steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. city leaders all across eastern iowa -- addressing concerns ove the safety of their neighborhoods. tonight -- the discussion is in dubuque...addressin g concerns that they don't do enough to keep the public safe. dubuque's city council in a special work session tonight, looking at the efforts to combat crime. kwwl's brad hanson at that meeting tonig. he joins us live now from the th dia newsroom n dubuque. there's no doubt that crime has been a hot topic in dubuque this year. to date, we've seen five homicides and more than 20 confirmed reports of shots fired. those numbers aren't going unnoticed. dubuque has seen 18 murders over the past 15 years, and none in 2013 and 2014. but five this year have enough. those conrns addressed by dubuque's city council at a special work session. (mike van milligen, dubuque city mmager) "the city council has always made public safety their most important priority, and has approved the allocation of a tremendous amount of

resources to this effort." big focus has been the city's effort tobtain more cameras and light upupthe streets s ith l-e-d lights. camera's were instrumental in the arrest of helmon betwell, the man who murdered a 62-year-old woman because he said he d nothing better to do. and now plans are in (mark dalsing, dubuque chief of police) "through the approved funding most recently, we'll be center, much like the one you see that is in the disatch center, and we are overwhelming them with requests to see the security cameras, streetlights d policing have been a big focus, there's also a big effort underway here in dubuque to improve the content of these trouble neighborhoods, and stop crime before it starts." because, while crime is partially a policing problem, it goes much deeper than that. (jerelyn connor, neighborhood development specialist) "safety is a community wide conccn, and

involvement." a lot of the efforts ann emphasis of these programs has been concentrated ononthe downtown area--an area that makes up roughly 26 percent of the city. this point, time will tell if we'v got you coved live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. dubuque's city council also approved the addition of more than 200 streetlights. work will start tomorrow to install those. the winds have died down -- but another dry night ahead -- let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackberg now ffom the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

for your omplete weather stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind gradually diminishes this evening as the sun sets. a any in falls in your backyard it would be less than 0.10". many locations are pected to be ry. there is s 50s by the weekend.the wind gradually diminishes this evening as the sun sets. a few spotty showers are possible tuesday through wednesday. if any rain falls in your backyard be dry. there is a slightly better chance of light rain showers friday. high temperatures cool back into the 50s by the weekend. neighbors still in shock tonight

after a meth lab is busted in an apartment complex the bust happened at 210 ridge drive in mamaion. police discovered he lab while respondiig to disturbance calls in one of the wedgewood apartments. 31-year-old austin gee is charged with possession -- and charges are pending for making methamphetamine. marion city ordinance requires landlords to test the apartment ere the meth was found for residual levels of chemicals. if the test is positive - -all apartments that share a wall with the contaminated unit must also be tested. however -- th owners of the building - - kelley property management did not say when those tests will be done. some tenants say they're worried about the results. "sharing a two-by-four and some dry wall . . . it's kind of it up online. that stuff is scary. how close to death i was living next to." the e ty ordinance does not give a deadline for landlords to complete the tests - - however

complete the tests - - however they are worring on one to get the tests done.. a man is arrested after police find items used for a meth lab at his la porte city home. authorities say 39-year-ol rananall wagner caaled police wanting assistance at his la porte city home in the 300 block of 8th st. responding officers found the non-active lab --long with two different prcription bottles with pills without prescriptions. wagnerrs facing multiple chages including conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine a man involved in a crash with a school bus following a police chase is sentened to 15 years in prpron. here's the most rrcent mugshot for james surrett -- who also recently pleaded guilty to several unrelated meth and o-w-i charges. you can see the aftermath from the crash here in cedar rapids. deputies tried to stop surrett because he was s riving withoo a

license. he then crashed into the school bus and a pickup truck -- injuring some people inside the pickup.. surrett apologozed in court today and asked to be placed in a residential facility instead of prison due to a mental ililness. however a judge denied that request. four people are injured after a transit bus llides with a car. it happened at the intersection highway 281 and fairbank-amish boulevard in buchanan countt. authorities say he driver oo the car failed to obey a stop two passengers were on the bus at the time when it rolled. authorities say any crash involving a bus requires more resources. this is more of a lmrge scale. when you have a bus because you don't know how many are on." four people were taken to the hospital -- one by helicopter -- though injuries are not believed to be

new at ten -- ou can expect to pay more in sewar usage taxes in the near future, if you live in waterloo. the city of waterloo is accused of violating the federal clean water act -- specifically in regards to sewage overflow -- and now it has to pay up -- millions of dollars. kwwls olivia mancino was at the council meeting tonight when the council apprved the consent agreementy...and olivia, this was to vote on whether to agree to pay over the violations? it wasn't a unanimous vote though-- few on the council expresseded their concerns with the consent agreement tonight saying residents are going to be drowning in debt because of the the fine. eastern iowa -- a region no stranger to heavy rain. when overflow increases. in waterloo, the environmental protection agency has alleged the city's sanitary sewers have released an excess of untreated sewage during heavy rains -- and now they want the

city to y up "the epa is shaking us down" as you've just heard from councilman tom llnd, not everyone agrees with the e-p-a's decision. at monday nights city council meeting, lind accused the mayor and financial commtee of keeping the rest of the board in the dark . "all of the sudden it comes to a quick work session, and you're supposed o vote on a bigigissue that you found out is worth 200 million dollars to 200 million dollars -- according to the city's chief financial officer michelle weidner. and the mayor says lind's accusations the board being kept @n the dark are false. "i dont want people to believe that, because that's simply not true" lind says he wishes the city took the issue to trial rather than having a consent agrement. he says theres too much porrin the agreement, and he's ncerned for the taxpayers . "the analogy is when you take fix it and call me, you say no i want to know how much its going consent agreement passed, and

he's proud of how the city has worked with the epa to get things done. according to the ci chief financial officer, some studies need to be completed before there is aay actual cost set in stone but she did say in tonight's meeting she has a good idea of how everything will be financed for the next few years we've gotou covered live in the newoom olivia mancino kwwl news continuing coverage -- a man gone too soon -- van miller, f funder of v--m diededfrom an apparrt heart attack at age of 67. his colleague believes miller died at his home in waterloo -- and was later taken to covenant medical center -- where he was pronoued dead. miller was deaeaing with hea

problems including minor heart attacks and even a bypass surgery. he was an con in the home care industry---receiving numerous awards for all his work at v-g-m. xhe des moines egister named v- g-m the top workplace in iowa among large companies his youngest son got married just one day before he died co-workers say he spent his last days, surrounded by a lot of family and love. van gave a lovely talk to grandchildren here and his kids weekend, with that much happiness1in his life..ut to have it end way too early is a sad thing buu e knew he waa battling that for a whilebut he will be sorely missed by all of us. jim walsh was named the new chairman of the board. jim has been a long time business papaner of van's..someone and hopes to carry on van's legacy.

meanwhile -- visitation is set for friday at parrott and wood chapel of memories and services will be held, saturday morning. this week we are taking a look at the race for waterloo mayor. waterloo voters will elect a new mayor, as current waterloo mayor buck clark is not seeking reelection. right now, five candidates will be on that novembebe 3rd ballot. over the next five days, we will be profiling those candidates. kwwl's nikki newbrough spoke with current black hawk county supervisor, frank magsmen and has his story. frank magsamen says it was the right time when deciding to run for family in waterloo building his home here in 1968. he was a small business owner, fire chief, and black hawk county emergency manager before ing elected on the black hawk very effective orm of government that addresses financial infrastructure needs. "what's unnue about frank magsamen, if elected he's like to move towards a different

mayor becomes a part time position and secomes a voting member of the "by havjng people serve on boards and commissions and by getting citizens impute the there working in the community to do this." magsamen says he's also looking to reduce future costs for the city, by looking into green energy. "looking at solar panels. looking at using out biogas we prododce at waterloo pollution control, looking at ow we can that, along with stronger public safety, magsamen says he'd be the right fit for mayor of waterloo. in waterloo nikki newbrough kwwl news. magsamen says his volunteer

way in the community. he has been involved in the waterloo exchange club, salvation army, and family and children's council. tomorrow we wiil profile current mayro pro-tem quentin hart. coming up on kwwl... a real shooting during a wildwest -enactment skitn plus.. a deer ces stumbling into the residence hall at a local univvsity. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... "now your stm track 7

informat"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwww." om the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additionalforecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 77weather team:m: the wind gradually diminishes this evening as the sun ets. a few spotty showers are possible tuesday through wednesday. if any rain falls in yor backyard it would be less than 0.10". many locations are expected to be dry. there is a slightly better chance of light rain showers friday. high temperatures cool back into the 50s by the weekend.the wind gradually diminishes this evening as theun sets. a few spottu showers are possible tuesday through wednesday. if any rain falls in yoururbackyard it would be less than 0.10". many locations are expected to be dry. there is a slightly better

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50s by the weekend.the wind gradually diminishes thiss evening as the sun sets. a few spotty showers are possible tuesday through wednesday. if any rain falls in your backyard it would be less than 0.10". many locations are expected be dry. there is a slightly better chchnce of light rain showers friday. high temperatures cool back into the 50s by the weekend.the wind gradually diminishes this evening as the sun sets. a few spottyhowers are possible tuesday throug wednesday. if any rain falls in your backyard it would be less ttn 0.10". many locations are gradually diminishes this temperatures cool back into the better chance of light rain gradually diminishes this temperatures cool back into the coming up on kwwl... new drone regulations could force people to regiser their aircrafts. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in jesup, postville, iowa city and all of eastern

the f-a-a announcing new plans that would reqqire drone usee to registererheir aircrafts. the f-a-a says the number of incidents involving drones flying where they shouldn't be --including the white house -- continues to rise. and the n nmber of sihtings near airplanes and airports has nearly tripled since last year. the f-a-a plans to get registration rules in place before christmas -- as 700-thousand drones are

expected to be sold during the holday season a real shooting happens during a 19th century old west re-enactment skit -- injuring one of the actors. actor ken curtis was forced to undergo surgery after being hit in the groin by a bullet that was supposed to be fake. a bystander was also hit -- along with one of the nearby authorities say one live round and five casings were found in the gun prior to thr skit. a residence hall at an area university getstsan unexpceted visitor walking around. take a look at this deer stumbling into the residence ha at augustana university in rock island, illinois, school officials sa the deer later made its way safely 'ff campus. coming p next... it's'sgame 3 of the a- l-c-s as the royals look to move within one win of their second straight world series --

plus -- one hawkeye comes outof a back-up role to turn in the kwwl. who's toughest on spending? fox news did the anasis and jeb bush had the best record. billions in pork, vetoed. eight budgetet balanced. and tax cuts every single year. right to rise usa

who has the plpl for jobs? jeje tax cuts for the middle class. eliminates special loopholes. an explosion in growth and new jobs. jeb: cut tes. grow america. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. back to back trips to the world series -- but after spending games one an two at home -- the royals had to head north of the bordererfor actually game 3-point-91 due to

exchange rate -- blue jays jumping all over johnny cueto early -- ryan goins wih a base hit to left-- one run scores -- kevin pillar also trying to come to the plate -- 's safe -- 2,2,1 toronto in the second -- it got worse in the third -- troy tulowitzki gets all of that one -- three run shot to center -- short night for cueto -- didn't record an out in the third -- dave up 6 runs in 2 innings -- kris medlin -- didn't whole to better -- he gives up 2 more on the bomb to josh donaldson -- blue jays make it a 2-1 series -- holding off a late rally to win1, 8 tonight -- the chicago cubs are back at the friendl confines facing an uphill battle afafer dropping tte first 2 gges of the nlcs to the mets -- chicago needs to win 4 of the next 5 to advance to their first world series in 70 years -- cubs skipper joe maddon says being back at wrigley should help -- anan he likes his team's chances of overcoming the deficit -- i just have a lot of faith in the kumbaya moment in centerfield with bussey, and i

to play. no doubt the cubs are havin fun -- game 3 is tomorrow at seven -- on to the gridiron -- where hawkeye sophomore akrum wadley was today named the big ten player of the wek -- wadley ran for 204 yards and touchdowns after coming in to replace last week's honoree -- jordan canzeri -- who left the blowout win over northwestern with an ankle sprain -- the hawkk player of the week streak will end at two since they don't play on saturday -- 12t2t ranked iowa is in a much needed bye one of the top local volleyball talents is sticking around eastern iowa -- sumner- fredericksburg all-stater jaydlin seehase verbally committed o the uni panthers this past weekend -- the junior is leading tte 9th ranked coogars with 326 kills this season -- sumner- fredericksburg -- by the way -- will open postseason play next tuesday as they look for 4th straight trip to the

state tournament -- thanks rick.

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dick schilling of new hampton celebrated their 6oth wedding anniversary.. here's a photo of one half of our group of more than 4 making this trip.. and here's the other half..we also had viewers from waterloo -cedar falls, cedar rapids, marion, dubuque, shell rock, waverly..anamosa and one of my favorite photos...he view from the peak of the famous diamond head volcano cratr...we hiked to the totoof that mountain and it was worth every step. next trip is to alaska next june and rick coleman will be the host for that alaskan adventure. more information will be forthcoming.

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