Strangulation and being stabbed multiple times. Her body was found sunday in a rural driveway in the 32 hundred block 59th street trail. Thats a shellsburg address addressthe same home 31year old david miller was renting. Right now, miller is in the Benton County jail on theft charges. He has notbeen charged with hustads murder. New data tonight shows iowas fourth and eighth graders are above the National Average whenit comes to math and reading but not by much. The nations report card from the National Center for Education Statistics shows room for improvement for those and other students across the country. Country. Cbs 2 News Reporter llaney moore is live in the newsroom with the details. Today i visited the Clear Creek Amana School district. I talked with the principal and a teacher about what tiffin elementaryschool is doing to keep improving. Improving. Inints first year, tiffin elemenary has about 50 fourth mrs. Stewarts class. Right now. The class is working on math. Heather stewart14 34 1010 like to see a lot of the kids be successful. I like that ah ha moment. For students whose lightbulbs didnt come on as quickly some of their peers. S. The clear creek k amana district has teachers to help out. The district also has teachers to help advanced students. And teach their teachers. 14 43 06 to be able to separate our kids into different groups and leveled groups so we can make sure that they are getting the instruction that they need versus just teaching in a whole class. Principal dan dvorak took a look at new numbers frfrom the nations report card and says iowa schools are moving in the right direction. But want to continue to improve. Dan dvorak, principal14 16 40 weve been working really hard to improve on that and continually putting in new suppor in all l our schools s to make that gap. Put iowa back on top. Stewart says its a process of finding ways to keep growing. 14 38 37 how do we continue to make e that a larger gap and see that we are shining above we have the National Report card data on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com if you would like to learn more about how iowa ranks. Mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. New tonight at six, six,if youre a renter and feel like a large share of your income is going toward paying your rent, youre not alonon alononapartment list studied which cities and states have the most costburdened renters and found that in iowa, more than 43percent of renters paid more than 30 percent of their income in rent. Iowa is, in fact, on the lower end of the spectrum, and remaining steady. In some states, the figure reaches as high as 58 percent. All 14 republican president ial candidates are in colorado tonight for their third pair of debates. Debates. The bottom four candidates in the polls already have been debating for about an hour. Early on, the discussi tackled the news that broke just hours before, that the house of representativ es passed a spending bill to avoid a government default. Most republican candidates are expected to be against the bill, except south carolinas lindsey graham. I am looking at this budget with one view in mind will it restore the ability to defend this nation. Were on track to have the Smallest Army since 1940, the Smallest Navy since 1915, this budget, if it is paid for, will put 40 billion dollars back in the Defense Department at a time when we need it most. Most. Later tonight, voters will get a chancttsee rmer republican frororunner donald trump go head to head with the polls newest leader, doctor ben carson. Remember, cbs 2 news anchor kevin barry recapps the weeks top political stories every weekend. You can see iowa focus each sunday morning at 1030 here on cbs 2. Sending holiday wishes to veterans and Wounded Soldiers has become a tradition for a local college student. During the past five years, nina wilson has clected veterans. She started with 200cards and is now up to sending around six thousand this year. And shed love to have your help. You can write your first name on a card and send along pictures, bookmarks, friendship bracelets or inspirational quotes. She says it means a lot to both the receiver and the giver. Whether its just sending cards or pictures, or pics of your pets, or whatever its something that could put a smile on someones face. And i think its important. Important. Wilson hopes to sendards for othth holidays toif you would like to send some cards, just go to cbs two iowa dot com for information. Theres also a public card signing event at coe college coming up on november 5th. Afscmmlocal 2985 made an elevenhundred dollar donation today to the patriot guard riders. The ceremony took place at the iowa medical and Classification Center in coralville where many employoys are represented by the union. Ose involved great opportunity go give back. Its a great honor to be able to give back to the community and to organizations such as the guard because they do great work theres great people out here. Here. The patriot guard riders is a Nonprofit Organization of motorcyclists whoork to honor fallenenmilitary heroes. Halloween is creeping. Up. Quickly. Quickly. And normally when you picture trickortreating you think of bright, creative, or scary orange pumpkins. But this year, youll be seeingng another color when youre out and about. Tealpumpkins are beginning to popup on doorsteps across the nation. Cbs 2 News Reporter joy howe explains what it means. These teal pumpkins havent been around very long, but the idea behind them, is really catching on. Its a way to make sure your kids halloween, doesnt turn from spooky, to downright scary. The colors of fall, are as welcoming as ever. And the oranges and yellows will soon turn into a night of dark fun and witchy ways. But this year, there might be another color floating its way into graveyards. The teal pumpkin, part of a National Project to promote allergy awareness. 05. 59. 33 i think theres an increase in food allergies. Doctor Lyla Schweiger ays, whether were just more aware of food allergies, or theyre able to diagnose them more, the numbers are rising. In fact, Food Allergy Research and education or fare a National Nonprofit group, say that one in every 13 kids that trickortreat at your door on saturday, will have some sort of food allergy. And all those tempting goodies, can be deadly if they fall into the claws of the wrong little goblin. 06. 01. 33oh there can be a lot of different things, probably the most common is peanut and probably the most severe. But treenuts, i mean there are milk allergies, soy allergies, wheat allergies 06. 01. 41. 27 so you juju need to be aware of what t t child may be reacting to and hopefully avoid it 06. 01. 49. 01 is the very reason fare is asking some neighbors put out a teal pumpkin, and offer nonfood goodies. The idea is new so new, doctor schweiger hadnt even heard of it yet, bushe says she likes it. 06. 02. 01. 23 oh its a great idea, a very nice idea. I think because of the awareness of food allergies, i thinknkhats a great project cover 06. 02. 20 that would be you can actually take fares pledge online to be a teal pumpkin home and theyll give you a sticker you can put in your window. We put that link on our website. If you want to be a teal pumpkin house on saturda all you have to do is grab a rerelar pumpkin, spray paint teal, then fill your goodie baskets with things like toysbooksjewelerystickers and be sure to send your costume photos to us. Head to our Facebook Page kgan, cbs 2 and well add yours to our gallery. While youre there, you can browse other pictures for ideas or to just see how cute they are. One hundred days to go now until the university of iowas big dance marathon. Doday, they held a big halloween celebration to get ready. Theyre using todays event to drum up support among everyone whos going to be there. Its just a way to get our dancers engaged and realize what were are all about and that their is plenty of time to fununaise to get to our big event. Event. This is the 22nd year for dance marathon which has raised more than 16million dollars for pediatric cancer patients. It kicks off february fifth and runs for a full 24 hours. Still ahead tonight on the cbs 2 news at six, clicking with confidence. Confidence. The iowa hawkeyes are coming off their bye week and looking to stay perfect. The voice of the hawkeyes s gives his outlook on if itll happen, a little later in sports. Sports. Meanwhile, a d cision from the feds today to keep Interest Rates unchanged sent stocks points. The nasdaq posted a 65 point gain. More cbs 2 news ahead after the break. Do you think when you are president youll be paid as much as if f u were a manmale. This is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. But there are so many examples where that doesnt happen. Im going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same. As the men who are doing that job. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. If youre looking for a medicare plan, were health alliance. Weelieve in superheroes. In the slow dance at the end of the night. In being yourself. We believe in simplicity. And in doing good when no ones looking. To us, it just seems right. Call now and learn more. Youll talk to a real person, not an automated system. Were part of your community, not a conglomerate. You can see the doctors you know and t tst. And here is the best part. 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Chief meteorologist terry swails s here now with your cbs 2 weather first iowas been bringing the d all season longng. Next in sports. Well tell you why maryland will have their hands full on saturday. Cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kganemail us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook at facebook kgan cbs 2. If you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. Americas most Innovative Companies are already moving to clean energy now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricity and crcrte millions of new jobs. It all starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. So, what are we waiting for . Most of the chatter surrounding iowas 7 and 0 start has been out the offense. A unit thats clicking with a confident cj beathard and a dominant rushing attack. But itd be a mistake to overlook the hawkeye defense. Phil parkers groups been nothing short of excellele this season. Theyre giving up just over 14 points per game. And theyre third in the big ten in total defense. Even after losing a key cog like drew ott. And the voice of the hawkeyes wouldnt be surprised to see more of the same against maryland this weekend. This defense has feasted in points off turnovers, not only plus 7 in turnovers but 56 points off those turnovers they had 34 points, 35 points all of last year. If you want to point to one or two differences in this iowa Football Team its an opportunistic defense and i think that will show itself again on saturday. Since 2012. Sawyer kollmorgen has started. And won. A bunch of games for the uni panthers. But a head injury might end his senior season. And his career. Earlier than expected. Kollmorgen suffered a concussion in the october 17th game against western illinois. It was his second concussion of the season. And fourth of his career. On tuesday. The senior told reporters that he has a doctors appointment this week. And after that hell make a Firm Decision regarding his football future. In other footbalnews. Minnesota head coach jerry kill retired t tay due to health concerns. The coach has dealt with epilepsy for the last ten years. And he had to miss seven golden gopher games in 2013. But more recent seizures forced kill to make a tough cision. Ive given every ounce that i have for 32 years to the game football. And the kids ive been able to coach. Last night. When i walked off the practice field. I feel like a part of me died. Died. Obviously a very sad situation. Iowa will host minnesota at Kinnick Stadium on november 14th. Game one of the world series had it all. Great pitching, royals finally got it done in 12 15 in the morning. Kc was down a run in the bottom of the ninth. But these kids never quit. Alex gordon went straightaway center to tie it up at 4. And then five innings later. Ericicosmer hit a game winning sac fly to beat the mets in game one. The royals probably dipped into their bullpen a little more than they anted to. But manager ned yost says its all worth it when you win a classic like that. To find out a way to grind that game out against a great team over there. Both teams were matching sitch for pitch. We had opportunities. Theyd make pitches and get out of innings. To grind through that game and win it in the 14th inning was big. Game two of thf world series is tonight atat7 07. After that its the fox 28 news at nine. And then. The ot. Its the first round of the High School Football playoffs so tune in for all the we will be right back to take one last look at your forecast