released months ago. but police officers are just now learning of the song. kids laughing and siren in song. for juanita skinner this.. here come the boys in blue, not really sure what to do, hold your hands up. ..isn t a message she wants her kids to associate with police. 08:42:54 it teaches them to be afraid that every police officer they see, that they re going to get shot. well that s not necessarily true, because police are mainly there to help us. the song is part of a children s project that began with the mission creek music festival s first ever kids concert in april. local officers are calling the words hurtful. 08:22:42 we re really concerned that this would be something that would be divisive or could create an us versus them mentality and we re really trying to work hard to work as a community partner. captain hart says police officers want children to feel comfortable approaching officers. for skinner, that doesn t mean teaching kids to put their hands
clouds will still be an issue over parts of the area today, mainly in our northern counties. they should tend to break up as the day goes on. temperatures will generally average around 50 degrees over our northern counties with iowa city and points south briefly touching 55 later today. clouds will increase yet again by late afternoon as our next system moves in. this system looks to bring rain late tonight into the first half of our saturday. the bulk of the rain should be out and east of us by 2pm, though an isolated shower may yet linger into the iowa game. it still looks dry for trick or treating on saturday evening. enjoy your weekend!toda y: partly sunny high: 50-56 winds: s 5-10 alo: 54 dbq: 52 iow: 55tonight: showers late low: 42-48 winds: s 5-15 alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 45tomorrow: showers likely high: 48-54 winds: sw 5-15 alo: 53 dbq: 51 iow: 53tomorrow night: gradual clearing low: 39-45 winds: sw 5-10 alo: 42 dbq: 42 iow: 42 waterloo police are investigating a second a
bruce, according to library officials this means cuts in a lot of different places. including fewer outreach programs and staff members. both the ladd library and this downtown location will also be forced to close one day a week. while workers say they re not sure of specifics, they have studied what hours and days are less busy over the past several months. that data will help officials begin to make decisions. dozens of volunteers spent hours gathering signatures to get this levy on the ballot. those people say they re disappointed with tonight s results. 20:29:46 this is not a win for the people who have to use the library as a lifeline. it s a loss for them, i m sad for them. i m also sad for the people of cedar rapids, because this is a quiet economic engine that makes this city stronger. right now, the library has the largest circulation of any library in the state. but this vote means the library will not have the officials say that ll mean fewer books, magazines an
or 10 am. temperatures will take off once the fog burns away, leading to another day with highs around 70. this should be the end of the road for any 70s for a while as november reality moves in later this week in the form of a cold front. this front should generate some rain for us late thursday into thursday night. while a shower may linger through sunrise in our eastern counties on friday, thissystem will largely be gone and off to the east. ll be much cooler too, with highs of only 50-55. enjoy your ythanks kaj. 3 newcomers and 1 incumbent are banding together after their wins for the iowa city council seats. they are calling themselves the core 4. for the city council at large seats, jim throgmorton and rockne cole pulled in the most votes. throgmorton had the most at 33 percent and cole at 27. they beat out tim conroy and incumbent michelle payne. and in district a, pauline taylor sealed her spot with 55 percent of the votes. while in district c john thomas narrowly
songngatsit starts with children laughing.having a good time..when the police show up.song: here come the boys in blue, not really sure what to do, hold your hands up, hold your hands upa child s song on a cd called for kids and by kids . kids . wow wow i don t really think this is appropriate for children. song: 1234 think they re gonna shoot some more the lyrics- seemingly giving children an instructional guide to dealing with police. song: 5678 why don t we retaliate retaliate i think by and large, our police force is very good, but i m sure there are some incidents where people have been targeted and i think this is a reaction to that. that. i feel like it gives them a message that, no matter what the circumstances, they should just be fearful. the cd was sponsored by some - after hearing the lyrics they re having a change of heart.hills bank and trust says it has come to our attention today that one of the songs negatively portrays law enforcement. we sincerel