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KWWL Today In Iowa At 6 February 3, 2016

Will have a few flurries in the forecast. Ill have that comng up in a few minutes. Picking up our tm seven coverage storm track sevens amanna gilbert joins us live ii waterloo with an update on how roads are looking the good news is it is snowing a lot less right now compared to earlier this morrng. But a like the one behind me. They still have at least a thin layer of snow on heres a look at Downtown Waterloo earlier this morning. As you can see pretty low visibility. This just in. All waterlooand cedar falls schools are cancelled for totoy. To find out about other cancellations you can see those at our website at kwwl dot com. Ive been talking with Police Across eastern iowa. So far the say theyve seen a goooo amount of miir accident because of this storm. This snow is just very heavy. Its sticking to the ground very easily. And making roads very slick. Weve got you covered live in waterloooamanda gilbert,t,kwwl news. The snow still moving through parts of eastern iowa heres a live look at i380 in Black Hawk County we alo know a number of people in waterloo and Benton County do not have power right now weve reached out to midamerican and heard back at this time. This morning, we have results of school elections. In waterloo a 47 Million Dollar question voters overwhelmingly said no. The proposal falling far below the 60percent super majority needed to pass. The biggest part of the proposal. 35 Million Dollar Career Center. The goal. Give students the opportunity for more specialized training in a specific job field. Taxes are high enough. The taxes cut back. We all hae to learn grandchhdren that gg to school. I had six children that went to school and mostly all of them had to leave here to get good in denver voters say yes to more than seven Million Dollars or new athletic cilities. That vote passing with 64pointseven percent in the College Community district, votersapprove a bond to pay for extra classroom space and security. A similar referendum failed last year by just 58 votes. And in springville. Voters say yes to an Elementary School clasrroms and a multipurpose room. Continuing coverage a man is sentenced to 25 years in prison following a deadly crash. Joshua dunt pleading guilty to vehicular hommide and driving under the influence of perscription drugs. This following a 2014 crash which killed warren van wie dunt rereeiving the mmxiumum family whwhse mother says time heals everything. Lori franklin i cant forgive yet. Ill work on van wies mother hopes to raise awareness about the dangers of driving under the influence of perscripton drugs. One man is in Critical Condition following an officerinvolved shooting in a park. This happened in ndiana. On sociaa media saying he wanted to meet them. When officers arrive, they found the man standing with a gun. Officers claim they told the man to drop the un, but he pointed it just doesnt happen ann thaas why it kinddof raised their own guys and to appropriately deal with the situation, so it was Good Practice on their part. The officers are now on administrative duty. Which is protocol for the department policic in los angeles are searching for an inmate who was mistakenly released from jail officers say the man was in custody, awaiting his trial for a gangrelated killing in pasadena. The Sheriffs Department is investigating why he was istakenly released. This is actually extremely rare. Last year, we had 117 thousand inmates that came through our system and were released. Of that,six of them were erroneously released. He added that in the e ast, its been lowlevel offendersrswho were releaed early, not murder suspects. Search and rescue teems in hawaii are working to find whats left of two military helicopters after a fatal crash last month. The us marines say theyve recovered some of the 12 remains. The choppers collided into each other overnight january 14th. Witnesses described seeing a fireball in the sky when the happened. Decision 2016. Onald trump believes skipping last weeks debate may have cost him a win in the iowa caucuses. Trump took second in iowa monday night after placink first in multiple polls. Battle with fox news. Despite what happened caucus night, he doesnt regret the choice if i had to do it again i would the exact sa thing and yo know why . Because i raised 6 million for the vets do that allllday long. Trump held a fundraiser for veterans during the debate, at a venue just few miles away. Doctor ben carson accepting an apology fororo called dirtt tricks on caucus night. Congressman steve king sent out this tweet. Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to cruz, i hope. King says the tweet was n reference tta cnn report saying carson would take a break was dropping out. It caused confusion at some caucus locations. I made the case for ben carson and then i sat down and of the race and hat they ouldnt waste their vote on him, they should vote for cruz instead. cruz released a statement yesterday, apologizing to carson. Having aeds on hand can pave lives, especially in ssools. The video you are e bout to see is jarring, but doctors say its important to watch childrens healthcare of atlanta releading this video showingnga teenager collapsing during a Highschool Volleyball game. The school used an aed revive her. Doctors believe the use of the aed saved the girrs life. She currennly doing well. Boy scouts jump into action following a boating accident. A boy and his father hit something in the water and both ended up in the water. The scouts heard screaming, came in handy at that time . . Oh yes it did, very handy because otherwise i wouldnt have known what to do. The seven year old boy and his father were taken to the hospital. The child is still there in the icu. A teenager is a big fan of the post office. As Andrew Donovan shows us, they found a way to pull off a Matthew Watkins waits for the mail to come every single day. He always can hear it, if he when he looked today the entire bayberry bunch. A full fleet and matthew is their first class fan. We would gootake pictures at the post office. Count all the mail trucks to make sure they we just park next to the gate, then she didnt see his mail shirts, his mail hats. After spending most of last year in a rochester hospital, hes home for hisispostal parade. Usually were worried about getting him in and out of the bed, getting him to do his exercise or take his medicine, we got all that done first and then we got him to be happy for a while. What would mail trucks be without packages . Name on it. Matt theemailman. Im youu mail lady colleen, and you told me youre the mail man, remember . Do you want to open it . This second shirt a perfect fit matt wants the post office to be his hes not defined by his disease, he wasnt always like stronger every day. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat stops the post office. Neither leukemia will stop matthew. Its c cming up on today in iowa. A zoo welcomes a baby giraffe plus. Learn who these goats a2e rooting foron sunday for the youre watching kwwl, weve gogo you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Now your storm track 7 church bell bear growls burke smash and gr. Seen it. Covered it. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team it was a beautiful snow that fell yesterday. Here are a couple of photos that were sent in to us. Most of us got 1 to 5 of snow or anninch so of sleet in the southern counties . Here are some other snow reports that came in so far mostly from yesterday. Not including the latest numbers. We will see a few more snow showers today after this last round tracks through and the winds wilil stay strong ringing falllng temperatures. This relatively narrow band of snow on the radar is a very sticky, slushy snow that will cause travel and walking problems for a f hours as it tracks through. We will end up with another inch or so of snow. Lighter to the south as more rain mixes in. But is is coating the roads, so roads will be an issue for the first part of the day. Out there this morning. And stormtrack7 live weather networor cameras will show snow this morning and may keep a few snowflakes around today. Right now, visibilities are down and will improve as the line of snow tracks away from us later this rning. Current temps are the warmest they will be the rest offthe day as coldd air will track into the state. Out west and gusting higher. They will stay strong today and die down through the evening. This storm systete will track awwy and we will have a weak system track to our north tomorrow that may squeeze out a few flurries, but we shouldnt see much more accumulation after this latest bad tracks through. Winds will stay strong today and temperatures ll continue to fall with a fee snow showers off and on. Cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late. And a few flurries tomorr with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. We will keep a night through mononay. An updatw now on some Power Outages in Waterloo Midamerican Energy says snow, ice and wind are causing problems with several power lines. Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible. But they didnt give us an estimated timeme coming up. A football fan is in the process of making 150 system track to our north tomorrow that may squeezeout a few flurrie, but we shouldnt see much more accumulation after this latest bad traccs rough. Winds will stay strong today and and on. Cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late. And a few flurries tomorrow with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. We wil keep a few flurries in the area through monday. More accumulation after this latestbad tracks through. Winds will stay strong today and temperatures will continue to fall with a few snow showers off and on. Cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late. And a few flurries tomorrow with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. We with another round of snow possible sunday night through monday. An updatw now on some power in Waterloo Midamerican Energy says snow, ice and wind are causing problems with several power lines. Crews are working to restore power as quickly as possible. But they didnt give us an estimated time. Coming up. A football fan is inn weather. T this is highway 218 at san marnan in waterloo. You can see from this live picture conditions are not great this morning a zoo has a new baby giraffe. The new baby was born in greenville, South Carolina yesterday, zookeepers say the mother, autumn, gave birth Tuesday Morning without any complications. The new babbwill have a physical l xam to determine sex, height and weight. Nowlets take a live look at the zoos giraffe cam. The zoo is offering a chance to name the new baby for those who want to contribute a donation. Unique ways of showing support for their teams. In honor of footballs biggest weekend, amie leary stops shows us the football spirit at a farm Rebecca Herberg is having kids this spring. 150 of them. Goats of course. The typically weigh 8 or 9 pounds and theyre cold you know its april. With 14. And what jim calls a half dog. Her broncos first go round uses them for a couple of weeks then we wash the girls get orange and the boys of course get blue. It looks like a bunch of broncos fans running around there. And while rebecca wasnt always a football fan, the broncos well. Have won her over. Theyre really a team you can be proud of and i love them. Its not so much that im a football fan as that i am a broncos fan and how could you it seems goats are the only animals who love the broncos. This grizzly bear had his choice of a panthers cake and a broncos cake. It took him a bit, but he eventually ends up taking a bite of the broncos cake. Back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Snow showers most of the day along with windy conditions and falling temperatures. Flurries tomorrow and friday with mainly through monday. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered. This is today in iowa. Your dreams evolve, and with committed support, they thrive. American family insurance. So, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone yourereooking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, an6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats a lot less thth verizon and at t. So, why on earth would you ever go with one of those otr guys . Switch to u. S. Cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for 40 a momoh plus get 300 back. Celebrating this morning and others are heading back to the drawing board. School Election Results from across eastern iowa plus. Women registering for the and. Were keeping an eye on the weather conditions this morning after snow began falling again overnight. Good morning, im ally crutcher. And storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. A slushy snowfall continues to rotate through the area this morning coating area roads with a sticky, slushy snow. Many of the area dot cameras are showing viewingarea, but will improve in a few hours as theenow tracks away from us. This graphic shows the warmest temps you will see the rest of the day. The winds are turning already. They will stay stron today with falling temperatures and we may see a few more snow showers, but they will not will have a few flurries in the forecast. Ill have that coming up in a few minutes. Graphic shows the warmest temps you will see the rest of the day. The winds are turning to the northwest and havpicked up already. They will stay strong today with falling temperatures and we may see a few more snow showers, but they will not be as problematic as yesterday or early this mornings snows. We willhhave a few flurries in the forecast. Ill have that coming up in a few inutes. Picking up our team seven coverage. Storm track sevens amanda gilberrjoins us live i want to talk about the roads this morning. Thats the major thing ive noticed. Im going to step out of the way. This is denver street in waterloo. Its still covered in ow. Like a lot of roads this morning. Especially those side or neighborhood roads like denver here. Heres a look at Downtown Waterloo earlier this morninig. As you can see low to the ground very easily. Making driving very hard i feel like every time i walk storm. Right now snow is falling very light. But it was a lot heavier earlier this morning. Weve got you covered. Live in the weather also causing some Power Outages in eastern iowa. Weve spoken with Midamerican Energy and we know crews are working to fix the problems but we dont know when theyll be done, lets check out some of the busier roadways this is live look at us 20 in blackhawk county. Yesterdays snow led to a number of crashes in the dubuque area. One crash happened on southern avenue and south grandview. A car hit a pole, knocking down power lines. A tornado touching down last night about t 5miles west oo tuscaloosa. The tornado left a path of damage, taking out several trees and power lines. Heres a look at some of that damage. Some houses in the path of the tornado were hit also, so far, only minor injuries have been reported. Plans for a new career and Technical Center will have to go on the shelf for now. Waterloo voters reject a school bond votete abobot 56percent of the voters said no. 44percent were behind it so it fell far short of the 60percent super marity needed to pass. The goal of the 35Million Dollar Career Center was to give students more specialized training in a specific field. The hope was that would help improve the districts Graduation Rate which is about 74 percent. We will alwwys do what is right wawato do what was right for move forward and we will do everything we can to help the kids of waterloo. The 47million dollaa plan also and west high schools. In other school votes denver voters approved more than sevenMillion Dollars for new athletic facilties. About 65percent of the voters saii yes. They had saiddo to the same projecec last june. In the College Community district, voters approve a bond to pay for extra classroom space and security. A similar referendum failed last year by just 58 votes. And in springville. Voters say yes to an Elementary School addition. The bond will pay for nine new clasrroms a a multipurpose room. Ntinuing coverage. This morninin were hearing from the mother of a 13 yearold. Found dead over the weekend. Police charged two Virginia Tech students in connection with the teens death one, accused of kidnapping her and murdering her whhn she crawled out of her bedroom window. The other is charged with disposing the body. Pandas, music, dancing. Dreamed of being on american throughout her short life. Lice say they a ae dedicated to making sure justice is served. Bill cosby as asking a judge to dismiss a Sexual Assault case against him. Yesterdays hearing was the first to determine if the criminal sexualassault charges against cosby will ever go to trial. Cosby is been charged with three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his pennsylvavaia hhme in 2004. The hearing will continue today. And the judge is expected to rule on whether to throw out the case. Also happening today a federal hearing on the Safe Drinking Water act in flint, michigan flints tap water was contaminated with lead after the source switched from detroit to the flint river in 2014. A costcutting move made while the city was under state financial management. People complained shortly after the switch, but say no one in State Government would listen to them. Republicans fall short of the needed vot

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