researchers at the university of iowa are afraid dentists are going away in the state. good monday morning! its 430 on february 22nd, the start of your work week. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... we are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. we'll have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. a gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid-30s for highs. by the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. overall, aside from some breezy conditions mid-week, this should be a very quiet week ahead.today: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: light n alo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 44tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: e 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 27

mostly cloudy high: 40-46 iow: 45tomorrow winds: n 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28 iow: 30 thanks kaj. a decorah high school student is out on bond this morning after two k-9 units found illegal drugs in the school. 18-year-old john jenkins faces charges for paraphernalia . the waterloo cedar falls the drugs in two lockers. police said they're also referring two juveniles to juvenile court services on charges. a des moines woman faces charges after her boyfriend says she set him on fire. 47 year-old amy thornton was arrested on attempted murder and willful injury charges. police responded to reports that a man had lit but when they arrived, they found the man with burns all throughout his body, yelling that his girlfriend

the kalamazoo, michigan county attorney says the shooter who allegedly killed 6 others over the weekend wasn't on anyone's radar. 45-year-old jason dalton is expected to be arraigned today on murder charges. dalton started shooting late saturday night at an apartment complex, car dealership and cracker barrel restaurant. michigan governor rick snyder called the shootings "senseless violence at its worst." police do not know of any connection between dalton and the victims. investigators say dalton was a driver for ride- sharing service uber. investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at an iowa city duplex. firefighters responded to 20-49 little creek lane around 10 o'clock yesterday morning. they found flames in the front of the building, near the garage. it took crews about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt. remember, whenever you see news happening call newsline nine at 319- 365-9999. you can also send pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. less than a year and a half

ground for 90 million dollar redevelopment around westdale mall. now new shops are moving in, and they've renovated more than 140,000 square feet of space. kcrg-tv 9's brea love is live in cedar rapids near the area. brea, you have updates on the development's progress? yes, chris and nicole. things are popping up on every end of this area. noodles and company is opening today. chipotle is opening soon. wing stop, at&t, and us bank were among the first to open in the area. the 72 acre site has had work. and roads. new construction. and the expansion is just beginning. 44:07 "we've also just recently just moved almost five thousand dump trucks full of dirt to get

that's a 40 thousand square foot new demarket retailer and we expect to have an announcement on that very soon." rowe says the community has been great utilizing yonkers and jcpenny's during the renovation, and the area is only going to get stronger with each new business opening. she says to expect a lot of changes over the next year or two. westdale says most of the infrastructur e is ready, and it's time to start going vertical. live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv9 news. today, the waverly city council is expected to discuss options for fixing or replacing a historic bridge. many gave their opinions on what the city should do last week at city council meeting. options range from doing bridge to tearing it down and replacing it. the city came up with 14 choices after it closed for structural problems last year. republican presidential candidates now have their eyes set on nevada for their caucuses tomorrow. and the democratic candidates are putting more effort into south carolina.

out to caucus tomorrow to choose their favorite presidential candidate. and then democrats in south carolina get the chance to go to the polls on saturday. after that, candidates will face 14 republican and 11 democratic primaries or caucuses on march first, super tuesday. donald trump and hillary clinton have emerged as the winners from this weekend's primary and caucuses. donald trump easily won the south carolina primary on saturday. that's wins for 2 states, and second place for the iowa caucuses. both ted cruz and marco rubio are close runners-up -- yet insist they are the best alternative to trump. "you know, if you look at donald, donald devotes all of his time and energy, all of his money, to attacking me." "i don't believe that he has exhibited an understanding of foreign policy, which is the most important job of the commander-in-chief. and to say i'm just going to surround myself with really smart people, you know, that's not enough." republican jeb bush has dropped out of the race

south carolina primary. a political analyst here in iowa says bush campaigned like someone whose heart just wasn't in it and seemed out of step with the times. "his brother ruined the brand and he just expected people to fall in line behind him. the republicans, in the way they ginned up the base all these years created a tiger and the question is who can ride that tiger and jeb bush could not." goldford says the next few weeks will reveal if the trump victories will continue beyond super tuesday as the other contenders are splitting the non-trump vote. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders say the minority vote is even more important now for their campaigns moving forward. in the nevada caucuses on saturday, minority voters accounted for about a third of caucus-goers. and in south carolina, they're expected to make up a majority of voting democrats. "when they hear our message about the need for real, for an economy that represents all of us and not just the one percent, i think you're going to see us making progress there

"if you look at the precincts, you look at where we dominated, there's a lot of evidence we did very very well with every group of voter." with clinton's win on saturday, she's won two states, including iowa, with sanders winning in just new hampshire. many soon to be parents are often inundated with information about what they'll need once the baby arrives. and when you look online for the items a baby needs, that information can be overwhelming . this group of new moms in dubuque says there were plenty of items they thought their baby would need. instead, they ended up just sitting packed away in a closet. they also say there are some products they simply couldn't go without. "i could not live without our little activity gym when he was little. i would lay him down with that for hours and hours and hours. we really loved our activity saucer too. " tonight on the kcrg tv-9's news

katie wiedemann explores what experts say new parents really need for a new baby. and what they can leave on the store shelves. there could be a shortage of dentists in iowa's future. university of iowa researchers believe it could be a problem especially in rural areas. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders looks at the study and has the story. the iowa public policy center's four part study shows something that's happening across the globe.dentist s are nearing retirement. listen to this. the data showed iowa dentists 55 and older nearly doubled-from 23 percent to 42 percent- between '97 and 2013. in essence, almost half of iowa's dentists are near retirement age. why does that matter? "we're probably going to see some shortages in rural areas that heretofore did not exist, with the advancing age of dentists that are practicing in rural areas and then retiring."add to that, fewer

begin with. the study suggested dentists practicing in rural communities dropped steadily- 49 percent to 36 percent one third of iowa's private-practice dentists are concentrated in the state's three biggest metros. "i think that some have to available in bigger cities. we're also seeing a trend from solo to group practice. you find more group practices located in urban areas."researchers didn't offer any fixes to the potential problem. they said their data simply suggests preparation is needed. officials plan to share findings with the iowa dental association. plus, help rural communities understand the data and in turn develop strategies for the future. in iowa city, forrest saunders, kcrg-tv9 news. about 75 percent of iowa's dentists graduated from the university of iowa's college of dentistry. that hasn't changed since 1997. the new fine arts center at anamosa high school is now open. the school held a ceremony on sunday to mark the opening of the ellen kennedy fine arts

narrowly approved a bond 3 years ago that provided money for the project. the district superintenden t says the center will provide opportunities to students for come. " it's a great celebration, it's a great thing for the kids, it's a great thing for the community um and it's impressive, very impressive for all they've accomplished. " that bond is also funding a heating and cooling system in the elementary and high schools, a to the fitness center. bill cosby's wife is set to give her deposition this morning in a defamation case against him. that's despite the comedian's attorneys trying to cosby for defamation. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning!

weather across iowa. we'll have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. a gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid-30s for highs. by the

warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. overall, aside from some breezy conditions mid-week, this should be a very quiet week ahead.today: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: light n alo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 44tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: e 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 27 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 40-46 winds: e 5-10 alo: 42 dbq: 42 iow: 45tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: n 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28

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race for the white house. tomorrow, the republicans will caucus in nevada. gop frontrunner donald trump is hoping for another victory after his big

carolina. now the democrats are in the south, courting the crucial african-american vote. abc's kenneth moton reports. this week, it's the early presidential contest switch. nat hillary clinton we just won nevada it's the democrats turn in the deep south while the republicans are now out west in nevada for tomorrow's caucuses. sot donald trump 16:35:35 we're going to keep winning. we're going to make america great again! this morning, donald trump is still riding high after his big weekend win in south carolina. he scored all 50 of the state's delegates, winning evangelical voters. sot trump "you know, i didn't know i was going to win by that much. and we won by a lot. / the gop p pck is down to 5 contenders...jeb bush out. the two cuban- american freshman senators left to battle it out to become the trump alternative. sot ted cruz 17:48:26 donald trump has demonstrated that he has a relatively high floor of support but he's also got i think a ceiling. nevada caucus winner hillary clinton is favored in south carolina. she's already focused on the super tuesday states like texas where

sot clinton "some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other" it was also another big rally for bernie sanders in greenville, south carolina. he got some celebrity help from actor danny glover. sanders is working to court the black vote...which lead to an awkward, luke warm reception at this predominantly african american church. tomorrow night, sanders and clinton will hit the stage for a democratic town hall at the university of south carolina. the republicans are spending today rallying in nevava where the latest poll has trump leading by 26 points. kenneth moton, abc news washington bill cosby's wife camille is scheduled to give her deposition today in a defamation suit against him. the comedian's attorneys are still fighting to stop it. at this point, the deposition is expected to go ahead this morning in springfield, massachusetts. 8 women have sued bill cosby for defamation. they claim he portrayed them as liars, after they

ofofsexually assaulting them. tty're among 50 women who have leveled sexual misconduct allegations against cosby. he denies any wrongdoing. now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

we are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. we'll have more clouds

in the low 40s in many areas. tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. a gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid-30s for higg. by the weekend, ananher surgrgof warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. overall, aside from some breezy conditions mid-week, this should be a very quiet week ahead.today: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: light n alo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 44tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: e 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 7 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 40-46 winds: e 5-10 alo: 42 dbq: 42 iow: 45tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: n 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28 iow: 30 abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson have this morning's america's money. good morning. topping "america's money" -- gas prices. heading lower again. >> the national average is now $1.71 a gallon, almost 15 cents less than a month ago. >> we're n n likely to see significant changes in the future because crude oil prices

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discussions for the options tonight. military veterans can have a hard time in today's show you care, it takes time for caregivers to adjust as well. good monday morning! it's 5 o'clock on february . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecaca, kaj... we are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. we'll have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. of low south leaving us withth continuation oo dry wewether and highs into the 40s. likely through friday, but only down to the mid-30s for highs. by the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with suggested at this time. overall, aside from some breezy conditions quiet week ahead.today: mostly cloudy high: 39-45 winds: light n alo: 39 dbq: 40 low: 24-30