we've got you covered live from the peosta community center. i'm brad hanson, kwwl news. >> ron: hi, brad. thank you very much. you know, the iowa first in the nation precinct caucuses are so important mainly due to the amount of media attention it gets from national media and even world media as we saw from des moines earlier tonight. the fact also the state is considered a swing state almost every election cycle. as you know, iowa became the first major caucus event in the united states really starting in kind of 1972. richard nixon won that year, actually uncommitted and beat ed musky that year and since that rate at predicting which democratic candidate will win the presidential nomination. thinking back to 1976 when jimmy carter went on to win the democratic nomination, but actually finished second to the uncommitted turnout on caucus night that year. going to the republican side, iowa's success rate a little bit better there. right around 50%. you know, it's interesting, i like this observation from a friend of mine. he says to compete in

it was a lighter moment in what was a very impressive night here in peosta. donald trump narrowly edged out marco rubio at this from peosta, brad hanson...kwwl news. now onto the dubuque county democrats...long lines here too. at one precinct...they didnt even start until after "i think anything connected to so if this is the way we do it, than i would want to participate." clinton winning the county by about five percent... some of the candidates visited caucus sites. as kwwl's kristin rogers shows us -- they were making their final pitch to caucus goers. i have to say many of the many people at one location. it was interesting here, there were some candidates on hand to speak to the crowd one last time. ted cruz can be seen in the hallway here personally and so was ivanka trump on even up to the final moment some voters told us they weren't sure what they were going to do. to vote for one of them but i'm before there were thirty precincts here, we even had a volunteer tell us afterwards it was a they got it done, but a huge event here in downtown cedar rapi

many caucus sites around the state, including there in peosta, reporting many having to wait in long lines just to get in. a minor inconvenience, but a great sign for the future of politics we've got you coverd live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. and all three g- o-p sites ended up more crowded than excted. smith says they may look at adding a fourth site during the ne caucus. new at ten --- a man accused of attacking a woman with a hammer is arrested. 43-year-old christopher gruver is charged with felony going armed with intent, domestic assault, and other assault charges authorities say he drove to the home in the 20- thousand block of v avenue in hawkeye and hit the woman, before being stopped by several by--anders. gruver also had multiple warrants through fayette county on theft the fayette county jail. a local man guilty in a deadly crash that killed a 20-year-old is joshua dunt pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and driving uner e influence of perscrition 2014. dunt hit a car head-on -- driven by warren van wie - inashburn. van-wie later die

>> brad: set-up has just started here at the peosta community organizers telling me they are hoping for a big turnout. so far tonight, only a handful of volunteers helping toto set up organizers say about 1700 people showed up for the caucus 2012 in dubuque county and they're thinking tonight's turnoutwill far surpass that number, maybe hit 2,000. this is a county, dubuque county, that went to mitt romney in the last two caucuses, so no matter what happpps tonight, we'll for re see a new winner out of dubuque county tonight. one of the volunteers that's already here tonight, she has not missed an election here in dubuque county fororhe last 50 years. we'll get our take on this election cycle coming up tonight at 6:00. for now, we have you covered live from the peos st. a community cenenr. i'm brad hanson, kwwl news >> ron: thanks very much. covering the republicans, they could have a record turnout there at the community center. as for the democratic side in dubuque county, one of the sides expecting a large turnout tonight is washington middle school in dubuque. one of the precinct cap

it was a lighter moment in what was a very impressive night here in peosta. donald trump narrowly edged out marco rubio at this location, with ted cruz we've got you hanson...kwwl news. now onto the dubuque county democrats...long lines here too. at one precinct...they didnt even start until after 7:40...that's 40 minutes late! "i think anything connected to the voting process in important, so if this is the way we do it, than i would want to clinton winning the county by about five percent... some of the caucus sites seeing visits by candidates. as kwwl's kristin rrers shows us -- they were making their final pitch to voters told me they were excited was a little confusing with so many people at one location. it was interesting here, there were some candidates on ted cruz can be seen in the hallway here personally saying hello to voters, rand paul was also here and so was ivanka trump on moment some voters told us they ben to vote for one of them but i'm here, writing down their choices. look live: as i mentioned before there were thirty precincts here, we e

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well, they almost hit that number here in peosta alone. more than 1700 people packed into the community center here. the line to get in went halfway around the block and much of it tonight standing room only in many of these voters registering for the first time. >> i guess just -- i just wanted to have a say in, like, what's going on go on in my community and the government as a whole. i just wanted to be a part of it and get a feel for what it's like. this is my first election, so i just wanted to see what it's like. >> brad: ben telling me he voted for trump. trump taking this caucus lock very narrowly over marco rubio. ted cruz a third here, and really so strong attendance numbers here. i'm hearing the other two gop precincts here in dubuque also saw strong numbers, so great night for the dubuque county gop. we have you covered here in >> ron: thank you very much. reporting from the community center in peosta on the dubuque county democratic side. things kick off to start with a late start, so kwwl shirley descorbeth live downtown now

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the movie showing is at the peosta campus in the conference center. viewing times are at 6:30 starting today. the kalona community center is old, out-of-date, and ready for a redo. that's according to city leaders pushing for the multi-million dollar bond issue that people will vote on tomorrow. the $3.9 million dollar bond would cost a taxpayer with a home assessed at $100,000 dollars, an extra $92.34 per year. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders tells us what people there would receive for helping foot the bill. this could the future of the kalona community center.these concepts show what the town would be getting for it's investment in the slightly more than 4-million dollar renovation and addition. highlights- a 16-thousand square foot gym. an indoor track. exercise and dance rooms plus, new equipment to replace some of this stuff. "the greatest benefit would be just to have an enhanced going to have the amenities that are going to meet the needs of the youth, new families as they come to town, senior citizens." issues with the community center as it is n

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the movie showing is at the peosta campus in the conference center. viewing times are at 6:30 starting today. the kalona community center is that's according to city multi-million dollar bond issue that people will vote on tomorrow. the $3.9 million dollar bond would cost a taxpayer with a home assessed at $100,000 year. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders tells us what people there would receive for helping foot the bill. this could the future of the kalona community center.these concepts show what the town would be getting for it's investment in the slightly more than 4-million dollar renovation and addition. highlights- a 16-thousand square foot gym. an indoor track. exercise and dance rooms plus, new equipment to replace some of this stuff. "the greatest benefit would be just to have an enhanced space that's going to have the amenities that are going to meet the needs of the youth, new families as they come to town, senior citizens." issues with the community center as it is now are numerous. parts of the building are more than 100 years old. the west win

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