But referred us to a recent article in the register. 6 24. In that article, it said that des moines had reached out to waterloo and a principal and a teacher had given a positive reference. But in the article, Waterloo School leaders say they never received a formal reference request from des moines. At the time, districts were not required to conduct criminal background checks of new hires. That changed in 2014. But the iowa board of educational examiners which licenses teachers in the state cant legally share criminal backgrounds with districts. And the board only revokes s aching licenses for certain criminal convictions, which is why madson was able to still teach after pleading guilty to trespassing. Thats why referevce checks are so vital. Waterloo schools provided kcrgtv9 with its twopage document for how administrator s screen potential candidates. But few districts are willing to talk about such a sensitive topic. I thinkhwhere weve seen problems, in education in general and,
To be the warmest day with highs well up into the 50s with windy conditions. The sky should generally be clear for both friday and saturday, but saturday does bring much lighter wind. While it does cool down somewhat into next week, highs will generally hover around 40 with lows around 25. There is very little chance of measurable precipitation in eastern iowa for the next week. Today partly clooy, milder higig 4248 winds se 1525 alo 44 dbqq 42 iow 46tonight rising temps, breezy low 4248 winds s 1525 alo 44 dbq 40 iow 46tomorrow m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61tomorrow night mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 al 35 dbq 34 w 39 anks kaj. An expanded medical Marijuana Bill is close to the house floor. It passed the house commerce committee. The bill will allow the manufacture, sale and distribution of cannabis oil in the state. The legislation has changed drastically since it s srted. Originally, the house bill called for the state department of health to
Like in New Hampshire the biggest story is who got second. Ted cruz and marco rubio were in a dead heat. Rubio edged out cruz wrapping up a good showing for the florida senator who was riding the endorsement of that states wellliked governor nikki haley. The democrat caucus in nevada was over early in the night Hillary Clinton took that state not by a huge margin so she and Bernie Sanders nearly split the states delegates again. But this might be t t start of what experts h he been calling her firewall where she has a lot of support to fight off the increasingly popular sanders. Her message tonight was to younger voters. Your generation is the most tolerant and connected has ever seen. In the days ahead, we will propose new ways for americans to get involved in national service. Service. Ted and marco did a as i understand. Just one second. We go back to war tomorrow morning. Morning. Now both parties switch states. Republicans vote in the nevada caucus on tuesday the 23rd jeb bush wil
The heavy Police Activity aroundndis home. Surprisingly, he feels safe. Safe. Violence is gonna be everywhere, its not like you can get away from it. It. Gun violence is a symptom oother issues that are creating it and so the Police Department needs to work with the rest of the community to address this problem. Cedar Rapids Police chief wayne jerman says the Department Already started outreach to the community. One main project the Police Community action team. Their priority and their mission focus is to address gun violence and with this being a gunrelated homicide, this would be certainly be something that they would be involved in. That team was not working the night of the homicide. The 25yearold who was killed lived in chicago. Thats spurring discussion that the violence comes with the people who move to this area. Area. I dont think its 100 percent accurate that its only just people from chicago. Are there people from chicago . Yes, but were also seeing eas who me here to cr an
After additional poor pinnishes finishes, bush opped out. And in january, more ads burst for marco rubio. Political experts say they helped boost him to a third place finish. They spent nearly 214 for each vote he received here. The florida senator has yet to win a caucus or primary in the intense race. The candidate everyone is gunning for right now, donald trump launched 5500 adds ads in january. Worth about 1. 8 million. The outspoken businessman came in second in iowa with just 6200 votes separating him and ted cruz. The register also broke down spending among the documents for the delegate democrats democrat for the edelegates they received. Thats 11100 per delegate vote. Now. Heres a look the democrat total delegate count. Commanding lead. The former secretary of state has more than 500 delegates. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has. Taking a look at republican delegate count, trump has 81 delegates. Right now rubio and cruz each have 17. But 11 states will hand out 595 delegates