Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us now live from a cedar rapids neighborhood. Dave, are burglaries hitting some neighborhood s more than others . Bruce, one investigator told me we could literally stand in any part of cedar rapids and still be in the middle of a problem area. Thats because the burglary cases so far this november are literally scattered all around the city. Police suspect there are two different groups, not connected to each other, responsible for the sudden increase in burglaries so far this month. Many of them are taking place in daylight and follow the same pattern. Someone will knock on a front door and if theres no answer, theyll run around to the back and break in another door or window. In this case, neighbors being a little more watchful could help. And if youre home during the day, most people generally know what their neighbors cars look like. If they see strange cars or strange people that dont fit with the neighborhood sgt. Hansen says police do have some leads
Body of the 18yearold student who disappeared while riding his bike from home october 22nd. Friends, classmates and teachers passed out flyers and organized search parties in the following weeks to find some clue. They knew sed liked to fish and spend time in the greenbelt areas around the river. Dozens of people looked. One search organizer believes the extensive effort was a comfort to seds family. It means so muchcho the family to have the support of everyone in waterloo and outside waterloo as well authorities had searched the river before but found no sign of the missing teen. Investigators will have to wait for lab reports before knowing more becausese right now theres no way to tell if the death was an accident or something else. There were no visible signs of trauma but again the cause of death will be determined after the autopsy report is complete police also say they havent determined where sed entered the river. Sighting of him upstream four or five miles from where the bod
Jessica hartman kwwl news. According to spectators other hot topics during the summit included spending cuts and balancing the budget. Univision is pushing back at donald trump saying his 500 Million Dollar lawsuit is beyond frivalous. The leading gop president ial candidate says univision illegally broke a contract with him to broadcast beauty pageants. He filed the suit in july. Univision broke ties with trurmp following comments about hispanics during his president. Trump claims there was a breach of contract and defamation. As the Political Climate heats up the real weather cools down a bit. Meteorologist kyle kiel forecast. Kyle . From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team thats right. If you have any outdoor plans tonight, you wont need the have a mostly cloudy sky across eastern iowa. We are tracking a weak front that will bring the chance for showers here across eastern iowa tomorrow, especially during the morning
Charges have been dropped for two men involved in a fight that injured a western iowa principal. Mills county prosecutors dropped Assault Charges against 19 yearold denvnv cook and 21yearold colton mcdaniel. Police say they were involved in a fight outside the home of richard hutchinson, the African American principal at glenwood high school. Police say a racial slur led to an attack on hutchinson and his stepson, hurl beechum. They say beechum got away, came back with a gun, and shot mcdaniel in the leg. Beechum, a former Iowa State University basketball player, is still charged in the case. He faces one count of intimidation with a dangerous weapon. His trial iset to begin next week. Mills county prosecutors say they dropped charges on the other two men because they were not responsible for starting the fight. A cedar falls man is behind bars for robbing a First National bank. 26yearold Jon Ellingson from the bank, changed his clothes, and then police took him into custody. Police we
From your 24 hour news sourcece news. Dubuque Fire Fighters are on the scene of a house fire this morning. That house is at 1220 rosedale avenue. This is a live picture. Fire crews say 4 people were in the house at the time of the fire, but they all got out okay and the fire is now under control. The Fire Department says at this point they think the fire started in the chimney. A fire investigator will figure out what happened. Information. A warm front is moving into easrn iowa today bringing a chance of morning flurries. The big story though, is that temperatures should go back to seasonable values through friday. In fact, highs today will approach the midupper 20s in all eas today with lower 30s also possible in some spots. Plan on a warmer thursday with highs well into the 30s. Given that there isnt much moisture within the warm air, fog is not anticipated at this time. A small chance of snow exists both early friday and again saturday night as another arctic front approaches the a