Tonight ino clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to go back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. For the many oncall first responders, Police Officers, and firefighters, the return to normal is longawaited. But until their routine is normalized, there is one place providing is providing hot meals and a place to relax for those working. Crescent lodge mason john english says he and his wife came up with the idea when trying to come up with a way to give back to first responders. With most working long 12hour shifts, he says the fraternal orders temple was the perfect spot to provide a warm place to rest and grab a bite to eat. ,12 14 46;17 weve had a lot of guys from a lot of different lodges step up and take shifts whenever they can, guys staying overnight which has been really days they faced were a little easier with the help of english and the volunteers at the lodge. The hesco barriers blocking bridge entrances over the cedar river are starting to come down today. But with that comes driving restrictions. The end to flood zone restrictions will come in stages. This morning, edgewood road crossing the cedar river is open. The downtown but regular motorists will have to wait for the all clear saturday morning. The barricades and checkpoints will still be in place so police will still be standing at those checkpoints asking people to show id so the bridges in the downtown area will not open to the Downtown Public until 7 00 a. M. On saturday city Officials Say while the avenue bridges will open soon, there will still be Construction Activity going on. The means drivers will need to be aware when they start many of the boathouses on ellis road saw some significant damage. Many of the houses felt the force of the cedar river that came rushing through. At least one of the boathouses sank. It happened early yesterday when the floatation devices below it broke away and started floating down the river. There is some concern that at least two other homes could end up sinking. People are carefully monitoring the harbor in case that happens. The owner of that sunken boathouse says she was in shock when she heard the news. And i didnt want to go through it again, and as god sees it, we did. Here we are. Some of the boathouses were moved at the northern part of the harbor. Members of the Harbor Association say changes made after the 2008 flood helped keep all the boats in the harbor. People living there say they think they can get everything back to normal in about two weeks. Involved in yesterday mornings fatal train crash in new jersey. Passengers say the train failed to slow down while approaching the terminal. As reid binion reports, it overran its stopping point, slamming into a bumper block, and hurtling through a passenger concourse. Gov. Chris christie new jersey as i said the engineer was released from the hospital. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie referencing the engineer in thursdays deadly commuter train crash. New jersey he is cooperating with law enforcement. The engineer now identified as 4 gallagher. A new Jersey Transit employee for 29 years. The train was packed with passengers and reportedly traveling too fast. When it slammed into hoboken terminal. We got jolted out of our seats. There was a very loud crash and explosion outside. The crash killing a woman waiting on the platform. Leaving upwards of a hundred other people injured. And causing massive damage at one of the busiest transit hubs in the new york area. Images on social media showing what looks like a partial roof collapse. Officials now working to inspect the trains breaking system. And determine just how fast event recorder from the locomotive. Theres also an event recorder in the cab car, the controlling car, and well be getting that as soon as we can access that. Neighbor s of the engineer shocked after hearing about the crash. And concerned for the engineer and his family. And when i heard it or actually saw you come up and heard that was the case i could not believe it. Its just tragic in terms of what theyre going through, what theyre going to be going through. Im another crash in new jersey overnight involved a tractor trailer and 11 other vehicles. It happened near bordentown, new jersey, about 35 miles northeast of philadelphia. The tractortrailer reportedly hit several of the cars. One person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. The cause is under investigation. More than a year after a four Year Old Girl died, police in waterloo have arrested her mother. Charge of child endangerment resulting in death. Officers found her daughter, gracie buss, unresponsive at her apartment on Downing Court in may of 2015. She died a few days later. An autopsy found Blunt Force Injuries to her head caused her death. A judge in South Carolina will decide today whether authorities can continue holding a teenager arrested after a School Shooting that injured three. The teen is also suspected of violence at townville elementary school. The boy is due in court this morning for an initial hearing. One of the victims, a six yearold boy, is on life support after being shot on the schools playground. His family says the boy remains in critical condition. As of right now, yes, he is on life support, but i dont want to go into full details on his injuries. Thats a private matter as of right now, but he is fighting every day, every moment to survive. And he will survive. The other shooting victims a firstgrade teacher and another student have been released from the hospital. Following the School Shooting in South Carolina, many schools active shooter plans are under scrutiny. Urbandale superintenden t steve bass says their philosophy is to make sure all adults know what to do in an active shooter situation. But security expert tom conley says Running Drills with everyone, including students, is are prepared for the worst. In urbandale, students are taught to go to the nearest classroom if the school is under a lockdown. Teachers are taught more specifics. Conley says doing that assumes a teacher is going to be there to lead the students in an emergency. Conley 10 30 ok so the teachers says run to the classroom. What if the classroom is locked . You want to give students options so they know what plan b and plan c is. Homeland security also has guides for schools. Incorporate into their current plan. Fbi director james comey says it does appear some form of radical islam motivated the minnesota mall attacker. 22yearold dahir adan is suspected of storming the mall and stabbing 10 people early this month. He was stopped when an offduty Police Officer shot him. An isis linked news agency called him one of their soldiers. Comey discussed the possible terror connections at a house judiciary hearin it does look like at least in part he was motivated by some sort of inspiration from radical islamic groups. Which groups and how, were not sure of yet. He says they will continue to investigate the attack. One cedar rapids business is trying to recover after being stuck on the wet side of the citys hesco barriers. Now, he says cedar rapids could have protected all of city from the rising cedar plan on an increase in clouds plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend today becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 53 plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend today becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly newbo district business, tornados pub and grub, hopes to reopen soon. Thats even though it was on the wet side of the citys temporary flood wall. The city set up hesco barriers on 16th avenue southeast, leaving most of newbo dry to the west, while tornados and a few other slaughter and his family stayed inside tornados during the flood. Sandbags protected the building, and they used pumps to fight the rising water. Slaughter says he wound up with only about a foot of water in the basement. He thinks he can clean that up on his own without filing a Flood Insurance claim. We may lost the water heater. Besides that we didnt suffer any damage we stayed every night since last friday, we have not left. Slaughter is still unhappy about the citys decision to leave his business and others on the wet side of the 16th avenue flood wall. But the city says it had to put the hesco barriers on solid pavement, and the street was the only option. Oktoberfest is coming to the historic amana colonies this weekend. The amana colonies 51st oktoberfest kicks off with keg tapping ceremony today. Then tomorrow at 10, the colonies will hold the annual oktoberfest parade. Activities, including log sawing, a keg toss, and the brat eating contest. Also, tonight we have High School Football on kcrg nine point two. Were following anamosa at mount vernon. Our coverage starts at 7 on nine point two. A lawsuit farmers filed against syngenta can now move forward as a class action lawsuit. How much corn producers say they lost when china rejected their syngenta corn, next in agribusiness. But right now, heres a look at toay morning its. Welcome to the agribusiness report, im david geiger. The us house of representatives this week passed its side of the Water ResourcesDevelopment Act of 2016. In a vote of 399 to 25. The house joined the senate in authorizing funding. But the house and senate will now meet through conference to fix the differences between the two versions. Iowas soy transportatio n Coalition Executive director Mike Steenhoek says he expects congress will look at and pass the conference report during a lame duck session after the november election. He says they are appreciative congress is showing strong support in helping the needs of the us inland waterway system. A kansas judge syngenta can move forward as a class action lawsuit. In 2014. Farmers in the us sued the seed company after grain shipments to china were rejected because of an unapproved genetically engineered trait in syngentas agrisure viptera. Because that was not approved by china. Farmers who did not plant the trait. Claimed they suffered losses when the rejections disrupted trade and dragged down corn prices. The shipments halted most of chinas corn imports. Plaintiffs for the farmers estimate. Corn billion dollars in current and future revenue. An attorney representing the farmers say the ruling will make it easier for them to pursue claims against syngenta. Syngenta says it it snot responsible for the losses. And may appeal the court decision. Before the market close yesterday. Is spoke with market analyst angie setzer about what was going on in grains before a big stocks report today. It is a hurry up and wait going into tomorrows quarterly stocks and grains report. Mainly because tomorrows numbers for corn and soybeans especially are going to give us the usda we had left over at the end of our last marketing year as we went into harvest. So the main thing that we want to see from a market standpoint is that the number that comes out tomorrow isnt larger than the 1. 7 billion and the 195 million in soybeans that we saw as ending stock predictions in the last supply and demand report. Same story, different day, were still trying to find out what that means with china stepping in and saying seeing the brazilian cattle story. You know, i continue to watch whats developing in brazil, especially with their dry conditions and lack of available feed. Same stuff in hogs. From one day to the other we might trade headlines, its gotten pretty thin there. Every time you think we may have found a bottom it tends to be a little bit of a false floor. You know, were working toward full capacity from what i understand. The department of agriculture may have to wait year to get funding for a study on gmo labeling. The study is congressiona lly mandated to see how gmo electronic labeling would look like. Specifically with scannable codes on food that directs consumers to label information online. Usda secretary tom vilsack says the funding is not in the continuing resolution passed on wednesday. Congress set a deadline of two years for the study and the gmo labeling rules the usda is in charge of. Toge meet the deadline. And thats all the time i have for the show today. Thanks for tuning in. I hope to see you again next time well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 32 oc standard whether its from a lake, farm pond, or river, fish come in all shapes and sizes. And in some cases, young anglers catches are just about as big as they are. We catch up with them next in johns big ol fish. Today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the area. Next week, a warming trend is likely through wednesday with a seasonable cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy mostly high 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High 66 tom. Night partly cloudy. Wind bass. They are all fair game in this weeks edition of big ol fish. Leading off with a lunker. Noah chesmore caught this big bass while fishing with grandpa jeff nelson. Batting second is timber scholl who proudly holds up her river. Anotehr first timer hit the big time at belva deer. Deven foste caught this dandy while fishing with grandma. How about this huge walleye. Charlie elsinger of epworth landed it in south dakota. Devon rubner of peosta was working a local pond when he nailed this whopper. Another big bass. Patrick kruse of salt lake got it near marshalltown. Mason vick from calmar got a new pole from grandpa joe and man did it fish of the year. Fishing with his parents was a slam dunk for logan cady of marion. And our good friend Marc Morehouse of the gazette was all smiles in northern wisconsin on june first when he landed two muskies including this 43 inch timer musky. Thats what i am talking about. With all my fishing friends, this is John Campbell reporting. With the water going down along the cedar river, streets are reopening. Well show you when and where you can start using roads. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Early morning news. Things are starting to get back to normal in cedar rapids after this weeks this week get to go home a day early. With cleanup underway, the city of cedar rapids wants to make sure youre getting rid of your sandbags properly. And the future of a Kinnick Stadium inspired house in iowa city could finally be decided today. Good friday morning its 530 on september 30th. Here is a live look at. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on an increase in clouds today. This should keep our temperatures confined to the 60s for highs in all areas. The wind will continue to blow out of the north, but not as strong as yesterday. Like we experienced wednesday, a sprinkle could come out of the thickest clouds, but no measurable rainfall is anticipated in our area. Tonight into saturday, plan on clouds to hang on. Sunday, clouds should disperse somewhat, allowing a return to the upper 60s low 70s across the ea. E ek, a warming end is likely through wednesd te cooldown right behind a midweek cold front. Enjoy your weekend toda y becoming mostly cloudy. Wind ne 1015. High 67 tonight cloudy. Wind ne 510. Low 57 tomorrow mostly cloudy. Wind n 510. High low 53 thanks kaj. Rapids will allow people who live or work in the flood zone to get back into the area. And its asking people who dont need to be there to stay away so large equipment can get in for cleanup. The flood zone will be open to everyone else starting at seven saturday morning. That klarge equipment will be in the area for a few weeks as as part of the flood recovery. Now that people are returning to their homes and businesses, many will be anxious to get rid of their sandbags. But the city wants to do it properly. Starting at seven this morning, there will be drop off sites for businesses and non profits. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is running the sites. Workers there are asking people let them know ahead of time if the sandbags are wet or dry, so that the bags can be stacked accordingly. 7 18, you get them here leave them here, the district and our Funding Partners and figuring out ho businesses. Business