New this Morning Police in waterloo are now investigating an Armed Robbery at a gas station. The cedar falls waterloo courier reports two men covered their faces at a yesway on franklin street last night. One of them armed with a silvercolored hangun. Police arent sure if they got away with anything. No arrests have been made. Meanwhile waterloos police chief is now reaching out to an unlikely source to try and build Community Trust in their department. Department. Chief dan trelka reached out to convicted felons to be a part of an Advisory Team of people to help him review Department Policies especially those involving the use of force. The group would not have any authority. This comes after a series of costly cases involving white interactions with black residents. Heres body cam video caught earlier this year of a Waterloo Police officer yanking on the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. Last month it was decided the officer in the video will . Not face formal charges but he was pu
Well into fall. Thats true. But also, even though it is only day two, im sure people are already sick and tired of the septa strike and how it is affecting us. Sure. But at least we have something pleasant to talk about, thats the weather, which we get to in just a second. So, it is day two of the strike. And this was the scene last night, aspect ers rolled out for new contract, g thousands of people to continue to serve for alternative rides to work and to school. But we have Team Coverage with everything you need to know this morning, Lauren Johnson in center sit which latest on negotiations to ends this strike. Will when will they pick them back up . Steve keeley at fernrock, talking with commuters, suing how the morning is going, first bob kelly in the traffic center. This morning we call on kelly, okay . We want to send your questions about the septa strike, and how it is affecting you. Anything you might need to know, use the hashtag fox 29 septa, and then we start calling on kel
Chasing them saw different perspective. From right back there after they went off roading and a right into that gig old ditch. The three suspects two guys and a woman were arrested a little while ago. Investigators also found a gun and two magazines from bullets and their suv. This all started around 8 30 this morning someone someone called Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office after they saw suspect stealing a blower and wed walk walker when from n aep garage when deputies arrived, david addiction son jumped into the suv. Michael took off running. Investigators chased suv that you neighborhoods and eventually on to i4. Apparently the shake the deputies the suv went off road. And into this deep ditch. The deputies were close in pursuit they did the same exact thing. Both vehicles end up getting stuck. Well eventually they will all towed they did round up all two out three lengthy criminology records. Now now charge with burglary and probably a lot more just because of a couple of pieces
Lets check on your weather now eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team the heaviest rains have tracked out showers tracking through off and on today. It is still mild. Temps are in the 40s this morning and the winds are still pretty breezy. 15 to 20 mph from the south. Where they will likely stay most of the day, gusting higher. We will also keep some showers in the forecast. They will be fairly scattered. We could have some clearing by late afternoon, but we have more may not last long. We may not warm up much, but we will be mild today with breezy south winds helping get temps hard to get rid of. Ill have more coming up in a few minutes. Happening today. We expect the trial to begin for a former substitute teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student. After having a relationship with a student at Washington High School in cedar rapids. While she admitted to having the relationship s
For your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team we still have plenty of clouds out there this morning and we will keep them much of the day. Temps havent changed much from the last few days. We are still in the mid 30s this morning and probably wont change much with northwesterly winds at 5 to 10 mph this morning and through the day. We will keep mainly cloudy skies today, although there may be a continuing coverage this morning into a deadly crash at an iowa walmart. An employee says two of the three killed were his co workers. A pickup truck slammed into the Pella Walmart yesterday afternoon. Three people died two were injured. A woman who works nearby describes what she heard to kwwl just moments after. We heard a large boom sound, walmart, inside walmart. And then we heard over the loudspeaker that walmart announced please evacuate the building over the loudspeaker and saw people coming out of the around outside