a man faces murder charges after investigators found 2 bodies southwest of des moines in union county. 37-year-old jerry dillinger now is charged with 2 counts of first- degree murder. the iowa division of criminal investigation found the body of loretta dillinger in a pond near lorimor last week. investigators believe she was the suspect s ex- sister-in-law. they also found another body yesterday - this time near a house in thayer. cedar rapids police say a standoff that lasted hours near taylor elementary school is over. officers responded to a person was barricaded inside at a home at 538 eighth street sw around 3:30 this afternoon. officers had their weapons visible and had closed off at least 3 blocks. viewers living in the area said that police had told them to stay inside. police say the person walked out and was taken in dubuque, police say someone damaged portions of the dubuque veterans memorial plaza on schmitt island. police believe a vehicle drove into the memori
mostly cloudy high: 41-47 winds: se 5-15 alo: 41 dbq: 44 iow: 44tomorrow night: isolated showers low: 35-41 winds: se 10-15 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 40 thanks k kj. one park in downtown cedar raraids has seen aot of changes since the summer. one of those changes includes a new name. greene square park is now greene square. tv9 s forrest saunders joins us from the newly- renovated area. forrest, these are the first changes to greene ago. it was originally known as green square park, but now is called just green square. this is theheirst major renovation in 32 years. the big features, a water feature that s a bit more than just a fountain. a new statue. and new design that clears a path from the city s library and museum. the city removed about 20 trees that were old and in declining health. a dubuque man faces drug charges after he reported an attempted burglary at his home. police say 21-year-old austin lovett called them friday night to his home in the 700 block of university av
this bond to pass the second t te around to get ahead of the growth. supporters of another bond vote will present a petition to the college community board at the meeting tonight. the board is expected t t accept the petition and set the date for a vote on february 2nd. incidentally, february 2nd could be a popular date for school bond votes. the waterloo school will also consider putting a 47- million dollar bond vote on the ballot then at a meeting tonight. thanks, dave. turning to weather and meteorologist joe winters. the mild temperatures are great, but hopefully the rain is ending. our three days of wet weatheb is finally coming to a close. showers exit the state with some patchy fog possible late tonight. although the 60s will not be around this week some mild 40s remain in the forecast on tuesday. the gradual trend is to continue to turn n e temperatures down n to any below normal levels. look for highs to be in the 30s through the end of the week. tonight: patchy fog
the fox poll of more than 400 respondents has cruz and trump in a statistical tie. cruz has 28 percent to trump s 26 percent. but there is a 4-point-5 percent margin of error. florida senator marco rubio is third at 13 percent, and retired neurosurgeon ben carson is fouh at 10 percent. after that, the field falls off quickly. former florida governor jeb bush and kentucky senator rand paul received 5 percent. no candidate after them sits higher than two percent. this fox poll nomarks the third straight poll of iowa republicans where cruz came out on top. trump told c-n-n that cruz s lead in iowa will be short-lived. he also said people should vote for him over cruz, because he is more capable of being a leader. i like himimhe s been so nice to me. i can say anything and he d say, i agree, i agree. but i think the time will come to an on friday, trump attacked cruz on his energy policy during his campaign stop at the state fairgrounds in des moines. today, president barack
jolly holiday lights at water works park has been officially shut down for the rest of the season. 4:19:20 obviously, rain and electricity don t mix, so it has produced a little bit of a challenge for us. we did have to unfortunately have to close last night, due to that and a transformer going out. because obviously, without electricity, it s hard to have lights on. although the event closed early through the light display.. officials with water works park say they may close the park altogether if the raccoon river rises more. flooding s temporarily closed the clive greenbelt and trail system. walnut creek has reached 6 feet of water at interstate 35-80. officials expect it to go up another 4 and a half feet. no word yet on when it can recede enough to reopen the trail police say a convicted felon is on the run after firing gunshots at a fort dodge bar early this morning. justin surrency explains why community involvement could be key to catching the shooter and changing t