eastern iowa right now. with places up north in the upper 20s and in the southern counties temperatures have been up around 50 this afternoon. we are at 4 # in cedar rapids in the middle of that with a north northeast wind at 14 miles per hour. and we have got winter storm system expected to punch across the area tonight. and it's going to develop snow in the northern counties during the evening hours tonight. and down south, we are expecting plain old rain but the rain will change to snow later on tonight. it looks like totals will range from around 1 inch in the far south to as much as 5 inches in our northern counties. so later tonight, traveling is expected to be difficult around parts of the eastern iowa. there will be some reduced visibility. this system doesn't have a lot of wind with it but we could have gusts tomorrow up to 25 miles an hour so up in some of the northern counties where the temperatures will be colder and there's a bit more snow, there could be some minor blowing and drifting up that

snow accumulations will be 1-3" across eastern iowa. there is another chance of a light rain or snow shower friday afternoon into friday night. it be less than 1". the weekend low 50s sunday...and dry. the sky will be clear tonight and colder with temperatures ranging from 7 near decorah to by afternoon. light snow develops during the evening (after 7 pm) and waterloo man pleads guilty to murdering his girlfriend. 38 year old shaun hogan pleading guilty to second degree murder charges for the death of... crystal gaffney.. the crime happened back in july of 2014 in linn county. kwwl's lauren moss joins us now live in our newsroom with the latest developments..in a very interesting case, lauren. very..hogan was originally charged with first degree murder, but i spoke with an assisant county attorney today who told me he accepted a plea deal for second- degree murdern hogan admitted to assaulting and stabbing gaffney. her body was found in rural linn county, back in 2014 now before hogan was arrested he sparked an amber alert - accused of

snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries linger into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low sattday. blblwing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mph. the wind diminishes after 6 pm tuesday. we are tracking another chance of snow for wednesday night into early thursday morning. similar snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared to tonight (monda night). a light rain/snow mix develops thisisvening (7-9 m) and transitions to all snow by 10 pm. roads will become slick by this time and remain that way through tuesday morning. snow continues through the night then tapers offfby 6 or 8 am. snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of stern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries linger into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high te

and will another eastern iowa city be getting uber? a look ahead of the city council meeting to discuss. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in lamont, --------- --------- --------- iowa cit what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, the city council may finally ordinance that will bring uber -- a ride service popular in big cities -- to the area. the city and uber began discussions last year after alleged sexual assaults at the university of tonight. kwwl's hillary maglin has been looking into this before tonight's meeting. hillary city council has been working with uber on ordinance revisions for months. they tell

clouds and is the next clipper across the midwest and this is spreaded a band of snow towards eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night and by 8:00 thursday morning with most of the snow gone. at this point, its shouldn't be a heavy snow event for us but there's the possibility some areas could see 2 to 3 inchesover accumulation and to l lk at. we'll start with sunshine and clouds in the afternoon and you can see our next batch of the snow moverring across eastern iowa. upper teens as the clouds too. temperatures 38 from north to south and snow late in the day and tomorrow night, a period of snow moves out quickly during the day on thursday and after that, we senator our warming trend, especial -- start our warming trend saturday and sunday. >> terry, thank you. >>> drivers in north liberty need to add extra time to their commute. construction crews are clearing trees right now near the site of the new liberty high school. crews will lay down pavement and widening north liberty road north of dubuque street. construction will reduce march 14, liberty road from dubuque street to oak

a sunny sky across eastern iowa. there is doesn't look like much turns warmer with highs in the 40s saturday and ranging from 7 near decorah to develops during the evening afternoon into friday night. it doesn't look like much accumulation can be expected with this. if there is, it would the night. a light snow shower turns warmer with a woman survives 140 mile per winds after holding on for dear life. this hardware store in louisiana sustaining a lot of damage after being hit by a tornado. one woman was delivering packages from fed ex right when the twister hit. take a look at some of the surveillance video here -- you can see the debris flying "i just braced myself right here between the coke machine and i wasn't even holding on, it was just to brace myself." that same coke machine later tipping over -- but the woman was luckily ok. her and the owner of the store say they were simply in god's hands.. coming up on kwwl... multiple students taken to the hospital after taking unknown pills at school. you're watching k

it will be a quick hitter but 1 to 3 inches for much of eastern iowa. tovight temperatures frov 7 or 6 way up in the north to about 17 degrees in the e south. as the clouds depart we get cold. tomorrow morning sun clouds in ththafternoon and temperatures around 30 in the north and 38 degrees in the south. and the snow comes in here tomorrow evening should be gone that we will keep the cold air through friday and we start a nice warmup and believe it or not, we could be back in the 60s by t tsday of xt week. so there's a nice 30 degree temperature spread for you. >> gees. something for everyone. >> it's coming in lie a lion cub is what you are saying. >> the small lion so i guess the cub would work. >> thanks terry. >> also because march is here basketball is gettina serious. >> very serious especiallylyfor ththgirls at state coming much sports, the girls did something they haven't done in 13 years. how a sophomore propelled regina on the the semis next on >> listen for weather >>> and now cbs2 sports with zach hanley. >> the ccu basketball girls team is

and some eastern iowa students are competing in des moines to b bome top chefs. see these stories and more tonight on t-v nine news at six. shaun hogan of waterloo pleaded guilty today to killing his girlfriend two years ago. hogg pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. he was originally facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 28-year-old crystal someone found her body on linn-buchanan road in july 2014 senator chuck grassley said today he hasn't changed his mind about whether to consider a supreme court nominee from president barack obama. that's after grassley and other republican senators met with obama earlier today. grassley says he thinks the next president should select the nominee after being sworn in. but obama and other democrats want to fill the seat sooner than that. let's go back to joe now for a final look at tononht's forecast. after winter roared back into portions of the state to start the month of march, the weather quiets down tonight. clearing continues and the winds die down leaving to lows in the teens for most of eastern iowa. a

snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures wille in the upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s we had blowing snow is expected tonight and tuesday with a north wind at 10-20 mph. the wind diminishes after 6 pm tuesday. we are tracking another chance of snow for wednesday night into early thursday morning. similar snow amounts and timing# with this round of snow compared to tonight (monday night).a light rain/snow mix develops this evening (7-9 pm) and transitions to all snow by 10 pm. roads will become slick by this time and remain that way through tuesday morning. snow continues through the am. snow totals range from 4- 6" around dubuque to waterloo with 2-4" for the rest of eastern iowa north of iowa city. from iowa city south expect at trace-2". light snow or flurries linger into wednesday morning followed by sunshine during the afternoon. high temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s we had s

one comes across the midwest tomorrow night and that will bring some additional white snow to eastern iowa. it looks like your temperatures will start in the teens and make it into the mid 30s. clouds increasing in the snow developing by the time wee get to the evening hours. >> all right terry >>> cbs continues with more of the corridor's top stories >>> for years now we've heard about the nation's crumbling infrastructure. >> in iowa there's one key concern that's grabbing a lot of attention. reporter joe huisinga has the story you'll only find on channel 2 news. >> reporter: the state has lifted number one with bridges lifted at strucucrally efficient. today we spoke with some of the people responsible for the bridges in our area to see what it means for our safety. >> reporter: iowa is having more than 5,000 bridges that are structurally deficient. but what does that mean? >> one or more of the c ctical elements of the bridge such as piers has a condition of poor or worse. >> reporter: cedar rapids natete campman says the terms not as bad as it sounds. >> some future maintenance and fu

some eastern iowa students are competing to become top chefs. the prostart invitational kicked off in des moines this morning. students from 12 iowa schools including cedar rapids, alburnett, waterloo, and charles city are taking part. each team of three has 60 minutes to prepare a three course meal, including an appetizer, a main dish, and a dessert. the competition is study, internships, and what the students have learned from mentors. ""it i ireally exciting becacae we are here at the iowa events center where state basketball happens and all the other state championships happen so we are kind of considering ourselves with those other extra curricular activities" a restaurant management competition ih the style of "shark tank" is also taking place. the top team in each category advances toto the national competition in dallas next month where scholarships are on the line. classic car collectors say iowans should not have to put cense plates on the front of their vehicles. and under a new bill in the iowa house, they wouldn't have to. "if they o

a popular ride sharing service could soon move into an eastern iowa city... find out how a city council voted on that -- when ally "you're watchinow on today in iowa... the results from super tuesday continue to come in this morning. we'll have the latest numbers coming up. plus... a security camera captures an suv slamming into a sushi restaurant. back on earth this morning. we're taking a look at his nearly year-long mission in space. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. brr... it is cold this morning... temps are in the single digits and teens and have even dropped below zero in some places! wind chills are mainly in the single digits either side of zero this morning with mainly light winds... one of the reasons we are so cold.

clearing continues and lows in the teens for most of eastern iowa. another system, , very similar to the previous one quickly zips through the region late tomorrow and early on thursday. once again a uple of inches of snow will be possible. we then take a spring-like turn in the weweher pattern looking at some 50s and 60s to start next week. tonight: mainly clear low: 15-21 winds: nw 5-10tomorrow: mostly cloudy winds: s 5-15tomorrow night: light snow likely low: 26-32 winds: e 5-15thursday: chance of light snow early high: 35 - low: 29 friday: mostly cloudy high: 37 - low: 24 saturury: partly sunny high: 46 - low: 28 sunday: partly cloudy, mild high: 59 - low: 34 monday: chance of showers/storms high: 62 - low: 46 tuesday: chance of showers/storms high: 67 - low: 48 suffered complications from a birth control device says she's frustrated. she is one of thousands who've reported concerns about painfulul side effects from essure coils. after reviewing some of those concerns, the ... ... ordered a mandatory study from a birth control device says she's t

the snowfall will stay the heaviest and most consistent across far northern iowa and into eastern iowa. totals will range from 1 to 2" for the metro with 3 to 4" in parts of north central to northeastern iowa. the snow will end before 5 am in the metro, but the morning commute will likely be slick. the remainder of the day, cloudy skies will give way to more sun by afternoon. temperatures will be the low 30s. winds will be breezy from the nor 15 to mph. we'll return to the low s on wednesdawhnother ance of a light rain-snow mix te wednesday through thud

an eastern iowa teenager has a night to remember on national tv. poppe from clarksville beat out 40-thousand others to be 1 of 95 to audition in front of the celebrity judges -- on n-b-c's the voice. she had a few laughs after her maddie poppe, 17, from clarksville, iowa." "iowa, iowa" clarksville, iowa." important to her, her roots. i am glad she stuck to that." maddie "i never ever thought it would happen to me and it still doesn't feel real. it doesn't feel like it happened." for now - -maddie is focused on graduating, but isn't giving up the dream just yet. it's you're watching today in iowa on k- forecast. increasing clouds today with a few snow showers possible this afternoon. snow tonight with a trace to 2", isolated 3" by morning then some light mix possible through thursday afternoon. another friday afternoon with the weekend looking dry and warmer. through. here on k man is taken to the hospital after being stabbed. we're following the developments this morning. plus...throughout the night super tuesday results continued to come in. we've

much of eastern iowa under a winter weather advisory until nine this morning. oscar winning actor george kennedy has died. kennedy won best supporting actor for the 1967 movie "cool hand luke." he later had roles in "airport" and the "naked gun" series. he was 91 years old. kennedy died in his idaho home astronaut scott kelly is heading back to earth today after nearly a year space station longer than than any other u-s astronaut. it's a test to study the affects of space on the human body -- to make sure astronauts can handle a trip to mars. once he lands, kelly will undergo a battery of physical and scientific tests. this is his fourth mission in space. i'll take a slice of donald trump thanks to a student artist's spot on stencil drawing of the face and hair of donald trump, an alabama pizza. "no one has taken a bite of hopefully soon someone will try to trump pizza and we can ship one to trump himself." the trump pizza is classic cheese baked in a stone fired oven. its still to come... new details about the cat with a what's all this nonsense about balls? p

that's next here on kcrg one small eastern iowa school district is preparing to make some big cuts. the highland community school district in riverside is preparing to cut its budget by 500- thousand dollars. the superintenden t blames the projected cuts on declining enrollment and not enough state funding. the superintenden t says pretty much everything is on the table for possible cuts. that includes the possibility of closing this elementary school in ainsworth. the district's also considering cutting teachers and administrator s. one parent with two children in the highland district says the leaders must keep kids in mind throughout the budget process. " the number one focus needs to be, what to do with these kids, and what is going to be the least detrimental to these children, and the least disruptive." abby sojka says she plans to move her kids district next year because of the budget issues. final budget decisions should come next month. vandals in lisbon literally painted the town. police think vandals spray painted these phrases on two lisbon school buildings, sometime bet

several in eastern iowa are celebrating the birth of some leap year babyings. eighth babies were born in car rapids today. two were boror at mer city all moms, dads and babies are doing just fine. >>> that's the top stories. >>> still to come, a super what george niang had to say after playing in hilton for the final time. >>> a snowstormm will be impacting parts of the area the snow is spreading and cbs 2 this morning.doctors are turning the microscope on what's becoming a new frontier in health-care. care.a bacteria that lives in the gut could be the keyeyo treating all kinds ofailments. what it could mean for our >>> many will see #134g, other wills see -- something, others will see nothing. this is about the fourth time where part ts of -- parts see snow and other parts nothing at all. so again we'll@ lay it out for you but it will be difficult. we've got clouds right now. the wind has picked up to 25 miles per hour. in our central subpoenaa southern countiesese'll start offith rain that will change over the snow. it's about the northern half of the viewing

some maple syrup producers in eastern iowa are already hard at work. they say the recent mild weather is letting them tap their trees earlier than normal this year. and the cyclones took to the court for senior night at the hilton coliseum. first here's a look at the most popular stories today on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24 hour the recent mild weather we've enjoyed in eastern iowa has created perfect conditions for producing maple syrup. one dubuque county farm is making the syrup three weeks earlier than in other years. kcrg-tv's dubuque bureau chief katie wiedemann joins us from the newsroom. katie, you talked to one family already at work? there's a lot of work that needs sap from a tree, into this. but the recent weather pattern, predicted snow included, is proving to be the perfect recipe for the sweet syrup. deep in the rolling hills of northwest dubuque county, the wolf family taps these mature maples trees, to extract what the rest of us love on our pancakes. "this one in particular is vacuum so it's actually sucking the sap out of the tre

snow accumulations will be 1-3" across eastern iowa. there is another chance of a light rain or snow shower friday afternoon into friday night. it be less than 1". the weekend low 50s sunday...and dry. the sky will be clear tonight and colder with temperatures ranging from 7 near decorah to by afternoon. light snow develops during the evening (after 7 pm) and waterloo man pleads guilty to murdering his girlfriend. 38 year old shaun hogan pleading guilty to second degree murder charges for the death of...

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 vote on a bond referendum for a new community center. city leaders say the current building is run down and needs to be renovated. 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 northwest side. it'll sell that produce at the newbo space. they sell it for half price to income-eligible families and full price to others. "21:55:16 we hope it will increase the number of families we serve. that more people will b

the snowfall will stay the heaviest and most consistent across far northern iowa and into eastern iowa. totals will range from 1 to 2" for the metro with 3 to 4" in parts of north central to northeastern iowa. the snow will end before 5 am in the metro, but the morning commute will likely be slick. the remainder of the day, cloudy afternoon. temperatures will be much colder with highs only in the low 30s. winds will be breezy from the north at 15 to 30 mph. we'll return to the low 40s on wednesday with another chance of a light rain-snow mix late wednesday through thursday morning. temperatures gradually moderate to mild conditions again during the weekend. skies will be sunny and highs will be back in the 50s. coming up -- wall street. who's up and who's down on the new york stock exchange.. and how much more you'll be forking welcome back. stocks on wall street sold off in the final two hours of trading on monday. adam shapiro has more from the floor of the new york stock exchange. stocks tried to squeeze out some gains in the month of february but an increase in the price of oil plu

the "tiny house" movement may be coming to eastern iowa. people looking to live a simple life, be energy efficient, or save money live in very small homes like these. often times tiny homes have wheels and even compostable toilets but the homes in cedar rapids would not be this way. be multiple tiny houses but they that would be attractive to a the home would also be connected to city water and be at least 500 square feet. the idea fits in with city building codes and zoning, the group says every four years, a day special day comes around...one that can affect your entire life. leap day! allen hospital in waterloo seeing two leap day babies. leaping landry will likely hear "my aunt said it best. she said mom and dad disagree about whether landry's birthday will be celebrated on february 28th or march 1st in non leap years/ coming up ... a pizza restaurant is serving up-- a presidential candidate looking --slice of pie and when you see news - or if have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page meteorologist will be

and march is getting set to come in like a lion here in eastern iowa, we've got snow in the forecast and a nter weather advisory in effect, we'll have all the details." details."developing now.lisbon city leaders want your help to find those reponsibleor a sh of vandalism. vandalism."more chanans coming to the cedar rapids skyline. we'll show you what the city hopes to build at first and third." third."and getting the iowa experience and a whole lot more. more."how tools like this are helping japanses students reach their educational goals." goals."this is fox 28 news at nine. x 28 news begins with a blast of winter reminding eastern iowa that it is *still winter. winter.earlier today we were enjoying temperatures in the 50's 50'snow, parts of ththfox 28 news viewing area are looking at several inches of snow. snow.so we go right to chief meteorologist terry swails with your weatherfirst now, to the university of iowa, where the man who could be thehe nextxtleader of campus safety is accused of interfering with a criminal investigation. investigation.fox 28 news reporter dora miller

cbs 2 this morning...we've got an eye on the roads before you head out -- after r me parts of eastern iowa saw some snow overnight. the developing story about a university of iowa police official accused of getting in the way of a police investigation. corridor commmmity fighting back against vandals -- again. welcome to cbs two this morning...i'm kevin barry. barry.and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio. let's get a check of our cbs 2 weather first forecast. cbs 2 news is tracking the latest details on the man who could be the xt leader of campus safety. safety.right now he's accused of ininrfering with a criminal investigation. investigation.cbs 2 news reporter stephanie johnson is digging deeper into this - and joins us here in the studio wi more. this case involves acting public safety director, david visin.last june he allegedly tried to cover for his stepson in a drunk driving hit-and-run incident. incident.according to records, visin took 33-year-old sean crane from the scene before he repeatedly refused requests from a county deputy to pull over so his stepson could be questioned. an

a mix of wintry precipitation is in eastern iowa for your morning commute. super tuesday. 20-16 presidential candidates are hoping to pick up crucial delegates on this big day. hungry games. today is the start of restaurant week in cedar rapids and competition is you're looking live on our citycam. could be a messy drive into work this morning. 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 warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28

the snowfall will stay the heaviest and most consistent across far northern iowa and into eastern iowa. totals will range from 1 to 2" for the metro with 3 to 4" in parts of north central to northeastern iowa. the snow will end before 5 am in the metro, but the morning commute will likely be slick. the remainder of the day, cloudy skies will give way to more sun by afternoon. temperatures will be the low 30s. winds will be breezy from the nor 15 to mph. we'll return to the low s on wednesdawhnother ance of a light rain-snow mix te wednesday through thud derate to mild conditions again during the weekend. skies ll be sunny and highs will be ck in tand if you want to see what it means to reach state, check the looks of joy on the faces of this mt ayr raiderettes when they qualified last week. that's an excited bunch. to the big stage at wells fargo arena. class 1a quarterfinals. and a good excuse to get amped up, and miss school. turkey valley, in white, ranked #1. shelby reicks to taylor kuennen for three. got it. the trojans are good. so are the raiderettes. tess shields to kelcie shie

teams from eastern iowa scscols traveled t t plan on a cold start to your wednesday with mostly clear sky. clouds will start to increase, especially after the lunch hour, and this should lead to another chance of snow tonight. tonight's accumulations look to stay very light with all locations under 2". even with minor accumulation though, roads may be slick for the morning commute. in the wake of this system, both thursday and friday should stay chilly, but quiet. going into the weekend, a strong warm front arrives and we should start to rachet the temperatures up saturday with 50s likely on sunday. next week continues to look warmer with widespread 60s, but also accompanied by a chance of showers and storms. today: increasing clouds high: 32-38 winds: s 5-15 tonight: snow likely low: 26-32 winds: e 5-15 tomorrow: chance of light snow early high: 32-38 winds: ne 5-15 tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 21-27 some eastern iowa students are competininto become top chefs. the prostart invitational kicked off in des moines yesterday. students from 12 iowa schools including cedar rapids, al

kwwl's jessica hartman introduces us to one of eastern iowa's leap day babies. meet leaping landry - - leaping into this world four days early. something mom & dad didn't expect. no." now that he is here - - the big question what do you do without an offical birthday most years. "right away he said when do you celebrate? do you celebrate in february or march? he said he would rather celebrate in march and i like february so we will disagree on age jokes through out his life. "my aunt said it best. she said that you are forever going to be young. so even when you are meantime -- turning 100 is a huge milestone for anyone. but for one wisconsin woman... she also turned 25. she was born on "leap day" 1916. so how old are you today? 25 (laughs) her daughter says she's doing well at 100.. living in her own apartment. much more to get to this morning: i'll take a medium cheese -- with a side of politics. check out what one restaurant is making. can you tell who that looks like? plus -- many of you love movies -- and movie stars. but not like this group. unless you cel

severe weather threat will stay to the west of us. you could see the cells developing in south eastern iowa, moving into illinois. that's where we will be tracking the potential for hail and tornadoes for -- to be with us in the evening. tornado watch goes in until 9:00 in the evening. here at home, we're quiet. we have the threat for a broken line of showers to move through. we're dry in live doppler hd. no slight risk for us. we're under a marginal risk, which is indicated, and cuts us diagonally in half. that's where we may have a potent storm, give us the gusty winds and heavy rain. that's all the threat is tonight. the small hail is ruled out. i could expect it to be gusty winds with the potent storms. tonight, we're dry. temperatures falling in the 60s. turning partly cloudy. it will be a nice evening. temperatures around 63 by midnight. by 1:00, western counties, they will see a couple of spotty showers. it will be a few rumbles and by 6:00, 7:00, we're dry. it's a fast-moving cold front. 60, we're see more sunshine at noon. 66 for a high tomorrow. we will see a good amount of sunshi

thanks for watching "early have a wonderful w the hospital after a stabbing in eastern iowa. police have one person in custody. plus -- a super tuesday for trump and clinton. we'll hear from several candidates race for the white house. and a story this morning --showing us what true friendship is all about. students learning a new language their friend. i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. brr... it is cold this morning... temps are in the single digits and teens and have even dropped below zero in some places! wind chills are mainly in the single digits either side of zero this morning with mainly light winds... one of the reasons we new snow (in the north). we will have clouds track in this afternoon and snow track in tonight. a stray snow shower can track through this afternoon. highs will stay below normal today but it gets warm this weekend. i'll have more coming up in a few

going on @southwest of chicago with a @tornado watch box from illinois @to northern missouri and @eastern iowa with thunderstorms @developing near quincy and they @will spread to the east and @northeast toward chicago and @most of them will avoid us @going through the night. @the area of low pressure @generating the storms is off to @the west/northwest tracking @toward central canada and that @is why the storms are heading @toward michigan and illinois. @behind the system some real @cold air. @it won't miss -- it arrives @with we get rain tomorrow and @the temperatures start to fall @for the rest of the week and @into the weekend. @>> below normal for several @days -- temperatures in the 50s @this evening -- 40s to the lake @-- they be sprinkle. @tomorrow is the best @opportunity to see a broken @line of showers may be a @thunderstorm rolling through. @mild early and then they will @blow by and the wind could see @a break of sunshine or two. @upper 50s to maybe 60 -- 50 is @more common heading into @tomorrow first 2 cloudy with a @couple of sprinkles and showers @during the afternoon. @trendin

already producing some decent snows, extending towards eastern iowa. we're going to pick up the tail end of that system and throw the next cold front in our direction. plenty of sunshine tomorrow, but then by 4:00 a.m. on friday here's the front.up##) few scattered showers up toward ocala, gainesville. watch what happens, gone. not expecting any rain in the metro area, but north of town getting a little sprinkle there overnight into late thursday night, early friday 79 on friday. great-looking weekend, bob, with plenty of sunshine. highs in the mid-70s. >> glenn, thank you. >>>tthe chicago bulls visiting the orlando magic tonight. nick storing 24. depot putting in 17. and gordon had 13 points and 15 boards. both teams on their second game orlando pulled this one out. they go on to win 102-89. >>> neck flicks, they want to pay you $4,000. the two-week trip you're going to have to take to earn that rotisserie-style chicken raised without antibiotics? it's what we do. that same chicken pulled by hand? it's what we do. freshly-baked bread and crisp veggies

the warnings for that probably changee for eastern iowa and illinois and eventually that will be moving in .d an extension of the warmfront, you can see it is printing arab cutting across the state . but it did not push the colder air out so we hung onto the low clouds . this is burke lakefront you could say the clouds and occasional lowered visibility and then you as some slo that is pushing onshore or think it is too little to late in terms of the temperature department . but up into the 70s in the southern thirdth of the state could cincinnati, also like parkersburg . and etc. they are in the 70s . don't think that will make it quite up . predawn showers will arrive with a cold winds moving southwest behind the front with scattered showers . but everybody will see that then some rapid in the afternoon .r there's not a whole lot just a few scattered snow showers with low 40s this weekend . coetzee clipper on monday . otherwise cooler overtime . for decades she worked to improve the lives a live look along the way east shoreway and traffic is looking fantastic . loosen travel restricti

and some eastern iowa students are competing in des moines to become top chefs. see these stories and more tonight on t-v nine news at six. >>> welcome back on this super tuesday. and as soon as the results come in, as the pomes close pollslsclose, we wiwi break in and bring them to you live. in the meantime tonight, american astronaut scott kelly returning to earth font, spending a year in space, tweeting 1,000 photos. in a matter of hours, both feet will be back on solid ground. >> and liftoff. the year in space starts now. >> reporter: for 340 days, scott kelly living on board the international space station, tweeting out these images. the space walks, the selfies, earth. and the aurora lights. even the first flowers grown in space on board the station. he was there to study the effects of space on the human body. compared to his twin brother, retired astronaut mark kelly, back on earth. along the way, the lighter moments. the carrots. and the game o o ping-pong with a ball of water. the hand shake when he first and, now, the hugs as he left. closing the hatch

kevin thanks.instead of votes it was inches of snow being tallied in parts of eastern iowa today. today.could more be on its way? way?chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your terry thanks.one month from today, iowa's massive medicaid health system will transfer to a private operation.but lawmakers still want to oversee the program. now - there's a bill on t t floor of the democratic controlled senate establishing a regulatory system to do just that.it was scheduled for debate today, but leaders are now delaying that scussion it's not clear when the senate will take up the issue. governor branstad right now is still working to make iowa the healthiest state in the nation. nation.six iowa counties are a part of the ate innovation model initiative.its a federal grant allowing counties to review their health care access counties will split about a million dollars of federal funding g during the first year. linn county public health is one of them.chronic disease services coordinator cindy fiester says they'll address health areas like tobacco use, obesity and diabetes. 1

snow followed by clearing skies- our 7 day forecast cools down with here's a look at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... right now -- north liberty residents are dealing with another round of construction. crews began clearing trees near the site of the new liberty high school.the construction will impact north liberty road north of dubuque street.this project is expected to take about four months. there's promising news for the midwest regional economy.the mid-american business conditions index -- from creighton university -- climbed to 50-point-5 in february.that's an increase of more than two points in a month -- and any score above 50 indicates economic growth. analysts say weak economies in some of the main trading partners with midwest states -- including china -- could be growth. a louisiana woman... forced to weather a tornado without shelter last week, is now sharing her story. story.kiran chawla explains how even with winds hitting 140 miles per hour -- she managed to hold on for life! life! (david sagona, sagona's hardware) "to be alive today i'm thankful."da

we are tracking road conditions through eastern iowa and our road warrior has been out all morning long. this is interstate 83 and down south along i was city. you can see the shoulder with a little bit of residual snow and worst up to o the north. >> we will check the road conditions in a second. >>> breaking news this morning people are being treated after a fire that started early this morningin thth700 block of ninth street southwest. everybody in the house made it out by the time the firefighters arrived. two people were taken to the u of i for smoke inhalation. firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire. >>> american astronaut scott kelly is returning to earth. his 340 day mission will end when he and two ssians land in cause extent. when he lands, he will dissipipe in the series of medical tests which are crucial for future mars exploration. you can watch that tonight on nasa tv at 10:25. we will have a link to that our bsite at cbs2iowa.com it is starting to sleep in cedar rapids and the morning travel is not out of the woods yet. most of it will be gone in the next ho

trt 3.43 oc std some maple syrup producers in eastern iowa are already hard at work. they say the recent mild weather is letting them tap their trees earlier than normal this year. the recent mild weather we'viowa has created perfect conditions one dubuque county farm is making the syrup 3 weeks kcrg-tv9's katie wiedemann talked to one family already at work and has more. northwest dubuque county, the wolf family taps these mature maples trees, to extract what the rest of us love on our pancakes. "this one in particular is the sap out of the tree. " and that all starts just as soon as the weather cooperates. "i think this could be one of the best years we've ever had, ya know. " and it seems, this year, mother to have a sweet tooth. "you need it to drop below 32 degrees at night. and then above 32 degrees during the day. you have that freezing and in that tree and it releases the hundreds and hundreds of gallons of sap. "we process anywhere from eight to nine hundred gallons of raw sap an hour. " inside this old machine shed, boiling equipment to turn that sap into a

. >>> take a look at this, people in eastern iowa, western illinois cleaning up after a strong line of thunderstorms we were following yesterday. that moved across the state. it spawned a number of tornadoes. in fact numerous reports of hail as well, upwards of 50 and we actually had tennis-ball sized hail coming down. >> it's dangerous. >> absolutely. causing damage and also can cause injuries. look at some of the ping pong sized hail. not as big as some but this quite a dynamic storm system which is now at this point not triggering severe weather but guess what? we're talking about very heavy rainfall and heavy snow on the back side of it here. that's what we have going. i'm showing you this because in weather everything is connected this. area of low pressure very intense, continues to head to the north and east. the associated cold front extends well down to the south. it's this front that is going to stall out the next few days across the southeast. not much going on here yet but once it reaches our area, by the time we get to friday then things get more interesting because of cou

there is the risk for tornadoes, especially across eastern iowa and western illinois later afternoon, early evening. the system diving into the west will be the weather maker for the end of the week. the other huge story is the heat. record high temperatures are likely again today. record highs in texas yesterday, close to 90 in houston. we'll be up there again today with the warmth all across portions of the south and the south and east. i'm meteorologist jen carfagno with your weather channel forecast. "worldwide exchange" continues after this. good.how was your commute? yours? good. xerox real time analytics make transit systems run more smoothly... and morning chitchat... less interesting. transportation can work better. with xerox. thank you for calling. we'll be with you shortly. yeah right... xerox predictive analytics help companies provide a better and faster customer experience. hello mr. kent. can i rebook your flight? i'm here! customer care can work better. with xerox. wait i'm here! mr. kent? >>> now to politics. call it mega tuesday. voters from five states going to the

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. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will redevelop. those could be severe withdoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area of low pressure moves to the north. strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. h snow that'll fall in minneapolis late wednesday evening. eventually, the heaviest of the snow moves to the north.ota, 6 to 8 inches. minneapolis won't see a lot of mostly bec >> that's your latest forecast. >> i wanted to say sorry for the song playing in your weather cast. >> i liked it.n't make it turn off. >> thanks for paying attention to the weather though. >> it was nice, how you didn't give me a dirty look.- what are you doing? >> we're working here. >> sorry. >>> coming up next, kato kaelin and ron goldman's family areout. what they say the wildly popular mini series is missing.

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. you can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will redevelop. those could be severe with isolated tornadoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area of low pressure moves to the north. it is going to strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. combine that with snow that'll fall in minneapolis late wednesday evening. eventually, the heaviest of the snow moves to the north. duluth, minnesota, 6 to 8 minneapolis won't see a lot of accumulation >>> lots of cloud cover out there. maybe a sprinkle or two, that's. it brightening in the sky by the end of the day. it will feel milder by afternoon because it will be upper 50s. tonight, 40s, partly cloudy sky. quiet night. tomorrow, sunshine, clouds gather late. maybe a shower late especially north and west. the high, 62. st. patrick's day, same d

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. u can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move throu northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will revelop. those could be severe with isolated tornadoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area of low pressure moves to the north. it is going to strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. combine that with snow that'll fall in minneapolis late wednesday evening. eventually, the heaviest of the snow moves to the north. duluth, minnesota, 6 to 8 inches. accumulation. >>> good tuesday morning. hope your day offo a good start. some 60s through the overnight finding 60s like opa locka, west kendall down to homestead. we also have some patchy fog. i dd't think the fog will be a big problem on the morning dve. everyone else into the 70s. we're on the way to a very nice warm-up. as we get through early fog, all about south florida sunshine. >> th

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. you can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will redevelop. those could be severe with isolated tornadoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area of low pressure moves to the north. it is going to strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. combine that with snow that'll fall in minneapolis late wednesday evening. eventually, the heaviest of the duluth, minnesota, 6 to 8 inches. minneapolis won't see a lot of accumulation. mostlylooks like a great election day in cincinnati. a little fog or mist this morning, but by lunchtime clouds are clearing. temperatures are in the 50s to start, upper 60s by noon and highs in the low 70s. late tonight, around midnight or after a line of weakening storms will move through. this will bring the cooler air by tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast.

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now. you can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will redevelop. those could be severe with isolated tornadoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area north. it is going to strengthen and closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. combine that with snow that'll fall in minneapolis late eventually, the heaviest of the snow moves to the north. duluth, minnesota, 6 to 8 inches. minneapolis won't see a lot of accumulation. today...sunny. patchy fog this morning. highs around 80. .wednesday...sun ny. highs in the lower 80s. .thursday...mostl y sunny. highs in the mid 70s. .friday...mostly sunny. highs in the upper 60s. .saturday...partl y sunny. a chance of rain in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoon. highs in the lower 60s. chance of rain 40 percent. .sunday...mostly cloudy. a chance of rain in the morning...then

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now.u can see a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning. this is going to move through northwestern illinois. a second line of showers and storms will redevelop. those could be severe with isolated tornadoes possible. it's more the hail and the wind threat. watch what happens as this area of low pressure moves to the north. it is going to strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. they indicate the stronger, gustier winds picking up. combine that with snow that'll fall in minneapolis late wednesday evening. eventually, the heaviest of the snow moves to the north. duluth, minnesota, 6 to 8 inches. minneapolis won't see a lot of accumulation. >>> good morning, i'm nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. the fog this morning really improving but we are left over with low clouds this afternoon, though, we'll be warmer, around 60 degrees. the clouds hang around this afternoon. we could see breaks in the sun later today. tomorrow we keep warming to around 70 for a high temperat

. >> we have storms possible through eastern iowa. two rounds. the first is moving through now.oiowa. you can see a lot of cloud to ground lightning. a second line of showers and storms could develop. those could be severe. it's more hail and wind threat. watch what happens as the area of low pressure moves to the north. it's going to strengthen and intensify as the lines get closer together. that indicates stronger winds. come bi combine that with snow, and the heaviest of the snow will move to the north. duluth, could see six to eight inches. that's a look at the weather across the country. >> good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. cloudy skies and in area. nothing heavy but you'll need your umbrella. current temperatures are in the mid40s. most of the rain should be done by 10:00 this morning. cloudy through the early afternoon. break of sunshine after 3:00 will allow temperatures into the low 60s later today. one >> that's your latest forecast. >> i wanted to say sorry for the song playing in your weather cast. >> i liked it. >> i couldn't make it turn off.