crash. a des moines dart bus crashes through her living room. luckily, she wasn't hurt. she credits her sink full of dishes for saving her life... i was sitting in the living room watching tv... and the walls were in the bus driver.. and one passenger were hurt but are expected to be ok police are still investigating the cause of the crash but suspect a medical condition is to blame. new at noon: an update to a story we first brought you yesterday at noon. charges are now filed after -- a man crashed his car into a business and died -- with a young girl in the back seat. authorities say james tacket the man that died at the scene in clermont was a convicted sex offender -- and did not register with the fayette county sheriff's office. and the mother of the little

the situation. police alcohol may have been a factor in the crash-- and the young girl was taken to the hospital and is believed to be ok. we will have more on this developing story at 5 and 6, also new at noon: dubuque police say they were led on a chase that started in galena --illinoisand ended at this home in dubuque. the story is continuing to develop we will have a live report in our next half hour from kwwl's shirley descorbeth who's on the scene. cedar falls police arrest two people in a sting operation set up to help nab a bike theif. police say they used covert cameras and a bicycle embedded with a gps receiver to catch the thieves that stole a 2-hundred dollar valued bike these two people were arrested. police say they found the bike in their truck in the walmart parking lot in cedar falls police say dull is a suspect in other bike thefts in the community, and their investigation is on going. cedar falls police say they've used this sting technique multiple

solve bike-thefts, most of which happened near the uni campus and large apartment complexes. an iowa police officer is being applauded for not turning to his gun during an investigation. and mike dasilva tells us -- the entire incident was caught on camera. 30 year-old jacob myers is lucky to be alive. myers was of main street and wall street in centerville. the investigation of a suspicious person almost turned deadly... as officer teeter got out of his patrol car....myers charged towards him while holding a fiber glass rod... officer teeter tasered well as the public, a taser's not an end all. it doesnt work on everybody some people have different pain tolerances,

influence of drugs and or alcohol definitely have a different pain tolerance and so its not a fail safe." think in his mind he felt like extreme of taking life and thankfully he was able to do that and not get injured. cennterville chief tom demry says officer teeter did what he was trained to do... 160742--53 "he started right out with his verbal commands and then he went to his taser and then obviously neither one of those things worked so in his mind i think the baton was the reistroffer arrived on scene...and deployed his taser...to finally subdue myers, so he could be taken into custody. chief demry says he's glad his officers started wearing body

officer used excessive force and without that you always have that discussion, and i really believe that this camera just takes that completely away including assault on a peace officer and criminal mischief. his bond is set at ten thousand dollars cash only. continuing coverage -- a dubuque murder trial is being pushed back. robert stern will now stand trial for first degree murder in april. he's accused of shooting and killing his daughter last year. stern allegedly told police he it's the homestretch before the iowa caucuses. last night, the democrats took the stage together for the final time before the caucuses. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley took questions from the audience during a forum at

clinton focused on her wide experience on domestic and foreign issues -- something sanders went after... i voted against the war in iraq." "hillary clinton voted for the war in iraq." "i have a much longer history than one vote, which i have said was a mistake because of the way that was done and how the bush administration handled it. clinton and sanders offered different visions for addressing the country's problems, o'malley asked his supporters to hold strong on monday night. and tonight hillary will be in cedar falls at 5:45 at u-n-i on the republican side, donald trump will be in eastern iowa tonight-- he's holding a campaign rally at university of iowa's field house. that's scheduled to start at 7-30. meanwhile -- the unviersity of northern iowa is hoping students will participate in caucuses -- and held a mock caucus last night to help explain how the process works... "some times we don't think we difference." danielle "its a way to make sure our generation has a voice in politics, is to make sure

know what they are doing." if you're curious - - had this been a real caucus - - marco rubio would have recieved the top vote for republicans and bernie sanders would have gotten the most democratic delegates. iowa lawmakers are considering a bill which would allow children of any age to use a handgun -- as long as they're directly supervised by a parent. current state law requires children to be at least 14 years old but there's no age limit for how old you have to be to handle a this session deal with expanding gun rights. viewers reached out to kwwl about a concerning letter. the focus is on hazardous waste in one city. we dug into it and have answers for you this afternoon.... kwwl's amanda g ilbert joins us live in the newsroom... amanda you talked with the e-p-a and many people who live in waterloo... ally- a concerned viewer came to us after recieving this letter in the mail.... it's from the e-p-a talking about how

the ground and ground water near 300 ansborough avenue in waterloo.... the e-p-a says they are concerned that the waste will eventually seep into this building.. accumulate inside and harm workers here... that's why they want to release the waste into the air in small reason why you don't run a car outisde it can't build up and accumulate in concentration. it's difused out within the atmosphere... so it's the same concept. " the waste is leftover from when waterloo industries used to be located here. the project is expected to begin next summer... or until the epa has had enough time to explain to

the newsroom... amanda gilbert...kwwl news. if enough people voice their concern with this project at the public hearing.. the epa says they will postpone it. coming up... weather doesn't stop this doctor from making it to work -- he finds a unique way with 4- wheel drive to get to the hospital. and, through the wonders of new

today in america, the top 1/10 of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90% this great country and our government belong to all of us. wall street, corporate america, wealthy campaign donors have so much influence that the only way they are defeated is when millions of people begin to stand up and say loudly and clearly, "enough is enough."

we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. road continue to improve, but we still have partially covered roads in the state. we will have warmer temps later this week to get rid of most of what fell yesterday. i'll have the

"you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. this is the kwwl news at noon" "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

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: some of the snowfall totals we have received this morning include many reports of 1 to 2.5" inches with a few higher. the iowa dot plows have been out this morning and we have some improoment, but we will also have some blowing snow. roads will continue to improve, but we could still see some flurries with the

this afternoon. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will show the same with improvement over the next few hours. temps are still in the mid 20s right with some upper 20s to low 30s to the west, and northwest winds are 10-20 mph and expected police come to the rescue to help a little animal stranded in the middle of a highway. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in fairbank, independence, wellsburg and all of eastern iowa the east coast is still cleaning up from car repairs, home improvements, a family trip

what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipping major votes... all over the place on immigration... bad judgment. he's just not ready to be president.

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hour. a sloth in ecuador was rescued by police last week after it was found stranded in the middle of a highway. the ecuador transit commission shared these photos on facebook of the adorable sloth-- that apparently became frightened while trying to cross the highway. --and ended up clinging to a roadside barrier. police say the sloth was checked out by a vet before being released back into the wild. coming up.... moms and dads -- look out! this might make life easier for you... we'll explain in a few minutes. and, how the historic blizzard brought a major bump in activity on this is kwwl-- we'll be right back. 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.

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off yet another top five opponent. highlights coming up. plus, a drunk driver injures two police officers after slamming into them welcome back to the news at noon..

continuing coverage: police are led on a police chase across state lines this morning. the chase started in galena, illinois and ended in dubuque. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live on the scene with the latest shirley...what do we know? multiple police departments were on scene here...not too long ago. they say the long chase started in galena. dubuque police were searching this burgundy suv on the 1500 block on south grandview. they say 28-year old michelle brandenburg of farley was wanted had an arrest warrant for a pretrail supervision violation. the jo davs county sheriff's office tried to rrest her at driveway. authorities say they deployed stop sticks during the pursuit. they say nothing was found during the search.

dubuque...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. bradenburg ws taken into custody -- charged with eluding. authorities say she will be facing more charges. we will continue to follow this let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. a few areas of flurries nd even a stray snoww shower are tracking through the area, but so are some holes trying to form in the clouds. partially covered roads in the viewing area. temperature have been holding steady in the mid 20s but it still feels like the single digits and teens with northwest winds still mainly 10-20 mph snow, but we won't see any additional snowfall adding up today. we actually have a warmer forecast for you.. video from this iowa school bus leads to two people getting fired. it shows ruby taylor -- a 20-year veteran of the des moines school system --- using her body to press a

leads to two people getting fired. it shows ruby taylor -- a 20-year veteran of the des moines school system --- using her body to press a special needs student into the side of the bus in november last year. bus monitors have a special seatbelt to use in case a student needs to be restrained. the district says taylor did not use the seatbelt. taylor and the bus driver were bot fired. former university of texas and nfl quarterback vince young is arrested, accused of driving drunk. an officer pulled young over for how he was driving and say he smelled alcohol. young then failed a field test. vince young won a national championship while at texas... and went on to play in the nfl for six seasons. two police officers are hurt after being ht by an allegeg drunk driver. police say the 22-year-old woman

highway in columbus, ohio. you can see some of the damage to the vehicles here. the officers injuries are not believvd to be serious. at last check --the ther driver was in stable condition. a man approaches two kids outside an apartment complex...and it leads to a fiery police chase. one of the kids felt something was wrong and called 9-1-1. when officers show up, the man drives off. officers follow. he only stops when his van catches fire. but e refuses to get out of his van. officers hhve to rescue hs dog and pull the man to safety. "we are here putting our lives put their lives on the line for a suspect." nobody was hurt. a driver leads police on a chase without tires on his car. you can see the driver here on the road in texas. police laid down spikes causig theeires to fall l f -- but he kept going -- riding on the rims -- until his engine blew. police then surround him and force him out of the vehicle. he fights back... but officers are

we're hearing from an iowa woman...a victim and survivor of human trafficking...who wants you to know it can happen here in iowa. different law enforcement ficers come togogther in marionon to bring awareness to the issue. thankfully for chrsiti, she was rescued after two years... (cg: christi/ human trafficking survivor) "in 2009, with my trafficker, we were pulled over for speeding, thank god and the officer recognized the signs and he seperated us." some signs include malnutrition and drug abuse. a university of missouri assocte professor is charged with assault. she tried to have a student journalist physically removed as he covered a protest on campus. now, the university is deciding whether the professor should be that has to be factored in as this quality and weigh that agains the progrrm that's beee brought upon the university for this case."

from home...not on campus in the classroom. continuing coverage -- families flint concerned about their exposure to lead can now get tested for free. a healthcare center is hosting an event today for kids up to six years old. additional lead testing is already scheduled for the first week of february. during the last several weeks, the national guard has been helping people in flint by providing bottled water. yesterday, the state's attorney general announced an independent investigation... "this is an invnvstigation i c cn ask the tough questions, those and to the bottom of what happened in this situation." investigators will look at whether any michigan laws we roken when flflt switched the water supply to a lead-

hilton magic lives on -- the iowa state cyclones knocking off yet another top five opponent. iowa state hosting number four ranked kansas last night. the jayhawks had a seven point lead at the half, but the cyclones turned it up in the the game with nine minutesesto go. iowa state would throttle kansas in the second half -- and go on to win 85-72. the cyclones have now won four in a row. they've also beaten the top ranked team in the country this season -- along with the third and fourth ranked teams in this week's poll. it doesn't get much easier. iowa sate goes to fifth-ranked texas a&m on saturday. the eam ranked number three in this week's poll -- the iowa hawkeyes. it's the highest ranking for the program in almost 30 years. iowa goes to number eight maryland on thursday. looking to head to the super bowl? expect your ticket to be pricey to go to the big game. the average resale price of a ticket to super bowl 50 between carolina and denver tts five

that's according to one ticket price tracker. a pair of club seats near midfield already sold for 12-thousand dollars ea --making the the most expensive seats sold so far. coming up ... lions, tigers and bears. now add moose to that list. an iowa man catches a rare sight... and when you see news - or if u 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 and weather information. and stormtrack seven meteorologist will be back

congressoesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system

my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field by taking more money from wall street. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. join the fight to take back our government. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your

wewether information. re is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: some of the snowfall totals we have received this morning include many reports of 1 to 2.5" inches with a few higher. the iowa dot plows have been out this morning and we have some improvement, but we will also have some blowing snow. roads will continue to improve, but we could still see some flurries with the strong winds this afternoon. stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will show the same with improvement over the next few hours. temps are still in the mid 20s right with some

west, and northwest winds are 10-20 mph and expected to ststy gusty today. the low will track through the great lakes today but we will keep a few flurries in thh area, along with some blowing snow due to the winds. another disturbance will track to our north and keep some clouds over us for the nextxt few days. highs today will only climb a few degrees due to the breezy northwest winds. mostly cloudy tonight, although we will have some clearing by morning allowing temps to drop into the low to mid teens and the windd will turn to the southwest tomorrow. they will be gusty for the afternoon, but should help s climb back into the upper 20s to low 30s. we will have

rest of the week until the next sysysem tracks in late on saturday. a chance of rain and snow tracks in again on sunday with snow possible on monday. check this out:

sighting of a moose. this video is from a man from carrol iowa -- he@and his family saw this moose running through a field over the weekend near manilla iowa... coming up ... imagine having a video surface showing you as a teenager outlining all your aspirations --stay tuned to hear a presidential candidate hopeful's teeege drdrams. you're watching kwwl.

george: my family's lived on this farm for three generations. the bakken pipeline would pump dirty crude oil across iowa. patti: the fact that bernie sanders stands up against the pipeline is one of the reasons we support him. george: bernie sanders didn't hesitate to say no to the big oil companies. patti: bernie knows that if we don't act, we threaten the climate and the health of our children. bernie sanders understands that. patti: bernie sanders has the guts to just stand up for what he believes in.

feb. 7 iowa public radio and the friends of kuni will present the annual blues blowout,t, saturday, feb. 6, at waterloo's electric park ballroom. headlining the show will be the shaun muphy band preceded by the cash box kings. opening the show will be local favorite bob dorr and the blu band. doors open at 6 p.m.; the show starts at 7. advance tickets are $25 and are available at bob's guitars in cedar falls, and at tikly.co. tickets will be $30 at the door. the show is sponsored by dupaco community credit union. proceeds benefit iowa public radio. shaun murphy has worked and

eric clapton for the "behind the sun" tour. murphy has susu, toured and recorded with many acts including the moody blues, herbie hancock, phil collins, glenn frey, joe walsh, maria muldaur, bruce hornsby, michael bolton, j.j. cale, coco montoya, alice cooper and rock musicals, hair and sgtt er's. in 1993, she became a full-time member of the los angeles based bandlittle feat. she stayed on for the next fifteen years, recording and touring with them until 2009. her album "aak for the mooo," released in 2012, was nominated for three grammy awards and won two blues blast music awards. she released "cry off love" in 223,

the cashbox kings are a classic chicago-style blues band hailing from the windy city. in 2013 the band's album "black toppin'" won the blues blast music award for traditional blues album. recently, they received three nominations from the blues foundation for its annual blues music awards: best album "holding court," best band and best traditional blues album. bob dorr & the blue band have been playing for 30 years, mostly ii iowa but also making appearances in minneapolis, omaha, kansas city and chicago. the blue band has opened shows for b. b. king, buddy guy, koko taylor, bobby rush, robert cray, roomful of blues, tower of power, leon russell,

and as small as your kitchen table. that's the job. everyday. and now, the first lady who helped get healthcare for eight million kids... the senator who helped a city rise again... the secretary of state who stood up for america, and stared down hostile leaders around the world... is the one candidate for president who has everything takes to do every part of the job... she'll never let anyone privatize social security and medicare... or shut down planned parenthood... she'll take on the gun lobby... finally get equal pay for women... and stop the republicans from ripping all our progress away. so on february first, stand up for hillary. because if you want a president who knows how to keeee america safe... and build a stronger economy... hillary's the choice... i'm listening to you, i'm fighting for you, and with your support, i'm going to deliver. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.

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anyone squirm...imagine having a video surface showing you as a teenager outlining all your aspirations. well ted cruz never mentioned aspiring to be president... he set the bar even higher. cnn's jeanne moos reports on cruz's crrvings for worlrl domination and...bikini babes? what might 45 year old ted cruz say about 18- year old cruz had some funny answers when asked about his aspirations... aspiration like perspiration? i'm already sweating for ted having to watch candidate) take over the world.

everything. rich, powerful, that sort of stuff. (moos) but really, who hasn't been embarrassed by their younger self? i'm sure young now if only we could aspirations. the cruz video even i hope not. thanks, dad. (moos standup) the person who posted the video says it came from a classmte of cruz' who wants to remain anonymous. it was turned into a

in a teen (bleeped) film like that guy who played horatio. you know he was in malibu bikini think i found my calling in life. really and i had you figured for a brain surgeon. no, the brain surgeon would be young be carson. when asked about the old video, a see he's always had a great sense of humor." and it could have been worse. at least ted didn't answer like a bikini contest contestant. what are your goos in life. i don't know (cheer) jeanne moos cnn... take over the world. new york. there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy.

above the obstacles s place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. a nation that defends our people and our values, but no longer carries so m mh of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our hearts. and that journey bebens here in iowa. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, and i ask you to join with us at the caucuses on monday night.

cub is enjoying cuddling with his mother at a german zoo this winter. surveillance video shows the 6-week- old cub snuggling up with his mother in their cozy cave. zookeepers say the cub's mother most likely won't leave her nee cub alone in the cave until february. breezyywith flurrieetoday and temperatures not changing much. we will warm up for the rest of the week, of rain and snow tracks in by sunday

that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at five. have a great day. firefighters rescue a basket of puppes when a fire breaks outtat a california home. everyone is expected to be ok. people who live here thing clothing caught fire when the home's heater failed. car repairs, home improvements, a family trip ...it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipping major votes... all over the place on immigration... bad judgment. he's just not ready to be president.

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