and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. charges are filed against the parents of the dubuque toddler who accidentally shot himself in the face. raraen harris and willie horsley both face child endangerment charges after their son was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound kwwls brad hanson as been us a clearer piture of what actually happened. this incident actually happened just over a month ago now. but it wasn't until last week that charges were actually filed against the boy's parentss ititappened here e n the 900 block of according to court documents, the 2-year-old shot himlf in the facc with a 45 caliber handgun that was kept in the house. police say they also found two marijuana pipes and a grinder inside the home. all three children living there tested positive for marijuana exposure, and two tested positive for cocaine exposure. both have been arrested--raven harris faces five charges, including child endangerement resulting in serious injury and additional charges of child endangerement. we've got you covere

with ron steele, amanda goodman and --------- "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." here is additional forecast air has worked its way into eastern iowa thissfternoon, shutting off the precipitation across most of the area. the system, so far, has dropped a trace to 5 inches across the area from north to south. however, more light snow is on the way overnight as this system wraps around.. the wind will be relatively light through the evening as low pressure tracks through eastern iowa. the light snow will begin moving through the area after 10 pm tonight. an additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. after midnight, the wind will turn to the north from 10 to 20 mph, which could cause some snow to this is a fairly compact snow so blowing and drifting won't be a huge deal. the snow will track oututof the area by morning, but the wind will still be gusty throughout the daywednesday with temperatures slowly falling through the 20s during the day. there will likely still be slick spots throughout the overnight hours and for wednesday. the rest of the week will be partly to mos

with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief --------- drop into the single digits. early showerror flurries re possible during the day. a few locations may have a dusting of snow. dry weather thursday night then friday a few flurries with another cloudy sky. a mostly clear sky and a lighter wind combine for colder temperatures. lows tonight drop into the sinnle digits. wind chills will be near 10 below zero thursday morning. clouds move back in quickly early thursday morning. stray snow showers or flurries are possible during the day. a few locations may have a dusting of snow. dry weather thursday night then friday a few flurries with a mostly clear sky and a lighter wind combine for colder temperatures. lows tonight drop into the single digits. wind chills will be near 10 below zero thursday morning. clouds move back in quickly early thursday morning. stray snow showers or flurries are possible during the day. a few locations may have a dusting of snow. dry weather thursday night then friday a few flurries with another cloudy sky. a mostly clear sky and a lighter thursday morning. clouds

with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each. the media is going a little crazy. "sub-mageddon" with an incredible amount of accumulation inside... that now seems... enjoy all our classic footlongs from the kwwl stormtrack are tracking light snow waterloo to cedar rapids may see a few snow showers or flurries thursday. there is a chance for a few light snow showers or will be less than 1". the next chance of snow is sunday. at this time a few inches of snow are possible across eastern iowa. check back later for updates on the we are tracking light snow forecast to move into central and western iowa wednesday. areas west of a line from waterloo to cedar rapids may flurries wednesday afternoon. finally the wind will be light (5- 10 mph) wednesday through thursday. there is a chance for a few light snow showers or eastern iowa. any accumulations will be less than 1". the next chance of snow is sunday. at this time a few inches of snow are possible across eastern

with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief --------- --------- february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each. the media is going a little crazy. "sub-mageddon" with an incredible amount of accumulation inside... that now seems... --------- --------- 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into early saturday morning. the sky is clear tonight and remains that way saturday to enjoy plenty of sunshine. more melting snow expect saturday with highs increase saturday night and linger into sunday with a stray rain shower possible. the strongest winds gradually diminish after 7 pm. breezy conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into early saturday morning. the sky is clear tonight and remains that way saturday to enjoy plenty of sunshine. more melting snow expect saturday with highs in the 40s and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger into sunday with a stray rain shower possible. the strongest winds gradually diminish after 7 pm. breez

with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief news at five." --------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 spring? high temperatures this weekend will be in the 50s. actually monday will be in the low 50s as well. breezy conditions are expected through early next week. a stray shower is possible sunday otherwise we remain dry through monday. we potential for rain changing to snow tuesday into tuesday night. there is a low confidence right now on any details. check back for later updates. wednesday through friday the weather returns to normal when it comes to afternoon highs in the 30s. dry conditions are expected. are you ready for it to feel like spring? high temperatures this weekend will be in the 50s. acacually monday will be in the low 50s as well. breezy conditions are expected through is possible sunday otherwise we remain dry through monday. we are still tracking the potential for rain changing to snow tuesday into tuesday night. there is a low confidence right now on any details. check back for later updates. wednesday through friday the weather returns to normal when it c

good evening everyine, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. before we get to that, what is an e- cigarette? e-cigs or electronic cigarettes are battery-powered vaporizers that simulate the feeling of smoking -- but withoot tobacco. but their high- powered batteries can explode if they come into contact with metal -- or the batteries touch each other for an extended period of time. kwwl's macleod hageman explains what you need to know -- to vape safe. mac? vaping experts say the vapors' high-powwred batterres coming into contact with each other or metal -- are the cause of these the man on your right likely had his e- cigarette e-cigarette explosion.) -- with vidcycle manager jacob burns says vapor users need to be cautious of their high-powered batteries. "the battery starts to get extremely hot, and when that does, it's a warnring sign it's about to ven and blow up." "vaping experts say people need to be mindful of their devices and keep their batteries separate. putting everything your pocket without a cheap cover is like setting off a pipe

good evening --i'm ron steele. amanda is off tonoght. little bitof light snow arlier -- let's go to storm track seven chchf meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your weekend outlook. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weaer team: we are trackcng a few light snow showers and flurries moving roads as some of thhlight snow may make roads slick. the mostly cloudy sky continues a bit tricky. i say that because a light snow (1-2") is possible...that is not the big story. the bigger cncern will be a strong wind (gusts to 45 conditions. again this is s for sunday afternoon through are tracking a few light snow weekend. a few breaks in the light snow (1-2") is mph) sunday afternoon through moday afternoon. blowing snow may cause hazardous travel conditions. again this is for sunday afternoon through monday afternoon. blizzard a terrifying construction accident in the big apple today --killing one person take a look at

with ron steele, this is the kwwl news at six." "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." 7 weather teaa see the screee for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast stormtrack 7 weather team: we will have plenty of clouds around this week with little to norecipitation. more melting snow and ice during the day with h igh temperatures above freezing each day this week. temperatures at night in the 20s will stop any melting at night. wednesday and thursday otherwise mostly cloudy conditions.we will have plenty of clouds around this week with little tooo precipitationn more melting snow and ice during the day with high temperatures above freezing each day this week. temperatures at night in the 20s will stop any melting at nighl. we are tracing a storm forecast to bring us breezy conditions wednesday and thursday otherwise mostly cloudy conditions.we will have plenty of clouds around this week with little to no precipitation. more melting snow and ice during the day with high temperaturesbove freezing each day th

with ron steele, 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather formation n om the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: clouds will be on the increase today with a chance for a scattered snow shower or flurries, especially during the afternoon. no accumulation expected, but there could be a dusting some areas. totoight north friday afternoon bringing another chance for light snow or flurries with little accumulation. temperatures will be in the upper 20s today and friday, with overnight lows in the teens. temperatures reach tt 30s this weeeeend, before colder air takes over next week.clouds will be on the increase today with a chance for a scattered snow shower or flurries, especially during the afternoon. no accumulation expected, but there could be a north friday afternoon ringing another chance for light snow or flurries with little accumulation. temperatures will be in the upper 20s today and friday, with overnight lows in the tetens. temperatures reach the 30s ttis weekend, before colder air takes over next

and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. some very strong winds in the area today -- causing a lot of accidents. take a look at this semi tipped over along interstate 380 in linn county. the accident slowing traffic -- as the trailer blocking one lane and fire rescue crews blocking the other. another similar accident here on highway 61 near the dubuque regional airport. this semi blocking the road completely --shutting down traffic for an hour and a half--the driver treated for minor injuries. that wind dying down a bit tonight-- let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your weekend outlook. information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: breezy conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into early saturday morning. the sky is clear tonight and remains that way saturday to enjoy and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger intoo sunday with a stray rain shower possible.breezy conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into ear

with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief "now your storm track 7 from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains cloudy tonight with a light snow shower or flurries after midnight into tuesday morning. clouds linger through tuesday night then some warm weather and it looks like this week might be that chance. high temperatures reach the 40s thursday and remain there each day through the weekend.the sky remains cloudy tonight with a light snow shower or flurries after midnight into tuesday morning. clouds linger through tuesday night then clear by noon wednesday. many are looking forward to some warm weather and it looks like this week might be that chance. high temperatures reach the 40s thursday and remain there each day through the weekend.the sky remains cloudy tonight with a light snow shower or flurries after midnight into tuesday morning. clouds linger through tuesday night then clear by noon wednesday. many are looking forward to some warm

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. 29 people -- including passengers and crew -- make an emergency landing in waterloo. emergency crews were on scene in minutes. going out to the airport, we've the plane took off from sioux falls, south dakota and was on its way to chicago. pilots had to make an emergency landing in waterloo when there was smoke in the cockpit. kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live from waterloo regional airpot with the latest. mac? what's scary -- is passengers tell me they felt something was wrong before leaving south dakota. here's a look at the plane that had to make an emergency landing this afternoon -- due to a smelled started to get extremely hot. one passenger tells me something didn't feel right -- and the flight felt like the longest 22 wrong before we were taking off, because we were taxying for a while, and then we heard a really loud noise, and then we took off." jodie tells me she was reluctant to get on a second plane -- and thought about renting a car to drive to

and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. a passenger plane making an emergency landing at a local airport after crews say they saw smoke coming from the cockpit. the american airlines plane taking off from souix falls, south dakota earlier today heading to chicago, but was forced to land at the waterloo airport. kwwl's jessica hartman is at the waterloo airport - -where she spoke with passengers about what several described as the that's right - - with a cabin full of what several called "fog like smoke" - - passengers tell me - - they quickly began to panic. sitting on the tarmac - - there is nothing visibley wrong passengers - they will tell you something was wrong even before take off "and then we heard an awful noise. so we are all like, i flight - -smoke filled the plane - - smelling of burning plastic - - and the floor became extremely hot. "we heard this terrible noise that was ongoing. so we were really, all of us were crying scanner " going out to the airport, we've got envoy 3047with smoke in the cockpit and 43 hun

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. curiosity is killing our children. we're talking about accidental shootings -- shootings that are happening in our own living rooms. it's important to note, this is a story about kids -- and gun safety...not an ant- gun storyy-- it is not a pro-gun story...this has nothing to do with gun rights. guns are not always locked up and put away. oh! oh my goodness! oh my a room full of toys - a hidden gun - and curious beginning - seven mothers - eight children - all in the preschool and kindergarten age range...coming together at the experiment...an experiment that could save lives. (19:24:47 - :55) there's no possibility that there can be an accident. no ammunition, the gun's not functional. cause it's an actual weapon. lieutenant aaron mccelland with waterloo p-d - briefing the moms...showing them the gun that will be used in this experiment. he will hide it in this room...but the big question - will one of these kids - one of their babies - pick that gun up. (19:26:18 - :26) jenny bachma

and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. local law enforcement say goodbye to a good friend today. the grant county, wisconsin sheriff's office holding a memorial service for k-nine diego, who died just over a week ago. kwwl's brad hanson was on hand for the memorial service. brad joins us live from the t-h-h media newsroom in dubuque with more. nearly 100 people were on hand today to say goodbye to a dog that served in grant county for about eight years. and for the deputy who worked with him for many years, it was a great way to say goodbye to an old friend. "he always had your back. it didn't matter if he was in the and now the grant county sheriff has diego's back--giving him a proper sendoff after he died bloodclot in his lungs. attendance--both the two foot and four foot variety of guests on hand.. handlers holding their dogs a little closer--and the dogs making their presence known. nats dogs barking for deputy ric hottenstein, who lost his partner of nearly 7 years, it diego's handler9 diego's handler) "yeah, it just

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. three people are dead -- following a four-vehicle crash this morning. iowa state troopers responded

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. a student leaves the country -- after allegedly posting a "concerning comment" on social media. the daily iowan says this 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

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. man. thanks for joining us. as you just saw blowing snow really making things tough out there. chief

this is the good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. a local man is pleading for heep to free his brother from a prison thousands of miles away in congo... he believes politicians can come to his rescue. koboko koboko is the district superintendent for the east central district of the united methodist hurch in cedar rapids. he tells our reporter kristin rogers today, his brother was put in to prison in congo for standing up for human rights and speaking out against the president of congo. kristin joins us live with the details. he says he worries his brother, vano kaboko is going to die in prison. and he is hopinggharing his story can turn into action and that his brother will be freed, he says his brother was thrown into prison i congo for no reason. more than 2years ago kiboko kiboko moved to the united states in district superintendent united methodist church) "the injustice there, people are being killed he tells me his thought that it made since for

and i'm ron steele. thanks for joining us. continuing coverage -- two young children are ut of the hopital ttight after a fire destroys their mobile home. it happened late sunday night at a mobile park in the 25-hundred block of union road in cedar falls. fire crews rescuingnga five- year-old girl, a three-year-old boy and their mother. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with the kids tonight and their aunt, she jojos us now with the latest.t. ron, 3 year old mason and 5 year old avery are doing very well- they were happy to be released from the hospital this afternoon. i wwnt to see them at their aunt's home- where avery was you cards for the firefighters who

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. the iowa governor is doing his part to honor the passing of a supreme court justice. governor terry branstad ordered all flags at iowa government facilities be lowered to honor u.s. supreme court justice antonin scalia. the 79-year-old scalia was found dead at a west texas resort ranch on saturday morning. the flags will be flown at half-staff until sunset monday.. following scalia's death, president obama looks to nominate a new justrce..and it apears an eastern iowan is on the short list. judge jane kelly currently sits as the federal 8th circuit court judge she's being mentioned as a possible nomination by president obama-- they're former harvard classmates. kwwls olivia mancino joins us live now to break down what this all means jane kelly's been working in the iowa court systm since the 90s first as a public defender, eventually becoming a federally appointed judge in 2013. experts say if nominated and eventually appointed, kelly would bring to the table a divers background not t

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. with snow returning this evening, how much more snow will we get? let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who'ssracking this snow. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast inffmation from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: dry air has worked its way into eastern iowa this afternoon, shutting off the precipitation across most of the arwa. the area from north to south. however, more light snow is o o the way overnight as this system wraps around. the wind will be relatively light

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good evening everyine, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. before we get to that, what is an e- cigarette? e-cigs or electronic cigarettes are battery-powered vaporizers that simulate the feeling of smoking -- but withoot tobacco. but their high- powered batteries can explode if they come into contact with metal -- or the batteries touch each other for an extended period of time. kwwl's macleod hageman explains what you need to know -- to vape safe. mac? vaping experts say the vapors' high-powwred batterres coming into contact with each other or metal -- are the cause of these the man on your right likely had his e- cigarette e-cigarette explosion.) -- with

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. 29 people -- including passengers and crew -- make an emergency landing in waterloo. emergency crews were on scene in minutes. going out to the airport, we've the plane took off from sioux falls, south dakota and was on its way to chicago. pilots had to make an emergency landing in waterloo when there was smoke in the cockpit. kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live from waterloo regional airpot with the latest. mac? what's scary -- is passengers tell me they felt something was wrong before leaving south dakota. here's a look at the plane that had to make an emergency landing this afternoon -- due to a smelled

"you're watching kwwl, we've good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. a mental health patient is back in the hospital tonight, after police say he escaped, by stealing an ambulance. he bolted from the emergency room at covenant hospital around 7:30 this morning. police say he crashed through the hospital's garage with an ambulance. he later ditched the emergency vehicle and was arrested a few blocks away about an hour later. kwwl's lauren moss has been looking into this, she joins us now live from covenant with the latest. and amanda, no one is hurt...repairs to the hospital garage are being made.. but it was a tense scene earlier this morning as police searched for him... its just really unusual for that to happen on a tuesday morning. and that seems to be what every neighbor on lindner police catch an escaped mental patient on their steet..just blocks from covenant hospital. i looked out the window and him down on the ground, handcuffing him. and he was screaming bloody murder that they were going to kill him or police say 36 ye

for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amandaagoodman. thanks for joininng us. breaking news -- police charge six people following the fatal shooting of teenager redlinger. police say redlinger, of vinton, was accidently shot in the head last year after her friend mishandled a gun. these sisi people have now been arrested and charged with various offenses -- including drug charges. 52-year-old robyn merchant is facing a feferal offense of providing a firearm to a prohibited person. investigators determining the shooting last february was unintentional. the family says they will not be making a statement at this time. tonight iowa senator chuck grassley is front and center in the discussion on replacing supreme court justice antonin scalia. the senator is making his county by county tour and one of his stops took him to iowa county. a few people there challenged mr. grassley on his call to delay a justice nomination until after the presidential election. kwwl's kristii rogers was t senator grassley's town hall in m

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. saying was a windyyday today would be an understatement. this was the scene in many places across the state of iowa - there are seven confirmed wind dubuque. dubuque wasn't the only one in eastern iowa city seeing a semi rollover. this accident happened on highway 218 in bremer county. accidenn. and this one happened on interstate 380 near the 27 in of the south bound lanes. the question drivers are wondering is - when will the winds die down. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who i i tracking thess winds. information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the strongest winds gradually early saturday morning. the sky clear tonighttnd remains that way saturday to enjoy plenty of sunshine. more melting snow expect saturday with highs in the 40s and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger into sunday with a stray rain shower possible.the ststongest winds gradually

and - eastern iowa police are good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. now an update you saw live on our website - the university of northern iowa names their newest hire for their athletic director position. the university officially naming david harris today at the macleod center. harris is currrently the senior associate athletic director at iowa state university. kwwl's sports director, rick coleman joins us now - and rick what was it like? david harris says this is the right time for him to take his first collegiate athletic director's position and the university of northern iowa is the perfect place. harris has spent the past 15 years serving in different athletic department positions at the university of wisconsin and iowa state. harris talked about fostering an athletic department culture--- that puts an emphasis on winning with integrity.... "i want us to be excellent. i on the field, off the field in find our core decisions moving forward. and of course-- harris says the biggest challege he will face at northern iowa iowa

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. u.s. marshals say they received a lot of information regarding a wanted fugitive -ho may be here in eastern iowa. this man, 22 year old kevin edwards is considered armed and dangerous. he is wanted for the murder of a little boy in chago. investigators believe he killed this boy, 9 year old tyshawn lee in november. they say lee was lured into an alley..where he was shot and killed. investigators believe the little boy was killed as part of gang retaliation. kwwl's lauren moss has been u.s. marshals today- she joins us now with the latest and amanda they have received a lot of tips throughout eastern iowa. i asked them where these tips are leading them to exactly...but because of the investigation they could not say at this time. but they did say this- their number one priority is to find kevin edwards. an unthinkable and heartless crime.. a 9 year old boylured from a park to aaalley where investstgators say he was shot and killed execution style.. former chicago police leader - calls it a

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. the man who allegedly videotaped a woman showering at the university of iowa may have been familiar with the dorm building. police arrested robert hightower of iowa city. he's accused of peeping on women in the shower at burge hall. students say it worries them how easily he was able to enter the nats a peeping tom? it's something students like alexis wynn never thought they'd have to worry about. (sot) "it creeped me out." robert hightower burge hall around 9:00 monday night. but wynn says this isn't his first time on campus. turned around the corner at the students think he made his plan the night before. (sot) "he was walking around in our hallway and other wings of our hallway, and saying that he lost his wallet, which he inside the door becuase the censors were on at the time. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "the afternoon. students need their school ids to access the building, meaning someone likely held the door for hightower, thinking he was a student." students tell me it's somethi

. >> announcer: this is the steele report. >> ron: this week on the steele report, our topic as we talk with the executive director of the left-leaning progress iowa questioning begins right now. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. very interesting topic today. eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. the iowa coalition, they go together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kans

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and 'm amanda goooman. thanks for joining us. a winter weather advisory is in effect for much of our viewing area. . let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking this snow storm. from the kwwl ssormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast light rain/snow mix develops this evening (7-9 pm) and transitions to all snow by 10 pm. oads will become slick by this time and remain that way hrough tuesday morning. snow continues through the night then tapers off by 6 or 8 am. snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to wateeloo with 2-4" for the reststof eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries ling into wednesda morning followed by afternoon. high temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s we had saturday. blowing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mpp the wind diminishes after 6 pm tuesday. we are tracking another chance

good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. tonight we have good news to report...the eastern iowa woman that had a baby in her car is doing great, and the baby is too we first brought you this story the couple had to pull over at iowa auto rebuilders in waterloo and wait for paramedics now, the couple is released from the hospital and ready to go home not before stopping by to talk to kwwls olivia mancino though -- olivia how are they doing they're doing amazing, both baby and mom are healthy tyler hall told me today his girlfriend taryn actually had the baby while driving down highway 20... they pulled over at the auto shop to wait for help, now today, they returned back to the shop to say...hey thanks for letting us use your lot! as the sun came up over the highway thursday morning..a new life was born...also...on the highway. "334, 306 for a child birth, a child has been born" the iowa falls couple was on their way to the to hospital, but their little guy just couldnt wait. taryn naill delivered her own baby while her boyfr

our next special report comes tomorrow night -- ron steele takes a look at the largest financial fraud in iowa history...that airs tomorrow night at 10 p-m... on the way this morning, this year's academy awards are just you're watching k-w-w-l. we've got you covered. it was gorgeous yesterday with highs another front will bring more breezy conditions for monday with rain and snow possible are in the mid 40s to low 50s 25 degrees warmer than this point yesterday morning, although we won't get as warm in most of the area due to northwest winds taking over... as they have in the western part of the state. winds will stay strong today, die down a bit tonight and then become breezy again tomorrow ahead of the next system. right now, we have some clouds, but the main energy is just tracking into the state. we are pretty will likely be falling this afternoon as the front tracks to the east. the next front will track in tomorrow night bringing a chance of rain and snow along with much colder air behind it. highs in from the 20s to the 70s with a lot more teens building in the will stay mild to

caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: welcome this week's edition of the steele report, our post caucus wrap-up with dr. chris larimer, our political analyst from the university of northern iowa, an associate professor at political science at uni and this has been an exciting week and historic week again with a surprising outcome to a lot of people of the iowa caucuses, just overall, with cruz winning as desigh civil as he did, what's head for him and also donald trump and marco rubio that you believe is really on the move? >> dr. larimer: for ted cruz, the challenge is still there. he was going -- this is a state where he had to do well, given the evangelical vote in iowa, the social conservative vote, and that was up over previous years, so that in part explains why he did well with exit polls identifying 63, of caucus goers that's not the case in new hampshire, but more the case in south carolina. new hampshire is not a good state no ted cruz, that's going to be difficult going forward. for donald trump, he receive a

good evening everyone, i'm and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. some very strong winds in the area today -- causing a lot of accidents. take a look at this semi tipped over along interstate 380 in linn county. the accident slowing traffic -- as the trailer blocking one lane and fire rescue crews blocking the other. another similar accident here on highway 61 near the dubuque regional airport. this semi blocking the road completely --shutting down traffic for an hour and a half--the driver treated for minor injuries. that wind dying down a bit tonight-- let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your weekend outlook. information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: breezy conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into early saturday morning. the sky is clear tonight and remains that way saturday to enjoy and 50s. clouds increase saturday night and linger intoo sunday with a stray rain shower possible.breezy conditions (sw 10-20 mph) continue overnight and into ear

and i'm ron steele, thanks for joining us. local law enforcement say goodbye to a good friend today. the grant county, wisconsin sheriff's office holding a memorial service for k-nine diego, who died just over a week ago. kwwl's brad hanson was on hand for the memorial service. brad joins us live from the t-h-h media newsroom in dubuque with more. nearly 100 people were on hand today to say goodbye to a dog that served in grant county for about eight years. and for the deputy who worked with him for many years, it was a great way to say goodbye to an old friend. "he always had your back. it didn't matter if he was in the and now the grant county sheriff has diego's back--giving him a proper sendoff after he died bloodclot in his lungs.

steele report. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> ron: welcome in this week's edition of the steele reportas we w welcome the two now mayor of the cedar valley. from cedar falls, jim brown and from waterloo, quentin hart. jim brown was on the board of education, there for six years if i remember correctly. big victory over david halterman. mayor brown serve six years on the board of education. he's a business development manager. his campaign promise was to bring a different leadership style to city hall. we'll ask if he's done that. quentin hart we've had on the program before, earn his batch love's degree from uni, first elected in 2008, representing waterloo's fourth wart on the city council and then serve as mayor pro temand gave up the mayor. he and his wife have three children. he's 44 years old. you had a birthday since the last time i talked to you? >> mayor h ht: no, i haven't. i'm looking forward to june 6th though. >> ron: we'll put that on the calendar. what a surprise for you, mayor brown. you promised a new leadership style. you're just gegeing st

caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now frfr kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. we have two very special guests. i'll introduce them to you moment taerl. now, remember, this is airing the day before thth iowa caucuses. last week, we had lieutenant governor kim reynolds on the program along with democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders, so save your emails and everything. this is revengngof the republicans this week, i guess, so save the emails for later because we're going to try to even things out as we go along throughomt the course of the campaign. so welcome back, first of all, iowa fourth district congressman steve king making, i don't know, third or fourth appearance on the program in the last year. i appreciate tt. he's been in iowa's congrereional delegation since 2003 and the fourth district is iowa's largest geographical area as far as representing of iowa's 99 counties. many of those in the kwwl and welcome for the first time on the show, heidi cruz, the wife of presidential cand

." >> announcer: this is the steele report. >> ron: this week on the steele report, our topic as we talk the left-leaning progress iowa nonprofit organization, our questioning begins right now. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. >> ron: and welcome to this week's edition of the steele report. very interesting topic today. eye like on -- i'd like to introduce my guest right now, matt sinovic, he's the executive director of progress iowa and also the organization known as why courts matter. together. matt is going to explain that. they caused a little bit of controversy this week when they attended some of senator charles grassley's town hall meetings talking about the judicial process and that's what we're going to talk about extensively here on the program today. first of all, before we go any further, matt, i want to get some background on now and kind of understand, get a perspective about why you think the way you do. you told me earlier, you grew up in the kansas city area, so tell me a litt

." >> announcer: this is the steele report. >> ron: this week on the steele report, we'll see if there are new mayors in the cedar valley our questioning begins right now fch. >> announcer: now from kwwl, this is the steele report. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.com >> ron: welcome in this week's edition of the steele reportas we w welcome the two now mayor of the cedar valley. from cedar falls, jim brown and from waterloo, quentin hart. jim brown was on the board of education, there for six years if i remember correctly. big victory over david halterman. mayor brown serve six years on the board of education. he's a business development manager. his campaign promise was to bring a different leadership style to city hall. we'll ask if he's done that. quentin hart we've had on the program before, earn his batch love's degree from uni, first elected in 2008, representing waterloo's fourth wart on the city council and then serve as mayor pro temand gave up the

." >> announcer: thrt the steele report. >> ron: our topic this week, a recap of the iowa kauntion and high school student who had a

bush, michael steel and ron fournier. >> matt, what happened.na so he could do a franklin's focus group on fox. now he's skipping another conservative, the preeminent conservative event. what happened here? >> i don't know what happened. i've been working with them for seven months to try to get an answer. all the other presidential candidates are going to be there. this is an interesting year. in typical donald trump fashion when we invited him to speak at cpac and i sent him an e-mail. he does this big handwriting, matt, i wouldn't miss it. i got an answer back in 15 minutes. no bureaucracy. got an answer. ted cruz is a bright guy. he was calling me. how many spots can i get, how many people can i -- >> exactly. >> that's how he operates. with marco it's been a long process of trying to get him there. >> hasn't marco always been measured. chris christie said a boy in the bubble. he may not be the boy in the bubble, but he certainly from the very start has had walls and walls of protection around him, right? >> well, all i can say is this. a lo

. >> ron: thank you both very much. thanks for coming on the steele report. we'll see you next week and also online on kwwl.com. captioning provided by caption associates, llc www.captiona one of the areas that i' been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to b bsure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure thatatvery child has a chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. i've spent my life fighting for children, and i'm not stopping now. i'm hillary clinton, welcome to "on theheoney." i'm becky quick. >>> taking a trip overseas and stays there. why u.s. companies are heading there. it is profits before patriotism. >>> looking to upgrade yourext seat before you fly? there's a cheaper way to do it now. >>> they maybe only in high school but these kids wanted to be smart about money. how they made their school and state teach them what they needed to know. >>> the man behind "everyone loves raymond" has a new project