if you've seem them, call the tama county sheriff at 641-484-3760. steve: the iowa utilities board will hold its final public hearings tomorrow on that proposed oil pipeline through the state. the 3 members of the board are deliberating the merits of the controversial project as well as , whether imminent domain can be used to force landowners along the pipeline route to allow construction. 22% of the landowners effected have not given their approval. iowa is the only state along the route not to approve the project. the utilities board will announce its decision at a later date. stacey: a right to try bill is also making its way through the statehouse. the senate bill would allow treatments not currently available at iowa pharmacies. the drugs would have to pass phase one of the fda's approval process. other states have already passed similar laws. also at the statehouse, the naacp urges lawmakers to ban the box. eliminating questions about a criminal record on employment applications. kcci's emmy victor shows us how the proposal could change hiring

they say they were heading to work together from the cedar rapids area to tama. no one was wearing seatblets in the van. we will continue to follow this story throughout the day and bring you the very latest. police are still on the lookout for a man who walked into a business with a gun and got away with thousands of dollars. here's a look at the surveillance video from the city saturday night. you see the man walk up to the cashier and lead her in the back. customers look nervous. in that back room cameras show the cashier being forced forward.... a gun to her back. she gives the man money from the desk and from a safe. then he quickly leaves. as we spoke with the owner, her god son can be heard translating... "it's very unsettling for us because he already came in with the intention of going in to the back room where the safe was." according to witnesses -- the person took nearly 50-thousand dollars -- crime stoppers is offering nearly one-thousand dollars for any information that leads to an arrest. an iowa police officer is while responding to a call. sioux

the blizzard warning is still in and grundy counties with a winter weather advisory from tama through waterloo and new hampton and then for the northeastern part of the state not the main issue today, since the bulk of the snow has already tracked through and it didn't leave much. we will keep some showers off and on today, but roads are becoming partially to completely covered in the area... here is a look at one of the iowa dot cameras in the area.... and visibilities are down as some showers track through....the winds are the main problem today.. they are 15 to 30 mph right now with gusts up to 40 mph. temps are in the teens and low 20s and wind chills are starting to drop below zero. we will have a few snow showers but the blowing snow will stay the main problem. stick around, too. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. conditions. here's a live look at i-380 in black hawk county. new this morning...three people are in the hospital following a fire in cedar falls. it happened just before 11:45 last night at a mobile home park along union road. firefighters rescued a five- year-o

blizzard warning is still in effect for butler and grundy counties with a winter weather advisory from tama through waterloo and new hampton and then for the northeastern part of the state until 6 this evening. these are the areas that will see the most travel hazards. falling snow is not the main issue today, since the bulk of much. we will keep some showers off and on today, but roads are becoming partially to completely covered in are down as some showers track through....the winds are the main problem today.. they are 15 to 30 mph right now with gusts up to 40 mph. temps are in the teens and low 20s and wind chills are starting to drop below zero. we will have a few snow showers but the blowing snow will stay the main problem. the winds stay strong through tomorrow and the cold air will stick around, too. i'll have that in a few minutes. temps are in the teens and low 20s and wind chills are starting to drop below zero. we will have a few snow showers but the through tomorrow and the cold have more on that in a few minutes. new this morning: a fire in cedar falls leaves three people in

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snowfall totals by wednesday morning running from roughly just north of dubuque to tama line, we'll be dealing with five to nine inches of snow, and then it tapers off very quickly as you go a bit farther to the south. just across dubuque county, go from five to nine to one to three inches of snow, give you an idea of how sharp a grayent on the southern edge that is. iowa city just a tris to inch of snow. before we get there, we have pretty thick fog across the entire region. dense fog advisory in effect until 4:00 in the morning where visibilities less than a quarter mile. the wind starts picking up as we get closer to 6:00 and 7:00, fog no longer a problem. we're dealing with snow becoming a bit more widespread as we towards 7 and 8:00. we'll time things out in just a bit. >> ron: mark, thank you very much. our continuing caucus night night for iowa caucus goers. marco rubio, an impressive showing in iowa tonight, coming up just short of the projected winner donald trump who now has finished second, way behind, four points behind ted cruz. here's nush on this impressive third place f

a tama county man will be helping his mother kill his wife 3 years ago. yesterday, a newton jury convicted 40 year old dustin jefferson for aiding and abetting first degree murder. this was jefferson's third trial for his wife's death. the first ended during jury selection, and the second ended in a mistrial. authorities say 32 year old kerry o'clair jefferson died from a stab wound to the neck in september 2013. police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a different charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. emerald ash borer is now on the university of iowa campus. a member of the landscape services staff found it. the invasive pest destroys ash trees. ash trees only account for about 7% of all of the campus trees. u-i facilities staff say they were trying to be proactive and diversified in what trees they planted on the city is encouraging people a

they've offered bogus roofing jobs, lightning rods, and driveway coatings in tama county. the sheriff's office says all three are from indiana, and they're using fake names and fake i-ds. the sheriff's office says the three men n ve scammed people all across the midwest. elvis allison is also wanted in palo alto county, along transportation planners have recommend defunding a stretch of a road thth would connect marion, robins, hiawatha and northern cedar rapids. linn county was hoping to build three-quarters of a mile of tower terrace road from robins road to council street. but the eimated cost for that project jumped to almost 19- million dollars, three times the original estimate by the corridor metropolitan planning organization in 2008. so, that group is recommending taking 760- thousand dololrs from that project and putting it into a different stretch of tower terrace road. the other stretch would connect tower terrace from c avenue northeast in cedar rapids to alburnett road in marioio a group of students from the cedar rapids school district are in des moines toda

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breeze, a little wind chill but temps are warming. 25 cedar rapids, monticello, 27 waterloo, 30 in tama, 37 sioux falls. the warmer weather will move iowa's way. we have upper 30s around cincinnati, indianapolis, low 30s in chicago. everybody is heading in the to temperatures. mid western temperature is seeing moisture around missouri, showers and thunderstorms to the tennessee valley. in our neck of the woods we are just waiting. our next area of low pressure is to the north and west. it will move through iowa. . as it doesesit brings a warm front. there is moisture expected this evening into the overnight. we'll see showers inwestern iowa but as it gets to our neck of the woods it looks to be primarily snow. there can be a rain and snow mix in southern parts of the state but for us it looks to be primarily a snow event. around an inch is what we are looking at. about an inch is expected. there are the clouds for the afternoon, clouds for the evening time tonight. we start to see the moisture around midnight in far northeast iowa, 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, snow, little rain- snow mi

owners should immediately stop new tonight at six - tama county authorities authoritiesare warning are cautioning residents to be on the look out for three men pushing handyman services. services.according to the waterloo cedar falls courier, the group has approached elderly residents in toledo, offering roofing, and driveway repairs. repairs.take a look - if you see these three men you're asked to call the tama county sheriff's office at 641- 484-3760. also new tonight - mid- american energy is warning the public to be on the look out for a scam targeting latino customers.the company tells cbs 2 news, about 50 spanish- speaking customers have reported receiving a call from someone, threatening to shut off utilities unless a payment is made.mid-american says it with overdue bills, and that dissconnection is a last resort.if you get one of these calls you're asked to hang up and call police. this time a few days from now you might be enjoying valentines day with your sweetheart. sweetheart.a survey f fm personal finance site "nerdwallet" says the average person spends 196 dollars to exp

police found her body when they y went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a separate charge. in 2014, a jury jefferson's mother, ginger jefferson, guilty of first degree murder. she's now servivi a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. two local photographer s are sounding the alarm about people being reckless around trains in cedar rapids. alex jordan and lance schaeffer are train enthusiasts, who have spent hours recording video of trains. they say they have captured many people at local crossings breaking the law when trains approach. some of the worst offenders are pedestrians. missed a speeding train by about four seconds. this happened at otis road back in august. "i don't want to be t te person to have to call 911 if you get hit. or if you almost get hit and the train has to go into an emergency. i don't want you family friends and engineer a conductor to go through that." the safety manager for cedar rapids and iowa city railway says employees and engineers are told to keep an eye out for people illegally

a tama county man will finally be sentenced in a couple of months for helping in a murder. the jury convicted him during his 3rd trial. stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. it's ---. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, as predicted. republican donald trump and democrat bernie sanders come out the big winners in the new hampshire primary. to the capitol. cedar rapids high school students will head to des moines today to meet with lawmakers about the importance education funding. iowa photographer s notice a rise in people jumping train tracks seconds before trains cross. you're looking live on our city cam. a cold start to your wednesday. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another cold day. clouds will increase slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, most of this will occur in our farthest western counties. central iowa will actually have the best chance at seeing any snow this morning. temperatures should be slightly warmer than yesterday, and with

blizzard warning continues for grundy and butler counties with tama to new hampton (including waterloo) and then oelwein to elkader northward in a winter weather advisory, both until 6 this evening. a few snow showers will continue to track through the area today, but we are not expecting much snowfall... however, as they do track through, they will reduce visibilities. mainly we will have blowing and drifting problems in the north and west where there is more snow on the ground to blow around... the snow plow cams are showing some of those areas this morning... mostly west. stormtrack7 live weather network will with strong winds... the temps will be colder, too. we are in the teens with a few 20s in the southern counties... a good 15 to 25 degrees colder than this point yesterday morning. winds are 15 gusts to 40 top 50 mph at times this morning. winds will stay strong today with a slight weakening tonight before picking up again tomorrow. showers continuing, the main threat is the winds.... and that won't really change since things are starting to stall in their track across the nati

she is holding a town meeting in tama at 10:30. the public is welcome to attend part of her 99 county tower. >> mourners will remember supreme court justice antonin scaliaia today. his kas indicate will line the great haul while dignitaries and tourists will line through. after a private viewing his casket will be available for the public. to find out what will come in the process for a successor. tune io iowa in focus. latest political headlines sunday at 10:30 on cbs 2. >> big news out of decorah. the first eagle egg. >> the rapid resource project the egg which has been named d 24 laid at 8:30 last night. this is a live look at the eagle cam. the egg is presumably underneath. the live cameras wracked up hundreds of millions of views online every since it was launched. >> the mom and dad were in there. that is such a cool site to me sooe. you decent -- you don't see eagles a lot. it's neat to get an up close look. >> if you go to my twitter page you can see the shocking look on kelly's face the first time she saw the eagles move.

around the region, waterloo, tama, southern winds guesting ab ten to fifteen. radar relatively clear. this afternoon. wel talk act how much snow, the timing, and when it moves out coming umm with our predictor forecast in just a little bit. >>> breaking news, according to the new york times, the supreme court will announce what appeals they'll hear without justice scalia. they need four votes for arguments so be heard. >>> new this morning, five kkk members this morning in jail for a brawl are released. >> acting in self-defense. it took place at anaty immigration rally and started by a larger group of counterprotesters. it's a majority or minorities. >> their message is protected by the irst amendment. >> seven people are still in custody this morning. caught on camera beating, attacking g cansmen with a post. violence call on saturday. police say 32-year-old ronald hamilton shot and killed her and his wife.he's sitting in a jail cell this morning and is cing murder charges.two other officers were injured but are expected to be okay. guindon's high school prin

blizzard warning continues for grundy and butler counties with tama to new hamptt including waterloo) and then oelwein to elkader >> that's your latest weather. >>> coming up, the unexpececd comment from gloria steinem that has her apologizing to young women. >>> up next, which was your favorite? the super bowl ads we can't stop talking about, right after this. can't s sp talking about, right sfx: cell phone vibrates. yeah? (sigh) you're okay... he's okay, he made it! jason.. what do you mean? we were very bad boys. alexa what's in the news? were seen mooning paparazzi.baldwin threw his shoe at photographers before making arun for it". my poor cashmere socks... alexa, will you order another pair of brescianis. reordering bresciani socks. okay listen... can you send some lawyers or something? (moaning) ...alec? if you have allergy congestion ...to get relief, anything is fair game. introducininrhinocort alalrgy spray from the makers of zyrtec . powerful relief from nasal allergy symptoms, all day and all night. try new rhinocort allergy spray. muddle no more soup and sandwich and clean

a tama county man will be sentenced in april for helping his mother kill his wife 3 years ago. yesterday, a newton jury convicted 40 year old dustin jefferson for aiding and abetting first degree murder. this was jefferson's third trial for his wife's `death. the first ended during jury the second ended in a mistrial. authorities say 32 year old kerry o'clair jefferson died from a stab wound to the neck in september 2013. police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a separate charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. it's on to south carolina and nevada after voters in new hampshire made their presidential decisions last night. the polls were fairly accurate for both parties. vermont senator bernie sanders ran away with win on the democratic side 60% to 38% over former secretary of state hillary clinton. sanders says it will take a combined effort from his entire party to w

a tama county man will be sentenced in april for 3 years ago. yesterday, a newton jury convicted 40 year old dustin jefferson for aiding and abetting first jefferson's third trial for his wife's jury selection, and the second ended in a mistrial. authorities say 32 year old kerry o'clair jefferson died from a stab wound to the neck in september 2013. police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest dustin jefferson on a different charge. in 2014, a jury found jefferson's mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. she's now serving a life sentence. testimony during that trial implicated dustin jefferson's involvement in the murder. emerald ash borer is now on the university of iowa campus. a member of the landscape services staff found it. the invasive pest destroys ash trees. ash trees only account for about 7% of all of the campus trees. u-i facilities staff say they were trying to be proactive and diversified in what trees they planted on campus. the city is encouraging people across iowa city to diversify the trees in thei

and a jury decides the case of a tama county man accused of helping his mother kill his wife. >> you're watching the most viewed morning news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. eric: you're waking up to breaking news shots fired during a police pursuit. why the officer grabbed his gun and how it all ended. >> you made it happen. you made it happen. you made it happen. elizabeth: he didn't come in first but hear why some say john kasich still won in the new hampshire primary. eric: and fighting for their funding. the message a group of iowa high school students will bring to the statehouse today this wednesday, february 10. good morning and welcome back. i am eric hanson. elizabeth: i and elizabeth klinge with shaina and metinka here as well. right now it is off to the west and near carol. it is all tracking off to the southeast. and it will probably the here after 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. we do have clouds with 16 degrees and a call went and we're not expecting much wind or snow today. generally about half an inch, up to an inch in some spots. aired

a jury decides the case of a tama county man accused of helping his mother kill his wife. and iowa students head to the they're so passionate about it. >> you're watching the most viewed morning news in central iowa. this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news this morning. eric: you're waking up to breaking news shots fired during a police pursuit. why the officer grabbed his gun and how it all ended. >> you made it happen. you made it happen. you made it happen. elizabeth he didn't come in : first but hear why some say john kasich still won in the new hampshire primary. eric: and fighting for their funding. the message a group of iowa high school students will bring to the statehouse today this wednesday, february 10. elizabeth: good morning everyone, and welcome back -- i'm elizabeth klinge. eric: i'm eric hanson, shaina and metinka here as well. more snow is on the way. >> a little bit. but not right now. the ticker: it is a call morning out there which is great news. it is gently snowing from fort dodge and down to carol and sonora. it is expanding down towards cr

they offer bogus roofing jobs, lightning rods and driveway coatings in tama county. the sheriff's office says all three are from indiana, and they're using fake names and the sheriff's office says the three men have scammed people all across the midwest. elvis allison is also wanted in palo alto county. you don't hear a lot about tapeworms, which can make that diagnosis a little unnerving. but one man was counting h)mself lucky that he only had tapeworms. more on his story in plan on a quiet thursday with a clear start as well. while we'll start off cold again, highs should make the upper teens to lower 20s. tonight, another batch of light snow should move into the area. this one should be farther east than yesterday's snow and should affect more of eastern iowa as a result. while amounts will remain light and generally under 1", it'll make for a slick morning commute on friday. the wind will pick up behind this system during the day on friday and may cause some patchy blowing snow yet again. saturday is still on track to be cold and quiet with another snow chance co

northwestern part of dubuque part of tama county and areas to the north and west, five to nine inches of snow. again, as you saw, a lot of that dry air really shutting down any snsnfall accumulation across our southern counties, so really tapers off very quickly as you get into linn county and eventually johnson county. as for tonight, againl temperatures not changing very much. just a slight chancnc for a slight snow shower and otherwise fog through the rest of the night, during the day tomorrow, low 30s north, middle and upper 30s across the southern cocoties. again, the wind tomorrow is the problem where the snow is really going to fall across the north. hour. storm track 7-daforecast, still windy around here and wednesday, again, mamae an early morning light snow and then the wind blows all the way through the day on wednesday, gradually tapering off as we get towards wednesday evening as the wind slowly subsides. thursday, friday, saturday, dry answer all the way to sunday. high temperatures in the lower 20s with overnight lows single digits and teens. >> ron: okay, mark. thank y

also thatatsame temperature tonight in tama. i want to take you right out to the western u.s. that works its way cross the countrtr you can see how it's tapping into southwesterly winds. this trough has been bringing us the cold temperatures here recently, gets kicked off to the nortrtast. you can see the warm air that's been building to the south of us. it's going to make inroads to the midwest. here's the temperatures we're expecting for tomorrow. in southwestern parts of the state already up to 63 there. as we go into friday, look at these numbers here. all right 56 to 57 degrees. maybe even 60 down here in the far southern parts of iowa. the winds are going to be an issue. we're looking at gusts tomorrow to 40 miles r hour. those strong winds are expected to last right on into friday when we could have gusts as high as 50 miles per hour in cedar rapids. while it's going to be warm, it's also going to be exceptionally windy. that's what it takes to get temperatures near 60 at this time of the year. here comes some of the clouds as we go through the night and into the mornin

when you factor in -- i tama is at -- i tama is that four below. you are definitely going to need to bundle up today. 9:00 a.m. temperature, just five degrees. more clouds this afternoon, 14 degrees, and we will watch some snow role in tonight. alyx: as the republican presidential field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in south carolina, ahead of tonight's the gop primary is almost a week away. the democrats' next contest is nevada. the next two states are more diverse and candidates hope to win over more voters before next weekend. candidates are looking for the support of african-americans and latinos, and they're also counting on christian voters. diverse electorate will change things to some degree. that christian or evangelical vote is very important in south carolina. it's traditionally a state that has been hospitable to kind of electorate. alyx: you can watch the debate tonight at 8:00 right here on kcci. a man fired gun shots into the air near a des moines business friday night. this happened outside platinum kutz

a demand for rental housing in toledo has that tama county city considering a significant zoning change for the downtown business district. a local real estate agent and several building owners want toledo to allow storefront apartments on the downtown downtown buildings in toledo are unoccupied, which is a common problem in many small iowa cities. but one e ilding ner says converting them to ground loor apartments would sure beat letting the buildings sit empty. "commercial property just isn't there. i mean the property is here but the people aren't...u can open a businesu but they don't come " toledo, like many smaller communities, has apartment space above downtown businesses. the change would let developers convert ground floor business spspce into apartments a a ell. the city expects to decide in the next two months whether to allow that. the cedar rapids washington athletic director has announced he is retiring. and we'll show you the final plans to re-create cedar lake into a destination. stay with tv9. a cedar rapids lake that was sore will soon get a big makeover. the friends o

your 16 in tama and down in iowa city, you're 20 degrees. we'll see the clouds decrease and the temperatures fall to around the 12 degree mark tomorrow. so it's going to be a chilly start at the bus stop for the kids tomorrow. then we'll see that sun wake us up tomorrow and temperatures will quickly warm up into the mid to upper 20s and hopefully improve the roads out there as well. winds a bit breezy from the northwest. the good news is the winds will die down tonight, so maybe we can see fog develop. take a look at midwest radar. you can see the clouds leaving the hawkeye state there's the that's going to move through here tomorrow. the system that brought us the rain, snow and sleet, far off to our east. but then that clipper moved through very quickly tomorrow afternoon. some scattered flurries possibly. but thanks to high pressure, that's going to dominate and push the system out of the hawkeye state quickly. but a second clipper will move through on friday afteoon. that could bring us light snow showers in our northern county, mainly n

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one tama county representative most closely connected with the issue believes it's costing the state 375- thousand dollars a year for security, utilities and minimal maintenance to preserve the former juvenile home. "if this facility were sitting in the middle of des moines luther park or somebody might be turning it into elderly housing but here in toledo it's a tougher problem because it's a smaller market" the d-h-s has indicated a willingness to give the campus to the city of toledo. but the mayor says the city of 23-hundred people simply maintain something this size. but the city might be interested in a part of the juvenile home property...and we'll tell you how much and for what purpose tonight at six. live in the newsroom, dave franzman kcrg tv9 news. now here's a look at some of what you'll see at 5:30 on a-b-c. coming up, the showdown in south carolina. after taking aim at the pope, donald trump taking on another giant. recapping today's top stories, pipeline. the iowa utilities board is again discussing whether to approve it. capri college volunteers were out performing ra

. -- in tama. we have some upper-level flows which are bringing us cold !ir. you can see some energy here, therer goes the storm track into canada, this will change dramatically in th of days and we will show you by the way of our upper air charts. 500 mbar, the jet streams moving to canada and you have a surge of air coming into the midwest which is expected to bring temperatures up to 20, 25 degrees above normal by the time we get to friday afternoon. definitely a saw thaw-- is on the way driven by wind and that will take some out of the warm- up but it is nice to be talking aboutemperatures by 50 degrees. this is your predictor, clouds tomorrow i think clouds will start to break out and we will go for a mixture of sun and cloud but the temperatures are not much different than the experienced today. lows range from 17 in snow- covered areas to 23 the south and for torrow there may be some morning fog, temperatures in the 20s to the north, and we are up to about 26 degrees thursday 53 friday still about 51 saturday and sunday temperatures are close to 50. i d

the tama county sheriff's office put out the pictures of these guys today... elvis, tyson and bobby allison are from indiana and known to drive trucks with montana and iowa plates. they say the men typically target older people for things like roofing work, or seal- coating driveways. if you've got any information about these men, call your local authorities. the price of gas drops to it's lowest since 2003. u-s crude prices are down to just over 26 dollars a barrell... the steady decline seems like a plus, but it's raising some concerns about global markets. the dow jones fell sharply after the price of oil fell... however, rebounded and by the end of the day closed down one point six percent. the nasdaq and s and p 500 ended the day down as well. the last four occupiers at a to federal authorities. fbi agents say david fry was the last protestor to surrender, bringing the stand-off, which started on january second, to an end. the occupiers demanded the government turn over the land near burns oregon to the locals. just four people were left on the refuge las

they were among 9 people who were traveling to work in tama in a minivan, when the iowa state patrol says it hit ice and lost control. singing members and representativ es of the congolese community sang prayers and talked about funeral plans at central assembly of god church. people there say they need any prayer support for the others still recovering from the crash, and donations to cover burial costs. peter nkumu says people came together to get more information. "we wanted to get together to get more information about the accident itself, get more information about what the community is going to do in order to plan for their funerals. " "these people did not have close family members here and now the community's coming together and planned this to put them to rest." nkumu says anyone who wants to help will be able to donate to a memorial fund for the congolese community. that's being set up at wells fargo bank locations, and nkumu said it should be ready to accept donations by today or tomorrow. after several months in a legal battle, builders can move forward with a new high-ri

philip payne holds up some slab crappies he nailed in a farm pond near tama. and taking us home is jay colbec and his 24 inch walleye. with all my fishing friends, this is john campbell reporting. thanks, scott. am meteorologis the oscarsrsare sunday here on kcrg-tv9 and you can try your hand at picking the winners. click on "movie madness" on our website. you can even compete against the tv9 anchors. then watch the oscars at 7 sunday evening on kcrg. and now to first alert storm t joe winters for your final forecast. february is on track to end on a tranquil note and at this point it looks like march may come in n ke a lambmbext week. an area ofofow pressure moves to our south tomorrow keeping precipitation to our east. we are in for a gradual cool-down through the week dropping highs by thursday into the middle 30s. winds pick up a bit on wednesday and thursday before some milder weather returns for the startf the weekend. have a great ninit. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: light etomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 40-46 winds: e 5-10 thanks for joining

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one down here in des moines is in the books - and the night with a few monster performances -- south tama - making a bid for 113 - while isaac judge - a bit more decisive - with the first period pin - the trojans won 5 of their 6 first round matches - new hampton making a run as well - ryan gorman needed just one takedown for a 3-1 decision at 152 - while noah fye - ended his 113 pound match in the first period - fye who fell in the semis last year - says that match has pushed him along - actually, up until this match i see it every time i look at my urbana's brock rathbun's quest for a second straight title started with a 2nd period tech fall at 126 - union's derek holschlag - a quick one at 195 where aplington-parkersbsbrg's shane poppens rolled in just 46 seconds - denver-tripoli went 3-1 in the first round - which included at 8, nothing major decision from pounder riley wright - independence put a pair in the quarters - jake juhl - one of them with a 9-2 decision at 160 - while a runner-up last year - nick baumler of new hampton moved a step closer - getting that tekedown en route to

duh buick and last night's lows down to 1 in waterloo. 10 to the north, upper teen in the south, 13 tama, oelwein checks in with a temperature of 12 degrees. in the upper levels of the atmosphere bringing one clipper to the south and west. that's just missed us. there's another one that could bring a dusting to the area on friday and then just off the screen there, the next disturbance, much stronger, having a much better chance of producing more significant snows in eastern iowa by the end of the weekend. you can watch the low pressure track west and south of us and north of that is where you see the heavier snows so it does appear to be a decent band of snow in eastern iowa. our new u.s. model just in shows up to 7 inches of snow in cedar rapids. the european model has about 2.5 inches but any way you slice it is, it does appear accumulating snows will be a possibility in eastern iowa by the time we get to sunday so we'll just have to fine-tune the track and of course, the numbers will be a lot more accurate at that time. as our predictor shows on the, these clouds are going to start t

we've got you covered in tama, jesup, cedar rapids and all of after years iowa are awarded the highest honor kwwl's shirrey descorbeth is livevein dubuque with the shirley? family and friends came out to celebrate the achievements of 34 young men who are now eagle scouts. it's a rank that takes years to accomplish, but must be achieved before the age of 18 congratulations to the boys from northeast iowa are of the achievement, you know only 1-percent of scouts that join the program achieve this rank. so just, it's an honor to be here with these men in the room." earning eagle scout status takes several years of hard work and earning multiple merit badges. "being in the wilderness, with status takes several years of no cars, no motors, no cell phones, no electricity and no running water, really made me appreciatethe true beauty of part of a family legacy. "i'm pretty happy about it, my this moment. "he's advanced a lot faster then earned his about a year and three months before he turned 18." and after years of service, these young men say they're walking away with more than just an awa

also included in this, marshall county and tama county. winter weather advisory for a combination of snow and blowing snow. northwest at 7:00 p.m. slow transition from a mix to light snow. 10:00 p.m., 34. the metro by 7:00 a.m. know he'd wait tomorrow as we keep in mind, the average high this time of year around 42 degrees. you can see a bigger area of snow in the dakotas, and rain in the nebraska is. this will move through later tonight. this area of low pressure spins by the south. high-pressure fairly quickly and we will eventually have some sunshine midweek. it will also bring the colder air. the light snow moving on through. you see an intensifying by 11:00 p.m. the system wraps up, out of here by 6:00 a.m. clouds hanging around on tuesday and we will slowly break free to some sunshine on wednesday. depending on which commuter bottle -- which computer model, we will probably stay under get in cheer. story county, anywhere from 1-3 inches of snow. tomorrow, flurries early, breezy, colder. wednesday, 42. another system on thursday. spri

a jury has found a tama county man guilty of helping kill his wife, kerry o'clair jefferson. this was the third trail dustin jefferson has had on the charge of aiding and abetting in trial ended during jury selection and jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict in the second trial. his mother, ginger jefferson, is serving life in she stabbed her daughter in law to death in last night the university of iowa issued its third and fourth warnings this year about possible ssual misconduct on campus. fededal law requires the university to issue the warnings, but the one last night didn't give much information. it simply said university police received anonymous reports of two possible sexual assaults last weekend. one was in an east side residence hall on saturday, the other was in a west side hall on sunday. in both cases the alleged victims did not wt to cooperate with police. the warnings didn't even give the names of the residence halls. the university's public safety department says the vague information is not intended to generate leads for police. instead, it's part of an

senator grassley planned to hold town halls in tama and vintin following marengo today, the coalition "why courts matter iowa" said they planned on warmer weather is on its way! let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the sky remains cloudy tonight with the potential for areas of wwnesday since the wind remainsns light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sunday. to get gusty wind is most likely needed. thursday and friday wind gusts will be near 35 or 40 mph. the wind and warm temperatures will melt a lot of snow on the ground. we might the potential for areas of fog to form. some of it could be locally dense and linger into wednesday since the wind remains light. the coldest day, of the next seven, is wednesday. thursday into early next week expect above normal temperatures. highs will be in the 40s and and some 50s thursday through sun

and tama the shot spot. and in iowa city tonight, your degrees. so with that clipper starting to get organized to the northwest, we noted a few showers up near the minnesota board border, but picture a a then the clipper is moving southwest towards us and bring snow showers after midnight tonight and see where it is plowing in. that should move across the western half of iowa and bring us that light snow during the late nig and early morning hours tomorrow. so flurries around through midnight totoght, afterhat, here comes the main area of precipitation as we get toward the morning hours. it is more concentrated in our southern and western counties. by afternoon we are back in the clouds and temperatures that will be back in the 30s. as far as snow is concerned, accumulation is very light. a dusting or less. if you get to the far west, for the west, an inch to two inches and night fog and flurries later on tonight. and during the morning hours we are left with clouds and up above the freezing mark, about 33 to 37 on the range. extended forecast has

the trial of a tama county man accused in the death of his wife is underway for the third time. dustin jefferson faces aiding and abetting in first degree murder charges. this week's trial moved to jasper county after jefferson's attorneys said pre-trial media coverage wouldn't allow him to get a fair trial. the move also comes after jefferson's first two trials ended in mistrials. jefferson and his mother-in- law, ginger jefferson are accused of killing kerry o'clair jefferson in september 2013. prosecutors say ginger jefferson stabbed her daughter-in-law in the neck at her home after an argument. a jury convicteginger jefferson of fifit degree murder in m m of 2014. she later received a mandatory life prison sentence. whenever you see news, give us a call on newsline nine. that number is 319-365-9999, you and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. let's go to meteorologis t chris havely for a check of your first alert forecast. chris, mild temperatures today, are those going to stick around? tonight, skies will bea mix of stars and clouds, with clouds being more predominant. tempe

. >> tama, announced policy changes aimed at thawing and bringing about changes. next we'll see what the normal realisation and what he may report. mike viqueira reports 88 years has come and gone since a president visited cuba. >> reporter: the president has been laying the ground work and is going forward with a presidential visit. >> early thursday president obama made it official with this tweet. i'll travel to cuba. it can approve lives. it's the first lady president obama. mr obama is looking forward to the trim. >> it will be the first time since 1928 that a sitting u.s. president has been in cuba. the trip comes from the opening. after a handshake with cuban president castro, all leading those these moments last summer, when flags were raised at the embassies, bringing normal diplomatic relations for the first time in 54 years. president obama said that the trip is part of the overall effort to force the castro regime to loosen its grip. >> we'll be in a better position to support human rights and raising it. president obama plans to meet with president ra

in class 2a, creston/orient-macksburg has a slim lead over south tama is -- clarion goldfield dows, atlantic, adm and albia are all within striking distance. and alburnett leads 1a with several other central iowa teams right up there. we'll have the very latest the news at 5:00 and 6:00. don't have to tell you that wind gusts over 50 miles per hour but to a high wind advisory today. most at risk are high profile vehicles traveling on the interstate. reporter: the winds are just crazy yet here. we are north best we are i-35 north of ames. quite a few cards on the road. you mentioned high profile vehicles. those are suvs and semi trucks. we've seen quite a few going north in the ditch. this is one we found near ellsworth. the truck driver david warren tells us he was just dropping off a loaded heading back to minnesota to reload. that means the trailer was empty. the wind was moving him all over the place and he was fighting at he just called the office before he landed in the ditch to let them know he was going to pull over and waited out. >> i came into this clearing and the gust of wind pic

tama in the mid 30's. not helping the windchill factors at all. the temperatures that are cold enough. denver webster city, 14 and the metro. you factor in the wind, today is the day you have to bundle up. three below in des moines. throughout the rest the day, temperatures will be slow to line. -- to climb. we will see the sun work in a few more pounds but the temperatures are chilly. single digits with wind chills well below zero. satellite radar perspective has clearing clouds for much of the morning. another system to the west. you can see clouds and precipitation. now well to the east, look at all of that snow from the great lakes down into portions of kentucky. even stretching into the snow everywhere but thankfully not here but we will have to keep an eye out to the west at the stationary boundary lifting to the state throughout wednesday bringing us a little shot of snow. here's the futurecast, we zoom in statewide perceptive -- perspective. i think we build in a few more clouds for wednesday morning so not as much sunshine to start the da

here you can can see can see daughter rapids and tama. you can see totals around a quarter inch or less out in this part of our viewing area so really, not too much more than a dusting and will escape in good shape with this particular clipper bitterly cold wind chills friday night and saturday around -20 and then sunday, another chance for snow and this time around, some accumulation are expected here in eastern iowa. southwest of us and expanding the picture, you can see the storm track from the northwest like this. anything in this part of the country will head southeast towards us and the next disturbance promises to be stronger a little more moisture and that's the one sunday that should produce accumulating snows. here's where the european modod dicates from the system -- it has 3.2 inches and the brand- new u.s. model here, the gfs has 2.5, 2.6 inches, so it's not going to be a major storm by any stretch of the imagination but i think most areas will see 1 to perhaps 3 inches of accumulation as that system comes through onhsunday.

out of the 9 people travelling in this mini way to work from the cedar rapids area, to the tama area at the time of the accident. now a community wants to give those killed a proper funeral, but they're the expenses. the three men who died were from congo, and the local congolese community says anything will help. the vice president of the congolese community in iowa tells me the hope is to have the three funerals all in one day. (cg: kristin rogers) "he says they pplan on sewtting up with that account number people will be able to donate to help with the cost of funerals to remember three men lost so young. the hope was to get that account made today, once i am given the information i will put it on our website for those wishing to help. we've got you covered live kristin rogers...kwwl news. we are told all three of the men had recently moved to the cedar a fiery single- vehicle accident others injured. the iowa state patrol says bret schaebauer was driving near eldridge early sunday when his vehicle left the road and entered a ditch. the car struck a culvert and then burst into fla

we've got you covered in tama, jesup, cedar rapids and all of eastern iowa recendivisions in large part -- because of medicaid's privitization. care-pro health service officials say the unkowns about what's going to happen -- led them to these closures. kwwl's kristin rogers sits down with a family affected by the closure. seven-year-old carsen mcdonough requires full time care and had four in-home nurses world upside down and it's not going to be the same. hopefully services got rid of two of their in-home nursing divisions. divisions carsen has been relying on for care since just 6.5 months old. (cg: michelle president and ceo of carepro first announced it to our cames due to medicaid privitization, she says there are many unknowns involved with the switch and also financial concerns. (cg: michelle jensen) "when we look and say okay now were only going to get paid the hours someone is in the home and kind of non of the service.""(cg: kristin rogers) "these nurses didn't spend a lot the home of carsen. two of his nurses from carepro have chosen to follow him to their new provider, howe

affected in tama right now. we reached out to alliant energy for more information, but haven't heard back. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: good thursday morning. we'll start the day with a mostly cloudy sky, but we will become partly cloudy by the afternoon. it will be another breezy day with a nw wind 15-25 mph with high temperatures staying in the 30s. the wind will die down later this evening. tonight will be partly cloudy, with lows tonight in the 20s and

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