Dollars an hour. And he doesnt believe that will cause inflation. It gets put right back in the economy if you boost the wage. Look at minnesota , theyre a closed shop state with 15 dollar an hour minimum wage over there and theyre in the top five in every category in the nation. There will be two more votes on the minimum wage proposal on the 6th and the 12th. It would go into effect next year. In the newsroom, phil reed, kcrgtv9. Most tip of iowa is the latest to consider raising the minimum wage. There, county supervisors are set to discuss a request from a Group Supporting the increase, tomorrow night at their meeting. In total, five iowa counties have either approved or are considering raising the wage. Today is a time to reflect on the United States workforce. As of may of this year, there were around 158 Million People over the age of 16 working in the us. Thats according to the census occupation was retail at 4point6 Million People. Cashiers were the second largest. The job expected to grow the fastest between 2014 and 2024 wind turbine technicians. Analysts expect an increase of 108 percent. Today marks the unofficial end to summer. That has people soaking up every last ounce of outdoor time they can. Or, taking one last trip. The travel planning and booking site trip advisor traveling for the holiday. Thats up 10 percent from last year. Most left on friday to travel to their destination. The site shows more people are prolonging the holiday, with 14 percent planning to come back from vacation tomorrow. A popular eastern iowa lake is back open for its first Labor Day Weekend in six years. Lake delhi started refilling earlier this year after a breach in july of 2010. Officials out there say hundreds been on the lake throughout the weekend. After a week of fixing flood damage at the skipa way resort and campsite owners say they didnt have any cancellations for the holiday weekend. The turkey river caused more than 200thousand dollars in damage. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts joins us now with our first alert forecast. Justin, it was a nice weekend to spend time camping or on the lake. Will this continue into the next couple of days, and that will fuel the potential for heavy rain. Skies are partly cloudy tonight and a few storms are possible late, mainly northwest. That slight storm chance ends in the morning, but more storms may fire up again late in the day. Once again, the most likely place for that is in northern and central iowa. Heavy rain is possible. Highs will reach the 85 to 90 degree range with plenty of humidity, too. Rain and thunderstorms are likely on today marks 34 years since a 12yearold boy disappeared from central iowa. Johnny gosch disappeared today in 1982, when he was 12 years old. He was delivering newspapers in a West Des Moines neighborhood. Since then, his parents have child abuse and Human Trafficking. A foundation has been set up in his name. The group has been working to find out what happened to the boy. Growing up in central iowa, its a safe place, were sheltered. Were out here in corn country, and Something Like this happens and it robs you of your innocence goschs mother believes her son was a victim of Human Trafficking and sold to a pedophile. A similar case out of minnesota came to a close this weekend. 11yearold central part of the state, october 1989. Saturday, a person of interest in the disappearance led officers to the boys remains. Wetterlings abduction prompted federal law, which requires states maintain sex offender registries. Call newsline nine when you see news happening. That number is 3193659999. Waterloo is looking into a plan to relocate the citys the city council will vote tomorrow night on whether to build a dropoff and composting facility in the 2700 block of independence avenue. Right now, the facility sits on easton avenue. The vote comes after the Us Army Corps of engineers said the existing facility is affecting waterloos levee system. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to the quad cities area today. Shes speaking during a Campaign Stop in hampton, downtown cedar rapids this morning. It was part of an annual ride with mayor ron corbett and other city leaders. And back to school on Labor College has classes today, while most students have the day ellis park in cedar rapids for the mayors labor day bike ride. Riders could then go on a two or eight mile ride throughout downtown and loop back to the northwest side. Mayor ron corbett and other city officials rode along to talk with residents the city has worked on new bike lanes and stressed the importance of bike safety in recent years. Mayor corbett say the city will continue to make roads safe for both bicyclist and motorists. 22 03 were going to continue with more bike lanes in the community, and we want to become a more bike friendly community, even more so than we are today. More and more people are riding their bikes each and every year so its great to see. More than 360 people came out for todays ride. This week, girls in 3rd through program that provides a safe space to connect with mentors and grow. Its part of a program called girls on the run of eastern iowa, which gets underway this week. Not only are girls training to run a 5k after the 10 week program, coaches are helping girls learn life skills. There are groups in linn county, cedar rapids, independence, iowa city and Johnson County schools. It might seem strange, but students at Cornell College in mount vernon went back to school for their first day this m its tradition at the school to start on labor day. Thats because of the colleges block schedule. Students take one course for 18 days. Cornell president jonathan brand says this type of learning helps students learn how the world works after graduation. 38 02 if you focus on one topic, one area, one area over the course of three and half weeks you get to dig more deeply into it. Brand says that immersive experience allows the topic without any other distractions. There were some bright spots on defense even through the hawkeyes gave up 21 points this weekend. One of them was a red shirt freshman who came up with some big plays on the next couple of days, and that will fuel the potential for heavy rain. Skies are partly cloudy tonight and a few storms are possible late, mainly northwest. That slight storm chance ends in the morning, but more storms may fire up again late in the day. Once again, the most likely place for that is in northern and central iowa. Heavy rain is possible. Reach the 85 to 90 degree range with plenty of humidity, too. Rain and thunderstorms are likely on wednesday, with heavy rain a definite possibility, especially in the afternoon through early night. Temperatures cool down thereafter, but well have another round of showers and a few rumbles again on friday before a pleasant weekend night. Wind s 515 low 71 alo 70 dbq 70 iow 71 tomorrow a chance of storms early, then again in the late afternoon. The highest chance is in the northwest. Warm and muggy. Wind sw 1020. High 88 alo 86 dbq 86 iow 89 tom. Night storms become likely. Heavy rain possible. Wind sw 515. Low 70 alo 68 dbq 69 iow 72 especially late in the afternoon through evening. High 84 alo 70 thursday partly cloudy. High 82 low 65 friday showers and storms likely. Heavy rain is possible. High 78 low 62 saturday mostly sunny. High 74 low 57 sunday turning 79 low 58 tuesday mostly cloudy, cooler. High 70 low 52 and dont forget this winter us now from union station. Scott, whats on tap for on iowa live . For on iowa live, we have the legendary chuck long along with pat harty from we are getting ready for on iowa live in just a few minutes over on kcrg 9. 2. Chuck long will join us tonight along with former cyclone kyle knock and we have plenty to talk about like the performance from Anthony Nelson playing for the first time in a black and gold uniform and nelson whos dad played for iowa made a giant splash in his debut. The red shirt freshman defensive end from waukee had 3 sacks and forced 2 trying to play hard and do i what could to heels the team and good thing for us we came out with victory. Im glad i was able to help my team and that is the best feeling. One of the most versatile d lineman i have seen in my life that is really quick off the end tall long and he knows how to use his hands. That is one of the guys who is going to make a big impact this year. I feel like he has a great season ahead of him. Said he is most versatile guy looking like a db safety lb so he is out their doing his job and trying to contribute to the team. Sot 39 oc contribute to the team the hawkeyes are a 16 point favorite over iowa state saturday night at kinnick. The cyclones struggled with turnovers in their 2520 loss to northern iowa. A big congrats to uni coach mark farley who became the schools alltime wins leader and we are going to have to share this game ball because i got one for you for becoming the all time winningest coach. I couldnt be more proud of the team that this one that did it at iowa state so thank you. Sot 15 oc so thank you followed by cheering the kernels warmed up for the playoff this afternoon in their final regular season game of the year against clinton. Game tied at 1 in the 4th, but zander wiel changes that with a 2run blast that leaves the ballpark. Wiels 18th hit a grand slam and leads the league with 86 rbis. Three batters later, a man on for jaylin davis and he gives the kernels their second 2run bomb of the inning. His 9th of the season. 51 kernels. And the men of corn hold on for the 122 win. The kernels will open the playoffs at wisconsin wednesday. And finally its monday time for another edition of johns big ole fish. Cooper franck kicks things off all smiles with an awesome northern. Lainey, brysen and jim zurcher celebrated memorial day with a clear lake crappie. Leigha hinrichs of anamosa had fun fishing central park. Check out the stringer of cats for maddison sieren. Cassie white was fishing at palo. Madison nelson holds on to the first fish she ever caught. This is lane votrobeck and his ten pound channel cat. Colton omrmiston scored the daily double. Big frog, big fish. And a crappie closer. How about the slabs caught by andra this is John Campbell team meteorologis t Justin Gehrts for your final forecast. Warm, muggy weather is here for the next couple of days, and that will fuel the potential for heavy rain. Skies are partly cloudy tonight and a few storms are possible late, mainly northwest. That slight storm chance ends in the morning, but more storms may fire up again late in the day. Once again, the most likely place for that is in northern and central iowa. Heavy rain is possible. So, howards really in space, huh . Mmhmm, International Space station. 250 miles that way. Right now, howards staring down at our planet like a tiny jewish greek god. Zeusowitz. Sheldon i must admit, i cant help but feel a twinge of envy. He can look out the window and see the majesty of the universe unfolding before his eyes. His dim, uncomprehending eyes. Its like a cat in an airport carrying case. You know, its not exactly glamorous up there. The water that the astronauts drink is made from each others recycled urine. Must be nice. Nobody wants anything that comes out of me