Confused when they arrived, so they took him to the emergency room to get checked out. Thats where he tested positive for opioid use. Police say while he was in the hospital he confessed to killing kimberly because she quote pushed his buttons. But sterns Attorney Says that statement isnt enough to convict him of first degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Prosecutors say stern killed kimberly so he could make more time in his life for a young waitress he was infatuated with. Hi around with him and he wants to do something else. He cant because she is with him all the time. Again, sterns attorney did not call anyone to the witness stand but said some of the prosecutions witnesses say stern treated his daughter the same way anyone would treat their child. The jury spent about an hour deliberating this afternoon before adjuring for the day. Theyll pick up where they left off tomorrow morning. Live in dubuque, katie wiedemann, Public Safety officer is giving up one of his two positions. Dan trelka will stay on as the citys police chief, but he will no longer be supervising the fire department. Trelka received criticism after lawsuits targeted some Waterloo Police officers for using excessive force. One of them involved the city paying a two and a half Million Dollar settlement. Then on friday, two Waterloo Police officers told tv nine that trelka was saying the city had asked him to step down. So todays announcement during a News Conference by trelka and waterloo mayor quentin hart came as kind of a surprise. Hart told reporters he wants trelka to focus on a Community Policing plan to rebuild public trust in the citys police. Chief trelka and i through community meetings, best practices, outreach, conversations and a passion for this community have begun a process of Community Wide policing plan that will trust that has been lost due to some of our short comings the Waterloo City Council is meeting right now, and members say they hope to learn more about this new Community Policing plan. We hope to have reaction from some Council Members tonight on tv nine news at 10. 50 days. Thats all thats left till election day. And as we get closet more stops from the president ial campaigns here in iowa. Both Vice President ial candidates were in the Hawkeye State today presenting their platforms. Kcrgtv9s phil reed joins us in the studio. Phil, you listened to both speeches. What did they focus on . The tones of their speeches were very different. Democratic Vice President ial candidate tim kaine focused on uniting the country, while republican candidate mike pence talked about ways of changing things. Iowa State University this afternoon. He entered cyclone country with his wife ann, who gave a speech before introducing him. Kaine talked about the need for young people to get out and vote. The virginia senator accused donald trump of focusing on the negativity in the country during his campaign. But kaine says the United States is moving in the right direction. What i believe about us is that we are upbeat, can do optimistic, patriotic. Problem solving people. And there are problems. In our cities, and Rural America there are problems around the world, but we know we can Donald Trumps running mate mike pence made a stop in mason city this morning. He talked about Public Safety in the wake of the terrorists attacks over the weekend. The weak and ineffective Foreign Policy of barack obama and hillary clinton, has emboldened our enemies and compromised the safety of the american people. But thats all going to end on the 20th day of january when donald trump becomes president economy, and appointing conservative judges on the supreme court. He will speak in dubuque in less than an hour. Tonight at 10, we will have a full recap on pence and kaines campaign trips in iowa thanks, phil. Governor branstad agrees with mike pence. He doesnt think the Obama Administration branstad was referring to weekend attacks in minnesota, and bombings in new york city and new jersey. This morning, after a shootout in linden, new jersey, Police Arrested a suspect for those bombings. They say ahmed rahami set a bomb that exploded in new york citys chelsea neighborhood injuring 29 people, and another blast near a charity run and train station in new jersey. Although, investigators say they have not found a direct tie to isis, branstad says the president needs to do i think we need new leadership, and we need to work in a coordinated effort to try and identify where the threats are and who the people are that are identifed with isis and are a danger to the health and well being of our citizens an isislinked news agency has praised the minnesota mall attacker as a soldier of the islamic state. Dahir adan stabbed nine people on saturday night before an offduty po killed him at a mall in st. Cloud, minnesota. Now authorities are checking whether those stabbings have any connection to the new jersey and new york bombings. With the election now seven weeks away, many counties are working to make sure all their voting equipment works. State law requires all counties to test their voting equipment before an election. Johnson county started testing their machines this week. Their Voting Machines are about ten years old, but the county says it is confident county plans to spend about one Million Dollars for new machines next year. Were asking for around a Million Dollars, hopefully it will come in 2 or 3 hundred thousand dollars less than that, but were still in the phase of looking at the equipment we want. All ballots in iowa still require the use of a pen and paper. Weipert says that actually helps keep voting secure. We have a construction Traffic Alert for cedar rapids. Work on the highway 100 extension is cau closure. The area of f avenue and stoney point road northwest is now closed to all traffic. Workers are doing concrete overlay. This area wont reopen for 3 to 4 weeks. Suing a Sandwich Shop. Hear why a man might take action against his former employer. He says he was fired for trying to do the right thing. That story is next here on rapids was the right thing. Until recently, justin knapp was an assistant manager at capriottis Sandwich Shop on first avenue near lindale mall. He was fired after posting about a customer on his personal facebook account. September 10th, security video in the shop caught what could have been a theft. One customer picks up sunglasses on a table, then left. Knapp posted a picture of the alleged thief on facebook, saying if the shades were returned in 24 hours returned a half hour later, furious. The man said he had taken the sunglasses by accident. Knapp says he was fired a few days later for violating that customers privacy. This guy needed to be called out for what he did. Capriottis declined to comment on this story. Knapp says hes in talks with an attorney and considering filing a wrongful termination lawsuit. Find out what legal experts think his chances of winning are, tonight at ten. A program that makes micro loans to cedar rapids is looking for more applicants in its second year. Larry hemann started a oneman concrete business with the help of a micro loan from cedar rapids and its partner agencies. Hemann says without the 10thousand dollar loan, his business would have failed. Even a larger business, like the pig and porter restaurant, also depended on a microloan to open this summer. I think its important to get it. It helps Small Businesses like us the Cedar Rapids City Council as well as private donations have contributed 75thousand dollars to fund the second year of the program. The city is now accepting applications from individuals who dont qualify for loans elsewhere. From basses to blue gills, John Campbell has it all in this weeks big ol fish. Hear ferentz about what what went wrong and what the team needs to improve on after last weekends loss. Stay with your 24 hour news a ol the area tonight, and as it does, scattered storms will be possible through the evening. After midnight, the cold front will have cleared the state, leaving us with clear skies through tuesday. The second day of the workweek will be sunny and mild thanks to High Pressure aloft. Things turn active fairly quickly however. The same front that clears us tonight will lift back north into the area tuesday night, creating for storms tuesday night will be in our northern counties, but some may make their way farther south by wednesday morning. More storms are possible wednesday night and into thursday. The front will lift far enough north on friday that we may escape storms for friday night and saturday, but rain chances will ramp backup for sunday as a strong cold front pushes through. Tonight chance of storms early, then decreasing clouds. Wind n 510. Low 57 alo 56 dbq 57 iow 59 54 to 60 tomor dbq 80 iow 83 79 to 85 tom. Night chance of storms, mainly north. Wind se 515. Low 63 alo 63 dbq 61 iow 65 60 to 66 wednesday partly cloudy with a chance of storms, mainly north. High 84 alo 63 thursday chance of storms. High 80 low 66 friday slight chance of storms. Partly cloudy. High 81 low 64 saturday mostly sunny. High 82 low 62 sunday chance of storms. High 72 low 58 monday partly cloudy. High 70 low 52 tuesday partly cloudy. High 68 low 47 thanks chris. Tv9s Scott Saville joins us now from Union Station in cedar rapids. Scott, whats coming up on on minutes over on kcrg planned today. Former hawkeye and nfl lineman julien vandervelde will be here along former hawkeye linebacker hawkeye matt hughes. We will have plenty to talk about after the 2321 loss to north dakota state. The bizon dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. And what was really surprising to me was watching ndsu gash the iowa defense with 239 yards rushing. This offensive line was bigger obviously than our first two opponents. Very disciplined who gave effort. Every single snap hats off to is why they gained so many yards maybe not im not sure. Am i shocked that we lost yes but like i said these guys came ready to play. They were everywhere communication issues and fit issues so we need to look at the film and move on from it. We are not surprised her big toe physical group i know and their backs run hard perimeter i and our fits werent great we missed a few tackles from the sideline but credit goes to them me they are a Good Football Team. 51 oc Good Football Team the hawkeyes fell out of the ap top 25 today. And north dakota state received more votes than iowa. The cyclones used a dual quarterback attack saturday in the 4120 loss to tcu. Joel lanning and jacob park rotated every two series and you can week against san jose state. And finally its monday time first cast, first fish for colin wilcox. Next up is jaxyn haney and his catch of the day from ellis. Shaylee mayberry poses with her 12 inch bass. Maliyah borchardt was working robins lake when she landed her first fish. Another first timer Logan Hanchett holds up one of 5 blue gills he caught. Garrett kaalberg hit the jackpot at hickory hills. Now here is a slab bluegill. Carson donely caught it on fathers day. Beautiful brook trout for noah evanschwartz. Batting 9th is brook mangold with her iowa River Channel cat. Logan jakoubeck holds up the 27 iinch walleye he caught and released per dnr guidelines fishing friend, this is John Campbell reporting. Bruce and beth . Thanks scott. Now heres a look at todays most viewed web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour and now to first alert storm forecast. A cold front is moving through the area tonight, and as it does, scattered storms will be possible midnight, the cold front will have cleared the state, leaving us with clear skies through tuesday. The second day of the workweek will be sunny and mild thanks to High Pressure aloft. Thanks chris. Thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. 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