he beat former mayor tim hurley. and now hart will succeed mayor buck clark who did not seek a fourth term. kcrg-tv9's chris earl met with mayor-elect hart earlier today. chris, this is a coerstone day for waterloo o litics. we're all seeing ththheadlines about hart's election yet, for him, this is also years in the making from his time on the city council... campaigning for the mayor's office. for quentin hart, he said he nts his time in city hall to bring all of the city together. when quentin hart walked through waterloo on wednesday, people shouted "congratulati ons"... " i didn't campaign on being the first black mayor. i campaigned on being the best mayor that i can possibly be for the city, joining both sides of the river to make sure that people have an a aquate voice. " hartt has had a voicecen city politics for years, representing the 4th ward of the city -- the east and northeast parts of waterloo. through the years, we've met then councilman hart doing some of the st heartbreaking andndhocking momentstssu

earlier, tim hurley says he's proud to be a "footnote" to waterloo history. and, hurley says quentin hart's victory may be the breakthrough for the future of waterloo here's video of hurley calling hart and congratulating him. hurley says they both have the same views on a lot of things and he believes the city is in gogo hands. you see, hurley knows what it's like having been in that mayor seat, and he says quentin seems prepared to take the job. hurley says he's glad he ran, served oking forwarr to speaking with hart often. "he had a surperb organization and a great campaign. he's articulate. he stayed with his won and so i think the whole city needs to get behind him." hurley says he will continue his active involvement in the waterloo community. as for if hurley will run for here to support quentin. i'm here to support waterloo." we've got you covered live in the nenesroom - nikki newbrough- kwwl news in addition to the historic mayor's runoff, waterloo voters elected jerome amos, junior, to the 4th ward city council seat. amos garnered 60-per cent of the

tonight at 10, we'l'lhear more fromomhe mayor-elect but also from tim hurley, who served as mayor for 6 years last decade about the challenges anyone in the waterloo mayor's office faces. in the ccar rapids newsroom, , chchs earl, kcrg-tv 9 news. a special election to replace johnson county supervisor terrence nuezil could take place next month. neuzil is taking a job b outside of iowa. his last day is december 20th. a committee decided this morning to hold a special election instead of appointing his term. "we allowed public input, heard from the citizens, and two of the three of us felt it was best to go the election route, and that's where we are headed. " the election can take place on any tuesday as long as there's at least 32 days notice. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with your first forecast. joe, what can we expect this evening? back to you. ny medicaid patients here in struggling to understand the change coming on january first when the state switches to a privatized system to manage medicaid. but even though there's a lot of concern, only a handful of people attende

that race is between quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley. hurley.on the ballot in cedar falls: jim brown and incumbent jon crews.but crews dropped out of the race and endorsed brown.dave halterman who finished third is ruruing as a write-in campaign. school officials tell cbs 2 news they are investigating a racist remark found etched in a bathroom found etched in a bathroom at spence laboratories.univivsity president bruce harreld sent a message to students and faculty condemning it last night. harreld says the remark was immediately sanded down. a man accused of killing his mother three years ago will inveveigators say 44-yeaeaold edward cusic used a crowbar to murder his 68-year-old mother at their home on old marion road.an autopsy shows she died% of blunt force trauma.if he's convicteteof first degree mumuer -- cusic will spend the rest of his life in prison. we'll hope you'll switch over to fox 28 right now for a packed show on fox 28 morning live.we're really excit about this - four star fate is joining us in the stio today. they have

quentin hart and tim hurley having one extra month to get people%out to vote. a vote that hurley believes hinges on two things....voter turnout and where those votes from the other candidate land. "and i just hope people don't because it is't. i think*this will be a very close race and voters to remember his experience. he's the only candidate to have been in this office before. "experience with accomplishment, and i thinn ananone who walks up and down the river or up and down our main street or into any of the happened." while hart says he has spending multiple years serving the city of waterloo. "eight years on the council, you know vice mayor for six years and just had a lot of opportunities to serve in so many copasity and so what better place to serve than at home." hurley believes this election could be a historic one. if quentin hart wins, he would be the first minority mayor. if hurley wins, he believes he'd be the first mayor to retire and then come back and run again. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- nikki newbrough...kwwl news. in waterlo

tim hurley came in second with 26 percent of the vote. hurley says this election hinges on two things, voter turnout and where those votes from the other candidates land. he says this election is important because of the direction he wants to take the city and get it back on track. he's running on his experience and hope voters see the positives things he's done throughout the city. as or quintin hart, he's stressing the importance of voting today saying people need to share what direction they'd like to see your community head in. he says it's a pivitol time for the city of waterloo. he claims he presents fresh, new leadership...but has experience those years at vice mayor. hurly told me he thinks this is a historic election. if hart wins, he'd be the first minority mayor. if hurley wins, he believes he'd be the first mayor to retire and come back to run again. we've got you covered live in the newsroom nikki newbrough kwwl news. tonight at ten. in cedar falls... a unique election today as there are two candidates in this election.. but o

voters will have a choice hart and former mayor tim hurley. we have team seven coverage on the run-off here in waterloo. nikki newbrough spoke with tim hurley and olivia mancino spoke with qentin hart. nikki lets start with u tim hurry says he believes this is going to be a close election. you know, in november hart received 34 percent of the vote, while hurley got 26 percent. hurley says this election hinges on two things, voter turnout and where those votes from the other candidates land. he says this election is direction h wants to take the city and get and hope voters see the positives things he's done throughout the city. "i think anyone who walks up and down the river, or up and prints on them from positive things that happened during my three erms in offic." and hurley spent three terms as during he says there is an opportunity for that's stoppinn the violence. we've got you covered...nikki newbrough...kwwl news. thank you nikki. olivia joins us agai olivia - hart's camp? as for hart... althouuh he hasn't been in the mayor seat, mayor-

today it comes down to quentin hart adn tim hurley. hurlele told kwwl this could be a historic election in waterloo if hart wins he will be the first minority leader. if hurley wins.. he says hed be the first mayor to run again after retiring. now both candidates agree on a lot of issues and both say they have the experience needed mayor's seat and hart spent eight year on the ccncil. and sixx offthose years he was a mayor pro tem. both candidates agree it's important to vote today. "and i just hope people don't because it isn't. i think thhs will be a very close race and turnout in all five wards." "exercise your voice to let the community know which type of leadership that you perfer and the direction you'd like your polls open at 7 this morning and they close at 8 tonight. it's also important to remember that pricincts will be at the same loccions so make susue you head to to your regular polling place. we've got you covered... live in today voters in teh 4th ward will also decideetheir next city council representative. there's also

hart won in a runoff over former mayor tim hurley. hart got 59 percent of the vote. hart is promising to bring a fresh, new outlook to the mayor's office he says his experience should help. he served six years as the vice do first. "the first thing i want to do is let them know i appreciate the important they are to the we begin with decision 2015 coverage. the future is now for waterloo. the city elects a new mayor -- quentin hart. hart won in a runoff over former mayor tim hurley. hart got 59 percent of the hart is promising to bring a fresh, new outlook to the mayor's office he says his experience should help. he served six years as the vice we asked him -- what he plans to do first. have a conversation with staff, job they're doing, and they continue to understand how important they are to the community, i want to talk to new council members and congratulate them and hear what they want to see." hart will be the city's first minority mayor. he says diversity is a strength, and he plans to make sure everyone's voice is heard. he'll

hart beating former mayor tim hurley last night. making history in the process, becoming the first african american mayor. kwwl's nikki newbrough joins us live. nikki you spoke with the new mayor today. quentin hart brought up the voting rights act, celebrating 50 years in august. he says there are many people...black and white who have sacrificed for hart to have these opportunities. a special moment tuesday night for the man born and raised in waterloo. "there are no papers in wanted to become mayor." but hart says he's happy, blessed...even making history, becoming the first african american mayor in waterloo but he doesn't want to focus on that. "and you know i'm african american. i'm proud of who i am but my goal is to become the best mayor of this entire city." even quentin's opponent, tim hurley gracious and proud of hart. "he had a superb organization and a great campaign. he's articulate. he stayed with his message and he won. few hours for hart have been a whirlwind, he's been thinking about the future of this city for a w

quentin hart won the run-off election over tim hurley by more than 15-hundred votes. hart puttogether a diverse coalition of supporters from different age groups -- different neighborhoods and different ethnic backgrounds. make history in waterloo -- his agenda is about making a whole lot more. quentin hart - waterloo mayor- elect((8:33:37))"i want to be the mayor that could erase all those river lines and boundary lines, butut'm african american and i'm absolutely proud of who i am." hart ran on a platform that includes stopping gun violence and improving the local economy.he takes office as the new waterloo mayor on january 4th. now to johnson county where voters voterswill soon be making a decision ih an upcoming speical elecon to fill a vacant seat o othe board of supervisors. supervisors.that seat is being left behind by terrance neuzil -- he resigned earlier this fall to take a job out of state.neuzil's last day in office will be december 20th. the election will take place january 19th.the same seat will also be on the june 7th primary and next year's election f

the next mayor of waterlrl, defeating former mayor tim hurley. hurley. turning to cedar falls now, there were only two names on the ballot for mayor tonight, but there are *three men earning votes.incumbent jon crews ended his re-electio bid after election nigig, but rules required his name stay on the ballot, despite endorsing jim brown.meanwhile, dave halterman, who finished third last month, mounted a write-in cacaaign to take the top post. post.that write-in campaign appears to have been unsuccessful--as crews' endorsement of jim brown helped himail to an easy victory tonight. tonight. a bit of a dreary day across eastern iowa. iowa.despite a few flakes, at least the heavy snow stayed about the rest of the night? night?chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your weatherfirst forecast, terry thanks.turning to cedar rapids now. now.a jury is now seated and opening statements delivered in a first degree murder t tal. trial.this case is focused on a man accused of killing his mother nearly three years ago. ago.prosecutors say 47-year- old edw

he beat former mayor tim hurley. and in cedar falls, voters elected jim brown as mayor jon crews had urged people to vote for brown in yesterday's runoff after deciding to step down. crews has served cedar falls for 30 of the last 44 years. now, one last look at this morning's weather, justin. the brunt of the snow has left, although a handful o flurries may linger into the afternoon. some breaks in the clouds will try to squeeze in with highs in the middle 30s. quite a few clouds hang around tonight with lows in the 20s. our sky gradually clears tomorrow, sending our highs to around 40. mild weather continues thereafter with highs staying in the 40s through at least the middle of next week. the weekend is looking dry, flowed by a slight chance of a rain or snow shower on monday.today:

voters will choose between candidates quentin hart and tim hurley. the two men had one extra month to both candidates agree on many issues.... and both say they have the experieee needed for this job... hurley spent three terms in the mayor's seat.... while quentin hart spent eight years on the council.... and six of those years he was a mayor pro tem. both candidates agree it's imimortant to get out and vote... at home thinking well it's a turnout in all five wards." "exercise your voice to let the community know which type of leadership that you perfer and the direction you'd like your community head in." hurley told kwwl this election could be a historic one. if hart wins...he would be the first minority mayo. if hujley wins.. he says he'd be e first mayor o run again after retiring. if you would like more information on where to vote...you can go to the elections page of the black hawk unty website. voters in cedar falls will take the polls to vote for the next mayor.. the two candidates in incumbent mayor jon crews. mayor crews is technically no

former 3-term mayor tim hurley received 41- percent. we'll hear from both of them in our next half hour. in cedar falls - jim brown officially the mayor elect. pulling in far more votes than write in candidate dave month. "very exciting; very humbling. not only towards the support process. brown will start his term january first. new this morning... all eyes and ears are on the university of iowa today..... the board of regents may be renaming one of the university kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details about this renaming... it's still is a little bit of a mystery at this point that's right ally. the iowa board of regents spokesman says they are obeying the law by letting everyone know about this proposed building renaming.... but there isn't a lot of information yet about what exactly is happening today. we don't know what building is being renamed or what that name will be... but we should know by the end of the day... more details will be released at today's board meeting.... it is on the agenda... and

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon crews and businessman jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. however, crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vote for his challenger. polling in the run-off elections is open from 7 the polling places are the same as they were in the city election in november. republican presidential andidate jeb bush will be talking to voters in easternn iowa today. he first will attend a coffee and donuts event at the university of dubuque. that will be in the heritage center at 8:30 this morning. then the former florida governor will go to waterloo fofoa town hall meeting. that event will be at the sullivan brothers iowa veterans museum at noon today. another republican presidential candidate is just now leaving the state after campaigning in iowa for a aew days. the latest quinnipiac university poll showed ted cruz in a statistical tie with republican front runner donald trump here in iowa. yesterday, the texas senator told supporters at the kirkwood

in waterloo, waterloo,voters will select a new mayor tomorrow.quentin hart and tim hurley are going head-to-head in a run-off election to replace buck clark who chose not to run for another term in office.there's also a runoff election in cedar falls.mayor john crews remains on the ballot even after announcing his retirement.dave halterman, who election is mounting a write-in campaign against jim brown. at the iowa capitol... capitol...governor branstad is again speaking out against calls to delay the privatization of iowa's medicaid program. program.earlier today - the governor said there's no reason to push the transition back.he also said it can move forward with only three firms taking the program over instead of four, which would go along with a judge's recommendation last week.the governor says similar plans are already working fine. "those of us that are in health systems like those of us that have the state employee health plan it's a managed system and it's worked very effectively and it's worked effectively in other states and i see no reason why in iowa we can't work it effectively."

he got more than 52- hundred votes to beat former mayor tim hurley, who had more than 36- hundred votes. hart will replace mayor buck clark, who did not seek a fourth term. waterloo voters also filled the city council seat in ward four. jerome amos junior is the winner with nearly 900 votes. chris schwartz had around 600 votes. amos will replace quentin hart, who won yesterday's run-off for waterloo mayor. and in cedar falls, businessman jim brown received overwhelming support for mayor. he got about 75 percent support, with about 35- hundred votes. while incumbent jon crews received 143 votes. and david halterman had about 1-thousand votes as a write-in candidate. mayor crews had urged people to vote for brown in yesterday's runoff. he decided to step down from the end of the year. but his name was still on the runoff ballot. mayor crews has served cedar falls for 30 of the last 44 years. police in des moines have a suspect in custody this morning for a double homicide. and that's after a standoff with authorities late last night on a highway. dallas county authorities closed down seve

voters have just a few more hours to pick councncman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley didn't get enough votes in the november third election to win, and that caused today's runoff. one of them ll replace mayor buck clark, who did not seek a fourtrtterm. and cedar falls also has a run-off election between current mayor jon crews and only a formality since crews dropped out of the race last month. black hawk county auditor grant veeder said it's uncommon for two mayoral run-offs to happen in one county. "to have both of them be mayoral elections isretty unusual in our experience. i was checking back on recent run-offs we've had. in 2009, we had run-offs in both cities, but in one city it was a a uncilman at lalae." turnout in runoff elections is traditionally low. in the 2009 run-off, 133 point seven percent of registered voters turned out in cedar falls. and 17 point 6 percent of registered voters went to the polls in waterloo. votersrsn waterloo's fourth h ward will l so pick a city council representativ e today. the candidates in the run-off are jerome amos jr. and chris sch

mayor.councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley will go head to head.neither secured a majority of votes on november 5th, forcing the automatic runoff. another runoff will take place in cedar falls.voters will see jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews' names on the ballot. brown gained the most votes during the november 5th election, but dn't pick up enough to win outright.crews dropped out of the runoff and endorsed brown for mayor.dave is running a write-in campaign. congressman rod blum is once again is spending the most money to send mass mailings to constituents.blum spent nearly 130-thousand dollars on mailings from july to september.that's up nearly 80- thsand spent last quarter. cbs 2 news reached out to blum's office for comment.they defended the spending, saying the mailings are the best way to get feedback from people in the district. governor branstad is)once again speaking out against calls to delay plans to privatize iowa's medicaid program. program.the governor says there's no reason to push the transition beyond january first.this comes after a judge threw out

tim hurley says this election hinges on two things...vvter rnout and wherer those votes from the other candidate land. hurley says he is experienced...having spent three terms in that mayors seat. while quentin hart says he has experience...spepedin g eights years on the council, six of those years as mayor pro tem. both say it's important to get out, vote, and let your voices be heard. voters in cedar falls will take the polls toote for the next the two candidates in this race are jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews mayor crews is technically no longer in the race after dropping out, but he ii still on the ballot. there's also a third candidate -- a write in, whos been making a push for votes this past month. dave halterman ran on the regular ballot in the first election, but didn't make the rroff. e says when hehelearned crews write-in... "letting the people speak, thats the key, not this transition anoited mayor, letting the voters choose, that's what i'm all about as for jim brown, he says he's just trying to keep the message positive... 'it was a bit of a surprise that jon ret

hart won in a runoff over former mayor tim hurley. hart got 59 percent of the vote. hart is promising to bring a fresh, new outlook to the mayor's office he says his experience should help. he served six years as the vice "the first thing i want to do is important they are to the community, i want to talk to new council members and congratulate them and hear what they want hart will be the city's first minority mayor. he says diversity is a strength, and he plans to make sure everyone's voice is heard. he'll take office next month. this is video of hurley calling hart to congratulate him. hurley says they have the same views on a lot of things and he believes the city is in good hands. and a great campaign. he's articulate. he stayed with his message and he won. it wasn't a matter of me losing, quentin won and so i think the whole city needs to get behind him." hurley says hart's victory could be a breakthrough for the future of waterloo that wasn't the only runoff election for mayor. in cedar falls, jim brown easily won the election over a write-in and jon crews --

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon n ews and businessman jim brown will crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vo for his challenger. polling in the e n-off elections is open from m this morning until 8 at night. the polling places are the same as they were in the city election in november. republican presidential candidate jeb bush will be talking to voters in eastern iowa today. he first will attend a coffee and donuts event at the university of dubuque. that will be in the heritage center at 8:30 this morning. then the former florida governor will go to waterloo for a town hall meeting. that event will be at the sullivan brothers iowa veterans museum at noon today. another republican presidential candidate is just now leaving the state after campaigning in iowa for a few days. the latest quinnipiac university poll showed ted cruz in a statistical titi with republican front runner donald trump here in iowa. yesterday, the texas senator told supporters at the kirkwood regional ce

city councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are going head to head.they got the most votes in last month's election, but failed to get the majority needed to win. win.then in cedar falls - both jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews' names on the ballot, even though crews dropped out.brown got the most votes during the election - but failed to win outright. dave halterman, who was third, is running as a write-in campaign. tiffin city leaders have decided to go along with johnson county's minimum wage ordinance. ordinance.the city was issue, and last discussed it during a public meeting in mid- november.last month - johnson county communities raised their minimum wage to 8-20 an hour, and will raise it to 10-10 an hour by 20-17.so far - oxford, shueyville, swisher, and solon have opted out. if you're following the hawkeyes to indianapolis this weekend, we have a detour you're going to want to make. make.lafayette, indiana is home to the cheapest gas in the country right now, according to gas buddy dot com. some stations there have fuel for as low as a dollar 39 - which is 4

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in tuesday's run-off election. unofficial results show hart received more than five thousand votes. hart will replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. the mayororlect has experience working with the city as a councilman for the 4th ward. he says he wants to bring people from both better years in waterloo. since his campaign annououement in july, hart told tv-9 that he knocked on thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him. one element he nts to bring right away is to celebrate waterloo's success. " 7:35 taking a look at some short-term successes by letting people know what's happening. there are a lot of great things happening, a lot of initatives taking place but i think that, sometimes, we keep some of those secrets to ourselves. " hart also says he wants to focus on the budget with city council in his first 30 days of office. a special election to replace johnson unty supervisor terrrrce nuezil could happen next month. he's taking a job out of state. his last day is december 20th. a commi

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon crews and businessman jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. though crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vote for his challenger. polling in the run-off elections is open from 7 in the morning until 8 at night. the polling places are the same as they were in the city election earlier this month. the obama administration is boosting the amount of ethanol and other renewable fuels in the today, the environmental protection agency said it will increase the nation's renewable fuel standards. the agency says it will require more than 18 billion gallons of renewable fuels next year. the amount is less than the level lawmakers set in 2007, but it's more than what the e-p-a proposed last spring. iowa produces more corn for ethanol than any other state. governor branstad released a statement that said he's disappointed that the e-p-a didn't follow what congress had called for. he said, "today's decision shows the lack of interest in providing c

today.in waterloo, city councilman quentin hart has defeated former mayor tim hurley in the run off election. as you can see here, hart pipied up 59 percent of the vote. in cedar falls, jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews appeared on the ballot.crews was dropping out of the runoff eleltion.as you can see here, jim brown gained the most votes tonight to become the next maryor of cedar falls. dave halterman - who placed third in last month's election - ran a write-in campaignor the runoff.of the more than one-thousand write-in votes, halterman picked up 988 of them. after the recent terror attacks in paris, the fight against is has reached the campaign trail.cbs 2 news repopoer kevin barrrrsat down with jeb bush for more on how he would handle the middle east today. today. the experts say rarely does any president look more presidential than when they're representing the united states on the international stage. while president obama has been doing that -- republican candidates -- jeb bush included -- have been talking about how things would be watch. we have this unique case where islamic

he got more than 52- hundred votes to beat former mayor tim hurley who had more than 36- hundred votes. hart will replace mayor buck clark who did not ek a fourth term. waterloo voters also filled the city council seat in ward four. jerome amos junior is the winner with nearly 900 votes. votes. amos will replace quentin hart, who won mayor. and in cedar falls, businessman jim brown receivedverwhelming support for the mayoral seat. he got about 75 percent ofof e support, with about 35-hundred votes. received 143 votes. and david halterman had write-in candidate. vote for brown in today's runoff. that's from the position at the end of on the runoff ballot today. mayoyocrews has served ceded falls for 30 of the last 44 years. meteorologist justin gehrts joins us now with your first forecast. justin, will we still some overnight? our scattered snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. watch out for a northwest wind building to middle 30s. a warming trend continues to look promisi

voters will choose between councilman and mayor protem mayor tim hurley. kwwl's nikki newbrough sat down with both candidates today and has more. all the billboards. flyers. and endless hours of campigning have come down to this. "exercise your voice to let the hurley having one extra month to get people out to vote. a vote that hurley believes hinges on two things....voter turnout and where those votes from the other candidate land. done deal one or the other because it isn't. i think this will be a very close race and turnout in all five wards." hurley says he wants voters to remember his experience. he's the only candidate to have been in this office before. "experience with accomplishment, and i think anyone who walks up and down the river or up and down our them, positive things that happened." while hart says he has serving the city of waterloo. "eight years on the council, you know vice mayor for six years and just had a lot of opportunities to serve in so many copasity and so what better place to serve than at home." the waterloo mayors race won't

tim hurley called hart to congratulate him last night. hurley says they both have the same views on a lot of things "he had a surperb organization and a great campaign. he's won and so i think the whole city needs to o et behind him.. hurley says he'll continue to be actively involved in issues in waterloo. and in cedar falls - jim brown is officially the ayor elect. he pullele in far more votes than wrii in candidate dave halterman...or now to decision 20- 16: donald trump remains on top of the republicannpresidential field in the latest national poll. in a quinnipiac university national poll--trump leads with 27 percent... followed by marco rubio with 17 percent. dr. ben carson's poll numbers also continue sliding... he's now in third place along with ted cruz at 16 percent. last month carson was polling at 23 percent. on the democratic side---hillary clinton continues to have a commanding lead over bernie sanders... 60 to 30 percent.... compared to 53 to 35 percent a month ago. and in a heaato head presidential showdown between clinton

mayor.quentin ht and tim hurley will go head to headad tomorrow.neither secured a majority of votes, forcing the automatic runoff. another runoff will take place in cedar falls.but this one is a little different.jim brown is on the ballot.dave halterman is not..halterman finished third but is running a write-in campaign. campaign.the other name on the ballot is incumbent jon crews. but he announced after election night that he would not seek another term and instead, endorsed brown for mayor. quarter, iowa's first district congressman is the biggest spender on mass mailings to constituents in the house of representatives. es.from the start of july until the end of september, congressman rod blum spent nearly 130-thousand dollars on generic mailings that get sent out through the u-s postal service.that's up from nearly 80-thousand dollars spent last quarter.fox 28 news reached out to blum's office for comment.they defended the spending, saying it's the best way to get feedback from as many people in the district as possible. turning to tonight's vote 20-16 coverage. coverage.we begin

quentin hart won the run-off election over tim hurley by morehan 15-hundred votes. hart put together a diverse coalition of supporters from different age groups -- different neighborhoods and different ethnic backgrounds. he says while it's great to makeistory in waterloo -- his agenda is about making a whole t more. quentin hart - waterloo mayor-r- elect((8:33:37))"i want to be the mayor that could erase all those river lines and boundary lines, but i'm african american a i'm absolutely proud of who i am." hart ran on a platform that includes stopping gun violence and improving the local economy.he takes office as the new waterloo mayor on january 4th. now to johnson county where voters voterswill soon be making a decision in an coming speical election to fill a vacant seat on the board of supervisors. supervisors.that seat is being left behind by terrance neuzil -- he resigned earlier this fall to take a job out of office will be december 20th. the election will take place january 19th.the same seat will also be on the june 7th primary and next yeaeas election for

voters will go to the polls to elect a new mayor today.city councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley will go head to hehe.they finished first and second on november 3rd's election but didn't get the majority needed to win -- forcing a runoff. another runoff will take place in cedar falls.voters will see jim brown and ininmbent yor jon crews' names on the ballot. brown got the most votes during the election -- but didn't pick up enough to win the runoff and endorsed brown for mayor.dave halterman finished thihi and is running as a write-in campaign. at the university of iowa... iowa...school officials tell cbs 2 news they are investigating a racist remark founetched in a bathroom at spence laboratories. laboratories.university president bruce harreld sent a message to students and faculty just last night.in his statement, president harreld said quote, "this act ]s offensive to our community and will not be tolerated."harrrrd says the remark was immediately sanded down. down.the university's public safety director says it was a racial slur that didn't have any threatening language.he s

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the mayor buck clark, who did not seek a 4th term. hart and hurley were the two highest vote- getters in the november 3rd municipal election. and mayor jon crews and businessm jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. however, crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vote for his challenger. polling in the run-off elections is opened at 7 this morning and will stay open until 8 tonight. the polling places are the same as they were in the city election in november. new at midday... a west union man f fes charges after authorities say he assaulted a sheriff's deputy. fayette county sheriff's deputies responded to the 9- thousand block of golden road near west union last wednesday. authorities say a man was trespassing on a property, and causing a disturbance for the owner and children there. the waterloo cedar falls courier reports police arrested 5 year-old terry mork. resisted arrest and d assaulted a deputy. the deputy had to be taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. s

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in yesterday's run-off election. unofficial resulul show hart received m me than five thousand votes. hart will replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. kcrg v nine's chris earl met with quentinart today and joins us from our newsroom with more. bruce, amid mr. hart's very busy schedule today as reporters all over the state have been in touch... ... he did make some time for us. the mayor-elect recognizes the historic nature of his election to the mayor's office... ...but he also stressed that he wants to bring people on both sides of the river - east and west - together for better yeaea in waterloo. since his july announcecent that he was running, the long-time 4th ward city councilman told me that he has knocked on thousands of doors to reach the ultimate goal he attained last night. o o element he wants to bring right away -- to celebrate waterloo's

he got more than 52- hundred votes to beat former mayor tim hurley, who had more than 36- hundred votes. hart will replace mayor buck clark, who did not seek a fourth term. waterloo voters also filled the city council seat in ward four. jerome amos junior is the winner with nearly 900 votes. chris schwartz had around 600 votes. amos will replace quentin hart, who won yesterday's run-off for waterloo mayor. and in cedar falls, businessman jim brown received overwhelming support for mayor. he got about 75 percent support, with about 35- hundred votes. while incumbent jon crews received 143 votes. and david halterman had about mayor crews had urged people to vote for brown in yesterday's runoff. he decided to step down from the position at the end of the year. but his name was still on the runoff ballot. mayor crews has served cedar falls for 30 of the last 44 years. police in des moines have a suspect in custody this morning for a double homicide. and that's after a standoff with authorities late last night on a highway. dallas county authorities closed down several miles of highway 141 l

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo and mayor jon crews and businesesan jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. however, crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vote for his challenger. polling in t t run-off elections is open from 7 this morning until 8 at night. the polling places are the same as they were in the city election in november. republican presidential candidate jeb bush will be talking to voters in eastern iowa today. he first will attend a coffee and donuts event at the university of dubuqueue that wililbe in the heritage center at 8:30 this morning. then the former florida governor will go to waterloo for a town hall meeting. that event will be at the sullivan brothers iowa veterans museum at noon today. another repububcan presidential candidate is just now leaving the state after campaigning in the latest quinnipiac university poll showed ted cruz in a statistical tie with repeplican front runner donald trump here in iowa. yesterday, the texas senator told supporters at the kirkwoo

in waterll -- quentin hart and tim hurley are on the ballot. hurley spent three terms in the six of those years he was a mayor pro be on today's ballot -- bb he droppeddout shortly after the runoff was announced. the other candidate, jim brown has never run for mayor before. a third candidate -- dave halterman announced a write- in campaign after crcrws dropped out. halterran was on the ballot last month but didn't qualify for the now, let's go to eileen with a look at weather. snow showers today and tonight >>> we're back now 8:30 on a tuesday morning. you know what. it's the 1st day of december. 25 days until christmas. >> good morning. plaza this morning. but look things are brightening up with leann rimes and she is here to sing some holiday music for us. nice to have her here. >> love having her here. >> and we know kids love getting presents but h h do you get them to be generous, grateful, and understand the true spirit of giving. we'll have some tips for parents who are facing this holiday season and hoping to raise some kind kids. >> an

he got more than 52- hundred votes to beat former mayor tim hurley, who had more than 36- hundred votes. hart will replace mayor buck waterloo voters also filled the city council seat in ward four. jerome amos junior is the winner with nearly 900 votes. chris schwartz had around 600 votes. amos will replace quentin hart, who won yesterday's run-off for waterloo mayor. and in cedar falls, businessman jim brown received overwhelming support for mayor. he got about 75 percent support, with about 35- hundred votes. while incumbent jon crews received 143 votes. and david halterman had about 1-thousand votes as a write-in candidate. mayor crews had urged people to vote for brown in yesterday's runoff. he decided to step down from the position at the end of the year. but his name was still on the runoff ballot. mayor crews has served cedar falls for 30 of the last 44 years. police in des moines have a suspect in custody this morning for a double homicide. and that's after a standoff with authorities late last night on a highway. dallas county authorities closed down several miles of highway 14

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in tuesday's run-off election. unofficial results show hart received more than five thousand votes. hart will replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. the mayor-elect has experience working with the city as a councilman for theheth ward. he says he wants to bring people from both sides of the river together for better years in waterloo. since his campaign announcement in july, hart told thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him. one element he wants to bring right away is to celebrate waterloo's success. " 7:35 taking a look at some short-term successes by letting people know what's happening. there are a lot of great things happening, a lot ofofnitatives taking plala but i ththk that, sometimes, w wkeep some of those secrets to ourselves. " hart also says he wants to focus on the budget with city council in his first 30 days of office. a special election to replace ohnson county supervisor terrence nuezil could happen next month.h.e's taking a job out of state. his last day is december 20

member.quentin hart defeated tim hurley by more than 15- hundred votes in tuesday's runoff.today, the mayor-elect reporter matt hammill who joins us from the newsroom. matt? ____________ a bout 15 - percent of the population in waterloo is african american.hart says while he's proud* to b bfirst - it definitely - was not* part of his - platform platform " varoooooom " waterloo is decked out for christmas - but down the street quentin hart already has his gift - and is still on the phone saying thank you. you." the community spoke loudly and i'm just blessed and happy about the outcome of the e ection. "the front page notes the history - the kid who grew up here - part of the 70's - de-segregation busing to grant school school" some of our bosnian community .. " but hart says his supporters know he's not focused on being a black mayor - - just the best* mayor. " i want to be the mayor that could erase all those river lines and boundary lines, but i'm african american and i'm absolutely proud of who i am. - " it's insanity " part of hart's platform - to stop the guguviolence.. violence.

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in tuesday's run-off election. unofficial results show hart received more than five thousand votes. hart will replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. the mayor-elect has experience working with the city as a councilman for the 4th ward. he says he wants to bring people from both in waterloo. since his campaign announcement in july, hart told tv-9 that he knocked on thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him. one element he wants to bring right away is to celebrate waterloo's success. " 7:35 taking a look at some short-term successes by letting people know what's happening. there are a lot of great things happening, a lot of initatives taking place but i think that, sometimes, we keep some of those secrets to ourselves. " hart also says he wants to focus on the budget with city council in his first 30 days of office. one woman from linn county is extra thankful for a big gift today. crying with applause lucinda alexander learned several area companies chose her as the winner of a new van la

former may_r tim hurley received 41- percent. in cedar falls - jimimbrown is officially the mayor elect. he won easily over a write in candidate -- and a former mayor jon run-in election*last month. decision 2016: a repepblican presiddtial candidate drops a pretty big hint during a campaign stop. jeb bush was in eastern iowa campaigning yesterday. he talked about a number of "should i be the elected president, i would have my vice president... i think she would be a great partner... i mean did i say that out loud?" bush did not say who he has in mind though as a potental running mate. now, let's go to kyle with a look at weather. a few lick spots out there this morning thanks to the snow ttat is tracking through the area. it's very light snow, but still enough to cause slick spots. the very light snow and flurries continues to track out of the area. here's the storm track seven day

will go to the polls to elect a new mayor today.city councilman quentin hartrtand formerermayor tim hurley will go head to head.they finished first and second on november 3rd's election but didn't get the majority needed to win -- forcing a runoff. another runoff willlltte place in cedar falls..voters will see jim brown and incumbent mayor jon crews' names on the ballot. brown got the most votes during the election -- but didn't pick up enough to win outright.crews dropped out ththrunoff and endorsed brown for mayor.dave halterman finished third and is running as a write-in campaign. at t university of iowa, school offials tell cbs 2 news they are investigating a racist remararfound etchch in a bathroom at spence laboratories. laboratories.university president bruce harreld sent a message to students and faculty just last night.in his offensive to our community and will not be tolerated."harreld says the remark was immediately sanded down. down.the university's public safety director says it was a racial slur that didn't have any threatening language.he says the specififs are not being rel

quentin hart won the run-off election over tim hurley by more than 15-hundred votes. hart put together a diverse coalition of supporters from different age groups -- different neighborhoods and different ethnic backgrounds. he says while it's great to make history in waterloo -- his agenda is about a whole lot more.hart ran on a stopping gun violence and improving the local economy.he takes office as the new waterloo mayor on january 4th. in johnson county voters will soon be making a decision in an upcoming speical election to fill a vacant seat on the board of supervisors. supervisors.that seat is being left behind by terrance neuzil -- he resigned earlier this fall to take a job out of state.neuzil's last day in office will be december 20th. the election will take place january 19th.the same seat will also be on the june 7th primary and next year's election for a full four year team. don't forget -- cbs 2 connects with you - call cbs 2 if you see news happen.800 222 kgan. you can also email tips, pictures, and even video -- pictures, and email tips, you can also em

councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon crews and businessman jim brown will be on the ballot in cedar falls. but, crews plans to step down. polling in the run-off elections is open from 7 this morning until 8 at night at the same locations they wereren the city eleeion in november. and now here's your first alert forecast. plan on thick clouds to be in the region today. if we are lucky enough to get a break in cloud cover this morning, they'll fill right back in. a few around as well, but no issues or accumulation s are expected with those. on wednesday, clouds remain thick and a few more flurries may be in the air again, too. the big story of the extended forecast is warmer conditions for friday and especially into the weekend. overall, we are in a classic el nino pattern, and this tends to lead to a mild ecember at the very least. in addition, there are no major storm systems for the next 7 days that will impact iowa. perhaps this weekend is your weekend to get the christmas decorations out! have a good day

he gomore than 52- hundred votes to beat former mayor tim hurley, who had more than 36- hundred votes.. clark, who did not seek a fourth term. waterloo voters also filled the city council seat in ward four. jerome amos junior is the winner with nearly 900 votes. chris schwartz had around 600 votes. amos will replace quentin hart, who won yesterday's run-off for waterloo mayor. and in cedar falls, businessman jijibrown received overwhelming support for mayor. he got about 75 percent support, with about 35- hundred votes. while incumbent jon crews received 143 votes. a a davididalterman had about 1-thousand votes as a write-in candidate. and now here's your first alert forecast. watch for some scattered snow showers out there, primarily during the morning hours. while most main roads will remain wet, lesser travelled roads, residential areas, as well as bridges will be slick in spots this morning. be cautious of changing g ad conditions during the morning. this afternoon, the snow is off to the east, but chilly mid-30s clouds. clouds should also hold most of the night. tomorrow, clearin

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in tuesday's run-off election. unofficial results show hart received more than five replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. the mayor-elect has experience working with the city as a councilman for the 4th ward. he says hf wants to bring people from both sides of the riviv together for better y yrs in waterloo. since his campaign announcement in july, hart told tv-9 that he knocked on thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him. a special election to repepce johnson county supervisor terrence nuezil could happen next month. his last day is december 20th. a committee decided to hold a special election instead of appointing someone to fill the remainder of his term. the election can be on any tuesday as long as there's at least 32 days notice. and now here's your first alert forecast. plan on a quiet thursday, with very quiet conditions e eected over the next 7 days. today, clouds will dissipate from west to east, leaving the entire area sunny by this afternoon, if not sooner. plan on highs to

hart beat former waterloo mayor tim hurley in tuesday's run-off election. unofficial results show hart received more than five replace buck clark who did not run for a fourth term. the mayor-elect has experience working with the city as a councilman for the 4th ward. he says hf wants to bring people from both sides of the riviv together for better y yrs in waterloo. since his campaign announcement in july, hart told tv-9 that he knocked on thousands of doors in hopes citizens would support him.

people know that the challenges we face, we can meet them head-on together. " we also met with tim hurley, the man hart defeated on tuesday. hurley served three 2-year