the mayor's position in cedar number of types in waterloo for -- times in waterloo to various black hawk county boards and things ke >> ron: quentin, you were on the city council already. i notice right away you brought back prayer to the city council. how that is going? any complaints yet? for him. >> mayor hart: yes, there's been a couple complaints, but i think one of the things that is absolutely refreshing is the opportunity to have mayor ground and i both who are cedar valley leadership institute, younger professionals -- well, we could have been in the class too. >> ron: right, exactly. i actually spoke to that group, fantasticgroup of dynamic young people in this area that's going to be the next leaders alread and to see their eyes when you talk about all the great things taking place in both communities, build that rapport and wait until you see our photo shoot. >> ron: you mean as a team? >> ron: we laugh at that, but that's what we need. isn't there a team effort that's necessary here in the cedar valley to bring the communities together for the betterment of both communities?

it happened this morning in waterloo. crews say the wind and low temps caused problems -- ice built up on the ladders as they were fighting the blaze. no one was hurt - and crews are still investigating the cause. red cross volunteers brought the fire crews warm coffee this morning as well. two reports of sexual assault are reported on the university of iowa campus... the reports came in seperately over the weekend. the first incident allegedly residence hall... the second happened on sunday at a different dorm. both victims are declining to report the incidents to police. a destructive, invasive species is detected on the university of iowa campus. the iowa d-n-r says the emerald ash borer says the tree-killing animal was found on the university of iowa campus. landscape services people on campus contacted the iowa e-a-b team after several on campus ash trees started to look bad. this is the 30th county in iowa where the e-a-b was detected. the environmental protection agency will meet in waterlo next month to plan clean

taking on that kind of debt for waterloo? you're hoping to not -- to keep the debt at as low a level as possible. >> mayor hart: the answer would be no, to makeitplain and simple. that's why we've been taking a careful look, putting information out to the public so that people can understand exactly the decisions that we're trying to make on behalf of providing the services that they would like to see and they will like to have, and that's why, you know, if we have to spend 40, 50 hours a week to try to make sure we put together a good product on march 10th, that's exactly what we'r'r going to do. so i have saw our department heads work absolutely hard and there's many different wants, many d dferent needss from our different department heads, but we have to make sure that we hold the line at some point so we can continue to decrease our asking for our community. balancing act, but it's one that i believe that our department heads are up to the challenge. our chief financial office is up to the challenge, and d e that i whole

danny ready lives near the waterloo- cedar falls border (nats... gopro video -- more potholes) and says he tries to steer clear of the university avenue potholes. (nats... gopro video - know me and a couple other roads so you don't ding up your fortunately for drivers like danny -- waterloo and cedar falls crews are busy filling pot holes... (nats... shoveling gravel) and clearing water intake gates at intersections. (nats... in-take gate - car driving by) allowing drivers to enjoy the weather -- and the road. (nats... driving/tar/gravel) "it's definitely nicer to be outside, but there are a lot of pot holes driving down university and even main. there are more potholes than people." both waterloo and cedar falls crews will continue filling pot holes -- until bigger road construction crews will continue filling pot holes -- until bigger road construction projects start this spring. we've got you covered live in waterloo -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. if you would like to report any un- filled potholes in your department. continuing coverage - mor

in waterloo...shirley descorbeth...kwwl news." organizers say they wanted to join totoether to give t tanks -- forr the blessings of the state. we ll also have extended tomorrow -- to bring you all the action. we'll have a full hour of news from six to seven -- monday night -- and again from ten til eleven. we will have e pdates on our website -- throughout the night. and we'll be right back (donkey noise) (elephant noise) (mic screech) there's a big difference between making noise... (mic tap) ...and making sense. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security y rong. (elephant noise) hey candidates! enough talk. give us a plan. information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: tonight we will see variable cloudiness across the are. with the recent light rain and the caucus day looks mainly dry ith light winds and low level moisture, so areas of fog could linger throughout the we've been advertising for days is still,

the fire started inside a duplex located in 200 block of western avenue in waterloo. firefighters arrived at the duplex around four a m to find smoke cominggut of the house. you can see flames coming out of the second floor windows as they entered the house. the firefighters told us the wind was making it tough for them to put out the fire. the wind was also causing problems with the smokk- the smoke wws blown all over the place including into the faces of the fire fighters on the ladders. when the sun came up, the battle was still going. as you can ee, firefighters were forced to break windows and poww saw t trough the house to reach parts of the fire. another problem the fireman faced, was the bitter cold. temperatures were so low last night, the firemen had to chip away ladders from ththwater from the hoses. the firemen worked for so long on the fire, red cross showed up to bring them coffee and water. the firefighters. joe vich (vick) - red cross people affected and whaa a tough deal it is and then it has cold weather for hours, trying to get this fire knocked dow

this is downtown waterloo at about 5:30 and coming up.. this was downtown waterloo at 5.... it looks like the storms been picking up and then slowing down throughout the morning so far.... the snow is starting to accumulate on the ground. and cedar rapids... dubuque.. and waterloo are ready for out... they are going to have more plows out later in the day when the snow really starts to pick-up... again... it is important to be careful and cautious driving to work this morning.. news. here's a live look at i 380 at black hawk county... today is election day for some school districts in eastern iowa. despite the forecast -- the black hawk county auditor says polls will open at seven this morning for the waterloo schools election. there was some confusion about this yesterday. it's a 47-million dollar proposal, most of which will go towards building a 35-million dollar career center. it will be paid for through an income surtax. denver voters also scheduled to head to the polls today it's a 10-point- three million dollar question on the ballot...which will pay for a new gym, au

waterloo police searched his home on 13-20 randolph street in waterloo in april 2012, finding 27 grams of crack in a bedroom and a gun in another room. the court decided there wasn't enough evidence to link reed as the gun's owner, so they struck down the gun charge. howevev, the court upheld his original drug charge, district court for resentencing. let's turn now to meteorologist justin gehrts who's live in downtown cedar rapids. justin, we're heading into a very nice weekend? a fantastic weekend is ahead of us, especially saturday! skies clear out tonight as lows fall to the upppp 20s. tomorrow's looking sunny and mild with a gentle southwest breeze, boosting our highs well into the 50s. more clouds arrive on sunday, but it'll still be mild with highs staying in the 50s. monday looks to be a continuation of the quiet weather with partial sunshine ananhighs in the lower 50s. after that, our weather turns a bit complicated as a storm system passes through the central us. at this point, it brings a chance of rain/snow on tuesday, but how high the odds are, and how much, remains this po

waterloo to des moines. they but referred us to a recent article in the register. 6:24. in that article, it said that des moines had reached out to waterloo and a principal and a teacher had given a positive reference. but in the article, waterloo school leaders say they never received a formal reference request from des moines. at the time, districts were not required to conduct criminal background checks of new hires. that changed in 2014. but the iowa board of educational examiners - which licenses teachers in the state - can't legally share criminal backgrounds with districts. and the board only revokes s aching licenses for certain criminal convictions, which is why madson was able to still teach after pleading guilty to trespassing. that's why referevce checks are so vital. waterloo schools provided kcrg-tv9 with its two-page document for how administrator s screen potential candidates. but few districts are willing to talk about such a sensitive topic. " i thinkhwhere we've seen problems, in education

r now, we have you covered live in waterloo. i'm lauren moss, kwwl news >> ron: that's the one thing about the caucuses. you never know what's going to lap on caucus night. we have seen some big surprises over the years and perhaps tonight as well. as for black ha county republicans, they will report to one of ten locations across the county. last presidential cycle, republicans were able to congregate at the unome in cedar falls, but this time since students are back in stool, they're set up duffle. residents in more -- residents in more rural community go much easier tonight. coming up, we head to another part of eastern iowa to check on all the caucus excitement on this special historic night for our state. do you think when you e president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that doesn't happen. i'm going to do everything i can to make sure every woman in every job gets paid the same... ...as the men who are doin

first of all, lauren moss is live tonight from waterloo's cunningham school of excellence in waterloo, one of the democratic precinct sites tonight. >> lauren: it's a very big night and you can feel the energy in the room. as you can see behind me, the room is set to go and people are set. there's about a group of 12 people waiting behind me, ready to go for tonight and organizers are expecting a very large crowd here. they hope that's true because as you know, it's been a tight race between hillary clinton and bernie sander the past few months. the two seem to switch off hawkeye state, but there's a big question tonight and that is who will turn out to caucus. and what's interesting about the democratic caucuses is that publicly. it's very out in the open and if a group does not have at least 15%, then that candidate is not viable and people can then choose to go to another group. officials say we can expect to see that tonight if recent polls are true and if martin o'malley's group can't get enough support. now, i spoke with someone who calls herself a hillary clinton captain. she g

we've got you covered live in waterloo, amanda gilbert, kwwl news. we're still waiting to learn the cause of this fire and how those people are doing in the hospital. stick with kwwl on the air and online as this story develops. switching gears now..the state wrestling tournament is underway and here's a look at team scores after day one. class 1a alburnett in the top spot with 20.5 points you can rounding out the top five of the area in class 2a new hampton is in second place with 18.5 just a half point behind creston crestwood cresco sitting at number 8 with 13.5 and charles city rounding out the top 15 with 10 team points and in class 3a cedar rapids third right now with 19.5 points waverly shell rock just a point and a half back in sixth place and western dubuque inside the top 15 with 12 points one wrestler is risking his life to compete caleb meinders suffers from an auto- immune disease. it attacks his liver, and if he's hit just right... it could be deadly if he doesn't receive medical care. but the wrestler out of ackley isn't letting his co

here's a look at downtown waterloo earlier this morninig.... as you can see low to the ground very easily...making driving very hard i feel like every time i walk storm... right now snow is falling very light... but it was a lot heavier earlier this morning... we've got you covered... live in the weather also causing some power outages in eastern iowa. we've spoken with midamerican energy -- and we know crews are working to fix the problems but we don't know when they'll be done, let's check out some of the busier roadways -- this is live look at u-s 20 in blackhawk county. yesterday's snow led to a number of crashes in the dubuque area. one crash happened on southern avenue and south grandview. a car hit a pole, knocking down power lines. -- a tornado touching down last night about t 5-miles west oo tuscaloosa. the tornado left a path of damage, taking out several trees and power lines. here's a look at some of that damage. some houses in the path of the tornado were hit also, so far, only minor injuries have been reported. plans for a new car

i also checked in with th other campaign offices in downtown waterloo... definately a lot of food... coffee... and red bull there... many say they are ready for today's final push.. the newsroom...amanda gilbert, kwwllnews. some lunteers weespoke with moved across the country... from as far as florida.. to help out with campaigns in iowa. important few things to remember tonighgh if you plan on caucusing -- voting starts at seven... if you're not registered to vote, you should get there early. you also need to be registered%with yoyr party, again, if you aren't sure. we've e ot informatiin about caucus locations on our website, kwwl dot com. tonight kwwl will have live coverage from across the state in our extended newscasts atix and ten and all night long online on kwwl dot com... coming up ... another big event in the sports world is coming up this weekend -- and the teams are now on- site... more from the super bowl is on the way today... and stormtrack seven meteorologist eileen loan has more on what to expect from this big storm when we eturn... once

areas west of a line from waterloo to cedar rapids through thursday. therer is a chahace for a few light snow showers or flurries thursday night into early friday morning across eastern iowa. any accumulations will be ss than 1". the next chance of snow is sunday. at this time a few inches of snow are possible across eastern iowa. check back later for updates on the snow chances through the weekend.we are tracking light snow forecast to move into central and wfstern iowa wednesday. areas west of a line from waterlo to cedar rapids may see few snow showers or fluluies wednesday through thursday. there is a chance for a few light snow showers or flurries thursday night into early friday morning across eastern iowa. any accumulations will be less than 1". the next chance of snow is sunday. at this time a few inches of snow are possible across eastern iowa. check back later for updates on the snow chances through the weekend.we are tracking light snow forecast to move into central and western iowa wednesday. areas west of a afternoon. . nally the wiwid wil

we've got you covered live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... and now we're taking a live look out of cedar rapids off of i-380. today is election day for some school districts in eastern iowa. school districts in eastern iowa. despite the forecast -- the black hawk county auditor says polls will open at seven this morning for the waterloo schools election. there was some confusion about this yesterday. it's a 47-million dollar proposal, most of which will go toward building a 35-million dollar career center. it'll be paid for through an income surtax. denver voters also scheduled to head to the polls today it's a 10-point- three million dollar question on the ballot...which will pay for a new gym, auditorium, weight room and track. voters said no to this same project last june. decision 20-16 coverage... the iowa caucuses are over, and we have the results. on one side, a clear winner. and on the other side, a virtual tie until early this morning. senator ted cruz scored a victory at the republican caucuses last night he calls it a victory for g

kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live in waterloo with the details. mac? dangerous winds die down -- following a bvsy day for travelers. (nats... oh my god, oh my gosh.) a familiar cene across iowa -- as several truck drivers driving by) high winds near the to its side. (nats... dubuque video) block traffic on interstate 3-80 north of hiawatha -- and this truck driver near waverly was able to act fast -- by steering his semi into a ditch -- over a sign -- through a fence -- snapping this power pole into pieces---nd finally coming to a rest in this field -- after he felt his truck "our first concern is whether everyone is safe in the vehicle. he was really thankful it wasn't a concrete pole or a steel pole. it was a wooden pole that broke off at the base." bremer county sheriff's deputy -- jason ellison -- says the driver was not ticketed. "when it's weather-related or really iiy roads or high winds like this we typically don't issue citations unless it's something the driver did." "high winds keep law enforcement officials busy friday afternoon, responding

however they do rely on waterloo fire for extra support. we've got you covered live in waterloo . . .jessica hartman kwwl news. stop in waterloo - - the passengers got a taste of the cedar valley during their long delay when the waterloo convention and visitors bureau dropped off scratch cupcakes. warmer temperatures ahead -- but with some wind -- let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind settles down slightly thursddy with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. north and low 60s suth. the wind gradually diminishes after relatively light wind this weekend with above normal remains windy. the wind friday temperatures will get people thinking spring. an iowa man dies after falling from a cellphone tower, the hamilton county sheriff's office says 28- year-old stefan watermann, of anamosa, fell while work

overnight apartment fire in waterloo. authorities reveal more after a shooting leaves two high school students dead in arizona. and iowa city schools terminate a contract with the same man cedar rapids schools let go earlier this week. we tell you why. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is the kcrg-tv9 saturday morning news. good morning and thanks for joining us. we begin with first alert storm team meteorologis t britley ritz. wind chill advisory continues central time. wind chills will be dangerously cold to start your morning, down to 20 below at times. they will progressively get better into the late morning hours and into the afternoon, as winds begin to lighten up and temperatures warm into the teens. it will look beautiful outside this morning and afternoon, but you may want to reconsider stepping outdoors. winds will be blowing out of the northwest at about 5 to 15 mph and gusts will be stronger at times. temperatures will be climbing out of the single digits and only into the teen

we are seeing some cloud cover sneak in around waterloo. a few flurries are not out of the question. we have a few quick moving little storm systems. again tomorrow we will have some chances, and the big kahuna moves in for sunday night. nothing major was like what we have dealt with. 26 at noon, 30 is the forecast today it will take a look at the bus stop numbers and see what mother nature has in for our super weekend coming up in just a little bit.>>> we do have a breaking news this morning about a multivehicle crash in benton county we are sending acre to the scene so hopefully we can get some eyes out there to get you more information.>> you can see the mark right there is about 45 minutes west of the parotid -- cedar rapids. it is a multivehicle crash and the roadway is completely blocked off, traffic is being rerouted if that is part of your morning commute if you're heading to des moines or any of those western cities west of cedar rapids, be sure to avoid that whole area you are expecting that to be backed up for most of the morning

police say he's accused of stealing three firearms from a waterloo home. reed also faces a non- serious child endangerment charge along with a weapons and drug charge. the first in the nation primary begins tomorrow in new hampshire. voters are expected to turn out in record numbers to support their presidential candidate of choice. right now, donald trump is leading in recent g-o-p polls, while senator bernie sanders is leading in democratic polls. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. light snow showers continue the rest of the day with some occasional breaks. any additional accumulation will be minor, but blustery winds gusting over 30 mph are still going to cause lower visibility in wide open areas north and west of waterloo. even with only a coating of snow, roads will be slick where snow does fall. temperatures will be steady or slowly fall this afternoon. flurries remain tonight into the first part of tomorrow. we may see the clouds part a bit late tomorrow with partial clearing getting going tomorrow night. arrives late wednesday an

here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll --------- --------- we don't just serve any fish sandwich at culver's. we serve wild-caught, north atlantic cod. this cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, full of flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. this is the way we ship it to your restaurants. it's not pre-breaded. so not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still hand-batter it the old-fashioned way. that's remarkable. and we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that. "welcome to delicious!" you may have spotted a crane outside of the kwwl station today. that's because phase one of building remodeling is underway. a crane lifting all the satellite antennas from the roof many that have been up there for several decades part of phase one is exterior the original building the building was built in 1914 as the overland hanson building... a car dealership storm track seven

kwwl's jessica hartman gives us a look at waterloo's plans to revitalize logan plaza. thanks to a new partnership between the city of waterloo and ben stroh of north crossing - a local investment group - - the run located a long busy highway 63 - - and across from allen hospital - - logan plaza have left the complex for newer spaces. leaving - thousands of square feet empty. resident "yes, it is an eye sore. it's not a lot of to see this area build up more. " but that should all start to change very soon. demolishion on the large strip mall is set to begin in march. resident "that is very to that happening." hartman "this maid rite and a local dentist office is the only two businesses still drawing traffic to logan plaza. the future of the made rite unclear at this point." anderson "obviously, it would be everyone's hope that the made rite would still be here somewhere because we want to go there and eat." also included in the redevelopment - land once ment for a menards. anderson "you would have some small restraunt type set ups here with more of the big box type set

one person is dead after a fire in waterloo. waterloo fire rescue confirmed that on its twitter account, earlier this morning. emergency crews told us originally they took one person to the hospital after rescuing them from that fire. it happened overnight at 16-84 mount carmel drive. that's mount village apartments. officials on the scene told tv-9, fire and smoke severely damaged an apartment there. fire crews are investigating the cause. this story. remember, whenever you see news, call newsline 9 at 319-365-9999. you can also send pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. the shooting deaths of two 15-year-old students at a arizona high school-is now being ruled a murder- suicide. that shooting happened yesterday afternoon inside the independence high school in glendale. officials say they found a suicide note at the school. shot once. their bodies were found near the cafeteria under a covered patio. friday "they were able to locate two female students. they are 15 years old." "and what we've found out thus far, and w

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waterloo. trump has been focused on large vevees and larger cities for his stops in the past seven days, including all four of our major cities -- dubuque was on saturday, iowa city last tuesday. trump will also be one of the republicans at a cauaus event in cedar rapids county republicans have at least 2 confirmed candidates - and possibly more stopping in... this event is at the doubletree by hilton fromom2 to 4 today... by kcrg-tv 9's brea love as the republican caucus event candidates -- but also county leaders on the process of caucusing...rea? that's right chris, the last political ad airs tonight at 6:58 tonight. but, candidates are steady getting out the doors opened for t t trump rally just minutes ago. people are filing in for his 1:30 start time. about.... expected to be here for trump, with republican's pre-c-ccus rally throughout the afternoon. there's boothshset candidate, as well as a prayer service going on during the event. ben carson will hold a rally here later this afternoon

live in waterloo, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. the field of republican presidential candidates is dwindling. three have dropped out of the race since the new hashire primary, and only six remain. those six will be in south carolina for a debate tonight, one week ahead of that state's primary. recent polls show donald trump in the lead, with texas senator r d cruz and florida senator marco rubio in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. also on stage will be former florida governor jeb bush, ohio governor john kasich, and doctor ben carson. while republicans are getting ready for south carolina, democrats are looking ahead to the nevada today. this afternoon, vermont senator bernie sanders talked to a crowd in reno. sanders thanked hundreds of supporters there for backing him. " we surprised them in iowa. we surprised them in new hampshire. we're gonna surprise them here in nevada. thank you all! " former secretary of state hillary clinton is also campaigning in nevada today. today the u-s state department released more than 1,000 additional p

west, waterloo east, and waterloo columbus. tickets are priced at $10.00 and are available at all waterloo, cedar falls and waverly hy- vee stores. vip tickets at $100 include a post- estes at the sunnyside country club. for more information contact dick cole at (319) 233-7780 or dickcole59@gmail.com. about the simon estes foundation the simon estes foundation benefits from the roots & wings tour through simon estes' commitment to contribute 50% of his performance fees to the foundation. from the roots & wings tours' inception to date, the simon estes foundation has awarded 175 scholarships to students from counties that have participated in the roots & wings tour totaling over $185,000. for more information about the simon estes foundation visit www.simonestesfounda tion.org we'll be right back. simon estes brings roots & wings tour to black hawk county. waterloo, iowa - - simon estes's roots & wings tour will come to black hawk county with a performance at waterloo west high school auditorium located at 425 east ridgeway aven

waterloo voters reject a school bond vote. about 56-percent of the voters said no. 44-percent weee behind it ----so it fell far short of the 60-percent super majority needed to pass. the goal of the 35-million dollar career centerwas to give students more specializzd training in a specific field. the hope was -- that would help improve the district's graduation rate -- which is about 74- percent... "we will always do what is right kids. we will go back and look everything we can to help the kids of waterloo." the 47-million dollar plan also included renovations to east and west gh schools. in other school votes: denver voters approved more than seven-million dollars for new athletic facilties. about 65-percent of the voters said yes. they had said no to the same project last june. in the college community district, voters approve a bond to pay for extra classroom space and security. a similar referendum failed last year by just 58 vovoes. and in springville... voters get behind an addition to the elementary school. it will pay

wind chills near 5 degrees, 2 in waterloo, throughout the day temperatures warm up under the clouds to around 30 degrees in the area , colder to the north and west. these numbers aren't so great. i have much better ones coming up for this weekend and i will break that down for you coming up in our weather first forecast. >>> all through the day you will see a lot of red around cbs 2 and hopefully eastern iowa, too. >> is national go red for women day, stephanie johnson is here to tell us more about it. >> today is go red day, to remind women to take care of our hearts. according to the american heart association, one in three women die from heart attack or stroke showed up and symptoms of heart attack. doctors at st. luke's told me when women have a heart attack, heart burn, -- women, especially older, should be aware of their heart health. >> quickly after menopause, women reach the same incidence of coronary disease as men do, that has been largely ignored for years, so recently we have been realizing that is not the case. women just prevent with heart disease in a different way than

kwwls amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo... she caught up with people in the prgram it's called the waterloo writing project, and it's dedicated to improving people's writing and communication skills. talking about things that are important to them in the community and then write about it. would want to communicate their writing to am audience... whether it's music... slam poetry or dance. at the end of each writing project session, there is usually an mics... putting those kids in the students at the waterloo writing project is a volunteer, this is a soon to be nonprofit kevin says this is a third space for students to learn outside of school or home... we've got you covered live in waterloo, amanda gilbert, kwwl news. if you would like to learn more com continuing coverage... very dangerous and unpredictable. that's the description of a murder suspect who may be in eastern iowa. kevin edwards is wanted in a chicago murder. chicago police believe he killed this boy - - 9 year old tyshawn shooting. they say edwards and two othe

it's one of several waterloo homes that could be connected to edwards. he also has known connections throughout eastern iowa. authorities did not find edwards but they did arrest this man texas. edwards. a 97-year-old woman is being evicted from the home she's lived in for more than half of her life. the california woman says her former landlord was a close friend and promised she could stay in the home for the rest of her life. but now the new landlord is serving an eviction notice and giving her, and her roommate, 60 days to find a new place to call home... "no, i love this old house. look at all this nice stuff." the new landlord - a distant relative of the woman's friend - says they were "unaware" of the lifetime agreement. a farmer's nightmare becomes very real. a sinkhole opens up right in the middle of a field. authorities say beneath the surface in texas -- is a form of rock that can dissolve easily -- so these types of sink holes can happen. in fact -- a similar one popped up six years ago -- which is now about 20 feet wide. an unusal rescue ove

address: : petsmart, 1506 flammang dr, waterloo, ia 50702, (319) 287-4027. regular hours are 9-9 m-s and 10-6 on sunday. we are not a shelter. we are a no-kill 501-c-3 non- profit rescue: to see an animal, you must fill out an application first and then once approved, we can set up for you to meet the animal you are homepage and fill out the online application. www.wpr.petfinder.com macy... traditional dilute calico - white with gray and peach; domestic shorthair; spayed female; approx. 1 1/2 years old as of jan. 2016 you can go meet soffee anytime at the waterloo petsmart to see if she is the one for you!! address: : petsmart, 1506 flammang dr, waterloo, ia 50702, (319) 287-4027. regular hours are 9-9 m-s and 10-6 on sunday. soffee... white and brown tabby; domestic medium hair; spayed female; approx. 1 1/2 years old as of jan. 2016 wpr will be at petsmart in waterloo this weekend for our 'happy pal-entine's national adoption weekend! hours are 5:00 - 7:00 pm on friday, feb. 12; 10:00 - 7:00 on saturday, feb. 13th; 11:00 - 5:00 on sunday, valentine's day! h

waterloo mayor quentin hart, iowa city councilman kingsley botchway ii, and waterloo city councilman jerome amos jr are those three. they say it's time to get to work. hart and botchwawasay there are large issues facing african- americans in both of their areas. they are taking the steps to address those problems by reaching out. "i'm definitely making more of an effort especially in the as far as bring some of the information back and providing, and say hey these are some of the things that need to be worked on and i need your help." "sotimes people think its this grand plan that needs to take place, and yes it does but its those smaller things that have the quickest impact in the lives of people." both say they hope to be role models to inspire younger african americans to get involved in local government. winning the campaign trail for the u-s senate, is the goal flr cedar rapids state senator- democrat rob hogg. he's meetetg with voters all day across eastern iowa. in about 25 minutes, hogg will meet with residents at the daly creek winery and bistro in anamosa. hogg is running f

a waterloo woman reached out to kwwl... telling me she found bags of warm clothes on streets in waterloo.... soon after she reached out to k- w-wl.... other people starting speaking out.. saying theyve seen these bags as im standing... they've been found attached with rope to utilities poles at placess such as sherman avenue... sullivan park.. and near east high... no one seems to know who is leaving these bags of warm clothes all the bags have little letters hang stuff up for people that need it. that's you know.... appreciation." this isn't the first time someone has done something like this.... earlier this winter season.. people left scarves at parks in decorah.. the only hint is the words denver s-n-l signed at the bottom of the letters... we've got you covered live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. tayla says she understands if the person or group of people who did this wants to remain anonymous... but she says thank you to whoever is leaving these warm clothes around. a nurse goes above and beyond to help h

for a cleaner, fresher, the waterloo schools foundation is committed to fufuing programs and piloting projects that will increase district for many years to come. they want to increase the likelihood that all 11,000+ students we serve graduate globally prepared. after only three years serving the children of waterloo, we have already donated more than $700,000 back to our you can get involved with the efforts of the wsf in a variety of ways. attend their academic innovative teaching grants to deserving teachers. run in our trick or trot 5k each october with hundreds of your closest friends from the cedar valley. donate by visiting the donate page on their website or sending an email to their executive director, emily hanson, at: e.hanson@wcsfoundatio n.org. joining lly today for the news foundation is committed to funding programs and piloting projects that will increase student achievement and educational excellence in the likelihood that all 11,000+ students we serveegraduate globally prepared. after only three years serving the children of waterloo, we have already donated more tha

waterloo fire & rescue crews helping the woman outside the iowa auto rebuilders shop in waterloo yesterday morning. the body shop wasn't quite open ambulance with some is healthy... well take another quick break -- but first, a reminder that when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do going to our page on facebook... wind chill advisory late tonight into sunday. we have wind chills -15 to - with 2 to 5 inches looking possible across eastern iowa, then we warm up next week. that will do it for us here at tracks in late saturday night into sunday with 2 to 5 inches looking possible across eastern iowa, then we warm up next week. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five. >> doug: man, where did you get all these fabulous pictures? >> julie: people donated them for the anniversary celebration. some of them i'm putting in storage, and a lot of them i have to take back, but i wanted to see the whole collection just one more time. you know, it makes me very happy. it... it gives me hope for the future. >> doug: you always were a suc

waterloo schools released a statement. it said, in part, "we are surprised and disappointed with the results ... we absolutely want to meet the needs of our students and remain determined to do so." denver high school will get money to expand. almost 65 percent of voters ok'd a 7-point-3- million dollar bond issue. 35 percent voted against the bond issue. the money will help pay for a new gym, an auditorium, an indoor track, a weight room and locker rooms. the bond issue narrowly failed in a vote last june. and kids in springville will enjoy renovations at their school. voters approved a 4 point 7 million dollar bond issue. about 65 percent voted in favor of the issue, while about 35 percent rejected it. the district plans to use the money for 9 elementary school classrooms, office space, a multi-purpose the school district in lone tree says it will use new money for building repairs, computers, and buses. voters renewed a el levy with overwhelming support. homeowners will pay 67 dollars per 100-thousand dollars of valuati

but one the community would support for the future of waterloo education. the proposed career center's goal is to give students the opportunity for more specialized training in a specific job field. the school board looked at other high school career centers - - including touring one ii des monies. other centers show a decrease in drop out rates. waterloo schools were hoping to opportunities, and decrease the drop out rate. "w"wwill always do what is rrht for kids. that is what we are kids. we will go back and look move forward and we will do everything we can to help the kids of waterloo." i was at several different polls today - - talking to voters. i spoke to residents on th sides of the vote - - here is our taxes s re high enough. the taxes cut back. we all have to learn to do more with less." yes vote - "i just decided to school and mostly all of them had to leave here to get good now to be clear - the bond would have been funded through a sur-tax on income tax - not through property taxes. the county auditor telling me this was an average showing at t

forrest, what are waterloo schools planning to do now? bruce, the district is still trying to figure that out. waterloo's superintenden t says she was surprised the bond didn't go through. jane lindaman says the district spent four years coming up with the plan that voters struck down. she said the district figured the community was, for the most part, verer supportive of the plan. now, administrator s want to know what went wrong. the district is planning on opening a dialog with voters to find out why so many said no. in the meantime, the superinteteent said they'll do what they can to improve career and technical education programs. the district was planning to create 30 new ones. now, ty're unsure how many they'll be able to do. "we are really commmmted to career and technicic education. it's proven, we know that it's the right thing. it's been studied for four years by know it's the right thing, we'll just figure out how to move forwarar " lindaman said there is a silver lining. school administrator s built relationships with a numbe

he discussed the idea while touring waterloo west high school yesterday. as part of his stop, branstad learned about the school's culinary class. waterloo officials say adding more career and technical options is tough without additional money. one week ago, voters in waterloo rejected a $47 million bond that would have earmarked most of the money for exactly that. branstad says working with existing resources is a reality with the state's budget. 12:26:54 "even with existing facilities, there's a lot you can do. and also partnering with the community colleges, like hawkeye, as with the private sector business, we just need to be smart about the way we work together and find ways to collaborate and utilize the resources we have." address those collaboration issues is set to happen april 19 in des moines. it's called the future ready iowa summit. some parents in the iowa city school district say walking isn't possible for their kids after the district cut free busing for them for next school year. the district says it's saving $400,000 by doing so. " i'm su

live in waterloo... she caught up with a firefighter who's done this challenge already and who is preparing to do it again. headquarters (?) and there are four firefighters from this station preparing to do the fight for air climb in des here's a time-lapse video fo the fight for air climb in des moines last year... you'll see some firefighters climbing the stairs challenge before on his own... he's excited to have a team this our lives together. we eat in the same kitchen for a third of our lives. we sleep in the same big bedroom. i mean we really are roomates. but ouside of work everyone's more independent so it's reallly kind of nice to be able to spend more time with the guys you work wiht outside of work." here's pictures of when sam did the fight for air climb two this year... there are 4 buildings total in the climb... and each member of the waterloo team willl climb one building while wearing around 60 pounds of gear... all of the money raised from this event will go toward the american lung asso

you can see there light snow and rain falling in the waterloo wear. we're starting to see light rain in the cedar rapids area. know showers and rain in central iowa. eastern iowa overnight. i thi we'll see around a an inch or less. but we'll keep the winter weather alerts for northwestern counties. the winds died down just a little bit this evening but fog has developed. reduced visisilities in our southern counties. fog advisory in effect until midnight. tomorrow expect rain and snow in the moing hours. temperatures falling into the mid to low 20s by the afternoon with cloudy skies and gusty winds up to 30 miles per hour tomorrow. scott and karen. >>> right now crews are still clearing roadways across the state. repopoing that the worst conditions are in the northern third of the state northwest of waterloo. travel is nono advised tonight in mitchell and floyd counties. >> you can check the latest weather conditions any time onon our app. all you have to do is search for cbs 2 w -- x. > right now results from several school special elections are comi

here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll be right back --------- --------- --------- coming upowa boy gets to meet his hero luke bryan -- a look at the amazing push behind their meet- up tonight at six. your likely home ready for your weekend... but for some people, stuck in traffic, can't say the same thing. that's because an unlikely source brought this road to a standstill today -- a swan! the apparently comfortable bird stopped rush-hour traffic on a bridge in the czech capital. the swan sat in the road -- causing a torm track seven chief >>> breaking news tonight. trump bombshell. chris christie shocks the political world by endorsing the front-runner hours unloaded on trump at the debate brawl. one of the most dramatic campaign days ever. >>> nbc news allegations from uniio the inside story of how undocumented workers worked at the site of trump tower. horror. 4 dead,, wounded as a workplace. down. tonight, what we've

plus -- the details of a missing man in waterloo. and the very latest -- following the complaint of gunshots in cedar thanks for joining us tonight. i'm macleod hageman. cedar rapids police say a man fired a gun outside a downtown bar -- early this morning . it happened behind the hazzard county american saloon around twelve-forty-five -- a little more than an hour before the bar closed. police arrested 21-year-old derek bailey for the crime. he's charged with public intoxication and wreckless use of a firearm. kwwl's kristin rogers has been working to find out more. she joins us live with the details. kristin? police say bailey fired the gun into the air behind the bar, and that bar is located just down the street behind me here on 2nd avenue in middle of downtown. rapids. "i've either got a firework or shots fired downtown somewhere." police say they came from behind this bar--hazzard county american saloon, a popular country themed bar in the city. it's located across the street from goodyear tire, which can be heard in the scanne

here's a look at downtown waterloo from earlier this morning.... citie across eastern iowa have prepared for this storm... cedar pids has at least 90 pieces of snoo fighting material ready... waterloo has at least 35 plows... the iowa department of transportation is out as well.... right now there are more than 440 of their plows out according according to alliant energy.. more than 4,000 people are without power in linn county... and more than 500 people are without power in and mid-america says a little major power outages in des waterloo, amanda glbert, kwwl now een though these precautions are in pllce -- the iowa state patrol is saying travel is not advised in northeast iowa today -- anywhere north of 20 at this time... something to certainlkeep in mind.... here's what conditions are looking like cedar rapids... it was very windyearlier this morning, and there was snow earlier as well but right now, this video was shot within the last half hour and as you can tell everything is pretty much wet and there is not a lot of snow coming down at the

waterloo schools released a statement. it said, in part, "we are surprised and disappointed with the results ... we the needs of our students and remain determined to do so." denver high school will get money to expand. almost 65 percent of voters ok'd a 7-point-3- million dollar bond issue. 35 percent voted against the bond issue. the money will help pay for a new gym, an auditorium, an indoor track, a weight room and locker rooms. the bond issue narrowly failed in a vote last june. and kids in springville will enjoy renovations their school. voters approved a 4 point 7 million dollar bond issue. about 65 percent voted in favor of the issue, while about 35 percent rejected it. the district plans to use the money for 9 elementary school classrooms, office space, a multi-purpose room and a technology classroom. the school district in lone tree says it will use new money for building repairs, computers, and buses. voters renewed a el levy with overwhelming support. homeowners will pay 67 dollars per 100-thousand dollars of v

pilots had to make an emergency landing in waterloo when there was smoke in the cockpit. kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live from waterloo regional airpot with the latest. mac? what's scary -- is passengers tell me they felt something was wrong before leaving south dakota. here's a look at the plane that had to make an emergency landing this afternoon -- due to a smelled started to get extremely hot. one passenger tells me something didn't feel right -- and the flight felt like the longest 22 wrong before we were taking off, because we were taxying for a while, and then we heard a really loud noise, and then we took off." jodie tells me she was reluctant to get on a second plane -- and thought about renting a car to drive to chicago. but the passengers and crew were able to leave waterloo on a second plane -- after four and she says she's relieved to we've got you covered live in according to american airlines officials -- the plane was at nearly half capacity -- during the flight. the temperature isn't the only thing going up today - wind gusts are picking up as well. c

william gerstenberger of hy-vee crossroads in waterloo. chef william has vast experience in creating upper crust- level styles of cooking for some of the most famous people in the world, from oprah winfrey to presidential candidates. he started his career in california and moved back to iowa a few years ago when he joined the hy-vee crossroads team. he is a globallytrained chef and enjoys preparing italian, french, asian and latin dishes. today he'll be preparing an asparagus and feta cheese quiche with a hash brown crust... this dish will serve 6 to the ingregient list is as follows: 1 bag of "simply" potatoes brand refrigerated hash browns 20 oz. bag, not frozen 6 eggs 4 oz. of half and half 2-3 pieces of asparagus, cut on the bias " pieces 2 tbsp. of feta cheese 1 tbsp. of mozzarella cheese 1 tbsp. of parmesan cheese pinch of nutmeg a squirt of hot sauce cup of extra virgin olive oil salt & pepper to taste canola cooking spray directions: take a pie pan and spray it down with canola cooking spray. then empty the whole bag of hash browns

raffle tickets at the waterloo black announced on march 12 when waterloo plays against sioux city. we've got you covered live in waterloo, amanda gilbert, kwwl news. there's six jerseys: two for waterloo police, 2 for cedar falls police and the other two represent the black hawk county sheriff's office. national attention will soon return to iowa. not for political reasons...but for the college basketball. des moines will host the first and second rounds of the ncaa basketball tournament. it'll be hard to miss -- banners are going up around the city. weve done but a lot of the now is our time to shine > the tournament begins march 17th. today, we'll get a better sence of the economy the monthly jobs numbers will be released. these include the unemployment rate, average hourly earnings, and payrolls. the u-s job market strengthened at the end of 2015 - posting its good news for potential home mortgage buyer freddie mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to the lowest its been since april of last year. the average rate on a 15-year fixed- rate mortgage is