In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 an hour. Five cities opted out of johnson countys increase. A Polk County Task force wants to increase the minimum wage there to 1075 an hour by january 2019. It recommended a plan to the board of supervisors earlier this month. If approved, the county would start the increase at 875, next april. A pacific hurricane is getting weaker, but could still make landfall on hurricane madeline is a category 1 storm with sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. Forecasters say it could hit the island sometime in the next 36 hours. People on the island are boarding up their doors today in preparation for heavy rain. Hawaii countys mayor says hes keeping a close eye on the storm to make sure the island is as prepared as possible when it hits. Were making our decisions based on the National Weather service, the best a decision. Businesses have been cooperative. A lot of our community have gone and are being prepared. Well away from hawaii, another hur
Right now a waterloo man is accused of luring two girls from chicago and forcing them into sex trafficking. Trafficking. Officers say theyve arrested Lawrence Campbell junior. Waterloo police tell cbs 2 news they discovered the crime earlier this week when they caught a girl shoplifting at the waterloo target. They say campbell met both 16yearolds onlineand told them to waterloo from chicago for a better life. When they got there, campbell allegedly told them they would need to have sex in order to make money. Police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know theyve been found. Across the country hundreds of thousands of children are at risk for being sold into Human Trafficking. Unlike other Violent Crimes this one can go unnoticed. Unnoticed. One corridor woman who asked us to conceal her name and identity escaped the sex trafficking trade. She tells cbs 2 news we all have to band unnoticed. One corridor woman who asked us to conceal her name told us about the sex traffick
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
Victims live in the u. S. Some even live here in the corridor. Corridor. But others say they cant wait for a solution. They want to be part of it. It. Cbs 2 News Reporter dora miller is here and shares the personal story of a survivor. Only one to two percent of trafficking victims are rescued. Tonight one woman tells her story of brokenness, rescue and restoration. She tonight a woman tell your story of brokenness, rescue and restoration was living just to survive. I was very very iand. I had a rough up bringing bringing. Reporter to protect her family, she asked that we conceal her name and identity but her story begins simply now. I stayed out in las vegas think it was a good move. Reporter in her search to find herself at 18 years old, she made a man to go she says he was different. He didnt try to sleep with he listens to me tell him about all my brokenness, and he gained my trust that way. Reporter but the very thing that ate him different, she found out later, would make him dan
Today will be fantastic as highs rise into the middle to upper 70s. The continued lack of mugginess will also be nice. This weekend, High Pressure is a lock and will keep the upcoming weekend quiet with moderating temperatures into the 80s for sunday and especially labor day. Next week, our weather should trend a little more active with thunderstorms possible on tuesday and wednesday. Have a great week mostly sunny, high around 77. Tonight clear, low around 54. Tomorrow mostly sunny, high around 79. Sunday mostly sunny, high around 82. Anks kaj. Football season. Its fry fest, which kicks off in just a few hours. Kcrgtv nines brea love joins us live from the iowa river landing. Brea, whats special about this year . Chris and nicole, its a hawkeye. From the block party, to the trade show, to the huge pep rally it should be a good time for all fans. Im standing here with. Clarissa kane, brian mcdonald, tom ondrejicka. Could you tell us about some of the events happening . What kind of thi