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KFXA Fox 28 News At 9 November 4, 2016

Team coverage of the attack on iowas finest with the latest developments, kevin . The latest Development Today was all about the charges that scott greene faces tonight. Its two counts of first degree murder for killing des Moines Sergeant tony beminio and urbandale officer justin ma. Martin. This follows yesterdays Early Morning attack that police are calling an ambush. They say greene shot the officers they sat in their patrol cars and then was on the loose until he was arrested quietly at about 9 am. Am. Greene was in Police Custody since then but he was at the hospital and investigators couldnt talk to him. Once he was charged arrested and send to the polk county jail officers handcuffed him officers beminio and martin. Kelly back to you. Collecting evidence in this case will be crucial as this double murder case moves forward. And it appears investigators got a major boost from mans best friend. Friend. We had one of our explosive detection dogs, that was a atf gift essentially to us, to search out explosives. That dog was able to track that gun down in a place that no man theres a long road of healing ahead for all Police Officers. Though some might gunned down in a place that the person would have found it. There is a long road of healing for all Police Officers. Those some might not have known the two that were killed its still hits home. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller spoke to local Law Enforcement and joins us live. Here at the Cedar Rapids Police Department Just like every other Law Enforcement agency in the country their hits them all. For some officers is a choice. For other others like ashley if the calling. Both my parents were Police Officers. I was a Police Officer for halloween. Ashley has worked for the iowa city Police Department for seven years. She knows the emotional toll the job carries. I was upset when the officer in nebraska was killed. It hit close to home. This one yesterday did also. The calculated killing officers on wednesday was a personal attack on all officers. Not just the ones who lost their lives. We put our lives on the line and to see what happened this morning is not just tragic it is senseless. It felt like i got punched in the gut. The main be miles away every day every officer knows it it did happen close and it is scary. Its impossible to think that could not happen to me. My husband is a Police Officer also. I worry about him. I worry about myself. That worry is tucked away because they took they means they protect even those that have the cruelest of intentions. We have to carry on. Today we had to go out and do our jobs as we always would. The more these events happen , the more the community is coming forward and saying its not right. You guys are awesome. That means the world to us. Police department they decided to put their flag at half staff to support show support. During no shave november many Police Departments to the money that they use that they would be using to shave their faces. Instead they donate that to cancer funds. Man suffered serious head injuries when he fell from a light pole. It happened during celebrations after the cubs world series win. First responders quickly arrived and immediately started cpr before taking the man to the hospital where his condition right now is not known. Also in iowa city right now one of three finalists will become the citys next police chief. Captain troy kelsay has served with the iowa city Police Department for 25 years. Captain rich austin works for the charlotte, Police Department. And Jody Matherly is the chief for the altoona Police Department. Department. A public meet and greet with the three candidates is set for next thursday at the iowa city senior center. City leaders will then discuss who their final choice will be. Weatherfirst chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now and terry it sure cedar rapids is seeing a surge in new retail fox 28 news anchor Scott Sanborn joins us now and scott, a lot of new options are coming to the northeast side. Thats right kelly, the old nash finch complex along will warm it up. By the time that they come so close temperatures will be close to 70 degrees. Thats a way to start a weekend. Cedar rapids is seeing a surge in new retail. Scott sanborn joins us now and a lot of new options come into the northeast. The old nash fans is thats where north pound market will open. The retail hub will feature a number of familiar storefronts among the first tenants usl cellular, dominoes and burger king. All of the stores and restaurants hope to open in the next couple of months. Thousands of eastern iowans that use the airport will have a new option to travel anywhere they want. Tomorrow the airport will celebrate a new nonstop flight to charlotte, north carolina. That is a big deal because charlie is one of the biggest hubs in the country. From there travelers can connect to 145 destinations in 23 countries. This also marks the 13th nonstop destination from cedar rapids. The i went celebrator is helping Six Companies find their way. Tonight marks the accelerators third launch of businesses. Following a threemonth boot camp the entrepreneurs pitch their Business Models to the public and investors at the paramount theatre. Selection to participate in the competitive each Company Shares one common strength. The grits is what we are turn. The Business Ideas pitched tonight ranged from education aids to fashon. Right now, the startups are working to become financially sustainable. A fixture of the corridor commuy communitycelebrated a major milestone today in cedar rapids. Rapids. The Hd Youth Center held a Birthday Party for their namesake, mister henry davison, who turned 90 years old today. Youth center to help support kids in southeast cedar rapids academically and socially. During todays party, davison shared some wisdom with those who came to celebrate his big day. I really appreciate what you have did for me. Let us keep going. Do not stop now, tell your young cousins, nieces, nephew, uncles and aunties, that you can do it. It. Davison first opened his ago. It moved to its Current Location on Mount Vernon Road after their original building was lost to the flood of 2008. The vote 2016 Campaign Continues to roll through the c. Corridor. Fox 28 news anchor karen fuller joins us now and karen, newbo is really becoming a hot political spot new bohemia is a lyrical hotspot. It is. New bohemia district in cedar rapids has been one of the big Success Stories since the flood of 2008. Today tim kaine stopped for coffee at brewhemia. The virginia senator spent time with patrons before continuing with his campaign schedule. Iowa is getting a lot of attention this year as polls showed a slim lead for donald trump over Hillary Clinton. The man who challenge clinton the democratic nomination is returning to iowa in support of stops in iowa . Tomorrow, including in . Iowa city and cedar falls. Falls. If you would like to go rallies tomorrow, we have the information on our website, fox 28 iowa dot com. And before you head to the polls on election day, be sure to join us for a final look at the campaign on election eve. Eve. Dont miss, iowa in focus vote 2016 election special, hosted by political reporter kevin barry. You can watch it monday night at 10 30, right here on fox 28. Next on the fox 28 news at nine he may have lead the blocking me ago. But the iowa city west trojans say they wont forget a team mate and policeman who was tragically killed. Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. When i come home and dinners not ready i go through the roof. Grab em by the p. When youre a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. More accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. Ill go backstage before a show. Yes. And everyones getting dressed. Donald trump walked into the dressing room looking women. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. She ate like a pig. A person whos flatchested is very hard to be a 10. Do you treat women with respect . Uh. I cant say that either. Alright, good. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Tomorrow on fox 28 morning live, two corridor women are spread the message of safety in their neighborhood. Thats tomorrow at 7am. Fox 28 news continues now with Team Coverage of the attack on fox 28 news at 9 continues now. With ongoing coverage on the attack on i was finis. The death of two officers in urbandale is hitting everyone in the des moines metro heart. One of those officers point sergeant friends in the corridor. Matt hammill start the day talking to them and he joins us now where eight enjoyed a lot of success in high school. Reporter it may have been more than 20 years ago but tonight people here in iowa city are remembering the big lovable kid who walked these hallways. As the iowa city westridges practice for the playoffs others are remembering big zone on friday nights in 1995. He had a smile on his face and had a great laugh. Biology teacher and assistant coach fondly remembers that team captain and says tony beminio led by example. He worked harder and refusing to wait even when the state wrestling championship. Brett says the hea it never surprised him. Tony became a loved officer helping kids in des moines. Tried to get as many people to jump on board with him as possible and make a difference. Thats what makes this it tragic. He was such a positive person. I teared up. It was something it touched me and touched everyone. Chris tonys friend was there and he remembers a group of and off the field. Tonys place on the trojan wall of fame now freezes that moment in time. They were just talking wednesday about a 25 year team reunion. Two hours later i get this text from my wife so if that happens in a few years a huge part of the team will now be missing. They try to win state this year. They will be wearing decals like this one under the bright lights on friday night. Covering the corridor and iowa city matt hammill fox28 news. For those who note men and women in Law Enforcement yesterdays news is a reminder of the dangers their loved ones face every day. That has led to an incredible outpouring of support. Today we caught up with two women whose husbands are police i wish we could go down the street and do it on every car but i hope at least one officer sees one of these on each one of their shifts and feels a little encouragement and support. You prepare for this when you sign up for the job and i love my husband and wives and we should stand by them. Them. The two women say they will continue their work as long as people want to get a blue piece of tape on their window. And we want to help them out with that mission. Thats why fox 28 news is hosting a back the blue event tomorrow afternoon. All you have to do on old marion road northeast in cedar rapids from noon to 6 30 tomorrow. Come to our parking lot and well put a blue strip of tape on the back of your car free of charge. We hope to see you tomorrow just ahead on the fox 28 news at nine the raw emotion and jubilation after the chicago cubs long overdue world series victory. Well tell you when millions of fans will converge on chicago for the biggest this is a live picture of iowa city this evening at west high school. It doesnt look like there is much wind. You can see the flag not moving too much. A visual reminder of what our weather is. Its perfect tonight. Trend line is with us now. Tomorrow and the next day and so on. We have great weather coming our direction. As we go outside and as you mentioned it is quite around the midwest. We have stars in the skies and no precipitation to talk about. On our radar where not showing any rain anywhere in eastern iowa or the upper midwest. The entire weather pattern to the Central United states being dominated by and expense of High Pressure. Tonight there is the is temperatures continue to cool off we get into the dew point. There could be some patchy fog but it looks like tonight it will be patchy and not nearly as widespread. We get to sunny skies and mile conditions tomorrow. Over the weekend the weather is as good as it will get. It will be 65 to 70 degrees on saturday and sunday. Tomorrow morning the commute in the corridor there is the i dont think it will disrupt your travel. Overall temperatures when you would expect this time of year loud ratings in that 37 239 range at 7 00 in the morning. Taking you to our predictor at 7 00 tomorrow morning received this weight this is indication of the fog especially in the valleys of northeastern iowa. This will be widespread in wisconsin or conditions will be favorable. This could be found in different parts of eastern iowa. It wil in the afternoon everybody will be back in sunshine and as we go through 6 00 more of the same. Sunny skies and pleasant conditions for this time of year. That leads to tomorrow night. We have a playoff game in cedar rapids. Mary versus iowa city west. The kickoff temperature at 60 degrees. You cant beat that in november. As we get to saturday night, i will takes on penn state penn state. The temperature should be 52 and that is a must when game for the hawkeyes. The weather should not be an issue. Here at the midwest the High Pressure is ruling the roost. If theyre going to go anywhere anytime soon. Tomorrow it goes further to the southeast which will notice the absence of clouds. With this around for more days to come. You can expect to see that as we head through the go into the weekend. Here is a satellite showing clear skies that are found around the upper midwest. In the north, low temperatures will get into the midshipman to upper 30s for low temperatures and a little patchy fog especially in the northeastern part of the state. For our southern counties lows should be around 36 in vinton and 37 in cedar rapids. In the low 40s around sigourney maybe some fog here and there. For the north, no weather issues. If i friday. Temperatures around 66 to 70 degrees. In the south look for temperatures to top off close to 70 degrees in most locations. We will say 69 monticello but 70 from cedar rapids west and south and as warm as 73 in sigourney and washington. Your extended forecast upper 60s to 70. No rain in the forecast. Election day clouds but overall good for voting. Will be 63 then. We continue with meteorologist rebecca kopelman. A few things to watch out for your drive. We have road closures. We also have lane reductions that could cause some slowdowns in cedar rapids and parts of fairfax and iowa city. In cedar rapids avenue the 1300 block which is near 13th street expected for the next 10 days. If you take avenue in cedar rapids you may want to find a different route. In fairfax along highway 151 between county road east 70 and county road west 42 there is alternating lane closures. That is expected to start tomorrow morning at 9 am. Its only expected to last until 2 pm tomorrow afternoon. Down in iowa city a long door north dubuque street can get busy there are lane reductions. They are on going there and that is expected to last through tomorrow until 3 pm. It could impact part of your morning commute as they are doing work there. That is north dubuque street between ridge road and foster road which the traffic will be reduced to one lane until 3 00 tomorrow afternoon. Next coming up the dramatic images from the corridor as the we will tell you with the new champions will celebrate with the public when fox 28 news at nine returns. Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. When i come home and dinners not ready i go through the roof. You can do anything. More accusers coming forward to say they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. Ill go backstage before a show. Yes. And everyones getting dressed. Donald trump walked into the dressing room while contestants, some as young as 15 were changing. Standing there with no clothes. You see these incredible looking women. Id look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. She ate like a pig. Do you treat women with respect . Uh. I cant say that either. Alright, good. Welcome we have been following developing news about Mary Beth Haglin. She is the former substitute teacher and Washington High School in cedar rapids accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her students. Felony charges against her and today she entered a written plea of not guilty to those charges. Originally dischargers did not reach the felony level. After she made the rounds of tv shows they amended discharges to be felonies. Now Mary Beth Haglin has said she is not guilty. 87 in 10 10 if you went to bed early, this is what you missed. One of the most incredible playoff games cubs ending a 108 year championship drought. For many fans it is still sinking in and the celebrations have only just begun. Fox 28 news anchor Scott Sanborn joins us now with more on the reaction from across the corridor, scott . Kelly its no surprise that reaction videos are pouring onto social media after such an incredible win. For cubs fans young and old this was a long time coming. Fox 28 news was with a big group of fans their say the least. Least. The beverages were flying and the tears quickly followed. In the moments after the historic win, we spoke with one overwhelmed fan who was thinking about those who didnt get to see this. Youre crying, youre crying, what does this mean to you . It means more to everyone, family and friends, generations, everyone, have been waiting for this day and i came for them and some of them werent here to see it but i was and t

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