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september 2nd. here's what you need to know today. tropical storm hermine is bringing heavy rain to the florida gulf coast. this is a live look where the category 1 you're a stupid you know that? a riled up arrest. police body cam video shows a waterloo officer pulling a suspect's hair after a car chase. a vigil last night remembered a a vigil last night remembered a dubuque woman, 66-year-old nancy krapfl, who died after a violent attack on a city sidewalk one year ago. a bridge on highway 965 over the iowa river in johnson county will close for
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and the iowa river landing in coralville is celebrating all things hawkeye today at fryfest. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should
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tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend!toda y - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. this morning tropical storm hermine is weakening georgia. the storm hit the coast of florida overnight as a category 1 hurricane. this is a live look near tampa
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12:30 this morning, iowa time. sustained winds when it made landfall were at about 80 miles per hour. it's expected to drop as much as 10 inches of rain in some areas as it tracks up the east coast throughout today. as it moves in on south carolina, some people near charleston are leaving town. some families packed up and left yesterday to beat the storm. one man says chances he's taken in past storms haven't paid off. he says he's not risking it again. "w' what happens but as far as stay here and ride out the storm, no never again. never again. " green says his home flooded in october last year. he says his backyard turns into a pond almost every time it rains. an iowa couple isn't getting much sun this morning while vacationing south of the florida panhandle. annette and todd gohlmann of ames got to clearwater beach
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with hermine arriving just hours after they arrived, the gohlmanns say they didn't waste any time indoors. " the water is usually calm on the gulf and it almost looked like the atlantic side. it was just pounding waves. " the gohlmanns are in florida celebrating todd's 25 years of service as a police officer. they're expecting to have a couple days of sunshine after the storm passes. a giant block party rolls into eastern iowa today to mark the start of the hawkeye football season. it's fry fest, which kicks off us live from the iowa river landing. brea, what's special about this year? chris and nicole, it's a celebration of all that is hawkeye. from the block party, to the trade show, to the huge pep rally it should be a good time for all fans. i'm standing here with.. clarissa kane, brian mcdonald, tom ondrejicka. could you tell us about some of the events happening? what kind of things can we see at the trade show? anything people should know if they're
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fireworks at 10. for a full list of events visit kcrg dot com fryfest 2016 is celebrating hawkeye rivalries in light of the great history-making success of the 2015 iowa football season. iowa currently holds the heartland, cy-hawk, heroes, floyd of rosedale and big ten west trophies for the teams wins over wisconsin, iowa state, nebraska and minnesota, respectively. please read below for a brief history of each rivalry and trophy. all four will be on display throughout the tradeshow! live in coralville,
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here as cities, counties and state agencies are increasing their patrols. at the cedar rapids police department, a grant will pay for more officers to hit the str governor's traffic safety bureau, one third of deadly crashes in iowa involve drunk drivers. it's not the $3 a gallon we all saw a few years ago, but higher gas prices are out there in time for the labor day weekend. aaa reports the national average price rose for 14 days in a row, topping out at $2.22 monday. in cedar rapids, drivers saw the price for a gallon of regular unleaded go down 2 cents in the last week to $2.21 but drivers in waterloo - cedar
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car driving by the 965 bridge over the iowa river in johnson county will have all lanes closed. repair work on the bridge is set to begin on tuesday. the bridge failed an inspection earlier this year, and now workers will begin preparing the decking. highway 965 is a popular detour for people who want to avoid i-380. johnson county estimates the bridge will stay closed until the end of november. but that work could take mor dry this fall. "weather is key, so we'd like mild, warming temperatures, if we don't have those we'll deal with warming the concrete, but that can delay the project. " a detour takes drivers through shueyville to i-380 and and then back through north liberty. a pair of long-term road closures in dubuque are set to begin early next week. road grading on the southwest
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work, portions of seippel and cousins roads will close. drivers in that area are asked to use posted detours. governor terry branstad said he would not be upset if farm land he owned was turned over for eminent domain to build the bakken oil pipeline. the comments come after the iowa state patrol arrested 30 people at a protest in boone. the protesters are upset that the texas company, dakota access, is able to use eminent domain to get property rights in iowa for the pipeline. w the pipeline will ship oil across 18 counties in iowa as it travels from north dakota to illinois. branstad says just because he supports this pipeline doesn't mean he's for big oil companies. he says while renewable fuels are an important part of iowa's economy, oil still has its benefits. " both renewable fuel through ethanol, oil from north dakota that's going to be refined in america that can be helpful in keeping down the cost of energy and keeping us from relying on oil coming from the dangerous middle east and other unfriendly parts of the world.
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rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday.
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around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. thanks kaj. here's a first look at good morning america. today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend! today - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. thanks kaj. here's a first look at good
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? o' er the land of the free ? in this morning's "gma first look," colin kaepernick refusing to stand during the national anthem again. ? of the brave ? >> reporter: this time, he took a knee right behind more than 40 service members being honored during the chargers annual military appreciation night. as the crowd and players stand, you can see sapper nick his teammate, eric reed, joining him. the crowd booing as his team took the field. and now the quarterback sparking a new controversy for wearing these sox to practice, showing police officers as pigs. those scandalous socks drawing criticism from law enforcement across with your "gma first look," i'm kayna whitworth, abc news, san
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percent. green party nominee jill stein has 4. the poll is an average of results from 5 recent national polls. cnn took data from the pew research center, quinnipiac university, monmouth university, usa today and fox news. clinton just had her best fundraising month ever. the democratic nominee raised 143 million dollars last month. more than half of that will go to the democratic national comittee. august's funds gave clinton 68 million dollars in the bank for her campaign. trump has not released his july with about 38 million dollars in cash on hand. in milwaukee wisconsin, august was the deadliest month in more than two decades. the city recorded 24 homicides last month. five of those deaths came during protests over a deadly officer- involved shooting. this is video from those protests, where demonstrations burned down about a half dozen buildings in one neighborhood. police chief ed flynn says the 24 homicedes were the most since serial killer jeffry dahmer's victims were found in 1991.
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this city is violent crime, and it is violent crime -- homicidal violent crime -- that is most significantly afflicting our disadvantaged neighborhoods of color. " chief flynn says homicides per-capital in milwaukee last month were worse than chicago. the top cop in dallas, texas is calling it a career. chief david brown will officially retire on october 22nd. he was in the national that killed five of his police officers. in a news conference yesterday, mayor mike rawlings thanked brown for his more than 30 years of service on the dallas police force. "david brown is a straightforwar d man, he's a man of integrity and of courage. he's a man that believes in the simple proposition, do what is right and treat everyone with respect. "
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the police department in 1983 because he wanted to fight the crack cocaine epidemic in his neighborhood. yesterday, brown challenged young people upset with the police to join the force to become part of the change. concerns over the zika virus are spreading in south florida. medical experts are trying to get ahead of the latest mosquito scare in miami. its here is a live look at . stay with kcrg-tv9.
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researchers say they've found mosquitoes carrying the zika virus in the u-s. they found 3 mosquitoes carrying the virus in miami beach, florida. health officials in southern florida have been fighting zika for weeks, imposing mosquito-control s. zika causes just mild symptoms in most people. but it can cause severe birth defects for pregnant women. this week marks one years since a dubuque man randomly stabbed a woman to death. friends and neighbors say they're still grieving over the loss of nancy krapfl. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. good morning! here's a live look at .
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look at . it's friday, september 2nd. here's what you need to know today. tropical storm hermine is bringing heavy rain to the florida gulf coast. this is a live look where the category 1 storm made a vigil last night remembered a dubuque woman, 66-year-old nancy krapfl, who died after a violent attack on a city sidewalk one year ago. a bridge on highway 965 over the iowa river in johnson county will close for three months starting next week for construction. and the iowa river landing in coralville is celebrating all things hawkeye today at fryfest. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara
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and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend!toda y - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. hurricane hermine is now a tropical storm. after making landfall in florida overnight. it hit the gulf coast about 12:30 this morning, iowa time. here's a live look from tampa where hermine has been dropping plenty of rain overnight. the category 1 hurricane made landfall with sustained winds of about 80 miles per hour. abc's adrienne bankert reports. hurricane hermine ..making landfall. and gaining momentum. after days of rising waters ...from sarasota, where some
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flash flooding in places like clearwater... hermine contiuies to batter parts of florida's coast. with 12 foot waves ... 10 inches of rain expected. nats "please protect property and evacuate immediately" the governor urging floridians to get ready with three day's worth of supplies sot gov. rick scott / floridabottom line this is life-threatening. sot mos "we bought cases of water." "i'm still a little worried about the tidal surge." but some are still in town .. riding out the waves? d signs saying to stay out of the water.. sot; dave and cathy hollenbeck " this is really severe sot mos "still about 4 1/2 inches of water inside of the house." many saying they want to protect boats... . .. sot: jay "you gotta stay on your boat so you can loosen your line and tighten your line." and their homes?. up to the last minute ...doing all they call to board up windows...putting down sandbags .. and moving to higher ground. tag: and things are expected to worsen through the holiday weekend -- with tropical storm watches and warnings in effect all the way up through the jersey shore. adrienne bankert - abc news new
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perspective on the size of this tropical storm, this is what it looks like from space. these images from nasa shows tropical storm hermine approaching and landing in florida this morning. it weakened to a tropical storm as it moves farther inland today. schools in hawaii are reopening this morning after some rough weather from tropical storm watching hurricane lester. the category 3 storm is moving closer to hawaii. the center of lester will pass close to or over the hawaiian islands this weekend. one red cross volunteer from cedar rapids has left for hawaii. he'll help people get ready for the storm. " our community, the way i look at it, community doesn't stop at the city line or county line, so i'm happy to go to another part of the country and help. " forecasters are predicting lester will have maximum sustained winds near 125 miles
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a 58 year old cedar rapids man has life threatening injuries this morning from a crash with a deer on his motorcycle. paramedics airlifted him to u-i-h-c. the crash happened at lewis access road and cedar heights trail near center point around 1-30. officials say the driver, michael long, wasn't wearing a helmet. family and neighbors in dubuque say they are still grieving over the loss of nancy krapfl. the 66 year old church secretary was on an early morning walk one year ago when po death. familyand friends held a vigil in jackson park last night. there, they prayed and released balloons with messages written on them. her family members say she was a selfless person. ",'it's just the anniversary of an event that we hoped would never happen but it did 15:05:19 '. " neighbors say their neighborhood isn't the same since her death.
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1st degree murder and 1st degree sexual abuse in the case. police say he was breaking into cars at the time, saw krapfl at that early hour, and then severely beat her and raped her. he told officers that he had nothing better to do. right now he is in a facility where he can get a psychiatric evaluation. a former school bus attendant in cedar rapids faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison for enticing young girls who rode on his bus. tyler konigsmark has pleaded guilty to one count of enticement of cedar rapids. he says he asked three girls who were 12 to 14 years old for sexually explicit pictures. he also admitted having sex with the 12 year old. the court has not set a sentencing date. a new statue of former iowa hawkeye football coach hayden fry is ready for its big reveal today. coralville plans to unveil the statueduring the annual fry fest activities. before, as you can see, the statue was in storage at the coralville marriott. the city used money
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festivals to pay for it. the reveal is just one of the many activities you'll find at this year's fry fest. with just one day between them and the start of the football season, fans are using the 8th annual fry fest to live, eat, and breathe hawkeye football. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us from the iowa river landing. brea, what's happening this year? chris and nicole, it's a celebration of all that is to the trade show, to the huge pep rally it should be a good time for all fans. i'm standing here with.. clarissa kane, brian mcdonald, tom ondrejicka. could you tell us about some of the events happening? what kind of things can we see at the trade show? anything people should know if they're planning to come out? thanks.. fry fest starts tonight at 9 am and ends with fireworks at 10. for a full list of events visit kcrg dot com live in coralville, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. some people have no symptoms. others may notice a lump in the neck. fryfest 2016 is celebrating hawkeye rivalries in light of the great history-making
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currently holds the heartland, cy-hawk, heroes, floyd of rosedale and big ten west trophies for the teams wins over wisconsin, iowa state, nebraska and minnesota, respectively. please read below for a brief history of each rivalry and trophy. all four will be on display throughout the tradeshow! some iowa counties are in need
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today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend!toda y - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s
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day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend!toda y - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82. thanks kaj. today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend!toda y - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low around 54. tomorrow - mostly sunny, high around 79. sunday - mostly sunny, high around 82.
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behind your back this video shows a police officer in waterloo pulling a man's hair, hitting his head, and using strong language during an arrest in april. police just released this yesterday. they say it came after a dangerous high speed chase in waterloo. now a state prosecutor says the officer who made the arrest won't face any criminal charges. the prosecutor says jurors could potentially understand why officer adam wittmayer was upset. but for 24-year-old montavis keller, that's the man who started the high speed chase. that chase reached 90 miles an hour in and out of waterloo. police say keller almost hit wittmayer as he put down spike strips, which eventually ended the chase. police chief dan trelka says his officer's behavior in the video is not acceptable. "even though the officer was almost struck under any circumstances we don't condone that type of behavior
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disciplined the officer" " trelka did not go into the details of that discipline. but he says it was significant a teenager in waterloo is recovering from a gunshot wound he got during a shooting we first reported yesterday. that was one of multiple incidents involving guns that all happened wednesday night --in the space of just one hour. here's a look at where 3 different incidents occurred- the shooting, then a gunfire incident and a robbery. the crime scenes were scattered all throughout waterloo. pol figure out if they're connected. the first shooting happened at a home at 319 newell street about 9 wednesday night. according to the waterloo - cedar falls courier, a bullet hit david wright jr in the leg. he's 18. police expect him to recover. earlier this year, someone shot at wright while he was sitting in a car. those shootings happened in april and july. waterloo police haven't made any arrests or updates in the new star liquor store robbery or gunfire at a house on west mullan avenue. no one was
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to work at the polls on november eighth. the auditor's office says it needs about 400 people, plus others who may be able to fill in at the last moment. the county does pay the poll workers, and computer skills are a plus. we asked a few other county auditors about their needs for election workers. black hawk county plans to hire more than 300 poll workers and is also currently recruiting. dubuque county will hire at least 175 people and says it always has a need for more workers. and linn county says reu and it might not need to put out a special call for more workers. in just a little more than two hours, events begin for the unofficial start to the hawkeyes football season. the iowa river landing in coralville is getting painted black and gold for the annual fryfest. kcrg-tv9's brea love has been in coralville all morning and joins us live. brea, after last year's successful season, there's bound to be a lot of excitement leading up to this year...
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hawkeye. from the block party, to the trade show, to the huge pep rally it should be a good time for all fans. fry fest starts tonight at 9 am and ends with fireworks at 10. for a full list of events visit kcrg dot com fryfest 2016 is celebrating hawkeye rivalries in light of the great history-making success of the 2015 iowa football season. iowa currently holds the heartland, cy-hawk, heroes, floyd of rosedale and big ten west trophies for the teams wins over wisconsin, iowa state, nebraska and minnesota, respectively. please read below for a brief history of each rivalry and trophy. all four will be on display throughout the tradeshow! live in kcrg-tv nine news. before the hawks kickoff tomorrow, you can get your football fix tonight live on kcrg. the solon spartans travel down highway 1 to iowa city to take on iowa city regina tonight. coverage begins at 7:30 on kcrg 9 point 2. and be sure to stay tuned after the tv-9 news at 10 for friday night lights endzone.
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matchups. this winter you can help keep kids warm with our coats for kids campaign. we're collecting new or gently used coats all this month. then we'll pass them out to kids. go to kcrg dot com for a full list of donation sites. you can also donate money online. now for our morning mugshot. family fun comes to ushers ferry historic village in cedar rapids on september 18th. friends of ushers ferry is hosting its harvest festival that afternoon from 1 until 4. you can get your fill of free popcorn, lemonade, and scarecrow face paintings. there's even hay rack rides, a photo booth, storytelling cooking demonstrations and more! admission is only 6 dollars a person or 25 dollars for a group of at least 5 people. if you have a non-profit event or organization you'd like to see featured... end us an e-mail... mugshot at kcrg-dot-com. we'll have another check of your first alert forecast after the break.
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landfall this morning on florida's gulf coast. it hit the state as a category 1 hurricane around 12:30 this morning, iowa time. it's now tracking up the east coast. and fryfest gets underway this morning in coralville. the iowa river landing is celebrating all things hawkeye ahead of tomorrow's football game. this year, the celebration is unveiling a new hayden fry statue. that unveiling is this morning at 10:30. now, one last look at this today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. the continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. this weekend, high pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. have a great weekend! today - mostly sunny, high around 77. tonight - clear, low
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america this morning. good morning, america. state of emergency. hurricane hermine slams florida overnight. the first to hit the state in more than a decade. ginger zee on the scene when it hits. the storm pounds the panhandle with winds topping 80 miles per hour. evacuations and rescues overnight. millions on alert along the east coast as the dangerous storm heads north. nightmare for the holiday. breaking right now, global recall. samsung the world's biggest smartphone maker sending a major alert after reports dozens of devices burst into flames. quarterback colin kaepernick once again refuses to stand during the national anthem overnight. this time as service members are honored in front of him on military night. now outrage growing over his protests as more athletes join him across the country. abc news exclusive, dwyane
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