just a week left in the month. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. the wind once again will be non-existent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. the temperatures cool, but only slightly. plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. our next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. if it does, it appears it'll be minor. have a good day!today: partly cloudy high: 43-49 winds: light e alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 48tonight: mostly cloudy low: 28-34 winds: n 5-15 alo: 30 dbq: 30 w: 33tomorrow: partly cloudy, windy high: 37-43 winds: n 15-30 alo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 41tomorrow night: partly cloudy, windy low: 22-28 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 25 dbq: 24 iow: 26 thanks kaj. new this morning...one person

after a shed fire in cedar rapids. police and fire crews resesnded to 314 30th street drive se just after midnight for a report of a shed fire. no one was hurt. the fire department put out the fire and police arrested richard alatalo for arson and public intoxication. officers found him shortly after the fire started. alatalo was arrested for arson last october. after weeks of debate, this morning the cedar rapids school district has set a calendar. the discussion has focused onon which day of the week teachers would get professional development time. last night, the school board approved an early dismissal for students every friday next year. superintendent brad buck says research proves weekly professional development for teachers leads to better

"18:32:29 we are excited about that as a concept and ultimately to implement it. we'll make friday afternoons work. thehe will be a few thingng related to coachch for example that we may need to figure out some of those details." the district also says it plans to develop some more options and programs for kids on those early dismissal fridays. to an update on the district's magnet school efforts. mmnet schools focus on specific subjects and are designed to attract students from diverse backgrounds. the district says it hopes to transform roosevelt middle school, mckinley middle school and taylor elementary into future magnet schools. that's in addition to johnson and kenwood elementaries, which are already in progress. the future of additional magnet schools depends on if the district receives federal grant money. waterloo schools also unanimously approved next year's calendar that will give students select fridays off. the district will use the

the iowa board of educational examiners is reviewing the claims some linn-mar high school parents have filed about an assistant football coach. the parents say matt casebolt has been verbally, mentally, emotionally, and physically abusing players. the parents also filed complaints with the state against the district's athletic director and head football coach. they both oversee casebolt. this all started in december when parents from 4 families took concerns to the linn mar high school principal. the district spent more than a month investigating and interviewing dozens of people before dismissing the abuse claims the spokesperson for the parents, mark henrichs , says the group was not satisfied. " our complaints were dismissed. we believe there's evidence that we provided that these are not incidents that should have been dismissed in the manner that they were." the board of examiners said it will review the claims and determine if they meet the criteria for assigning an investigator. a high-profile trial is underway in decorah for a n accused of killing his wife.

yesterday in 41-year-old alexander fazzino's trial. he's charged with first- degree murder in the death of emily fazzino. police found her dead ininde at the coupup's home in boone back in 2012. a judge moved the trial to winneshiek county because of pre-trial publicity. emily fazzino's grandfather founded the fareway stores grocery chain. investigators are trying to find the cause of this fire at an apartment complex in cedar rapids. this is video, courtesy of viewer hayley lietz. it happened yesterday y rning at shamrock apartments off jacolyn drive southwest. one person went to the hospital. a group is urging state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would eliminate age restrictions for children to use handguns. iowans for gun safety delivered a petition yesterday to house members asking them to vote against it. the bill would allow children of any age to use handguns with adult supervision. current law prevents children under 14 from using handguns. iowans for gun safety says it expects the

johnson county sheriff lonny pulkrabek says he's disappointed lawmakers aren't taking distracted driving seriously. a bill that would have barred the use of hand- held cell phones for drivers failed to pass the funnel deadline last week. it would have also made texting while driving a primary offense. right now, law enforcement can only pull someone over for texting if the driver is violating another law. " the legislature is talking about a bunch of different things like raising the speed limit and regulating some other things... and frankly, my interest is in public safety, and their interest is, well, i'm not sure what all their interest is. " state troopers say they wrote 228 texting while driving tickets in the last 2 years. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. the waverly city council has made a decision on the historic 3rd avenue bridge. they voted to save the nearly 100 year old bridge in a 5 to 2 vote. city council members decided to go with a 20 year plan, but did not discuss the cost last night. the

last year because of structural problems. the cedar rapids police department wants to replace some of its sedans with s-u-vs. it says the sedans are too expensive to maintain. the gazette reports the police department has 53 vehicles in its patrol fleet. 40 are sedans, and 13 are s- u-vs the city plans to buy 12 more s-u-vs in the next fiscal yeye, if the city councici approves the police budget. police say s-u-vs have more room for technology, and they're just as fuel efficient as sedans. the dubuque police department says it's tryii to make sure there aren't any racial stops. police want the city council to traffic stopassociated with race. the department does not believe it's doing anything provide citizens with hard data. other cities in iowa have done this kind of study. "we try to be as transparent as possible. we've always given our data freely but when you put out this data, you have to have

because there are too many variables that don't get accounted for just in straight data." city council won't vote on the plan until march. resolution is to lose weight. that's according to research performed at the university of scranton. by this time of year, 91 percent of peopop have given up on their resolution. tv-9's brea love is live at a new gym in cedar rapids. brea, how is this gym encouraging people to come back? chris, nicole this is elevate vertical fitness, it's the first aerial gym in cedar rapids. these different apparatus provide a full body workout in a fun way. i'm joineddy owner joyous fisher.. what makes this gym unique? elevate vertical fitness offers a wide range of silks classes from antigravity yoga, to the more traditional double stranded silku that you may have seen performed at cirque du soleil. aerial silks are made of a high tensile nylon fabric that does not rip or snag. the rigging is weighted up to 2000 lbs and is dium stretch, perfect for

and beginners. what's difficult about aerial fitness? there are two options available for rigging; the first being the aerial hammock or aerial sling. this means that both ends of the silk are tied up to the rigging at the ceiling creating a loop of fabric. this option is safer and easier for beginners to get the hang of poses and wraps. what are the benefits to this type of work out as opposed to more traditional routines? with this style you need to o able to suppororyour body weight with your shoulders and arms while you lock your legs in. there are three main categories of moves that you can learn; climbs, wraps, nd drops. climbing can be as easy as climbing a rope and as hard as repeatedly inverting in the more showy double hocks climb. thanks joyous. if you're interested in seeing more of what's done at elevate... joyous, scott, and the studio+s other instructors will be at newbo on saturday from m -6.

tv-9's brea love live in cedar rapids. thanks a lot brea. the billionaire businessman is a favorite to win today's nevada caucuses, it doesn't hurt that trump's name hovers above the las vegas strip on his tel. still no word on the motive for the shooter who killed 6 people in kalamazoo, michigan. he appeared in court yesterday. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. gogo rning!

plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. the wind once again will be non-existent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. the temperatures cool, but only slightly. plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. our next cold front

sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. if it does, it appears it'll be minor. have a good day!today: partly cloudy high: 43-49 winds: light e alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 48tonight: mostly cloudy low: 28-34 winds: n 5-15 alo: 30 dbq: 30 iow: 33tomorrow: partly cloudy, windy high: 37-43 winds: n 15-30 alo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 41tomorrow night: partly cloudy, windy low: 22-28 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 25 dbq: 24 iow: 26

dinosaurs ararcoming to dubuque. the national mississippi river museum will host a summer exhibit called dinosaurs unearthed. the exhibit will feature 15 robotic dinosaurs that blink, move, and make sounds that mimic the real-life prehistoric creatures, along with dinosaur skeletons. the exhibit opens may 14th and will run through october.

this tax season. new data shows the i- r-s is focusing more on high end earners.

it's gop caucus day in nevada. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump has 2 big wins under his belt and hoping for a third just one week before super tuesday. tonight, it's a town hall for the democrats befe this weekend's south carolina democratic primary. abc's kenneth moton has the breakdown from washington. it's caucus time in nevada. sot donald trump 11:40:33 we're going to make america great again! and we're going to keep winning,winning, winning! overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he connnued attacking his rivals. sot donald trump this guy cuz lies more than any other

nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. sot ted cruz we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity but rubio is focused on trump w w is leading in nevada by 26 points. his apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio. sot marco rubio 22:50:21 donald has a base of support but the majority of our party doesn't want him as our nominee the democratic contenders were on opposite sides of the country. in front of more than 8 thousand people at the university of massachusett s amamrst, bernie sanders again hit hillary clinton on hererall street connection. sot bernie sanders we do not represent corporate america...we don't want their money speaking of money, clinton spent the day fundraising in la. she was in the middle of scandal...the set...sitting next to leading man tony goldwyn who plays the fictional president on the hit abc show. clinton has a comfortable lead against sanders in south carolina. as the two work to

stateteactor morgan freeman's voice is being used in a clinton tv ad. sanders answered with an endorsement from spike lee who will be featured in radio spots airing today. kenneth moton, abc news washington authorities are searching for a motive in the kalamazoo, michigan, shootings that killed six people and injured two others. police say 45 year old jason dalton opened fire in the parking lot t a residential complex saturday night. later, they say he shot and killed a father and son at a car dealership and others outside a nearby restaurant. he peared in court yesterday. a kalamazoo police detective told the court dalton admitted to police "that he took people's lives." a coalition in iowa is calling on senator chuck grassley to hold hearings after president obama nominates someone for the supreme court. the "justice not politics coalition" is planning to air an ad that asks grassley, as the chair of the senate judiciary committee, to not delay hearings. the effort comesesore thahaa week after the death of justice

in a statement, the justice not politics coalition said in part, "iowans overwhelming ly support moving forward, following the constitution, and holding hearings on a new supreme court justice without delay." now for a quick check on your

meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's .

plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. the wind once again will be non-existent, and breaks in the clcluds will be appening at times. tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. the temperatures cool, but only slightly. plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. our next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. if it does, it appears it'll be minor. have a good day!today: partly cloudy high: 43-49 winds: light e alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 48tonight: mostly cloudy low: 28-34 winds: n 5-15 alo: 30 dbq: 30 iow: 33tomorrow: partly cloudy, windy high: 37-43 winds: n 15-30 lo: 39 dbq: 40 iow: 41tomorrow night: partly clou good morning. topping "america's money" -- sthars of lumber liquid daters could be under pressure again today after new warnings. >> the cdc says the cancer risk from certain types of lam gnat flooring is three times greater than original estimates. the company believes the cdc is overstating potential health risks.

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february's student of the month takes the crown for helping as many people as she can. good tuesday morning! its 5 o'clock on february 23rd. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj j mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. the wind once again will be non-existent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. the temperatures cool, but only slightly. plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. our`next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time e ll tell whether this will actually produce anan precipitation. if it does, it appears it'll be minor. have a good day!today: partly cloudy high: 43-49 winds: light e alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 48tonight: mostly cloudy low: 28-34 winds: n 5-15 alo: 30 dbq: 30 iow: 33tomorrow: