New this Morning Police in waterloo are now investigating an Armed Robbery at a gas station. The cedar falls waterloo courier reports two men covered their faces at a yesway on franklin street last night. One of them armed with a silvercolored hangun. Police arent sure if they got away with anything. No arrests have been made. Meanwhile waterloos police chief is now reaching out to an unlikely source to try and build Community Trust in their department. Department. Chief dan trelka reached out to convicted felons to be a part of an Advisory Team of people to help him review Department Policies especially those involving the use of force. The group would not have any authority. This comes after a series of costly cases involving white interactions with black residents. Heres body cam video caught earlier this year of a Waterloo Police officer yanking on the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. Last month it was decided the officer in the video will . Not face formal charges but he was pu
Slight chance for light rain snow showers thursday night. No widespread travel problems are to the low 30s. Friday and saturday are dry with more sunshine saturday pushing highs into the upper sunday afternoon into monday morning. The wind will increase thank you, mark. May people across the area are on the roads tonight or are a few minutes away from getting behind the wheel to visit family for tomorrows holiday. Storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel is riding along with the thanksgiving travelers tonight hes live in the passenger sen hawk county. Clouds will linger through the night. Fog doesnt appear to be an issue tonight as the wind increases from the northwest at 1015 mph. Not much sunshine is in the forecast until maybe slight chance for light rain snow showers thursday night. No widespread travel problems are expected. Except for isolated slick spots as temperatures cool to the low 30s. Friday and saturday are dry with more sunshine saturday pushing highs into the upper mor
Flipped. Power lines knocked down. And tree branches strewn all over the place. No injuries have been reported. Lets find out whats on tap for today heres storm track seven meteorologist Rachael Peart. Behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. Partly today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. Winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part wont be an issue. Weathermaker that could bring a few flurries overnight. There most likely will not be any accumulation by sunrise on wednesday. Wednesday brings the potential for a light rain snow mix across eastern iowa. The best chance would be in our Northern Counties but wont rule out seeing a mix toward the south. Temperatures tomorrow will be cooler low 40s for all. We dry out late week as high were continuing to follow breaking news this morning. A crash on highway 20 appears to have inv the Black Hawk County Sherifs Office says someone hit the officer this is a lo
To be harmless, and fake. Police pick up some wild camera video. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And im jerry gallagher. With storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. Good morning. Eileen on camera from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team low pressure is moving just wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. We begin with the white house transition. More big announcements are expected today. Tracie pot with the latest on the transition and whats happening on capitol hill today. I think the American People are seeing the leadership and the energy that our president elect today Goldman Sachs alum and Campaign Finance chair Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary. And billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary. It was a good enough meeting. They gave me a proper rain hat. St
Minnesota line through the day wednesday. Driving our weather here in eastern iowa. As it tracks off to the east, we have the potential to see some flurries. A rain snow mix is possible. Southern counties may not see anything except clouds. However, even the Northern Counties wont see much accumulation by the time all is said and done. Highs today will be in the low 40s. Overnight, a few lingering flurries are possible. As temperatures fall to near freezing 32f , fog is possible. December begins with near normal highs in the upper 30s low 40s. More sunshine is likely on friday into saturday as High Pressure tracks in. Weekend outlook we will have computer models are not in agreement about sunday. Some keep it dry, others bring in some precipitation. We will watch it carefully. With highs in the 40s, any precip looks it would be like rain. We are watching a system for the middle of next week that could bring snow to eastern iowa. Change is very likely at at least three people are dead f