them.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live right now at an event that aims to inspire people to choose manufacturing. mellaney? tonight at kirkwood community college there are 15 booths related to manufacturing. that's 15 opportunities to learn about what's made here in the corridor and how to be a part of it. it.kirkwood staff say they work with a lot of local manuracturers who talk about how difficult it is to find skilled work.they say when people think about manufacturing...they think of what the industry looked like years ago.manufacturing is cleaner and more high tech than it used to be and something that can be made into a career.they say they have to compete nationally for workers.kirkwood's advancing the future tour is one way to promote the industry and local programs to get help here. they want people to realize that in order to continue to move forward and grow within our region, manufacturers play a key part in that. thth.if you would like to learn about the list of companies here interested in meeting potential workers, we have resources for you on our website, cbs

months.as cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore explains... not all the pieces have come together yet for the project to move forward. there is no doubt about it, it's getting colder outside. the building that housed a temporary shelter last year is unavailable....so now organizers need a new space. space.124 different homeless people stayed overnight at the temporary shelter in ten weeks. it kept them from frostbite and life threatening cold even if they were under the influence.the shelter house is trying to get the program going again and thinks they'll be able to fund it. mark sertterh, shelter house operations director14:58:28 we are hoping to do this project this winter. right now the hinges on us finding a property and a building to do the project at. at.coming up on the cbs 2 news at six, we'll tell you how you can help find the right location for the new shelter. covering the corridor in iowa city, mellaney moore. cbs 2 news live at five. a cedar falls woman is dead after being hit by a car early this morning. cedar falls police say 5

covering the corridor in university heights, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news live at five. new tonight at five, a man who is suing the waterloo police department is now in jail. jail.jovan webb is facing multiple charges from a shooting at the new world lounge two in waterloo in april. april.police say an sergeant approached webb outside the - hitting the sergeant several times.the sergeant dove away from the car - and other officers say it appeared he was being dragged by webb.two officers fired shots at webb as he drove away.webb has since sued the department saying he was trying to get away from a plainclothes officer because he didn't know him.all of the officers have been c cared of wrongdoing. the waterloo police department is mourning the loss of a fellow officer tonight. officer adam liddle died suddenly yesterday from a quote "unknownwnmedical trauma." the three year veteran had worked a shift the day before his death.his day will be reviewed to see if it meets criteria outlined in the hometown heroes act as a line of duty death. officer liddle leaves behind a wife

ballot.cbs 2 ns reporter mellaney moore is live at the ladd library in southwest cedar rapidsmellaney. library staff will be meeting with the community tonight and tomorrow.they say it's an opportunity to ask questions and learn what could happen if the levy passes and if it doesn.t doesn.tright now the cedar rapids owntown and l ld librarieoperate on a 6.8 million dollar budget.staff say this levy would help maintain urrent funding levels, after losing a ouple other soues they've been using since the flood.for the average 150 thousand dollar tax would be about 23 dollars a year.staff say that 1.5 million dollarsould help maintain library operations. otherwise, th locations may haveo cle one day of the week. "this is the only way in the state of ioiohat a public library has to get direct funding that will help us fix that gap to maintain current levels of seice and operation." operation."if approved, the tax would stt july first 2016.there is anototr eting at the downtown library tomorrow from 4-6.covering the corridor in cedar rapids, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. next at six, snow in

verizon.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore joins us frfr city high school to explain where the money is going. this grant will go to three middle hools and three high schools in the iowa city district.officials say it will fund ograms in the classroom and outside of school too. too. senior elke ndschitl won't sum up her time learning about science at city high.she wants to study it in college. college.i really like math and i feel like science uses math like, practically.y.this class is principles of engineering.... engineering.......it's one place where an $8500 dollar grant from verizon can make a difference tehing science, technology, engineering and math. math. it gives them an opportunity to see their math and their science applied in a hands-on setting.some students take it a step further... transferring what they learn in the classroom to compete with a real robototthey design and build. build. moving forward we are going to need people that are problem solvers, people that are creative thinkers, people that can work within a team, people that can handle adversity.the verizon

covering the corridor in cedar rapids, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. in total - there are close to 6 thousand manufacturing employers in the state.it's a lucrative job too - the average salary in iowa is just over 51 thousand dollars. a member of the iowa board of regents now says the board may have "mishandled the selection process for the university of iowa president. subhash sahai says the regents' hiring of bruce harreld may have given the appearance of bias and a lack of transparency since his selection - students and facility members have accused the regents of favoriting harreld for the job. today - board president bruce rastetter said that isn't true. "yes, bruce harreld also came to campus and bruce harreld wanted to do additional diligence work beyond what some of the other candidates did. which i would view as good. good.herrald will take office november 2nd. three marion men are now facing charges after a burglary spree in solon. police arrested 18-year-olds kain crotez and zachary ross and 19-year-old jordan lehman yesterday. according to

country.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live right now in the newsroom with the details. today i visited the clear eek amana school district.i talked with the principal and a a acher about what tiffin elementary school is doing to keep improving. improving.in its first year, tiffin elemenary has about 350 kids and 50 fourth graders.the clear creek amana district has programs to support students all levels.there are teachers who give extra help to students who are behind, teachers who supplement kids who are ahead and even teachers for their teachers. the school's principal took a look at the new numbers from ththnation's repept card and says iowa schools are moving in the right direction, but want to continue to improve. 14:16:40 we've been working really hard to improve on that and continually putting in new supports in all of our schools to make that gap...put iowa back on top. top.we have the national report card data on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com if you would like to learnrnmoror about how iowa ranks.mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. thank you mellaney, molding students

covering the corridor in iowa city, mellaney moore, fox 28 news. interstate travelers in linn county will soon have a new option for a quiciceak from their drive. drive.the corridor business journal reports work is almost done at the otter creek country store in robins.it's part of a new development just off of county home road.the new store is set to open in december.shortly after that, a new restaurant called lebowski's is slated to open in downtown. turning now to marion... marion...a popular market in the uptown district is s ready to swing opens its s ors again. again.ramsey's metro market will reopen tomorrow after a significant expansion project. the four year old operation expanded nexdoor to add more seating d bar-space.that means they can continue to serve the public during private functions. right now, the u-s house of representatives is under new management as john boehner is out and paul ryan is in.the wisconsin congressman was sworn in today as speaker of the house after a contentious few weeks for the republicans fox 28 news national

programs..cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore joins us live right now from city high to explain where the money is going. this grant will go to three middle schools and three h hh schools in the iowa city district.officials say it will fund programs in the classroom and outside of school too. too.today we visited a principles of engineering class. it's one placacwhere an $8500 dollar grant from verizon can make a difference teaching science, technology, engineering and math.teachers say this can help with project based, hands on learning.some students take that a step further... transferring what theyeylearn in the classroom to compete with a real robot they design and build.the verizon grant has more than doubled what the robotics program has to buy things like software and parts in their second season. vicky pedersen, mama and engineering teacher05:18:23 moving forward we are going to need people that are problem solvers, people that are creative thinkers, people that can work within a team, people adversity.school officials say that money hasaslready purchased things for the roboti

today.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is live in iowa city with what played out. the board of regents met today in the iowa memorial union.at people gathered outside the building to rally against them. them. a rally against the iowa board of regents included students, alumni, and some who have been teaching at the university of iowa for 30 years. years. there is a reason that universities have shared governance. it goes back to the 12th century. that's what i teach.that's part of what tachau feels is being ignored and why she hopes the entire board of regents and future u-i president bruce harreld will resign. resign. just as how they have been secretive in how they chose the president, they no doubt are being secretive in what they want him to do.rally participants made their presence and opinions known to the board. board. the petition is to demand the board of regents dismiss bruce harreld from the presidency but we are also in general against the iowa board of regents.pector say the selection process wasn't fair to all the candidates and didn't represent the o

mellaney moore reporting.bre harreld will oicially take office on november second. there's now less than two weeks until city elections in linn county and among the items on the ballot - an initiative to raise taxes for increased library funding. early voting is now open and sattelele voting was held today at both the downtown and ladd libraries.the initiative has a lot of support from those working with the libraries. "it serves a lot of people who need the brary as well as people whwhjust enjoy using it so it has a huge impact and it helps people in many many ways." ways."the election takes place november third. one of two u-s attorneys here in iowa says he's stepping down. down.nicholas klinefelt is leaving his post next month to join an international law firm. klinefelt was appointed by president obama in 2009, to serve as the top prosecutor in iowa's southern district, which includes iowa city.an interim attorney will be appointed, but officials don't have a timetable for when that tomorrow, former secretary of state hillary clinton will testify before the hous

but as cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore explains explainsr one shelter - there's more than money standing in the way. there is no doubt about it, it's getting colder outside. the building that housed a temporary shelter last year is unavailable....so now organizers need a new space. space. the shelter house in iowa city needs more than their 70 beds on winter's coldest nights. last year...the shelter tried out a new program.14:56:40 the temporary shelter was a shelter that opened upbetween 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and there were 124 unique shelter.area homelesespeople could come to get warm... even while under the influence. 14:56:56 the mission of that was, is to get people out of the cold in the winter so that pecple didn't have to experience the winter conditions and not have to deal with things such as frostbite and even death.the shelter house is trying to get the program going again and thinks they'll be able to fund it.the johnson county board of supervisors set aside $15,000 because they say people dying in the cold is unacceptable. rod sullivan, johnso

covering the corridor in university heights, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news if you're planning on dressing up for the game tomorrow, u-i police have asked that you don't wear costumes that appear like e law enforcement or on field officials and to a bus driver in central iowa is now facing assasat and chihi endangerment charges after hitting a teenager with special needs. needs.robert scarbrough was caught on camera yesterday assaulting a 15-year-old boy who suffers from a mental disability. disability.in the video, scarbrough can be seen shoving the teen to the ground as other kids on the bus scream at him to stop. cbs 2 spoke to a child who was *on the bus as it happened. "he hit him in the head and he has a disability in his head, so he's supposed to be watching us, not hurting us." us."the school district has placed scarbrough on administrative leave.the teenager was not seriously hurt. a man who is suing the waterloo police department is now in jail. jail.jovan webb is facing multiple charges from a shooting at the new world lounge two in waterloo in april. april.police say an sergean

cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore was there and joins us live from campus. the board of regents met today in the iowa memorial union.at the same time, a few hundred people gathered outside the building to rally against them. them.the rally included students, alumni, and faculty. one faculty member we spoke to says she hopes the entire board of regents and future u-i president bruce harreld will resign.rally participants delivered a petition to the board they say is against them and demands harreld be dismissed.they say the selection process wasn't fair to all the candidates and didn't represent the opinions of the university communitythe board of regents says they respect the right for anyone to have their own opinion and have it heard, but they are pleased with their selection and look forward to working with the new president. katherine tachau, ui history professor03:51:34 just as how they have been secretive in how they chose the president, they no doubt are being secretive in what they want him to do. do.bruce herrald will officially take office november

there will also be a lot of people dressed in black and gold halloween night.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore is in university heights to explain how tomorrow's hawkeye home game is impacting some hallown festities. halloween is officially tomorrow, but here in university heights trick or treating starts now because of the football game tomorrow. tomorrow. should any ouble hit thisis block of university heights... heights... he has been planning for several months that he was going to be iron man for halloweenthere are at least two superheroes to come to the rescue.

fox 28 news reporter mellaney moore reporting.school officials say that money has already been used for purchases for the robotics prograra meantime, the white house wants to take another look at standardized tests.in january, president obama wants to lay out a way to cut down on the number of tests while exploring other ways to measure a student's success. the admdmistration calls the coming proposals new guidelines and not a replacement for 'no child left behind.' this is the final week before speaker of the house john boehner steps down n om his post. post.the republican has long railed against his own party for preventing him from getting anything done. done.later this week, members of congress will elect a new speaker and that's expecteteto be paul ryan of wwconsin. there is hope that a new speaker will bring the party together and even find compromise with congressional democrats and president obama. obama.but that doesn't mean speaker r boehner is done e t. right now, he's reportedly working on a long term budget deal with the white house.so what happens if that deal doesn't happ

the city's library network came up significantly short in its budget.as fox 28 news reporter mellaney moore found tonight, if citizens donon cover the costs, they could see programs, hours and materials get cut. cut. some of the cedar rapids public library regulars come six days a week or more. 12:28:33 it's ening doors for people that...maybe they've never read a book or like me that just don't have a computer at home or access to the internet.but the downtown and ladd libraries may have to close thr doors one daof the week if a levy isn't approved on the november third ballot12:07:51 this vy is for all library operations, which inclcles certainly materials, but also staffing, programming and outreach and all of the things that we do. right now the two libraries operate on a 8 million dollar budget.staff say this levy would help maintain currenenfundndg levels, , ter losing a couple other sources they've been using since the flood.12:09:27 this is the only way in the state of iowa that a public library has to get direct funding that will help us fix that gap to maintain current levels of s

enough skilled workers to fill a growing number of well-paying openings.fox 28 news reporter mellaney moore sho us how some are tackling that problem. problem. betsy borchardt is a second year kirkwood community college student gearing up....for a career in renewablblenergy.manufacturers hope the number of students like borchardt starts climbing. we work with a lot of manufacturers in the area and one of the things that we hear from them a lot is how difficult t it is to find skilled work force.kirkwood staff say when many people think of manufacturing...they think of what the industry looked like years ago.the united states is a country that was founded on making things.roger klouda's compmpy ininlinn county makes s astic injection molds for major brands like polaris, yamaha and honda.he says manufacturing is much cleaner and more high- tech than it used to be...and something that can be made into a career.those of us who still make things have a lot of pride in that.msi mold builders is one of 15 companies at kirkwood's adncing the ture tour.they want people to realize that in order to co

cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore shows us how those companies are trying to attract workers. workers. betsy borchardt is a second year kirkwood community college student gearing up.......for a career in renewable energy. energy.manufacturers hope the number of students like borchardt starts climbing. climbing. we work with a lot of manufacturers in the area and one of the things that we hear from them a lot is how difficult it is to find skilled work force.kirkwood staff say when many people think of manufacturing.they think of what the industry looked like years ago. ago. the united states is a country that was founded on making things.roger klouda's company in linn county makes plastic injection molds for major brands like polaris, yamaha and honda.he says manufacturing is much cleaner and more high-tech than it used to be...and something that can be made into a career. career. those of us who still make things have a lot of pride in that.msi mold builders is one of 15 companies at kirkwood's advancing the future tour. tour. they want people to realize that in order to cont