At a better time. Donell rivers was at this waterloo church, thursday, to learn. What youre looking at is area law enforcements most recent attempt to mend a strained relationship between people and police in the town of 62thousand. Nat event its here, cops and residents role play scenarios, like a traffic stop, to learn from each other. Donell brought his daughter. She needs to see her dad involved in prosocial activities with the police so she knows what theyre here for and why their roles are. The event comes as Tensions Mount following multiple incidents between white officers and black residents, this year. In one case, the city paid more than twomillion to settle a wrongful death lawsuit after an officer shot and killed Derrick Ambrose jr in 2012. The city also paid this black teen thousands to stay quiet after officers were also caught pushing him to the ground, face first. Nat another officer was disciplined after yanking the dreadlocks of a handcuffed suspect. That has long go
Stormtrack 7 weather team thehewind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. The sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. Sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. Rain is forecast to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. Rain amounts of 0. 50 or less expected. Friday evening is looking dry with temperattes near 50 for trickortreating. Waterloo police are investigating another attack on a running trail. This one happened near the one hundred block of cedar bend street. Kwwls nikkknewbrough is s ive in the newsroom. Nikki . According to the police report, officers were dispatched there for a the report of suspicious activity. It happened around 4415 yesterday afternoon. A woman was running on the trail near Cedar Bend Park when she says a man pulled the hood on her sweatshit over her eyes. She says he then pulled her off the trail and tried to sexual
Slowing traffic through the area. The speed of the vehicle was with in the speed limit, but the roundabout at that location. We know one thing. That vehicle would be going a lot slower. The speed of the vehicle was going a lot slower. But police are unable to say if in this case it would have saved teryy harps life. Speaking with harps manager at pizza hut today she told me there 29 years and had a big heart fororthose around her. Weve got you covered live in cedar falls. Jessica hartman kwwl news. Police say the driver of the car will not receive any tickets but was pretty shaken up by the incident. You may have seen it, you may do it, but jaywalking is becoming a real issuu across the aaea. It is actually illegal, and officers in the area are fining people for doing it, kwwls Kristin Rogers took a closer look, kristin what did you find . Driving around you may notice yourself breaking for pedestrains from time to time, but how common is jaywalking . I quickly found out. I set up a ca
Shes not worried about her low spot in the president iaia polls. Fiorina spoke to a couple of hundred people this morning at the university of iowa athletic club. She said historically if the polls were right at this point in the past, we would have had a president howard dean or ruru giuliani. Fiorina believes she is a leader who can bring change to the nation. Marshalltown schools dismissed early today so ststf members from the hillary clilion and donald trump president ial campaigns could prepare for the candidates appearances tonight. Trump spoke at Marshalltown High School at five pm before heading to iowa city. Clinton will be at miller r ddle school at seven tonight. The School District also students could leave the schools safely, so more people could attend the rallies, and to pride for more parking space. Students across eastern iowa are learning about the political process to elect a president this week. And theyre getting involved in the iowa youth prprsidential straw poll.