presidential candidates is today. the hours leading up to super tuesday brought criticism of one candidate from his own party. a little friendly competition and celebration of restaurants in cedar rapids starts today. restaurant week to try and get people to "eat local". good tuesday morning! its 430 on march 1st. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a

and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32 winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30 thanks kaj. now we'll get a check on our road conditions in our mobile weather lab. meteorologist justin gehrts is out there now. justin, what do the roads

well, chris and nicole the roads right now are pretty slick. i am . here we got a mix of rain and snow which made for the wet roads. but more snow is sticking. we are heading toward independence where we

one person is in the hospital after an early morning fire. the cedar rapids fire department responded to 702 9th street sw just before 2 a-m. fire crews said they got the flames under control as of 2:30 but were looking for hotspots. officials are uncertain what the cause is yet but have called out an investigator. we do not know the condition of the person injured at this time. today will be the biggest test for the remaining presidential candidates. it's super tuesday, meaning there are more delegates at stake today than any other single day in the primary season. taking a look at the delegate assignments so far according to bloomberg politics... for the democrats, hillary clinton leads with 448 and 358 of those are super delegates. bernie sanders has 80 with 15 super delegates. on the republican side, donald trump has 81 delegates. ted cruz and marco rubio are tied with 17. ben carson and john

in the hours leading up to today, cruz and rubio tried to make up ground behind trump. the republican frontrunner also came under fire from his own party. one g-o-p representativ e from nebraska says he hopes the election doesn't come down to trump and hillary clinton. "i am not voting for hillary clinton. given what we know about donald trump, i can't vote for him either. i took an oath to protect, defend the constitution. if those are the two major party nominees, and i hope they're not, i have to look for a third party option. " clinton focused her efforts on attacking the g-o-p and not sanders, who is still confident he can win the nomination. while iowa's caucuses were exactly one month ago, some eastern iowans are heading to the polls today for local votes. voters in ainsworth will choose a new city council member today. the mayor resigned in january -- which lead to the appointment of a city council member to that position. the polls are open from noon to 8 pm today at the ainsworth fire station. while voters in kalona will

a new community center. city leaders say the current building is run down and needs to be renovated. the $3.9 million dollar bond would cost a taxpayer with a home assessed at $100,000 dollars, an extra $92.34 per year. a new vendor is making its home at newbo city market in cedar rapids this spring. matthew 25 will set up shop in the permanent vendor section of the market. the non-profit is already preparing for the growing season by starting plants for the urban farm on the city's produce at the newbo space. they sell it for half price to income-eligible families and full price to "21:55:16 we hope it will increase the number of families we serve. that more people will be able to get access and hopefully long term maybe this will lead to us getting more people." the organization also wants this to become an educational opportunity. "21:54:00 at the urban farm we have african immigrants that

to start their own business, so this will be a place where they can sell some of their produce and really learn what it's like." the organization says it'll be inside the city market each thursday from 4 until 8 from may through november. newbo says it hopes the group will continue serving produce after that as well. it's restaurant week in cedar rapids! it kicks off during lunch today, with the theme " the hungry games" the event is a way to recognize the best restaurants this area has to offer. kcrg-tv9's brea love join us at the desk this morning. brea, the week involves a social media competition? yes, it's the competition, before the competition. foodies can dine at more than two dozen participating restaurants. they will be served special menu items, at special prices, and then vote for their favorites. and the top four, get to compete to see who is the best in cedar rapids. preparations are underway, and plates are being perfected. while this may be the third year for restaurant week, it's zepplin's

"trying to keep things fun, show a little bit of the talent that the kitchen staff has in the kitchen, and be able to give our regular costumers something new." it's using dishes like sticky beef short ribs, glazed with soy caramel to come out on top. something you wouldn't see on the normal menu. "people always like to see that little extra step and when you put a lot of different flavors onto a plate, as long as they combine to make one wonderful plate." zepplin's and 28 other participating restaurants hope those wonderful plates send them to the top chef style, dinner of champions competition on march 10th. there the best restaurant in cedar rapids will be crowned. about a call to support local. margins are very small, they don't have huge ad budgets, huge marketing budgets, so to be able to do things this engaging, this fun, that brings in the social element, that brings in the competition element, the restaurants are really excited about it." oathout says restaurant week is something very important for local food. "there's so many restaurants that are family owned, small businesses, they're supporting families, and you have a lot of these people that come in every single day and they're just pouring their hearts out, giving all of their passion and all of their soul into trying to make that business work every single day."

sunday. i've put a full list of the participating restaurants under this story on kcrg dot com. chris and nicole? i'm hoping to try a place this week. thanks a lot brea. voting for kcrg-tv9's a list starts today! you can have a say in what are the best restaurants, bars, and stores in the tv-9 viewing area. you can go to our website kcrg.com and click on the a-list logo on the right hand side. voting ends on the 31st and we will announce the winners online and on tv-9 the week of april 4th. vandals in lisbon spray painted

buildings. police think these phrases popped up sometime between february 20th and 21st. two downtown businesses were also affected, "d and d body shop" and hills bank. the police chief thinks they're all connected and security footage suggests multiple vandals. police say they don't have any suspects, but do have some leads. if you have any information you can call linn county crime stoppers. the finalists are in for march's kcrg-tv9 student of the month. our first student is jimena fierro perez. she's a 13 year old from west liberty middle school. jimena loves computer science and helped start a technology club for girls in 6th - 8th grade. she's involved in music and athletics and is working hard in school for the opportunity to go to college. next up, a senior from keota high school, grace shemanski. the 18 year old is a regular on the honor roll and is involved in numerous activities in and out of school, including 4-h, fine arts and athletics. she has also worked as an intern

valley regional blood center. we'll round out our finalists with mitchell mccauley, a sophomore at center point urbana. mitchell is natural leader and at the top of his class in school. in addition to his involvement in athletics and local non-profits, he participates in f-c-a - fellowship of christian athletes. you can vote now for our student of the month. head to kcrg dot com slash student of the month to find the ballot and more information about our finalists. we'll feature the winner at the end of the month. cedar rapids city leaders say this winter has been pretty mild. this year, road crews have only had to go out in "all plow" responses a few times. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good

light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow

increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32 winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30

cedar rapids says the city's had 4 big, "all plow" snow responses so far this winter. that's fewer than the 8 to 10 that the city usually sees. the city says an "all

it dispatches everyone available to tackle snow. the city says it's also used about 6,000 tons of salt and 3,000 tons of sand this winter. the first day of march reminds us that spring is almost here. and mcdonalds is welcoming the season with a classic dessert. more in today's

super tuesday - the first day multiple states vote for a presidential nominee looms over what's been a wild race to the white house. early states narrowed both presidential fields but frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton are hoping to strengthen their lead. abc's stephanie ramos reports from alexandria, virginia. super tuesday is here? the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and

before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the to nab those snag their partys nomination. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. sot hrc "america's already great- make it whole again" hillary clinton - hoping to keep her lead over bernie sanders? sanders "now it is time for massachusetts to lead the political revolution." but a fundraising email from clinton shows her looking beyond sanders and targeting gop frontrunner donald trump the latest national poll

support a president trump. tag- here in virginia - voter turnout today is expected to be huge - much more than the last time both parties held presidential primaries. stephanie ramos abc news alexandria, virginia now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . now, one last look at this

light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: dbq: 18iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: 5-10 alo: 35 dbq:2w: 37tomorrow night: chance of ow low: 26-32 nds: se 5-15 alo: 28b w: 30 abc's reena ninan and kendis gibson have this morning's america's money. god morning. topping "america's money" -- things are looking up for your 401(k). >> after a rough january, the dow was up slightly in february.

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clear roads, others in the north are waking up to this. the system dropped snow a couple of inches snow overnight. it's the biggest day for primary voters and caucus goers. some candidates expect big wins by the end of super tuesday, while others are chasing down the frontrunners . a battle of foods reaps benefits for customers in cedar rapids. a hunger games style restaurant week starts today. good tuesday morning! its 5 a-m on march 1st. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... light snow is possible through