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Would get another 1 dollar boost each year until the wage reaches 10. 25 an hour in january 2019. Tonight, lee county supervisors, in the southeasternmost tip of iowa, will consider raising the minimum wage. Theyre planning to talk about a request from a group that wants the minimum wage upped. Johnson county was the first in iowa to increase its minimum wage. In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 cents an hour. On january first, it will top out of the wage increase. In total, 5 iowa counties have either approved or are considering raising the wage. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Its september and its hotter than nashville chicken. Another warm, humid afternoon is ahead with highs well into the 80s. Southern iowa may very well touch 90. With dew points in the 70s, the heat index is this afternoon. As a cold front slowly approaches from the west, some thunderstorm s will begin to form in Northern Iowa late. They become more widespread tonight into wednesday. While a few may be strong, the Biggest Issue will be the potential for heavy rain. Some spots could pick up more than a couple of inches by the time things wrap up tomorrow night. Well catch a break thursday before more showers and storms arrive on friday. After that, we have a nice weekend to look forward to. Today a chance of storms late. The highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 89 alo 87 dbq 88 iow 90 tonight storms become likely. Avy rain is possible. Wind sw5 w 72 districts have already decided to let out early today due to todays hot and humid weather. Midland schools and Mount Pleasant schools are dismissing at 1 30 today. And tipton schools and iowa city schools are letting letting out early by going to kcrg. Com slash cancellations. An iowa state campus bus driver who hit and killed a student last year is now out of jail. Story county authorities released Benjamin Clague after he completed his 30 day sentence and paid a 100 dollar fine. He was driving the cyride bus. That hit emmalee jacobs last december in ames. Jacobs was 18 years old from urbana. She later died from her injuries. Jacobs parents said they thought clagues want lawmakers will to review sentencing guidelines in similar cases. In a kcrg tv nine update. The wife of a waterloo man accused of Human Trafficking now faces the same charges herself. Prosecutors charged sade campbell, who is 24 years old, last week. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports shes the wife of Lawrence Campbell jr. Hes from waterloo. Investigators say he met two 16 year old girls from chicago online, bought waterloo and forced them into prostitution. The courier also reports sade would drive the teenagers to stores where she made them shoplift. The teenage girls are now back home with their families. One of the teens had a baby, which she left at a waterloo fire station. In a kcrg tv traffic alert. The highway 965 bridge over the iowa river in Johnson County today went from one lane to simply not an option. Construction on the bridge started today. The road will be closed for months. One lane after engineers found structural issues earlier this year. Now, the bridge must close completely in order for crews to finish work by the end of november. A Dubuque County woman is now fighting two battles. Shes coping with terminal cancer, and shes leading an effort to give iowans with terminal illnesses the option to choose when and how they die. Attempts to pass right to die laws here in iowa failed in the senate in both 2015 and 2016. Cancer. Gibbs says she doesnt want her family to watch her die a slow, painful death. So she started a new group to encourage iowa lawmakers to pass what she calls death with dignity laws. The group wants iowa to have a law similar oregons law. That would doctors prescribe terminally ill patients a pill to immediately end their life if they have fewer than 6 months to live. Its not up to lawmakers to decide what is religiously right am the one with the terminal disease. I am the one who is dying, therefor i am the one who should have the choice and the decision on how i die. The catholic archdiocese of dubuque is against the groups effort. Directors say theyre essentially pushing for physicianassisted suicide. Compassion mean to suffer with. It doesnt mean to get rid of the suffering. It means for us, as a community, as a people, to enter into the suffering with the person going through that. He says hes worried doctors or patients to choose to end their lives because its cheaper and easier than endoflife care. Instead, schmidt says terminally ill patients should rely on hospice and palliative care. 9 weeks out from the 2016 election, a new poll shows president ial candidates Hillary Clinton and donald trump are entering the finial stretch of the president ial race on essentially even ground. The cnn orc poll shows donald trump with 45 , compared to Hillary Clintons 43 . Libertarian gary johnson polled around 7 percent, and the green partys jill stein sat around 2 . This is a National Poll of 786 likely voters. As abcs maggie rulli reports, both major candidates are focusing their efforts on mustwin states. Its a Campaign Blitz today focusing in on must win states. Hillary clinton will rally the troops in florida, while trump is in viriginia and north hotly contested Battle Ground state of ohio. Where it was a crowded scene on the tarmac in Cleveland Clinton and trumps planes. Parked right there next to each other. And both for the first time now traveling with press. Sot clinton hey, guys. Press hi aboard whats been nicknamed hill force one clinton took questions from the press for the First Time Since july 31. Including ones on foreign diplomacy, her health, and the ongoing drama surrounding her time as secretary of state. Sot clinton the state department has said there is absolutely no evidence of and kind of external influence nats for fair build that wall meanwhile. Trump was shaking hands at this ohio county fairtrump sot fair were going to bring job back to oh immigration policy . Trump im not ruling out anything. Q including a pathway to legal status. Trump no. To become a citizen youre going to have to go out and come back in and the candidates didnt hesitate to get in a few jabs. After clinton was overcome by a coughing fit mid speech nats clinton cough cough cough. Every time i think of trump, i get allergic Trumps Campaign manager mocked her on twitter must be allergic to the media, finally spent a minute with them. O c close and a reminder just how tight this race is. Clinton now holds a six point lead over trump according to a fox news poll taken in late august thats down from 10point lead earlier in the month. Making their time in thesy batt or die moments foth campaigns. Yesterday, clinton met with people near the quad thats across the Mississippi River from bettendorf. She repeated her message that donald trump would be a dangerous leader. Just look at the facts, educate yourself, your friends and your colleagues because the kind of bluster and wild claims that he makes about everybody and everything dont stand up to any on the midwest yesterday, stopping in ohio to talk with union members. Its something parents always hear limit screen time for your kids. But researchers are finding the right kind at the right time could actually function as well as some medication when theyre in the hospital. And well introduce you to some of the best and brightest, who are getting off to a running start this year. Theyre our studentof themonth finalists. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. Stay with tv9. Another warm, humid afternoon is ahead with highs well into the 80s. Southern iowa may very well touch 90. With dew points in the 70s, the heat index is going to be situated in the 90s this afternoon. As a cold front slowly approaches from the west, some thunderstorm s will begin to form in Northern Iowa late. They become more widespread tonight into wednesday. While a few may be strong, the Biggest Issue pick up more than a couple of inches by the time things wrap up tomorrow night. Well catch a break thursday before more showers and storms arrive on friday. After that, we have a nice weekend to look forward to. Today a chance of storms late. The highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 89 alo 87 dbq 88 iow 90 tonight storms become likely. Heavy rain is possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 alo 69 dbq 69 iow 72 sw 1020. High 84 alo 83 dbq 84 iow 85 tom. Night storms likely. Heavy rain is possible. Wind w 510. Low 65 alo 64 dbq 64 iow 67 thursday partly cloudy. High 82 low 65 friday showers and a few thunderstorm s. Locally he possible. High 78 low 62 saturday turning mostly sunny. High 72 low 57 sunday mostly sunny. High 75 low 51 monday increasing clouds. High 79 low 58 tuesday chance of showers, cooler. High 68 low 55 wednesday partly cloudy. Parents with a child who has had to undergo surgery know how emotional and challenging the entire process can be. But a new study could lead to something as simple as an ipad could work just as well as medication to reduce anxiety before surgery. Kim hutcherson reports. For years parents have known Smart Devices help keep their children occupied. Now it seems there could be a medical application for that. Kids who are about to say playing games like angry birds worked just as well as sedatives, to make kids less anxious right before an operation. The small study looked at onehundred and twelve children between fourand10 years old. The kids were randomly assigned to either take a sedative or play with an ipad twenty minutes before receiving anesthesia. Researchers found the tablets worked just as well to reduce stress as did medication. And the study didnt just show the ipads were helpful for the young ones. The devices apparently helped to relax the kids parents too. This isnt the first study to suggest that technological distraction could be a way to reduce anxiety. Researchers have also looked at Virtual Reality as a way to assist people who are in stressful positions. For todays Health Minute im kim hu researchers at the university of iowa are finding ways to keep kids calm even during simpler procedures, like blood draws or vaccines. Distraction in action. The app starts with an Online Survey for parents, kids and medical staff. After, it gives specific tips on how to keep the child best preoccupied during Something Like a shot. Developers call it a major improvement over the past when nurses often had to hold kids down. We have our 1st finalists of the year for kcrgtv9s student of the month. Well start in iowa city with emily halverson, a senior at west high school. Shes 17, and the cocaptain of the volleybal that includes college courses. She rearranged her senior schedule so she could continue volunteering at the coralville food pantry. Next, another senior, mercedez fay, from cedar rapids washington high school. The 17 year old already has her cna, or certified nursing assistant, license and is working on her rn. She strives to exceed expectations from herself and others in everything she does. Rounding out our list is holly rubin , a freshman at oelwein high school. She has a busy schedule for a 14 year old, with shes also a grand representative for the International Order of rainbow for girls. You can vote now. Just go to kcrgdotcom slash student of the month. You have until friday to vote. Well announce our winner on monday and feature our student at the end of september. Tonight you can see High School Volleyball on kcrg 9. 2. City high plays at iowa city west. Our coverage starts at 7. You can also see it live on kcrg,com. Congress is back in session today, and there are a number of issus farmers. But hear why some experts say lawmakers just might not get to some of the most pressing ag issues this time around. And a horse whisperer is traveling the country with fire, airhorns and obstacle courses. Its all to help them learn how to stay under control when it matters most. Welcome to the agribusiness there are a lot of agricultural issues on the table. With discussions on the future farm bill. And the Transpacific Partnership topping the list. But with the elections in full swing. Theres not much expectation that much will get accomplished in the lame duck session. One need for congress will be passage of appropriation bills. Including agriculture. However. The expectation. Is congress will pass a catchall spending bill known as a continuing resolution. Energy and tax incentive bills are also issues likely to see some action in the short session before lawmakers head back to the campaign trail. The department of agriculture announced more funding for farm operating loans. The Farm Service Agency says the funding will help out 19 hundred give the us da a hundred and 85 Million Dollars in additional lending for direct and guaranteed farm operation loans. It also addresses up to 30 percent of the projected shortfall in funding for the program before the next fiscal year. The fsa has guaranteed loans to 64 hundred customers for farm ownership and operating purposes. With the Farm Progress show all wrapped up this year. I went through the archives of 2014. The last time the show was in cooperatives of iowa put together a demonstratio n of the dangers of electrical currents. Saying in 2012. There were three farm deaths because of electricity. They were hoping to raise awareness of working near power lines on the farm. In 2014. There were three work deaths related to electricity. So in a rebroadcast of this demonstratio n. Doug bowman with Midland Power shows how to deal with power lines. Please dont try this at home. We are going to simulate what happens if someone were to accident, or a tractor was to stick the booms of a sprayer up into the line, the dangers of the electricity injuring them and worse, killing them. Doug bowman and im Member Services representative out of iowa falls with Midland Power. Well this is all the electric cooperatives in the state of iowa, get together, and we pool all of our resources and manpower. And so we can entertain everyone here at the show. Probably the biggest augers that are portable, they move them around. Weve had deaths in the state of iowa from that accident. So were trying to make sure that they understand that if they even get close to the power line, that electricity can jump across, come down the auger and if theyre pushing it around, theyre the path to ground. Most generally if you stay in the vehicle do not contact the vehicle and the ground at the same time, youre going to be safe. Most people have cellphones now. Stay in that vehicle, and get on the well post a video every day in the agriculture section of kcrg. Com. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3 24 oc standard raising money in springville was a little bit easier than trying to hit a whiffle ball yes people hit the field for the 4th annual Wiffle Ball Tournament over the holiday weekend. 13 teams from the area paid a fee to play this year, with a goal of raising around 4,000 dollars. That money is going toward local churches, who use it to help families buy food and supplies. Its great not only to be able to help people in our community but to be able to create an experience. You know we have a lot of families out here that get to spend the day playing wiffle ball or cheering for someone that is for those who have not seen the for quite a few charity gatherings since it opened last year. In order for horses to work with kids or complete searchand rescue missions, they have to stay calm even in dicey situations. A man affectionatel y called the horse whisperer is traveling around the country with fire, air horns and hoops, to get the horses and their riders ready for anything. Less hand and more leg. That has whisperer. Others just call him bill. Either way, he specializes in despooking horses, getting them ready for search and rescue missions or to work with kids any capacity where they need to stay calm. This weekend, he was in maine, putting some of his unconventional methods to the test. A despooking clinic in maine this weekend, sent the jitters packing for some horses with a mission. Bill richey, a horse whisperer, travels all how to deal with distraction. Horse owners from across the state showed up to learn a few tips in keeping 7. 25 to a 40 increase. Linn county leaders are in the process of the 2nd of 3 votes to bump that rate up to 10. 25 an hour. And after decades of leading antiabortion and antifeminist movements, conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly has died. Updates our temperatures coming up in your to some schools in the eastern part of the tv9 viewing area to get out early as temperatures will approach 90. And a native american tribe asks a federal judge today to halt work on a pipeline thats set to go through iowa, citing cultural historic trip to laos, promising to help the country pay to remove bombs that never exploded in the vietnam war. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at midday. A few Eastern Iowa School districts have already decided to let out early today due to todays hot and humid weather. Pleasant schools are dismissing at 1 30 today. And tipton schools and iowa city schools are letting out 2 hours early. You can always check to see if your school is letting out early by going to kcrg. Com slash cancellations. Because were seeing this hot weather, lets start with meteorologis t justin ahead with highs well into the 80s. Southern iowa may very well touch 90. With dew points in the 70s, the heat i

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