Who were in the parking lot. Most of them described the scene, saying they heard lots of screaming. Hyvee manager Michael Essex remembers being called to the parking lot and seeing a woman lying in a pool of blood. He says he then tried calming luerkens by talking to him. At that time he picked up the knife and stuck himself two times quickly. At that point, i decided i couldnt let this go any further, so i just kind of tackled him. The knife went one way and him and i were grappling, and then Marion Police pulled up next to us. The defense then questioned essex about luerkens state of mind at the scene. He said luerkens appeared to be quote flipping out, and appeared detached from what was going on. In that surveillance video, the witness Eric Breitbach pointed out luerkens as he approached donald in the parking lot. Coming up tonight at six, well hear testimony from a witness who says she tried to stop luerkens during the attack. Live in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. A ch
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 theyre 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 theyre disappointed with tonights results. 20 29 46 this is not a win for the people who have to use the library as a lifeline. Its a loss for them, im sad for them. Im 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 thatll mean fewer books, magazines and times to check ou
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, this system will largely be gone and off to the east. Itll be much cooler too, with highs of only 5055. Enjoy your day thanks kaj. Cedar rapids voters rejected a tax levy to fund the public library. Now Library Officials say theyll have to start making cuts. Nearly 55 percent of voters said no to the special levy that would have raised an estimated one point six Million Dollars each year. It needed a simple majority to pass. The levy would have raised property taxes about 23 dollars a year for the owner of a home with an assessed value of 150 Library Officials say theyll look at cuts in several places to make up for the funding deficit. Thatll include fewer outreach programs and fewer staff members. Itll also mean closing the libra
Project decisions, including a possible third fire station, road work, and a potential library project. 10 45 31 we just have to make common sense decisions, be fiscally responsible but do what we need to, to work with the growth and to allow our community to grow in a positive way and continue to provide a great quality of life for our citizens. The marion mayor serves a fouryear term. Abouassaly says his council seat will be vacated, and the city will need to decide if it will appoint someone or hold an fill it. Hiawatha picked newcomer bill bennett, junior over twoterm mayor tom theis. The vote. He owns several businesses, including a motorcycle dealership, in hiawatha. Voters in two Black Hawk County cities will have to decide again who they want as mayors. In cedar falls, three people ran for the mayors office. Jim brown got the most votes, with 45 percent. Longtime mayor jon crews got 35 percent. But, a candidate needs 50 percent of the vote to win. A Runoff Election will be next
University of iowa shows how improperly fitted hearing aids can affect Language Development in hard of hearing kids. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on some fog to start off your wednesday. While this fog may be locally dense, it doesnt appear itll last very long and should be out of the area by 9 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, this system will largely be gone and off to the east. Itll be much cooler too, with highs of only 5055. Enjoy your 3 newcomers and 1 incumbent are banding together after