They dont like that a alace thats been there each year for 700thousand of them didnt have voters show up for it. I wish more people had been aware and gotten out and voted and been prouder of their library. It may be didiicult for people to understand what the need means, until they feel that impact impact what really drives me nuts is theyre renovating the square, where it really didnt nene to be renovatete how much money are we spending on that renovation . They dont quite know yet how the next story unfolds but they say they do know hoit ends. Were going to find a way to keep working with the community y d be the resource weve always been. Weve been here for a really long time, were not going anywhere Staff Members say itll take a few months before we start seeing some of the changes. In the meantimemetheyre working with the city and the board of trustees to determine just what and where those cuts will be. Covering the corridor turning to the weather, another fantastic day, but it appears changes might be on the way. Way. Chief meteorologist terry swails has a first check of your forecast. State prosecuts have n rested their case agagast nicholas luerkens. Luerkensnshes the man accused of fatally stabbing 29 yearold Lynnsey Donald outside the marion hyvee last april. April. The 33yearold is charged with first degree murder in her death. Death. Cbs 2 News Reporter dorara miller joins us live with the latest information from the linn county courthouse. Yesterday, we watched the stabbing from the hyvee surveillance video. Today, we saw the aftetmath of the incident including the knife that was used. According to testimony from the medical examiners office, Lynnsey Donald was stabbed six times. Her Close Friends and the family she was living with say luerkens was allegedly stalking donald after their breakup p in january. Detectives in the case say they found a notebook from luerkens home during a search warrant. The notebook had threats against donald and a plot to kill he the first witness the defense called was luerkens mother. She claimed her son was in a bad place after losing his job and going through a divorce he even asked her to help him kill himself. Close friends of donald they had no idea he was capable of this. My husband cacaed me and said ashtononad went to said ashton had went to the door, said that nick had stabbed and killed his mom and put the porkchops in the refrigerator. My husband called and told me, well really its a seven year old telling us what had happened. Happened. The defense claims mixing alcohol and anti depressants made luerkens violent. The trial will continue tomorrow morning. Covering the corridor. In cedar rapids, dora miller cbs 2 news. People in cecer rapids say theyre tired of living with attimes constant gun violence in some areas. Areas. The city has seen six homicides this year, including oninlving a 15yearold boy, and neighbors sasaits time to put an end to it. Standing here watching this kid bleed last night, its not a joyful thing and it was very painful to see this young man bleeding and throwing up blood. Blood. Many say it will take everyone to stop the violence. Why they also say it is possible, in a story you will see tonight only on the cbs 2 news ten at ten. New at s s, six,a lawsuit t ainst Governor Terry branstad, wont be moving forward, at least for now. The suit was filed by the head oiowas largest Public Employees union along with 20 democratic lawmakers. The groups claim that closing two state Mental Health centers was illegal. A judge dismissed it saying branstad does have the authority to veto the financial support. The group now plans an peal to the state supreme court. The gold and blue flag of kosovo will soon be flying in downtown des moines. The balkan nation, with an agricultural based d economy plans to open a consulate, something Officials Say will help pave the way for more business opportunities. Its the first foreign consulate in iowa. 2015 College Graduates may be settlili into newewobs right now, but theyre likely not done thinking about paying for school. Grace periods on Student Loans are coming to an end for many, and thats raising lots of questions. Questions. Cbs 2 News ReporterMellaney Moore talked with experts and is live with what they recommend new graduates do next. The university of Iowa Student Financial Aid Office encourages students to look at all theieioptions before borrowing money. But if you have to take a loan, they have some tips for paying it off. Off. College can be an exciting time in ones life. And an exexnsive one too. Too. Its a bummer, but its, i mean, i wanted to go to college, i wanted to come here, so its worth it. Right now. Well see in four years. Radavich says she has upwards of 50 thousand dollars in loans. As a sophomore. Sophomore. Education is worth it to me. The university of iowa office of Student Financial aid says borrowers in the 2014 graduating class had an average of 27 thousand dollars in student loan debt. They say one of the first things you can do is talk with your debt counselor about repayment options whether your plan is by a number of years or your income. Income. There are incomebased repayment plans that are available, so you could reduce that Monthly Payment substantially depending on what your income is. If you have several loans, consolidation may be an option to look into. But harrington says its not for everybody everybodyright now what they do is they take a weighted average ofofll of your interest rates. That means you might not necessarily save money. Harrington says if youre able. Pay during the grace period and any extra you can. Can. Youll have less interest accruing over time, so it will allow you to pay down the loan a little bit faster. The Financial Aid office wants students to be proactive in figuring out how to pay for school rather than reactive. Many students say a College Education is worth it and a priceless investment. Invevement. I definitely think it is the Financial Aid office says there are online resources where you can learn much more about repayment options. We have those links on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. Covering the corridor in iowa city, Mellaney Moore, cbs 2 news. Some of youngest corridor students are now learning more about a specific kininof education. Education. The Johnson Steam Academy in cedar rapids is celebrating its first ever steam team days. Students get to be part of learning activities that spark their interests. The kids get to pick three different topics that range from pumpkins and dance to water olympics. What we know for sure is if kids are engaged and excited about what they arlearning it is ninety percent of the battle. We keep them engaged by offering them opportunities where they can be hands on. On. The Johnson Steam Academy is the newest addition to the Cedar Rapids School district, just having opened this fall. Steam coveve science technonogy engineering art and math. Meanwhile, hundreds of students spent their morning outside of the classroom giving back to our community. Community. Every year, Xavier High School spends a morning in november for ttir Community Service day. Day. Cbs 2 News ReporterMarissa Scott is live outside one place where students did some work. Around 20 students painted the inside of the habitat for humanity youth united house behind me. They say its a lot of fun giving back in our community. I love being out here in the community and showing them what we can do and that the youth want to help out. When alaina marti found out she could spend her day painting, she jumped at the opportunity. Its just really fun to be there, we have some music going on so were having a great time and its all for a great cause. This is her first time being a part of Xavier High Schools Community Service project, and whats even better is she is one of 700 students who gaveheir time and helped out at more than 200 locations in cedar rapids. Rapids. We want to give back because we have been given so much and were so incredibly blessed blessed its just a way for our kids to give back to the community and theyve found a variety of ways to do that. Principal keating says each year the Community Service day grows. This year, he says most studen are raking leaves, helping the eldery or painting this habitat for humanity home. But whwh you talk with the students, it doesnt matter what theyre doing, just that theyre helping someone else. Else. Ive always found joy in making peoples days days its great to come out on a day like this and be able to show our support for the community. And create memories these students, and those theyre helping, will remember forever. Forever. I think it impacts groups on both sides. I think our intention is to impact the folks in our community. But i think the students will tell you theyre impacted as well. Several seniors are also organizing service projejes eaea month. F you need help or know of ways to give back, feel free to reach out to the school. Covering the corridor, in cedar rapids, Marissa Scott, cbs 2 news weve all seen those round abouts which seem to be popping up all over the area. But one project is requiring some additional effort. Effort. Next on the cbs 2 news at six, rolling along. Along. Why two houses got jackededp and movededut, and why its a winwin for the join us tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. Find out the threat to your pets, that you might not already know about. About. Why it sometimes is hiding in plain sight. Ats tomorrow on cbcb2 this morning. Marion drivers may have been slowed today by two houses rolling g wn the street. Street. The city is making room for what its calling a mini roundabout at the intersection of 29th avenue and 35th street. Construction is expected to start in the spring. The homeowners actually approached the city abobo the move, anticipating the future need, and a contractor paid the city to move them. City manager Lon Pluckhahn says its a winwin, because the houses will be relocated in the city and the owners will build new homeskeeping the tax base. He also says roundabouts are highly costeffective options for handling increased traffic flow. The Science Behind them is absolutely rock solid i mean when you look at putting roundabouts in places where you have a choice between them and a signalized intersection theyre safer, theyre faster theyre just generally safer for the traveling public. Public. Pluckhahn says he expects to have three more roundabouts built in the city by the end of next year along sixth and seventh avenues, the citys central core. Another great weather day today, but changes could be coming. Coming. Chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with your cbs 2 weather first ming up in sports a happy homecoming for marcus paige all for not why the marion native might not be pling against the panthers next on cbs 2 2 if youre looking for a medicare plan, were health alliance. We believe in superheroes. In the slow dance at the end of the night. In being yourself. We believe in simplicity. And in doing good when no ones looking. To us, it just seems right. Call now and learn n re. Youll talk to a real person, not an automated system. Were part of your community, not conglomerate. You can see the doctors you know and trust. And here is the best part. We have medicare plans that can save you hundreds of dollars on premiums. 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Im Hillary Clinton it was a historic day yesterday with iowa cracking the College Football playoff poll for the First Time Ever but that ranking and all the hype surrounding the undefeated hawkeyes will go away with a loss to ththosiers hoosiersindiana is coming off a bye so they got an extra week to prepare for saturdays game and with 4 games left, indiana needs 2 wins to become bowl eligable and the voice of the Hawkeyes Gary dolphin knows the hooisers arent just going to roll over. They know that they need two wins to become bowl eligiable and they also know that it would be a great feather in their cap to knock off and undefeated top 10 ranked team, so theres plenty of motivation for indiana there. Iowa is going to get indianas best shot i have know doubt about that. Indiana can score points, but so can iowa, indiana doesnt have iowas defense. I dont think indiana has s iowas special teams, so i think you win 2 out of the 3 phases, you win the football game. On november 21st North Carolina is coming to the Mcleod Center to tip it off panthers for Marcus Paiges homecoming except the able to play paige broke a bone in his right non shooting hand in pratice tuesday and will be out 3 to 4 weeks the tarheels date with the panthers is 17 days away the fomer linnmar lion led u nc in scoring each of the last two years. After a disappointing 2014 season the e nther train is back on track at least according to head wrestling coach doug schwab at the teams media day his freshman class ranked in the top 5 in all of division one so the young guys are talented and eager to compete add that to his veteran lineup one that has 3 wrestlers ranked number 1 in the mac its bound to be a special season. You know if you wanna be a great program, yououcanan just be one deeee you cant just be well we got this guy and if we dont have this guy it just falls off the map. And i do believe we got some guys that are ready to make an impact right now. 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