Flooding remains a top concern for some communities in eastern iowa. Last night high water levels along the turkey river forced evacuations. Fayette county emergency crested in elgin this morning near levels seen during the floods of oh8. And now as the water moves downstream the river is getting closer to cresting in another northeast iowa town. Town. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson is live right now in inelkader along the turkey river good morning stephanie. On thursday authorities said the flooding occurring in clayton countys elkader and elsewhere could worsen today. The river is forecasted to hit twentyseven feet in elkaderthat is fifteen feet above flood stage and just three quarters of a foot under the record crest of more than twentyseven point sevetyfive feet in 2008. Meanwhile as flooding continues fr river residents are holding onto hope. The town is come back beautifully. I think if you look up and down main street this is just another hurdle but its one that the town has gone through and im sure that elkader will be back just fine later but now wiithout a lot of efort and not without a lot of help from other people. People. Officials here in county are holding a meeting today at 10. Be sure to monitor our facebook and twitter accounts all day long well also give you a full recap on the cbs 2 news at noon. Live in elkader, Stephanie Johnson, cbs 2 news. Chickasaw county authorities have now identified the man who lost his life during flash flooding on wednesday near lawler. The Sheriffs Office says 77yearold albert gott floodwaters swept his car off the road. Gott called 911 just before 5 in the morning. Authorities found his car first and later found his body less than a halfmile away. A cedar rapids couple is lucky to be alive. They were camping near lansing in Allamakee County when flash flooding nearly swept away their cabin. Veronica and carl niekamp called for help early wednesday morning firefighters arrived at 2 am, but the current was so fast they werent able to physically reach them for chief says if it wasnt for a wellplaced tree the cabin probably would have been swept away. chief Tony Becker Lansing fire dept. if those werent there god knows where wed be finding them this morning. So, fate or whatever, somebodys watching over them. If it hadnt been for that hitting the tree, we couldve been somewhere else. Else. The owners of the campground offered the couple a mobile home since their cabin is basically destroyed. Later this morning governor of the flood damaged areas. Areas. He issued a disaster declaration yesterday, opening up state funds to flood victims. The governors order covers allamakee, clayton, fayette, howard and winneshiek. Counties. The Iowa Individual Assistance Program provides grants of up to fivethousand dollars for many households. Grants cover home or car repairs, replacement of clothing and food, and the cost of temporary housing. Housing. If you need to apply for a disaster grant, youll find a link on our website, some flood gauges across iowa have been shut down due to a budget shortfall. Cbs 2 news first told you about the planned shutdown earlier this year. Among those that lost funding, the gauge in spillville, which was hit hard by wednesdays flash flooding. But . Was . Still in operation. The iowa dnr tells cbs 2 news they managed to find funding for this gauge from other sources. Sources. In the corridor one of the impacted flood gauges covers indian creek in marion which is known for flooding. During a disaster like these, Public Safety is a top priority. But communication between multiple agencies is sometimes tricky. Tricky. Cbs 2 news first showed you two years ago how linn county addressed the issue. An upgraded Communications System now lets multiple agencies talk to one another when needed. Now, upgrades like this are rolling out across the state. Much of iowa is moving from a 1930s to a 2000 21st century weeks officials in Dallas County in central iowa will be fully connected by radio to all other Public Safety agencies. Its all part of a statewide effort to close gaps in communications networks. Governor Terry Branstad signed a bill approving more funding to help. State Authorities Say they saw first hand how successful those communications can be during a stabbing at the state fair. Our dispatcher heard the call directly on the radio and then we were able to take our cameras and zoom in on the incident where the occurred quickly, quickly,the goal is for 95percent of the states Public Safety agencies to be covered by the projecy when its finished. A war of words now between Hillary Clinton and donald trump as both candidates try to Court Minority voters. Voters. In new york, trump met with black and hispanic supporters handpicked by the republican party. Right now both candidates are trying to portray each other as discriminatory toward those voters. Trump doubling down on his latest attack. Selling them down the tubes because shes not doing anything for those communities. She talks a good game. But she doesnt do anythi anything. Clinton also called trump a bigot and accused him of pandering to a white supremacist movement. And she also questioned his recent focus on minority voters. Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate from the start, donald trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. Hes taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over one of americas two Major Political parties. Parties. Clinton also pushed back on unfounded accusations that she has poor health. Trump and other gop allies have said she is unfit to be president. Emails off clintons private email server could now be released in just a few weeks. A federal judge has ordered the state department to start releasing them no later than september 13th. The order is specifically aimed at attack on the us consulate in benghazi, libya. Theyll have to be provided to the conservative legal Watchdog Group judicial watch. Our mission at cbs news is to connect the president ial candidates to our viewers to better inform and empower you. We have reached out to the candidates to participate in extended interviews not only with our station but our sister stations across the coun. Country. We want to hear from you. Tell us what you want to know from the candidates. Please share your thoughts with us by email or facebook. Tomorrow donald Second Annual roast and ride. Senator ernst will ride 42 miles throughout des moines to the iowa fairgrounds on saturday. This is video from the first ever roast and ride last year. Thats where a large barbeque will be held and where trump will share the stage with top state republicans. It will be trumps fourth time in the state since he accepted the gops nomination in july. Legal problems for ryan lochte are now heating up upauthorities in brazil charged the american swimmer with filing a bogus robbery rep. Games, lochte and three other us swimmers claimed they were robbed at gunpoint. Police say the men were intoxicated and vandalized a gas station bathroom. If convicted of these new charges, lochte could face up to six month in jail or a fine. Hes been summonded back to rio although he does have an option to send a lawyer. Lochte has also lost millions in sporting endorsments. Its and right now in its de. Degrees. Coming up he nightclub shooting wont have to worry about anymore. Credit karma, why are you checking your credit score you dont want to drive old blue forever, do you . Turn it off. I did. Credit karma huh . Yea, its free. That was easy. Its been nearly two months now since one of the deadliest Mass Shootings in us history. History. Now some of the survivors of the attack are getting a weight lifted off their shoulders. Shoulders. Pulse nightclub pulse victims of the orlando, fla. Victims of the pulse nightclub shooting are reacting to Orlando Health and Florida Hospital announcing the Health Organizations wont charge victims for their medical bills. Orlando health is expected to absorb about 5 million in times. Vulnerable times. Its now on this morning. And if youre in its degrees. School football is finally back. And cedar rapids kennedy begins its quest back to the state title game. Welcome back its now were taking a look at your . . . . . . . Heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. Two groups are now teaming up to help entrepreneurs and theyre working together to provide a mentor to every start up team they work with. The John PapajohnEntrepreneurial Center has now partnered with the Iowa City Area Development group. The two organizations are hoping the program can help those startups become more successful in the corridor. Theyre funding the program together. Right now there is a new afterschool hang out in cedar rapids. The Northwest Recreation Center on 11th street is now open. The new rec building built . Specifically for recreational programming in cedar rapids. It replaces the time check recreation center. It includes a fullsize gym, activity room, game room and multipurpose room with dividers. From threeandeight to the state finals to, well, only time will tell what the kennedy cougars do this fall and it all starts tonight. Hosting muscatine at kingston stadium. The First Quarter handoff goes to alfonso soko and hes in for the second touchdown of the game 15 zip muscatine. Then the Second Quarter came along and the cougars woke up tied at 15, feer. The deer nick duehr to Payton Mccarty again cougs with their first lead. But the muskies fire back and win 2925. And dont forget week one of the ot kicks off tomorrow at 10 30 sights and sounds from across eastern iowa right here here on eastern iowa from across and sounds from across eastern iowa right here on cbs 2. The hawks bring back a lot this fall but that hasnt stopped some rookies from vying for playing time. A quarterback, several linemen and a pair of freshmen in the mix but if kf had it his way. Theyd all wait a year. Except their time is now. Now. Six to ten maybe. Could be as few as five. Certainly more than four from last year. And it could be as many as ten. Id rahter all the freshmen if i can but we also need to put our best guys out there thereif he becomes the number two guy, then well play him. The depth chart is still very fluid and we got some time before we have to decide exactly what we wanna do the panthers also have something new this fall a inspired by something coach farley has been spewing on the sidelines for years but this years senior class has taken it and run with it. Oh grit, yeah thats something us seniors i think its six or seven of us. Its genuine, integrity, resilience and tenacity. Coach farley would always say it and we would l. Ook at him like grit . Whats grit . But weve really bought into it itbasically you do everything with grit. When you run the ball, gr for a reason. When you pass the ball, grit. When you lifting weights, grit. Were here for a reason. The big ten unveiled its mens basketball conference slate this afternoon. Fran mccafferys squad kicks things off at purdue as they look to get off to another hot start in big ten play. Some highlights from the eighteen game schedd the hawks will play on new years day for the tenth time in the last seventy years theyll also have homeandhomes with nebraska, rutgers, and maryland. The season teeing off today. On five, citys alex kooker going going drops in for the picture perfect par finish. The big battle of the day between two of the states best rising sophomores kyle spence on six yes pumped he was neck in neck atop the leaderboard. With this guy cedar falls ben bermel thats one way to avoid bogey on three the son of uni coach john bermels also got great teeth cedar falls kernels looking for the sweep of quad cities and do so in crushing fashion with a 122 victory. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. Its a deal you dont want to miss. Sir, hi. Did you just say, switch and you get 50 off a smartphone . Uh, yes. Sorry. Hi. Hello. And well cover all switching costs. Oh wow also, you g. Uh, excuse me. Switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 off smartphones. 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But the other officcer, wasnt as ended up having to get a new uniform. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in the back to School Safety lesson authorities are now stressing after a teen is seriously hurt walking to schoo. School. Youre watching cbs 2 this morning covering the hey, youre clarence yes, sir. Clarence is on a roll. Yeah. I wish theyd name an event after me. Same here. But the model year end becky event . Thats no good. Stevent thats just vandalism. Whatever you want to call it, dont miss the volkswagen model year end event. Hurry in for a 1,000 volkswagen reward card and a five hundred dollar labor day bonus when you buy or lease a new 2016 passat. Cbs 2 this morning. The incident right outside of a Corridor High School that sent one teen to the hospital. How another lifesaving drug is breaking the banks for many patients. Professor thinks herky needs a makeover. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kelly dambrosio. Kevin barry has the day off. Off. In cedar rapids a student walking to class was hit by a car outside Kennedy High School the incident is now highlighting back to School Safety concerns. The 15 Year Old Girl was seriously injured crossing 42nd street without we spoke with say teens in the road are a common hazard near the school. Safety Officials Say this is a Lesson Learned the hard way. It really underscores the the importance of both drivers being very vigilent slow down in school zones as well as the students have to use the cross walks. Those are designed for the safety of the pedestrian as well as the motor. Motorist. Right now the victims condition hasnt been released. Authorities say the driver will not face charges. New this Morning Police on the campus of uni in cedar falls have sent out an alert to students warning them of two seperate incidents that happened last night. Night. In the first incident a woman reported just after 7 that a male exposed himself near the center for energy and environmental education. Also happening last night a second female reported that a male attempted to fondle her near the same building. Authorities arent saying if the two incidents are related. Cbs 2 news continues to track pens. As cbs 2 news first reported in july since 2009 mylan has increased the price of the lifesaving treatment more than 500 percent. Mylan now says it will offer savings card that will cover up to 300 dollars of an epipen 2pack. It is also doubling eligibility for the patient assistance program. Program. In a statement sentor Chuck Grassley says the announcement thursday doesnt appear to change the product price. The price is what medicare, medicaid and Insurance Companies pay. What patients who dont get assistance cards pay. And when Drug Companies offer patient assistance cards, its usually not clear how many patients benefit. Hes asking for a written response from the company. Now another lifesaving treatment is seeing a price hike too insulin. In the past decade its tripled in price. Several years ago a months prescription went for about 100 dollars. Now some diabetics pay 500 dollars a month. And if a diabetics on dollar because medicare only covers up to the price insulin went for in 2003 and pharmacys cant afford to pick up the slack. We love our diabeteic patients. We try and take care of them. We can lose a little money but were not going to lose 200 a prescription. Prescription. Insulins getting so expensive clark says he knows a lot of diabetics who cut back on how much insulin they use or stop using it all together. Being forced to do that though puts them at risk of kidney failure and a corridor doctor created a charity to help . Local diabetics pay for their prescriptions when they cant afford them. Tomorrow morning the unity point clinic diabetes and kidney fund is hosting a 5k and fun day with music food and activities for kids. All the money raised will go towards helping local diabetics in need. For more information you can visit our website cbs 2 iowadotcom. New this morning the Us Geological survey says an aftershock that registered morning in the same area where a massive quake killed 267 people. There have been several other aftershocks since that intial earthquake this is video from one caught on camera yesterday