i'm joined by anthony seranno in the social lounge and amanda edwards. we are painting the town red. what better way to do that than benets. >> we'll put sugar on top. we'll serve rice with them. >> rice? >> with an old cow bell. >> all right. while you do that, i'm going to have amanda tell us about paint the town red. this is a fund-raiser. how does it work? >> we have ticket sales for $40 a ticket, you can visit all six of our venn use and get a small bite and what anthony is preparing is what the social lounge is serving. this is his bite and sip. our celebrities will be out helping serve and may be behind the bar competing for tips. >> this all happens fat tuesday, which is a big celebration. >> it is. there is not a lot going on in asheville it is a great reason to come outout. we have the wrap up celebration. but they are a treat from louisiana served on fat tuesday. >> it is basically a donut. >> you are creating a dough. they look brown right now from the outside. >> but they are red on the inside. >> this is the swizle part, it goes into the be

amanda and her family all the best. stephanie/wxcdl: jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next. today turned out very nice with all that afternoon sunshine and temps reaching the 40s in all of central iowa. and we are setting the stage in fact, experts" brad/wxwall: weather adlib: today turned out very nice with all that afternoon sunshine and temps reaching the 40s in all of central iowa. and we are setting the stage for a warm, but at times, windy weekend! in fact, we are likely to see our warmest temperatures so far this year saturday afternoon! tonight will be mainly clear with light sw winds of 5-10 mph keeping our temps in the 30s most of the night. with ample sunshine and those winds increasing to 15-20 mph saturday afternoon, we will quickly warm up into the 50s by midday and then push into the 60s for afternoon highs. saturday night will be breezy and very mild with temps in the 50s most of the night. a cold front will reach iowa sunday morning with some clouds and maybe a fe

edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: now let's go out to your local election headquarters with local 5's sabrina ahmed and amanda krenz. they are joined by political analyst and i-s-u professor dr. steffen schmidt to give us more insight on tonight's caucus predictions. amanda and sabrina? sabrina:: amanda:: steffan: (adlib on caucus predictions) stephanie/lam and amanda. of course....your local election headquarters is local 5 news. we'll continue our live coverage from caucus central coming up at 6. then, we'll have expert analysis and insight at 6:30 as you're getting ready to head to caucus during our "this week in iowa" political show special. and our continuous live coverage of the caucuses and the results begins at 7 p.m. and goes until we know who's won. stephanie: chief meteorologist brad edwards joins us now.. brad ((ad lib weather joins us now.. weatherrate the independent weather experts" brad: weather adlib: put script here in green a blizzard and winter storm warning remain in effect for many areas of western, northern and central iowa late tonight into tuesday night. we had a mild, dry day in cent

amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. u.s. marshals say they received a lot of information regarding a wanted fugitive -ho may be here in eastern iowa. this man, 22 year old kevin edwards is considered armed and dangerous. he is wanted for the murder of a little boy in chago. investigators believe he killed this boy, 9 year old tyshawn lee in november. they say lee was lured into an alley..where he was shot and killed. investigators believe the little boy was killed as part of gang retaliation. kwwl's lauren moss has been u.s. marshals today- she joins us now with the latest and amanda they have received a lot of tips throughout eastern iowa. i asked them where these tips are leading them to exactly...but because of the investigation they could not say at this time. but they did say this- their number one priority is to find kevin edwards. an unthinkable and heartless crime.. a 9 year old boylured from a park to aaalley where investstgators say he was shot and killed execution style.. former chicago police leader - calls it a crime that assassination of a 9-year-old child as a gang retaliation to get back at his father" tyshawn's father denies being involved in a gang

amanda gilbert, kwwl news. if you would like to learn more com continuing coverage... very dangerous and unpredictable. that's the description of a murder suspect who may be in eastern iowa. kevin edwards is wanted in a chicago murder. chicago police believe he killed this boy - - 9 year old tyshawn shooting. they say edwards and two other men lured the boy into an alley -- where they shot and killed him. the u-s marshals searched this home on randall street in waterloo over the weekend. it's one of several waterloo homes that could be connected to edwards he also has known connections throughout eastern iowa. authorities did not find edwards but they did arrest this man -ryan ellis- -on an unrelated theft charge in texas. they're still searching for edwards. firefighters rescue a man after becoming trapped in his apartment. it happened on jacolyn drive south-west in cedar rapids yesterday. three upper units were impacted by the fire. the only way the man could get out was through a second floor window. firefighters knocked down flames and were able to get the man out of the apartment. he was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation. a big surprise for drivers when a small p