good evening. i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda gooan. thanks for joining us. a suspect i i shot several times after a police chase comes to an end... now in the hospital with injuries... the chase appeared to start at 4th and wellington, near anfinson and luce, an attorney's office in waterloo... the chase ended about five miles away on south hackett road. kwwls lauren mossjust returninn from the scene, and speaking with neighbors. she joins us now live in the newsroom, lauren we do know this is an officer-involved shooting, where a man wasshot multiple times . now lets get right to the video shot around 4th and wellington and then a chase ensued for about 5 miles. as you can see, there's caution tape in the street near the law firm, there are also evidence markers on the ground, which for shell casings. from that scee, a chase enssed for about 5 miles....and that brings us to south hacket road, where

officers arrested the suspect. the suspect was taken to united point allen hospital for treatment. i spoke e ith one woman, who lives right across the street from the scene where the shooting happened...she says enough is enough..she doesn't even feel safe in her own home anymore. i get ssred police car r oing by i get scared..i get to praying. it's just too much too much. neighbors told kwwl , they saw one person taken off on a stretcher and taken away by ambulance. police say no officers havve been injured,,only the malelesuspect. now because this is an officer involved shooting- the iowa division of criminal investigation has been called in to assist. moss ...kwwl news. we'll update you as more information ecomes available... firefighters rescue a dog from the kitchen of a a urning home... cedar 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 damage inside the home. aftter seeing the damage, i cried. we got into the 2008 flood and i losteverything then and now i have this it's like rebblding all over again. but firefighters believe the cat is safely hiding somewhere in the home. the family is staying with relatives. as they hit the polls for election night. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen forrour complete weathererinformation. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl

stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late once again. areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. ooherwise, anotter warm and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong frwm the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bbinging coolee and dry air across the state.the sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late and mostly sunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cold front forecast to bring a chance accused of stabbing and killing his ex- girlfriend in the parking lot of an store. nicholas leurkens is charged with first degree murder.... he's accused of stabbing and donald - in front of her seven year old son... was walking out of the marion hy-vee in the

middle of the afternoon in april... the first murder in years. kwwws hillary maain was at thh witnesses say luerkins stabbed himself too. months after that fatal stabbing the trial finally started today... with several witnesses recounting the events of the murder. (sot. cg: hy-vee employee) "there was a man knelt down on the grood over a womann she was laying thereelifeless, and he was just stabbing stabbing in a busy hy-vee parking lot in april... suspect nicholas luerkens is finally being tried this wek. five witnesses spoke and recounted the disturbing story. (sot. cg: hy-vee employee) "i encountered a woman covered in blood with shoes around her in the parking lot

wounds in her body." severalwitnesses all said they heard screaming and expletives before actually arriving on the scene. luerkens began trying to stab hmself once people arrived... and some witnesses tried to convince him "i just kind of ttckled him. thh knife went one way, and him and i were grappling." one employee managed to get a hold of the knife so no one else would get hurt. police arrived on the scene and took ntrol of leurkins just minutes later. attempted to bend the knife into a hook so he could more easily stab himself. we've got you covered in cedar jurors are expected to see a surveillance video of the murder over the course of the trial. it's election night across the

state and many eastern iowans out at the polls casting their vote in local elections. polls are saying turnout is a littll above average so far. if you haven't casted your vote yet, there's still time. polls are open until eight p-m. in aterloo, thesefive people are ooking to be e next is not seeking reelection. kwwl's nikki newbrough is live in downtown waterloo. nikki you spoke to all of these candidates. they a ae all very passionate the job. but what's unique about this race, there could be a runoff. quentin hart says he wants safer ssreets, and thaa includes building that trust between law enforcement and the community. tim hurley agrees with stopping the violence. he suggests working with teachers, faith leaders, business leaders, and others whh wanttto help.

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 morririon, a 19 year tax accountann, she says one of the biggest challenges she will attack as mayor, the city's tax levee te. while, long time businessman wayne nathememsays if elected mayor, he'd take on the city's budget. elections manager kyle jennsen says there could possibly be a that majority vote and waterloo and cedar falls have been run after putting in so much woror this election day, jennesen says shes very pleased with the turnout so far. we've got you covered live in waterloo nikki newbrough kwwl news. thank you nikki. another item up for vote is whether

the grout museum. supporters say the levy increase would cost the owner of a 100- thousand dollar home about 15 bucks a year. still, waterloo voters turned down aaimilar measure two years ago. since then -- the museum has eliminated positions and limited buildings and exhibits. another race which has a chance to come down to a run off is the mayor's race n cedar falls... two candidates are running against incumbent mayor jon crews... jim brown and dave halterman - neither have run for mayor before. kwwls olivia mancino is at one of the polls for us now, live in cedar falls olivia talks about the atmosphere at the polls. olivia talks about the atmosphere at the polls

there are three candidatats vying for this spot - candidates vying for this spot - jon crews is the incumbent 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 for the future he's up against 2 contenders including school board member jim brown browns background is in software he wants to improve business development in the city the third candidate is dave halterman he has a long carrer ininrailroad managementt and conniders himself a citizens the polls close at 8 tonight so there just less than two hours to go. stay will us for the latest election coverage in cedar falls. we've got you covered...olivia mancino...kwwl news. thank you olivia. the name of an iowa city council candidate, who died last week, remains on tuesday's ballot.

bill carninenedied wednesddy, but election officials say the news came too late to take his name off ballots in ida grove. carnine was the only candidate for the ward 2 seat. it's not just municipal elections on the ballolotoday today... several levy votes are also happening throughout the area -- including a vote for a tax levy for cedar rapids residents to help fund the public library... the library levy has been a big topic in cedar rapids for months, that's where we find kwwl's kristin rogers... i just got off the phone withh thee elections office, they tell me numbers are still down this year compared to recent years... even though the library tax has been a popular topic, it hasn' increased voter numbers so far... is is video of the cedar rapids library, which was built in 2013 while some say it was over built, the library says the tax would be for their

not the building itsef which was built debt free. the tax would be equal to $27 a year for a homeowner with a 100,000 dollar home. those involved in the election are suprised a potencial tax hasn't brought in more voters... suprised that this library issue which is a tax increase issue does not seem to have increased turn out for us thus far." he also told me elections with a mayor on tt ballot tend to draw in bigger numbers, even without the mayor on the ballot in cedar rapids there is still suprise a potencial tax increase hasn't increased votes.. the deputy commissioner oo elections made a good point to me earlier. we have a very outspoken yes group in cedar rapids regarding the library tax however we havent heard of a no group...

he said the lack of two opposing groups b bnging it to the as well.... we've got you covered in cedar we will continue to track theh votes, with results coming up at ten. up at ten. coming up on kwwl, shirley descorbeth sits down for a one-on- one with republican presidential candidate john kasich. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwww stormtrack if you're looking for a medicare plan, we're health alliance. we believe in superheroes. in the slow dance at the end of the night. in beiei yourself. we believe in simplicity... and in doing good when no one's looking. to us, it just seems right. call now and learn more. you'll talk to a real person, not an automated system. we're part of your community, not a conglomerate.

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the sky remains clear tonight witha chance of fog developing late once again. areas where fog develops, it will l lear by mid are tracking 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 the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northhst bringing cooler and dry air a aross the stattthe sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late once again. areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. otherwie, another warm and mostly sunny sky with a

front forecast to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and ursday night. an isolated storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across thestate.the sky develops, it will clear by mid morning. otherwwse, anothee warm d 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 thh south thurray. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across the state.the sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late and mostlyunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we are tracking a cood front forecass to bring a hance of rain to the area thursday and thursday night. an isolated storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the dry air across the state.the sky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing late once again. areas where ff 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 forecas to bring a chance of rain to the area thursday and thurrday night. an isolated ststrm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the chance of fog developing late once again.areas where fog develops, it will clear by mid morning. otherwise, another warm and mostllsunny sky with a stronger wind from the south. we thursday night. an isolated storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across tte state.theesky remains clear tonight with a chance of fog developing 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 fororcast to bring a chance storm is possible as well. the wind remains strong from the south thursday. friday the strong wind turns to the northwest bringing cooler and dry air across the state.the sky remains clear tonight with a republican presidential candidate john kasich is in dubuque for his latest campaign

"i've been an executive,,ave a presidential candidate john kasich says about his record. the ohio governor is in dubuque for his balanced budget townhall meeting. "and now i've put out another what i've always thought is the great american dream, which is our next generation will do b bter than this generation." it was filled with a small crowd of about sixty dubuque students who got to ask him questions. afterwards...i spoke directly with kasich to find out you mentioned it bbiefly in the what is your position? "i think that the enthanol subsidy over time should be phased out, but we don't wanna point." on reforming welfare...kasich says it should be done across the board for the poor and rich. "we need to make sure some of these big subsidies for big corporations where they get sweetheart deals need to be examined. it doesn't mean that on job creation iowa...kasich says.... "terry branstad he doesn't need advice from me, he's been a governor for a long time and uh, you let me take cre of business in washington and

ohio and i think terry can do a good job of taking care of things herr, right here in the great old state of iowa." kwwl news. and in a rrent iowa pollll released yesterday, kasich is trailing behind.tied for tenth place amongst the republican candidates. he told us...what you see in get. coming up... tens of thousands of fans line the streets of kansas city for a celebration 30 years in the

and the tenth ranked iowa hawkeyes prepare to face the dangerous indiana hooisiers as they continue their quest for a big ten west title..

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week when they travel to face indiana on saturday in bloomingtoo... the hoosiers have lost four r n a row including two hard fought defeats to top ranked ohio state and sixth ranked michigan state. the hawkeyes will be looking to become a perfect nine and oh for the second time since 2009... and the team the hawks beat for their ninth victory that year was indiana. despite the obvious distraction of the college football playoff rankings which start tonight. they've been trying to predict

stuff since the beginning of the continue to tak it one week at a time. we control what we do. we control one week at a time we can do right now is try to get our football team ready to play this week. we've encouraged our players to best, and that's prepare, then you have to go out and compete . the hawks and hoosierr kick it off on saturday around 2:30 today the world series champion kansas city royals held the traditional celebratory parade through the city... it's the franchise's second overall and first world series title in thirty years beating the new york mets in five games...tens of thousands of people crammed to the heart of kansas city for today's parade and rally.

new to the newsroom: we h a police chase comes to an end... police tell us that person is now in the hospital with injuries... the chase appeared to start

at 4th and wellington, near anfinson and luce, an torney's office in waterloo... the chase ended about f fve miles away on ssth hackett road. moss just returning from the

jeb bush was a very strong governor, probably the strongest governor in the history 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. th didn't happen. one 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 if you 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 govovnment...' every politician comes in talking about making change, and generally there's not much change. but governor bush made a lot of cnges. 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 bunch of my stuff and i was the senate president.

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