Approach today. At the university of share their feelings and concerns about the election. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman is live there. Dave, what were people getting out of these exact details on what everyone was saying because the lets talk meetings at uni that started wednesday and wrapped up today were closed to the public. One University Representative said it was done that way because otherwise students, staff and faculty might be afraid to share concerns honestly. The idea of sharing thoughts about the election started when some on campus began airing their concerns. The university arranged for people from the campus veterans center, Campus Ministries and other groups to lead the private discussions. The perception i got from these people is donald trump is going to promote this sense of racism. All those things. I personally dont believe it is accurate but i believed they believe and that doesnt change the perception in their head what i heard is a lot of different viewpoints, i
Me the city has recently boarded up the front enterences of this abandoned building, one person telling me that doesnt stop people from going a manrescued from this burning building. Out the victimbruce chadwas arrested soon after for trespassing. They did, they did save someone that was homeless it could easily be used for obviously squatters which in this case it was i mean it is other end what could you do about it . The fire happening just after three in the morning. I can see flames through a window inside smoke coming out people who live near bysmelled the smoke so i walked around my house to make sure it wasnt my house on fire and i was like it seems kind of late for someone to be burning leaves didnt think standup activity at this vacanat appartment building, one employee telling me people just walk by, wave to him and walk inside those busineses have called the policebut they say the people keep coming back. What do you do . You police these obviously, try to keep them out of
Gathered in dubuque friday morning to commemorate veterans day, there were some younger than usual faces in the crowd. More than 300 middle School Students getting the chance to learn about veterans in a much more personal way. katie hannan, 7th grade teacher an event like this really helps to bring to life the experience of the veterans in a for them. Events like this a reunion of sorts for the many veterans who gather to honor each Others Service and havent seen in a year. And its kinda neat to see ones from the other rs hat did serve and come back and talk about it. Feeney was the youngest of six brothers to join the military in the 1940s. I guess it was something that everybody thought they should serve. At that time it was different, because we all left now, but events like this help him remember. Yes you do, and what couldve been. They shouldve been here. This year marks 75 years since the attack on pearl harborfeeney actually had two brothers who survived everyone else for your
Other landscaping. The site will continue to offer yard Waste Collection and some appliance recycling. This first step, creating a scenic overlook and some landscaping, should start next spring and wrap up by the fall. Other projects including creating a trail system will come in future years. And people need to realize the old landfill can only light recreational use. That means hiking, biking and, of course, that scenic overlook. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now with our first break any records today . Mercy Medical Center in cedar includes open heart surgery. Yesterday, the state Health Facilities Council Approved the hospitals certificate of need application for the program. Mercy is interested in opening the center because it says it sees a growing need for cardiovascular surgery. The already started to recruit surgeons to join the heart team. Unity point saint lukes hospital, which is also in cedar rapids, already performs cardiovascular surgeries. The us senate has passed
A lot of headlines recently for its high crime rates. As of early september, the city had more than 500 total homicides in 2016, according to the chicago tribune. That outpaces bigger cities of la and new york. Combined, those two had about 100 fewer homicides through late august. The sgt. Can recall hearing Horror Stories from visitors to cedar rapids. A few months back, i met a family that was in town. Her children werent allowed to go play in the front yard for fear of what may happen to them, for theres little doubt that chitown crime is troubling. But is it really troubling cedar rapids, which, by car, is fewer than four hours away. Police chief wayne jerman recently weighed in on the question. Is there an influence, sure. And were aware of it. Its hard to pinpoint exactly how much of an influence, though. Arrest records may offer some insight. Data from crpd shows last year nearly 16 percent of those arrested were born in illinois, the same for the two previous years. The pd says