iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday night through sunday night wind chills could be as low as -25 to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will stay below zero for much of us and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. to frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. before the frigid temperatures settle in, light snow and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in highs on saturday will be in the single digits an

eastern iowa. we will continue to track this snow through the weekend. a few light may see a dusting to a of an inch. light snow...the roads might be slick. the clouds will clear friday afternoon and remain clear friday night. patchy fog is possible late friday night and early saturday morning. frost might be pretty thick early saturday morning. we will remain dry through the weekend. light snow is forecast snow are possible across eastern iowa. we will hillary clinton expanded her criticism of democratic rival bernie sanders during a speech simpson college. between the two.. clinton called sanders ideas for a single-payer health system impractical, saying "theory isn't enough." she offered a strong defense of the affordable care act.. saying it's delivered real results to voters she's met. s/ hillary clinton / (d) president candidate :26 now, i know senator sanders made, he wants to start over from scratch with a whole new system. now in theory, there's a lot to like about some of his ideas, but in theory isn't enough. a president has to deliver in reality. today's speech comes as c

showers or flurries will fall overnight. some locations in eastern iowa may see a dusting to a of an inch. snow...the roads might be slick. the clouds will clear friday afternoon and remain clear friday night. patchy fog is possible late friday night and early saturday morning. frost dry through the weekend. light snow is forecast to move into the area friday afternoon and taper off by sunrise tuesday. a few continue to track this snow the waterloo school district - - continuing its campaign to build a career center for high school students. kwwl's jessica hartman joining residents at a town hall meeting tonight - - to find out what proposed project. speaking with those in attendance - - most believe the 35 million dollar project is an investment in the community's future. much to support our kids' future whether we have children in the waterloo schools, grandchildren, or whether we don't this is good for our community." hartman "the career center is meant to decrease drop out rates. the committee says they know it is a big investment for waterloo, but when they lose $6,000 everytime a st

across eastern iowa. late monday night and tuesday the wind will cause blowing snow in locations where snow accumulated. expect some hazardous travel conditions monday evening into tuesday morning. we are heading into a quiet weekend with temperatures warming into the low and mid 1-3" of snow will fall across eastern iowa. late monday night a 67-year-old woman is killed in an apartment fire. it happened early this morning in dewitt. police say a firefighter was also injured after part of the building's roof collapsed. the woman's name has not been cause of the fire is under investigation. a fire that killed two children inside a home is ruled accidental. it happened earlier this week in the village of wauzeka, wisconsin -- just across the iowa border. investigators say the fire started in the center of the home -- near the stair case -- blocking the two sisters from getting out. authorities say the girls -- ages 15 and 12 --were home alone -- as their parents were at work. an exact cause is still not known. police arrest a man accused of making a bomb threat at an area high schoo

few frigid days, things warmed back up a little today in eastern iowa. how long is this warmer weather going to stick around? what a nice change as the cold weather has moved east for r couple of days. lows tonight stay in the 20s and with a partly cloudy day on thursday we should see some middle to upper 30s throughout eastern iowa. as our next storm approaches thursday night, some light mix could develop friday. cold arcticcir then pours into the region for the weekend and sticks with us for the early night! tonight: partly cloudy low: 20-26 winds: sw 5-10 tomorrow: partly cloudy high: 36-42 bruce and beth... it's been a cold day at the linn county courthouse after a hot water line ruptured last night. staff had to turn off heat to the courthouse and the linn county jail after an eight inch feeder le started leaking. people bundled up in coats to stay warm. workers thought they had fixed the problem, but then a feeder pipe blew this morning. now experts have to take a look at the entire system. "after the flood of 2008 the basement of this building, the first floor we call it

in a the weather causing some issues on the roads across eastern iowa today... in cedar rapids -- a police squad car was involved in a crash in cedar rapids this morning... here's video of the scene. police say the officer was going to the scene of another crash when the accident happened... the squad car collided on the edgewood road bridge with a jeep cherokee... one officer was hurt and went to the hospital -- police say the injuries are not serious. the first crash that police were called to involved five cars -- in which no one is believed to another accident happened in waterloo... a car rolled over off of greenhill road and the 218 exit ramp in waterloo. police say this was a weather-related accident. the driver hit an icy patch. officers say only one passenger had minor injuries. the car. a woman is now facing charges nearly seven months after a child died at a waterloo daycare... yesterday -- officers arrested amy hangartner following the harrelson... the boy died in june after being placed in an infant car seat by "child endangerment resulting in death." a kwwl follow-up.

. we are dry right now across eastern iowa, and moststf us stay thaa way through the afternoon. here is a look at the storm track 7 live weather network cameras cross eastern iowa. it's a quiet, calm and start. storm trak 7 live dopplererradar shows the dry conditions. we've had some breaks in the clouds cover overnight as high clouds coming in the form of some light snow later this afternoon. let's track out the next 12 hours or so. future track shows a mostly two and three o'clock is when we will start to see the snow generally be one inch or less and there could be freezing drizzle late tonight, so that will make thursday morning travel a little slick. here's the forecast for today. temperatures will be in the details in just a few minutes. continuing coverage this morning... it's been three weeks since an iowa state student -- an eastern iowa native -- was killed in a hit and run. the driver didn't stop to help. tips in the case. officers infestigated all of thm... and say they were all dead-ends. investigators hope new l lads come in once classes resume at iowa state on monday. fin

across the state midweek. these will bing a chance for a wintry mix across eastern iowa starting wednesday.. northwest at 5-15 mph. partly cloudy tonight with lows in the teens. the high pressure will track across iowa monday. this will help to keep winds light and skies mainly sunny few disturbances are then expected to track across the state midweek. these will bring a eastern iowa starting wednesday. midweek. these will bring a chance for aintry mix across eastern iowa starting wednesday. the marshall county sheriff's office says a man is dead -- following a snowmobile crash... it happeed in a field northeast of legrand friday evening... authorities say the 25-year-old driver was found by his family... fifist responders believe he was riding alone when he flipped over- while trying to climb a snow drift... deputies say he was found dead when they arrived. the investigaion is ongoing an eaststrn iowa guu show draws big numbers this weekend. kwwl's jessica hartman was there who are exercising their second morning... hundreds of shoppers browsing thousands of guns for the perfect

look at a pervasive problem all around the country and right here in eastern iowa. just last week we told you about a hoarder home situation in beaman-- a rescue group found more than 40 cats in a single home. since airing this story many of you have reached out to us, shedding light onnsimilar situattns throughout eastern iowa kwwls olivia mancino has been looking into that, she joins us now live i met with someone from the waverly pet rescue today-- her rescue has just recently taken in this family gave those cats up volunarily here are some pictures of those cats-- asasou can see, not all these animals live in deplorable conditions some homes are quite nice, but still barb dunakey with the wavery pet rescue told me it is not safe for the owners nor cats to be living that crowded. and these situations typically go unnoticed so often simply because...cats are quiet. "cats are very quiet...so dogs, if they had 50 dogs in a place, people would hear that, cats are quiet and no one would know they're even in the house" here's "po" the cat... shes the mother of the recent fourty- somethi

campaigning, plenty of their opponents will be arriving in eastern iowa to shake hands on monday and tuesday. for the republicans, tuesday brings at least 3 candidates in the field for 2016. speak at the university of northern iowa on tuesday night. former florida governor jeb bush will make an appearance at the coralville public library that day as well. also, former arkansas governor mike huckabee has multiple stops throughout eastern iowa over the next two days - fairfield and ottumwa on monday. and washington, williamsburg, coralville and muscatine on tuesday. trump told a crowd on saturday while speaking at the surf ballroom in clear lake that he plans to be back in iowa plenty between now and the caucuses on february 1st. texas senator ted cruz is closing out a 6-day bus tour today. this video is from his drop-in at luigi's restaurant in oelwein on saturday. former secretary of state hillary clinton will be campaigning in eastern iowa on monday and tuesday as well. clinton is due to appear at the electric park ballroom in waterloo on monday. she'll speak at an organizing event

pull some warm air into eastern iowa tuesday. the result will be a rain/snow mix for a few hours lowering snow totals. a strong wind around this storm will have gusts around 45 mph tuesday and wednesday. once the low moves east of iowa, the wind shifts to the northwest an pulls in colder airror wednesday with h hghs in the teens. caucus night weather: the snow would not start in eastern iowa until late monday moines to demand 15-dollars-an-houu wages,s,and they areeplanning other protests that include a demmstration outside the venue of a republican presidential debate. workers held a strike this at a mcdonald's in northeast des moines. other events are planned today, ending with a short march through downtown and then rally at the iowa events center, site of a gop debate. a popular political hh spot will soon be under new ownership. we're talking about the famous hamburg inn number two in iowa city. it's been in the panther family for more than 68 years and has become an icon in the city welcoming many politicians over the years. kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with the owner today

program in eastern iowa...leaving parents upset and confused. plus...a firetruck slams into a dairy queen. but its not a firefighter behind the wheel. and the closer we get to caucuses...the more the campaigns are spending. we're breaking down the numbers this morning. here's a live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today is . good morning, i'm ally crutcher. jerry is off. and kyle is here today storm track seven meteorologist is here now with your storm track seven forecast. good thursday morning. we are starting off with some areas of patchy fog. it's nothing that's too dense and the roadwasy look fine, so that is the good news for your morning commute. temperatures this morning are rpetty seasonalbe, generally in the teens. the wind isn't too bad either, so wind chills are generally between zero and ten degrees. storm track seven live weather entwork cameras are showing just a little bit of patchy fog otherwise we have mainly cloudy skies across the region. storm track seven live doppler radar shows dry conditions across eastern iowa. however, we don't have to go far to find

. and -- what's in store for presidential candidates in eastern iowa this week? thanks for joining us tonight. i'm macleod hageman. winter weather is moving through the area this week. let's check in with storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel kyle? 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: there could be a few areas of patchy freezing drizzle later tonight that will create slick spots for the morning commute. there is a winter weather advisory that goes into effect starting at 6 o'clock monday morning going until midnight from tama and benton counties and points to the north. this is the best chance for snow accumulation and light freezing drizzle. here's the snowfall forecast. we aren't expecting heavy accumulation, but there could be one to two inches in the advisory area, with a trace to one inch from cedar rapids radar is dry right now, but there are clouds and areas of freezing drizzle are possible overnight. details on your full forecast comin

, breaking the previous record of $9.4 2001. a man is arrested, accused of robbing an eastern iowa bank. jon ellingson of cedar falls has been charged in the robbery. here is a look inside the first national bank on white tail drive in cedar falls. here's a look at the surveillance video from the gas ation next you can see a man walking -- police say the man did not show a weapon during the robbery but he got away with a big chunk of cash. less than two minutes after you see the man hhad towards the bank...you see him again...this time with a plastic bag... "what i saw was a three or four was wearing a purple uni jacket of some sort." police found the money whehe they arrested ellingson. our very own storm track 7 meteorologist kyle kiel was a witness of the robbery-- we'll talk to a murder investigation is now underway. an eastern iowa man killed during an attempted robbery. lonnie ludvigson was from edgewood. he e as shot in mmphis on saturday. we heard from memphis police this morning. witnesses told them four men wearing masks pulled lonnie out of his vehicle -- and demanded money -

skies will being to build back into eastern iowa as the afternoon progresses. sunday our temperatures will be even warmer thanks to a southerly wind. highs will top out in the low to middle 30s for most. clouds will be a bit thicker, but some sunshine will stick around through the day. a chance for snow and wintry mix arrives late sunday into monday. thanks britley. right now, a blizzard is hitting the east coast. more than 2 feet of snow is expected in washington dc, there have been thousands of crashes and this massive storm has already led to multiple deaths. abc's kenneth moton has the latest from the target of the storm... the capitol. eye of this storm. it is piling up this morning and this blizzard is just getting started. blizzard blast... nats blinding, white out conditions, heavy snow and bone chilling winds... this morning, there are blizzard watches and warnings from dc to new yorkrk airports in the northeast closed...thousands of flights cancelled. sot wendy harrisair traveler can't wait to get out of town in philadelphia, the streets are covered...a snow emergency is in

eating lunch... bill clinton in eastern iowa yesterday to campaign for his wife hillary. he stopped by new-bo city market in cedar rapids for lunch and to answer some questions from business owners, workers, and customers. president clinton speaking about everything from nutrition -- to gun control. the former president also spoke at two campaign events -- one in cedar rapids and this one in dubuque. about 500 people showing up to hotel julien clinton drew on his experience not only as a president, but as hillary's husband--saying he's seen her get things done long before she held any office. but it was an interruption that provided the most memorable moment of the night. my phone's ringing...i'll have to call hillary back and explain why i can't take it." clinton stuck around for about 30 minutes after he was done talking, connecting with many in the crowd and taking plenty of selfies... been released this morning... as businesses added close to 300- thousand jjobs across the country last month. that's higher than what experts predicted. the unemployment rate stands at five- percent.

thanks kaj. a mysterious substance shouldn't impact flights this morning at the eastern iowa airport. a hazmat team arrived late last night to investigate. they found it at baggage claim, which is where we find tv9's forrest saunders live this morning. forrest what did airport security tell you when you arrived? chris, nicole, it's back to business as usual here at the eastern iowa airport. earlier this morning though, totally different scene. airport police had closed off this entire area, the bag claim, while hazmat checked out an unknown substance. here's what authorities are telling us: this started just before 7 pm. airline personnel altered suspicious bag had come in on a flight from chicago. the bag area was closed off a little while after. hazmat was called in to investigate. that unidentified substance was tested. authorities say it was determined to be non- hazardous. the bag claimed area re-opened around 4 a.m. no one is in custody. no flights were impacted. nor should they be for the rest of the day the next flight arrives in just a few minutes. guys? live at the eastern iow

districts in eastern iowa are switching their buses from diesel fuel to propane. it's better for the environment and in the cold weather. police chiefs from around eastern iowa gathered in cedar rapids to talk about the growing issue of gun violence ininheir cities. and sissy the schanuzer from cedar rapids gets some national attention and a new trophy at the world dog awards for her amazing journey to see her owner in the hospital. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, frfr your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. alert forecast, kaj... falling temperatures are likely today with a few scattered flurries likely as well. plan on temperatures to be into the lower 20s in many areas by 5pm with upper teens also possible north of highway 20. thehealling temperature trend continues right into the weekend with temperatures into the single digits on saturday. some snow is still possible saturday night, mainly over the southern half of the area. amounts will be very minor, and generally under 1". the big story continues to be on the colder weather for sunday with subzero highs l

not a firefighter behind the wheel. and a second grader is honored by an eastern iowa fire department for saving her family from a fire. much more on that coming up. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. jerry has the day off. storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel is here now with your storm track seven forecast. good thursday morning. we are starting off with some areas of patchy fog. it's nothing that's too dense and the roadwasy look fine, so that is the good news for your morning commute. temperatures this morning are rpetty seasonalbe, generally in the teens. the wind isn't too bad either, so wind chills are generally between zero and ten degrees. storm track seven live weather entwork cameras are showing just a little bit of patchy fog otherwise we have mainly cloudy skies across the region. storm track seven live doppler radar shows dry conditions across eastern iowa. however, we don't have to go far to find snow. that is falling in parts of northern missouri, but is expected to weaken as it tracks to the north. we will mainly be cloudy today. here's the storm track seven foreca

will open next year. weather will be much calmer in eastern iowa than out on the east coast. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we are heading into a quiet weekend with temperatures by sunday. the next chance of snow arrives on monday. light snow falls monday afternoon into monday night. early indications show about 1-3" of snow will fall across eastern iowa. late monday night and tuesday the wind will cause blowing snow in locations where snow accumulated. expect some hazardous travel conditions monday evening into tuesday morning. we are heading into a quiet weekend with temperatures warming into the low and mid 30s by sunday. the next chance of snow arrives on monday. light snow falls monday afternoon into monday night. early indications show about coverage.. iowa gets nearly 100 million dollars in federal funds to help the states flood problems and some of that money will go to help problem areas right here in during a news

at the eastern iowa airport. a hazmat team arrived late last night to investigate. they found it at baggage claim, which is where we find tv9's forrest saunders live this morning. forrest what did airport security tell you when you arrived? chris, nicole, it's back to business as usual here at the eastern iowa airport. though, totally different scene. airport police had closed off this entire area, the bag an unknown authorities are telling us: this started just before 7 pm. airline personnel altered suspicious bag had come in on a flight from chicago. the bag area was closed off a little while after. hazmat was called in to investigate. that unidentified substance was tested. authorities say it was determined to be non- hazardous. the bag claimed area re-opened around 4 a.m. no one is in custody. no flights were impacted. nor should they be for the rest of the day the next flight arrives in just a few minutes. live at the eastern iowa airport, forrest cedar rapids police and community leaders are going to introduce a new community action team program this morning. its part of a new

included iowa's long- term care omdsman and the iowa d dartment of public health. and one eastern iowa medicaid provider says it hasn't received any payments for patient serces since january first. tonight on t-v nine news at ten, hear how the delays could seriously affect treatments for mental health patients in rural iowa. thee have now been 360 cases of the mumps in the state sie july, including a recent one at clayton ridge high school. superintendent shane wahls says the student is now in the care of a doctor. a letter was sent home to parents telling them of the case. johnson county has the most people in the state with mumps at 265. the majority of those are from the outbreak on meteteologist joe winters s ins us now with your first forecast. what's ahead for tonight? while the east coast digs out from a potentially record storm high pressure keeps control of the weather in eastern iowa. after a quiet saturday the hh slides to the east bringing a bb more southerly air into the state. despite more clouds on sunday it looks like a milder day with highs in the lower to middle 30s should occ

saturday.a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow transitions to all snow this evening across eastern iowa. roads have been snow covered pick up the pieces after a car smashes through it- in a deadly crash. you can see it here- deputies say 38 year old james tackett was driving with a 5-year-old passenger in the back seat. tacket lost control of his car- smashing into a business in clermont last night. year old girl was taken to the hospital. the owner of the business today- she joins us now live in the as you can tell by that picture we just showed, there's a lot of physical damage left behind..but there's emotional damage as well. the owner of the business tells but she's amazed by all of the community's support. the owner of resale therapy says these pictures are haunting. a car crashes into her business- killing the driver, while a 5 friend that she says she'll never forget. "she said your store is smashed you need to get somebody drove into your store and they are hurt and this is serious." it's a new day- the hole is patched up...but inside it's a bit of a different story. "we are finding p

eastern iowa. but is expected to weaken as it forecast coming up in just a few in a kwwl follow-up.... a campus bus driver...accused of hitting and killing an iowa state student...is out on bond. police say 23- year-old benjamin clague is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death. 18-year-old emmalee jacobs was the victim. she was a freshman at the university. the hit and run happened in december. police used video from cy-ride buses as part of the investigation. officers say they could hear the bus hit jacobs...that's what led them to clague as their suspect. emmalee graduated from center point urbana high school last spring before heading to iowa state. her pastor says she spent most of united methodist church. as you can imagine, he says the last month or so has been very hard for the community and for the jacobs family... "up to this point it's been kind of hard on them and the community as they continue to try and search for answers as to why this is all taken place know who did it and now we can move forward in trying to we spoke with emmalee's father

pretty overcast day across eastern iowa, and that will be the case for most of us as we head into the overnight. storm track 7 live weather network camera in coralville shows an overcast sky. however, in northeast iowa it's a different story, as we have had a few areas of partial clearing just in time for the sunset about 10 minutes ago. here's the storm track 7 live these clouds. the satellite and radar shows a hole in the clouds in northeast iowa around the dubuque area, even a few breaks around decorah, but that will fill in tonight as we will mainly be mostly cloudy. temperatures right now are in the 20s. they've been held in the -- that left one man dead. it happened in the 100 block of saint lawrence street -- and kwwl's jessica hartman has been following this story from the beginning. she joins joins us live in the mac -- i have been in nashua all day speaking with residents -- including the mayor. on a busy street in the one man lost his life. according old male was the victim of a fatal shot. hartman "the people working at the nashua casey's were able to tell me, the victim w

good wednesday morning. we are dry right now across eastern iowa, and most of us stay that way through the afternoon. here is a look at the storm track 7 live weather network cameras across eastern iowa. it's a quiet, calm and cool start. storm trackk7 live doppler radar shows the dry conditions. we've had some breaks in the clouds cover in, but more clouds will track in and eventually some precipitation, coming in the form of some light snow later this afternoon. let's track outtthe next 12 hours or clock is whee we will start to the lower to middle 30s with a minutes. we begin this morning wwth a developing story out of north korea. that country says it tested a hydrogen bomb. word spread after th ground shook in parts o north korea this morning. e country tesesed the bomb underground. a hydrogen bomb produces a more powerful blast than atomic weapons like the bombs dropped ding world war two. the associated press says the announcemmt was celebrrted in the streets of north korea. the white house says it can't confirm the test. the u-n security council will this morning/ the p

iowa ahead of the caucuses... 42nd resident bill clinton was in waverly, and several other eastern iowa towns today - donning a very patriotic sweater - and campaigning for his wife hillary clinton. vermont senator bernie sanders speaks to a crows in des moines today... he's got a number of campaign events throughout the state ahead of the caucuses next week. happening now -- a person is taking to the hospitalalin cedar rapids after getting shot on the city's southside.. police are on the scene at 15th street and beaver avenue southeast gathering evidence. stick with kwwl for updates in this developing situauaion. a warm up is in our short term -- but a major winter storm is in our future. tracking snow? storm track seven chiefefmeteorologist mark schnackenberg's on it. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. information from the kwwl week. there aren't too many hours of sunshine expected between now and then. despite the cloud cover, our high temperatures will be in the upper 30s and low 40s. we are tracking a chance of a ligh

racial disparity in the state's justice system. and some eastern iowa non-profits are getting thousands of dollars in grant money to recruit and train volunteers in the community. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... you need to get out and enjoy today. seriously. we'll have upper 30s in our northern areas, with lower and middle 40s the farther south you go. tonight, a cold front approaches with limited moisture, but may be able to squeeze out some light, scattered rain or snow. none of this should cause an issue. some scattered flurries are possible tomorrow as colder air starts to make inroads into the region with slowly falling temperatures. on saturday, temperatures will continue to fall with a powerful second surge of arctic air. this will likely generate some snow in the area on saturday night with increasing wind and dropping temperatures. wind chills on sunday morning continue to look dangerous with -25 to -35 chills common....some areas in northern iowa may experience wind

one eastern iowa charity. michael verst of kentucky donated this classic 1966 volkswagon convertible to camp courageous. the year-round program for disabled campers plans to sell raffle tickets until fall to raise money for camp facilititi. in our show you care spotlight, kcrg tv 9's to this story than just a gift to a charity. this 50-year-old volkswagen cabriolet would certainly stir up some car collectors. although not in entirely original condition, a serious car fan might bid 20 to 30-thousand instead, camp courageous volunteers are running a raffle with one lucky winner. and the story behind the car has helped sell 20- thousand dollars in tickets so far. " the fact people find out about the car and what it's about... the cuteness of the car" here's the story. michael verst's wife karen was diagnosed with bone cancer in the late 1990's... and he restored the bug named "gracie" to mint condition as a gift to her recovery. karen eventually lost her leg to cancer and couldn't drive a stick shift car anymore. he adapted an automatic transmission, perhaps the only one for this model

mostly cloudy sky across eastern iowa. temperatures will warm into the most areas and it will be breezy with a south wind 10-20 mph. tonight, aside from an isolated rain or snow shower far north, it will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 20s. saturday will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s. we are tracking a weak system on sunday that will bring the chance for rain changing to snow. it's not looking like a huge rain or snow maker, but there could be some accumulation. we will keep an eye on this trend. we are still tracking the us after midnight monday, so if storm will be affecting the midwest, and there will be a developing story overnight. a fire destroys an eastern iowa church. it happened last night in lamont. a fire at st. peter lutheran church. the church has been closed for a few years. we were told firefighters used an excavator to knock down the building. there's no word yet on what caused the fire. as soon as we learn more information, we'll let you know. this morning, we also expect to learn more about a shooting in cedar rapids.

cloudy sky across eastern iowa. temperatures will warm into the upper 30s for most areas and it will be breezy with a south wind 10-20 mph. tonight, aside from an isolated rain or snow shower far north, it will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 20s. saturday will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 30s and lower 40s. we are tracking a weak system on sunday that will bring the chance for rain changing to snow. it's not looking like a huge rain or snow maker, but there could be some minor snow accumulation. we will keep an eye on this trend. we are still tracking the potential for a large storm to bring snow to the midwest. timing shows the storm affecting us after midnight monday, so if you have any caucus plans you will be good. the storm and its affects will be with us through wednesday. because this system is still 4 to 5 days out, and the storm is still out in the pacific ocean, computer model guidance has been fluctuating. bottom line: a major winter storm will be affecting the midwest, and there will be we're just three days away from the iowa caucuses.

student is making friends in her new home. an eastern iowa dog and her owner is going to be on national tv tonight. all for the incredible journey sissy made. good thursday morning. its 5 o'clock on january 14th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... you need to get out and enjoy today. seriously. we'll have upper 30s in our northern areas, with lower and middle 40s the farther tonight, a cold front approaches with limited moisture, but may be able to squeeze out some light, scattered rain or snow. none of this should cause an issue. some scattered flurries are possible tomorrow as colder air starts to make inroads into the region with slowly falling temperatures. on saturday, temperatures will continue to fall with a powerful second surge of arctic air. this will likely generate some snow in the area on saturday night with increasing wind and dropping temperatures. wind chills on sunday morning continue to look dangerous with -25 to -35 chills common....some areas in northern iowa may experience wind chills around -40.

, missouri, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. dry days are here in eastern iowa...at least to open the work week. metereologist chris havely is in with the first alert forecast... chris? a thick blanket of clouds overspread eastern iowa sunday morning, and has no plans to move out quickly. in fact, most of tonight will continue have overcast skies. as high pressure slowly moves closer to us, we should see this cloud deck start to break up by tomorrow. the clouds are associated with a shot of some cooler air, so expect lows tonight to be fairly seasonable again, dropping into the teens, despite the through wednesday, expect more quiet conditions with a gradual warm up into the low 30s, ahead of our next rain/snow making system arriving on thursday. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 11-17 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 13 dbq: 15 iow: 16tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 22-28 winds: n ese 5-10 alo: 25 dbq: 24 iow: 26 back to you. the iowa division of criminal investigation is investigating a fatal shooting in chickasaw county. several law enforcement agencies responded to the 100 block of saint lawrence stree

to decision 2016 -- president bill clinton making some stops in eastern iowa today -- campaigning for his wife hillary. he stopped by new-bo city market in cedar rapids for lunch and to answer some questions from business owners, workers, and customers. president clinton speaking about everything from nutrition -- to gun control. he later stopped by the hotel julien in dubuque -- which is where kwwl's brad hanson joins us now the former president's trip to dubuque tonight a little more formal than his stop earlier in the day. about 500 people on hand to hear be the next president. it's former president bill clinton's first visit to dubuque since 2008, and the line of people waiting three hours early. (jeff lenhart, dubuque) "i don't know who i'm going to vote for, so i want to hear what bill has clinton arrived to an announced crowd of 500 people at the hotel julien, and spoke for nearly an hour--hitting on everything from wage inequality to the flavor of the week, gun control. the president's gun safety measures before he even announced them." but it wasn't all serious in dubuque

weather network cameras across eastern iowa. it's a quiet, calm and cool start. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows the dry conditions. we've had some breres in the clouous cover overnight as high clouds track in, but more clouds will track coming in the form of some light snow later this afternoon. let's track out the next 12 hours or so. future track shows a mostly cloudy sky through noon today. then between two and three o'clock is when we will start to see the snow track into the area. right now and there could be freezjng drizzle late tonight, so that wiil make thursday morning travel a little slick. here's the forecast for today. temperatures will be in the lower to middle 30s with a south wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. colder temperatures on the way. details in just a few minututs. our top story this hour the search continues for a rare bike that was stolen from one eastern iowa front porch.... the bike elongs to a m m whose been dealing with cancer and and it was the only way he could get around kwwl'samanda gilbert joins us live in the hewsroom... she caught up with this

coverage monday night. we'll have live reports from des moines and eastern iowa, plus expert analysis of the results. our coverage starts at t ght o'clock on kcrg nine point two. then, we'll continue at nine o'clock all the way through our ten p-m news right here on t-v nine. let's check in with meteorologist chris havely. it was beautiful out there today...the sun melted away a lot of that snow and ice. a generally mostly cloudy sky can be expected tonight, with a slight chance of isolated light showers late. if one of these does graze by your area, you may see a few snowflakes mixing in as well. on \& sunday, our rain chances are much higher as an area of low pressure and associated cold front slide through eastern iowa. scattered showers will amounts will be on the light side. after sunday, our attention focuses on the much talked about nter storm for the early workwkwk. the start time for snow and/or mix, looks to be begin late monday evening from cedar rapids and areas south, so caucus goers will need to keep an eye on the forecast from here on out. the exact track of th

, missouri, brea love, kcrg tv nine news. dry days are expected here in eastern iowa as meterologist chris havely is in with the first alert forecast... a thick blanket of clouds overspread eastern iowa sunday morning, and has no plans to move out quickly. in fact, most of tonight will continue have overcast skies. as high pressure slowly moves closer to us, we should see this cloud deck start to break up by associated with a shot of some cooler air, so expect lows tonight to be fairly seasonable again, dropping into the teens, despite the "blanket" of clouds overhead. from monday through wednesday, expect more quiet conditions with a gradual warm up into the rain/snow making system arriving on thursday. tonight: mostly winds: nw 5-10 alo: 13 dbq: 15 mostly sunny high: 22-28 24 iow: 26 back to you. a deadly shooting in chickasaw county has the iowa division of criminal investigation on scene -- looking for answers. several law enforcement agencies responded to the 100 block of st. lawrence street in nashua around 4:30 pm saturday. nashua police officers found a 56-year-old man dead with a

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digits across eastern iowa. if you spent any time outside at all today, you most likely noticed the many areas in eastern iowa seeing a mile or lesssf visibility throughout the day. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from dubuque where he spenn some time today ttlking with drivers who were in the conditions. and brad, these conditions catch the attention of law enforcement as well. it sure does--with visibility so low,, the odds of something bad happening on the road go way up. and as i found out todaa, even a foggy conditions throughout iowa certainly keeping drivers on their toes. especially ones that don't know this area too well. (travis bob, dubuque) "oh, it's been confusing. new to this area, espspcially. it's hard to see." travelers not seeing this truck stop until they're nearly to it. (andrew hahn, madison, wi) "it's definitely iffy, iffy thing. especially on these high speed roads, it's definitely aaittle bit uncomfortable." adding to the lack of comfort--cars who drive with their lights off. driscoll says that's the biggest issue the deal with in conditions like this. and on

president made a second stop in eastern iowa last night, speaking in dubuque. today -- hillary clinton's chief rival for the democratic nomination returns to iowa -- bernie sanders is starting a four day tour throughout the state. state.that includes two stops in cedar rapids.sanders starts at 10-a-m -- talking about paid family leave at the double tree.he's then holding town hall meetingngt waverly d toldeo before coming back to cedar rapids tonight at 7 -- for a town hall at the veterans memorial building. onhe republican side -- doctor ben carson made a couple of stops in the corridid yesterday. yesterday.including one to the motorcycle museum in anamosa. doctor carson touched on a number of topics like immigration.he says he draws inspiration from one of the nation's most memorable presidents. "teedy roosevevt said we are a nation of immigrants and we welcome anyone from any country, any race, any religion. if they want to be americans, if they accept our values our principles and our they are. carson recently shook up his campaign team after weeks of falling poll numbers.he's now fa

for another day with a partly to mostly cloudy sky across eastern iowa. temperatures will warm into the an isolated rain or snow shower far north, it will be mostly there could be some minor snow we are still tracking the potential for a large storm to wednesday. because this system is still 4 to 5 days out, and the storm is still out in the major winter storm will be affecting the midwest, and there will be several inches of snow and a lot of wind. wind gusts affects will be with us through wednesday. because this system is still 4 to 5 days out, and the storm is still out in the pacific ocean, computer model guidance has been fluctuating. bottom line: a major winter storm will be affecting the midwest, and there will be upwards of 45 mph. we begin this hour with the countdown to caucus. last night many of the g-o-p canddiates squared off in a debate on the fox news channel.. the final showdown before the caucuses. the elephant not in the room -- donald trump...some of the candidates making joking references to trump during the evnt. but they moved on quickly.. the most common atta

morning... the coldest days of the season are just around the corner. and that has one eastern iowa homeless shelter asking the public for help. it's asking for donations so it can expand its shelter space... kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details.. right now the catholic worker house in waterloo has two different houses... one for homeless men and the other for homeless moms and children.... together these two houses can only support a handful of people.... that's why the catholic worker house wants to buy this blue home and turn it into another men's shelter... the group is looking to raise 45 thousand dollars so they can purchase this home.... with the cold temperatures coming up they are worried about turning people away or making them sleep on the floor.... and community.... "it makes me feel like im safe here." get a good meal and they treat blessed... im blessed." paul henson... the man serving food right here... was homeless himself... this place helped him turn his life around... and now he works here... he says he hopes the catholic worker house can c

making stops in eastern iowa this weekend... as martin o'malley spoke to a crowd of about fourty people at murph's tap in dubuque last night... he spoke about his record as a washington outsider, and cited his succes as governorrf maryland. he also spoke of his low poll numbers, saying three weeks is a lot of time to make a move and get before trekking back towrds des moines... days after her husband -- former president bill clinton -- campaigned on her behalf..democratic frontrunner hillary clinton returns to eastern iowa in a clinton has a couple of stops planned in our next of the woods on monday and tuesday mixed in with events on the western side of iowa.. on monday -- she has an organizing event planned at the electric park ballroom in waterloo... on tuesday -- she'll be in dubuque... donald trump will also make his return to eastern iowa next week... the republica -- who's slightly trailing senator ted cruz in the polls in iowa -- has a rally y et in the west gym at u-n-i on tuesday night... is the second time the charm for a trendy way of getting around well the popular t

eastern iowa church... it happpned last night in lamont. a fire at st. peter lutheran church. the church has been closed for a few years. we were told firefighters used an excavator to knock down the building. there's no word yet on what caused the fire. tune in tonight at 5 and 6 for more information on the situaiton... countdown to caucus-- they've got three days left to campaign in iowa... and they have to make them count. last night -- the last debate -- before monday's iowa #aucuses... a frontrunner donald trump.... tracie potts shows us w wt he was doinn instead -- and also "look at all the cameras, it's the academy awards!" side by side... donald where candidates mockjd his absence. "i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly." "he's an entertaining guy. he's the greatest show on earth."" "he was little teddy bear to he's saying, "has anyone seen out there tonight?" all of the debates, easily." position on immigration because you used to support a path to citizenspip." targetig him: "gosh if you guys say -- ask stage noomatter what you ask me." the last debat

that precipitation to eastern iowa. tonight: partly cloudy low: -3-3 winds: sw 5-15tomorrow: m/cloudy, sct. flurries high: 22-28 winds: s 5-15 bruce and beth... a linn county supervisor wants the rest of the board of supervisors to consider raising the county's minimum wage. brent oleson is planning to present an iowa policy project study on linn county's minimum wage to the rest of the supervisors at tomorrow's meeting. the study anticipates the impacts of raising linn county's minimum wage to 10 dollars and 10 cents by next year. iowa public policy estimates a minimum wage increase would raise wages of at least 18- thousand workers in linn county. last year, johnson county supervisors decided to raise the county's minimum wage to 10 dollars and 10 cents by 2017. some cities within the county decided to opt minimum wage at 7 dollars and 25 cents, iowa's minimum wage. it's a busy day of presidential politicking here in eastern iowa. republican and democratic candidates are trying to build support less than three weeks from the caucuses. democrat hillary clinton continued her two-day t

joins us now. still not much happening in the weather here in eastern iowa. while the east coast digs out from a potentially record storm high pressure keeps control of the weather in eastern iowa. after a quiet saturday the high slides to the east bringing a bit more southerly air into the state. despite more clouds on sunday it looks like a milder day with highs in the lower to middle 30s should occur. the next chance for measureable snowfall comes on monday. have a great night and 9-15 sunny high: 26-32 winds: sw 5-15 bruce and beth... the iowa d-o-t says so far this year, car crashes have killed 16 people on iowa roads, and several have been weather related. on tuesday, a campaign van for republican presidential candidate ben carson hit some ice on a road near atlantic, iowa. it flipped onto its side, and a car crashed into it, killing 25 year old braden joplin, a carson campaign worker. now the iowa d-o-t is working on a special project to prevent ice- related crashes in the future. it's testing a device the pat-eye in a parking lot in ames. the device senses when temperatur

some school districts in eastern iowa are switching the type of fuel for their buses. so far, it's reducing costs and working better in freezing temperatures. construction crews only have a few more months of working at the university of iowa. several projects are slated to be finished in the summer. a cedar rapids dog has reached a new height. sissy the schnauzer impressed people across the u-s enough to win an award. good friday morning! its 5 o'clock on january 15th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... falling temperatures are likely today with a few scatttted flurries likely as well. plan on lower 20s in many areas by 5pm with upper teens also possible north of highway 20. the falling temperature trend continues right into the weekend with temperatures into the sing digits on saturday. some snow is still possible saturday night, mainly over the southern half of the area. amounts will be very minor, and generally under 1". the big story continues to be on the colder weather for sunday with subzero highs likely in all lo

this year's republican response. a number of republican candidates are making stops in eastern iowa today, just weeks before the iowa caucuses, in a wide open race. race.donond trump is holding a campaign rally on the campus of u-n-i this evening.it will be held at the west gym at 6. doors open at 4-thirty. rick santorum is making several trips in eastern iowa as well.he's on the tail end of a *five day swing through the entire state.today he'll start his day with a town hall in the independence public library at noon.the former attend private events in both cedar rapids and robins. santorum has lagged behind in the polls this cycle but actually *won the iowa caucuses in 20-12. a pair of candidates will be hosting events in coralville todayin just a few hours at 8- thirty, jeb bush will speak at the coralville public library. and this afternoon, former arkansas governor mike huckabee will make an appearance at the american legion post number 721, at one. the stage has been set for this thursday's next round of g-o-p debates, and only seven candidates will take the stage in the prime-time

districts in eastern iowa don't have an indoor garage... there still is a llt of prep that g ges into getting the buses ready for school.... drivers arrive about two hours before they start their routes so there's enough time for the buses to warm up.... but it's also important to mmke sure kids are prepared to wait at the bus stop "make sure they're dressed in mittens, and their glvoes and their hats. but make sure you dont send them out to the bus their feet warm... it's so easy for them to get cold." kathi says they will send out an-all call... letting parents know if anan buses will be late.... their kids indoors until the bus pulls up.... she doesn't want them running and slipping or getting hurt. also spoke with a doctor at allen hospital... and she says it's important to cover all extremeties... especiialy fingers.. nose ... ears.. and toes... hose are most tikely to get frostbite first. we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. it's also impprtant to have emergency supplies with you in your car in case you become stranded on the road. to avoid