his name -- ralph montgomery. kwwl's shirley descorbeth joins us live from the telegraph heralad newsroom in dubuque with more. shirley? ralph montgomery deserves this honor. he left hope of freedom... and ultimately the iowa supreme court granted his wishes. today people from the dubuque community came out to linwood cemetery. they're honoring ralph montgomery...a man born a slave. he's buried somewhere here in an unmarked plot. montgomery came to dubuque to work in the lead mines after agreeing to pay his slave master money for freedom. after five years...he still couldn't afford the debt. "and then to be captured and almost taken back, and without eventually...he sued to be free. montgomery was declared a free man on independence day 18-39. he died about thirty years later. and after all this time...he now finally has a grave marker. the first case the iowa supreme because he was living in a free territory. we've got you covered live from the telegraph herald newsroom in dubuque -- shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl

"at first ralph montgomery was buried here, the land now known as jackson park. back then, it was the city cemetery." and although his remains are part of the mass gravesite...he now has a monument. in dubuque -- shirley descorbeth -- kwwl news. through donations -- the linwood cemetery was able to raise money to buy montgomery a monument. so far -- 95- percent of the cost has been raised. coming up on kwwl an iowa woman is recognized today for her kindness during the floods and just in time for the holidays -- what's new with uber? have pictures or video to share -- you can do that by going to our facebook page. you can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news, sports, and weather information. of the storm track seven live doppler radar. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with macleod hageman, meteorologist kyle kiel and sports with mark woodley. this is the kwwl news at ten." "hi guys i'm margot robbie. i'm hosting the but first -- here's a live look "you're watching kwwl. we've hosting the season premiere of snl with when my dad got th

"ralph montgomery was the montogomery originally born with the name rafe missouri...agreeing to pay his slave master 550-dollars plus interest to be free. but after five years...he still couldn't afford to pay off a fugitive...even bounty hunters were sent after him. montgomered "dubuque, iowa...in dubuque iowa 177 years ago it was showing race relations at it's finest." also justice. in their first case in 18- he died nearly thirty years later. "at first ralph montgomery was buried here, the land now known and although his remains are part of the mass gravesite...he now has a monument. we've got you covered in dubuque -- shirley descorbeth through donations -- the linwood cemetery was able to raise money to buy a monument. so far -- 95- percent of the cost has been raised. an act of kindness recoginized this weekend for a week to volunteer sandbaggers. take a look at this... "while we were in cedar terrace, we had two hundred down and gave us the last dime she had for groceries to feed the workers so in return for that we are recognizing her today for being such a wonderful lady and gi

"ralph montgomery was the subject of the very first iowa supreme court case." montogomery originally born with the name rafe nelson...came to work in dubuque's lead mines. he left missouri...agreeing to pay his slave master 550-dollars plus interest to be free. but after five years...he iowa 177 years ago it was showing race relations at it's finest." also justice. buried here, the land now known remains are part of the mass gravesite...he now has a monument. we've got you covered in dubuque -- shirley descorbeth through donations -- the through donations -- the linwood cemetery was able to raise money to buy a monument. so far -- 95- percent of the cost has been raised. an act of kindness recoginized this weekend for a woman who provided food last week to volunteer sandbaggers. take a look at this... "while we were in cedar terrace, we had two hundred down and gave us the last dime the state- but now the clean-up process begins. in cedar falls -- some areas saw heavy flooding last weekend. now -- flood vicitms are getting some relief from volunteers...and they