decisions moving forward. and of course-- harris says the biggest challege he will face at northern iowa iowa is enruing the school's athletic programs have the resources to successfully compete. ---iowa state athletic director jamie pollard who harris calls the most influential person in his life was at today's press conference. i'm rick coleman reporting for...kwwl news. we will have more on today's press conference and david harris's vision for northern iowa's athletic

the former a-d for the panthers, may have jumped the gun on congratulating the new a-d hire. this morning before the announcement, troy dannen harris on his selection as a-d uni." the tweet was taken down shortly dannen is now the athletic director at tulane university. things were a bit breezy in eastern iowa today. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains mostly cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. the wind diminishes after 5 pm thursday and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will

sunday with a slight chance of a late afternoon or evening rain are tracking a possible storm to move into the middle of the country tuesday. model guidance has been all over the place with this low. each update is very different from the previous one. it is something we will continue to track and have more details as we get closer. waterloo nightclub is questionable- after city council decides its liquor license will not be renewed. club 319 is an all too familiar place for waterloo police. it's been a scene of fighting, robberies, and stabbings in past years. here's video from new years day, when the bar called police asking for assistance because no one would leave... when police arrived, a group of an officer fired his gun...but he did not hit anyone. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with waterloo police chief dan trelka- and lauren police officials recommended the license

that's right..but it goes beyond the criminal history here. neither fire safety inspectors nor the health department signed off for the bar's license.. and as trelka tells me..if you can't follow the rules, there's not lights are off- and many are wondering if it will stay that chief dan trelka says police recommended that.. "you know we gotta do what's they've been here way too often. whatever those are not forgiven for people who own and control that property." and a new years eve an officer involved shooting in the alley after police were called to club 319..because no one would leave the bar. there would be an argument it didnt occur on property but a nexus has been established add that history to its lack of approval by the health department and fire safety inspector..trelka says it's siimple. "so many dynamics came together that basically tell the city we need to take action

after police were called to club it didnt occur on property but a property. add that history to its lack of approval by the health department and fire safety inspector..trelka says it's siimple. "so many dynamics came together that basically tell the city we need to take action here." the owners of club 319 have a right to appeal.. we reached out to the owners today- but have not heard back. we've got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. thanks lauren- and if the owners do appeal in time, the bar can continue to operate until a

continuing coverage - the fazzino's nanny and one of emily's close friends taking the stand this afternoon in the high profile trial of alex fazzino. fazzino is on trial for first degree murder charges... police say he killed his wife -- the granddaughter of the founder of fareway grocery stores -- emily fazzino, back in 2012 at their home in boone. kwwl's brad hanson in court today for us in decorah as a number of witnesses took the stand. but brad, none more emotional than the testimony of the family's nanny. that's right--cassie frye had known emily for about a year prior to her death, and the two because of emily's three children. frye testifying that she met emily at the daycare she worked at, where she had emily's youngest in her class. over the next year, frye said the two became incredibly close, and eventually, she started officially working for the family in a nanny capacity. in her testimony, frye said

growing more and more worried about the safety of herself and her children in the days leading up to her death. emily two questions. the first one was, was she scared of alex. that alex would harm her in anyway or he would kill her, if emily thought that he would harm her or kill her. what was emily's response? she nodded her head yes." during cross examination, frye admitted although they were very close, she didn't know about emily's addiction to prescription medication until emily was clean and told her about it. the defense also looked to show

week before her death when police were called to their home because of a dispute. both sides getting a little heated today--in fact, the judge warning both sides to be civil while objecting to lines of questioning. we've got you covered live here in decorah, brad hanson...kwwl news. testimony set to continue tomorrow morning at 8:30. the state saying they'll call emily's sister and brother in law, as well as her aunt, to the stand. a shooting turns deadly in a cedar rapids neighborhood. police learned two people were shot in the parking lot of the one of them is dead and the other was taken to the hospital. the killer is not in custody. kwwl's hillary maglin joines us live in cedar rapids with more details. police tell me joseph perkins junior of chicago was the man who died last night.

what caused that shooting -- but they don't believe it was random. people who live in the townhomes say they heard commotion outside followed by multiple rounds of gunshots. police responded shortly after. they found the two men on the ground with gunshot wounds. the one who was sent to the hospital was released today. his name is not being released. and their children. (roy beltz/cedar valley townhomes) "i was looking out the window and i heard some yelling, and i looked, and then i heard some gunshots, and i ducked down and then i heard some more." the investigation is ongoing and police are still looking for a suspect. they believe the killer may have gotten into a vehicle with other people after the shooting. police tell me the number of people in

shooting is still being investigated. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. years old and the other victim is 21. about 40 eastern iowans spent the day in des moines voicing their concerns with the state's medicaid privatization. the group says, it's not surprised iowa got federal approval to move forward with the plan. but they're happy the transition to private care is delayed until april first. "however the delay we do see voices as advocates. said no it's not ready. we said it again and the federal governmetn listend to us, so we do see it as a victory." the group says their main goal is to talk to iowa lawmakers about the need for a state committee that focuses solely on medicaid. an iowa public high school is opening two gender-neutral

des moines roosevelt high school principal said today that two bathrooms no longer have symbols for males or females. instead, a sign hangs on the each is available for students staff members. (kevin biggs, principal, roosevelt high school) "we have a responsibility to make sure that as the adults in this building to make sure that our students feel included, feel safe. and i actually felt ashamed that we hadn't thought about this before." a spokesman for the des moines school district says the district strives to be "welcoming and accommodating to staff and students." in three weeks des moines will welcome more than 17 - thousand fans for the ncaa basketball tournament. one of the priorities of the iowa events center is catering who have been here before, they know that it hasnt been awesome in the past so hopefully they will be able to notice some of the upgrades" and those upgrades will be gradual. the arena already has wi - fi, but the number of fans expected for the

internet nearly unusable. better wi-fi will be placed around the court, locker rooms and press conference areas. chanting towards one iowa high school is turning political as opposing fans use the chant and trump's name to target minority basketball players. perry high school's basketball team is made up of several ethnicities. during a game against dallas center grimes, opposing fans used trump's disdain for illegal immigrants to target players of latino descent. it's a problem that has been a constant all season long. tonight at ten, we'll hear how the players are taking these hurtful chants and turning it into motivation. coming up on kwwl, find out why the senate democratic leader thinks senator grassley will be remembered as the most obstructive chairman in the history of the united states. and - the panthers' basketball team gears up for their conference match- up against indiana state. "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack

the sky remains mostly cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. the wind diminishes after 5 pm thursday and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and clouds are expected both thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will be sunny while clouds increase shower. temperatures turn cooler next week with highs in the 30s. we are tracking a possible storm to move into the middle of the country tuesday. model guidance the previous one. it is something we will continue to track and have more details as we get closer. the sky remains mostly cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and clouds are expected both thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will be sunny while clouds increase shower. temperatures turn cooler next week with highs in the 30s. we

move into the middle of the country tuesday. model guidance has been all over the place with this low. each update is very different from the previous one. it is something cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. the wind diminishes after 5 pm thursday and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and clouds are expected both thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will shower. temperatures turn cooler next week with highs in the 30s. we are tracking a possible storm to guidance has been all over the place with this low. each update is very different from the previous one. it is something we will continue to track and have more details as we get closer.the sky remains mostly cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. the wind diminishes after 5 pm thursday and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and clouds are expected both thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will be sunny while clouds increase

a late afternoon or evening rain shower. temperatures turn cooler next week with highs in the 30s. we are tracking a possible storm to this low. each update is very different from the previous one. it is something we will continue to track and have more details as we get closer.the sky remains mostly cloudy tonight and breezy as a low pressure system moves northeast through the great lakes area. the wind diminishes after 5 pm thursday and becomes light overnight through friday. a mix of sun and clouds are expected both thursday and friday. saturday and sunday will be warm with highs in the 50s and breezy conditions. saturday will be sunny while clouds increase sunday with a slight chance of to defend his party's refusal to consider a u-s supreme court nominee saying he doesn't care if he isn't viewed favorably as chairman of the judiciary committee. senate democratic leader harry ried, says grassley will

remebered as the most obstructive chairman ever for being the first to refuse a supreme court nominee. we interviewed senator grassley on our five o'clock show - here's what he had to say about his work as chairman. "now i may be chairman of that committee, but i've gotten almost 20 bills out of committee consensus so the decision that was made on tuesday by our party and not just chuck grassley." grassley says he and fellow republicans believe voters deciding on a president this november should get a say in who replaces justice antonin scalia. former iowa state sen. kent sorenson pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct a day before his trial in a domestic abuse case. sorenson is charged with

interference with official acts in connection with a july arrest at his home in warren county. sorenson's lawyer says a dispute involving the former lawmaker and his wife was blown out of proportion. coming up... its senior night at the mcleod center--as the northern iowa panthers face indiana state in a critical missouri valley conference showdown. and the eighth ranked iowa hawkeyes play host to a red hiot wisconsin team looking to play

panthers will say goodbye to three key members of its basketball before their game against indiana state. wes washpun, mark bohannon and paul jesperson will all play in front of the

the regular season. the game tonight is critical for the panthers who want to enter march like a lion. uni has won seven of its last eight games and coach ben jacobson says his team looks a lot different from the panther team tha lost at indiana state in mid- january. wyatt, clint, bennett those guys have got another month un played well for a stretch now..that is very different going into that game and that stretch of games. the panthers tip it off with indiana state at 7... and the senior farewell starts at 6:45 so if you are still watching me you probably won't make it. for the only time this season-- two long time rivals will meet on the hard court. the 8th ranked iowa hawkeyes

wisconsin badgers in a game that tips off at 8 o'clock at carver hawkeye arena. iowa stumbles into tonight contest losing two of its last three games--while the badgers are surging with seven wins in their last 8 games.. including three wins over nationally ranked opponents. coach mccafferey says the badgers have been impressive well, they've got some young played as much -- you know what stepped up. we will have highlights at ten. former iowa state head coach -- paul rhoads accepts a new coaching position rhoads will join the university of arkansas --razorbacks coaching staff as a defensive back's coach. he will join former

bret bielema who is arkansas's head coach. rhoads spent seven seasons with the iowa state cyclones and was fired in novemeber after the

reporter: "so when you hear, say, one side, saying that they'd like to wait 'til "the next president is in office to appoint a justice, what do you think about that?" justice o'connor: "i don't agree. i think we need somebody there, now,"

from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, pat sajak and vanna white. thank you, jim. thanks, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] how nice. thank you. appreciate that. vanna has to go. she has letters to touch, and whatever else she does. hi. get ready, everybody. your time has come.

it's worth $1,000. vanna's all set. here we go. [ bell chimes ] tom. friendly cashier. yeah, that's it. [ applause ] tom moran. hi, pat. hi. lake stevens, washington. that's right. an engineer. i'm an engineer, and i work with a lot of great people for the world's largest aerospace company up there. oh, okay. i can narrow it down. and my wife is also in the aviation business, and she's a retired "smoking-hot" flight attendant. [ chuckles ] okay. wow. good for her. and you have three children? i do. we've raised -- over our 33 years of marriage, we have raised three terrific kids -- caitlin, lauren, and sean. all right, well, i know they're watching, and i know they're applauding for you, and we wish you a lot of luck. nice to have you here. thanks, pat. it's a pleasure. hi, wendi. how are you? hi. i'm great.