where a man was shot multiple times-- police say he's currently in the hospital. the newwroom olivia macnino kwwl news we'll update you as more information becomes available... coming up tonight at six we'll hear from a neighbor who lives across from the law firm... in continuing coverage... jury selection is finished and a trial underway for a man accused of stabbing and killing his ex- girlfriend in the parking lot of an eastern iowa groceey store. nicholas leurkins is charged with first degree murder.... he's accused of stabbing and killing 29-year-old lynnsey donald - in front of hhr seven yearrold osn... donald was stabbed as she was walking out of the marion hy-vee in the middle of the afternoon in april... the first homicide in marion in seven years. kwwl's hillary maglin was in the courtroom as witnesses were questioned this afternoon...

she's live in cedar rapids - hillary? several witnesses were called to the stand and all told a very disturbiing story of what happened in april. five different witnesses... fourr women and one man... recounted at they saw and heard in the marion hy-vee parking lot months ago. three out of the five are hy-vee employees who rushed to the parking lot after the store issued a code blue... which is hy-vee's code for a medical emergency. most the witnesses only saw the aftermath of the deadly stabbing. "there was a man crouched down on the ground over a woman. like, telling him no, , stop." several witnesses said they tried to

stop leurkins verbally and physically before polic arrived just minutes lmter. witnesses say whwhn they arrived on the scene... leurkins was shouting that he wanted to die... and began trying to stab himself. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. during the trial... jurors are expected to see a survevelance video of the attack. election night - decision 2015... it's election day across the nation -- and voters across eastern iooa are at the polls casting their ballot in local elections... the turnut at local precints in eastern iowa has been above average today... that's in part because of the gorgeous weather we'vv had today... naturally - we have storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg to thank for the lovely election day weather. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl

the sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late once again. areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. otterwise, another warm and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and thursday night. an isolated storm is possible as well..he wind remainsnstrong from the south thursday. friday the tonight we have team seven coverage of some of the most talked about races in eastern iowa... kwwl's kristin rogers is in cedar rapids - voters there could approve a new tax levy in support of the library... and nikki newbrough is in waterloo... where voters will be

choosing a new mayor. and waterloo is where we start our coverage... these five candidates are on the baalot to try and take the spot occupied by current mayor buck clark who is not seeking re-election kwwl's nikki newbrough is very familiar with this race... nikki, you've interviewed all of these candidates one-on-one... and i heard five different reasons why these people wanted to be mayor of wwerloo. all from safer streets to tackeling the budget. quentin hart says he wants safer streets, and that includes building that trust between law enforcement and the community. tim hurlee agrees with stopping the violence. he suggests working with business leaders, and others who want o help. frank magsamen says if elected he's like to move towards a different form of government. that's where

the mayor becomes a part time position and becomes a voting member of the city council. as for leah morrison, a 19 year tax accountant, she says one of the biggest challenges she will attack as mayor, the city's tax levee rate. while, long time businessman wayne nathem says if elected mmor, he'd take on the city's budget. hawk county elections office checks in at 10, 2, and 6:00. at 2:00 in waterloo they were at ten percent. we've got you covered, live in waterloo -- nikki newbrouuh, kwwl news... the waterloo mayoral race could come down to a run off. a candidate must receive a simple majority. if no candidate receives a majority, a runoff between the top two vote- getters will be held december first. another race which has a chance to come down to a run off is the mayor's race in cedar falls...

two candidates are running against incumbent mayor jon crews... jim brown and dave halterman - neither have run for mayor before. jon crews has been mayor 30 of the last 44 years. crews says, if elected, he wants to adopt a comprehensive plan for 2020 and have a common goal the future he's up against 2 conteners, jim brown. brown's backgroond is in software and he wants to improve city the 3rd candidate is dave halterman-- he has a long career citizens activist it's not justtmunicipal elections on the ballot today today... several levy votes are also happening throughout the area -- including a vote for a tax levy for cedar rapids residents o help fund the public library... the potencial library levy has been a major topic in cedar rapids for months,

as you drive through cedar rapids it's easy to find support signs for the new potencial library tax, but even though the signs have been out, the voting turn out is down so far today compared to recent years. the new cedar rapids library was built in twenty- thirteen and is asking for a twenty-seven cent library tax for the city per one thousand dollars of assessed property value. that would be $27 a year for a homeowner with a 100,000 home or a little more tha2 bucks a library was overbuilt and they would be forrhe services they so far today i'm told the voting turn out is down about of elections earlier, he said he hopes the numbers will go up as people get off work... we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl newss we will continue to have updates on the library levy vote tonight at 6,

and results tonight at ten. another tax levy on the ballot today is for the grout museum district in wateeoo... the property tax increase would be small -- about a dollar 25 a month, for a home valued at 100 thousand dollars... a similar effort failed in 2013 and since then, the museum has made cuts - having some buildings only open by appointment. the polls close tonight at eight and we've got the newsroom working overtime to get the election results online. so once precints start reporting their results, we'll get them on ouou website, kwwlldot com... coming up... we'll introduce you to a voter who was born before women were allowed to vote. and... firefighters have to rescue a dog from a burnng home, after the family makes it out safely... that's coming up in just a few

here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecasnext. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron news at five." --------- ---------

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stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and wind remains strong from the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air acrrss the state.. late once again. areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. otherwise, another warm and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and thursday night. an isolated storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from e

south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across the state. late once again. areas where fofodevelops, ittwill clear by mid morning. otherwise, another warm and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and thursday night. an isolated storm is possible asaswell. the wind remains strong from the strong wind turns to the

northwest bringing cooler and dry air across the state. late once again. areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. otherwise, another warm and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from tte south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and thursday night. an isolaaed storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the south thurssy. friday thh strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across the state. late strong wind turns to the still to come on thehewwl news

five... this 104-year-old woman is hitting the polls... "i'm glad i'm able to vote... to be able to read... to be able to think.... to be able to remember the old days too." more from margaret's trip to cast her ballot after the break... you're tching kwwl. wwve got you covered in bear creek, harper's ferry waukon and all of eastern iowa ---------

all of-age americans... but one eastern iowawaoman is going above a ad beyond to fulfill her civic duty... margaret cundy is 104 years old and has a very important message for young voters.... with margaret at her voting precint. "do you need any assistance with voting? i don't think 104...and she's been voting since 1932... when`she was just 21 years old. "i missed last every year.... "i made sure i was ok this "i'm glad i'm able to vote... to be able to read... to be able to think.... to be able to`remember the old days too."

standup: margaret says voting is a littler differet today than it was the past. "i think we used pens."... "slip it in there and it will didnt have the automationonof puttinin the vote in and it flies away." but that doesn't stop her from heading to the polls... "im glad you take it so seriously... every body should. every body should." and she has a message for younger voters... "they should be happy that they are able to vote. there's so many people in the world that do not have a say." we've got you covered... in cedar falls... amanda

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dar falls firefighters came to the home in the 500 block of west fifth street before noon... the family got out safely, but the dog had to be@rescued by firefighters... the family is thankful everyone is safe, but there's a lot of shelly keve- owner aftter seeing the damage, i cried. we got into the 2008 rebuilding all over again. a family cat is still missing, but firefighters believe the cat is safely hiding somewhere in the home. the family is staying with nearby relatives. the fate of the keystone

pipeline may be in the hands of the next president. the xl pipeline would run from alberta canada to texas, but transcanada, the company seeking a boarding crossing crossing permit is in a dispute with the state of nebraska... the company put a request in to the obama administraiton to suspend the permit application.. deicision 2016... republican presidential candidate john kasich is in dubuque today for his latest campaign stop. the ohioioovernor held d is balanced budget townhall style meeting at loras college. for most of the time...he took questions from supporters...but also spoke on how he got rid of ohio's deficit. he also sat down for a "i have a history of success creating jobs, cutting taxes, tryin to make sure the next generation does better than the current generation and trying to shift power back to nieghborhoods so that we can rebuild our families and our

more of the inverview with governor kasich, is coming up tonight on the kwwl nnws at six... hillary clinton is also campaigning in eastern iowa today... clinton met up with voters at a rally in coralville this afternoon... shes' answering voter questions... and talked specificially about gun violence in the united states. here's a live look at the hawkeye community college skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather neet. we'll --------- --------- --------- --------- here's a re if you're looking for a medicare plan, we're health alliance. we believe in superheroes.

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we brought you at the top of the show... a man is in the hospital... injured, after he's shot by police.... the man was also the suspect in a police chase... according to police, the man was shot here the chase started on

west fourth and wellington street in waterloo... at the anfinson and luce law firm... that's also where the man was shot. the chase ended on south hackett road. neighbors told kwwl that they saw one person taken off on a a strrtcher and taken away by ambulance. storm track seven chief