Waterloo landlords want to know if theyre renting an apartment to someone with a criminal past. The city council is considering eliminating a portion of rental applications where youre required to disclose criminal convictions. Based on that information a landlord can then decide not to rent to them. Landlords of black hawk wants to protect the inexperienced landlords who dont know the rules. And they say some may not be able to preform a Human Rights Commission says its only hurting those who want to start a new life. By accepting somebody without doing their background check or asking that question you may inadvertently put a pedophile, a someone convicted of repeated issues of violence, next to someone you love, and nobody wants that. The idea is that when you go in for an application if the box is removed you dont signal to the employer or the landlord that you have a record and so youre treated as a human being. The city council will hold an open work session on this issue on mond
A popular eastern iowa golf clubhouse is no longer standing, after a fire early friday morning. Flames engulfed the amana colonies golf club, around 3 45 am friday. The fire was so hot crews couldnt approach the building at first. The smoke and flames were visible for miles, and it took firefighters about two hours to put the fire out. The building is a complete loss, but no one was injured. Firefighters remained at the scene most of the day. The fire also destroyed dozens of golf carts and other equipment. One former employee at the golf course said she had to come and see the damage for herself. I dont think its hit us yet, affiliation with it, other than going over to golf, no its really sad. The state Fire Marshals Office says it could take weeks to find the cause of the fire. Health officials are preparing to give university of iowa students the mumps vaccine, free of charge. Thats after a rise in mumps cases. Doctors have already seen more than 100 sick people, mostly students. C
Move on into our workweek, temperatures will slowly warm a few degrees, coming close to 60 degrees. Enjoy your saturday thanks britle a popular eastern iowa golf clubhouse is early friday morning. Colonies golf club, around 3 45 am friday. The fire was so hot crews couldnt approach the building at first. The smoke and flames were visible for miles, and it took firefighters about two hours to put the fire out. The building is a complete loss, but no one was injured. Firefighters remained at the scene most of the day. The fire also destroyed dozens of golf carts and other equipment. One golf course regular said she had to come and see the damage for herself. I dont think its hit us yet, even though i havent had any affiliation with it, other than going over to golf, no its really sad. The state Fire Marshals Office says it could take weeks to find the cause of the fire. Health officials are preparing to give university of iowa students the mumps vaccine, free of charge. Thats after a ris
Marcus mcintosh is live there now. Marcus, what can you tell us . Marcus i can tell you where we are and paint the picture of what we know. We are at the intersection of carefree lane and southeast millrose. You can see police are still on the scene. Crime scene investigators still on the scene. They seem to be focusing their attention on that greenish, grayish sedan parked. There are a number of markings in the street. Police were called to the scene about 1 30 this morning with reports of a man shot in the street. They found the victim in the street i cannot say victim. They found a man in the street. One young couple in the neighborhood expecting a baby say they thought this was the perfect neighborhood until they heard about what happened about a half block from his home. Everyone i have spoken to say this is a quiet neighborhood. They are all concerned and want more information about exactly what happened, who is involved, and what this means in terms of their safety. The neighbor
Another conservative conference attracted the attention of republican president ial candidates in des moines today. The national reglious liberities conference is taking place right now at the iowa events center. Jodi whitworth joins us live with more on what two candidates had to say this morning. Three president ial candiates spoke at todays religious Freedom Conference mdash; governors bobby jindal and mike hackabee. As well as senator ted cruz. All echoing each other. Saying peoples religious beliefs are under attack due to the governements control. 300810 the hope in america is not to grow up and have the government take care of you. The hope in america is to have the opportunity to raise your own kids according to your own beliefs the candidates each spoke for about 10 mintues each to a crowd of couple hundred convservative voters. Jindals stance on the democrats amendment right gained the most appaulse. While, huckabee told the crowd the governemnt takes away religious freedoms.