind diminishes. frost is likely by thursday morning in many temperatures will range from 30-34 degrees. thursday and friday are mostly sunny with highs in the 50s thursday and low 60s friday as the wind increases from the south.clouds increase tonight as a cold front approaches the area from the west. scattered showers are likely wednesday morning as the front moves through. the front also changes the wind direction to the northwest and keeps the temperatures from warming up. temperatures will be 20 degrees 50s, it is also windy with gusts to 30 mph. wednesday evening the sky becomes clear and the wind diminishes. frost is likely by thursday morning in many locations in eastern iowa. sunny with highs in the 50s diminishes. frost is likely by social media is getting some of the flooded house after hurricane matthew hit. lauren kravets shows us how his brother was able to use twitter to help his stranded loved one. "water was just pouring into his house, and so my parents get this text from him..., and i think he literally said like 'i'm almost drowning.'" that's when craig williams learned his brother, who lives in north carolina, was his neighborhood. (-- sot --) (craig williams / helped rescue brother) "we called local emergency services... we called the fire phone calls, craig took to twitter, looking for updates on the flooded town. he came across this drone photo, and jokingly sent it to his (craig williams / helped rescue brother) "i'm just trying to give him a laugh, i said 'hey man at least you're not this guy.' i had no idea." no idea, it was his brother's house in the photo. (-- sot --) (craig wi rescue brother) "then it occurs to me, this guy just posted this. if he's in the so craig reached out to the photographer on twitter. he didn't have his own boat, but he was able to flag down a fema rescue crew and bring them to chris. (-- sot --) (chris williams / rescued from major flood) "he told me he was getting a was kind of in disbelief, but it his attic, chris was finally got on to dry land with my dog, thankful for social media, a kind stranger, and each other. (-- natsot --) (craig & chris williams) "all right man well good luck." "all right, bye." chris was stranded in his house from late saturday night to sunday afternoon. he was then able to meet the drone photographer in person, to say thank you for bringing help. tell 'em bye bye i'm going home. [rebecca lewis] bye bye i going home." comin o heartwarming reunion for one little girl. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in toddville, independence, postville and all of eastern iowa 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: 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. 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 fiery plane crash. here's a look at the aftermath in connecticut. thick black smoke. crews say the pilot was taken to the hospital and one passenger is unaccounted for. the crash also knocking down some power lines. no word on what caused it. a dramatic police ends with a man tased and arrested in the middle of a busy highway. you can see the man driving in the grey pickup truck here in texas. he eventually gets out of his truck and starts running --crossing an officer runs after him and tasers the man in the middle of the road --nearly getting run over. he was then checked out by paramedics and arrested. police say the chase started after a report of a suspicious person at a store. a four-year-old girl is reunited with her family after getting kidnapped. the florida girl went missing over the weekend --leading to a search. police believe she was abducted by a a hospital in memphis --after a nurse recognized her from the amber alert. everyone very relieved today to see she is safe. "say thank you for bringing me home. [rebecca lewis] thank you for bringing me home. [hug] tell 'em bye bye i'm going home. [rebecca lewis] bye bye i going home." "my heart was like in my stomach the whole time... like, he knows when i got to use my phone i couldn't hold my phone girl... the little girl... we kaytlin says she's glad everyone remained calm and they were able the little girl. coming up next... the top ranked cedar falls volleyball team hosts cedar rapids washington on cancer awareness night. and the chicago cubs look to close out the san francisco giants in their divisional playoff series. the chicago cubs looking to close out the san francisco giants in game four of their national league divisional playoff series. the cubs enter the night with a 2 games to one lead. a great atmosphere in frisco--- the cubs trail 1-0 in the third inning--when 39 year-old david ross pitch-- a solo shot to left to tie this game at one. in the bottom of the fourth---matt moore helps his own ---with the bases loaded----- moore singles through a gap in the infield off john lackey---to drive in a run and make it 2-1. if san francisco holds on the fifth and decisivie game is thursday iowa senior shooting guard peter jok is one of 10 players selected to the 2016 preseason all-big ten team. the team is selected by the media. jok was a second- team all- conference pick a year ago, helping the hawkeyes to the second round of the ncaa tournament. jok ranked second on the team in scoring as a junior at 16.1 points a game----jok is the hawkeyes only returning starter. college football this saturday the iowa hawkeyes are 12 point favorites to beat purdue in west lafayette, indiana. says he doesn't think too much of against the boilermakers they come in to the game with a 3-2 record right now, 1-1 in the big ten, very similar to our record. and come off a really course, and then got the job done in that overtime period. so they deserve a lot of credit.so i think in college football needs to understand every week is a new week. we've already experienced that. and favorites, point spreads, all that stuff. aren't competing. iowa and purdue kick it off 11 high school volleyball--- the top ranked team in 5a, cedar falls hosts cedar rapids washington... the tiger girls dressed in pink for cancer awareness cedar falls scores the first six points of the night--- tayah mahi sets control. the cedar falls fans wearing different shades of pink.... check out the well timed block by the tiger junior taylor lynch... the tigers lead 22-9. and on set point---elizabeth relph serves up an ace--- the tigers win the first set 25-10 on their way to a sweep thanks rick. en, he's running three miles rain or shine. six o'clock, chuck's at the office. when in iowa, he's still up early. working the farm, meeting iowans in all ninety-nine counties every year. no surprise then, my husband has been named the hardest working senator. dawn to dusk. chuck works. weekend's game. 12-year-old maxwell stancel- hess will do the honors of being the kid captain as the hawkeyes travel to indiana to take on purdue. max was born with a tethered spine and spent the first month of his life undergoing several will be ready to cheer on his hawkeyes this saturday. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg how tall are you? how do we measure greatness in america? the height of our skyscrapers? the size of our bank accounts? it's measured by what we do for our children. the values we pass on. i've spent my life fighting for kids and families and it will be my mission to build a country where our children can rise as high as their dreams and hard work take them. that means good schools for every child in every zip code. college that leads to opportunities... not debt. e them the same way families do. working together. respecting one another. and never giving up. i want our success to be measured by theirs. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. [ cheers and applause ] ?? >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- kevin hart, phoebe waller-bridge,