if the question was removed from applications, an employer could still later on ask a potential employee if they have commited a crime the director of the waterloo human rights commission says its better this way.. but some local employers don't agree. a question written on employment applications around the country is now being stricken from the record. "the movement to ban the box is already effective in more than 100 cities around the the question asking if someone has committed a felony from their applications -- although they could still ask in an interview, and do a background check" darin beck owns ten businesses in the cedar valley. he says he's in the second chance business "it rarely would influence whether a person is going to get to be kept on applications, saying the box makes the process easier for everyone. "its less awkward to be able to

center around those types of things" earl kruse does business with beck, and says he knows this personally. "ive always been honest with assault charges on his record -- an incident that happened more than a decade ago he says he's always been upfront with beck. "everybody has skeletons in their closet and they grow up" abraham funchess, executive director of the waterloo commission on human rights is fronting the movement to ban the box he says its great that beck doesn't use the box as a determining factor pre-interview, but he doesn't believe every employer has the same mentality. "but we want other entities to follow suit, to ensure, that all people with criminal arrest backgorunds get a fair chance at employment in the city funchess told me today he wants more time to engage the community, making sure they understand the policy before making up their

minds he says he isn't sure how much time he'll need, saying they could vote on this soon, or as late as next year. we've got you covered live in the newsroom olivia mancino kwwl news banning the box is also making waves nationally... president obama saying today he's directing federal agencies to ban the box on their applications... obama has still not made a decision for an executive order on this day one now in the books for new university of iowa president harreld, a former ibm executive, was chosen from four finalists to serve as ui president... but, he's faced adversity, even before being selected by the regents board to lead the school and harreld says he's here to stay -- whether people like it or not. "they're gonna have a hard them, what are they gonna do what's their option here? i am here, i am started, here we go,

you know what's next? we've got to move on." meanwhile -- hundreds gathering at the pentacrest on campus and eventually working their way outside harreld's office. some protesters say the search for president was flawed, underhanded and illegal. they say the regents didn't listen to the students and staff. harreld responding to protestors today asking for them to just give him a chance. continuing coverage -- police make an arrest in a fatal crash that killed a 34-year-old woman. 18-year-old shye johnston, of reinbeck, is facing charges in the crash. police say he crossed the center line on west reinbeck road in black hawk county -- and hit holly paradine's car. paradine was taken to the

hospital with severe head injuries -- but did not survive. more than 200 students missing school today after police receive a gun threat. monticello police receiving an anonymous text message shortly after the start of the school day saying a student would bring a gun to monticello high school. more than half the students deciding not to go for safety reasons. the district posted on their website they didn't anticipate danger to any of the students but they did take the threat seriously. "given the current state of affairs nation wide we chose to we did so." the school normally doesn't have police on school grounds, but did today following the threat. new at ten -- one area city making a move tonight to set itself up for expansion in the future. dubuque's city council voting to buy a utility company tonight that will impact the size of the

kwwl's brad hanson has been learning more about this tonight. he joins us live now from the on the surface, this seems like a fairly mundane buy--one point three million dollars for a water and sewer system in an area outside of dubuque known as key west. but the council approving that purchase tonight means dubuque is poised to grow. streets of key west. dubuque's city council voting 7-0 to buy twin ridge (david resnick, dubuque city council) "we intend to buy this good way." they buy the company for one point three million dollars, using money mostly pulled from delaying other projects. but city officials say these properties will eventually be annexed into dubuque, and dubuque is set to profit about four million dollars from property taxes and fees over the first ten years. a big deal for

resnick, because the city won't lose money on the deal. "we're scraping our head right now on the debt ceiling. so we need to think of other ways, and a way we thought of a good you can't do both things all the time. you have to make good choices, and i think we've done that tonight. and perhaps as important-this move puts dubuque in a position to grow. "this means jobs, this means lower the tax rate. yes, this is infrastructure. and very proud of the city of dubuque for investing in infrastructure. we're ready for the future, because of the purchases we made tonight." property owners in that area will initially pay higher utility rates because they're currently

outside the dubuque city limits. but as the get annexed into the city, those rates will return to normal. we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. city officials say the four projects that are being delayed to pay for this one will be rebudgeted coming up on kwwl... the janesville wildcats looking to move on in eight man football playoffs plus.. second ranked don bosco hosting turkey valley... 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... and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news

"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." 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: the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until

about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late

morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with sunshine and this time a gusty south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas of fog are possible after 4 am until about 9 am. once the fog thins out, the rest of the day will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the low-mid 70s. wednesday will be another warm day with

south wind. the next chance of rain is forecast for late thursday afternoon into friday morning. the sky remains clear tonight until late. some areas will be mostly sunny and warm. high temperatures will reach the the sky remains clear tonight wind. the next chance of rain is it may be monday -- but we're set for another playoff version of friday night heroes -- with 10 great match-ups including a top ten dust-up in parkersburg -- while unbeaten west delaware mark woodley has that and much more coming up on kwwl. "you're watching kwwl. this

welcome to week it will be off to the dome for the semi- finals -- we open with a top 8 match-up in class 2-a -- 5th ranked waukon had to hit the road tonight with number 8 aplington- parkersburg hosting this big match-up --

waukon get on the board first. colin steiber takes the handoff straight up the gut. he runs through one defender , spins off another tackle and scores on a twenty six yard run. then they would take to the air. petyon hesse fires the ball to wyatt wille. wille fights into the end zone on the twenty eight yard t-d. and the defense coming up big again -- that's hesse with the interception -- we're going to speed him up as he takes it all the way to the a-p 30 --. three plays later the indians would capitalize. peyton hesse finds wyatt wille again. wille makes the grab while falling out of bounds. that t-d would make it twenty to nothing waukon. the indians advace with a big win tonight... 42 to 21 -- new hampton -- meanwhile -- ran in to a tough one at third ranked and unbeaten south tama -- 1) 1st quarter, trojans up 7-0. on 2nd and 9, tailback jerry lowe takes the pitch, hits the hole and beats the chickasaws defense for 6 more. the extra point was no

good, 13-0 trojans. 2) 2nd quarter on 3rd and 12, offense. qb alex troy fiinds keagan john over the middle, he beats two defenders & takes it down to the south tama 19 yard line. 3) then on 4th down, chickasaws go for three, but kameron pfaffle's kick is blocked and the trojans special teams deny new hampton any scoreboard points. 4) still in the 2nd, trojan qb darius shileds rolls out and he airs it out to cody kellog who makes the fantastic catch to the 17 yard line. 5) same series, 1st and goal, peyton rutledge goes up the south tama rolls tonight 49, nothing -- west delaware's had a great run through class 3-a -- the second ranked hawks played host to solon -- the spartans come in now 4 years removed from that great run of 4 straight championships -- nat sound 2 seconds the west delaware hawk faithful going crazyyyy at the start of this game. the hawks go three and out on their first possession, but dig

in on their second try. first and ten on their 28 and they give it to their horse coy roussell. he goes up the middle, finds a seam for a 21 yard pick up. why not try it again...number 24 roussell finds the hole, stears to his left, sees the wall and picks up another 19 yards to the spartans 32- yard line. five plays later on a fourth and 16 from the spartan 28, six foot six john nagel pulls it out of the air for a touchdown. the extra point makes it 7-zip with 5:19 left to go in the first quarter. now in the second, west delaware caps off a 12 play 51 yard drive with a quarterback keeper, max ridenour for the touchdown. hawks move on to the quarterfinals with a 37-14 win over the solon spartans. class 4-a in cedar rapids -- unbeaten cedar rapids kennedy hosting north scott -- and the cougars take it to them right away -- tyler dralle scores from the three -- his third score of the night -- 21, nothing kennedy -- in the end -- they'd run away --

nick duehr to shaun beyer -- in between a pair of defenders -- 22 yards on the score -- kennedy rolls in a laugher 49 to 7 -- and a couple other scores -- gladbrook reinbeck knocks off pleasantville in class a -- and an absolute stunner in 3-a -- decorah takes down a top 5 team for the second straight week -- they dropped number 3 cedar rapids xavier 30, 21 -- coming up next... we had a top ten showdown at dike- new hartford tonight with the quarterfinals on the line -- while the denver cyclones -- last year's surprise in class a -- are no longer coming in under the radar -- we've got more after the break here on kwwl -- after stubbing their toe at

regular season-- dike-new hartford rebounded with a convincing win over central springs in round one of the playoffs -- class 1-a's 5th ranked team looked to keep that going tonight hosting number 10 panorama -- the wolverine offense sharp in the first half -- jacob moore's got connor neuroth deep downfield -- and he's goone -- 60 yards for the score 14, zip dnh -- defense -- pretty good as well -- that's neuroth with the pick and a nice return -- it led to a trent johnson touchdown, 21, nothing -- so offense, check, defense check -- and check off special teams as well -- brody goos comes up with the punt block -- wolverines take over at the 13 -- one play later -- that's trent johnson with his third touchdown

of the game -- right up the gut -- 28, nothing at that point -- and johnson had more left -- from the wolverine 34 yardline -- and nobody's going to stop him on this run -- 66 yards to the house -- dike-new hartford rolls tonight 48 to 7 -- the road to the class 1a state championship goes through iowa city. the hudson pirates would put up a fight against the regina regals. first play of the game, the pirates kickoff and regina's nathan stenger would take it out but the ball would be knocked loose and hudson would recover. that would setup this six yard run by blake hottle. the pirates would go for two and be denied. hudson would go up by six early. the regals would answer. still in the 1st, qb stenger calls his own number and bulldozes his way into the end zone from six yards the regals would score one more time before the half. the defending state champions too much for the hudson pirates.

last season the denver cyclones made a somewhat shocking run to the class a semifinal -- this time -- the 4th ranked cyclones are no longer under the radar -- denver hosting montezuma with a shot at the quarterfinals on the line -- on denver's opening drive, facing a 4th and 7 from the montezuma 11, #28 izaack shendenhelm goes right up the gut and scores easily to give the cyclones a 7-0 lead. still in the first quarter, denver with the ball again. 2nd the ball again and sprints to the outside, just getting into the endzone to make it 15-0 cyclones with the two point conversion. onto the second quarter, the cyclones have the ball 1st and 10 from the braves 13. #10 mitchel siech gets some great blocking, cuts it to the outside and hits paydirt to make it 22-0 denver. montezuma is trying to fight back as on a 3rd and 10 from their own 30, quarterback logan price fires a dart to #2 brody mckeag in stride, and he's gone! 70 yards to the endzone to get the braves on the scoreboard to make it 22-7. but it's just too much denver tonight as the cyclones advance, 57-14. on to gilbertville -- 8 man football --

turkey valley......coach mark scott''s trojans....with a 9-2 record....score first on this long pass from cody hackman to bill einwalter...6-0 turkey valley... turkey valley gets the early cheering rights... but, don bosco comes right back.......nick mangrich breaks free and this will be a 55-yard touchdown run.. that fires up the bosco student section later,..joel sweeney scores on this touchdown run for don bosco....22-6 dons. nick mangrich scores again and then, gets loose on this apparent 65- yard touchdown run...but this one is called back on a penalty.... still worth a bosco cheer.... spencer bruess takes control and scores on this 64 yard touchdown run.....as the dons go up, 40-6. the dons call off the dogs in this high scoring affair.... and go on to beat turkey valley 74-34, and advance to the 3rd round of the 8- man playoffs. sixth ranked janesville getting

the home game against west bend mallard check out the run from west bend mallards nolan roger dahlhauser... he never touches the ground... rolls over on a janesville defender pops back up and he goes the rest of the way for a score 6-0 wolverines. janesvilles nick nelson big run up the middle goes 35 yards that sets up noah dodd play action finds josiah hovenga for the score wildcats have tied it up a 6 a piece. janesville struggling on special teams nelson cant handle the snap and cant get the punt away leads to dahlhauser second touchdown of the half for west bend-mallard and they would hold on in this one winning by the final of 75-45 we'll be right

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