Verdict. She says kimberly can finally rest in peace. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. A former iowa legislative clerk is going to prison for putting white powder into an envelope, and claiming it was deadly. Today, a judge sentenced Michael Mcrae to 18 months in prison. Mcrae pleaded guilty in december to writing a letter threatening to kill himself an state representative Ako Abdul Samad in 2012. Mcra the white powered came in contact with mcrae and the representativ e he threatened to kill, abdulsamad. Mcrae made people think the powder was some kind of biological weapon. Iowas Unemployment Rate is creeping up. 4 point 2 percent of iowans didnt have jobs in august. That translates to more than 72thousand people in the state without employment. In july, it was 4 point 1 percent. Iowas rising unemployment could impact the vote come election day. Typically, rising Unemployment Rates are not a good sign for the incumbent party in a president ial election. Other swing states pennsylvania and ohio also saw increases in unemployment. However, it fell in other swing states, like florida, north carolina, georgia, virginia and new hampshire. Speaking of elections. Anne holton made a cedar rapids stop, today. Th virginia education secretary is married to Hillary Clintons running mate, tim kaine. Holton said finding out her husband had been tapped to potentially be the next Vice President was overwhelming, at first. She also said kaines family laughed when they heard pundits call the senator a boring pick. We all thought that was pretty funny. Hes a well rounded person. Got a great sense of humor. Hes got lots of things that matter to him besides politics. From music, to camping to sports. We all thought it was clintons health. Find out if she thinks politicians should release their health records. Lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters with your first alert forecast. Joe, after some sunshine this afternoon, things are changing tonight. What can people expect on their ride home . Fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. A bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and north of highway 20. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for this area through thursday evening where 23 of rain will be common. Locally higher totals are certainly possible. Drier weather heads in for friday and saturday with storms again possible late on sunday. Have a great night tonight chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. Humid. Wind s a law officer says the father of a man suspected of bombings in new york and jew jersey is worried his son was a terrorist. The officer says Mohammad Rahami contacted the fbi following a expressing worries his son was involved in terrorist plans. However, he later retracted his comment, saying he meant his son was hanging out with the wrong crowd. The son, a 28yearold, is the suspect behind a series of bombings over the weekend. Police captured him yesterday after a shootout in new jersey. Us Officials Say they found a notebook with extremist ramblings when then took the man into custody. Singer neil young is joining the protest construction in iowa and three other states. The video for the song indian givers is posted on youtube. It features clips of the antipipeline protest. The lyrics talk about a battle raging on the sacred land. It refers to the native american tribes protesting the pipeline. They claim the pipe will damage their territory. The 3 point 8 billion dollar pipeline would transfer crude oil from north dakota to illinois. Three iowa casinos will are getting bou across the country. Renobased Eldorado Resorts agreed to buy isle of Capri Casinos in combined stocks and cash for one point seven billion. Isle of capri operates the isle casinos in waterloo and bettendorf, and the lady luck casino in marquette. Helping the homeless. Organizers and volunteers here in eastern iowa say theres a growing need for safe spaces kcrgtv nines phil reed joins us now outside mission of hope in cedar rapids. Phil,. The non profit is looking to expand their services. Mission of hope has been working since november to turn this home behind me into a womens only shelter. They say it will help fill a great need in the area. Crews work to install electricity at the mission of hopes women shelter. Couches, clothing, and buckets of cups await in rooms to serve those in need when they open be next door to their mens shelter on park court for us to be able to provide womens shelter, allows them to have a safe place, so they can build upon whatever needs they have in their life. It could be clothing or job. Or medical needs or Mental Health needs. It will have up to 14 beds, and will serve women only. That will free up beds at shelters across the city for women with kids accompanying women with children, is a long waiting list. It may be a long two months before women or women with cedar rapids shelter. Executive director joe polzin calls homelessness a growing problem in the area. But what worries him most is the people who dont want to use their services. You have to be in by a certain time and there is just restrictions. We make it a very homey place, we have a meal at night, but i think there is some restrictions that people dont want to live under, and they choose to be homeless the shelters board of directors will meet next week to finalize an opening date. They are looking for volunteers to help paint the place. Look for this story on our website kcrg dot com for ways to help out. Live in cedar rapids, phil reed, kcrgtv9 news a new muscular dystrophy drug thats undergone testing at the university of iowa is now on the market. Its giving hope to some parents with kids who is only offering false hope. Fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. A warm front lifts to the north bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and north of highway 20. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for this area through thursday evening where 23 of rain will be common. Locally higher totals are friday and saturday with storms again possible late on sunday. Have a great night tonight chance of storms, mainly north. Wind s 510. Low 67 tomorrow partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. Humid. Wind s 515. High 87 tom. Night chance of storms. Wind s 510. Low 67 thursday chance of storms, mainly north. High 85 low 67 friday mostly sunny. Mostly sunny. High 85 low 64 sunday storms late in the day, otherwise partly sunny. High 79 low 65 monday mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. High 74 low 59 tuesday partly cloudy. High 69 low 51 wednesday partly cloudy. High drivers assume certain risks when they get but iowa drivers are at greater risk of getting into one particular type of collision compared to most other people around the country. Were about to go to break. When we do, you might want to check your freezer. Well tell you everything you need to know about a frozen waffle recall, next on your 24hour news source, healthy choices at the Grocery Store . Busy mom and blogger sarah jedd says she used to spend hours at the store, but shes made a discovery that has changed all that for her. Sarah my husband and i have a google doc that we both items to the list and then when its time to grocery shop, we just log on the stores website, fill up the cart, select Home Delivery and sit back and wait for our groceries to come. Its amazingpam its not more expensive. Sarah for us its been cheaper because we dont buy all the random impulse buys because were just getting whats on our list. Pam and youre not dragging your kids to the Grocery Store. Sarah its no fun to take four kids to the Grocery Store. Pam no. Home delivery sounds great and lower cost sounds great too. Sarah it has been a lower cost. Pa things. Sarah i do. At harrytimes. Blogspot. Com. Pa m awesome thank you so much. And we also have more ideas to make your life easier at momseveryday. Com. University of iowa doctors are excited about a new drug that is giving hope to families of kids with muscular dystrophy. Just yesterday the fda approved the drug eteplirsen. The drug provides therapy to kids with duchenne muscular dystrophy, and may help increase protein in the muscles. Kids with chairs at young ages and die in their 20s and 30s. The drug has been on trial at the university of iowa for months. One family says they can tell its already helping their five year old son. Its probably more stabilization that were seeing with him, which is fantastic, so its not as steep of a decline that we see. The fda has been heavily criticized for approving the new drug before doing more extensive clinical trials. Some critics say they fear the drug could give families false hope. Freezer. Thats because kellogg has recalled 10 thousand cases of eggo nutrigrain whole wheat waffles in 25 states, including here in iowa. If your box of waffles says eggo nutrigrain whole wheat, 10 count box with a best by date of november 21 or 22 of next year, throw it out. Those waffles could be contaminated with listeria. That can cause fatal infections in Young Children and older people, iowas state Forest Nursery doesnt have enough walnuts. So its buying the nuts from anyone who has fresh ones in good condition. The group has established four buying stations throughout the state. Theres one at Yellow River State Forest in harpers ferry. The going rate is 250 a bushel. The iowa dnr says anyone with walnuts to sell should call before they drop off. New numbers show the odds of hitting a deer with your car here in iowa are much greater and some of the most dangerous months for deercar collisions are just around the corner. Stay with your 24hour news source, kcrgtv nine. But some new insurance statistics showing how high that risk is, might Company State farm, thats the risk you have each year of hitting a deer on an iowa roadway and having to file an automotive claim. As you can see from this chart, that number puts iowa 4th in the nation. West virginia drivers are at the greatest risk at 1 in 41. As kcrgtv nines Dave Franzman reports, iowa drivers are also entering the months with the highest numbers of deercar collisios is the time of greatest risk for a vehicledeer collision in iowa. But somebody apparently forgot to tell the deer recently. Well, these were brought in. One on friday and one today and i have another vehicle just dropped off. So theres three within a week. The state farm statistics show the average autodeer repair bill nationwide is just under four thousand dollars. But wulfekuhle says some accidents cost a lot more to fix. The estimate for this one, one in 68 is much higher odds than a typical lottery game. But this is one lottery you dont want to win. You didnt feel lucky, though, no, no i felt very unlucky that day iowa shares one thing in common with other states that lead the list. Thats a large deer population. One iowa dnr specialist says the states deer population probably peaked about 2006. And the goal for a few years after that the state issued more tags and loosened rules to reduce the numbers. Now, the goal is a keep a stable, slightly smaller population. I several body shops say fall remains the peak time for deer accidents, but theyre seeing too. There doesnt seem to be a week that goes by that you dont write one or two deer hits and im not really sure exactly why Dave Franzman, kcrg tv9 news. Iowa ranked third in the state farm deer accident pennsylvania moved ahead in 2016. The crash rate involving deer in iowa is about twice the national average. Now heres a look at whats coming up at 5 30 on abcs world news. World news tonight with david muir is next with the latest on the fbi investigation of the suspected new york city and new jersey bomber. New evidence recovered inside rahamis home providing new clues to the case. And hear the shocking claim from his father. Coming up. Recapping todays top stories, police chief of Sexual Harassment among other things. Fda approval. The food and Drug Administration gives the go to ui researchers muscular dubuque jurors this mo of firstdegree murder in the death of his adult daughter. Stern shot daughter kimberly stern 17 times last june. Lets go back to joe now for a final look at tonights forecast. Fog will not be an issue tonight, but rain will. A warm front lifts to the north bringing the best chance for showers and storms along and north of highway 20. A flash tonight, breaking news. New surveillance of the bombing suspect, pulling a suitcase, carrying a backpack. Authorities say, about to place the bombs in new york city and new jersey. And tonight here, we have now learned, the fbi is questioning someone else. His wife. Becaus was he acting alone . And what his own father said about his own son before. Also developing, tonight. The father of four, his suv breaks down, then shot dead by police. Tonight, for the first time, the officers defense. The deadly plane crash. The spy plane crashing down over america. Flash point. The Syrian Refugees coming to the u. S. Our yearlong investigation. And tonight, Donald Trumps son comparing refugees to poisonous skittles, asking, would you take the chance . We got straight to amman to ask,