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
Will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance storms. Nd lighthigh 82 tonight stor partly cudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Nd ne 515. High 79 tom. Nigh clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 thanks kaj. Will soon get 128yearold building before winter. The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a special meeting today to talk about giving the Company Access to the building. Last month, the council picked a proposal from hobart to turn the building into apartments and office space. Council members liked the idea of immediately stabilizing
35yearold man now faces charges after he took in two 16yearold girls so he could turn them into prostitutes. Police say they found two 16yearold girls as part of a shoplifting investigation, one of whom is missing from chicago. They arrested lawrence campbell, who now faces Human Trafficking charges and charges for using minors to commit crimes. Police say campbell contacted the girls in chicago and asked them to move to his waterloo home. Then, police say campbell arranged for them to have sex with people for money and to the web. State lawmakers today have a better idea on what working and whats not when it comes to iowas newly privatized medicaid system. However, the answer you get when you ask if its working depends on who you talk to. Republican lawmakers at a Health Policy Oversight Committee hearing yesterday said managed Care Organizations are meeting their benchmarks. They said the companies are working out payment issues, and the transition has saved the state millions of dol
Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first plan on a day just like yesterday with high in the 80s and scattered thunderstorms roaming around the region. Some folks will see some downpours again, while others will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance of storms. Partly sunny. Wind light. High 82 tonight storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Wind ne 515. High 79 tom. Night clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 state lawmakers a
Laura it all happened here at this hyvee parking lot on south east 14th. Witness kalyna thomas says she believes the child would be dead had she not stepped in. She was punching the baby so hard. Laura kalyna thomas says she couldnt look away after seeing 28yearold shauna davis brutally beat her toddler son. She was punching her baby in the face and she literally threw her baby onto the cement. Laura then, the horrific scene kept getting worse. This whole time, the toddler, who thomas estimates to be around two years old was crying and screaming in pain. A spec is one thing but that was like she was fighting an adult laura . Thomas laura thomas says she tried to reason with davis. I was like, are you ok . She was like, i wasnt hitting my baby. Laura davis gave police the same story when she arrived, saying she was only upset because she lost her wallet. A police report, officers report to the toddler said, mama hurt. Thomas hopes this should be a lesson for everyone to never be afraid