apartments. 31-year-old austin gee is charged with possession -- and charges are pending for making the drug. kwwl's jessica hartman has been talking with neehbors who say they aa concerned for their safety. that's right . . .i have been working to get to the bottom of what has been a confusing situtation for residents of the wedgewood apartment. "i am just like. . .i don't know. i've never been the neighbor to ramsdale aa his girlfrrend have been left with lots of questions - - they have called the apartment's management company ramsdale: "i'm just more concerned about are you guys coming out to test my walls since i shared a wall with takes care of ail that." ramsdale: "see when i cled thth police deparrment. they y old me that he landlorddis responsible." according to police - landlords are required to test the contaminated apartment for residual chemical levels. if positive - - units sharing walls - - including

must also be tested. i called the leasing office to ask if they had hired a company to do take off." km: "any other information, you can call marion police department. we are not going to keep talkikig to you. sorry. anything else you want talk to the marion police" hartman "ok are you going to speak wiht your. . ." km: "ok thank you." still no answers. residents' only option. "if we don't feel safe or comfortabb in anyway, shape of form, their not going to hold us to our lease and we can move out right away. sounds great if i had the money to move." i just got off the phone with ramsdale right before the newscast.

he tells me kelley managemnt has informed him they will be testing his apartment in the morning. we've got you covered ...jessica hartman kwwl news. the marion police department says they areurrntly workinnon gettinn a deadlinefor the testing added to the city ordinance antoher windy monday today -- causing quite a few field fires in the areaea-- including thths one in faabank. peopl who live nearby this field say a farmer riding some machinery hit a rock, causing it to spark a lot of the field is burned but fortuantely, no one was hurt. et's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now with more on the windy weather. fromhe kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind gradually diminishes this evening as the sun sets. a few spotty showers are possible tuesday throughednesday. if any rain falls in your bacyard it would be less than 0.10"0" many locations are

slightly better chance of light rain showers friday. high evening as the sun sets. a few any rain falls in your backyard it would be less than 0.10". many locations are expected to be dry. there is a slightl bbter chance of light rain showers friday. high temperatures cool back into the 50s by the weekend. tte community ii mourning thee loss of a one of a kind -- generous man...van miller, founder of vgm.. his colleague tells kwwl -- he believes miller passed away at his home in waterloo -- and was

later taken to covenant medical center -- where he was pronounced dead from an apparent heart attack. he was 67 years old. kwkwl's lauren moss spoke with co- workers, shhjoins us now live, and lauren this is not only a loss for his cmpany, but really for the entire community of the cedar valley. that's right..talk about a class act, van miller was known asasa communnty leader hee in the cedar valley.. since 2000, he has been dealing with heart problems..minor heart attacks and even a bypass surgery..and it looks like he died sunday of a heart attack. & miller gas an icon in the home care indusy- he received numerous awards foo all his work at v-g-m. this year, the des moines register named v-g-m the top workplace in iowa among large companies but he wasn't just passionate about work.... he loved the state of iowa, hs employees an his family. just one day before he passed away, his y yungest son got married...co- workers told me he spent his last days, surrounded by a lot of family and love...a day that van was very exited about.

van gave a lovely talk to everyone abouthow happye night. in a way t have that grfat of a weekend, with that much happiness in his life..but to have it end way too early is a sad ting but e knew he was battling that for a while but he will be sorely missed by all of us. it was announced that jim walsh, this man right here.. is the new chairman of the board. this picture was taken from their websitt. jijihas been a l lng time business partner of van's..someone that will carry on van's legacy. v-g-m has more than 800 employees..and van centered his time and money around local charities- he was all about helping people in the community.. jut a really kind man, here in the cedar valley..he will be missed. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news.

set for friday t parrott and wood chapel of memoriis.. d services wiwi be held, saturday morning. for more information, head to our website kwwl dot com four people are inured fter a trankit bus collides with a car. it happened at the intersection of highway81 and fairbank-amish boulevard in buchanan county. auhorities say the driver of the car failedto obey a stop sign -- causing the bus to strike it. two passengers re on the bus at the time when it rolled. four people were taken to the hospital -- one by helicopter -- though injuries are not believed to be life- threatening at this time. a man involved in a crash with a school bus following a police chase is sentenced to 15 years in prison. here's the most recent mugshot for james surrett -- who also recently pleaded guilty to several unrelated meth and o-w-i charges. you can see the aermath from the

deputies tried totostop surrett because he was driving without a license. he then crashed into the school bus and a pikup truck -- injuring some people inside the pickup.. surret apolozed in court today and asked to be placed in a residential facility instead of prison due to a menttl illness. however a judge denied that request. police arrest a man accused of beating a woman with a rev_lver and shooting ater during an attempd kidnapping waterloo, is facing kidnapping, assault, and weapons charges. police say he atacked the woman in the 300 block of west 13th street. as he hit her with the gun -- it fired. she then drove off - an smith alleedly shot at her car. police say smit then kindapped the woman's friend at gunpoint -- before being arrested by police. they'll kill your ash trees and they'v'v have been found in 29

iowawa counties, most recently linn county... they're emerald ash borers, and they most recently were found at a rest area on i-380 northbound in southern cedar rapids, just a half mile from the johnson county border... kwwlls kristin rogers was at the rest area today, she also talked to authorites, kristin what are they saying? they're telling me the options with ash borer's are to treat the trees, or gew rid of them... emererld ash borerr look like this, they're described to us as small metallic green beetles... although they are small, they can mmke large trees look like this,.. killing the. this rest stop in linn county is the first in the county to be confirmed positive for ash borer's, but authorities plan to act soon... (cg: cathy cutler/ any other ash trees at this ash trees. all of the ash trees will eventually be taken o." i'm told those who livwithhn 15 miles

should take ction as well. either treating their trees, or getting rid of them... new trees will be planted at this rest area to replace the ash trees, although it is not decided yet i'm told ash trees that are infested could be infested for noticable... we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. --treatment of a tree with ash borer involves chemicals that have to be applied by a cirtified applicater every couple years... this week we re taking a cse loooat the waterloo mayoral race. current waterloo mayor buck clark will not seek reelection. right now, five candidates will be on that november 3rd ballot. for the next five days we will profile those candidaaes. kwwl''nikki newbrough spoke with current black hawk county supervisor, frank magsmen and

has his story. fnk magsamen says it was the right time when deciding to run for mayor. magsamen raised his family in waterloo buildin his home here in 1968. he was a smamal business owner, fire chief, and ack hawk county emergency manager before being elected on the black hawk county board of supervisors. "and where we put together a very effective magsamen, if elected he's like to move towards a different form a part time position and becomes a voting member of th city council. membr of the city council. "by having people serve on boardssand commissiins and by getting citizens impute the mayyr has the time to be out magsamen says he's also looking to reduce future costs for the city, by looking into green energy.

"looking at solar panels. reduce waste we`produce as says he'd be the right fit for mayor of waterloo. in waterloo nikki newbroughhwl news. magsamen says his volunteer experience has also carried himm a long way in the community. he has been involved in the waterloo exchange club, salvation army, and family and children's council. tomorrow we will profile current mao pro-tem quentin hart. coming up on kwwl, a nursing facility taking necessary steps fter multiplee citatioo from the staae. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl."

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in dubuque is cited by the state...but administrators say they're taking steps to correct the problems. kw-wl's shirley descorbeth visitete the facility today. she spoke with staff at sunnycrest manor about what's next. she's now live in dubuque. after receiving three citations and nine deficincies last month from the e tate...administrati on at sunnycrest manor says has a new plan to make things

better. dubuque's sunnycrest manor imoving in a new directon, after getting three citations from the stae. "they came decause we self came as a result of an inspectioio in september. a rereident fell and background check on a contract employee. the new administration admits ther were some problems. "there were many change going on in the dining services department and things eren't flowing and weren't beig providedo the resident." now aging experts say it's important to do research before putting a loved one in a nursing home. a big cause of concern are dining options. "it depends on the place, you really have to research, maybe do a tour. you can do a guided tour where you call and make a citations, the administration at sunnycrest says it's made changes. "we're finally coning to a new .ormal here, whe alternates are being offered, residents aren't denied things that they want." they have lso addressed d way to reduceethe risk of esidents falling, by

safety alerts. i spoke to a resident of the facility. he claims, before the citations...the food was bad, bet it's much better now. residents are now also involvee in menu plannnng. we've got you covered live in dubuque....shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. the state has accepted the plan of corrections submitted by sunnycrest. administrators say it's still a quality place. coming up... a hawkeye back-up running back -- forced in to action this week -- picks up a great big ten

honor- plus -- we'll hear from mark farley as uni's 3 game losing streak has their backs against the wall -- "now, kwwl sports."

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republicans have spent millions attacking hillary... ...because she's fighting for everythihi they oppose... ...from affordable health care. ...to equal pay... she'll never stop fighting for you. and the republicans know it. >>i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. saturday -- that plachanged when canzeri went down ith an ankle injury -- and in a matter of moments -- wadley went from back-up running back to big ten offensive player of the week -- the sophomore running back rushing for 204 yards and 4 touchdoons in that blbl-out at mber 21 northwwstern -- as for canzeri -- it sounds as he's unlikely to return for a few weeks -- but first stringer leshun daniels is expected to return for thfirt time in

maryland a week from saturday -- the plloff hopes for the uni panthers aren't dead -- but they're definitely on life support as the panthers dropped their third straight game over western illinois'24 to 19 victory in the dome propelled the leathernecks in to the top 25 -- now at nummer 20 -- while the panthers dropped 10 spots today to number 22-- and a fourth loss now puts uni in a situation where they most likely need to run the table in their final 5 gams to have a shot at postseason consideration -- d that's a tallorder with aa trii to number 6 south dakota state set for saturday -- have to start it at south dakota state which is probably one of everyone's good. so, it doesn't even matter anymore. saturday's game at south dakota ate kicks off at two -- cubs in a 2, oh hole against the mets -- chicago aci jake arrieta gave up 3 first inning runs on sunday --

and the cubs couldn't recover falling 4 to 1 in new york -- on -- skipper joe maddon says this series isn't over -- i've been in these moment in got to throw that job, you've that's what we have to do. game 3 is tomorrow, 7 o clock at wrigley field --

window. well tell you where -- tonight at ten. let's go to storm track seven chief for a last look at your forecast.

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