35yearold man now faces charges after he took in two 16yearold girls so he could turn them into prostitutes. Police say they found two 16yearold girls as part of a shoplifting investigation, one of whom is missing from chicago. They arrested lawrence campbell, who now faces Human Trafficking charges and charges for using minors to commit crimes. Police say campbell contacted the girls in chicago and asked them to move to his waterloo home. Then, police say campbell arranged for them to have sex with people for money and to the web. State lawmakers today have a better idea on what working and whats not when it comes to iowas newly privatized medicaid system. However, the answer you get when you ask if its working depends on who you talk to. Republican lawmakers at a Health Policy Oversight Committee hearing yesterday said managed Care Organizations are meeting their benchmarks. They said the companies are working out payment issues, and the transition has saved the state millions of dol
It will take several days to return to normal. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. This morning. Workers were out in newbo pumping water out of the sewer system and basements in nearby businesses. Lets go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your our calm weather will continue for another day. And at least into the weekend. However, there is a weather maker to our east, which will stay there but as it spins over the great lakes, we could see a stray shower today most will stay dry. Highs will be cool again, in the low 60s about 10 degrees below our average at this time of year, thanks to cloud cover . Breezy winds could make it feel today we hope to learn what charges may be filed after a 13yearold girl is shot in the head. Officers responding to 15th Street Southeast in cedar rapids yesterday morning. Three suspects a man and two boys taken into custody about ten minu university of iowa hospitals and clinics but did not survive. Her na
Homes and farms. We are going to protest the renewable fuel standard, cornbased ehtanol, eliminate job killing regulations like the waters of the us rule and provide desperately needed tax relief. Relief. Keep in mind trump has iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on his agricultural advisory team. The governors eric is also trumps iowa state director. That night trump rolled out a plan thats a clear attempt to open up a group of voters he doesnt have a strong relationship with. In philadelphia he spoke about making childcare expenses tax deductable to help families. His daughter ivanka is the brains behind it. It. It would have 6 weeks of paid Maternity Leave paid for by what trump says would be cutting out fraud in unemployment insurance. It is worth noting that it doesnt mention anything about be treated like a deductable business expense with additional tax credits for people on the lower levels of the income scale who may not pay enough or an
Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first plan on a day just like yesterday with high in the 80s and scattered thunderstorms roaming around the region. Some folks will see some downpours again, while others will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind light. High 82 tonight storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Wind ne 515. High 79 tom. Night clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 state lawmakers a
Tomorrow. Highs come back down a bit over the next couple of days, too, eventually in the middle 60s rday with a mostly cloudy sky. There may be a few sprinkles on that day, too, mainly closer to the mississippi. Warmer weather in the 70s comes right back next week with a chance of showers and storms wednesday. To day sunny and mild. Wind n 1020. High 70 alo 71 dbq 68 iow 71 tonight partly cloudy. Wind n 510. Low 51 alo 49 dbq 53 iow 52 organizations continue to work to get things running back to normal in cedar rapids as the river levels drop. And it sounds like saturday will be the big day. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman was at the press conference that wrapped up just minutes ago. Dave, tell us about the scale down. Day, weve been covering the the view. You may be able to watch morning. Crews are working to restore electricity and gas to people in cedar rapids. Alliant energy says only about 30 customers asked to have their power shut of. Now, its working to restore power to those outs