retiring two years from now.... but after speaking with family and his campaign committee... he decided that right now is the right time... unofficial votes from tuesday's election show cedar falls board of education member jim brown edging out crews by about 7-hundred votes... but neither of them earned a majority of votes so they were forced into a runoff by rule... now -- the biggquestion is s hy? i asked crews why he decided to drop off before runoff elections in december... his answer -- family... after the election results on tursday , earlier this week, the campaign chair said maybe you should just retire this year rather than in 2 years because we had already talked about that. so i talked about that with my family, and my campaigb , committee co-chairs, and some other people on the committee, couple council memebers and so i decided to retire two years

crews told brown about his decision this morning... crews said he now wants to help ensure a smooth transition for about what the budget and goals and there is a 2025 plan that's in the process right now. so i'm going to try and transition. say here are the key things i think will be good for you to consider. so we've already started that, not very long, we just talked for a few minutes this morning before this. so we will s st up times to meet" we were kind of running against each other in the campaign, now its more of a mentor type of relationship. because there is a wealth of knowledge there and i want to hit the ground as

... it is humbling, i think. as i might read through the lines, he is entrusting me to continue years as mayor. that's humbling because i love the city we live in as well. now crews told me he's actually been a part of three runoffs in his career... he says he may or may not have been successfull... he also said he plans on still being an active member in the cedar falls community... 've got you ccered in cedar falls, i'm jessica

...kwwl news. ththnk you, jessicc... joining us live in the studio to talk about the news of crews' dropping out of the runoff is grant veeter, black hawk county

longtime cedar falls mayor jon crews has announceetoday that he is retiring.... crews says he the mayoral position in cedar falls.... unofficial votes from tuesday's election show cedar falls board of education member jim brown but neither of them earned a majority of votes so they were forced into a runoff by rule... longtime cedar falls mayor jon campaign for re- election and will be droppiig out of thee runoff for the mayoral position in cedar falls.... unofficial votes from tuesday's election show cedar falls board of education member jim brown edging out crews by about 7-hundred votes...

of votes so they were forced into a runoff by rule... longtime cedar falls mayor jon crews has announccd today that he is retiring.... crews says he has suspended his campaign for re- election and will be dropping out of the falls.... unofficial votes from majority of votes so they were he is retiring.... crews says he the mayoral position in cedar majority of votes so they were forced into a runoff by rule... dropping out of the runoff for falls board of education member majority of votes so they were he is retiring.... crews says he falls board of education member jim brown edging out crews by forced into a runoff by rule... the mayoral position in cedar falls.... unofficial votes from about 7-hundred votes... let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. we are tracking some otherwise we are dry. a wider track east. along and ahead of weatter is expecttd. temperatures right now are mild wind from 10 to 20 miles per and let you know how much you can expect coming up in just a

police say it happened just before ten last night in waterloo. the chase started on m-l-k drive and mobile street, ending about two miles away at west second and randolph. officers arrested 39-year-old michael nton. he's now facing mutliple charges, including a controlled substance violation and eluding police. a domestic distrubance call leads to another police chase in spillville -- when man drives off with a gun.... the chase caused a catholic school to be locked down for on edge... "i just couldn't believe it, because everybody in town is so just ocking." the winneshiek county sheriff's offic arrested 51-year old jeffrey kuennen they say he droveeoff when thee responded to a home for a domestic disturbance call.

he now faces multiple charges. today, nasa is ready to release new information about mars... and there's an iowa connection... a briefing will be held this afternoon to talk about some key scientific findings from its mars exploration... the new info is expected to focus on the red planet's atmosphere... and to determine how much of the atmosphere has been lost to spapae... a univerrty of iowa space scientist will be spekaing.... he's part of the physics and astronomy departments... he and others will also be talking about how scientists think it's likely liquid water exists on mars... this all happens preety soon -- the hearing will begin around 1 this afternoon.... it will be broadcast live on nasa television adn the agency's website. coming up... how an upcoming mega merger will and... a suspected burglar falls through the ceiling of a restaurant... stay tuned for that raw video... i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. the storm

track 7 live doppler radar doesn't have much activity now, but that could change later this afternoon. we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. "you're watching kwwl. we've

here is additional forecast meteorologist kyle kiel. warm and breezy once again this afternoon with a mostly cloudy sky. rain will track in later this afternoon, along wii a few isollted thununrstorms. but threat tracker does not show any threat for severe weather. this is along a cold front that tracks through later thjs evening, and ushers in cooler, more seasonable air as we head into friday and saturdayy we remain dry. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar. not tracking any activity, other than a few light rain showers that have passed through parts of our eastern and southern counties this morning. as we take a wider view with our satellite and radar, it's easy to pick out where our front is. this will continue to track to the east and be our focalpoint for showers and storms. here's the storm track 7 live weathhr network ameras across eastern iowa. it is showing a mostly overcast sky. the rain moves in later this still well above average, so we are in the warm sector of this strong

storm system. we have temperatures in the 60s, but you can see the cooler colors indicating cooler tempratures to the west. here's s he current wind speeds. they are out of the south froo ten to twenty miles per hour. gusts swing to the northwest later tonight, ushering in the cooler temperatures. let's time out the rain hour by hour with futuretrack. we are starting early this afternoon. the ain will d dvelop to the west, and start to track into the area later this afternoon. around four o'clock is when you can expect the rain to begin tracking into our area. this will continue throughout the evening. notice, it's not a very big line of rain, so there may be an hour to two hour period where one area sees rain. the rain becomes a bit more widespread as the front trac to the east, so that is where we see the heavier rain possibility. by midnight, most of the rain moves oo of the area, and we will see a mostly sunny, but breezy start to friday. and that will continue throughout the day. here's the forecast rain amounts. generally a half inch or less. areas to the east may see just a bit

more rain. bbt nothing too we'll see a mostly cloudy sky with scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms. highs will be in the middle 60s. it will be breezy as well. here's the forecast for ttight. we'll keep a chance for rain early, then becoming partly cloudy with temperatures dropping into the 40s. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we will have decreasing clouds tomorrow afternoon with seasonable highs. saturday will be chilly, but seasonable with highs in the 40s. we keep comfortable fall weather through the beginning of next week. highs in the 40s. we keep comfortable fall weather through the beginning of next week.

it's not always a pleasant surprise when somebody drops in for dinner. especially when you're out to dinner... and a suspected burglar falls through the ceiling of the restaurant. police say the man cut a hole in theheceiling of aaflorida restaurant and headed to the office. but he made a wrong turn... and falls through the ceiling of the restaurant. police say the suspect denies he was trying to burglarize the restaurant. coming up.... a service dog in training goes missing -- how you can help... and.... the cause of the widespread illness that put many teachers out of action at a iowa high

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feel really guilty" latham is described as very friendly and approachable if you see him dont hesitte to approach him and please call the owner of retrieving freedom or his foster family their contact information is on our website in k-w-w-l follow-up today... a new report shows food poisoing that gottteachers sick at an iowa high school last month has been traced to bacteria in meat. classes had to be called off for a day in polk county because so many teachers got sick. state lab tests show the food that roosevelt high school stff members ate at a luncheon was contaminated. the cause is one of the most u-s. coming up.... a top ten list for holiday gifts -- straight from the source... and... how one starbuuks is making a w form of ordering available... this is kwwl-- we'll be right back. a big step for customers in line

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c-m-a's... and... a deadly plane crash off the shores of the northeast, we'll tell you what weeve learned... and... a big day in the road to the white house -- as 2016 candidates file for an important primary state... welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher a top story we continue to follow today... as longtime cedar falls mayor jon crews has announced today that he is retiring.... crews says he has suspended his campaign for re- election and will be dropping out of the runoff for the mayoral position in cedar falls.... unofficial votes from tuesday's election show cedar falls board of education member jim brown edging out crews by about

7-hundred votes... we spoke ith crews earlier today... afteethe election results on that. so i talked about that with my family, and my campaigb , committee co-chairs, and some other people on the committee, couple council memebers and o i decided tooretire two yeyers earlier. crews told rown about his deciciion this morning... he also said that wants to help ensure a smooth transition for about what the budget and goals here are the key things i think tarted that, ot very long,g,we just talked for a few minutes this morning before this. so we will set up times to meet" we were kind of running against each other in the campaign, now its more of a mentor type of relationship. because there is a wealth of knowledge there

and i want to hit the ground as hard as i can but i do know that might read through the l lnes, he is entrusting me to continue what he has established the last 40 years of involvement, 30 years as mayor. that's humbling because i love the city we live in as well. tune into our 5 pm and 6 pm newscasts for more on crews' retirement... we wil have more on our website throughouu the day at k-w-w-l dodocom... let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. are tracking some dry y our storm track 7 live otherwise we are dry. a wider view shows a cold front just to our west. that will continue to track east.

along and ahead of the front we thunderstorms. nsevere weather is expected. temperatures right now re mild in the 60s, but cooler temperatures are on the way. it's also breezy with a south wind from 10 to 20 miles per hour. storm track 7 live weather network shows the clouds skies. we'll time out the rain and let you know how much you can expect coming up in just a few minutes. decision 20-16 coverage today... vermont senator bernie sanders is moving forward with his efforts to legaze pot nationwide... the democratic p pesidential hopeful filed a senate bill wednesday that would decriminalize marijuana with the federal government...

to decide whether they want to legalize recreational uss of the drug. . it's a ong shot to pass in the presidential hopefuls that is filing his papers with the new hampshire secretary of state tday to get his name on the ballot for that state's video of republican hopeful marco rubio officially filing earlier this morning... republican contender carly fiorina is also filing for the february 9th primary today... both sanders and fiorina will officially file this afternoon... democrat martin o'malley and republican donald trump both filed their paperwork yesterday -- ensuring that their names will appear on the ballot... "to me it feels like a historic like absolutely a historic day. we're leading every poll in new hampshire, we have been for a long time and it's been amazing." yesterday was the first day of the new hampshire primary filing period. presidential canddates have until novvber 20- th to submit paperwork to be on the ballot.... marco rubio has been campaigning in the state this week ahead of

following a ccllege forum.. rubio defended his personal financial history, which has come under clososr scrutiny as his campaign profile has grown. he acknowledges putting personal charges on a florida republican party cedit card when he was in the state legislate.. but says all its more than a credit card, it would review it and if there was something on it that was personal, i would pay it and if it wasn't the party paid it. a handful of rubio's republican rivals have criticized the florida senator's expenses... honoring our heroes -- or finding a way to makkmoney? a report shows the department of defense paid sports leagues to honor veterans. republican senators john mccain and jeff flake issued the report. it shows the department of defens paid out as much as 6.8 million dollars in tax payer money. according to the report, 72 out of the 122 pro sports contracts that

were turned over contained what they called "paid patriotism" activities. at least one person has died following a plane crash off the coast of queens in new york... police are saying that the small plane crashed shortly before eight o'clock wednesday night.... parts of the p pane and one body were recovered about a mile and a half off breezy point... the aircraft was headed to new hampshire... the f-a-a and the national transportation safety board are investigating the crash today... switching gearrnow... as country music's big night was last night... as the c-m- a's were held in nashville... and a big performance being talked about today was justin timberlake's performance with emerging counrty star chris stapleton.n.. stapleton had a big night on top of the memorable performance with timberlake... taking home awards in "new artist of the year" and "album of the year categories"... luke bryan won entertainer of the year... turning now to a life-saving catch... one firefighter compared it to a touchdown grab on super bowl sunday.... but this was no game..

a man caught a baby after it was tossed from the window of a burning apartment building... mike benner has the tory from washington state today... "the majority of the heat was sunday night. he was at home relaxing when he noticed a bright light on his home securitytycamera ... then this... "help help help." frantic screams for help coming from the next door duplex. hedgpeth rushed over to find the place engulfed in flames. a family of five was trapped in the e ownstairs apartmmnt. a family of four upstairs. "well my husband usually mother to two .. chiann james tapped in to what she calls her mama skills. with the fire growing in size. she raced over to the second story window. chiann settled her nerves and dropped her baby to hedgpeth who was standing below. "you realize that child's well being isisin your hands and nothing was going to make me miss, nothing." the two-year-old was the next to drop... a passer-by

caught him... chiann and her husband then jumped to safety. this as the family downstairs climbed out their window. "once this fire builds, it was building fast, fire doubles in size every 30-45 seconds. it was growing like you can't believe, perhaps nobody knows that better than chiann and her family... "i"iever thought our house would catch h n fire, never. he's a hero." she says they will be forever grateful for neighbor mark hedgpeth .. "i feel like i'm someone who stepped up when someone needed help. i would hope and pray anyone would do the same." coming up ... bears enjoy the first snow of the season... stay tuned to see more... and stormtrack seven

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ask your doctor if adding once-a-week tanzeum is right for you. go to tanzeum.com to learn if you may be eligible to receive tanzeum free for 12 months. make every week a tanzeum week. again this afternoon with a mostly cloudy sky. rain will track in later this afternoon, along with a few isolated weather. this is along a cold front that tracks through later this evening, and ushers in cooler, more seasonable air as we head into live doppler radar. not tracking any activity, other than a few light rain showers that have passed through parts of our and radar, it's easy to pick out where our front is. this will continue to track o the east and be our focal point for live weather network cameras across eastern iowa. it is showing a mostly overcast sky. the rain moves in later this afternoon. temperatures are still well above average, so we are in the warm sector of this strong storm syssem. we have temperatures in the 60s, but you can see the cooler colors indicating cooler temperatures to the west. south from ten to twenty miles

than that. these winds will swing to the northwest later tonight, ushering n the cooler temperatures. let's time out the rain hour by hour with futuretrack. we are starting early this afternoon. the rain will develop to the west, and start to track into the area later this afternoon. around four o'clock is when you cn expect the rain to begin tracking into our area. this will continue throughout the evening. notice, it's not a very big line of rain, so there may be an hour to two hour period where one area sees rain. the rain becomes a bit more wididspread as the front tracks to the east, so that is where we see the heavier rain possibility. by midnight, most of the rain moves out of the area, and wewewill see a mososly sunny, but breezy start to friday. and

that will continue throughout the day. here's the forecast rain amounts. generally a half inch or less. areas to the e est may see just a bit more rain. but nothing too heavy. here's the forecast for the rest of this afternoon. we'll see a mostly cloudy sky with scattered showererand a few isolated thunderstorms. highs will be in the middle 60s. it will be breezy as well. here's the orecast for tonight. we'll keep a chance for rain early, then becoming partly cloudy with temperatures dropping into the 40s. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we will have decreasing clouds tomorrow afternoon with seasonable highs. saturday will be chilly, but seasonable with highs in the 40s. we keep comfortable fall

beginning of next week. wiwi seasonable highs. saturday will be chilly, but seasonable with highs in the 40s. we keep comfortable fall weather through the beginning of next week. the first snowwf the season fell in northern arizona.... and no one enjoyed it more than the bears at the beaaizona wildlife park... park officials say the bears

happy to see a change in scenery and played in it as much as they could. the park is expected to get up to six inches, but they plan to stay open... as it says it allows families to drive through to get a peek at the wildlife in their natural habitat... coming up ... little experts rate teir top ten presents as the holiday shopping season kicks nto gear... you're watching kwwl. and as a reminder -- 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 date on breaking news today's guests: dr.

chiropraexpo, co-hosted by dr. carlin and dr. wattier, will take place at the first presbyterian church of cedar falls this saturday, november 7. attendees can look forward to a fun, educational event for moms, babies, newly pregnant mothers and much more! resources will be made available at the event thanks to the following group of over 30 exhibitors: familil health chiropractic, vanderloo chiropractic, advocare, babywearing international, ican of northeast iowa, fusion birth, shiprah birth services, made to rth, jamberry nails, usborne books and more, murray, wilson & rose counseling and behavioral serviccs, thirty one (christy klklmish), scentss (amy gehrke))

it worksd global, doterra essential oils, sweet little you photographymeyer pharmacy, and shaklee, and many more! this weekend's birth and beyond expo will be from 10am through 4pm at the first presbyterian church of cedar falls. joining us today is dr. stacy carlin of family health chiropractic in waterloo. the birth and beyond expo, co-hosted by dr. carlin and dr. michelle wattier, will take place at the fifit presbyterian church of cedar falls this saturday, november 7. attendees can look forward to a fun, educational event for moms, babies, newly pregnant mothhrs and much more! resources will be made available at the event thanks to the

chiropractic, advocare, babywearing international, ican of northeast iowa, fusion birth, shiprah birth services, made to nirtt jamberry nails, usborne books and more, murray, wilson & rose counseling and behavioral services, thirty one (christy klemish), scentsy (amy gehrke), it worksd gllbal, doterra essential oils, sweet little you photography, yer pharmacy, ad shaklee, and many more! this weekend's birth and beyoyo expo will be from 10am through 4pm at the first presbyterian church of cedar falls. joining us today is dr. stacy carlin of family health iropractic in waterloo. the birth and beyond expo, co-hosted by dr. carlin pr if you're looking for a medicare plan, we're health alliance. we believe in superheroes.

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shopping... preschoolers helped come up with a top ten list of presents they'd like to see under the tree... melissa beckman iitroduces us to some of theeoy testers and their favorites today... this young group of santa's helpers, along with tough job of playing with dozens of toys to pick their favorites. four-year-old addi likes the tumble trax magnetic marble run. "youuput a ball and it goes five year-old sagil. "the doctor one. the building one" here's a look at what

made the cut... the top ten preschooler approved toys for 2015. (sot: megan morton, goddard school) "these toys have all been tested something out of it and it will be educational for them as well" as part of the process the toy testers learned to vote. and now they're learning about giving. goddard will donate 100 of the winners to toys for tots. by the way -- among the top ten is a john deere toy... according to the little experts. we'll be right back, you're watching k-

as this skunk has some serious skills... the spotted skunk was caught on a wildlife cam showing off its handstand skills. the trick is acttally part of the animal's defense echanism. according to an park service...before spraying, spotted skunks also will sometimes do a handstand and try to intimidate any possible threats. here's the storm ttck 7 dadaforecast. we will have decreasing clouds tomorrow afternoon with seasonable highs. saturday will be chilly, but seasonable with highs in the 40s. we keep

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