The next mayor of waterlrl, defeating former mayor tim hurley. Hurley. Turning to cedar falls now, there were only two names on the ballot for mayor tonight, but there are three men earning votes. Incumbent jon crews ended his reelectio bid after election nigig, but rules required his name stay on the ballot, despite endorsing jim brown. Meanwhile, Dave Halterman, who finished third last month, mounted a writein cacaaign to take the top post. Post. That writein campaign appears to have been unsuccessfulas crews endorsement of jim brown helped himail to an easy victory tonight. Tonight. A bit of a dreary day across eastern iowa. Iowa. Despite a few flakes, at least the heavy snow stayed about the rest of the night . Night . Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your weatherfirst forecast, terry thanks. Turning to cedar rapids now. Now. A jury is now seated and Opening Statements delivered in a first degree murder t tal. Trial. This case is focused on a man accused of killin
Experience hell never forget. Forget. Everyones cheering, the normal soccer stuff. Stuff. Juststike that. That. Everyone just thought it was part of the game for the first one, for the second one, you could see some people look a little worried. And a simple game of soccer. Soccer. Became part of one of the deadliest ssnes transforming the city of transforming the city of love. Love. You could hear people screaming, we didnt really have time to think you just knew you needed to run. Into chaos. Chaos. Cedar rapids native trevor luebe was right in the middle. The Iowa State University junior is fulfilling his french minor through a foreigngn Exchange Program in paris. Paris. So as were walking, its kind of like the scene of a movie, were like in a huge crowd of people, theyre singing the National Anthem of france, and everyone turns around and just tarts sprinting. As they ran trevors friends grabbed onto media. They can just mark you and tell your family as soon as possible. They used
Its now been one month since most of Johnson County raised the minimum wage. Wage. Much of the talk about what would happen is now reality for workers and Business Owners. Owners. Cbs 2 News Reporter Mellaney Moore has this update now from North Liberty liberty ive talked with a few different Johnson County Business Owners today. Some are ininfavor of the increase and othehe are against it. It. The owner of the popcorn shoppe in North Liberty says he wrote to the city council telling them a minimum wage increase would hurt his business. Business. I did have to plan in advance of raising my prices a little bit, but dont feel its going to be enough. Young says he went along with the first increase to 8. 20 on november first. First. Ive already had to cut two rt timersrsbecause i said i just cant afford doing that. Some Business Owners in Johnson County say the increase might be hard at first, but believe that money will eventually come back to local businesses. I look at this area and al
The signs of drugged driving. Driving. Cbs2 News Reporter dora miller rodealong with the deputy and tonight, breaks down his s ties and how theyre working for the cocoty so far. Officials say the abuse of prescription pills and methamphetamine has gone on for years in jones ounty. Now, they have an expert who evaluates suspects andkeeps them off the roads. Roads. Most everything we see here is some sort of controlled substance. And this is only a fraction. Fraction. This was actually an owi fatality, the user of this and the driver of the vehicle died in an accident. Deputy tim smith says jones county has seen more drivers under the influence over the past several years. Years. Theres a huge problem and it seems to ban increasing problem with drugrrated accidents, drugrelated crimes. His job now nowis to patrol looking for those drivers. Hes a certified drug recognition expert. Expert. In jones county, our biggest prlem is prescriptiononpills and d xanax, valium and methamphetamine. Ne