wheeler is looking to a 4th district seat soon to be left open by representative john kooiker, who will not be seeking another term. tim: a year ago iowa lawmakers approved a 10 cent increase in the states gas tax. something that hadn't happen in nearly 26 years. jenna: abc9's jess plue talked to county engineers to find out what local improvements have come about because of the tax hike. she reports live from downtown sioux city jess: tim, jenna, legislation had been trying to increase a tax on gas prices since 1989 and just last year today, a ten cent increase was implemented at gas stations just like this one. the extra 1.2 million dollars raised has been nothing with road system repairs. "for the first time in my 32 years of doing this i didn't have to drop or delay any projects to make that happen," says mark nahra, woodbury county engineer. what he's talking about happening are the several addional road systems projects that have been added to five- year completion plans by the woodbury county engineering company. of these projects are a 10 mile resurfacing plan for gravel roads a

last fall, sioux county john kooiker said he wouldn't run for re-election to the iowa house of representatives when his term is up, this year. another republican has filed to district 4. skyler wheeler, of orange city, nomination papers to the iowa secretary of state on monday. the 22-year-old works in sales for iowa information inc. in sheldon. the republican is a 2015 graduate of northwestern college. in a press release, wheeler said kooiker encouraged him to run. people in orange city, iowa are voting today whether to pay for a new fire station. the fire department wants to spend 3-point-5 million dollars to expand the existing station, which dates back to 1973. fire chief dennis vanderwel says it's too small for today's needs. he also says there's a lack of ventilation that exposes the firefighters to high levels of diesel exhaust. polls are open until eight o' clock tonight at living waters church in orange city. it's the biggest day, so far, in the race for the white house: super tuesday. democrats and republicans are voting in 11 states. steve handelsman has more from houston << nats te

wheeler isis looking for 4th district seat soon to be left open by representative john kooiker, who will not be seeking another tetm. lukas: voters in orange city are supporting a plan to update the town's fire facilities. a bond issue to raise 2-point-7 million dollars for the city's fire department passed with more than the 60 percent of the votes. the money will be used to expand the fire stations as well as upgrade equipment. the department hopes that will be of next year. lukas: a group of iowans statehouse steps promote the state. callededspread the word to end the wordrday" and it gained some attention from the community. special olympics iowa athletes and family members gathered to make a stand against "the r word" that is often directed at someone with intellectual or developmental disabilities. charity hodson, special olympics iowa says, "it would be a dream if this was no longer around and people would only use the word "respect" and treat everybody the same way no matter who they are or what they look like." the group is encouraging people to take the pledge to not use the r