"this snow..it's very heavy, it's def. more dense than any snow i have shoveled. nats " i really have nothing else to do since it's a snow day." so whether you're traveling by foot or car- be careful out there. it's iowa. we've really been lucky this year...so far but we aren't done yet..(knock on i also spoke with the black hawk county sheriff's office who responded to multiple accidents all day today. they say take your time out there- as roads may stil be we've got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. the weather also causing some power outages in eastern iowa early this morning. mid-american says about 1,000 customers in black hawk county were without power this morning from continuing coverage... a local business in the cedar valley is closing its doors. according to a flier sent out to residents - - simpson furniture with locations in cedar falls and ccalville says it will be closing bothhlocations. the stores were closed today - - in preration for what simpson called its biggest sale ever. kwwl has reaed out - - but was not able to reach anyone for comment. the beat continues to

dig)(shovel nats) siouxlanders can soon start the "big dig"... as the snow will taper off. meteorologist chad sandwell has the latest on our blizzard.(caucus breakdown)the caucuses are over. but the differing results in northwest iowa continue to fascinate the pundits.(trust factor)"trust" is turning out to be a key campaign issues. how do the candidates stack up?(cruz and carpet bombing)he's promised to carpet bomb the enemy. but what do the country's top military experts think about that?(phil's forecast)and... this fury little critter says we'll have an early spring. let's hope so! 3 3 there's roughly a foot of snow across parts of northwest iowa... and even more in portions of northeast nebraska. and that means *another* snow day tomorrow for most students in siouxland.that includes sioux city public and catholic schools. we've got the latest closings information scrolling screen... and available online at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 tonight... the impact of this snowstorm is first on fox. 3 3 in sioux city... all city offices closed at 10 this morning, 3 along with the

okq nats: shovel ice.. nats: plow ice .. aore ice.. reaking it up and letting the sun do is thing." a part of winter in colorado.. t esciallyangerous when this much snow gets packnto roads.. parking lo andrays.. "we were basically coming out re like once everyour just trying to stay ahead of everything this homeowner's driveway faces north.. never getting any n.. "i might've thout abt rchasing anotherouse." withany nter's experience he knows how to ep it ear. "wjust ended up not packing down the snow d nodriving on top of icause ce that happens then it turns to ice." local emergency ros seeing an increase in juries from falls.. a pain one of our ive photrapher knows tooell. "i was running dn my drive to get my newspaper and just feet went out fr under me and wentown hard and thr my shoes or boots with good traction aimply wahing e you'rengan prevt ll on ice.. "if you're walking on snow w ice underneath you won't always see the ice, thats one thing to very careful about esally hills." e streetdivisoworkinto road thick ice.. ound wat stillery hi fromet sg.. e streetdivionas bee dealin

(nats... shoveling gravel) and clearing water intake gates at intersections. (nats... in-take gate - car driving by) allowing drivers to enjoy the weather -- and the road. (nats... driving/tar/gravel) "it's definitely nicer to be outside, but there are a lot of pot holes driving down university and even main. there are more potholes than people." both waterloo and cedar falls crews will continue filling pot holes -- until bigger road construction crews will continue filling pot holes -- until bigger road construction projects start this spring. we've got you covered live in waterloo -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. if you would like to report any un- filled potholes in your department. continuing coverage - more clarification is coming out involving an teenager. 52-year-old robyn merchant is facing a federal offense of providing a firearm to a prohibited person. according to the public information officer, the reason merchant is being charged federally is because she knowingly provided a gun to a person who was on illegal drugs. police say emma redlinger, of vinton, wa

because it's a labor of love--nats: shovel"just to see people smile. because sometimes they're in situations themselves where they can't do it."nats: roadpolice say slowing down, keeping your car ready---can go along way.. "prevent accidents. give yourself enough time. have some patience out here we're doing the best we can. and exactly know what your vehicle can do. especially when you have to hit the breaks rather quickly...but perhaps the best advice--stay home.if you don't need to go out. stay home and we'll take care of the rest. yesterday's snow didn't stop valentine's weekend at fountain square.9 on your side's t-j parker found some couples who braved the cold conditions to share some special moment with loved ones. matthew totin: "42:53 we wouldn't let it stop us for anything"it's a valentines day matthew totin and his girlfriend, taylor behm, won't soon forget. "42:06 we were going to see a movie and it started snowing, we didn't really know it was going to be that bad, but we got out, and it was like, all the roads were covered."matthew and ta

because it's a labor of love--nats: shovel "just to see people smile. situations themselves where they can't do it."nats: road police say slowing down, keeping your car ready---can go along way.."prevent accidents. give yourself enough time. have some patience out here we're doing the best we can. and exactly know what your vehicle can do. especially when you have to hit the breaks rather quickly...but perhaps the best advice--stay home.if you don't need to go out. stay home and we'll take care of the rest. rose-ann, thank you.9 on your side's t-j parker continues our live team coverage from downtown cincinnati.t-j? it was pretty cool seeing all the people who were down here at fountain square- not letting the weather phase them- for their special with their special someone. matthew totin: "42:53 we wouldn't let it stop us for anything"it's a valentines day girlfriend, taylor behm, won't soon forget. "42:06 we were going to see a movie and it started snowing, we didn't really know it was going to be that bad, but we got out, and it was like, all the roads were covered."matthew and tayl

her boys colten and gavin were loving it, and she was loving the company doing chores "nats of shoveling" even taking breaks to join in on the fun. this faaily remindinggs all that ssmetimes, an interuption in a schedule leaves even more time to spend with the ones we love most. they put a smile on my face today. theu told me they were planning on staying at home today the city tells me those who are traveling should drive slowly and leave space beteteen themselves we've got you covered in cedar news. they had ten plows working overnight last night, and increased that number to 36 this morning. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at fjve... comedian bill cosby is in court today -- trying to get a sexual here's a live look at the roads in black hawk county - roads justlooking a little wet. --------- --------- --------- --------- ssual assault charges against him.... cosby could go to trial for an incident that reportedly happened in 2004... he's accused of druggng and sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand. cosby claism it was consenual and the case se

nats shoveling snow. tim hughes has lived in rural elkhart for about a year and a half now. tim hughes, elkhart resident: "pulling out on the highway, and straight from our driveway and people come by a little two fast, and we have a little sight problems around his neighborhood, the speed limit is 55. but a bill that's now in the iowa house could change that. tim hughes, elkhart resident: "we live in a residential area, where you hit a group of homes here and i think keeping the 55 is plenty fast enough." representative rob bacon introduced his proposal after a d-o-t study found the average driver went 62 down rural highways, rep. rob bacon, iowa state representative: "actually, i feel comfortable at 60 and most people i've talked to say let's just boost it up to 60 miles an hour and they feel very comfortable with that." other lawmakers agreed, quickly pushing the bill through subcommittee. adrienne st. clair, grimes resident: "55 mile per hour speed limit does seem fairly slow on the rural two lane highway, maybe going to 65 limits might be too fast." state patrollers hav

a$ 3(nats of shoveling) sot jay filawisz: "i'm just cleaning up the area, so that nobody slips and falls.."up and down the east coast--slippery sidewalks made for wobbly walking. on the roads-that coating of ice left drivers scrambling to get traction? in pennsylvania-- derek fair was driving down route 29 in valley forge when he went off the road...just missing this tree. sot derek fair: " like im not trying to hit the guy in front of me...so i started to skid and came off the road." north carolina's wintry mix caused more than 1500 car accidents in less than 24 hours the 1200 mile long winter storm is also creating trouble at airports-red dominated the departures board at charlotte cancelled monday. sot patti morris: i am done..i am done...i am done...hahaaa...i am ready for summer."(graphic) the snow, ice, and rain are marching north up the east coast--17 states seeing winter weather alerts?with a big warmup in many places by later tonight. nats--stormthe wild weather stretching into the south with reports of several tornado touchdowns? in mississippi, this house - destroyed... this h

"(nats of shoveling) jaz filawisz: "i'm just cleaning up the area, so that nobody slips and falls.." up and down the east coast--slippery sidewalks made for wobbly walking. on the roads-that coating of ice left drivers scrambling to get traction? in pennsylvania-- derek fair was driving down route 29 in valley forge when he went off the road...just missing this tree. derek fair: " like im not trying to hit the the road." north carolina's wintry mix caused more than 1500 car accidents in less than 24 hours the 1200 mile long winter storm is also creating trouble at airports-red dominated the departures board at charlotte douglas to 1,600 flights were cancelled monday. am ready for summer." the snow, ice, and rain are marching north up the east coast--17 states seeing winter weather alerts?with a big warmup in many places by later tonighgh the wild weather south with reports touchdowns? in mississippi, this house - destroyed... this high schoolcampus - damaged... in louisiana, winds ripping apart this car wash and pizza hut? and sent debris flying miranda supple / witnes "i seen it lik

brooms, we had left over snow shovels from the winter, packing boxes in case they had any belongings they that's what we did" (nats) the devastation continues as many are trying to find their lives as they once knew it before the storm. some are still without supplies. volunteers are working around the clock to help those in need. help wherever we can so at right now. so we trying to get that first bit of information so we can respond again" a couple of things i want to recap that the county said earlier today a news conference all volunteers must report to the main parking lot at the thomasville furniture building. if you need shelter two of them are open. the appomattox community center and the pamplin fire department. there is no timeline when this will all be cleaned up but done. live in appomattox, noell saunders wdbj7. and we have information about you can help victims in appomattox on our website. just click on the link on our must see 7 bar on wdbj7.com. himi know you know i gene get it says news of of this we get some cleanup underway i dictated noel him i say it is cold out there is other yesterday now w

shoveled it out, it was yours. it was only six inches of snow and the streets were pretty savers are unnecessary nats to neighbor against neighbor. >> people you procure and you move that, tires. s yours for 48 hours but other than s ridiculous. erika: the city says you can report illegal space savers 2311 or online. they are only allowed during the >> earlier this morning, the crews were on the scene of a truck crash in saugus. and oil truck slid on the eyes and hit a home on austin street this morning and no one was hurt. police in stone them are trying to track down this man wanted for robbing a bank. it happened late yesterday morning at the bank of america on branch street. police hope the image will identify the man and anybody with information should contact stone on police. we continue our coverage of the first in the nation primary live in the granite state. emily will be back in three minutes with the three things that democrats and republican candidates need to look for today. germany and what investigators say may have caused two trains to collide head-on. cindy: i will be tracking light snow for tomorrow an

nat snow blower drifts kept ef olson fro leaving s driveway solief "last night i was getting ady by shoveling the walk just to get ready too to work in the rng by any chance the road's open to go." they kepm fr goi tok o, with highway 24 closed. so "we're stuck." sot stand up "now i'm about'2" soou can see just how high so othe drif got, but this isn't even the t vinc "se areas there's probably a good 4, 4.5 foot drifts around ." asce trying to t his barn this morning... nat sot vie "it's comical wh you'rng to get throu a dri ygo face first into the drift soou gotta find the humor in everythi guess." but all good tng including snow days... must come to an end... nats "i like school though." and so digging out must go on... sot vince "ias plowing oriveway got the tracr stuck, it's been trying but thathe price you pay for livingn the country." in falcon. all scols are closed tomorrow... and here's a look at why, si foot sw drifts blocking entrances at some campuses... this is falcon elementary. the dirict says they're renting a front-d loader to remove t snow from campuses. b? ta look at the in

nats it s like a mini avalanche because of the different consistency of each layer of snow. stephen bauchman, cabin owner "you will have no stephen bauchman shoveled his roof twice this year. stephen bauchman, cabin owner "you can even wire it and it will cut it off into pieces and so that it will roll off." nats stephen bauchman, cabin owner "we ve had an unusual year. we )ve probably had the biggest snow year and moisture year that we ve had in about 32 years." ...and with two- year-old halle s tragic death, a very sad year. mike bogden, cabin manager "our prayers are with them, and our thoughts are with them." a go-fund-me page has been set-up to take donations for the child s family. people have donated more than 10-thousand dollars so far. a massive marina fire - that killed two people - is now being investigated as an arson. tonight - investigators want to know - who caused all of this destruction. hampton roads - is looking more like a battle ground as presidential candidates stop in - and fight for your vote. see their final efforts today - plus - police officers in virginia beach are getting a new weapon in the fight against the deadly he