saying answers to issues are better than anger. while this campaign visit was going on. the first satellite voting in linn county was also happening here at the cornell and mt. vernon library. that is not a coincidence and i ll explain tonight at six. live in mt. vernon, dave franzman kcrg tv 9 news. today while at an event in florida, trump says the attacks on him are quote, a conspiracy against the american people. trump - these vicious claims about me about inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false. the republican presidential nominee went on to say the media will seek to destroy your career and your family. trump women who say he touched and kissed them without consent. today michelle obama used a campaign stop for hillary clinton to denounce trump for his comments about women, including the recording from 2005 in which be brags about sexually assaulting women. she called the comments disturbing and quote below basic standards of human decenc
300 foot perimeter and out of sight and out of sound under iowa law it is not a problem. a presidential rally at the same time does tend to boost satellite voting turnout. normally 400 to 500 absentee voters have shown up to vote at cornell in recent presidential years. and another early voter agreed it provides motivation. everyone knows what s going on and i think it s a about it dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. eastern iowa county auditor s offices have seen an uptick in requests for early voting ballots as we get closer to the election. in johnson county, more than 13-thousand registered voters requested ballots. and of the people that requested about 47 percent have returned their ballots. in linn county. more than 21-thousand people requested ballots. and 36 percent have returned them. nat coffee house before heading to cornell, bill cedar rapids newbo area. the former president made time for selfies and hand shakes. the people over at the clothing shop raygun drop
high pressure builds in from the northwest. this high pressure system will control our weather today and much of tomorrow as well. later on friday night, there is potential for a few showers and thunderstorms, becoming widespread after midnight and into saturday. hopefully most of this can wait until after football is over. several lines of storms are possible on saturday, but the overall risk of anything severe is very low at this time. much of the rain should get out of here by sunday morning leading to a dry second half of the weekend. a tropical system should develop over or near florida next week, which may lead to our weh ttern stalling out r at lst 3 4 days. stay tun tonight: partly cloudy. patchy g posble. wind: light nw low: 56 tomorrow: partly sunny and pleasant. an oted shower is poie ine evening high: 76 tom. night: scattered understorms developing. wind: e 5-10. low: 64 anks kaj. communitsn northeast iowa rain. anywhere from 4 to more than 8 inches of rain overwh
. it s thursday, august 25th. here s what you need to know today. a live look at an evacuated rv park in clermont. the turkey river is expected to crest there in just a few hours. you live close to a river and that s the worst flooding they ve seen in years as they start to clean up today. rescue crews in italy are digging through rubble hoping to find more survivors. at least 247 people have died from a 6-point-2 earthquake. eight years after flooding.and planning, the northwest recreation center in cedar rapids is opening. this is the last project to use fema money from the 2008 flood. students in waterloo have their first day of after voters rejected a multi-million dollar bond vote. you re watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. has your first alert forecast, kaj. overall, we have a pretty quiet day in front of us as high pressure builds in from the northwest. this high pressure system will control our weather today a
sheriff s office says a car crossed the center line on 130th street and crashed with the semi around 8:30 last night. the car s driver died at the scene. deputies are not releasing that person s name, pending notification of family. as we re watching the flooding along the turkey river this hour, a focus is on clermont and elgin in fayette county. after more than a day of rising water, the turkey is cresting kcrg-tv9 s brea love has been reporting on the flooding all morning and joins us live from fayette county. brea, what are you seeing out there right now? chris, i m standing at skip a way the resort it s an rv camp ground that s been evacuated. pretty much everything is gone except a couple campers they re having issues moving. we ve been here since early the water began rising. now according to emergency management the river has crested. hopefully the water won t get to this area but residents spent a lot of time last night sandbagging just in case. this entire communi