Police in omaha spent much of the afternoon in a standoff with a man who barricaded himself inside a west omaha home. Its unclear just how many people are in the home, however one person emerged from the residence unharmed. Initially a person in the house called police, saying hed been shot, and his girlfriend was being held hostage. Officers are attempting to negotiate with the suspect. Jenna an Iowa Senate Committee is taking on concussions head on, putting forward a bill on preventing these kinds of injuries and it has a lot of coaches and trainers talking. The bill focuses on preventing concussions and will be hitting the Senate Sub Committee floor monday. The proposed bill would make it mandatory for home teams to provide athletic trainers at every varsity level game for collision sports. Those include wrestling, football and both boys and girls soccer. The biggest hurdle the bill faces is that its not funded. Which means more costs for already struggling schools. Son, i have a se
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
Father paul scalia led the service. He remembered his fathers devotion to god, country and family. God blessed dad as is well known with a love for his country. He knew well what a close run thing the founding of our nation was. And he saw in that founding, as did the founders themselves, a blessing. Justice scalia passed away last weekend at a hunting resort in texas at the age of 79. A lot of you spent your afternoon enjoying a beautiful saturday. At least by february standards much we found people taking a walk in the park or playing softball. Some of you also endured the long lines at area car washes to find your vehicle under all of that winter salt. Rebecca coleman is outside right now on our patio. Are you wearing the coat . Im not wearing the coat. Now it is getting cooler. The sun has set and there is a here. It feels cooler but hey we can to the. 50 in cedar rapids. Further to the north, temperatures in the 40s. Everyone above average for this time of year. Just to show you c
To 4045 mph. The wind is lighter saturday before it increases again sunday. A spotty shower is possible saturday night otherwise dry weather is ahead through early next week. As the snow melts with warmer weather, it means some drivers are traveling faster giving them less time to respond to those pot holes. Kwwls Macleod Hageman has returned from driving around today. Mac what are drivers saying . Potholes than people throughout the cedar valley. Luckily for drivers waterloo and cedar falls crews are working to ensure drivers have a smooth and safe travel throughout the area. Waterloo Streets Department started filling potholes today and will have several crews working from now until spring. Drivers say the warmer weather has them traveling faster i think one of the worst things Steering Wheel really tight. Its kind of rought, because everytime you take those same trips, you know youre going to have to change your route, or you have to remember on this one turn, look out. And right no
Cameras and suspicious activity since monday. An Eastern Iowa Elementary School principal is facing owi charges tonight. Amber dietz, the principal at kingsley Elementary School in waterloo was arrested friday on the corner of hillcrest and ridgeway in black hawk county. According to a criminal complaint, the 40 year old dietz had a blood alcohol level of. 159, nearly twice the legal limit. The arresting officer reported dietz smelled of alcohol and admitted to drinking. A spokesperson for the Waterloo School system tells us dietz is not on the job, and a member of the School Leadership team is running kingsley elementary on a day to day basis. For more information be sure to check out our website kwwl dot com. Snow may actually begin to melt during this upcoming warm up. Lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg now whos tracking it all. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team high temperatur