with severe injuries to her ead. harp later died of her injuries. kwwl's jessica hartman joins us live from the intersection . . .jessica do we know what led to unfortunately, why harp stepped out infront of the car - - is a olson "the had lights on the car were operatble. we jjt don't know what happened. there witnesses too that saw it and just no body can explain it." harp stepped off the median and into the path of a black sedan that was unable to stop. "if you look at the front of the vehiclle you can tellit was a enough force to damage the sedan's hood. hartman "harp was on her way to a near by bus stop when the accident happened. she was where the manager tells me she has worked for 29 years." heights drive will be changed to round-a- bout as part of the university avenue reconstruction project.

slowing traffic through the area. "the speed of the vehicle was with in the speed limit, but the roundabout at that location. we know one thing. that vehicle would be going a lot slower." "the speed of the vehicle was going a lot slower." but police are unable to say - - if in this case - - it would have saved teryy harp's life. speaking with harp's manager at pizza hut today - - she told me there 29 years and had a big heart fororthose around her. we've got you covered live in cedar falls...jessica hartman kwwl news. police say the driver of the car will not receive any tickets - - but was pretty shaken up by the incident. you may have seen it, you may do it, but jaywalking is becoming a real issuu across the aaea.

it is actually illegal, and officers in the area are fining people for doing it, kwwl's kristin rogers took a closer look, kristin what did you find? driving around you may notice yourself breaking for pedestrains from time to time, but how common is jaywalking? i quickly found out... i set up a camera along minutes... this is around the 1600 is seen walking into oncoming traffic... something drivers say is common. "i would say maybe like 8 out of 10 times i drive." even bikes working their way across intersections as lights areereen, no car in sight at the time but just seconds later, a near miss.... as jaywalking is common, we caught up with a man right after he had done just thatt... "aren't you ncerned aboo your safety, drivers you know don't want to run anyone over?" (cg: deshawn woods/ pedestrian) "all the time i'm thinking aboutym safety but i'm thinking about getting home too most of the time." but being in a hurry can

way across one lane at a time to avoid traffic.... it's jaywalking, and it's a real problem, in fact, it's illegal... cedar rapids police have issued nearly two dozen citations for jaywalking in the last several months. we are told it's as easy as using a crosswalk,,often times just feet away... (cg: greg buelow/ public safety spokesperson) "what a great method you can see over my shoulder, it's actually giving you a countdown right now, hey 12, 11, 10, i "drvers tell me jaywalking has become so regular they've started to look out for it on "you kind of have to hit your breaks quick and i don't know it's kind of shockinin." the messaae is safety,, and after talking to one jaywalker, he said he isn't going to do it anymore. (cg: deshawn woods) "i would like to say8thank you for you know introducing me to jaywalking, letting me know i

those jaywalking citations can cost you about ninty-four dollars, so the crosswalks aren't only safer, they're cheaper as well... we've got you covered in cedar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. authorities also reminding people with halloween coming up on saturday, use the sidewalks and the designated cross walks, and follow the signals for a safe and happy halloween. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologissmark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwl will be partly to mostly cloudy area of clouds mov in during the late afternoon. rain is forecast to begin area after 11 0.50" or less expected. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-or-treating.the wind

diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 3030 by friday mooning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less expected. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 55 for trick-or-treatinn.the wind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine returns friday before e next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain isisforecast to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less connection with a school bus crash in delaware county. monte klink was arrested on multiple iowa state patrol arrest warrants, including an o-w-i. deputiessay klink failld to yielel at the intersection of 195th street and 200th avenue in delaware county on october 1.

this csed a collision between his s-u-v and a school bus. klink's first court appearance is set for novembb 4. multiple gunshots damage a home. the incident happened wednesday night at 420 locust street in waterloo. neighbors rrported hearing four to six shots fired aroud ten p-m. waterloo police say the gun that was used was a shotgun. no injuries were reported. 150 federal inmates in iowa will be released from halfway houses and prisons tomorrow. this is part of the new policy change by the u-s sentencing commission. around six thousannfederal inmates will walk free due to their drug sentences being reduced. a third of the inmates will be transferred to u-s immigration and customs enforcement and deported back to their home countries. police are investigating annother attack at an area recreational trail...

it happened at the running trail at cedar bend ark in waterloo around 4:15 wednesday police say a woman was running there when a man pulled her sweatshirt over her eyes and dragged her into the woods kwwls olivia mancino following up on this developing story, she joins us with the latest police say the attacker tried to sexually assault this woman but she fought him off. she was able to run away and call police at her home it happened around this trail in waterloo-- the woman took officers to the scene yesterday, and police found some of her things she dropped duriig the attack. you may remember a similar attack on a trail at george wyth state park in july police say a man attacked a woman from behind, dragged heeinto the woods and attacked her campers later found her partially clothed police are saying this attack and the one from yesterday are similar in nature, and now they're looking into possible connections. "its one of those situations a predator may have taken

advantage of ccrcumstances, thats one similarity to last one trails" trelka says they're looking into all possibilities police haven't arresteeanyone in the george wyth attack -- trelka also told me today the waterloo police department and other local law enforcement are organizing a self defefese class where they'll handd out pepper spray for anyone who attends we'll have more details on the we've got you covered live in the newsroom olivia mancino kwwl news ...kwwl news. if you have any information on either ofofthese attacks please contact police.. decision 2016... the third republican presidential debate saw the caidates taking swings at each other during the twoohours at the university of colorado. the c-n-b-c debate may have been highlighted when tensions boiled over between one- time florida allies.. former governor jeb bush and

bush took aim at rubio's senate attendance record.. but rubio was ready with a quick response, claiming bush is convinced that an attack will help his stalled campaign. the next republican debate is scheduled for november 10 in milwaukee. a nfw speaker of the house is sworn iitoday... "the speaker of the house, congressman an honorable paul ryan". house minority leader nancy pelosi handed over the speaker's gavel to congressman ppaul ryan, the representative from wisconsin this morning... she handed it to him after former speaker john beohener left the dium. in his first congressional address, ryan talked about finally feeling the weight of his new position. decision 2015. we contine our look into the cedar falls mayor race. threre people willllbe on the november

currentmayor jon crews. kwwl's nikki newbrough spoke to crews about why he wants to keep his seat. jon crews moved to cedar falls at the age of 5. it was only a few years "i knew the mayor, not that i was thinking about running for mayor but he retired in april said sure why not." "crews served as mayor on and off for part of four decades." all together, 30 years as mayor. but he says he's not done yet. "i enjoy the process. i enjoy working with peopleeand i enjoy results. a guy said last night said i am grateful every day i wake up in cedar falls. that really makes you feel good." crews says he wants to adopt a 2020 lan and haveea common goal for the future. "we devolope a plan for the future. the three goals this year, the three catories are prosperity, place and people.

adopting that and getting buy in we'll get there bt it's better than waiting to see what happens." in cedar falls nikki newbrough kwwl news. you can catch all three of the cedar falls mayor candidates gether on the steele report. it will air suuday morning fter meet the press. coming up on kwwl, the mega bus has a new stop with the opening of a new transit center. and - the hype is on in ames as one of the cyclones basketball players is named to a pre- "winner of the regional you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief

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here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will bee partly y o mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain is forecast to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less expected. fridayyvening is lookkng dry with temperaturr near 50 for

trick-or-treating.the wind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by fridaamorning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain is forecast to begin areaafter 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or lessss expected. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-or-treating.the wind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudyys temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain is forecast to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less trick-or-treating.the wind diminishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky willllbe partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to

the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain is forecast to begin area aftftr 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less expected. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-ortreating.theind diminishes this evening and remains s ight overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine returns friday before the next area of clouds moves in during the late afternoon. rain is foreccst to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less expected. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-or-trrting.the wind dimiiishes this evening and remains light overnight. the sky will be partly to mostly cloudy as temperatures fall to the low 30s by friday morning. sunshine retuuns friday fore

easternrniowa health care facilities currently owned by wheaton franciscan healthcare. three wheaton franciscan healthcare facilities -- covenant medical center in waterloo, sartori hospital in cedar falls and mercy hospital of franciscan sisters of oelwein -- will be joining the mercy health network. the facilities are currently under the wheaton franciscan sisters... the sisters say the decision to switch hands to a larger network comes as some of the sisters are getting older and their numbers are dwindling. the deal isn't done yet, but the final negotiations are expected to take place in the first quarte of 20-16. coralville's new ransit intermodal facility opened in august and is a hub for earth-friendly transportation... including the new megabus station. the station moved from iowa city to coralvilllwhen the facility opened over the summer. though the facility is accomodating for some...the

recicied mixed opinions from megabus riders... since the coralville transit center is more difficult to get to for (evan sturgeon/university of iowa student) "to get here was less convenient because it took downtown, which was much more convenient located. but once i gotthere i saw the facilities and they're pretty nice." some commuters say the comfort of the indoor waiting area makes it worth ththtrek. coming up... an iowa state basketball star receives major preseason hype going in the season. and this week's iowa hawkeye honorary captain should get some big cheers at kinnick stadium...

jeb bush was a very stronongovernor, probobly the strongest governor in the historyy of the state of florida. he was a young guy and i think there were some folks in the legislature that thought they might be able to run over him. that didn't happen. e tax cut wasn't enough- he had to do more. it wasn't enough to have 15,000 kids with school choice in florida, he wanted to have 100,000 kids. if he didn't like a project, it was going to be vetoed. it didn't matter i iyou were a republican. it didn't matter if you were his best friend. he said: 'this is where we're going, this is how we're going to reform state government...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. bubugovernor bush made a lot of changes. he got the nickname veto corleone. if he saw something in the budget that he thought violated his conservative principles, you could guarantee it was gonna get whacked. he vetoed a bubuh of my stuff and d was the senate presisint. the message to washington, d.c., is 'get ready...' because there will be change.

johnson is a hugeeiowa hawkeyee sports fan..and that kirk ferentz is a big zach johnson fan. this saturday both worlds collide ---zach johnson has been named honorary captain for the tenth ranked hawkeyes' gaa this week against maryland. the hawkeyes are 17 point favorites to beat the terps this week and improve to 8 and 0. and many experts are talking about te hawks running the table --all the way to the big ten championship game--unbeaten. but iowa quarterback c.j. beathard says the players don't listen to the experts. that's very important because you can't let that stuff get to letting that stuff go to your undefeated and all that stuff..who knows what they know they don't know much..we know

that. we have to stay focsed on what we can do and the same tiue we have that chip on our shoulder--we know people are going to be againss us every year--that stuff doesn't really phase us doesn't really matter we expect stuff like that anyway--we are not epecting people to talk really good about us we are just focused on us and that is what is really important big hype for iowa state senior forward georges niang---- he has been named a sports illustrated dot com preseason first- team all-american. niang earned a spot on the top team after averaging 15 point 3 points, 5 point 4 rebounds and 3 point 4 assists last season. he was one of just two players in the nation 6-8 or taller to average at least 15.0 points and 3.0 assists last year. he is the onn player nationally with 1,500 points, 450 rebounds named a preseason all- american by the

sporting news. and today don mattingly lands on his feee.. the former new york yanknke great is taking the vacant managerial job with the miami marlins according to the associated press. mattingly takes the post in south beach less than a week after parting ways with the los angeles dodgers. the official announcment might not come until after the world series.

a last look at your forecast. friday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-or-treating.the wind forecast to begin area after 11 pm friday and taper off around noon saturday. rain amounts of 0.50" or less expected. iday evening is looking dry with temperatures near 50 for trick-or-treating. smells like spaghetti with johnsonville italian sausage. my favorite. bad news. the johnsonville factory burned down brian. it's terrible. well if you can't serve tasty sausage why are we even a amily? i may as well move out. well, if that's what yo... you're right. i'll stay.

i'll take dinner in my room, with chocolate milk. make pasta tastier with johnsonville italian sausage.

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