Of their saturday in waterloo. Texas senator ted cruz, louisiana governor bobby jindal and former arkansas governor and 2008 iowa huckabee attended a candidate assessment at the National Cattle congress. Retired neurosurgeo n ben carson held a book signing in waterloo as, over the past 7 days, he has vaulted to first place in the last two polls of iowa republicans. Also, last night from des moines, the 3 the 2016 nomination gathered at the annual Jefferson Jackson dinner. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton has reopened a lead in the polls over vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley is a very distant third. The timing for iowa support is critical not only with the caucuses less than 100 days away but also with the next democratic president ial debate coming up november 14, in des moines. The Major Political news of the week was for the person who chose not to run in 2016. Vice president joe bidens decision to stay out for 2016 could have a ripple
Capitol this afternoon. They also marched into jessup hall to protest outside harrelds office. They say they fear he will run the University Like a business, potentially cutting programs that dont make money. Theyre also upset that harrelds resume listed a company that doesnt exist. Harreld says he had reached out to many people on campus to try and talk about their differences. He says some people have acted unprofession ally and refused to talk to him. Harreld says hes ready to make clear, direct and bold decisions for this university. And hes not going to let the criticism affect him. It comes with the territory, ive been part of these types of transitions multiple times and everyone gets a little nervous, a little anxious, they dont know me, they anticipate the worst it seems like, and frankly some bad behavior starts to pop out, i think weve gotten a little over the edge here. Harreld says he does respect peoples freedom of speech. But really ready for everyone to move on. And fin
Skies will remain mostly clear tonight, as winds remain out of the south southwest. Those winds keep us seasonably mild, as lows only fall into the mid 40s. For monday, we start of mild and end on a warm note. Plenty of sunny skies will bring our temps into the upper 60s for many, with some possibly topping 70. More sunshine, breezy, and mild conditions can be expected for tuesday as we once again climb to around 70 for highs. Wednesday will bring a few more clouds in the afternoon, giving hints at changes heading our way in the form of rain chances on thursday and thursday night. Tonight mostly clear low 4248 winds sw 515 alo 43 dbq 45 iow 46 back to you. Friends and family are remembering an Army Reservist from cedar rapids. Sergeant Shawn Laurion was getting ready for his first deployment but instead. Trage dy. The 44yearold died during a Training Exercise in virginia last week. Fellow soldier escorted him home at the Des Moines International airport last night. Sgt. Laurion leaves
Ill be at a watch party with those volunteers tonight. Well bring you the ten. Live in cedar rapids, sarah mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Races here in eastern iowa tonight. A property tax levy for the Grout Museum District in waterloo. The cultural and science facilities levy would be 27 cents per thousand dollars of assessed 600thousand dollars each year would help the district make ends meet. The issue failed in 2013 by 600 votes. Five people are running for mayor of waterloo. After five years in office, incumbent mayor buck clark is not running for reelection magsamen, leah morrison, quentin hart, wayne nathem, and former mayor tim hurley. Clark beat hurley in 2009. In iowa city, four Council Seats are on the ballot. Two at large and one each in districts a and c. Four people are running for the atlarge seats. Jim throgmorton, michelle payne, tim conroy, and rockne cole. In district a, the candidates are rick dobyns and pauline taylor. And two are running in district c. Scott mcdonough an
Friday, though the gusts probably wont be any worse than 30mph by then. Our weekend still looks great with highs well into the 50s both days. Our weather turns active again as we head into next week anks k. A woman is ddad this mornrnnt a semitruck t hewnhe wasaingo highway 30. The linn unty sheriffs offi a woman is dead this morning after a semitruck hit her when she was walking along highwaa30. The Linn County Sheriffs Office responded to an accident at highway 30 eastbound and this was around 9 30 last night. It closed off highway 30 eastbound from highway 13 to cedar river drive. 28yearold Michael Obrien of belle plaine was driving the semi truck east on highway 30 when he hit her. The Sheriffs Office is still investigating. Strong winds will complicate tornado cleanup in southwest iowa this morning. The National Weather service confirmed an ef1 tornado near avoca. Thats a town in pottawattamie county. Last nights twister packed winddat about 110 miles per hour. It damaged a grain