this is ??? . cedar rapids schools ended its contract with a consultant meant to close the student achievement gap. kcrg-tv9 has the exclusive story on false claims. while one bill is moving forward as expected in iowa's legislature, another state board is postponing a major decision on a pipeline. as thousands of couples celebrate valentine's day this weekend, a university of iowa professor digs into motivations for people who use online dating. good friday morning! its 430 on february 12th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first

any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. the sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching - 20 tomorrow morning. saturday continues to look great, with a good chance of snow on sunday all across the area. at this time, 2-4" continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light/fluffy consistency. next week, plan on some 30s to start off, with a return to some 40s by next thursday and friday! today: clearing, turning windy high: 17-23 winds: nw 15-30 alo: 17 dbq: 18 iow: 21tonight: mostly clear low: -4-2 winds: nw 5-15 alo: -4 dbq: -3 iow: 0tomorrow: mostly sunny, chilly high: 11-17 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 13 dbq: 13 iow: 15tomorrow night: chance of snow late low: 5-11 winds: se 5-10 alo: 9 dbq: 7 iow: 11 thanks kaj. the cedar rapids community school district says it has cut ties with a consultant. it says it's because of recent activity on social media alleging he lied

edwin javius is the president and c-e-o of ed-equity. that's an education consulting company based in san jose, california. the district hired him back in 20-14 to help promote equity within schools. the contract was for 3 years. and was worth between $189,000 and $219,000, plus travel expenses. superintendent brad buck sent an email to district faculty and staff yesterday afternoon, saying quote: "social media posts raised concerns about mr. javius' training and professionalism. this led the district to conclude that the parties' relationship had been compromised." a 2014 facebook post from a california school district javius had contracted with, said it had discovered he misrepresente d himself. it said javius claimed to have a doctorate from usc, even though he did not. javius responded to that post this week, saying that he had completed his doctoral coursework, but not his dissertation. the cedar rapids school district paid him $268,000, including travel expenses, before terminating his contract yesterday.

and procedures for hiring vendors and working with vendors in our district, and we do background checks that are required by the state of iowa for any of the vendors." " we spoke with javius on yesterday afternoon. he says he never misrepresented himself as having the title of "doctor" to the cedar rapids school district, and regrets his past indiscretions. morning activities at cedar rapids prairie high school are canceled this morning, but there will be classes today. this is following a threat to the school. cedar rapids police say a 16-year-old prairie high school student has been charged with harassment. they don't believe the threat was credible, but are taking precautions. the school is asking students not to bring backpacks and purses to school, and they'll be searched when they come into the building. university of iowa researchers teamed up with a theater group to create a new web toolkit to combat bullying. the website - called hear - just went live. it stands for helping educators use art to reduce bullying. the toolkit is filled with

activities for teachers to use in the classroom. they are designed for kids from kindergarten up through high school to interactively learn about relationships and communication . "we believe that programs that are more based on activating the limbic system or really helping with positive emotional reactions will be a little bit more effective than the traditional bullying curricula that are classroom based." u-i students helped test the website activities in iowa classrooms. now the researchers want as many teachers and students as possible to use the anti-bullying toolkit. they believe cutting down bullying issues now could reduce family and dating violence issues later in life. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. legislation to stop iowa's medicaid system transitioning to private ownership is moving forward. the democratic- controlled iowa senate approved legislation yesterday. the bill would end the state's contracts with the 3 private companies

take over march 1st. but the republican- led house isn't expected to bring the bill to the floor. iowa house republicans have released their budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. and it's lower than what senate democrats and governor branstad have proposed. the house plan calls for spending $7.32 billion dollars for fiscal 2017. the senate plan totals $7.398 billion. and governor branstad's budget proposal was $7.4 billion. republicans want to spend fewer dollars than democrats on both education and health care. the iowa utilities board pushed back its decision on the dakota access pipeline - possibly to march. the board has been discussing the 346 mile pipeline for the last three days. the pipeline would go through north and south dakota, iowa and illinois. iowa is the only state that hasn't signed on. the utilities board is trying to decide whether to give the texas company the authority to force 296 landowners to sign easements. the university of iowa and iowa

athletics for the third public university in iowa. a new bill in the iowa senate would order the two schools to transfer a combined 4 million dollars each year to the u-n-i athletics department over the next five years. u-n-i's athletic budget is about 13 million dollars - 6 million of which comes from the university's general fund. that's much less than iowa's yearly budget of about 89 million dollars, which is self- sustaining. this weekend, love is in the air. valentine's day is on sunday. we all remember the stories of how we met our significant others. times are changing--a university of iowa professor is saying meeting through the web is becoming common. kcrg-tv nine's brea love joins us here at the desk this morning. brea, that professor has done some research on this topic? yes he has. and he says it's all about that initial presentation. ui professor andrew high says people who search online are looking for the perfect match, and not the perfect person. research shows more people are using sites

cupid. online dating use to be considered taboo, but now high says it's accepted as a social norm. according to high's research, when meeting face to face there isn't time to make yourself out to be a certain type of person, unlike in other arenas. 37:22- "you're seeing that person in their full self right away, and neither person has anytime to edit themselves. what you see is what you get, you get me, but people are meeting online all of a sudden they have time to really craft and make a self presentation." high says the number of success rates for online initiated relationships is on the rise. some valentines day facts for everyone this holiday.. according to wallethub- on average lovers will spend more than 19 billion dollars for the holiday. with each spending around $146 a piece. and if you don't get your girl something.. 53 percent of women say they would break up with their boo if they didn't receive anything. on the bright side 14 million

holiday every year. chris, nicole? thanks a lot brea. in eastern iowa there are only 3 african americans who serve in local government. that can leave people in the black community feeling un-represented. waterloo mayor quentin hart, iowa city councilman kingsley botchway ii, and waterloo city councilman jerome amos jr are those three. they say it's time to get to work. hart and botchway say there are large issues facing african americans in both of their areas. they are taking the steps to address those problems by reaching out.. "i'm definitely making more of an effort especially in the leadership position to do more as far as bring some of the information back and providing, and say hey these are some of the things that need to be worked on and i need your help." "sometimes people think its this grand plan that needs to take place, and yes it does but its those smaller things that have the quickest impact in

both say they hope to be role models to inspire younger african americans to get involved in local government. today national, state and local health industry experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities health care leaders face. today is the health care summit in cedar rapids. these experts will also talk about the future of health care and how different industries can work together to bring better care to patients. the event is being held today from 7:30 this morning until 1:30 at the cedar rapids marriott. now that the race is down to two, the democratic presidential candidates are fact checking each other. sanders and clinton are also fighting for who would be the best candidate for minorities.

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any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. the sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching - 20 tomorrow morning. saturday continues to look great, with a good across the area. at this time, 2-4" continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light/fluffy consistency. next week, plan on some 30s to start off, with a return to some 40s by next thursday and friday! today: clearing,

high: 17-23 winds: nw 15-30 alo: 17 dbq: 18 iow: 21tonight: mostly clear low: -4-2 winds: nw 5-15 alo: -4 dbq: -3 iow: 0tomorrow: mostly sunny, chilly high: 11-17 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 13 dbq: 13 iow: 15tomorrow night: chance of snow late low: 5-11 winds: se 5-10 alo: 9 dbq: 7 iow: 11 thanks kaj. any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. the sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching - 20 tomorrow morning. saturday continues to look

chance of snow on sunday all across the area. at this time, 2-4" continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light/fluffy consistency. next week, plan on some 30s to start dubuque police say their online tip website has been a success. it's been 1 year since they launched i-d for p-d. the site features surveillance pictures of suspected criminals and vehicles that police have not been able to identify. our coverage partner, k-d- t-h radio, reports more than 60% of the cases police posted have resulted in arrests. so far, they've posted 21 cases since the site launched in january 2015.

power to part of cedar falls. all of the frames and panels are now in place at the simple solar farm at prairie lakes park. it's near the intersection of hudson road and viking road. cedar falls utilities is hoping to start producing energy in march or april. work started last year. more than 12-hundred c- f-u customers bought into the project. those customers will get a credit on their bill over the next 20 years. groceries and tattoos. whole foods is launching 365 new locations. and they will include other types of businesses inside the store, including a tattoo shop. more on that coming up on

for the first time since bernie sanders defeated hillary clinton's new hampshire in the democratic primary, the two candidates faced off in a debate. both are now looking to nevada

carolina, hoping to convince a more diverse population that they are the better choice. here's abc's lana zak with the latest. sanders sot: "i do have a disagreement here." the differences were substantive , but subtle in last night's democratic debate. clinton sot: "we agree that wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. but here's the point i want to make tonight. i am not a single issue candidate and i do not believe we live in a single issue country.." hillary clinton trying to reset after being walloped in new hampshire gfx: the demographics now changing...vot ers more than 90 percent white in iowa and new hampshire... but in south carolina, more than half of democratic voters could be african americans-- sanders sot: "when we have more people in jail, disproportion ately african american and latino, than china does the fireworks really coming at the end with this contentious moments clinton sot: " ...the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator

expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succeed president obama." sanders sot: "madam secretary, that is a low blow. tag: clinton was asked about losing the female vote in new hampshire, she responded she has devoted her career to empowering women to - quote- mkae their own choices even if that choice is not to vote for me. lz abcn, w a suspect is dead this morning in ohio after police say he attacked people in a restaurant with a machete. it happened thursday night at a mediterranea n restaurant in columbus. witnesses described what happened as "carnage" and a

attack". authorities say 4 people are hurt, but they are all expected to be okay. the suspect ran away from the restaurant, but police later confronted and shot the man. we do not know why the suspect attacked, and his name has not been released. a ceasefire in syria is now in place... secretary of state john kerry says world leaders have agreed to stop attacks. the world powers also agreed to accelerate and expand the delivery of humanitarian aid to that country. kerry says the ceasefire would not apply to the fight against isis. but he says it would help end syria's 5 year old civil war. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

any light snow showers are quickly moving out of the area. the sky should rapidly clear and the wind will be picking up as well. plan on highs in the upper teens to lower 20s with a slow fall in temperature during the afternoon. many areas should either touch zero or go a bit below zero tonight with wind chill numbers briefly approaching - 20 tomorrow morning. saturday continues to look great, with a good chance of snow on sunday all across the area. at this time, 2-4" continues to look like a very reasonable amount with a light/fluffy consistency. next week, plan on some 30s to start off, with a return to some 40s by next thursday and friday! today: clearing, turning windy high: 17-23 winds: nw 15-30 alo: 17 dbq: 18 iow: 21tonight: mostly clear low: -4-2 winds: nw 5-15 alo: -4 dbq: -3 iow: 0tomorrow: mostly sunny, chilly high: 11-17 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 13 dbq: 13 snow late low: 5-11 iow: 11 abc's reena ninan and kendis money.

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source, this is kcrg-tv9 news early morning news. bernie sanders and hillary clinton are now focusing on the upcoming primaries. they faced off last night in their last debate before super tuesday. a new bill in iowa could cut mandatory sentences from 70 to 30 percent time served. some say it could create a dangerous situation. the dating world is turning to online. and people have the opportunity to put a whole new "self" out there. good friday morning! its 5 a-m on february 12th.