Which goes to show you it can happen anywhere. Co ntinue vo per protocol, the two officers involved in the shooting are now on paid administrative leave. Iowa dci is looking into the incident. Forrest at last check, police hadnt charged the two others in the vehicle. Authorities said theyll release their names and the names of the officers involved once everyone has been interviewed. In cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrgtv9 news. This is the second shooting by police in cedar rapids this year. In march, officers shot and wounded kyle orth when they say he was backing a car toward them after a short chase. Orth said he didnt know the officers had gotten out of their car and were walking toward him. The linn county attorney cleared the officers and charged orth with assault on a peace officer, interference with official acts, drunken driving, and eluding. Police chief wayne jerman says he supports officers using force in these situations. We are seeing an increase in violence all aroun
But also learn from other stem programs in larger urban areas. A lot of sound Decision Making but the bottom line is well get kids trained to work. And to make sure it works in smaller districts, local companies donated 40thousand dollars to go along with the 25thousand dollar state stem grant. Dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. The governors Stem Advisory Council issued 12 grants. The Dubuque School district will use its grant to redesign the pre engineering rooms at senior and hempstead high schools. The rooms will have a special projector with a Wireless Connection to student laptops to project student projects. Two schools nicc and loras college, along with two companies iiw and john deere matched the states 25thousand dollar grant. And north tama School District will use the grant to redesign the traditional kindergarten through 2nd grade classrooms to have an Early Childhood stem focus. Unis Regents Center for early developmenta l education matched the state stem grant for a turning to
Project. The push was so successful, the price per share dropped dramatically. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman joins us live from prairie lake park in cedar falls where construction of the solar farm starts soon. Dave, why is this Solar Project unique . Bruce, most Solar Energy Projects either involved people or businesses buying the equipment to turn sunlight into electricity or large projects financed by a utility. But this will be a True Community project with more than a thousand people buying shares of the output in exchange for utility bill credits running as long as 20 years. The city of cedar falls donated eight acres of land in the park for the Community Solar garden. The utility began selling the idea this summer and with more than enough people units work begins this fall. Crews will prepare the ground this fall and begin installing solar panels this winter. The idea is the one point five megawatt plant, thats enough to power 275 homes for a year, is up and running in the spring
Eisenhower elementary, despite the fact the wind ripped off half of the schools roof. The rubberized part of the roof blew off, so there was significant rain damage inside, thth gymnasium and cafeteria had the most damage. Similar situation in the art and muic classrooms. Frommour pto group we have aa numberrf people who are here helping clean through closets and storage areas that were wet and have damaged things. Right now were just trying to sort everything. We had that tree planted in 1966, so its been almost 50 years. A few miles away, on graham circle, mike buelow says his neighborhood is like Grand Central station while people drive by to check out the 70 foot tree that fell on his house. Buelow and his wife were driving home when the storm hit. All of a sudden it just went nuts. You couldnt see five feet in front of your face. A few more miles awa these photos from scan dubuque, ssw trees topped over at a farm just north of dubuque on highway 52. It was storm that caused interm
Capitol this afternoon. They also marched into jessup hall to protest outside harrelds office. They say they fear he will run the University Like a business, potentially cutting programs that dont make money. Theyre also upset that harrelds resume listed a company that doesnt exist. Harreld says he had reached out to many people on campus to try and talk about their differences. He says some people have acted unprofession ally and refused to talk to him. Harreld says hes ready to make clear, direct and bold decisions for this university. And hes not going to let the criticism affect him. It comes with the territory, ive been part of these types of transitions multiple times and everyone gets a little nervous, a little anxious, they dont know me, they anticipate the worst it seems like, and frankly some bad behavior starts to pop out, i think weve gotten a little over the edge here. Harreld says he does respect peoples freedom of speech. But really ready for everyone to move on. And fin