Live from the station taking action for you. This is abc action news. All new at 11. Local parents deeply concerned tonight, Police Investigating a Charter School teacher. Good evening and thank you for joining digging for answers in what is becoming a very private investigation. What have you learned. Theres still a lot were still trying to dig into. This teacher works at this school and hes worked there for several years. A teacher at monday skier school is on leave as the Police Department investigates him. He is accused of misconduct but right now detect activities arent releasing details about it. Isnt commenting because it is an active investigation. Care ra says she has two children at the Charter School. She doesnt know whats going on but she says a friend did get an email from the school telling her about the investigation. It was just a letter that was a letter that was sent out by the Administration Just telling everyone that he was on administrative leave. All day today i t
Help families right here in eastern iowa. One maaion family needed help, after their sons premature birth. Hospital bills drained their bank account, and thats when the Compassion Fund stepped in. Kcrgtv9 Forrest Saunders has more. Rebecca ness is a proud mom. Her little boy beau is just eight weeks old. But, hes actually more like two. Beau was born six weeks early. A very scary situation. He stayed in the nicu foo 32 days. He was in the nicu so long because he couldnt get the suck swallow motion. Thats what they develop later in the pregnancy, which he wasnt in me for. Beau is doing great these days, but, while he was getting healthy, rebecca had to leave her job to help. Meanwhile hospital bills emptied the couples account. A big problem seeing as they were crammed into a tinyroom at a family members house. It was a single bedroom. Literally, my motherinlaws. It was a bedroom, barely enough for our bed. Thats where the Compassion Fund comes in. Rebecca says i helped with all sorts o
November 25th was set for lehman. But such hearings are usually cancelled when the county attorneys offices files trial paperwork. The sheriff confirms a fight took place inside the victtms motel oom but he wouldnt say what started the whole incident that led to a stabbing. But some other Motel Residents have ideas and well tell y u what they saw and heard tonight at six. Live in linn county, Dave Franzman kcrg tv9 news. Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a shooting in the 11hundred block of 3rd street southwest. It happpned around 115 this afternoon. Police say someone shot a man that mans injuries dont appear life threatening. Cedar Rapids Police say a minivan crashed inno a school bus this morning after running a red light. It happened on kirkwood boulevard southwest, just south of highway 30. Police sayhere were no kids on the school bus t the time, and at least one person in the minivan was injured. Police cited the minivan driver for running the red light. And in dyersville, a
New this morning. Someone hit a house with gunfire this morning around 3 am in waterloo. Police responded to a house in the 200 block of reed street. No one was hurt, and police are still investigating. A man faces a first degree murder charge this morning after he fatally stabbed another man. This all happened at a motel on the outskirts of cedar rapids. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says 47 year old Michael Lehman stabbed 23 year old jimmi jon lint several times during a fight. It happened at the cedrel motel, which is a few miles west of cedar rapids on highway 30. Around 12 30 am yesterday, law officers found lint lying on the floor of a room with several stab wounds. He died later at a hospital. Sheriffs deputies arrested lehman in another room at the motel. A man is in Police Custody after Authorities Say he broke into a home and severely beat a woman in elkader last week. Police say 24yearold Brandon Thoma broke into the home after the womans husband left for work last tuesday
Mccraney says People Living at the cedrel liked mmijon lint who along with renting a room also helped do odd jobs for motel owners. Mccraney says the victim wasnt a violent person. What michael did was so irresponsible and stupid. Youre killing a young innocent boy who doesnt bother anybody who helps mary clean out rooms why do that to him . Linn county sheriff Brian Gardner says many of the resiients at the cedrel motel are on the states sex offender registry. The suspect was on the list. The viitim was not. T. But aside from deputitis frequently making required residency checks, there are only infrequent calls to the motel for other complaints. Live in cedar rapids, Dave Franzman n crg tv9 news. An man is injured this evening into the jehovah witness kingdom hall in cedar rapids this morning. The Linn County Sheriffs Office says 64 year old Randall Maher of mount vernon lost control of his vehicle. He had been driving on Mount Vernon Road in cedar rapids a little before 10 this momon