waterloo high school student has come to a tragicicnd. end.authorities have now identified a body found over the weekend as that of 18-year-old moe sed. he was pulled from the cedar river near gilbertville on sunday. sunday.sed was last seen near his home on the morning of october 22nd.right now - the state medical examiner is ruling his death "undetermined" until an examination is completed.sed was a senior at waterloo westst highghschool.the school district issued a statement after the news broke. broke.it says in part - that sed's family appreciates the support, buthey want to grieve privately and are asking people not to send them gifts or similar gestures. fire investigators say for the third time in as many months-- someone started a fire at the same vacant house in cedar rapids. crews responded to the latest fire at 15-28 "l" street southwest early this morning. when they arrived, the back of the house and porch were on

have been started at this house in october, november and now this month. no one has lived there since october. also back in october, investigators from the american association of university professors visited iowa city to investigate the integrity of the board of regents decision to hire u-of-i president bruce harreld. harreld himself told the aaup their report on the investigation--released today-- is accurate from his persepective, but the regents continue to defend their process. cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott breaks down the report. report. the a-a-u-p report shows harreld was one of the frontrunners through the entire process.they couldn't pinpoint if the board of regents "picked him" from the beginning, but the report shows the board allowed other qualified canidates to think they would be appointed president.investigators say they found this particular search different than previous presidential searchs at the university.

they were looking for a specific kind of pern, somebody who could bring quote on quote transformative change to the university and whether it was bruce herald from the beginning, it wasn't clear on that." that."however, board of regents released a statement saying "we believe we ran a fair and transparent search process for president at the university of iowa."they were unable to comment further. investigators were *not* able to meet with president harreld, but say, the college and university governance committee will decide if a sanction will be imposed on u-i.the outcome of that decision will *not affect harreld's employment.covering the corridor, in iowa city, marissa scott, cbs 2 news. the city of north liberty is booming.leaders even conducted a new census to keep up with its population increase.now, a developer wants to build a multi million dollar project that's sure to add to the growth. growth.cbs 2 news reporter

the latest proposal and what it means to one of the corridor's fastest growing communities. this area in north liberty is just off the interstate.it's a location city officials hope will easily attract people to this arar. area. the builder behind a proposed north liberty entertainment center is in the business of creating memories and experiences. experiences. everyone is welcome, families could come and collaborate and enjoy an outstanding day or evening.there would be plenty of room for that.right now the center is planned at 37,000 square feet with 250 employees. employees. we really wanted to wow the area and the people and really create something grandiose and something that was really exciting and different.20 lanes of bowling, laser tag, an arcade and sports bar are all in the plans.coralville's city administrator says the city is in the middle planning their 7,000 seat arena in the river landing.he says projects like these would make this area an

as the area grows, especially that north liberty and coralville area, it just makes the opportunities and the amenities that the communities can offer and that the residents demand even more north liberty's city administrator says burchert is in the process of talking with the city about funding details. details. hopefully here in the next 30 days well have a better idea of what his expectations and needs are and whether or not we can do that.the total cost of the project is estimated at eight million dollars.heiar hopes to know whether or not the project is a go in january. january. i think there are just a number of opportunities we have in this corridor that aren't available in other parts of this state, so the growth i think is exciting, that's why you're seeing some of these projects.burchert says so far the response has been overwhelmingly positive. positive. its been fantastic to say the least, the amount of support not only from the community and such, but the surrounding area to really

the developer says right now he is working toward a november 2016 launch.covering mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. in the race for the white house houserepublican presidential candidate marco rubio today talked to voters of all ages, but a good part of his message was geared toward students in the crowd. crowd. "our policies are outdated and we are led by people that are outdated. good people. they mean well. but they don't understand the 21st century. they don't understand the pace of innovation. they don't understand the new economy." economy."rubio also talked about how he went through college shouldering a lot of the same burdens from student loans that students today face. he says if it wasn't for writing his book, he'd likely still be paying off that debt. meanwhile, ted cruz has bagged a major endorsement from one of iowa's biggest conservative leaders.bob vander plaats - c-e-o of the family leader-- announced that he's backing cruz to help him win the

february first.a new c-b-s national poll released today has cruz in second among registered g-o-p voters.he's 21-points behind donald trump. however, an iowa poll conducted by monmouth university has cruz in the top spot among likely caucus goers. the frontrunner among democrats *is planning a trip to keota after a viral campaign convinced her to visit. hillary clinton will stop at keota high school on december 22nd after three students in a sociology class lauched a social media campaign to bring her to town.the class has also had visits from martin o'malley and rick santorumm for more political headlines, tune into iowa in focus sunday morning at 10-30, only on cbs 2. the university of iowa will now get rid of its "isis" acronym for its student information website .the school has recieved numerous complaints about the name of its student services website after the emergence of the isis terrorist group.the u-i

portal, with a name change, that will combine that system with its email service. as *threats of terrorism continue around the globe, and here in the u-s, hate crimes against muslims are becoming more frequent.today - college students in the corridor had an open discussion about islamophobia. islamophobia.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson spent the day on the campus of cornell college and has more. stephanie? islamophobia is the dislike or prejudice against islam or muslims.at cornell college, students and community members talked about how to fight it. it.muslim leaders, priests and other members of various faiths came together today to discuss how they can work as a community. this was an open discussion with lots of questions.one organizer explain why cornell college thought it was important to discuss this growing fear. and so we do have muslim students here and as educators we do want to show support for our students and to educate

fear against muslim people and the religion. it was just interesting...i think the people who should be here probably aren't here. so i wanted to be here just to participate in the discussion 18;14;36;18 18;14;36;18 organizers handed out this piece of paper with the word ''peace " on it to students. they encouraged students to hang this up their dorm rooms and start their own discussion. stephanie johnson cbs 2 news. ((toy giving out)) out))it's the most wonderful day of the year for both parents *and the folks at the salvation army. today is toys for tots "distribution day." that's where parents come and pick out the toys they'll take home for their kids this christmas. all the money you drop into the red kettles each year, helps make this possible. but, the salvation army is behind right now. they say each year their need grows as more families show up, and

little extra this year. what parent does not love to see the kids when they come down christmas morning, smile when they see they have presents under there? 19.33.14.28 it's not just for the kids, it's for the parents too. because that joy that fills the parents hearts, is irreplaceable." 19.33.20.21 19.33.20.21the salvation army is off pace by 30-thousand dollars, and they need to raise an *additional 30- thousand this year to keep up with the growing need. there are many ways you can help. we put a list on our website. still to come on the cbs 2 news at 6. the holiday *shopping stop you can make this weekend that will help local entrepreneurs grow their business.

if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all

time now for this week's c-b-j report reportand joining me live from the corridor business journal is editor adam moore.we're hearing about more new businesses cropping up in coralville. two new retail centers on the coralville strip are filling up fast, thanks to their proximity to the coral ridge mall. jim tansey with lockard's hawkeye group told the cbj that three tenants have signed leases for the buildings, located at 25th avenue and second street. those include verizon, a subway and an upscale sushi restaurant called red ginger. that leaves just about a third of the center available for other tenants. the first businesses are expected to open there in march. what can you tell us about a major new development planned for cedar rapids? rapids?an indiana-based

a $10 million senior living development in downtown cedar rapids.twg development is seeking state tax credits to build the 60-unit complex next to its kingston village project. that opened just across diagonal drive on wednesday.the four-story facility will have surface parking and standard amenities, according to developers. a decision on the tax credits, and by extension the development's future, will be made in march finally tonight, mount mercy is gearing up to host its annual market at the mount. more than 30 local vendors will climb the hill on saturday to sell crafts, food and art. shoppers will be able to find products ranging from handmade jewelry to homemade cupcakes.the university will also host a business competition following the market, giving vendors a chance to pitch their businesses and earn funding for a website courtesy of godaddy.market at the mount is scheduled to run from 8 a.m.-

university center in cedar rapids. for more in-depth coverage of these stories and more, be sure to check out monday's edition of the corridor business journal. temperatures are mild in the

coming up in sports sportsbragging rights are on the line at hilton -- why iowa state will be paying a little more attention to their defense tonight against iowa -- that's next on cbs 2. 2."cbs 2 news connects with you.call us at 1-800-222-kgan email us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook at facebook/kgan cbs 2.

tonight's cy-hawk game needs no formal introduction -- but as iowa state head coach steve prohm said earlier this week -- what makes a rivalry the most fun is when both teams are relevant...

certainly are relevant -- with a lot of big names in the game itself -- from preseason all - american georges naign to big 10 honoree jared uthoff --the list goes on and on and so does the depth -- especially for the hawks -- that has the cyclones thinking a little more about defense "you know everybody says 'take your top two guys away, top two guys away.' well, can woodbury, clemmons... gesell, well can they beat you then? and so i think it just puts a tougher strain on your defense-- that defensivley, thursday night, we're going to have to our best game." game.""i look forward to checking uthoff a little bit. but to be honest it really doesn't matter to me -- i'm just ready to play." desmond king has been ready to play all season long for the hawkeyes -- and the power 5 conference's leader in interceptions was tabbed as an all-american by sports illustrated -- and speaking of all-americans -- iowa state's mike warren was named to u-s-a today's freshman all -american team -- warren led all f-b-s

the central city girls basketball team snapped a 60 game tri-rivers conference losing streak with a win tuesday night -- it was mark hazlett's third win in three years as the wildcats' head coach -- that's tough -- but not for him, because hazlett won't give up on his team mark hazlett our ed thomas coach of the week week three years ago mark hazlett took over the central city girls basketball program for a reason -- "i'm bound and determined to help get these girls better." and he brought with him some old school basketball knowledge... "he says some old fasion stuff that doesn't really make sense to us..." "always saying little sayings like bo jangle wangle ... i don't know what it is." is." "i think they laugh more at me than a lot of times than they do with me .. and i don't care."what he does care about --- -- his wildcats -- no matter the outcome of the game -

team, so there is no sense in beating up on the girls figuratively if they aren't doing well because they are trying as hard as they can." and to his team -- that's worth more than a two points -- "he's there to support us all the way no matter what... i've never felt that he gave up on us at all.... he's always been there and it means a lot to all of us." us." "he's never given up on us.. like every since practice he comes in and is like tomorrow is a winnable game lets go.... it helps us because we don't give up... he doesn't give us the opportunity to give up."just a belief that they will succeed... succeed... and don't forget to nominate your coach to be our ed thomas coach of the week -- just head to our sports page and fill out a nomination -- remember it can be any coach at any level.

one last look at your forecast corridor kids now have another exhibit to explore at the coral ridge mall. this afternoon, the play area re-opened with new features including a mini hospital. families gave their input about what they wanted added to the space - like a place to put shoes and new slides. the play area is open during mall hours. partly sunny weather is expected friday with readings climbing from 35 at 8am to 52 at 3pm

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