Abc 9 news. Tim an outbreak of mumps starting back in july of last year appears to have spread to Plymouth County. The firsrs confirmed cases of the virus originated at the univerist of iowa. According to School Officials between the months of july and vovember more than a hundred students tested positive for the virus. Now the virus is popping up in Plymouth County where several cases have detected abc9 reporter Deborah Souverain will have an update tonight at tim South Sioux City police are celebrating the 42 year career of their police chief. South sioux police chief scot ford, who first donned the badge january 22 1974, was greeted by over a and officers today as he finished his last day on duty at the City County Law Enforcement Center in South Sioux City. We always try to maintainin this department a feeling of family and i think thats probably whats going to be the hardest to walk away from. Its like im losing part of my family or walking away from a part of my family. Says ford. Ford will appoint an interim chief, who will serve for 4 months, while the citys Civil Service looks for a replacement. Tim turning to politics now, donald trump is taking aim at a conservative magazine after the publication slammed the real estate tycoon in an editorial piece. The National Review called the republican president ial front runner a menace to american conservatism. Trump firing back today y lling the the magazine has since been un invited from sponsoring an upcoming debate by the Republican National committee trumps big lead in as ted cruz finds himself on trumps heels trailing trump by just 1 percent in the state. Cruz had his own message when asked if trump is commander in chief. Ted cruz up every day and sees a slight drop in responds in a frenzy of tweetsi would suggest that the next commanderin living or dying by the daily polllland and by the latest itter storm should focus on identifying our enemies the race on the democratic side is heating up as well. A second poll this week finding vermont senator Bernie Sandes ahead of Hillary Clinton in both iowa and new hampshire, there are just ten days until the iowa caucuses. Tim successful president ial runs arent organized by just the candidates themselves. Staffefe and volunteers to keep theheround game rununng stroro. Especially volunteers as dedicated as some on the cruz campaign. Reporter Sabrina Ahmed volunteers pour out of camp cruz. Ready to door knock in below freezing temps. 15 24 00 many many many thousands of doors. The Ted Cruz Campaign has taken the old aib dorms and turned them into a hub for volunteers. 13 09 24 we try to move nos into maybes, undecided into yess and yess into volunteers. This is where at least 50 of them they spend their nights. 12 21 24 and a lot more. Were about to fill up both dorms here. Theyve come from all over. Beth avery is here from maryland. 9 38 07 i drove about two days out here e with m mmom. But thatatales in compararon to texan maggie wright. 17 16 16 well wethe first trip we took was to sc, we went to oklahoma a couple times, and iowa a couple times. Shes been team cruz since his first senate race. Shes always had her sights set on the white house. 21 21;22 i hugged before the general and i said, i hope i live long enough to see you as president. He said oh lets cross one bridge at a time senate. 21 53 08 he is the most consistent conservative and hes a chrsitan first and he loves our untry and hes spent his adult life fighting for the constitution. Made a pretty drastic decision. 17 08 02 ted says to drive your car state again and i said ted, im getting it wrapped, and he said youre going to have to go all over the nation. So she is. Shehend her husband have been in iowa for months. And will be here until caucus night. 22 40 23 people are walmart say are you ted cruzs parents and i say no but its like hes our adopted son, we love him. Wright says this is all for her grandsons. 25 00 14 i want them to grow up and see the america that i saw. And if he wins . 24 23 10 well have an inauguration that will be superb. Tim repbulican the campaign trail rson took a few days off after one of his lunteers died in a car accident tuesday night. Carson was in glenwood iowa today for a town hall meeting speaking on why hes the best candidate for the party, as well as other issues importt to voters, like common core. Tim ben carson and donald trump will both be in siouxland tomorrow the Trump Campaign heads to hold a rally at dordt college. To speak tomorrow at 11 am doctor ben carson will be in sioux ctiy at the hell be kirk camerononnd the caststg crowns. That rally will be tomorrow tim an iowa group is making a push to encourage minorities to get out and caucus this february. The league of united latin american citizens, is conducting training for caucuses. To have more than 10 thousand voters get to precincts for the iowa caucuses. Joe enriquez henry, National Vice president for lulac of the midwest region, if youve gone to a caucus beforerethis time be prprared, youre going to see many young latitis participate e the caucus process. Discussinghe issues that are important jobs, health care, education, and the need for comprehensive immigration reform. Volunteers have been knocking on doors reaching out to the Latino Community for the past few months encoraging everyone to get out and caucus. Tim its now a little easier to find sioux citys Launchpad Childrens Museum. Workers hoisted up the museums new sign this afternoon. Its one of the finishing touches for the museum thats set to open next month. Staffers tell us the museum is designed to be a fun place for youngsters to learn and features regionally themed attractions. The grand opening of the Launchpad Childrens Museum is set for february 11th. Tim despite a warm start to the winter, released their schedule a slew of winter fun is scheduled. Favorites such as broom ball, winter flag for a complete list o oevents you can check out their website u gamesdotcom. Coming up after do these bulls really know who president of the United States is . Or are they just nd out when we return. Cold tonight, above freezing this weekend. But more snow monday . Details next. Exactly who will be the next president ofofhe us but two bulls seem to be in the know. The bulls at the Worlds Toughest rodeo in the quad cities midnight. Cast their opinion for favorite candidate this morning, and as you see it was a close race. Ohlees ballot dropped between hillary and bernie and midnight was fhexom kcautv. C om snow pack and cloudier skies today. Got to 27, just shy of normal. This weekend well be a too bad. Teens and twenties. Winds calm, well start to see a southerly wind kick in tonight. Chills not bad with calm winds. In the teens. Tonight wind chills will dip towards 0. Stubborn clouds tonight with patchy fog. Temperatures in the teens again tonight. Stubborn clouds with not many breaks in sight. High pressure in place, well see some fog tonight. As High Pressure shifts south, well kick in a south wind that will have us warming this ekend. But it willbe breezy totorrow so even though well be in the low 30s, were in the teens. High pressure gets out of here once the blizzard thats pounding the east coast moves east. That will allow a front to start to make its move. Southerly flow and warmer sunday. Mid to upper 30s sunday night well start to see those winds shift, maybe a few flakes. Snow really comes in for monday. Patchy fog. Wind chills 5 below 0. Tomorrow 32 with clouds and leftover fog. Gusty winds has it feeling like the teens. 7day breezy and 30s this weekend. Blutery with light snow likely on monday. A colder day tuesday before we get back up to the 30s. By the way. A blizzard taking aim at east coast right now. All yellow in winter storm warning, but blizzard warning from dc to philly to nyc and even the Outer Islands off ma. Theres the system. Beautiful on sat rad. Will bring 2 to 3 feet to dc. Around a foot to nyc. Coastal flflding in jersey and blustery white out conditions. Jenna tim fred use the word blizzard this winter still to come. Dozens of folks took a big step today in their hopes of an American Dream more on their natrualization to the country. Representing 20 Different Countries are now officially us citizens after they underwent quad c cies today. And after waiting some time, many there said this is one of the happiest days of their lives prince mbarato, immigrant from the congo i dont know. How can i explain this . Joyful . Im very very happy to be an american citizen. Residents from 22 Different Countries made an oath of allegiance on friday at the rock island federal courthouse. They are now recognized as naturalized citizens of the us and are granted all the rights that come with the title. Remarks were made by judge sara darrow as well as colonel elmer speights, the Garrison Commander of the rock island arsenal. nats colonel elmer speights, rrison commandeyou bring your cululre. You bring g ur language. You brbrg your talentstso the United States. That combined with what we already are makes us the greatest nation in the world. 54 men and women also heard a video message from president barack obama, before receiving their certificates at the end of the hour long ceremony. Obamas immigration policies and Border Control have recently been the topic of debate from president ial candidates. While republicans and democrats may have different opinions on immigration, the quad cities newest citizens are eager to vote and make their voices heard. Alamin shwareb, immigrant from yemen i suggest we could extend the background check, make the process a little bit difficult, ya know before you what america stands for. And i believe in this coming up in sports. The iowa men are still perfect in conference play after last nights win over rutgers. Hear from the hawkeyes after the break. Plus. Its hall of fame weekend over at briar cliff. Hear from a handful of charger hoops mens s sketball at briar cliff ununersity. Over the next few days, the chargers will honor the past and the present as part of hall of fame weekend. Looking at the current team, the bc men have tied a School Record with 16 straight wins. They will be in action tomorrow at 4 00, but this weekend is all about looking back. Last september, legendary head coach ray nacke passed away. On sunday, briar cliff and Memorial Service in his honor. Throughout the weekend. The chargers will shine a spotlight on many of nackes players. Including a handfull of hall of fame inductees. Here;s what they had to say about nackes lasting legacy. Mario butlercoach nacke taught me personally to be the best you can, not only as an athlete, as a person, and to have two personalities, as a player and as a person. Anything he said on the court, you couldnt take it personal. He was the nicest guy off the court, but on the court he was the toughest guy i ever met. He helped me a lot in my career and im really thankful for him and his family. Rolando frazernacke was everything for me. Nacke taught me to shoot the ball with the backboard. And his family treated me good. I felt like i was at home everytime. Nacke was probably one of the best coaches i ever had. A great coach briar cliff held its annual lunch with the chargers. This event gives student athletes the chance to serve those who support bc athletics. For senior softball player abby thomsen, todays event was s a golden opportunity to give back. Abby thomsenits huge. These guys come in here and theyre the ones that help us out, donating to the school providing for our programs and everythingit means so much to us. And to serve them and get to talk to them, get to know them is really cool. Tune in tomorrow at 6 and 10 for highlights from briar cliffs doubleheader with nebraska wesleyan. The women tip at 2 00. The men follow at 4. Alex to the big ten. Iowa is 60 in conference play for the first time in 29 years. Last night, the e hawkeyes took wn rutgers. Their 12th straight bibi ten win. Iowa had three players score 20 points ib thursdays win for the First Time Since december of 2000. Peter jok led the y with a careerhigh 29. Anthony clemmons and jared uthoff had 20. A landmark to surpassed 1,000 points in his career. The 44th hawkeye to achieve that honor. Winners of eight straight, Fran Mccaffery and company. Pleased with their rformance. Very proud of our guys. I thought itit was a very business like effort. Defensively in the first half, i thought rutgers did a terrific job running their offense. They really executed, they ran the ball we got ahead, they came back and took the lead, so we had to fight. I thought our defense was much better in the second half. Big win for us, even though we played bad, didnt play great at times, we still go the win, that was the goal. And to move to 60, feels good and now we have to prepare for purdue. Rutgers is a good team. We had to be prepared for them. Its always tough coming into a big ten arena and getting a win but its a big win for us and we look forward to purdue on sunday. Like jarrod said, iowa returns to action on sunday against 22nd ranked purdue. That matchup at carverhawkeye is photo of the day. Todays picture comes from. Lunch with the chargers this afternoon where chris snapped a selfie with outgoing briar cliff president bev wharton. I dont think this was on bevs bcu bucket list but on wednesday night she will be checking one off the list when she takes chriss job and reads charger basketball highlights. If youre like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc9 facebook tonight 11 and patchy fog. Wind chills 5 below 0. Tomorrow 32 with clouds and leftover fog. Gusty winds has it feeling like the teens. 7day breezy and 30s this weekend. Blutery with light snow likely on monday. A colder day tuesday before we get back up to the 30s. Celine onon heart break. Inside the funerarafor her beloved husband. As she says farewell