it was that passion that got officer liddle hired in the first place. chief trelka "i've hired a lot of cops. i never hired a cop that impressed me. his tenasity impressed me and then when we did hire him, his tenacity showed on the job." that passion - - making him a cop who didn't give up hartman "not only did officer liddle protect the waterloo community, but he also spent get more involved and i think that drove his passion to be a cop more; just being involved in fire fighting and ems and serving his community." his sudden death at the age of 35 has shocked those who knew him well. "its heart breaking, but he will be missed." what many will miss most "he had a unique smile." that is chief trelka's had just seen him this week. matter of fact, i was just giving him a hard time about how intense he was and that quirky smile of his." although he died off- duty - - chief trelka tells me the stress of last call wednesday night may have contributed to his death. they are determining if it can be considered a line of duty death. we've got you covered live

liddle leaves behind a wife and a ten-year-old son. ames police are putting in extra hours to keep you safe over the holiday weekend. a special halloween enforcement project runs tonight and tomorrow. officers will be looking for people speeding and driving under the influence. when they're not responding to emergencies or writing tickets... des moines police will be handing out treats tonight. about 20-squad cars will be patrolling the streets this beggars night. when they have the chance... officers will hop out of their cars and hand out candy to kids. it's also an opportunity for to stay safe. new idea the chief came up with...meet them in their neighborhoods. this is one of several community by the department.. will any of those ghost or tonight? let's check in with chief meteorologist ed wilson for a forecast...ed? rain will move into the state tonight after 6pm in southern iowa. rain chances will increase in des moines and north of i-80 after 7 pm tonight and continue through 6 am saturday morning. rainfall totals will likely be

waterloo's safety services director says liddle died while exercising, but the department will argue that job-related stress might have played a role. " officer liddle had been on some highly stressful calls the night before, a shots fired call, the next morning he's working out and collapses and dies so in my book this is a line of duty death " liddle was a three year veteran of the waterloo police department and had previously worked for the black hawk county sheriff's office. he leaves behind a wife and their 10 year old son. the federal "hometown heroes" act would provide compensation for the family if the death was related to police work. in a tv9 follow up... a judge says she will move dustin jefferson's third trial out of tama county. jefferson is facing an aiding and abetting in murder charge in his wife's death. his mother ginger jefferson was convicted of killing dustin's wife kerry o'clair-jefferson in 2013. according to testimony in her trial, she stabbed o'clair-jefferson to death. the judge didn't say what county the trial will move to. jefferson's defense lawyer isn't

liddle had been on the force for three years - - and worked police chief dan trelka says it was liddle's passion for the job that is so memorable. chief trelka "i've hired a lot of cops. i never hired a cop that wanted to be a waterloo cop did hire him, his tenacity waterloo police are working to determine if liddle's death was due to circumstances of stress during his last shift wednesday night. a man shot at by police outside a nightclub is taken into custody on multiple arrest warrants. davenport police arresting jovan webb and charging him with assault on a peace officer while using a dangerous weapon. authorities say webb struck a waterloo police sergeant multiple times with his vehicle outside the new world lounge two in waterloo back in arpil. responding officers fired at the vehicle as webb took off. after a full investigation -- it was determined the officers a semi collides with a horse and buggy -- killing one driver. it happened on ice avenue south of 200th street in davis county. authorities say the buggy was on the shoulder -- when the semi the semi to collide with it. the

coming up - - more on officer liddle's time on the force and his dedication to his community in other areas of his life. i'm working on that story for six. we've got you covered ...jessica hartman kwwl news. waterloo police are working to determine if due to circumstances of stress during his last shift wednesday night - - if liddle's death qualifies as a line of duty death. may be a rainy halloween... let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg is from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete eather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: rain spreads across the area tonight through saturday morning before tapering off around midday. rain totals will be less than 0.50". the clouds upper 40s. sunshine and warmer temperatures make for a pleasant 70s. continueing coverage. the search continues for today-- family, friends, teachers, and classmates coming together to look for moe sed. take a look at his photo right here. he was last seen at his home a week ago thursday. the waterloo

liddle was a three year veteran of the department and also worked as a volunteer firefighter in nearby hudson. he is survived by his wife and ten year old son. the search for a pair of stolen trucks ended this morning in polk city... the two trucks similar to this won were found abandoned on the northeast side of town. both were stolen from the city's maintenance garage overnight wednesday. the two trucks.. and the equipment in them are valued at more than 100- thousand dollars. its nearly time to park the carts and put away the putters.... golf season is coming to an end.... but there was reason to celebrate today... record breaking results from the john deere classic... angie sharp has the story. "magic happens here... that motto is measured by the millions... ...as the 2015 john deere classic helps raise a record 8-point-7 million dollars for charity. we're on the shoulders of 20,000 people in the quad cities who made pledges... that pledge number comes in and we kind of had an oh wow moment. i actually went back and reviewed and reviewed and kind of did my own little audit because

officer liddle leaves behind a wife and ten- year-old son. thousands of prisoners convicted of drug charges are being released starting today. the mass release comes after the u-s sentencing commission's decision last year to cut the sentences of drug offenders by an average of two years. more than 17- hundred of the six-thousand prisoners are *not u-s citizens and face deportation after their release. the university of iowa is getting into presidential politics. a new hawkeye poll found tha amonondemocrats, voters prefer hillary clinton to bernie sanders by a margin of more than ten percent. on the republican side, doctor ben carson came out as favorite to donald trump- an intersting note - even thou doctor carson leads in iowa, voters say they believe trump will get the nomination and will face clinton in the race for president. what might be *more interesting than the numbers the hawkeye poll came out with is *how they did it. it.as cbs 2's kevin barry reports - it was one big learning expereince for *students at the u-o-oi. during an elec

liddle was also a black hawk county sheriff's deputy. director of safety services says liddle's death will be reviewed to determine if it meets the criteria for dying in the line-of-duty. this cedar rapids man has pleaded guilty to lascivious acts with a child for sexually abusing a 13- year-old girl in 2013. 44 year old troy davenport admitted to fondling or touching the girl. the charge carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. but a plea agreement says the state will recommend a suspended sentence and probation. davenport has already been in jail for two years pending trial. the judge has not set a date for sentencing. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. prosecutors are charging an arlington man for colliding with a school bus near manchester earlier this month. police have charged 41 year old monte klink with serious injury by vehicle and second offense o-w-i. the state patrol says klink didn't yield at the intersection of 195th street and 200th avenue, three miles north of manchester. his s-u-v hit a west delaware school bus ca

liddle is survived by his wife and 10- year-old son. no more details are being g released by the police department about his death right now... but we do know they're looking into whether it qualifies as a line of duty death. this morning the search for a missing teen continues. people will gather at the non-- profit embarc at 9:45 this morning. they're searching for waterloo west high school student moe sed. he's been missing for over a week. he's aefugee from burma. his family is worried because he has speciallneeds and neees his iowa will be released from halfway houses and prisons. this is part of a new policy change by the u-s sentencing commission. around six thousand feeeral inintes will walk free because their drug sentences have been reduced. a third of the inmates will be transferred to u-s immigration and customs enforcement and deported to their home countries. two guards at the anamosa state prison plead guilty to state drug charges. one will face two days in jail and a 315 dollar fine for possessing drugs, and another is e

liddle was a three year veteran of the department. he also worked as a volunteer firefighter in nearby hudson. ten year old son. n-b-c news is now dealing with the fallout from this week's c-nbc debate... today the republican national committee announced it is suspending its partnership with february. during c-n-b-c's debate on wednesday the candidates repeatedly mocked the moderators for both the type of questions... and the tone in which they were asked... in quote, "bad faith." ten republican candidates will be in iowa tomorrow for the party's first "growth and opportunity" event. at the varied industries building on the iowa state fairgrounds. each candidate will speak... and with supporters. the event begins at 10-30 and tickets start at ten dollars. you won't be able to meet with all the candidates however... three aren't taking part.. including the two frontrunner because of prior commitments. president obama's words are coming back to haunt him.... 01:11-01:33 i will not put.... inside of syria since 20-13.. president obama ha

liddle was also a black hawk county sheriff's deputy. the director of safety services says liddle's death will be reviewed to determine if it meets the criteria outlined in the hometown heroes act as a line-of-duty death. two brothers in cedar rapids are waiting to be sentenced for conspiring to distribute meth. and it started when a boy brought a stuffed animal to school. a jury convicted 52- year-old martin lawrence and 54-year-old troy lawrence on wednesday. the evidence showed martin headed a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing methamphetam ine across eastern iowa. the jury says his brother, troy, helped the group distribute in the cedar rapids area. police found out about the organization after martin's stepson brought a stuffed animal with meth inside to his elementary school. a woman is dead this midday, after a car hit and killed her when she was crossing a street in cedar falls. police say 59 year old terry harp was walking across university avenue in the 44-hundred block about 5:30 yesterday morning. that

liddle is survived by his wife and 10- year-old son. no more details are being released by the police department about s death right now... but we do continuing coverage this morning about the search for a missing teenager: more than a week after a of him. moe sed went missing last thursday. he's a refugee from burma. his family is worried becaue he needs his meicine. there will be an organized search for him this morning at 9:9:. people will be gathering at the non-porfit, embarc. this week, an arrest is made -- that ould be linked to one of the most well known child abduction cases ininthe midwest. jacob wetterling was 11 when he was kidnapped in 1989 near his home in central minnesota. daniel heinrich has now been arrested -- and is charged with child pornography. for now, investigators are "let me be very clear, the defendant has denied any involvement in the disappearance crime related to that the wetterling family released a statement -- saying "for 26 long years, we've said somebody knowss mething ... we are so grateful for the p

chief trelka "if you were wanted, you didn't want adam liddle chasing you." those words were spoken by waterloo's police chief dan trelka in regards to the death of one of his officers. good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. family and friends grieving over the sudden loss of a father, husband and - - officer. officer adam liddle - a three year veteran of the waterloo police department -died thursday when he collapsed during an off-duty work out. the cause of his death is

liddle is survived by a ten year old son. a western iowa farmer is recovering after he was thrown from his combine after he was hit by an alleged drunk driver. it happened near crescent last driving drunk when he hit a combine driven by larry larson head on. larson was thrown the combine. there's no word on his condition today. congressman david young spent the day touring several ag facilities in central iowa. he was there to talk to farmers about the issues they face with government, including the recently passed two-year federal budget that slashes funding for crop insurance. "one that was very detrimental was the $3 billion dollar cut in crop insurance, and so, that opened up the farm bill, and that's not good for our farmers and agriculture industry. and i introduced a bill right away to reinstate that $3 billion dollars, and i've got bipartisan support to try to move that. so we want to try to reinstate that." :01-:19 representative young says there have been "promises" made by some in congress that the $3 billion cut f

liddle is survived by his wife and 10- year-old son. an iowa school bus driver is accused of assaulting a speciaa needs student... w-h-o in des moines has video of the jarring incident and a report on the situation today... (nats) police say the video shows johnston school bus driver robert scarbrough assaulting a (nats) e video endnd with scarbrough apparently taunting the special needs s hild. (nats) loa ambigola was on the bus and saw the whole thing... "he just grabs jackie and threw her on the ground." moments later... children on the bus soon saw a polk county officer and reported the incident... "we got off the bus, maybe like five or fifteen of us on the bus. we just yelled at (the iver) just cussed at us. he didn't care. he was soleless." "he is denying that he assualted the student." the video says otherwise? "the video that we have suggests that a possible assault may have had occured." the 61-y-yar-old robert scarrrough is charged with child endagerment and assualt causing injury." "he is on administrative leave." "i can say

liddle is survived by his wife and 10- year-old son. no more details are ing released by the police department about his death right now... but we do know they're looking into whetherrt qualifies as a line of duty death. continuing coverage this morning about the search for a missing teenager: more than a week after a waterllo west studt disappeared -- and still no sign of him. moe sese went missing last thursday. he's a refugee from burma. his family is worried because he needs his medicine. there will be an organized search for him this morning at 9:45. people will be gathering at the non-profit, embarc. this week, an arrest is made -- that could be linked to one of the most well known child abduction cases in the midwest. jacob wetterling was 11 when he in central minnesota. daniel heinrich has now been arrested -- and is charged with child pornography. for now, investigators are "let me be very clear, the defendant has denied any involvemmt in the disappearance crime related to that disappearance." the wetterlinnfamily released a st

liddle had been on the force for three years - and worked closely with the violent crime apprehensionnteam. popoice chief dan trelka says it was his passion for the job.. that's so memorable. chief trelka "i've hired a lot of cops. i never hired a cop that impressed me. his tenasity impressed me and then when we did hire him, his tenacity showed on n he job." police are working to determine if to circumstances of stress during his last shift wednesday night... a hotel in eastern iowa is known for having guests who never leave...legend is -- it's haunted by ghosts. the franklin hotel is rumored to house a guest who never checked out... kw-wl's shirley descorbeth is giving us an inside..and spooky tour this halloween. check into the ranklin hotel in strawberry point...and you might just be in for a spooky surprisis. "most all of one-hundred year old hotel is haunted. "we had people who would come in and tell us that we had prostitute." you heard it right...many people say they've seen the ghost of a prostitute known as lilly from the 19-20s. dining rowm in a long lavender gown. "i'm literall

adam liddle died yesterday of -- what's being called an "unknown medical trauma." he was 35. he'd been with the department for three years. no more details are being released by the police department about his death right now... but we do know they're looking into whether it qualifies as a line of duty death. an iowa school bus driver is accused of assaulting a a pecial needs student. robert scarbrough is charged with assault in johnston. apparently, a student was not following instructions. police say the student said something to him. he then grabbed he student andnd pushed him. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. not as windy and it will be tonight and tomorrow morning with scattered showers possible saturday afternoon. highs back in the 60s for most of next week. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the latest news you're watching k- w-w-l, we've do you think when you are president you'll be paid as much as if you were a man-male... this is one of the jobs where they have to pay you the same. but there are so many examples where that

liddle is survived by missing teen continues. people will gather at the non- profit embarc at 9:45 this morning. they're searching for waterloo west high school student moe sed. he's been missing for over a wewe. he's a refugee from burma. his family is worried because he has special needs and needs his medicine. now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. not as windy and it will be warmer today with highs back to normal. showers afternoon. highs back in the 60s for most of next week. we'll be back in 30 minutes, be >>> ominous music this morning. we'rgetting into the spirit at 7:30. it's a friday morning, the 30th of october, 2015. it's halloween eve, but it's the day of our halloween party on the plaza. our crowd is getting into it, and very soon we will have our big costste reveal coming up soon. >> look forward to it every year. we have something else you want to get excited about also. we're happy to announce that adele will be playing live on "today" wednesday, november 25th. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow. >> the new sing