of the ordinary -- but hit the peak travel times... and things change dramatically. "it's been real backed up here, about five o'clock it's just a straight line of nobody getting through. " city tractor company in north liberty sits right near the interchange... where cars often back-up clear onto the interstate. city officials say relief is in site. first off they hope to wrap-up a widening project on penn street by the should help traffic leaving the interstate -- then officials plan to look at the timing of the traffic signals at the interchange. "we will take another look at that once this project is done, what we can do for those lights if there is ways to optimize traffic flow through that intersection." and a more long-term solution is also on the horizon. with north liberty's population up 37 percent in 5 years... and the number of 10... the dot is working to get a second interchange open just down the interstate at forevergreen road. they hope to start work on that next year. for now though, businesses on penn street, will have to search for a silver lining. "north liberty is one of the biggest growing cities in iowa, and we want people to come by and see our store, and since construction has happened, we've had more business. " interchange at forevergreen road will be a two year project. so they could have that open by 2019. in north liberty, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. the highway 100 extension west of cedar rapids is attracting the attention of contractors and county engineers. they're interested in made of concrete. but this four-mile stretch that should open around thanksgiving is asphalt that measures more than a foot thick. "i think the d-o-t will find this project interesting because they saved, right off the bat, 5 million dollars on their 20 million dollar estimate. so this project came in way under budget. " few iowa roads are built with this technique they call "perpetual" asphalt. and as oil prices stay low, asphalt is becoming a more economical alternat the des moines airport says more people are using the airport. so it would like to build a new 500-million dollar terminal. the current terminal was built in 1948 and isn't large enough to handle increased use. the proposal includes 14 gates and a new parking garage. the airport board will vote on a plan in october. construction wouldn't begin until 2022. although federal funds and airport fees would finance much of the construction, i would also need let's turn to the weather and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, it's starting to feel more like fall outside weather. this is what september should be like! wednesday was a beautiful day and thursday starts off on a good note as well. we are, however, tracking our next storm heading across the plains. showers and storms, with a heavy rain threat, develop thursday evening. rainfall chances end later on friday with a dry forecast temperatures are looking to trend above normal next week. have a great night! tonight: mostly clear. wind: e 5-10. low: 56 tomorrow: increasing clouds, especially in the afternoon. wind: se 5-15. high: 77 a fight after a concert in wisconsin. the sheriff's office in crawford county wisconsin says anthony runde and joshua milligan had a grudge against each other and they started fighting at the rock on the river concert in bridgeport township, wisconsin. later officers found milligan unconscious with head injuries in a campsite area near the concer investigation, officers arrested runde yesterday. runde faces charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. prosecutors say robert stern killed his daughter who has autism because she was a burden. that was part of opening statement in stern's murder trial today. robert stern has pleaded not guilty to first degree murder. he is 63. in june of 2015, police say he admitted to shooting every round of three guns at his daughter, kimberly stern,killing prosecutors said stern admitted to police officers that he killed her. and on the way to the police station for questioning, stern faked having a medical emergency so they took him to the hospital. that's where they say officers were going to record stern confessing he killed his daughter because she quote "pushed his buttons." the officer accidentally did not hit record on his cell phone to capture that confession. police also described he was talking to them. "as passed by him through the kitchen, mr. stern made a couple of statements, as i am passing by. one was, ' i am dying of cancer'. the other is, 'i heard voices'." stern's attorney described kimberly as having severe autism. stern's wife had recently died, and he'd become kimberly's only care provider. the defense says kimberly also had another mental diagnosis. iowa senator chuck grassley say should not be driving. he doubled-down on his stance during his weekly conference call today. grassley was talking about a man who he says had been living in the u-s illegally. that man, fernando aguilar, was involved in a crash last week that killed lea phann , a 12 year old girl from des moines. grassley says he's requested aguilar's immigration records from the department of homeland security. " 16:37 yes we're in the middle of the case, the same way we've been involved in the murder of katie stein or the p driver who was also undocumented. we're trying to get to the bottom of this " grassley says he wants to know if the government had considered deporting aguilar in the past, and if he had received any immigration benefits. people in cedar rapids can now use an interactive tool to see where the city's today, the city launched open gov. that shows the city's revenue and expenses, dating back five years. for example, people can see how much the city gets from the streets local option sales tax, or how much it spends on police and fire. the city says it allows people to visualize data, instead of just seeing rows of numbers. the city also has its annual budget and other financial documents available on its website. theatre cedar rapids has decided to postpone its "tribes." the move came after public backlash about the casting of an actor who can hear to play a deaf character. t-c-r says it's postponed the play until it gets the support of the deaf community. yesterday at a public forum, some members of the deaf community criticized how t-c-r had cast the play. a non-profit in linn county that helps provide food for other animals... is the one in need of help. the group, animeals, is looking for a new place to stay with tv9. these may be the final days of more than a decade. ani-meals delivers pet food to families who need help feeding their cats and dogs. kcrg t-v nine's forrest saunders tells why the demolition of an old barn is putting everything in jeopardy. you won't find ol' mcdonald on this farm. just an old horse barn packed have about 5- thousand pounds of cat food." this is where cedar rapids animeals stores all of the food for its clients. they're often people who have income restrictions and face a difficult question-- feed themselves or their pets. ani-meals helps by acting kind of like a meals on wheels for the four- legged. "we deliver pet food, cat or dog, to about 410 pets a month." animeals started in 2000. owners of this barn let the nonprofit us old storage spot. mother nature looks to again have taken a toll, though. the barn leaks. it's full of pigeons and bats. "it's just getting to the point where it's too old. repair is going to be too costly." client coordinator owners have decided to tear the barn down. that means animeals has to go. officials have got 60 days to find a new spot that's at least 1-thousand square feet. their budget, find something--- "we don't know. we're afraid that it might be the end of animeals, honestly." animeals put out a call for help on social media. at last check, no takers. for now, the group is considering getting storage garages, but that will likely only delay things a month. it something long term isn't figured out soon... animeals may be on it's last leg. in cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. stay with your 24 hour news be like! wednesday was a beautiful day and thursday starts off on a good note as well. we are, however, tracking our next storm showers and storms, with a heavy rain threat, develop thursday evening. rainfall chances end later on temperatures are looking to trend above normal next week. have a great night! tonight: mostly clear. wind: e 5-10. low: 56 tomorrow: increasing clouds, especially in the afternoon. wind: se 5-15. storms become likely. wind: se 5-10. low: 64 friday: showers and a few storms likely. high: 75 low: 64 saturday: partly sunny. high: low: 54 monday: mostly sunny. high: 78 low: 55 tuesday: slight chance of showers. high: 77 low: 58 wednesday: chance of showers. high: 75 low: 58 motivated football team that loves to play giant killer this saturday at kinnick. north dakota state has won five straight against fbs opponents so they will not be intimidated coming to kinnick stadium.. it will be a homecoming for ndsu coach chris klieman who grew up in waterloo and played and coached at uni. the five time national champs are led by dunn who had 128 yards rushing and two touchdowns including the game winner last week in a 50-44 overtime win over eastern washington. they looked at me they didn't really recruit me me like they overlooked me a lot so i am like let's go i am ready to show them what i am about. i mean it would've been nice to go their but i am really proud of the decision i made to come here. they are all pretty big they recruit lengthy people it is fbs know that is expected. that will not faze us we are still to win that is just what we do that is bison pride. it is a great atmosphere fans are crazy just like ours just a lot bigger it is not going to be anything surprising for us so we will be ready to go. sot :39 oc: "we will be ready to go " i will go one on one with iowa coach kirk ferentz tonight at 10:00. and we will wrapup the the iowa ndsu game monday night with on iowa live from the union station at 6:30 hawkeyes julien vandervelde and matt hughes along with the undefeated clear creek amana football team. come on out we will also give a way tickets and prizes. and finally what a start it has been for the xavier volleyball team at 15-0 josh has more on the saints turnaround season. 15 was the total number of wins the xavier volleyball team had last season. the saints have already matced that number this year and the season is just at the halfway thing, especially coming out of the xavier program because we haven't had a start like this ever in xavier history. so, it's something really special, especially since it's our senior year." "we've been working hard all summer and all season to get to this point. so, we aren't as surprised, but if we keep working we should be able to get where we want to be." the 6th ranked saints are led by a new head coach, austin filer. he spent four years as an assistant at mount mercy. "there's a lot of administation that goes with the assistant, you just get to come in and coach, work with the girls. i'm familiar with a lot of them through the club rankings, coached some of them in the past and that helped ease some of the pressure." "i really like what he does. we do a lot of scrimmaging, which helps us with game action, instead of just doing drils over and over. we do work on the basics though." "when he calls a timeout, we all just sit there and listen. he could talk for five minutes about volleyball. he knows so much about the game and has such a strong volleyball iq" the saints attribute their undefeated season to the balance they have on offense. "we had our match last night and basicaly kills. i think it's hard for any opposing team to scout us. where are we going to go with the ball and what are we going to do? the system that we're doing is something the girls have really embraced. they understand that one girl might shine one night and then another might shine another night. and they're all fine with that." xavier hopes to win its third tournament this saturday at benton. josh christensen tv9 sports thanks scott. team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. this is what september should be like! wednesday was a beautiful day and thursday starts off on a good note as well. we are, however, tracking our next storm heading across the plains. showers and storms, with a heavy rain threat, develop thursday evening. rainfall chances end later on friday with a dry forecast through the weekend. temperatures are looking to trend above normal next week. have a great night! tonight: they are not. they are, too. your hypothesis is completely disconfirmed by all the data. you're just clinging to it out of intellectual stubbornness. no, you're displaying a shocking ignorance of the subject matter. mummies and zombies are the exact same thing. oh, yeah? mummies are wrapped in bandages. that's called a fashion choice. all right, you brought this on yourself. don, get him. if a zombie bites you, you turn into a zombie. however, if a mummy bites you, all you turn into is some schmo with a mummy bite. so, like a zombie, that's been eaten from the waist down, you, sir, have no leg to stand on. good boy. here's a cookie. oh, thank you. hey, fellas, what's going on? mummies and zombies again. oh, they're not the same thing. you get a cookie, too.

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