Children 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 such as phone, heat or electricity a birthday cake for coming up in the next half hour, i will introduce you to a family who needed the Compassion Fund. Guys back to you. Tv9s Forrest Saunders at the campassion fund telethon. Thanks a lot. A man is hurt this morning after he crashed into the jehovah witness kingdom hall in cedar rapids. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says 64 year old Randall Maher of mount vernon lost control of his vehicle. He was driving on Mount Vernon Road a bit before 10 yesterday morning. The truck entered the ditch before spinning and crashing into the building. Maher is at the hospital and is expected to survive. Some members of the congregation say the amount of damage shocked them. Its kind of incomprehensibl e as to why this would happen. I mean the vehicle is completely inside the building it didnt just hit the wall and bounce off it hit it hard and went clear through the wall so its put us out of operation certainly. They say they will patch the another kingdom hall location for the time being. No one was inside the building at the time of the crash. Cedar Rapids Police say an elderly man caused quite a bit of damage to a Road Ranger Convenience store. He drove into the front of the building on first avenue yesterday at about 10 15 am. Police say the beer cooler at the back of the store finally stopped him. One man was doing his morning routine when he witnessed the crash. I was getting cigarettes and a pop like i usually do. I turned around and next thing you know, it all unfolded a guy come crashing in through the doors. Another step and i would have been under the car. Police havent said if the man in the car was injured. Police cited a man in cedar rapids for running a red light and crashing into a school bus. Cedar Rapids Police say the minivan crashed into a school bus yesterday after running a red light. It happened on kirkwood boulevard southwest, just south of highway 30. It happened on kirkwood boulevard southwest, just south of highway 30. Police say there were no kids on the school bus at the time. At least one person in the minivan was injured. Nine people were forced out of their homes in dubuque because of a massive fire. Our coverage partners at kdth say the fire broke out around 8 yesterday morning at a duplex in the 900 block of center place. Firefighters spent about two hours putting out the fire. It was contained to the attic. No one was hurt and theyre investigating the cause. The mother of a fifth grader at Johnson Steam Academy has filed a lawsuit against the Cedar Rapids School district and a police officer. Lakeshia hayes says officer glen keiler dragged her daughter by the ponytail out of the School Cafeteria last week. She says he then slammed her daughter against a wall, while cursing at her. The lawsuit also claims the officer later called the mother, asking her to meet about the incident, which he admitted to. Cedar Rapids Police and the School District have declined to comment on the lawsuit. University of iowa graduate students are holding a public Forum Tonight to start a conversation with the new University President about some issues theyve had with his hiring. But the only problem is Bruce Harreld has not agreed to attend it. Since the board of regents chose harreld, some students and faculty have been outraged because he doesnt have any Academic Leadership experience. Harreld told a member of the graduate Student Union over email that he wanted to know their specific concerns. He also agreed to meet with the union in person, instead of holding a public forum. But they said they would only meet in a public place and with the entire campus invited. That public forum is tonight at seven in van allen hall. An iowa City Ordinance bans people under the age of 21 from being inside most bars after ten pm. Officials say the 21 ordinance aims to reduce underage drinking downtown. Iowa city officers say the ordinance has helped reduce the number of underage drinkers. And police no longer see bus loads of people traveling to iowa city to party. But the law isnt a perfect solution. Officers say fake ids are one of the ways underage drinkers try to get around the 21 ordinance. Just five minutes into our patrol, officers arrested a 19yearold who had two fake ids in his wallet. Thats a serious misdemeanor, with serious consequences. 06 21 41 obviously, in the short term they can get into a bar and do what they want to do, but in the longer term can be significant because they may have to explain that in a Job Interview or losing their driving privileges. Police statistics show the number of fake ids officers have confiscated has increased 25 percent over the last year. People living in downtown dubuque say outdoor music speakers that some bars use late at night are harming the neighborhood environment. Jonathan mccoy of the Old Main Neighborhood Association is asking the city to reclassify the outdoor speakers as audible signs. That would allow the city to regulate them instead of the police department. The citys zoning board of adjustment plans to hear the issue thursday. A program in linn county is trying to make sure everyone has the ability to get a job. They are helping people with disabilities prepare for a career at saint lukes hospital. On your morning commute, you might want to look out for the wet roads. Rain all day, more on that next. Plan on a soaking rain today. Rain is likely from start to finish with totals by the end of the day of 1. 52. 5. There may be a few swaths of 2. 5 in any areas that happen to get some thunderstorms. Highs will be tricky given all the rain, but upper 50s to lower 60s should be a good fit. Plan on cooler weather on wednesday, but not necessarily dry just yet as a few showers or pockets of drizzle will linger. Thursday and most of friday should be dry, but there is a weak wave of set to bring a chance of light snow or flurries to the area on friday night. Due to the warm ground, limited moisture, and Fast Movement of the system, accumulations appear minimal at this time. Well keep an eye on it for you this week. Try to stay dry out there the linn county board of supervisors says a Program Helping people with disabilities move into the work place is a success. The board met yesterday to discuss project search by arc. It places people into internships that teach them skills to work in the job market. In the first year, supervisors say 10 people trained for nine months at saint lukes. Nine of the 10 found full time jobs afterwards. Supervisors say the program is also great because it means they are off county and state services. A lot of us are defined by a job or our selfworth same with people with disabilities and so when they have the ability to work they flourish and then the end result being that less people with disabilities will rely on county services and thats just a great thing all around for both the community and the individual the program also helps businesses enhance their Office Culture by interacting with people with disabilities. Arc is looking to find theres a new business deal in the world of ag vaccines. In todays agribusiness report, the International Company taking over amesbased harris vaccines. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning good morning this is the agribusiness report. Im david geiger. Late last week. International Company Merck Animal Health announced an agreement that lets it aquire ames iowa based harrisvaccine s. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Harrisvaccines is a privately held company. But both Companies Expect the transaction to close in the Fourth Quarter of 2015. Harrisvaccines has a unique rna particle technology. Which let it produce the first conditionally licensed vaccine to diarrhea virus. That disease was responsible for nearly eight million piglet deaths since 2013. More recently. Two months ago the Company Received approval for a vaccine against the deadly avian influenza. Which ended up killing millions of commercial poultry in iowa. The livestock markets are still a bloodbath starting out this week. And the grains are just chugging along. Very slow sluggish trade, very choppy. No big news over the weekend on the export front. Still sitting on the bottom side of the range. Based off big supplies, big carryouts just overhanging the market. Still the x factor is demand. Can those numbers still keep a little in the black yet despite fuel prices. Can these lower prices too attract more business on the world front. Were fairly priced there. And also, too, can the basis rally start to price some of this grain loose. Just absolutely ridiculous again. Feeders limit down, fats limit down, nearby hogs limit down as well. Very little cash trade develop last week. Demand is very slow. Exports are slow. Weve seen big imports too right now and all that just overhanging the market. Thats cut the hogs lower today too, im seeing december limit down, feb down 2. 90 right now pretty much on the lows of the day. Just big, big, big, big supplies here right now in the hogs still overhanging it. The market is deeply oversold. Need a spark to relieve it. See if we can catch something this week or not. The colfax sheep and goat auction on saturday saw 377 head of sheep. Feeder lambs fetched the days high average price of 1. 97 per pound, while fed lambs averaged 1. 34 per pound. The 123 goats at the auction saw a high average price ranging from 105 to 165 per head. Theres only two weeks left for epa to release final rules for the renewable fuel standard. Mandated by the courts. November 30th will tell refiners. And ethanol producers what 2016. The 2014 requirements are a year late. And according to the Renewable Fuels association. Thats left a lot of businesses in the dark. And this year. Corn prices can be 50 cents to a dollar below the cost of production for farmers. So theyre looking for anything that will help boost demand for their product. Help get those prices back up to at least break even levels, and certainly if epa followed the letter of the law and implemented the program that congress intended. That would help raise demand for corn, that would pull prices up to more manageable levels. The u. S. Requires a certain amount of ethanol to be included in the fuel supply. The renewable fuel standard tells producers how much that is. Last year epa proposed to reduce certain parts of the rfs. That wraps up the show today. Thanks for joining us on the agribusiness report. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 32 oc there were some amazing trick shots in the sports world this week. And theres one surefire way to keep track of an nfl quarterback during a game keep him on a leash. Thats ahead in this weeks golden klutz awards. Weve got some rain to look forward to all day. Start to finish with totals by the end of the day of 1. 52. 5. There may be a few swaths of 2. 5 in any areas that happen to get some thunderstorms. Highs will be tricky given all the rain, but upper 50s to lower 60s should be a good fit. Plan on cooler weather on wednesday, but not necessarily dry just yet as a few showers or pockets of drizzle will linger. Thursday and most of friday should be dry, but there is a weak wave of low pressure set to bring a chance of light snow or flurries to the area on friday night. Due to the warm ground, limited moisture, and Fast Movement of the system, accumulations appear minimal at this time. Well keep an eye on it for you this week. Try to stay dry out pro basketball players are making some silly plays and making their teammates look silly. And one baseball player is too much for a fence to handle. Heres this weeks golden klutz. Lets start off with the worst cheerleading of the week from bill walton. He is a 7 footer with no rythem. And speaking of cheerleaders when is the last time youve heard them called for to much noise. When you have a quarterback as talented as tom brady you dont want to loose him. Best heave dj gordon equipment manager for clemson throws a football from the top of the carrier dome into a trash can and if you are going to build a fense for baseball make sure it is solid and theirs is nothing worse than going for the high five and getting totally ignored. And i love it when they pass up a layup for a three. Love the tom brands might be the most entertaining coach in america to watch and he was in rare form at the grapple on the gridioron and i had the best game winning filed goal from 57 yards out to beat athlete of the week shaun beyer of kennedy loser had to beat box the school fight with his teammate dallas jacobus. Good night marion may get a new hotel. Complete with a Conference Room and a marion may get a new hotel. Complete with a Conference Room and a restaurant. Its still a work in progress, but estimates already show the project costing millions. And refugees are pouring out of syria, but not all states in the us want to take in those refugees. A president ial candidate says thats not a good move. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Murder charge. An eastern iowa faces a firstdegree murder charge after police say he stabbed another the Compassion Fund. We meet one family that is getting some necessary help from the Compassion Fund. And doubling in size. One eastern iowa family hit a growth spurt with the birth of triplets in an extremely rare pregnancy. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, frommour 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a soaking rain todada. Rain is likely from start to finish with totals by the end of the day of 1. 52. 5. There may be a few swaths of 2. 5 in any areas that happen to get some thunderstorms. Highs will be tricky given all the rain, but upper 50s to lower 60s should be a good fit. Plan on cooler weather on wednesday, but not necessarily dry just yet as a few showers or pockets of drdrzle will lingee. Thursday and momot of friday should be dry, but there is a weak wave of low pressure set to bring a chance of light snow or flurries to the area on friday night. Due to the warm ground, limited moiste, and Fast Movement of the system, accumulations appear minimal at t this timim. Well keep an eye on it for you this week. Try to stay dry out there thanks kaj. New this morning. Someone hit a house with gunfire this morning around 3 am in waterloo. Police responded to a house in the 200 b bck of reed street. No one was hurt, and police are still investigating. A man faces a first degree murder charge this morning after he fatally stabbed another man. This all happened att motel on the outskirirs of cedar rapids. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says 47 year old Michael Lehman stabbed 23 year old jimmi jon lint several times during a fight. It happened at the ceerel motel, which issa few miles west of cedar rapids on highway 30. Around 12 30 am yesterday, law officers found lint lying on the floor of a room with several stab wounds. He died later at a hospital. Sheriffs deputies arrested lehman in another room at the motel. A man is in Police Custody after Authorities Say he broke into a home and severely beat a woman in elkader last week. Police say 24yearold Brandon Thoma broke into the home after the womans husband left for work last tuesday. They say he then repeatedly punched and kicked the woman. Police say she went to the spital but havevenot released her condition. Thoma is in custody in wisconsin and is awaiting extradition to iowa on an attempted murder attack was not random. This Raymond Manns awaiting sentencing for driving under the influence of prescription year. Courier pleaded guilty yesterday. Dunt was driving in the 66hundred block of la porte road near washburn last october when he crossed the center line. He crashed head on into another vehicle. 20yearold warren van wie of cedar falls and his passenger went to the hospital. Van wie later died from his injuries. A company in dyersville is looking at tens of thousands of dollars in damage after a see truck crashed into th building. These are pictures from the business, faust millwork and cabinetry. The business says a driver nearby forgot to set the brake on his semi, and the truck rolled into the faust showroom yesterday morning. No one was hurt, and faust is still open for business. Remember when you see news, call newsline nine at 3193659999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Starting today, the Cedar Rapids School district will hold Community Conversation s ababut new gradiig practices. The district is implementing standards based grading. It eliminates traditional grades in favor of measuring students based on specific skills they should know for each class. The first of seven meeeings is tonight from 5 30 t t 7 at the metro economic alliance. The public is invited. To see the full list of meetings, go to the newslinks section of kcrg dot com. In a tv9 followup this morning. The iowa utilities board has started its next set of hearings over a proposed pipeline that would cut through the state. This week, the three member board will listen to representatives from dakota access. Thats the company that wants to build an oil pipeline that would stretch from north dakota to illinois. The board also plans to hear from landowners the pipeline would affect. Last week, more than 200 people, both for and against the project, spoke before the board. Marion is preparing for a potential new hotel in he heart of the community. While its still a work in progress, the city sayay the plan is to build a multi Million Dollar hotel. Gld properties owns and will develop the land at 2823 seventh avenue. The city just got the results back from a market study saying it could suppprt a 1010room hotel. The study also looked at the hotel having a meeting space and a restaurant. What theyve concluded is with the growth in the metro area that it would take only a couple of years to basically use up the new hotels rooms based on a 100 room facility. Marion currently has one motel and two hotees, but this would bebethe first full hotel in the heart of the community. Pluckhahn says construction could start as early as next summer. This morning, raids and arrests continue in europe after the attacks in paris that killed at least 129 people. And the french continue to launch airstrikes against the Islamic State in syria. French president Francois Hollande wants to have a stati of emergency for three monthssto detain aad deport suspected terrorists easier. President hollande also wants the United States and russia to Work Together to defeat isis. The us said it committed to fighting terror, but its unclear if it will work with russia. An intense International Manhunt is under way for 26year old salah abdeslam. He is believed to be connected to the paris attacks. New this morning russian Authorities Say the crash of the passenger plane in egypt was the result of a terrorist act. The head of russias fsb Security Service told president Vladimir Putin that a homemade explosisi device blew up on the plane. All 224 people on board the plane most of them russian touristswer e killed in the oct. 31 crash. Iowa Governor Terry branstad has ordered all stateegencies to halt any future efforts to resettle Syrian Refugees in the state. This comes after several us governors have pledged to keep refugees out of their states completely. He called the isis threat a serious situation, and asked the federal government to work with the state of iowa. The Iowa United Nations Association hopes terrorism concerns dont turn into backlash against refugees. Its s hat allows us to thrive as a country. So, to try to block altogether the movement of refugees, i think is probably not only unrealistic, but also contrary to our national interests. The national Un Association has called for an end to aerial bombings in syria, which it says is speeding up the flow of refugees. A democratic president ial candidate says the us should accept 65 thousand Syrian Refugees. Speak in dubuque today. Omalley told a group at Wartburg College that accepting refugees would show our country is doing its part to give them better lives. He also said the us has become less urgent in preparing for a terrorist attack on us soil, which said is an extreme likelihood. Omalley is currently polling in third place, far behind Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and bernie sandndrs. Starting this morning, you can help Sick Children and their families through a tough time. Kcrgtv9 is partnering with kmry and variety the Childrens Charity ttraise money for the Compassion Fund. Starting at 6 oclock this morning you can call 319 3786400 to donate money to the Compassion Fund. D. The fund benefits crititially ill children and their families by giving them things such as a gas card, meals, or payment for immediate bills. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live at kmry studios in cedar rapids. Forrest, youugot to meet a familyyho benefited from the Compassion Fund . You never know when youre going to need help. One marion family learned that when their son was born prematurely. Hospital bills drained the couples account and they badly needed to move. Thats where thh compasson fund stepped in. Rebecca ness is a proud mom. Her little boy beau is just eight weeks old. But, hes actually more like two. Beau was born six weeks early. A very scary situation. He stayed in the nicu for 32 days. He was in the nicu so long because he couldnt get the suck swallow motion. Thats what they develop later in the pregnancy, which he wasnt in me for. Beau is doing great these days, but, while hh was getting healthy, rebecca had to leave meanwhile hospital bills emptied the couples account. A big problem seeing as they were crammed into a tiny room at a family members house. It was a single bedroom. Literally, my motherinlaws. It was a bedroom, barely enough for our bed. Thats where the Compassion Fund comes in. Rebecca says it helped with all sorts of things. Beaus crib, his clothes and moving expenses, which allowed the family to get out of the bedroom and into this new place. The fund works very simply. It gives social workers and care providers a noredtapepeway to help fill gaps o o need. The compasssn fund was built to have a debit card in their possession, thats attached to this Compassion Fund, where they can go at any point of time and go get cash and give it to the family. For beau and his family, the funnmade dreams come true. Hes out of a tiny bedroom and his parents have breathing room to get their finances back on sure footing. Without the Compassion Fund, none of that would have happened. Coming up in the next half hour, we will talk with an organizer of the telethon. Guys back to you. Tv9s Forrest Saunders at the campassion fund telethon. Thankka lot. An iowa city mom recently gave birth to identical triplets without the use of any fertility drugs. That only happens in about point 004 percent of pregnancies. Bridget hogan had three boys tadhg , sean, and cathal on november 3rd. Each weighed between three and four pounds. Hogan already had a twoyearold son, and says she didnt expect to go from a family of three to six in 35 weeks. She says theyre adjusting to providing three times the care. Its been around the clock 24 hour care, bottles every two hours. Just ating, changing, dressing, and doing it all over again. A cdc study says in 2013 there were more than three million births in the United States, and only 119 of those were triplets. The number doesnt include the rare identical factor. Oxford dictionarys new 2015 word offthe year is impossible to pronounce. Thats because it isnt even a word at all but it may speak louder than words. Meteorologist kaj omara will be back with a full plan on a soaking rain today. Rain is likely from start to finish with totals by the e nd of the day of 1. 52. 5. There e ay be a few swaths of 2. 5 in any areas that happen to get some thunderstorms. Highs will be tricky given all the rain, but upper 50s to lower 60s should be a good fit. Plan on cooler necessssrily dry justtyet as a few showers or pockets of drizzle will linger. Thursday and most of friday should be dry, but there is a weak wave of low pressure set to bring a chance of light snow or flurries to the area on friday night. Due to the warm ground, limited moisture, and Fast Movement of the system, accumulations appear minimal at this time. Well keep an eye on it for you this week. Tryyto stay dry out oxford dictionaries has announced its 2015 word of the year. It may be hard to pronounce because its notota word at all. Its an emooi. This happy, yellow, cartoon face shedding two giant tears. The official name is face with tears of joy, is usually used as a substitute for lol every year oxford dictionaries picks a word that it thhks cacatures the years biggest trends or changes in the english language. Its president says users are replacing words with emojis because of the fast pace of digital communication. Flu season is upon us and many people are getting the flu vaccine. Now employers are pushing harder than ever for workers to get the vaccine. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg tvnine. Its. Despite the terro attacks in paris. But those attacks did hurtt traveve stocks. Delta airlines closed down more than two percent. United declined one point two percent. American one point four percent. Cruise lines also saw a drop. In addition to helpiig you avoid the misery of the flu, getting the flu vaccine can save you and your employer a lot of money. Experts say employers spend 10 point four billion dollars annually on direct costs for hospitalization for the flu. Loss of eararings account for another 16 billion dollars. And a Chinese Tech Company has unveiled a new fast charging battery. The Company Huawei says its new lithium battery can achieve a charging speed 10 times fasttr thth typical batteries. It charges devices up to 50 percent in as little as five minutes. Its plan on a soaking rain today. Rain is likely from start to finish with totals by the end of the day of 1. 52. 5. There may be a few swaths of 2. 5 in any areas that happen to get some thunderstorms. Highs will be tricky given all the rain, but upper 50s to lower 60s should be a good fit. Plan on cooler weather on wednesday, but not necessarily dry just yet as a few showers or pockets of drizzle will linger. Thursday and most of friday should be dry, but there is a weak wave of low pressure set to bring a chance of llght snow or flurries to the area on friday night. Due to the warm ground, limited moisture, and Fast Movement of the system, accumulations appear minimal at this time. Well keep an eye on it for you this week. Try to stay dry out there thanks kaj. Heres a look at todays top a man faces a first degree murder charge this morning after he fatally stabbed another man. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says Michael Lehman stabbed jimmi jon lint several times at the Ced Rel Motel on the outskirts of cedar rapids sunday night. Opener tonight against chicago state. Before the game they unveiled lasteasons big 12 tourney championship banner. Monte morris running the show tonight had another great game with one of his 8 assist to go along with 14 points for iowa state who led 4935 at the half. And a monster night for jameel mckay inside. He was a human highlight film with one flush after another. They couldnt top him he was 12 15 from the floor for 25 points and he also grabbed 11 rebounds and the cyclones win thier home opener under new head coach steve prohm 10664 to raise their record to 20. How bout some breakfast with the panthers tomorrow. Uni will host stephan f. Austin at 7 00 am at the mcloed center. You heard me riht they will ass donuts and chocalate milk to the students starting at 6 00 am. Skip classes and go to the game. Big news from coe college today. Foowball coach steve staker will step down and his s on tyler who played for him will take over as head coach. Staker retires as one of the best football coaches in coe history with a 5229 record in 8 seasons. Third most wins in School History leading the kohawks to the d3 playoffff ttee times including a win over over undefeated st. Johns in 2009. Gonna miss coach he is first tyler will do a great job. Good Tuesday Morning to you from tv9. Yourr looking liie at the kmry studdos this morning where phones are ringing for the variety telethon for the Compassion Fund. Well check in with kaj and forrest there in a bit. But first, its november 17th and this is whax you need to know today. A man faces a first degree murder chhge after police say he stabbed another man at a motel on the outskirts of cedar rapids. More raids across europe this morning searchingfor the paris attackers as france launches more airstrikes on ria. University of iowa police see fewer underage drinkers but more fake id a`rrests with under 21 ordinance at area bars. The ciy of marion could have a new hotel n its future complete with meeting space and a restaurant. And an eastern iowa family literally doubles in size with the birth of rare identical triplets
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