a couple people from the group "why courts matter iowa" was represented at this meeting and said they planned going to others later today as well. they directly asked the senator if he planned to follow his duties under the constitution. the heat was on in smmll library. the hot topic, his stance on obama nominating a replacement for jusice scalia on the supreme court. the answer to most of the questions included the same phrase (cg: chuck grassley/ senator) "i'm not holding back` i'm taking it a step at a time." "i'm saying we're goin to takak it a step at the time." "i think i'm pretty clear this should carry over to the next with us eventually." a number of questions were asked throughout the meeting but nearly all of them relating to the supreme court nomination had the same answer. two people from the group called "why courts mater iowa" was also in attendence....concerned with how grassley may handle the

(cg: kristin rogers) "following the town hall the group says they are not satisfied with senator grassley's answers to the the senator was about a clear as mud today unfortunetely i mean he didn't really give a clear answer on ything. he keeps playing political games and trying to shark his constitutional responcibility. we asked whether he would hold a hearing as chair of the judiciary committee and he said he will take it a step at a time, whatever that means." following his duties under the constitution. as far as whether he would hold hearings or support anyone nominated by obama he just said quite simply, he is taking it one step at a time. we've got you covered live in news. senator grassley planned to hold town halls in tama and vintin following marengo today, the coalition "why courts matter iowa" said they planned on

warmer weather is on its way! let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of wwnesday since the wind remainsns light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatureeinto the 50s, during this time of yearr a

needed. thursday and friday scheduled for a former cyride bus driver facing two charges after an ames hit-and-run accident. benjamin clague's trial is set to begin april fifth. clague is charged for leaving an accidee that resulteddin a death. authorities say clague was driving the bus near the iowa state campus when the busstruck 18-yearmold emmalee jacobs. she died later at a hospital. online court records shows clague pleaded not guilty yesterday to leaving the scene of a fatal accident - he already pleaded not guilty to his other charge the official cause o o the house fire, that killed one man and sent his wife to the hospital, is listed as undetermined. cedar rapids fire officials couldn't determine the cause based on the amount of fire damage in the living room. however, smoking materials are considered a factor. the wife was taken to the

injuries and is in critical condition. the fire department also says their pet cat died at the scene. a teenager tragicially dies after riding on the running boards of his truck. it happened on the border of iowa in grant county, wisconsin. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live from the th media newsroom in dubuque with more. shirley... kyle vosberg died innhis accident -- law enforcement officials tell me if his friends made a different decision, vosberg may have survived. early friday mornrnng -- four friends were taking a ride, which ended tragically. the grant county sheriff's office says 19-year-old kyle vosberg was driving his 2011 dodge ram ruck - simillr to this one. he set the cruise control at 30 miles per hour, climbed out of the drivers seat, and stood on the running boards as he was steering the truck from the outside. but while he was trying to get

and fell on the road. his friends took him to his house -- instead of calling 911. "it appears somewhere right around an hour, by the time they miles from where it happened...and then in turn she transported hiidown to dubuquu." uthorities say calling 911 right away could have gotten kyle medical attention earlier. i also spoke with lt. scott baxter from the dubuque police department. he says a lot of times it's case specific, as to whether someone should call 911. but if you're not sure -- call 911 -- and at least a dispatcher can give direction. we've got you covered from the th media newsroom in dubuque...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl newew. at this time, authorities say they're investigating if alcohol was involved -they all are uner age 21. an eastern iowa english teacher -

nurses office. doug wilkinson - a high school english teacher inncedar falls - faces multiple charges of theft and unlawful possession of prescription drugs. criminal complaints say he was caught on surveillance video stealing prescriptions from a cabinent in the nurse's office at holmes junior high. he's also charged with filing a the cedar fallss chool district tells us they're dealing with this as a personell issue. police respond to a university dorm after reports there was a man videotaping woman in the shower. university of iowa police were called last night to burge hall when a woman reported a man allegedly trying to videotape females in the shower. as the officer was taking statements, a tip came there was somebody in the female's bathroom. the officer eventually found a male hiding in one of the stalls - these are pictures from a police body cam... a fight broke out between the two and the suspect fled the

they are still looking for the suspect - butthis is what h h looks like... take a close look, and if you recognize him, calls police. a man in southern iowa is charged with sexually assaulting a two- nth-old girl. justin stickrod is charged with child endangerment and sexual abuse. the monroe county sheriff's office received a report of a child being sexualllassaulted on februrury fourth. the baby was transported to blank children's hospital in des moines. authorities say the infant is recovering. decision 2016... the feud between republican presidential front-runner donald trump and rival jeb bush escalates when a website with bush's name redirects to trump's campaign website. when you go to jeb buuh dot com - it redirects you to trumpmps website. according to the daily caller, the site is not registered to anyone on the bush's campain. trump's campaign denies any involvement. bush's official campaign page

the domain name jeje 2016 dot com. the polls are still open in cedar falls fr a special bord election. the election is being held due to the opening that was created when jim brown resigned and ran for mayor. on the ballot is meg campbell, joyce coil and eric giddens. if you havet voted yet, you still have a little bit of time - polls close at eight p.m. new at six - according to the world health organizaton - three to four million people accoss the western hemisphere have been affected by the zika virus. kwwl's amanda gilbert caught up with an american college student who got the zika virus while in venezuela this past winter "feliz navidad" college junior isabella gutierrez was in venezuela for winter break enjoying time with family... (singng) but christmas morning... she woke up with a headache and joint pain... "i remember my wrists felt really weak. it was really hard

at first she thought she had the flu... "the fatigue, the headache, the nausua, and even the joint pain. i didn't think it could be something like zika." it wasn't until 4 days later when gutierrez noticed a rash on her skin... "it really varried in terms of the rash, in terms of how painful it was. one hour i didnt even really bad and it felt like my body was on fire." that's when she and her family realized this wasn't just the flu... "my aunt, as soon as she saw the rash, she knew exactly what is was because she had had zika once before." "in one word i would describe my exerpience with zika as frustrating... like utterly frustrating..." by new year's eve... her symptoms were almost gone... "the rash was really just around my ankles and feet by

and now she's back at school... sharing her message to those thinking about going to areas were the zika avoid going, avoid going. and if took it for granted and i paid the price for it..." we've got you covered... amanda gilbert.... kwwl news. gutierrez is a student at northwestern university. she says she was told to avoid pregnancy for two years becuase of the dangerous affect zika can have on pregnant woman. coming up on kwwl, tired from the headaches of filling out your those forms. "winner of the rgional emmy for outstanding newscast.

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here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains cloudy totoight with the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a

needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm teperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. w might not have much snow left, if any, by the end of the weekend.the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s andndand some 50s thurrday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might not have much snow left, if any, to form. some of it could be locally dense and d inger into wednesday since the wind remains

of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and frfrday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might not have much snow left, if any, by the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday sice the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get temperatures into the 50s, during this time of year, a gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday

can help protect you from ffud. thieves are filing returns early and the easiest way to protect yourself is to file early. if you need help getting them done -- there's free services available. accounting students at uni are offering free tax return help. they say every monday and wednesday night they will be in the curris business building from sen to nine. in order to qualify for the program.. you must make less than 52 thousand dollars a year. and get them done, and get them done right. i've not had any problems." in order to qualify for the program.. you must make less than 52 thousand dollars a the iowa state cyclones look to avengeea defeat tonight at baylor while the northern iowa panthers look to continue their winning ways tomorrow night at loyola. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in oelweinn

tonight when they travel to waco, texas to tangle ith the baylor bears. baylor upended the cyclooes 94-89 last month at hilton. the bears are favored by four tonight to #omplete the regular season sweep of the cyclones. both baylor and the cyclones are locked in a three way tie for fourth place in the big 12 conference. the cyclones are looking to start their first winning streak in three weeks. also tonight cyclone senior georges niang can surpass a couple of major milestones tonight. with ten points tonight..... niang can rech 2- thousand points in his career and pass his old coach fred hoiberg for third on

cyclone scoring list----the bears and cyclones tip it off at 8'oclock tonight from waco, texas. we will have highlights at ten. the university of northern iowa revenge tour continues tommorrow in the windy city. the panthers have won six straight games--with three of those victories coming against teams that had beaten uni earlier this season. northern iowa can avenge a fourth defeat tomorrow when it visits loyola of chicago. uni was slumping the last time coach ben jacobson says his squad is in a positive groove now and that was proiven by how the panthers won at wichita state. this one had to be eyes--- i can tell the coondfidence of the group is on the same page now and because that has happened the defense has gotten

the panthers and loyola tip it off tomorrow at seven from chicago. today the medidi got a chanceeto tour the minnesota vikings' new home. the billion dollar plus u-s bank stadium is set to be completed mid- summer. two huge scoreboards are in place--- one is120 feet by 85 feet and the other is 90 feet by 55 feet. thehetadium will open july 29th...with the first big event a luke bryan concert in august. and tonight we will have highlights of girls regional basketball action---as the road to state contininues in classes one-a and two-a.

near black hawk county then you will love this. there is an eagles nest located along county road c57 which is about ten miles east of highway 218. you can see one of the eagles soaring away from the nest - perhaps to get some food. and since we're talking about eagles in iowa... lets take a live look at the eagles nest up in decorah. as you can see - no one ishome right now. earliereroday one of tte eagles was in the nest having its let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg for

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