police and community members in one eastern iowa city are joining forces - to try and fight an increase in violence. change jingles - 2 seconds... and... most people dread laundry day... but today the drier isn't only warming clothes - it's warming hearts. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page stay up to date on breaking news and weather information. "you're watching kwwl. we've --------- "now your storm track 7 there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid

planned parenthood clients in one eastern iowa city - will have to go elsewhere to get health services. our coverage partners at th media say planned parenthood of the heartland is closing it's health center in dubuque... effective immediatley. patients were notified of the chchges to the facility throughh letters from planned parenthood over the weekend. meanwhile - two people connected to videos purporting planned parenthood illegally sold fetal tissue are incdicted by a grand jury in texas. the pair who made the supposed undercover videos now face charges for tamerping with governmental records - -accused of manipulating their driver's licenses to film the beloved character actor abe vigoda died this morning in his sleep his daughtee says he diededfrom old age e t her home in new jersey. vigoda distinctive eyes made him ideal for roles he's known for as detective phil fish in the 1970s series "barney miller" and for as salvatore tessio in the godfather. he was 94 years old. we'll be right back. --------- you know theheasic bargain of a arica is if you work hard, and you do your part

crime rates - - dropping in one eastern iowa city. cedar falls police reporting a slight drop in crime during 2015. this continuing a five the city. police chief jeff olson credits part of his decline to vigilant "even if you don't know if anything is occurring we would rather you call, so we can go check. that would help us. then can about the individual or the vehicle or whatever you can and write those things down." cedar falls saw the largest decrease in theft and vandalism. however there were some areas of increase - including operating while intoxicated. just 11 days away from the iowa caucuses now -- and there's some latest poll. the new c-n-n poll shows donald trump taking a commanding lead here in iowa. trump leads senator ted cruz among likely caucus goers 37 percent to 26 percent. senator marco rubio is third with 26 percent -- and dr. ben carson is fourth with six percent. on the democratic side -- senator bernie sanders is now leading hillary clinton. the poll shows sanders with 51 percent in iowa over clinton's 43 percen

here at home - officers in several eastern iowa cities are trying to come up with ways to *stop gun violence. officials from ames to waterl to cedar rapids m today to collaborate, share intelligence and find soluluons to keep peoplelesafe. coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten - what they talked about and how it could affect your neighborhood. an updatto a story we've been following since june. a waterloo woman has now been charged in the death of a *toddler at her in-home day care. 18-month-old brody harrelson was accidentally suffocated by a car seat strap while he was napping..police say nine other children were in the daycare at the time. 41-year-old amy hangartner is charged with child a striri of car accidenen left a cedar rapids police officer injured. it started with a multi-vehicle crash on edgewood road near the airport. a crpd officer who was responding to the crashsh got t into an accident on the way. that officer was taken to the hospital, but should be ok. nobody else was injured. police say they think icy conditions and slick roads played a part in the accidedes. the

we're getting a look at crime rates in one eastern iowa city -- and those rates are going down. cedar falls police report a slight drop in crime last year. this continues a five year trend. police chief jeff olson says part of the credit has to go to citizens -- who lelethem know when they see something unusual -- and they hope that continues. "even if you don't know if just be the best witness you can and remember what you can about the individual or the vehicle or whatever you can and write those things down." cedar falls saw the largest drop in however -- owi's did go up. it's 50 days in jail for a man police on a chase. jeffery kuennen pleaded guilty to domestic assault and carrying weapons -- among other charges. the winneshiek county sheriff's office was called to a disturbance at a home in spillville last november. after a chase -- kuennn was arrested. t-s-a agents have their hands full at airports when it comes to finding guns. more than 26- hundred guns were found in carry-on luggage last year. most of those weapons weree loaded. airports in dallas, atlanta, houston, de

one eastern iowa city is closer y-m-c-a in town. marion has big dreams for its "y" and is getting closer to picking the final design. that and more still to come on tv-9. the iowa county sheriff's office says a piece of dangerous road on highway 212 may have contributed to a crash that killed a teenage mother and her son. 18-year-old bethany clark, of belle plaine, and her two-year-old sosororan ... ... were traveling on highway 212, about five miles west of marengo, around 7 o'clock yesterday morning. the iowa county sheriff's office says clark lost the car on the frost- covered road. the car went into a ditch and caught fire. both died at the scene. the sheriff's department says this area is more prone to accidents because drivers tend not to notice the slight curve. according to data from the iowa department of transportation, this is the first fatal crash to happen on this curve. there have only been two other crashes here before, one in 2005 and one in 2010. neither of those were major. but the iowa county sheriff says the laye

eastern iowa university's auditorium to hear democratic presidential candidate bernie saners. plus - officers arrest three people innonnection withtha meth lab in delaware county. and - a popular transportative service may be coming to a major eastern iowa city. "you're watching kwwl, we've got y yu covered. this is the news at six." some shocking flood video coming out of california. a man was driving when - out of debris. the man put his car into reverse - trying to out run the flood waters. eventually the water slowed down long enough for the driver to turn good evening everyryne, i'm ron steele. and i'm amanda goodman. thanks for joining us. fog in eastern iowa has made driving visibility very limited. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking fog and coldd from theewwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is adtional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: areas of dense fog will nger light snow/flurries arounn midnight. little to no snow accumulation is expected. temperatures will drop into the teens and 20 by sunrise. the temperatures will continue to fall throughout the day. mperatures by evening will be near 10 degree

plus - find out what new building will help improve an eastern iowa city's high schools. and - a shooting involving an "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at six." good evening everyone, i'm ron steele. amanda has the night off. to get things started tonight, here's a live look at the waterloo skycam. extremely low temperatures are on the way to eastern iowa that will make this weekend ice cold. with low temperatures on the way, let's go to storm track chief meteorologist mark

he believes this counterfeiting operation is not based in iowa city or even eastern iowa, but likely out of state in a bigger city. in cedar rapids, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. now here's a look at some of what you'll see at 5:30 on a-b-c. coming up here, the weather emergency...cars submerged, caving in around the weight of the water, customers screaming. also, the criminal investigation now into a chipotle. and powerball, we have a list of the numbers most- often drawn. let's go back to joe now for a won't be able to get back to his sick mother in the netherlands. and one official says be careful before you join a lottery pool for tonight's 500-million dollar powerball jackpot. tonight at 6. watch for some slick spots and stretches tonight as a wintry mix moves into the area. travel conditions need to be monitored through the morning hours with some slow going climbing into the middle 30s thursday the precipitation falls as rain before a mix/snow transition later friday into saturday. the first cold, arctic blast of the year arrives on schedule sunday, dropping highs into the single

third graders in n ne eastern iowa city practice making 9-1-1 phone calls in case of an emergency. cedar rapids firefighters are helping 30 differrnt schools this year with the practice --including grant wood elementary school. students get one-on-one training. they talk to a firefighter acting as a dispatcher on the other line... "they showed us a picture of someone trying to o o something or someone in danger and we had ababut 50% of thhthird graders participating did not know their home address or a phone number when asked, star wars, the force awakens, broke box office records this weekend, becoming the highest domessic grossing movie in history. and one iowa group is working to make the jedi's portrayed in the movie less fiction and more real. the lightsaber academy is now a few months old, and draws about a dozen students every week to learn the jedi ways. it was started by ron schmitt and a few other members of the dubuque karate club. the group meets every monday night at the dubuque karate club. more information can be found on our website at kwwl.com. coming up ... an int

and gun stores in eastern iowa are paying close attention. cities and towns across eastern iowa have new mayors and city council members this morning. new city servants took the oath of office last night. and january is cervical cancer awareness month. screenings and h-p-v vaccines are dramatically decreasing the death rate of the disease. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... watch for some patchy fog this morning, mainly for the commute. we may restricted in isolated areas. the main forecast focus for us continues to be on the system for wednesday night through saturday morning, then the slam of arctic air to follow. mixed precip is likely to break out as early as wednesday night and continue on a scattered basis through saturday morning. most of the precipitation should be in the form of a rain/snow mix with perhaps a 1-3" snow on the tail end when it wraps up saturday morning. then, the arctic air pours in. plan on s

hundreds of athletes will make their way to one eastern iowa city today. they'll be skiing, skating and snow shoeing in the 30th annual special olympic winter games. up next... this morning's first alert storm team meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now. today, followed up by a chance of light snow, primarily in the evening hours. an arctic front is responsible for squeezing out the snow showers tonight. nobody should exceed an inch, with most areas just picking up a few tenths of an inch of fluffy snow. wind will pick up after midnight with temperatures falling fast. plan on wind chills tuesday morning to be down again around -20 in many areas. the rest of the week enough in fact that we should be back above freezing by thursday. our next system is still on track to impact iowa on friday into saturday with a mix of precipitation possible. we'll want to watch that one carefully as it does have ample moisture t t work with. today: mostly sunny, cold high: 1-7 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 4 dbq: 2 iow: 7tonight: creasing clouds low: -5-1 winds: wsw 5-10 alo: -5 dbq:

eastern iowa. nnedy, iowa city west and mount vernon were all in taking the light snow east of the state tonight. any snow thatatalls will be easy to move as it will be very light and fluffy. for the remainder of the week we see more seasonable weather ahead. slowly the high temperatures climb from the middle 20s on tuesday to t middle 30s by sunday. snowfall chances are few and far between for the week ahead with the next chance holding off through the weekend. have a great night! tonight: light snow continues low: 7-13 winds: e 5-10tomorrow: mostly cloudy highgh21-27 winds: s 5-10tomorrow night: partly cloudy winds: s 5-10thursday: mostly cloudy high: 27 - low: 19 friday: partly cloudy hh: 25 - low: 13 satuay: partly cloudy highgh31 - low: 12 sunday: mostly cloudy high: 36 - low: 25 monday: chance of snow high: 30 - low: 22 tuesday: thanks joe. bernie sasaers has opened up a hihiary clinton in new hampshirir donald trump officially received the endorsement of sarah palin at a campaign event this afternoon in ames. a-b-c's lana zak reports on what it could mean for the battleleor the conservrvti

police officers in one eastern iowa city are on high alert after a new page on social media makes hem public enemy number one. plus... iowans can now register to vote online. we'll have more information on that in our next half hour of today in this morning, the president could unveil a new plan to tighten gun laws. we have reaction from candnddates on the ampaign trail in iowa. plus -- a routine test drive takes a turn -- no one expected. the car salesman is kidnapped. and we may already have a vorite athleteeo cheer for in summer games. he's hoping to turn the tables on all the young competitors out there. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with yyur storm track seven forecast. the clouds showing up on satellite right now are areas of fog. visibilities are improving, as winds pick up from e south.. they are 5 to 15 mph and will be the morning wears on. temperatures are in the single digits to the teens this morning and wind chills are single digits either side of zero and will stay fairly chilly today as

two eastern iowa cities say businesses have seen counterfeit bills in stores. asking for the public's help in finding the bills and those responsible. you're looking live on our city cam. break with a look at your thursday forecast. stay with us. we have some schools on a two morning. nortrtbutler schools west delaware - st. mary's schools plan on areas of fog and drizzle in therea this morning, with a steady rain developing in the afternoon hours. rainfall amounts will generally be in the quarter to half inch range with temperatures holding steady in the mid-30s in many areas. we'll be seeing more rain on friday with a transition to light snow later friday night into at least the first half of saturday. at this time, accumulation wind will be picking up and the temperatures will be dropping. the coldest air of the season is still set to arrive on schedule on sunday morning with wind chill values as low as -20 in some locations. today: showers, areas of fog high: 33-39 windsdsse 5-15 alo: 35 dbq:q:6 iow: 3 3onight: showers, areas of fo low: 30-36 winds: se 5-15

some eastern iowa cities have also looked at the concept. a volunteer campaign worker for presidential candidate ben carson has died following a car crash in iowa. carson describes braden joplin and president obama heads to detroit for the auto show today....we're taking a livv look at detroit right now he's there to talk about job recovery since the auto bailout the a-f-c championship this weekend will have one family divided in a unique way. they're all broncos fans. except for the first born son. but as ryan haarer shows us, he didn't have a choice....he's named after the star of the patriots! "we are all broncos fans except a choice. "whoever wins the super bowl, we'll name them that." in 2005-- tom brady and the patriots won the super bowl. "people for the first time when then they look at bradd and go 'what? why? i'll just say, well, although he's quickly found himself the odd man out at school.... "you have nobody to talk to." and at home. "he's usually pretty good but sometimes he gets too annoying and we send him to another room to w

crime is down in one eastern iowa city. cedar falls police reporting a slight drop in crime during 2015. ...continuing a five year trend police chief jeff olson credits the people in the city. check. that would help us. then just be the best witness you can and remember what you can about the individual or the vehicle or whatever you can and write those things doww" cedar falls saw the largest decrease in theft and vandalism. however there were somemeareas of increase - including drunk driving. t-s-a agents have their hands full at america's airports when it comes to finding guns. last year agents found more than 26-hundred gunsin carry-on luggage. more than 80 percent of those weapons were loaded. it is illegal to pack firearms, firearm parts and ammunition in carry-on bags. howeve, weapons are allowed in checked bags as long as theyy aren't loaded and you tell the airline. this morning, a very sad update on a story we've been following. the search for a missing toddler hibody has been found. deputies say noah chamberlin's

planned parenthood clients in one eastern iowa city - will have to go elsewhere to get health services. our coverage partners at th media say planned parenthood of the heartland is closing it's health center in dubuque... effective immediatley. patients were notified of the changes to the facility through letters from planned parenthood over the weekend. the flint water crisis continues to be a nightmare for people living in michigan. healthcare workers conducted hundreds of checks on children for lead exposure. since the state of emergency was declared in flint three weeks ago, thousands of bottles of water and water filters have been additional free lead exposure testing dates are scheduled for the first week of february. new york state officials are set to meet to determine whether they'll temporarily turn the raging waters of niagara falls into just a trickle. at a public hearing later today, they'll talk about plans to replace the 115- year old bridges linking the mainland to islands near the brink of the falls. for those trying to quit smoking -- a new study finds multiple ways w

find out why a new building..could help improve an eastern iowa city's high schools. plus..chuck grassley- senattr or investigator? how about both.. details on the way. you're wawaching k-w-w-l news. we've got you covered. wind chills are in the negative tonight and tomorrow morning for waterloo and waverly. the difference between the advisory and warning is that warnings have chills below -30. current weather network cameras are showing mainly clr skies although some clouds are holding of the area this morning and will likely stay there with northwest winds mainly 10-15 mph today through tomorrow morning. a few snow the extreme cold air tracking in from the arctic.. highs will be in the -10 range in fargo today with those temps racking southward tomorrow. we have seen our highs today and will keep chills around -15 or below today with a few snow showers. snow showers continue tonight, but we will have dangerous wind chills down tt -40 in many areas into tomorrow morning and will still be below -30 much of the day as highs may not get zero high was back in 2014 and we

cities across eastern iowa welcomed new city council members and new mayors into office for the new year. cervical cancer kills thousands of women every year, but the number has decreased in the last 30 years. more on why the number

one eastern iowa city under the microscope after allegations it violated the u-s clean water act. and why is the iowa fight song playing in a new york building? there are those who say we cannot defeat a corrupt political system and fix a rigged economy. but i believe we need to lift our vision above the obstacles in place and look to the american horizon. to a nation where every child can not only dream of going to college, but attend one. where quality healthcare will be a birthright of every citizen. where a good job is not a wish, but a reality. where women receive equal pay and a living wage is paid to all. an america where after a lifetime of labor, there is time for rest and grandchildren. but no longer carries so much of that burden alone. i know we can create that america if we listen to our hearts. and that journey begins here in iowa. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message, and i ask you to join with us at the caucuses on monday night. thank you. >> announcer: today on the meredith vieira show we are talking "what's hot now". is it a mistake to have sex with an be e

eastern iowa. today in iowa city, the spot at 10-30 crosspark avenue will host community projects. those will be before and after the holiday. this video is from a silent march last year on this day on the university of iowa campus. the cedar rapids rotary club is honoring 8 area high school seniors who volunteer. that will be from noon until 1:15 at the double tree by hilton. also, the african american museum of iowa in cedar rapids will have film screenings at 3 and 3:45 on dr. king's legacy. in the cedar valley, uni's maucker union will be the site to pack thousands of meals for the northeast iowa food bank. in waterloo, the newly elected mayor, quentin hart, is hosting a coats and clothing drive at his campaign office. thahaevent will be at 612 mulberry street from 10 a-m to 3 p-m. cedar rapids police say an officer was seriously hurt in a fight at a laundromat on the city's southwest side. investigators were in the parking lot at 6th street and 8th avenue sw yesterday afternoon. that was around three o'clock. police say the call was for a at the soapy waters laundromat. the po

will be back in eastern iowa today. veral cities to campaign on behalf of his clinton. campaign event in coralville. the former president will speak to voters at northwest junior high school at 6:45 tonight. he's hoping to convince iowa caucus goers to vote for hillary, who is the current frontrunner in the field of democratic presidential candidates. there are just 2 and a half weeks left until the iowa caucuses. for the democratic presidential candidates, their next debate is this sunday night. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley will be on the stage in charleston, south carolina, for the nbc news-youtube debate. the network says o'malley has qualififd for the debate, despite his low poll numbers. he has been averaging 4 point 6 percent in iowa and candidates needed at least 5 percent to be on stage. the gloves are off. with less than 3 eks until the iowa caucuses, g- o-p presidential candidates are going above and beyond to sway voters. in last night's g-o-p debate, the candidates turned their attention#to hillary clinton. the top 7 candidates took th

eastern iowa students home. classes were canceled at iowa city's west high school after a bomb threat was called in tuesday morning. the phone call delivering the threat was described as a computerised, robotic voice. police are now looking for possible connections between this bomb threat and similar that same day. a man is arrested for breaking into a waterloo bar-and smashing poker machines and police say a security system alerted them all about it. this happened monday around 3 a.m. police say 28 year old charles stocks jr. broke into parks road inn- bashing three video poker machines with a hammer- steals some cash- and then takes off. he doesn't get far though- police say they found him moments later, outside the bar with a hammer and cash on him. stocks jr. is facing burglary charges. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with the bar owner today- and lauren he is hoping others will learn from this- his bar is not to be messed with. well that's right..because the bar is decked out with cameras and alarm systems. the owner tells me- it's easy..if you break it...you'll get caught. and that's exactly what happened monda

eastern iowa. today in iowa city, the spot at 10-30 crosspark avenue will host commity projects. those will be before and after an 11 a-m ceremony for the holiday. this video is from a silent march last year on this day on the university of iowa campus. the cedar rapids rotary club is honoring 8 area high school seniors who volunteer. that will be from noon until 1:15 at the double tree by hilton. also, the african american museum of iowa in cedar rapids will have film screenings at 3 and 3:45 on dr. king's legacy. in the cedar valley, uni's maucker union will be the site to pack thousands of meals for the northeast iowa food bank. in waterloo, the newly elected mayor, quentin hart, is hosting a coats at his campaign office. that event will be at 612 mulberry street from 10 a-m to 3 p-m. cedar rapids police say an officer was seriously hurt in a fight at a laundromat on the city's southwest side. investigators were in the parking lot at 6th street and 8th avenue sw yesterday afternoon. that was around three o'clock. police say the call was for a domestic disturbance at the soapy

stephanie: to eastern iowa now-- where the iowa city police department says problem. 20-15 was a ten year high for operating while intoxicated arrests.. 621 people were arrested for an owi in iowa city in 2015.. the average over is 484.. jack: restuarant with sioux city burned down this morning. crews arrived to sneaky's chicken around nine-a-m, to find the building no one was the cause of the fire still isn't restuarant is soon. stephanie/2shot coming up on local 5 news at five... the brutally cold temps have made a home here in central iowa.. brad will tell you when they're moving out.. jack: but next, it's the talk of the town.. hear how high that powerball jackpot is climbing. stephanie: and... straight ahead on local 5 news at 5... it's like a movie... but we'll show you some real footage from the raid that put el chapo back behind bars. "you're watching local iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." jack/2shot: out of hollywood. the "el chapo" case has the world wondering what will come next. stephanie: today.

we've got manchester, lamont, iowa city and all of eastern iowa --------- ------ the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. so we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cuts, alalwell-marbled for richness and flavor. this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and thth seals in the juices of the burger. and that's the culver's butterburger. kwwl's lauren moss has been looking into this- she joins us now live with the story, lauren.. i spoke with ashley bruno..who called police after shesaw people breaking into herother's waterloo home...through a surveillaace her mother's house was broken into saturday morning- while she was out of town. ashley was scared- but she needededto watch her mom's home.. so she installed an app through house..which connected back to her phone. it's like she was right there- and when she was watching it trying to get it again.... ashley bruno- waterloo "i hear breaking in the door- mi

eastern iowa. today in iowa city, the spot at 10-30 crosspark avenue will host community projects. those will be before and after an 11 a-m ceremony for the holiday. this video is from a silent march last year on this day on the university of iowa campus. the cedar rapids rotary club is honoring 8 area high school seniors who volunteer. that will be from noon until 1:15 at the double tree by hilton. also, the african american museum of iowa in cedar rapids will have film screenings at 3 and 3:45 on dr. king's legacy. in the cedar valley, uni's maucker union will be the site to pack thousands of meals for the northeast iowa food bank. in waterloo, the newly elected mayor, quentin hart, is hosting a coats and clothing drive at hihicampaign office. that event will be at 612 mulberry street from 10 a-m to 3 p-m. cedar rapids police say an hurt in a fight at a laundromat on the city's southwest side. investigators were in the parking lot at 6th street and 8th avenue sw yesterday afternoon. that was around three o'clock. police say the call was for a domestic disturbance at the soapy wat

eastern iowa. she's scheduled for an iowa city event on thursday y evening at the iowa memorial union. with less than two weeks now until iowans choose their preferences in the caucuses, hotels in several parts of the out.they're preparing for the big day - and that means they're seeing some big numbers on their income. income.cbs 2 news reporter steffi lee is live in our newsroom to show us what this means for iowa's economy. the campaign bus tours, rallies and national media making iowa their home for the months leading up to the caucus all adds up - in the millions of dollars. dollars. getting personal with poltical candidates - defines iowa. iowa.every four years - when the entourage of candidates and media crews swarm into the hawkeye state - -"usually it generates 10 to 15 million dollars statewide - so t's not as much as people might think in 2008 - iowa state university professor david swenson says the first- in-the-nation chaos only brought in less thanan fraction of a percent of 130 billion - which was iowa's g-d- p that year. year.there's no doubt politicians spend big bucks

a windstorm damaged a library in a small town in eastern iowa forcing the city to rebuild. now it's finished all thanks to the hard work of a few. good morning! it's 5:30 on thursday, january 7th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on areas of fog and drizzle in tharea this developing in the afternoon

says the city might see those dollars in fiscal year 2017 if they can get the count certified in time. covering the corridor inorth liberty, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. another of eastern iowa's most rapidly-growing cities wants to conduct its own special census-- and organizers need help to do it. it.applications are now available for paid census enumerators in marion.the city is conducting a partial census, meaning they're only counting certain parts of the city that are experiencing high-growth. high-growth.during the last census in 20-10, the city had 34-thousand, 768 residents. residents.city staff estimate their special census will reveal an increase of between 800 and one-thousand people. people.it's estimated that thehe census wililcost the city 134-thousand dollars. dollars.the deadline to apply is january 22nd and the job is expected to last between three weeks.we put a link to the application on cbs two iowa dot com. // gavel banging the house will be in obder // //state lawmakaks are now officially back to work for iowa's 20-16 legislative session.and once again this year, education funding is expected to cause fierce debate. also at the forefront thth year is the

eastern iowa today. ben carson's in iowa city. carly fiorina has stops in marion, independence and waukon. john kasich is in cedar rapids and marco rubio campaigns in dubuque. ted cruz is still hoping last night's debate wasn't the final one before monday's caucuses. he reserved a technical college -- just in case -- donald trump accepts his challenge for a one-on-one debate. the school says cruz booked it about a week ago -- but the proposed debate with trump never came up. "from the college point of view the sheer numbers are what we available i would think that a debate between cruz and trump would certainly draw more than 500 individuals." western iowa tech says it hasn't heard from the trump campaign since cruz went public with his challenge. today's also a busy day on the campaign trail for the democrats in iowa. yesterday, former president bill clinton spoke at wartburg college -- campaigning for his wife. he talked about the time they met. "she put her books and walked keep staring at me and i'm going to keep starring back, we should at least should be introduced. i'm hillary rodam

here's a look at t me of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... in iowa city -- the call is going out for new street-side food vendors.six -- three-year permits will be gin out -- allowing vendors to sell food from carts i ithe ped mall and on portions of iowa avenue. right now -- five vendors have tive permits -- but they wants to hear from vendors who want to sell food during the day -- instead of nights and weekends.applications are due by february first. today in marion, there's a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the re-opening of ramsey's wine bistro.st august ramsey's began expansion for remodeling.the 4-thirty ribbon cutting will be followed by wine tasting from 5-to-7. there's no cost for the event and the public is invited to stop by. iowa supreme court chief justuice mark cady will give a state of the judiciary address today at the state capitol building.the address will tackle how the judicial branch is moving forward to several different t areas -- like how they're responding to more human trafficking in the state. the speech will begin at 10-

eastern iowa. and you're looking live on our city cam. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a few flurries in the region to start your friday, however, the impact of these flurries should be very minor. nothing measurable is anticipated. clouds should hold at least through the morning with a slow break-up of cloud cover in the afternoon from north to south. highs today should be similar to yesterday and mainly in the mid-20s. this weekend continues to look great with highs well into the 20s on saturday, with mid-30s likely for your sunday. our next system is still on track to move in on monday. with minor snow accumulation s likely, there will probably be slick driving conditions in the area monday and monday night. have a great weekend!toda y: am flurries, m/cloudy high: 22-28 winds: n 5-15 alo: 24 dbq: 25 iow: 26tonight: gradual clearing low: 9-15 winds: n 5-10 alo: 11 dbq: 12 iow: 14tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 26-32 winds: sw 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 27 iow: 29tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 18-24

iowa polls. tomorrow he's campaigning at the blue bunny ice cream parlor and museum in le mars, and at a town hall in sioux city. democratic candidate hillary clinton will stop in eastern iowa again this week. she'll be in iowa city this thursday night with pop singer demi lovato. at 7-30, they'll speak at the iowa memorial union on the u clinton's visit to eastern iowa follows her husband's- former president bill clinton. on friday, he campaigned for hillary in coralville. yesterday, mr. clinton and his daughter chelsea clinton campaigned together at a des moines high school. last night, hillary clinton joined her fellow democratic candidates martin o' malley and senator bernie sanders for two events in south carolina. the trio attended an annual fish fry, hosted by congressman jim clyburn. before that, the candidates spoke at their party's "first in the south" dinner. these events lead into.... tonight's first democratic debate of 20- 16. earlier this week, republicans battled during their first debate in south carolina. tonight's democratic debate starts at 8 on n-b-c. a declaration of team spirit.... broncos fans old - and very, very, young - are showing their supp

jenna: eastern iowa gathered in the quad cities today the 25th annual show farmers got an everything ag related. thousands of products designed to make more efficient, focus on the edge technology. show attendee) "to look at some new care of our horses for my parents some farming and things jenna: ag experts say precision planting systems and navigation systems that help drive tractors are a big hit the farm equipment show runs ain tomorrow until 3pm. jenna: after the break... some die hard fans are braving the elements all in the hopes to see their cyclones play tonight. how long some waited when we return. (fred) snow will move in tonight and tomorrow, and it will be slightly warmer. there could be more snow thursday too! find out how much to expect next! snow? (fred) 1-3" for most of us. fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c the hd radar shows no snow yet. that will be moving in after midnight. here's the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in sioux city. 11 was the high today and -9 the low. highs over western iowa were in the single digits for most of us. single di

caucus stops in iowa, many of the candidates will be in eastern iowa from now until monday night bernie sanders will host events in waverly, iowa city and waterloo over when and where these candidates will be... we have their full schedules on our website, kwwl dot com back to you and..if you need more information on how to caucus, we've put together a segment called "caucus class" for you, thats also on our website new at five - four people are taken to the hospital suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. la porte city police say they were called to a home in the 300 block of spruce street this morning... one person in the home was unconscious, another had a quote "altered mental state" and another felt fine at the time, but then started feeling bad. all three, including an emt who responded to the home were taken to the hospital. a lamont church is now just a pile of debris after catching fire last night. hadn't actually been used as a church in years. it was turned into living quarters in 2010. the owners live next door -- but the fire department says it was neighbors who called to report the emergency. neighbors were also the first

franzman joins us live from the cedadarapids public works s departmentnt dave, the city operates one of vehicles in eastern iowa, so low fuel prices have to help. bruce, the city owns 685 vehicles of various types and more than 500 pieces of power equipment that use gasoline or diesel fuel. from july 1st through december, the cost to fuel everything was 805- thousand dollars. but that's 634-thousand dollars less than the same time period the year before. still, you don't have to operate a fleet to see significant savings. pierson's flower shop has a couple of delivery vans making about 50 deliveries a day and 500 on valentine's day. co-owner rollie pierson figures with current prices the business is saving month on operating costs. and that's definitely enough to notice. "after seeing those 3.50 gas prices, yes those bills are a lot easier to pay at the end of the month " the transportatio n department at college community expects the diesel fuel bills for this bus fleet to come in 120- thousand dollars under budget. but that doesn't necessarily mean cutting the district's fuel budget for next year because pric

candidate hillary clinton is campaigning in iowa today and this evening at 8:30 eastern she'll be speaking to supporters at the university of iowa in iowa city. c-span will have live coverage of her remarks. then saturday c-span will be live at the first in the nation presidential town hall hosted by the new hampshire republican party in nashua. many of the republican presidential candidates will be there along with notable republican leaders and over 1,000 grassroots activists. live coverage begins saturday morning at 10:00 eastern and again that's on c-span. >>> american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. all day saturday and sunday. some of the highlights for this weekend include -- saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with conservative commentator armstrong williams. part of the explorations in black leadership project. >> and we walked in, some of the people recognized my father because he had a strong reputation in the county. just before he was about to be introduced to strom thurmond i extended my hand, i said hello, senator, i'm armstrong williams and i hear you're a

two businesses in an eastern iowa town aren't feeling very lucky. the city of hiawatha is using eminent domain to make them move. that's next a city project is forcing two close... the city wants to move part of an existing intersection in a part of town that's growing. the work would be on north center point road, where robins road and emmons street meet. putting part of that intersection exactly where pour sports and papa's sports bar are sitting right now. kcrg t-v nine's brea love reports on why the go. pour sports pub and papa's sports bar have been in the same spot for more than a decade. "it's a laid back atmosphere, a lot of people from go daddy's next door come over after work. we have a sports crowd that comes out on sundays and saturdays." that's why zoll fought the city for two years to keep them open. in 2014, the city attempted to acquire the land through an agent. zoll refused, and the city was forced to condemn the property through eminent domain. it offered 475,000 dollars in damages, and 5,000 for each business. zoll sued for illegal condem

eastern iowa today. she will be in iowa city with special guest, singer demi lovato. the event starts at 7:30 at the iowa memorial union -- doors open at five. plan on a typical january day with chilly temps into the 20s and more clouds than sun. there may be light fog in some areas, primarily this morning. a dusting of snow is possible tonight as s weak system drifts across iowa, but the nor'easter out towards the coast should gobble most of the moisture - if not all of it. plan on quiet conditions this weekend with highs approaching 30 on saturday with widespread 30s likely for your sunday.louds will be increasing as early as sunday afternoon as our next system approaches from the west. that system will bring snow to the region oomonday, but ii's far too early to assess any amounts at this distance. keep it on your radar though, for school and work on monday. have a great day! today: mostly cloudy high: 23-29 winds: e 5-10 alo: 24 db: 24 iow: 26tonight: chance of light snow low: 13-19 winds: n 5-10 alo: 16 dbq: 15 w: 17tomorrow:w: mostly cloudy high: 22-28 winds: n

year's day.news from two cities in eastern iowa overnight. in one case -- police are investigating a shooting. plus -- many iowa soldiers will spend new year's day on the road to missouri -- to help people there recover from major flooding. and 2016 is justthours old. we're getting a look at the i'm jerry gallagher. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. we have a few clouds tracking through and they may have some flurries with them, but nothing is really organized or causing any widespread problems. it is acting as a blanket and kept temperatures a bit warmer overnight....they are mainlnl in the low 20s this morning, single digits to low teens this morning with winds still 5 to 15 mph from the west. they will stay there much of the day and a few more clouds will degrees into the mid to upper 20ssthis afternoon. other than a i'll have that forecast for you we begin with breaking news this much of the d d and a few ore clouds will track in again this afternoon. 20s this afternoon. other than

eastern iowa. together they'll make stops in big cities like dubuque, cedar rapids, waterloo, and davenport. iowa senator joni ernst says she's excited about caucus night. like some presidential candidates, ernst has been trying to meet with as many iowans as she can in recent weeks. she's hosting several town hall meetings this weekend. ernst says she isn't campaigning for any specific republican, but she has advice for all of them leading up to monday "i'm just trying to encourage all of them to get out and talk to as many voters as possible." just like ernst, we'll be watching to find out the winners! we hope you'll stay with t-v nine for complete caucus coverage monday night. we'll have live reports from des moines and eastern iowa, plus expert analysis of the results. our coverage starts at eight o'clock on kcrg nine point two. then, we'll continue at nine o'clock all the way through our ten p-m news right here on t-v nine. some in university of northern iowa community have formed a political action committee called the panther pac. some university of northern iowa community members have

city police detective. lemm is being remembered in eastern iowa for his service to his country, and his ties to dubuque. staff sergeant lemm grew up in dubuque, before attending high school in nebraska. this is video from wednesday morning in new york city as fellow officers, family, and friends remembered lemm at his funeral inside st. patrick's cathedral. kcrg-tv 9's dubuque bureau chief katie wiedemann met lemm's family as they returned home. on friday afternoon joe lemm's request for people to greet lemm's parents at the airport. 24 hours later, they were surprised with the number friends family and strangers who showed up to honor the fallen solider. as the private plane touched down on the cold dubuque runway, there was a warm welcome inside the airport as lemm's mother, shirley and his father chuck arrived back home. "it's breath taking and it's such and honor for people to come for him for his respect. " complete silence filled the crowded terminal as police officers and military veterans saluted the family. "their son didn't die in vain. there are people there who love him who didn't even know h

eastern iowa today. ben carson's in iowa city. carly fiorina has stops in marion, independence and waukon. john kasich is in cedar rapids and marco rubio campaigns in dubuque. clinton and bernie sanders both have events in dububque. we're looking into how you can get to caucus sites if you don't have a ride. in black hawk county...neither the democrats or republicans will be officially providing transportation. they tell us they're making arrangements for those who need it to ride with other voters. while you can't vote early for the caucuses -- you can for tuesday's school election n waterloo. you can vote absentee on the second floor of the courthouse today and monday -- or request a ballot by mail today as long as you return it monday. some are turning to early voting because of tuesday's forecast -- " sometimes you get distracted. sometimes you forget. so, you have weeks to get around to voting, and you happen to be around during the day, it's just very convenient." election workers say 15 polling places will be open tuesday from seven in the morning -- until 8 at night. a kwwl follow-

now on today in iowa -- breaking news from two cities in eastern iowa overnight. in one case -- police are investigating a shooting. plus -- many iowa soldiers will spend new year's day on the road to missouri -- to help people there recover from major flooding. and 2016 is just hours old. we're getting a look at the sights and sounds of celebrations all over the world. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and m jerry gallagher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven we have a few clouds tracking through and they may have some flurries with them, but nothing is really organized or using any widesppad problems. it is acting as a blanket and kept temperatures a bit warmer overnight... they are mainly in the low 20s this morning, although with drop a bit as the ouds track out this morning. it feels like the single digits to low teens this morning with winds still 5 to 15 mph from the west. they will stay there much of the day ad a few more clouds will track in again this afternoon. highs will climb only a few degrees into the

eastern iowa today... ben carson is in iowa city. while carly fiorina has stops in marion,independence nd waukon.... john kasich is in cedar rapids and marco rubio campaigns in dubuque... ted cruz is still hoping last night's debate wasn't the final one before monday's caucuses. he reserved a technical college in sioux city for saturday night -- just in case -- donald trump accepts his challenge for a one-on-one debate. the school says cruz booked it about a week ago -- but the proposed debate with trump never the sheer numbbrs are what we think would be an issue if there truly was going to be a debate. because having 500 seats available i would think that a heard from tte trump cammaign since cruz went public with his challenge. today's also a busy day on the campaign trail for the democrats in iowa. yesteray, former president bill clinton spoke at wartburg collegee-- campaigning for his "she put her books and walked keep staring at me and i'm going to keep starring back, we should at least should be introduced. m hillary rodamam what's your name? at the moment i couldn't remember." hillary clinton

here's a look at some of eastern iowa's top stories -- on this morning... the city council in iowa city is moving forwrad with the washington street-scape project.they approved a number of *improvements to washington street between linn and clinton streets.right now, the estimated construction cost stands at five-point-one million dollars.work will begin later this year. in hiawatha -- the iowa innovation learning center is closing its doors.it's better known as the cedar rapids science station -- the organization has been teaching science to children since 19-85.the once popular destination for schools was devastated by the floods of 2008. managers tell cbs 2 news its summer camp programs will be run by imagination iowa. and we'd like to remind you again about our live town hall tonight in iowa city."your voice, your future - the iowa impact" will take place at public space one at six.you can attend the event, watch it live on cbs 2, or stream it on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. com.our panel will include both the iowa republican and democratic party *chairs, al

crime is down in one eastern iowa city. cedar falls police reporting a slight drop in crime during 2015. ...continuing a five year trend the largest decreases... theft and vandalism. however there were some areas of increase - including drunk driving. now, let's go to kyle with a look at weather. here's the storm track 7 day forecast. we will have a mostly sunny to partly cloudy weekend monday, followed by cooler temperatures next week. we will we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the latest news you're watching k- w-w-l, we've you know the basic bargain of america is if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. but so many families don't feel like their hard work pays off. that's not the way america is supposed to operate. i want to go to bat for them every single day. get incomes rising... get equal pay for women... cut the cost of health care and child care so people can actually get ahead. hillary clinton, she has what it takes to get things done. hmm