Showers high 35 low 34 wednesday partly cloudy high 34 low 27 included heart ache, frustration, and triumphs that will affect eastern iowa well into 2016. Our editors picked the top 9 well also reveal what you, the viewer chose, later in this newscast. But we start our countdown at number 9 9n the list. Kcrg tv nines Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann revisits a random and violent attack that shocked a city and prompted on the warmmorning of september first, nancy krapfl, a 66 yearold church secretary, was doing what she loved. She had just gone out for a morning routine walk. Police s sy nearby Traffic Cameras caught 19 year old Helmon Betwell approach krapfl, knock her out and then drag her lifeless body off camera to the top of the steps of a vacant apartment building. From next door, william davis, witnessed the attack. After that flurry of punches, he sat on her. He dropped his pants and he sat on her. Police say betwell told them he picked krapfl at random and he did it because
Causing such an uproar overnight calling for a complete and total shutdown of muslims entering america shaking up the campaign sending shock waves overseas, as well. Weve been tracking all the reaction all through the night. The gop frontrunner joins us live in just a moment to respond this morning. Yous be talking to donald trump in a moment. First abcs tom llamas starts us off with the details on what donald trump said and what is being dade about him. Good morning. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Trumps plan comes at an interesting point in the campaign. Two polls out of iowa show a very different race, one with trump on top. The other with senator cruz in first place. But now with this plan, the headlines only have one name, trump. For those that couldnt believe it or didnt understand, overnight donald trump said it loud and clear. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. Reporter trump arguing muslims are no longer we
Parts of eastern iowa. And some organizations are calling in cancellations for tonight, so people can just avoid driving. Kcrgtv9s chris earl talked with the iowa state patrol and joins us now. Chris, what are you seeing outside right now . The snow started falling here about 90 minutes ago and now. Its consistent. Large flakes. Will this be the start of what could be a major winter storm . The first snowfall of the season has been sharply anticipated for a few days. This was what downtown cedar rapids appeared d ike about an hour ago, when the first snowfall was hitting. Thosands of drivers clogged the streets to try and get out after the friday workday. We also spoke with the iowa state patrol about what theyve been seeing from western iowa today they told us most of the snowfall was hitting the ground and melting. One positive element according to troopr bob conrad this snow event is not a a urprise. 39 29 obviously, people are really talking about it today because 610 inches is som
Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a nice december day well see more sunshine than yesterday, with highs up around 50 degrees in many areas. This is about 20 degrees above seasonal normals. The mild air keeps right on going into the the weekend, and its at that point that the pattern will shift to a more active one. At this point, this storm system continunu to look like mainly rain in the area with a transition over to some light snow on the back side of the system, if the cold air can get here. The bigger issue may very well be heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorm sa widespread 1 2 of rain is likely this weekend, which may cause creeks and streams to ise. While next week is cooler, we still are running above average. Enjoy your wednesday to day mostly sunny high 4753 winds w 515 alo 49 dbq 49 iow 50tonight partly cloudy low 3541 winds s 515 alo 39 dbq 37 iowz 39tomorrow partly sunny, mild high 5258 winds w 1525 alo 53 dbq 53 iow 56tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3440 winds sw 515 alo
Dubuque and waterloo. On sunday, sanders will start in waterloo before an appearance at Cornell College in mount vernon. The former secretary of state had t t stops in waterloo on wednesday, first at techworks and then at the five Sullivan Brothers convention center. Mrs. Clinton is returning to eastern iowa next week, with a town hall meeting planned for wednesday at the Old Brick Church in iowa city. On the republican side, a major shakeup in the polling today. Texas senator ted cruz has enjoyed a surge in momentum for the last 30 days in iowa. In the latest iowa poll from the des moines register, the poll shows cruz now with a 10point lead over donald trump. The poll results came out about 90 minutes ago, with ted cruz at 31 among Iowa Republicans surveyey. Donald trump, ww spoke last night at the state fairgrounds, grabbed 21 . Dr. Ben carson has seen the sharpest senator marco rubio still held onto his doubledigit standing at 10 . The other candndates were in single digits. This i