student - hanxiang ni - was recently expelled - he claims because of what he posted online. the university confirms they recently investigated a "concerning comment" -- but won't tell us who wrote it. kwwl's kristin rogers has been working to connect the dots all day, she joins us live. that's right and as you mentioned the university told me they can't say too much. i was told the comment was investigated by their threat assessment team and necessary procautions were taken to make sure campus was safe. many remember the horrible tradgety in 1991 when a student named gang lu shot t nd killed 5 people and seriously injured another before turning the gun on himself. social media before he was expelled. the post they obtained says he would quote "let his professors experience the fear of lu gang." the university tells us ni is not longer a student but he had been this semester; however, because of student privacy laws, they won't tell us university tells me they take every threat seriously and a top priority is protecting their students." according to the johnson county sheriffs office

two gun permits but they were says ni posted again online just days after he was expelled, saying he was flying back to china. i'm told ni got both of his gun permits just last month. they were taken away on february third. we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the johnson county sheriff's office could not tell us why ni's visa was taken away. light snow is making its way across parts of eastern iowa. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kkwl stormtrack

for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast snow will track southeast across central iowa this evening. the northern side of the snow is in parts of eastern evening, will be southwest of interstate 380. little to no snow accumulations are expected. bottom out near 10 below zero we are still tracking snow for sunday. the snow begins before sunrise sunday and continues through the day before tapering off sunday before midnight. snow accumulations at this point will be 2-5" across eastern iowa. these numbers will adjust as we get more information about the system...so check back for later updates. the snow comes with a gusty south wind at 15- 25 mph. monday is warmer with highs near 30 and dry. light snow ill track southeast across central iowa this evening. the northern side of the snow is in parts of eastern iowa. the best chance to have gets their youngest visitor ever... a woman gave birth in their

it happened at the iowa auto rebuilders shop around 6:15 this morning the business wasn't open yet... but a few employees saw the commotion from inside kwwls oliviva mancino joins us liveeight now with the details when i spoke to people at the auto body shop this morning, they weren't quite sure what was going on, needless to say they were very surprised by the news heres video from this morning-- fire truck and ambulance crews assisted the woman in the parking lot the auto body shop wasn't open yet, but some employees were in early one employee says he saw a mmn run from the car to the ambulance with "five minutes later...there was an ambulance and a fire truck right where i pulled in this possibly someone got hurt" popelka says they had to direct some traffic from nearby shops around the

since theres only one was out of the joininparking lots when the commotion was over, he was able to go back to his normal day we do know the family was taken to a local hospital.. no word on her condition, but we hope shes doing well we've got you covered...kwwl news. quite unusual...thanks olivia get this - it happens more than you think. firefighters say ii not uncommon to assist in delivering babies continuing coverage... a federal judge orders a zoo in manchester to remove all of its tigers and lemurs. in hisisruling, the j jdge ordered criiet hollow zoo to transfer its remaining tigers and three lemurs to another facility. according to the judge, the owners failed to give the animals sanitary living conditions and proper medical care. a missouri state trooper pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge linked to the drowning of an iowa man who fell from a patrol boat while

at the lake of the ozarrs. anthony piercy was charged in december in the 2014 death of 20-year-old brandon ellingson of suburban des moines. piercy arrested ellingson for boating while intoxicated. witnesses say piercy placed an already buckled life vest over properly secure it. ellingson's life vest came off shortly aaer he went into the water - - later drowned. two women accused of staging a bank robbery are both sentenced to five years in prison. nineteen-year-old heaven zevenbergen and 18-year-old angelica perez were sentenced in separate hearings wednesday in sioux city. prosecutors say perez entered a bank branch at a hy-vee supermarket last august in a disguise, and warned zevenbergen that she was then a bank teller, knew ppez and gave her $10,000. an eastern iowa pastor uses her abilities to give back -- on the other

she traveled to an island in greece to help refugees after she learned her sister-in-law was a refugee in the seventies. kwwl's amanda gilbert has the story tonight. "baby crying" that's a common sound on a greek island right now... "this is a photo album i put coble wise taveled to that island with six other pastors. "so it was pretty neat to bond and meet them. " to v vlunteer at a humanitarian camp. "this is were the refugees are processed. my friends who did go down to the shore. "they were came in." she says they remember that moment vividly. " but they could hear the screams of the people. that's how thhy knew a boat was pretty much non-responsive." debra says it was scary as they rushed to get people in knife out a couple of times to cut children out of their clothing." she says it's innedible they re even able to reach the island on this makeshift boat. "that's it. it's two big rubber

plywood in the flooring and then they fill it full of 40 or 50 people. on that? on that." they buoyant and really work is a whole nother matter. most of them don't. that's why so many people. these are teachers. these are shop keepers. these are landowners who have lost everything." however, a big concern in our country right now... is that some refugees are not like you and me. this week, the director of national intelligence said this about isis. "one technique they've used is taking advantage e a torrent of migrants to insert operatives into that flow." that's a scary thought. but it's not something debra is thinking about. she's focused on those who need help. "who in their right mind puts their baby in an ocean to cross an ocean like that to cross a strait of water like that unless it's so bad back home."

he's heavy." the pastor brought back a life vest one of the refugees was wearing... she says she did this so she won't forget what these people have gone through. in iowa legislature news - the democrrtic- controlled senate passed legislation that would iowa medicaid. the chamber voted 29-19 for the bill, which would terminate iowa's contracts with three private companies. thth bill now heads to the house which is has a gop- majority - there is a new bill proposed in the iowa legislature that could cost two iowa universities some money. if passed, the bill would direct the athletic departments of both the university of iowa and iowa state university to

20 million dollars to the athlett department of the university of northern iowa. the payments would be made over the next five years. toppling goliath brewing company plans a nearly 10- million dollar expansion this year. kwwl'ssacleod hagemanntravels to decorah and joins us live with the details. mac? this will be the second new expansion for the company since they opened their doors back in 2009. owners say it feels amazing to (nats... bubbling water) from start... (nats... cutting -- pouring barley/oats) (nats... hosing it takes nearly three weeks to brew a batch of beer. toppling goliath president and founder -- clark lewey -- says he's mostly looking forward to the first batch -- after they settle in to their new brewhouse in decorah. "it's exciting on one end, but brewhouse, but due to demand, they hope to expand to a 100- barrel brewhouse. hat's nearly

do have some styles we will be we're making, which we're nowhere meeting with our current demand." goliath brewmaster -- mike saboe -- says the process has been kind of surreal. "it's a really nice feeling to have. i think we've been so busy on as much as we can and stay focused on the future." and future projections are good for toppling goliath -- hoping to expand distribution to every state. "we started off trucking beer around decorah ourselves, and we wereedoing little local spots. now since we've grown up, we're pouring beer in five states now." toppling goliath owners say they plan to break ground this april

and plan to brew in their rnew location by next year. we've got you covered -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. according to lewey -- the expanded location will offer nearly 20 new full-time positions. coming up on kwwl, a cult eastern iowa. and - the big ten conference leaders puts their three game winning streak on the line tonight when they take on the hoosiers of indiana. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologit mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. "winner of the regional amanda goodman, chief forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

ation. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: light snow will track southeast across central iowa this evening. the northern side of the snow is in parts of eastern iowa. the best chance to have a few snow showers, this evening, will be southwest of interstate 380. little to no snow accumulations are expected. friday and saturday remain ld with a mostly sunny sky. . temperatures saturday morning bottom out near 10 below zero with wind chills of 20 to 30 below. we are still tracking snow for sunday. the snow begins before sunrise sunday and continues through the day before tapering off sunday before midnight. snow accumulations at this point will be 2-5" across eastern iowa. these numbees will adjust as we get more information about the system...so check back for later updates. the snow comes

25 mph. monday is warmer with highs near 30 and dry. light snow will track southeast across central iowa this evening. the northern side of the snow is in parts of eastern iowa. the best chance to have a few ow showers, this evenii, will be southhest of interstate 380. little to no snow accumulations are expected. friday and saturday remain cold with a mostly sunny sky. temperatures saturday morning bottom out near 10 below zero with wind chills of 20 to 30 below. we are still tracking snow for sunday. the snow begins before sunrise sunday and continues through the day before tapering off sunday before midnight. snow accumulations at this point will be 2-5" across eastern iowa. these numbers will adjust as we get more information about the system...so check back for later updates. the snow comes with a gusty south wind at 15- 25 mph. monday is warmer with highs near 30 and dry.light snow will track southeast across central iowa this

the snow is in parts of eastern iowa. the best chance to have a interstate 380. little to no snow accumulations are expected. friday and saturday remain cold with a mostly sunny sky. temperatures saturday morning bottom out near 10 below zero with wind chills of 20 to 30 below. we are still tracking snow for sunday. the snow begins before sunrise sunday and continues through the day before tapering off sunday before midnight. snow accumulations at this point will be 2-5" across eastern iowa. these numbers willadjust as we get more information about the system...so check back for later updates. the snow comes with a gusty south wind at 15- 25 mph. monday is warmer with highs near 30 and dry.light snow will track southeast across central iowa this evening. the northern side of the snow is in parts of eastern iowa. the best chance to have a few snow showers, this evening, will beesouthwest of interstate 380. little to no snow

cold with a mostly sunny sky. temperatures saturday morning restaurant in it's honor -- and it's right here in eastern iowa. it's called lebowski's bar and grill. kwwl's hillary maglin has more. iowa is the new home of atmosphere." while jeff bridges isn't actually in iowa - unless you count this wall cutout - lebowski's bar and grill... opened this week in homage to the cult classic film. includes quouoes from the movie... posters featuring of course, a rug that really ties the room together." owner time. (sot. cg: shawn bodensteiner/owner) "i'm a huge fan of the movie, and from there addition to pursuing his dream - spending money in our community and though not every customer is familiar with the the movie to be honest." people kleffman/robins) "it's nice to got you covered in robins... hillary maglin... kwwl news.

postivie feedback so far from people in eastern iowa. ming up... and though not every vanessa brehm/marion) "i've never seen the movie to be honest." people in the area definitely aren't feeling out of their element. (sot. cg: tyler kleffman/robins) "it's nice to haha it locally,,'cause i can walk here from my house. it's only right down the road." we've got you covered in robins... hillary maglin... kwwl news. the restaurant has gotten mainly postivie feedback so far from people in eastern iowa. coming up... a well known area girls basketball

and the fourth ranked iowa hawkeyes look to protect first place in the big ten as they visit dangerous indiana. you're watching kwwl. we'vgot you covered in fredericksburg, keystone, anamosa ananall of eastern iowa

it's a key battle good evening im zach grant... the fourth ranked iowa hawkeyes travel to assembly hall in indiana for a big matchup with the hoosiers. iowa riding a three game winning streak sits atop the big ten standings with a 10-1 record. indiana is a game behind the hawkeyes with a 9-2 mark... the hoosiers can force a three way tie for the ig ten lead with iowa and maryland with a victory tonight. the game matches the two highest scoring teams in the big ten---with the hawks number one and indiana third and the hawks fourth. iowa

forward to the challenge. atmosphere..the arena is into environments like that on the key for our defense is to hold those guys under their averages and make them work for their points and that is no hawkeyes and hoosiers tip off at b ig ten leadersstonight at carver hawkeye arena. sixth ranked ohio state visits iowa tonight...the buckeyes are riding a seven game winning streak while the hawks will be looking to snapp a two game skid. tip off tonight is set for 7:30. waterloo west girls basketball coach dr. tony pappas was named the morgan wootten award winner for lifetime achievement in high school basektball. pappas is now i i his 36th season west

including seven state tournament appearances, 6 final fours and a pair of runner ups. now along with the winning the award his name goes on a plaqq that will bb in the "i was stunned and once again across the country." "that that palque will be up there with all the recipiants names and my name obvioulsy will be on it but whats most important to me is the name of my community and the name of my greatathigh school." so congrats to coach pappas ill have more on him tonight at ten

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