we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: it seems an internet connection will soon deliver all your entertainment services... later this year at&t will start selling cable- like bundles of television...thro ugh a new app. the new service will have directv branding, but without the dish...and create new competition in the television industry. the bundles will includes hundreds of channels like you already get at home. elias: whole foods has recalled maytag raw milk blue cheese nationwide -- over a possible listeria contamination. recent tests done in iowa revealed the presence of done in iowa revealed the presence of listeria bacteria in two lots of products. the recall involves cheese sold in packaging like that shown here. maytag dairy farms suspended both production and distribution while the cause of the problem is determined. whole foods says no illnesses have been reported in connection with the recall elias: teachers, education professionals, and college students in education programs ha

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina elias: on your money now sabrina spring isn't quite in the air, but it could be a good time to spruce up a budget. or put one on paper for the year ahead. mary moloney rounds up some tips for getting started. --reporter pkg-as follows-- just like spring cleaning your home -- now can be a good time to tidy up a household budget. with tax day around the corner -- money is on the minds of many. especially those who have received a refund. don't let that influx of cash throw a spending and saving plan off course. instead -- review your plan - to make sure it still fits your needs. this includes revisiting all the basics. credit-dot-com recommends evaluating all income -- calculating expenses -- identifying the places where you can cut back -- and making sure there's enough left over to stash in an emergency fund. america saves - a campaign of the consumer federation of america - recommends using a digital tool like a smartphone app or spreadsheet to keep track of spending few mont

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ring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's mt accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: strong winds and snow are going to conditions very tough for northern iowa through the morning hours today. the bulk of snow has stayed primarily in northern iowa centered roughly around highway 20, and it will keep pushing eastward through the morning. snow reports have ranged from a dusting around the metro to 4 inches up near fort dodge. the winds will remain strong through the day so even after the snow subsides we may still have low visibility and drifting from blowing snow. highs today under the cloud cover and north winds will only be able to climb into the low 30s with lows falling to around 20 tonight. tomorrow looks cloudy again with another wave of precipitation expecte

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 temperatures wi

she had a few laughs after her performance and proudly clarksville, iowa." "iowa, iowa" "iowa." "clarksville, iowa." "blake shelton just said clarksville, iowa." dad -"she is iowa born and am glad she stuck to that." maddie 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. the time now is home is where the heart is -- and many milennials no longer have their heart set on renting. a look at where the housing market could take us... next. market. diana olick tells us many millennials are out shopping -- thanks to very low mortgage rates and a better job outlook. they're still unpacking boxes, but alex hoffspiegel and atlanta home long term. "to me once we got married i and have our own family." they've been married attorneys began looking for a home a year ago, knowing that finding the right home and qualifying for a mortgage would both be tough. "i think we knew that it would be little bit difficult. i had no idea how intense the underwriting process is and how much t

how the conversation has changed here in iowa, and what political analysts are noticing among iowa voters. >> the most-watched morning news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. elizabeth: cap the first snowy cold day of march. eric: kind of feels like february still. we have about a dozen schools crawling at the bottom of the screen. that will affect travel probably in the northern part of the metro. metinka: the wind is blowing around at three to four inches of snow they picked up last night good news, the snow is winding down with some left over from clarion through fort dodge it is heading to the east and southeast at so far we've seen a trace of snow. watch for slick spots mainly to the north and grab warm coats. 24 now in des moines, we have wind chills near five heading for highs near 32. parts of iowa are waking up to some snow covered roads. this is a live look out on the roads from 511ia. just the northern part of the state is being affected right now. northeast iowa roads are completely covered, that's the pink. blue means partially cove

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

"the hawkeye" burlington, iowa, the oldest newspaper in the state in iowa. an editorial in iowa's oldest newspaper, as i indicated, "the burlington hawkeye." the misstep is an unprecedented decision by the senior senator from iowa and the republican leader to deny the president to fill the current supreme court vacancy. the editorial ends with this declaration -- and i quote -- "a few weeks back when the longest tenured senator from iowa passed a vote we lauded his service to us. we noted in casting votes on matters before the senate, he was doing what iowans elected him to do. we gave grassley an atta boy for that. we take it back. we take it back. that's a blistering statement. a revealing statement, a substantive statement. we take it back. there's a lesson that senator grassley and my republican colleagues should learn from this editorial. by refusing to give president obama's supreme court a meeting, a hearing, or a vote, they are banning the oath of office they swore when they became a united states senator. this abdication of their constitutional resp

we are iowa." jack: an ankeny mom and her teenage daughter are faces on the big screen - but not for glitz and glamour. alisha morton shared her 14 year old daughter morgan sellers' experience with bullying earlier today on the "steve harvey" show on local 5. stephanie: morgan says she was called fat by her classmates at northview middle school in ankeny, and despite complaints of the bullying to school officials, the insults didn't stop. and that's when morgan's mom stepped in. " i picked her up from school one day, and she told me the day that i picked her up that she wanted to die. and i had enough at that point. i said morgan where is the boy at, and she said that he was in the school, and so i wanted to speak with him. and everything owuld still lecture him. then all of the sudden a girl, who had nothing to do with the situation, had gotten up, got directly in my face, and i said no, get out of my face. i just put my hand out, and at that point she had thrown back her arm and otok a swing at m

iowa fans had four fine seniors to send off... adam woodbury, jarrod uthoff, mike gesell and anthony wanted to go home without both solving this losing streak and preventing indiana from wrapping up the big ten title. these guys... focused on trying to avoid the slow starts that have been plaguing them. 1st half. clemmons buries the 3. hawks lead by 1 early. but the hoosiers shoot well again... 8 threes... 47-41 indiana going into break. second half, hoosier lead widens to 14 before the loud crowd helps iowa stage a come-back. nicholas baer, the walk-on, hits a three, and iowa ties the game. but great players, make great plays at crunch time. yogi ferrell hits the three... iowa doesn't go away. down 3, no. indiana wins the outright big ten title, 81-78. iowa has lost four straight..five of its last six. no team in the nation has fallen farther, faster than the hawkeyes. today the spotlight turns to girls hoops...there are teams we care about in basically every single game, today. 10 am - pella vs. lewis central 11:45 am - harlan v

what ames and iowa state are planning to do. and senator grassley is set to meet with president obama. what they are set to discuss today at the white house. elizabeth: and his year in space return home to earth. and more of the incredible images from his history making all ahead when we return. elizabeth: right now, presidential meeting. iowa senator charles grassley is set to meet with president obama today. what's on the agenda for this eric: it's super tuesday. the states that have to get out and what's at stake for candidates. alyx: donald trump and hillary clinton are poised to lead. but how is that changing the conversation for iowans? that answer straight ahead. >> the most-watched morning news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. happy first day of march. state capitol building. it is blustering. traffic going to be bad. there. with three or four inches of snow in northern iowa. we have barely seen commute falling with snow through ankeny spreading toward bondurant and altoona.

of iowas g-d-p. so it's no wonder most iowans support the renewable fuels standard - or r-f-s. a new des moines register poll shows 71-percent of iowans favor r-f-s - the 20-07 law requires a certain amount of biofuels to be blended into gasoline. 21-percent of iowans survey opposed it... 8-percent were not sure. the r-f-s can be a politically divisive issue... supporting ethanol enough while the presidential candidate was in iowa.. the ethanol industries say they support 47,000 jobs in iowa the local restaurant industry says it's looking to hire five thousand workers this year, after good sales in 20-15... today, the iowa restaurant association held a career fair at the iowa events center... at least thirty five restaurants were interviewing job seekers. positions include servers, managers, kitchen staff, and dishwashers... iowa's restaurant industry expects sales to exceed $4.2 billion this year.. perhaps, we saw the creations of some of iowa's greatest future chefs today. they showed what they cou

iowa's low animal protection rating doesn't sit well with one iowa senator... what he is doing about it... and why the laws were written the way they are... super tuesday... republicans are scrambling for support before an important day in politics. how they're attacking the frontrunner, and why governor branstad is joining in. from who h-d iowa's high definition leader..this is the channel 13 news at good evening. i'm lynn melling. thank you for joining us. in like a lion... doesn't exactly describe the start to march here in central iowa.. but it may be a different story for part of northern iowa.. snow is falling tonight.. meteorologist brett mcintyre has the latest on what we can expect by morning.. hi brett... skies are cloudy and temperatures have dropped back to the 40s. a winter weather advisory begins at 6 pm. a light rain snow mix will develop through 9 pm. it will transition to all snow by 11 pm. it will continue through early tuesday morning. 1 to 2" of snow looks to fall in the metro, but should be done by the morning drive in. it will be colder an

experiences available in iowa city. next on the fox 28 news at nine.. nine..an education in iowa.how one group of students foreign to this country are getting a very special lesson -- when the fox 28 news at nine continues. nice' gets tossed around a lot. but one group of foreign ststents at the university of iowa found out how true it is. is.fox 28 news reporter steffi lee shows us how it's helping one group of students from japan. japan.in tonight's voices of diveveity report. port. it sounds like tongue twisters. i want to learn some cultures of america - reading, speaking and writingand it's part of the reading, speaking and writing skills these ten japanese students are learning in this university of iowa english class.they're change students from yamanashi university - students like yukari kosaka are here learning what's in high demand. i think what the world needs now is a person who can speak english and english is a very and i want to study english and i want to be a good enenish speaker.r.for the three weeks t

iowa and more. "there's a pending action against the memorial foundation of allen hospital ...they might have used those funds for very good purposes, but, they were customer funds, and it's my view they should be returned." wasendorf sent kwwl this letter from his prison in terre haute, indiana. he did agree to do in interview for this story, but, the prison warden denied all of many interview requests. but, in his letter, wasendorf said he received one christmas card last year, and he also said this: if you have the opportunity, please express how very sorry i am for the problems i have caused in the cedar valley. "he certainly did express extreme remorse for the victims. 'there's no question, we learned a lot, and we're a then we were then." there are now new rules in place to help protect customers. you can learn more about that -- plus see the letter wasendorf sent ron -- just to go to our website -- kwwl- dot-com. decision 20- 16....today's the day that can reveal which candidates have the bes

"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 been keeping an eye on the numbers for you this morning. and the front plate debate. iowa lawmakers are considering a change which would help some car lovers...but police aren't thrilled about the idea. here's a live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today is . good morning, i'm ally crutcher.

iowa plays big ten leader indiana, and it's senior night in iowa city. four starters play their final game in carver-hawkeye arena: anthony clemmons, mike gesell, jarrod uthoff, and adam woodbury. channel 13's john sears is at carver- hawkeye arena, where it's still nearly 2 hours to tip. we'd talk to john, but like so many right now, he's lost his voice, but feeling fine. tonight's game between iowa and indiana is completely sold out. john will quietly bring us highlights and post game interviews later. iowa's fading hopes of sharing the title with indiana rely on a win tonight. the hoosiers have two games on iowa and three other big ten teams. the principal charity classic just got more colorful. two time major winner john daly commits to play des moines champions tour event. daly turns 50 in late april, the classic tees off at wakona the first finally tonight... first it was "smudge" somehow dialed 9-1-1 last week from the ames pet hospital. the responding officers made him unless there's an emergency. but smudge didn't get off without any punishment

northern iowa, you are waking up to five degrees. clouds are rolling in a cross far western iowa. the chance for sprinkles. a chance for light snow across northeast iowa. the winds will be called. it will stay cool with highs close to 43. elizabeth: the caucus may be over but there's still one presidential candidate in the state. griff the bulldog is drake he's also running for president and wants voters to know he declared his candidacy first. last week two other division one bulldog mascots jumped into the race georgetown's jack and , butler's blue. we talked to griff tuesday about life on the campaign trail when he stopped by our studios. clerks it is been a year since you have taken this role. how are you liking it? you have taken this role. how are you liking it so far. it is hard work, isn't it? the campaign experience and grassroots support required to win. but just to be safe he is seeking celebrity endorsements on twitter in this 3 dog race. eric: teenaged chefs in central iowa put their talents to the test. the 2016 iowa prostart invitational kicked off tuesday morning.

today in iowa snow is moving across northern iowa this morning. that is where we saw 3 to 4" of snow overnight. snow covered roads are an issue in the northern part of the state. the winter weather temperatures will reach 30 degrees through noon and winds will stay strong from the north at 10-15 mph. i-80/35 @ west mix i-235 @ keo first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. first on 13. two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. but for correctional officers... the escape feels like deja vu. michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. the two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newton's facility in just one month. 28-year-old edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. he was captured a day later in des moines. now the department of corrections says it can't say for sure whether the latest escapees pose a threat to the public. 'mo

let's head down to meteorologist center of iowa. ad lib wx quick overnight snow fell in northern iowa with totals ranging from 1" in ames to as much as 4" in fort dodge. the highest totals fell in northeast iowa with 5" in spots there. the weather will be mostly cloudy and windy the temperatures will be chilly in the upper 20s and call it march madness. seven states....and hundreds of delegates up for grabs... voters are already taking to the polls this super tuesday....the most crucial day of the election, so far. .... here's a live look at a polling place at a price chopper grocery store in massachusetts where voters are now casting their votes.... hillary clinton is looking at winning every state except senator bernie sanders' home state of vermont. on the republican side, all eyes are on texas... the only state where tex cruz leads in the polling over donald trump. tracie potts has a look at what we can expect. senator bernie sanders... nat sot "yeah, we know who you are!" voting back home in vermont this morning - the one state

back in iowa -- governor terry branstad says he is *not ready to support a presidential candidate. candidate.but he did weigh in on new jersey governor chchs christie's decision to support donald trump last week. week. "i think it was a brilliant move... it was a strategically good move. i am not intending to make an endorsement in the near future. we'll have an tuesday."after super ttuesday." tuesday."christie was the first former candidate to back trump's white house bid.trump also got the backing of alabama senator jeff sessions at a rally earlier this week. now moving on to the democrats, hillary clinton is hoping for a big day in the southern part of the u-s, ere she most recently won south carolina. carolina.takakg a look at the current delegate count between the two candidates -- clinton is well out in front -- but that's mostly due to her edge in super delegates -- which are party leaders who can choose whichever candidate they want. want.the latest polls show clinton leading in three key states that have nearly 450 delegates combined.bernie sanders has been campapaning hea

in the studio nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. stephanie: once again if you know anything about the whereabouts of michael amodeo or jessy foley ... you are asked to call 911 jack: it's a story you first saw here on local 5, and there's a new development tonight. jack/2shot: grand view university's star wrestler andrew long was dismissed today. school leaders say he violated a code of conduct contract. stephanie: it's strange timing, because last night here at local five we aired a lengthy piece about long's unlikely addition to the vikings' roster. he had previously wrestled for iowa state and penn state, but was kicked off because of legal problems off the mat. while at penn state, he was accused of guilty to indecent assault and served nine months in prison. but the grand agreed to give him another chance. but with some strict rules about his behavior. today we've learned he violated those. local five's elias johnson picks up our coverage in the digital media center. elias johnson what a difference a weekend can make - before a

, oldest newspaper in iowa. that is what they said. that is the headline. the misstep referenced here is the unprecedented decision to deny the president the right to fill the current supreme court vacancy. but it ends with this declaration : a few weeks back the longest tenured senator from iowa passed a vote, casting votes on mount before the senate was doing what i was elected him to do. we take it back. we take it back. that is a blistering statement, revealing statement, a substantive statement. we take it back. there is a lesson the sen. grassley and my republican colleagues should learn from this editorial. by refusing to give president obama supreme court nominee a meeting, hearing, or vote they abandon the oath of office this war when they became a united states senator. this will epitomize the work in the united states as a senator. whatever they may have accomplished will be secondary. remember, our job is here to vote. that is what we saw to do. the constitution is clear on this issue. so the stakes

after all, this is iowa. today marks exactly one year since iowa's gas tax increase took effect. many people haven't given it much thought because prices have been so low. the ten-cent tax hike kicked in march first of last year after lawmakers approved it. it was expected to bring in about 215 million dollars a year to help fix roads and bridges across the state. the dot predicted black hawk county would get about 845-thousand dollars. the county engineer says one improving gravel roads. they're also looking to bank a lot of the money for future projects. coming up... we preview senior night for the iowa hawkeyes... and another iowa native had a native had a special senior moines. eastern iowa schools in class two-a and three-a take the floor at wells fargo arena. kwwl's zach grant has an eye on the action today and he brings us up to speed. rick take pkg zach grant: hey thanks rick quarterfinals with undefeated quarter regals cammy verducci drains a three from the corner regina took a 36-25 lead into the half kennedy brown up ahead to sarah it as close to five at one point... h

todanow on today in iowa... the largest financial fraud in iowa history. this morning, a special report from kwwl's ron steele. photographer at a campaign rally being slammed to the ground by a secret service agent. and after nearly a year in space, a u-s astronaut is preparing to come back down to earth today. 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. winter weather advisory continues this morning over much of the kwwl viewing area. we will have another band of snow track through the northern counties with light snow/sleet possible to the south. iowa dot cameras are showing that some roads remain

iowa city. from light snow or flurries linger high temperatures will be in the upper 20s and low 30s...far from the 60s we had saturday. blowing snow is expected toniniht and tuesday with a north chance snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared to tonight (monday night). similar snow amounts and timing with this round of snow compared bernie madoff....m-f global and p-f-g....three large financial scandals, which garnered a lot of national attention. russ wasendorf's pfg fraud is the largest financial fraud in iowa history. $215-million dollars, stoon from thousands of customers of cedar falls-based peregrine financial group---p-f-g. if not for the move to electronic bank account balance verification, russ wasendorf, senior, might still be enjoying, what turned out to be his imaginary empire. "he loved having a skybox for bears games and a have everything. ceo of pfgbest." ." the man said to have the golden touch. "this was not a very everything he invested in was a loser." founder

stacey: losses last week mean a drop in the polls for both iowa and iowa state. sports director andy garman has more on that coming up. and why tonight's game is a one-of-a-kind for several cyclone players. the girls take over the iowa event center this week. day one of the high school basketball tournament. reporter: and see how coffee of around in tonight's this is this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 6:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin and sports director andy garman. steve: right between ames and des moines, there's a new coffee shop on highway 69. stacey: along that stretch, you can find plenty of places for coffee . but this week, eric hanson shows us why coffee and scones aren't as important as the iowans behind the counter. this is iowa. reporter: brewing coffee is simple. >> we're at about 416 degrees. reporter: but a year ago, brian dannenmueller didn't even know that. >> i thought it just came from a can, folgers, you know? reporter: today, every bean of freedom blend coffee goes through him. >> roast

in iowa. and state lawmakers are still fighting to oversee the program. would put control of the program in lawmaker's hands. the over hall w w scheduled for debate today but leaders are now delaying that discussion. it's not yet clear when the senate will take up the issue again >>> cbs 2 news is learning new details in the interference visin allegedly refused to pull over so deputies could question his stepson about a drunk driving hit and run.he blamed his actions on a diabetic event.now, the university says visin reported the incident to his superior, but that information was not given to the iowa board of regents.visin is being considered as the permanent of regions. this is being csidered as the permanent head of the department >>> now 10 at 10:00 continues. construction. today crews began clearing trees near the side of the new north liberty high school. the construction will impact north liberty road north of debuk street. this project is expected to take about four months >>> in iowa

we are iowa" : lucas: welcome back. let's turn to your money now lucas: spring isn't quite in the air, but it could be a good time to spruce up a budget. or put one on paper for the year ahead. mary moloney rounds up some tips for getting started. --reporter pkg-as follows-- just like spring cleaning your home -- now can be a good time to tidy up a household budget. with tax day around the corner -- money is on the minds of many. especially those who have received a refund. don't let that influx of cash throw a spending and saving plan off course. instead -- review your plan - to make sure it still fits your needs. this includes revisiting all the basics. credit-dot-com recommends evaluating all income -- calculating expenses -- identifying the places where you can cut back -- and making sure over to stash in an emergency fund. america saves - a campaign of the consumer federation of america - recommends using a digital tool like a smartphone app or spreadsheet to keep track of spending over the course of a few months t

listing iowa 5025 bridges with sub structure or its deck.a big contributor is iowas rural roads.thats were you find a lot of bridges with little traffic. "we're still trying to figure out what to do with some of those big old bridges that are on very low volume roads it's har to put half a million day."tune in tonight at ten oclock to learn more about the condition of bridges in cedar rapids and the progress of work on iowas bridges.covering the corridor joe huisinga cbs 2 news. more construction is underway in north liberty. today, crews began clearing trees from near the site of the new - - liberty high school.the construction is taking place along north liberty road north of dubuque street.crews will start laying down pavement and widening the road and that will occasionally reduce ttffic to one lane.city officials say they anticipate the city to grow and want to be ahead of the associated traffic growth. "as north liberty grows as coralville grows into that area there's going to be more traffic and we're getting ready to accommodate that traffic and hopefully get ahead of it a lit

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

but iowa law enforcement is skeptical. they say removing the front license plate would make it harder for them to do law enforcement use front and rear license plates for tracking vehicles in iminal investigations. t ty also say vehicles with two license plates better help eople involved in amber alerts. "you take that front plate off, it makes it tough to get that identification and feedback from the public. 12:34 12:35 you've got several vehicles with similar make and model and color, the only thing that distinguishes them is that cense plate. " the iowa automobile dealers association supports this bill, saying new cars aren't made with holes for a front license plate. the iowa d-o-t hasn't taken a position on the issue. nationwide, 19 states do not require a front license plate. the mount vernon city council is thinking about banning nicotine in parks and outdoor facilities. at the last council meeting, the city's parks and recreation board presented a resolution for adopting such an ordinance. the coalition, "rural com

"iowa, iowa" "iowa." "clarksville, iowa." "blake shelton just said clarksville, iowa." it is one of the proudest moments for maddie's dad. dad -"she is iowa born and raised. that is important to her and even out in l.a., that was important to her, her roots. i am glad she stuck to that." hartman "and although maddie clarksville, as you can see, are still bursting with pride." lady "i know the kids all over it was so neat. they chattered about it the whole time." for now - -maddie is focused on high school giving up the dream just yet. one thing maddie told me over and over - - she is just so grateful for the experience and the support of everyone her in iowa. she was such a delight to speak with today - - certainly someone to watch for in the future. we've got you covered . .. jessica hartman kwwl news. and you can catch the voice right here on kwwl select days at seven p-m. coming up on kwwl... a woman survives after getting stuck in the middle of a tornado. plus.. a new report shows child sexual abuse allegations against more than 50 priests and bishops.. here's a liv

>> the most-watched news at noon in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at noon. super tuesday is in full swing in a dozen states as both republicans and democrats head to the polls. this is the biggest single day of voting in the entire nominating process. the front-runners on both ballots are hoping to erase any their party's nominees. weijia jiang reports from washington. weijia: voters are lining up at polling stations on super tuesday in what is expected to be a record turnout. polls show donald trump with a significant lead over his opponents in most of the 12 states holding republican primaries and caucuses, but pollsters say those numbers may be low. frank luntz: because there are some people who still won't acknowledge they're supporting him, but they can't wait to vote for him. weijia: senator ted cruz believes he'll win his home state of texas hoping to make it a two-man race. sen. ted cruz: what we will see, i believe, is donald trump and me coming out both with a significant chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind.

the loud crowd helps iowa come- back. nicholas baer, the walk-on, hits a three, and iowa ties the game. but great players, make great yogi ferrell hits the three! iowa doesn't go away. down 3, peter jok can tie it! no. indiana wins the outright big ten title, 81-78. iowa has lost four straight, five of six. #22 west virginia too much for iowa state, even at hilton coliseum. back to back threes by the mountaineers, it's all west virginia, 82-57. day two girls state basketball, and like day one, the girls compete against a college basketball senior night for attention, but today, far more central iowa teams took the court. that includes ballard, a team with a reserved parking spot at state. bombs away against keokuk. taylor larson for three. bombers up by one. then gabbie doud surrounded by half of nevada shows up to see the champs play sioux center.. surprisingly, the cubs trail early. cubs lexi koudelka kuh-del-kuh scores to tie sioux center at 22. 2nd half starts with a barrage of cub three's. abby stephenson starts the

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iowa's largest newspaper. i hope the chairman of the judiciary committee doesn't continue down this path. it will not benefit him, his committee, the senate, the state of iowa or this great country. instead he should follow the example of his predecessors and give president obama's supreme court nominee a meeting, a hearing and a vote. he simply should do his job. if he doesn't >> >> history will never forget this step by grassley. >> weld madam president another day and another tantrum from the minority leader. but it doesn't matter how much the minority leader jumps up and down how much he stomps his feet, we will not let liberals fear getaway to denied the american people an opportunity to be heard. letting the american people decide was a reasonable approach. a fair approach and historical. as the other side had advocated the issue is of the of their foot in with the american people deserve they deserved an opportunity and responsibility to do it right instead of rushing to a judgment. to have a reasonable

no precip across central iowa. clouds are increasing across southwest iowa. these clouds will be streaming in here with once again a chance for snow coming overnight tonight here it here is futurecast. by 6:00 p.m., there could be if you hit or miss sprinkles here it flurries across eastern parts of the state. north and east of the metro, that is where the snow chances will be from fort dodge overthrew waterloo. this will continue over midnight. we will be tapering back down to a couple of flurries. we are heading for a big warm up after that. not much in the way of accumulation expected. about a half inch of snow from fort dodge and upward of two to four inches of snow to the east central part of the state. right now, no new snow is falling. the wind chill now in des moines, a cold 10 degrees. we will have sprinkles and evening. a light wintry mix tonight. to the north. morning flurries. it is going to be a chilly day. friday looks pretty good with 50's and 60's over the weekend. next week, how about thundershowers and 60's. metinka: let's check in on the co

iowa and iowa state both fall in the new ap poll. the hawkeyes drop from 8th to 16th after losing to wisconsin and ohio state. iowa hosts number-12 indiana on tuesday. isu falls four spots to 21st. the cyclones are hosting oklahoma state for senior night. kansas is the new number-1. georges niang, jameel mckay and then tonight on news four at ten.... a sioux city resident shares what he does to prevent lead poisoning. and the details on a program that removes lead hazards in homes. 20 wind: tomorrow: morning flurries? thanks for joining us tonight... et is up next... don't forget to go to ktiv-dot- com for all of your news, >> it's the oscars. >> where anything can ha >> anything can happen. >> "e.t" with the winners, partying all night long. >> this is the os to be here is to be part of history. >> and leo home oscar gold, what his mom told us. everything you didn't see.

there's drainage systems that keep iowa farmland f fm becoming swamped. but runoff sometimes carries harmful chemicals into the v this is the rigination of the main open ditch of drainage district 2 and 51.they carry water in calhoun and ac counties in rural northwest into the racoon river -- and district 2 and 51 are partially ground zero for the des moines water work lawsuit saying districts just like these are polluting iowa's water -- way too much. much. their whole message is that agricultural drainage is a public nuisance. that's what the law suit alleges.kristine tidgren at the iowa state center for agriculture law and taxation says these specific districts are targeted because there's nothing else around that could be putting nitrate into the water -- except agriculture.run off created by farmland is one of the only discharge methods exempt from clean water act permits regulating what gets put into water supplies -- and charging a fee for it.bill stowe at des moines water works says it's time for that to change. change. des moines waterworks has e

at the iowa capitol, all women and iowa could soon have access to birth control. lows pills to be giviv out wiwiout eight doctors prescription. it does not require any age limits or requirements for parental environments. this is for girls under 18. this would reduce unplanned pregnancies and it now moves into the house where it faces an uphill battle. >>> more and more iowa business leaders are throwing their support behind a comprehensive medical cannabis bill. the group says 95 prominent business leaders have signed a letter in support of the bill that would make the substance available to mororpatients with medical conditioio. those offering their support span several industries from real estate and insurance to publishing. they believe the bill will provide sasa and consistent quality medicine and now is the time to help families. >>> i what is known for its farming industry but the state is now getting attention from its use of wind farms. nation to get more than 30% of its electricity from wind. that the head of the national rate which is still below 5%. go

iowa plays big ten leader indiana, and it's senior night in iowa city. four starters play their final game in carver-hawkeye arena: jarrod uthoff, and adam woodbury. adam woodbury, four year starter also, honored all big ten player, jarrod uthoff, the transfer from wisconsin. sold out crowd, let the seniors, like anthony clemmons and mike gesell really hear it. fran mccaffery not a fan of these ceremonies before a big game, and tonight won't change his mind. 1st half. clemmons buries the 3. hawks lead indiana by 1 early. more from deep. gesell from downtown. hawks lead 8-5. and they stay outside. jarrod uthoff hits the 3. back and forth in the 1st. but the hoosiers hit 8 threes in the first half to lead 47-41. iowa indiana iowa's fading hopes of sharing the title with indiana rely on a win tonight. the hoosiers have two games on iowa, and three other big ten teams. iowa state, even at hilton coliseum. back to back threes by the mountaineers, it's all west virginia, 82-57. day two girls state basketball, and like day one, the girls compete against a colle

the iowa regents say they never heard about an incident involving the university of iowa's interim public safety director and his driving crash. the associated press obtained records showing public safety director david visin refused to pull over for police while driving his stepson, sean crane, in june. officers were looking for crane after his truck hit two cars in a parking lot outside a bar. instead of stopping, records show visin dropped crane off at a gas station and then left before officers arrived. visin says he's diabetic and needed to rush home to control his blood sugar. the regent's subcommittee on campus safety didn't find o o about the incident until the a-p broke the story yesterday. interviews started today for applicants who want to sit on the dubuque county board of supervisors. a total of 25 people are vying for one vacant seat on the board. the seat opened up when supervisor tom hancock died in late january from an apparent heart attack. treasurer, and recorder, is interviewing the 25 candidates before making a decision. that decision could come next week. kcrg t-v ni

in iowa, that group cost the state more than 622 million dollars last year alone. but it's care that can't be 22:37:27 "there is no way to save money with those programs unless you absolutely deny entrance into the program, you cut back on services, or you pay the providers less." inside kansas hospitals.. 23:48:27 "it was overwhelming for us." administrators say the system is confusing. 23:55:43 "learning all the different requirements the three mco's ask of us, it was difficult at first. and then once you feel like you can manage that, they begin to change and give us different requirements. you are continually trying to stay on top of the new rules." nats of calculator that confusion leads to more denied claims, forcing providers here to hire more staff. ultimately costing hospitals more money. but it's also hurting services to patients. 02:55 "there was one line of we just stopped doing because we could not figure out what the mco's wanted." the iowa department of side is where mco's here are looking to cut costs - through outcomes like fewer er visits and coor

they belong to the the western iowa survivors of homicide or wish unit. "we bridge that gap between, in the criminal justice system between law enforcement, between the families," said kirk nielsen, director of the wish unit. "i want to make sure they're up to date and informed of everything that's transpiring with the case of their loved one." homicide victims or victims of violent crimes. nielsen reached out to ford the day afafr she lost her husband. "if you don't have any g gdance lili this or support, yoyofeel left out," said ford. "and you feel not only like you have no control once the accide happens. but you have no control over what's going to happen in the legal system." that support doesn't just come at home or over the phone. nielsen even sat in court when ford faced her husband's killer. "most victims surprisingly do a good jb because it's their one time now they can have some closure and they can actually state to the defendant how it's impacted them," said nielsen. and, while ford doesn't knkn if she'll ever get full closure, working with n

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we are iowa." brad: weather adlib: winter has roared back into the picture on the first day of march, but can we expect any lamb-like weather in our future? well, the answer is yes! tonight will be cold though with clearing skies and temps falling into the 10s. at least the winds will be calming down in systems. however, our next weather system will take long to come our way with clouds increasing quickly during the day wednesday. there could be some light rain showers developing over the metro by late in the day and into the early evening with snow developing again north of the metro. brad stephanie: jack: jack: joins us now-- and jon girls are at state-- boys trying to jon: that's right guys-- a great night of hoops around central iowa. coming up on local 5 sports we start at the well where quarterfinal action runs through tomorrow night. we have 3a and 4a highlights when " now, jon: for the first time in school history the nevada cubs are at the state tournament back to back seasons. they're def

iowa and more. against the memorial foundation of allen hospital ...they might have used those funds for very good purposes, but, they were customer funds, and it's my view they should be returned." wasendorf sent kwwl this letter from his prison in terre haute, indiana. he did agree to do in interview for this story, but, the prison warden denied all of many interview requests. but, in his letter, wasendorf said he received one christmas card last year, and he also said this: if you have the opportunity, please express how very sorry i am for the problems i have caused in the cedar valley. "he certainly did express extreme remorse for the victims. 'there's no question, we learned a lot, and we're a better regulator now, then we were then." there's now new rules in place to help protect customers. they're included in the extended our website, kwwl dot com. coming up... a year-long out of this world study comes to an end. plus...seems one business is serving up a slice of politics as voters decide on

the 22-year-old works in sales for iowa information inc. in sheldon. the republican is a 2015 graduate of northwestern college. in a press release, wheeler said kooiker encouraged him to run. people in orange city, iowa are voting today whether to pay for a new fire station. the fire department wants to spend 3-point-5 million dollars to expand the existing station, which dates back to 1973. fire chief dennis vanderwel says it's too small for today's needs. he also says there's a lack of ventilation that exposes the firefighters to high levels of diesel exhaust. polls are open until eight o' clock tonight at living waters church in orange city. it's the biggest day, so far, in the race for the white house: super tuesday. democrats and republicans are voting in 11 states. steve handelsman has more from houston << nats texas senator ted cruz cast his (s/ sen. ted cruz / (r) presidential candidate :05- :08) "any candidate who can not win his home state has real problems" state polls show cruz with a lead over donald trump. mos - texas voter :12-:20 "i vot