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
Stumped. In october, aircare rushed little liam young to university of iowa hospitals and clinics. But after he got there, doctors couldnt figure out what he had. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us from the cedar rapids newsroom this morning. Forrest, how is liam doing now . Doctors say hes over the hill and on his way to recovery, but it was a long road to get this far. Liam coded and had to be resuscitated. After, liams heart wasnt getting enough oxygen to the rest of his body. His liver, kidneys and more were shutting down. Liams skin developed bruises and blisters. His fingers and toes started turning black, many had to be amputated. Doctors treated him with blood transfusions, dialysis and many antibiotics. In hindsight, they think it was meanwhile the medical bills are pilling up for liams parents. Ive already gotten three folders with the explanations of benefits from our insurance company. It was just for the first week of him being sick, i mean tens of thousands of dollars and
More than three fourths of likely republican caucusgoersrsaid they were not confident on the topic of isis, the register poll asked voters for their opinion on the United States role in fighting isis. 55 percent of likely republican caucusgoers ssd the United Stateseshould do whatever military force is necessary to destroy the islamic state. 49 percent of democrats say the United States should support the fight, but should not be dirtly involvededn the ground. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 point9 percent. New at midday, all schools in the Los Angeles School district are closed today due to a threat. The School Districts police chief says an electronic threat led to the decision to Cancel School for the more than 640 thousand students. The district superintenden t says the thrhrt was against students in general and not just a single campus. He says the school often gets threats, but says this elaborated on what the threat is. Now we turn to meteorologist Justin Gehrt
Winds s 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 30 anks ka family and friends are remembering a Solon High School senior who died after his canoe capsized. 17yearold tanner wymer and another man fell into Coralville Lake on sunday. Searchers recovered wymers body yesterday morning. Last night, the school held a candlelight vigil to remember the teen. The school then opened up the building for students who wanted to spend time together. Solon High School Principal nathan wear says tanner wymer was a Multisport Athlete and had a big impact on his community. He says during this difficult time, people need to hold on to the memories they have of him. 40 31 tanner was a tough student athlete who was always in the weight room all the time. He always worked hard no matter whether he was on the football field or wrestling mat. He was a thrower on track team. You can find him. Always giving his best. And thats what ill remember the most about him that he gave 110 percent the Johnson County Sheriffs Office says w
Plan on cooler weather to move in for thursday and friday with temperatures rebounding back well above normal by sunday. Next week continues to look unsettled with periodic chances for rainfall and highs surging well back into the upper 40s to lower 50s. Today mostly cloudy high 4046 winds se 515 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 43tonight isolated showers low 3642 winds se 1020 alo 38 dbq 37 iow 40tomorrow isolated am showers, windy high 4046 winds sw 2030 alo 42 dbq 45 iow 45tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2430 winds w 515 alo 27 dbq 26 iow 28 a twoyearold boys condition has some doctors a twoyearold boys condition has some doctors stumped. In october, aircare rushed little liam young to university of iowa hospitals and clinics. But after he got there, doctors couldnt figure out what he had. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us from morning. Forrest, how is liam doing now . Doctors say hes over the hill and on his way to recovery, but it was a long road liam coded and had to be resuscitated. After, l