main street office says newbo city market brings in about 3-hundred- thousand people each year. lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of troubled teens in iowa. we look at the steps they're taking to learn what happened in keokuk. badgers and hawkeyes tangled in a tough fight on the court at carver hawkeye arena. we've got highlights from the iowa - wisconsin game in sports. stay with t-v an investigation is now underway into alleged child abuse at a former iowa boarding school for troubled teenagers. and today the house e vernment oversight committee said it'll look into why the school operated without any state oversight. the school was recently closed after allegations a staff member sexually assaulted a student. authorities raided the school january 28th and d e investigation expanded to other possible criminal activity and abuse. "in the past, often when there is an investigation going on, there are sometimes we can't talk to who we want to because they are under investigation by other authorities and so we get what we can take and try to put it together through that."

while many are coming to newbo, one salon is leaving. redhead salon is closing and the team is moving to luxe salon in hiawatha. the owner says she's liked the area, but it's time for a business change. she's looking forward to more parking spots at the new location. "4:30:10 we have e d some issues with parking just with everything coming in down here and so our clients are ready to have - we have a front the salon says in their two years in business, they've seen plenty of changes and new businesses opening in newbo. february is school-based healthcare awareness month, bringing light to the differenen practices inside of schools nation wide. metro care connection provides schools in the cedar rapids community school district with extended care clinics. tv-9's brea love joins us now. brea, one clinic is having an open house tonight? that's right. taylor elementary school is asking the community to celebrate this month by coming out and seeing what they do. for those who don't know, thesese clinics resemble a doctors office, fully staffe

the newbo district in cedar rapids is expanding and welcoming new businesses. that means parking spots are hard to find. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. by afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but it'll be chilly regardless. plan on highs in the mid-30s. tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. there's no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days th sunny sky on saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. a cold front will move through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. the takeaway message for the weekend is this: it'll be fabulous. another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. have a great day!today: turning partly cloudy high:` 33-39 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 35 dbq: 34 iow: 37tonight: partly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: nw 5-

the newbo city market and surrounding neighborhood is booming. this is where people want to go this is where people want to livenew restaurants and businesses will be moving in this spring around the market. one of the businesses that i'm co owner of is brewhemia and that's moving into the nationalbut some say rumors spread the market might close--in regards to the economy it's a struggle for any small business right nownew executive director scott kruger says those rumors aren't true.theyre planning events and connections to help the vendors. the role of the market should play well the best role is to be a hub for small businesses and work togetherhe says he wants to bring back newbos mission: including charity, community, music and art all while being a small business incubatorthe short team goals for us is to build up the infrastructure. we want to help them be business planning letting them success as individual businesseshe wants to provide resources for the vendors and continue to provide a place for familes to comeour goal is to have somet

the building goes up while many are coming to newbo, one salon is leaving. redhead salon is to luxe salon in hiawatha. the owner says she's for a business change. she's looking forward to more parking spots at the new location. with pararing just with everything coming in down here and so our clients are ready to have - we have a front parking lot and a back parking lot." years in business, they've seen plenty of changes and new businesses opening in newbo. february is school-bmsed healthcare awareness month, bringing light to the different practices insisi of schools nation n de. metro care connection provides schools in the cedar rapids community school district with extended care clinics. tv-9's brea love joins us now. brea, one clinic is having an open house tonight? that's right. taylor elementary school is community to celebrate this month by coming o and seeing what they do. for those who don't know, these clinics resemble a doctors office,e,ully staffed with nurse practitioners. it's like having one right on campus. the clinic is availible to anyone

they say the newbo music festival will take place over several days. one day away now from the next test in the presidential nominating process, and candidates from both parties are making their last efforts to appeal to voters in south carolina and nevada. nevada.last night -- john kasich -- donald trump and jeb bush answered questions from voters at a south carolina town halalevent.the other three g-o-p candidates had their chance the night before. republican voters head to the polls there tomorrow. and at the very same time -- and on the other side of the country -- hillary clinton and bernie sanders also talked to voters in a town hall event last night.this one was held in las vegas.nevada democrats caucus tomorrow night.be sure to watch our newscasts here on cbs 2 this weekend for the latest results and reaction. iowa's freshman senator joni ernst will be back in eastern iowa today. today.she's holding two events this morning.first in cedar featured guest at an legislative forum at the double tree.she is also holding a town meeting in tama a few h

since parlor city pub and the newbo city m mket opened, the mayor says development has grown quite a bit. area leaders say the newbo station project is nearing completion and the depot project is well underway. as part of this growth, parking becomes a growing concern. corbett says future developments will include parking in the construction plans. "4:44:31 we are probably going to do more of that where we incorporate parking in the actual building of the construction. we are seeing that with theherst building downtown. the building goes up but there's parking included while many are coming to newbo, one salon is leaving. redhead salon is closing and the team is moving to luxe salon in hiawatha. the owner says she's liked the area, but it's time she's looking forward to more parking spots at the new location. your first alert forecast, justin... it may feel a bit cool this afternoon, but this weather is actually very typical for late february. low clouds will try to break up this afternoon, but a veil of clouds higher up will still keep any sunshine filtered. highs stay in the 30s to

for the first five years, the work will be in newbo and czech village. within five to ten years, work will get underway in kingston village and in the industrial area north of the quaker plant. after that it'll be the downtown, time check, cargill south, and penford areas. kcrg t-v nine's jill kasparie joins us live tonight to explain this. jill, where are these properties that the city wants to acquire located? the city says ultimately there will be about 25 levee system. way that are around this area in czech village. the city saysyst'll replace them and continue with negotiations with the homeowners. this building is not much to look at. since water the flood waters rushed in... 5:26:20 it was to the roof of this bubuding thieves have broken in several times. 5:27:05 i just finally let them pat lang says he's been waiting for the city to make plans. building a flood wall behind this building. i have city fathers were going to do with it because if they built the flood wall in front of it, i was going to tear it down and build a new control program man

loss.today at the newbo city market the non-profit group is warning that falling can actually lead to memory issues. they say falls are the number one cause of brain injuries in iowa.kay graber - a volunteer for the non-profit - says she suffered a brain injury two years ago after falling in her home.graber says she does not remember much about that day but that physical therapy helped 12:38:19"physical thereapy can be very helpful in helping us regain our stride so that we're not shuffling along anymore" kay also recommends making homes safer by clearing throw new tonight five - fighting cancer can apparenlty be done at the gym. science daily just published a study showing a high-intensity workout can help certain cells slow cancer growth. researchers found adrenaline helps activate "natural killer immune cells" to target tumors slow cancer growth. researchers found adrenaline activate naturaliller immune cells to target due morse e slow ththr front. researchers said the discovery was a big surprise and the next step is to increase testing. >>> republican having two days to sway vote

several new businesses and restaurants will soon be moving into the new bohohia district and newbo city market this spring. spring.brew-hemia plans to move into the national, which was formerly the home of rome horse.five ne merchants will move into the market.however, there have been some challenges like a new marketing team, several merchants leaving the market and rumors newbo would close. cbs 2 news found that to be false. this is where people want to go this is where people e nt to live were just even seeing go. this is where people want to live. we are seeing, even a day like today, it's not super nice out but it's bustling. >> organizers say there's plenty of exciting events to look forward to. the festiviv will take place over several days. >> the next test in the candidates in both parties making last efforts to appeal to voters. last night answering questions at a south carolina town hall event. the othethree gop candidates had their chance the night before. republican voters head to the poles there -- polls there tomorrow. >> sanders and -- this one in las vegas. nevada democ

joyous, sctt, and the studio's other instructors will be at newbo n saturday from 10-6. chris, nicole? chris, nicole back to you. tv-9's brea love live in cedar rapids. thanks a lot brea. some cedar rapids high schools want lawmakers to approve more school funding. so they formed a group. members of iowa studentnion at kennedy high school say they want a four percent boost in education funding for next school year. students plan to start chapters at jefferson and washington high school. hundreds o cedar rapids students and their families will be attending the third annual stem festival today. cedar rapids activities there fused on science, technology, engineering, a reality demonstration. the event is free and starts at 4 this afternoon and goes until 8. careers, college choices and our passio 1717ear old ellen schlhlmann is a product of all three. the monticello senior loves to help others - and puts her heart into the classroom and beyond. here is our kcrg-tv9 student of the month, presented by hills bank and trust. silence it's the quiet season at camp courageous. dis

dollars they have decided to start building from the lowest points up, one of those points is the newbo area, levy's will be constructed there this summer. a beautiful weekend in store - but there's snow in the forecast following it. snow. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind diminishes tonight as some sunshine and a light breeze is just a tease to what we cannxpect this weekend. temperatures in the 50s will give most of us spring fever by monday. keep in mind it is still with that said, we are tracking the potential for snow in parts of iowa tuesday. therr is still a lot to iron out, but model guidance is leaning toward a storm tracking across the middle of the country. right now the timing would be tuesday and tuesday night. thth placement and type of precipitation is not set in stone. w are still in the very early stages so there are not to many the concern for exploding e- cigarettes and vaping devices has consumers oncerned. we showed you this video yesterday where a man's e cigarette explodes in his p

. >>> in cedar rapids, three businesses are getting ready to move into their new home in the newbo district. they are leasing the ground floor of the national. . >>> right now coralville city leaders are looking to update the city's sign aj rules. they're looking for your input. between city staff and a donut store regarding the business's original sign plan. >>> street crews are filling in potholes. even if you try to avoid hitting them, your car could be damaged. people spend about 3 hundred llar each year fixes cars because of pothole damame. crews s y they will try to keep up with filling them. >>> if you've lived in iowa for a long time, you know this winter has been easy on the cocoidor. >> so what would be the worst winter iowa has ever seen. here's a special report. terry. >> these days, t tre a a countless pictures and videos of snow. years -- way 80 years ago. check this out. . >> it's called the telephone wire winter. there were mountainsns of snow. in a 1936 des moines register article, the snow was s/ deep according to article and drifts were so high you could touch telephone w

instead the city will start ccser to newbo, a lowewesection more vulnerable to high water. it could also mean doing more smaller projects. but that's not an overwhelming problem. "there's some advantages to it...we cacakeep the money localal and instead of bidding a 50 million dollar project...let's bid seven million dollar contractors and control it better " davis says the flood protection construction this year will amount to about 13-million dollars. getting those federal dollars would mean doing more faster...but at least the work is getting underway. the mayor says he's not ready to ve up on federal dollars for part of the future flood protection and the city will keep after it. but he says it may be time for the city to make plans that don't count on that portion of the funding. live in cedar rapids, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. let's turn now to meteorologist joe winters. it's been great to see some sunshine today. high pressure builds into the area keeping us with a brighter outlook toward the weekend. we stick with partly cloudy skies sunshine returns in full l rce

last year the event happened at newbo city market and drew just more than three thousand attendees. this year, the event grew so much, it expanded to the doubletree convention center. for organizers, it's a chance to bring something out of the ordinary to the area. 03:45:04 "comic conventions are a lot of different things to didiferent people. some people just come to buy comic books, but other people come, they want to dress up as their favorite super hero and show off a little or just hang out with the little kids who are so tonight at ten we'll introduce you to several of the characters who attended today's event. new york city officials say it could take weeks to know exactly what caused a deadly crane collapap. this, as crews begin to clean up the wreckage in dead after a strong earthquake shook southern taiwan. country's largest c cies yesesrday. more than 100 people are still missing among the debris and toppled buildings. today, emergency crews were busy pulling survivors out of the rubble. so far, officials say they've rescued more than 330 people. . investigators in new yo

south, for now, without the federal dollars they have decided to start up, one of those points is the newbo area, levy's will be constructed there this summer. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. while the city needs those federal dollars mayor corbett says they're not waiting on them. they're including flood protection in newly constructed buildings such as the crst building coming up downtown. iowa regulators vote not to let@ a tennessee-based company build a psychiaaic hospital in iowa. the iowa health facilities council voted 2-2 wednesday on the 14 million strategic behavioral health. the company wanted to build the could have cleaner air soon -- and it's allthanks to a very tall type of grass. and - with the regular season winding down, the first place uni women's basketball team controls their own destiny as they get ready for the conference tournament. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your ful forecast, coming up. and when you see neww - or if yy have pictures or

blum's office sponsored this senior wellness fair at the newbo city market in cedar rapids today. about 40 providers offered displays and information for the crowd. the congressman spent his time here talking to vendors and participants. he says some people wanted to talk about navigating federal programs. "i know how big the federal government issue being inside the belly of the beast so to an 80-year-old in iowa negotiating some of these departments to find who the right person is to talk to." the congressman plans to have like this in 2016 with a care fair for veterans set for tomorrow in dubuque at the national guard armory. in a t-v nine update.... a fayette county boy who suffered a stroke after football practice last august was back at school today. this is video from a benefit for 11-year-old chase aeschliman in october. his care page also says he's now out of his wheel chair. and he spent half of the day at school today and will do the same tomorrow. chase has been rehabilitating at a center in ankeny. his care page says he should be home for good on march 11th. in decemb

joyous, scott, and the studio+s other instructors will be at newbo on saturday from m -6. tv-9's brea love live in cedar rapids. thanks a lot brea. the billionaire businessman is a favorite to win today's nevada caucuses, it doesn't hurt that trump's name hovers above the las vegas strip on his tel. still no word on the motive for the shooter who killed 6 people in kalamazoo, michigan. he appeared in court yesterday. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. gogo rning! plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. the wind once again will be non-existent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. the temperatures cool, but only slightly. plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. our next cold front sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. if it does, it appears it'll be minor. have a good day!today: partly cloudy high: 43-49 winds: light e alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 4

she's also 13 weeks pregnant so she studied up on the zika virus which can cause birth defects in newbo newborn. >> i was worried but we couldn't cancel last minute. >> ashley's doctor recommended avoiding lots of repellant. >> we bought it down there. just made sure we lathered up. >> reporter: health officials in pennsylvania and dell care confirm three women traveling overseas came back with the zika virus. >> following all of the cdc guide loins of what they're recommending. >> reporter: in a conference call tonight, officials said there's no risk to the public since zika almost always spread by mos cotoys and far too cold for them. >> tough have the right type of mosquito and i don't believe you have the main mosquito that is spreading this disease predominant. >> reporter: the doctor says it's theoretically possible the local mosquitos spread once it's warm. >> it's unlikely to spread to any significant degree in the u.s. >> reporter: infectious disease specialists did tell me he expects all 50 states to eventually see the virus. meantime, health officials say they'll keep monitor

the newbo city market in cedar rapids got into the valentines day spirit today. guest vendors got a chance to lease space inside the building all day to sell some hand- crafted gifts for the holiday. vendors brought an assortment of items, including tea towels and hand-painted art and furniture. 6:39-:53 "some of ththvendors have gifts for valentine's day, little higher end than what they might normally sell, the more kitschy stuff with hearts, flowers, things like that." guest vendors and market-goers enjoy locally-made food. all of the regular food vendors in the market were openor today's event. once again let's go to chris havely. we are under a winter weather advisory...wha t does that mean for tv9 viewers? clouds will continue to increase move through the evening. after midnight, light to moderate snow will develop across eastern iowa. by sunrise, a dusting up to 2'' of accumulation is possible. snow will continue through most of sunday, before winding down in the evening. total snow accumulations will range from 2-4'' with locally higher 5'' amounts. this

the spirit of valentine's day is bringing eastern iowans to the newbo market inin cedar rapids. yesterday, guest vendors got a chance to lease space inside the building all day to sl hand-crafted gifts for the holiday. those vendors brought in whole bunch of s sff with a v-day thehee, tea towels, hand-painted art and furniture. 6:39-:53 "some of the vendors have gifts for valentine's day, a little higher end than what they might normally sell, the more kitschy stuff with hearts, flowers, things like that." guest vendors and market-goers also got to enjoy locally-made food.d.f you'd like to get some valentines day stuff, the holiday-themed market is open today from 10-to-4. taking love to new heights... a man gets a big billboard surprise, that he's not complaining about today on stay with tv9. it's ---. a winter ather advisory effect for all of the tv9 viewing area until 6 pm this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time look to sta

you can buy sundaes on saturday and sunday at the newbo valentine's market in cedar rapids. they are also available at any of the candy sundae business partners. a complete list of those can be found at a-r-f iowa dot org. if you have a non-profit event or organization you'd like to see featured... send us an e-mail... mugshot at kcrg-dot-com. kaj will be back after the brere with one last look k your door on your wednesday.y. republican presidential candidate donald trump and democrat bernie sanders are celebrating big wins this morning. each won the new hampshire primary by impressive margins. republicans are now looking to south carolina's primary vote on the 20th. the next state for the democrats is nevada. some cedar rapids high school students will travel to des moines today to talk to lawmakers about the importance of education funding. students say this process has taught them how a school's budget works, how to make a persuasive argument and public speaking skills. and today is ash wednesday. it's the start of the lenten season. people t tically attend church servic

gift for your valentine, we'll see what newbo city market has to offer tomorrow on fox 28 morning live.see you at 7. cedar rapids school district leaders are adding their voice to the debate over education funding in iowa, iowa,everyone agrees more money is needed, but the fight at the statehouse right now is over how much. much.cedar rapids schools, the second largest district in the state, is releasing a worksheet showing how much funding is needed just to maintain the status quo.it shows although enrollment is flat, staffing is lower than it was five years ago.the district says it needs a 3-point-7 percent increase from the state--compared to the governor's proposed 2.5- percent hikenow, the district wants parents to reach out to lawmakers and make their voices heard. "we want great learning environment for our students and we want to provide the opportunities and programming that we currently do, and better hope, would be that we could provide even more think in the short term, our conversation is how do we at least have enough funding to provide the equivalent grade experiences that w

blum's office sponsored this senior wellness fair at the newbo city market in cedar rapids yesterday. about 40 providers offered displays and information for the crowd. the congressman says some people wanted to talk about navigating the federal programs. "i know how big the federal government issue being inside the belly of the beast so to speak and i can't imagine being an 80-year-old in iowa negotiating some of these departments to find who the right person is to talk to." the congressman says he plans to have more events like this throughout the year. clear creek amana middle school students are getting used to a newly opened expansion of their school. "17:37:18 it's really awesome. it's nice to be in a new learning environment." voters approved a 48 million dollar bond in 20-13, part of which paid for the middle school project. the new portion includes 23 new classrooms, a new cafeteria, new offices and a new library. week. the construction delays caused the building to open much later than originally planned. "17:11:07 from the very beginning there were issues that threw the tim

blum's office sponsored this senior wellness fair at the newbo city market in cedar rapids yesterday. about 40 providers offered displays and information for the crowd. the congressman says some people wanted to talk about navigating the federal programs. "i know how big the federal government issue being inside the belly of the beast so to an 80-year-old in iowa negotiating some of these departments to find who the right person is to talk to." the congressman says he plans to have more events like this throughout the year. 1 in 10 babies are born prematurely. march of dimes is taking a stance to fund research on what causes these early births. this morning marks the kickoff of cedar rapids' a walk benefiting the march of dimes. kcrg-tv nine's brea love is live at the cedar rapids will hold a breakfast this morning. brea, that starts in just a couple of hours? yes, chris and nicole. things will get started here soon.. it's all in effort to reach the organizations goal of raising 200 thousand dollars to this cause. with the average medial cost for pre-me care being in the 50 thousand d

if you want to learn more about elevate you can see joyous and scott at newbo city market on saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. with t t merger of dow and dupont pioneer... iowa won't have the headquarters... ...but it will maintain one of the three major parts of the new, merged company. that's ahead in our agribusiness report. plus, the takata airbag recall hundreds of thousands of more cars and trucks for recall... agribusinessgood morning, this is the agribusiness report, i'm david geiger. ---- when the companies dow and dupont- pioneer proposed a merger.. as part of the agreement they set the combined compananto split off into three specific and separate companies.. one of which will be an agriculture company.. estimated to take a large part from dupont's ag siness.. on friday.. it was announced johnston, iowa will be a global business center for that ag sector.. the iowa economic development authority put together and approved a a ntract incentivizing that decision with 16 million dollars.. they say there were a lot of selling points.. "you

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