Into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear w 3440 ndsw00 alo 35 dbq 35w 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 the next round of preliminary voting for president ial candidates is tomorrow. The South Carolina primary for republican candidates and the nevada caucus for Democratic Candidates both happen tomorrow. Both republicans and democrats answered questions in separate town halls last night. In the republican event in South Carolina, religion was a main topic of conversation. This comes after pope francis said donald trump was not christian for wanting to build a wall at the us border with mexico. During a town hall in las vegas, both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton took jabs at each other. Both are trying to win over minority voters. An iowa city man will spend almost 12 years in federal prison for assaulting a corrections officer in southern arizona. Federal prosecutors say 41yearold Howard Sawyer received a 139month prison sentence yesterday. He did plea guilty. Prosecutors say sawyer was prison in tucson officials told sawyer his housing reassignment request had been denied, he punched a corrections officer in his eye. Investigators say the officer suffered permanent vision impairment. Investigators are looking into what caused an unusual odor that forced a passenger plane to land in waterloo. The waterloo Regional Airport says an American Airlines envoy flight was going from sioux falls to chicago yesterday afternoon. It was carrying 26 passengers and three crew members. Some says they smelled the odor shortly after takeoff. The plane made an Emergency Landing in waterloo. A backup aircraft flew the passengers to chicago a few hours later. The Hamilton CountySheriffs Department is investigating an incident where a cell tower. Police say 28yearold Stefan Watermann was doing construction on the tower in eastern Hamilton County. The anamosa man fell from the tower just before 5 pm. Dubuques emergency 9 11 system needs a the countys 911 board agreed dollars for a total overhaul of its radio system. The 911 board says they have to make the switch to a new, higher tech system. Their Current Technology is about 20 years old and the company that hosts it, will stop in july 2018. It will cost between 3 point 6 and 11 Million Dollars to replace. So the 911 board is trying to come up with a way to fund the project. The board says a switch to the new system is critical to keeping communication clear and citizens safe. We we get into having problems at our tower sites or at the dispatch center, we wont be able to replace that equipment with new stuff. We wont be able to send it in to get fixed. Berger says the board is also missing out on about 200thousand dollars each year because more people are getting rid of their landlines. The board receives one dollar per month from the 911 surchange fee from all land line users in the county. Congressman David Loebsack is making a stop in eastern iowa today. He the Kirkwood Regional Center in coralville. He will meet with staff and learn more about the center. That starts at 10 45 this morning. 1st district congressman rod blum is spending his congressional break looking into Health Care Issues and veterans. Hell be at a care fair for veterans in dubuque at the National Guard armory today. Blums office sponsored this senior Wellness Fair at the newbo city market in cedar rapids yesterday. About 40 providers offered displays and information for the crowd. The congressman says some people wanted to talk about navigating the federal programs. I know how big the federal government issue being inside the belly of the beast so to an 80yearold in iowa negotiating some of these departments to find who the right person is to talk to. The congressman says he plans to have more events like this throughout the year. 1 in 10 babies are born prematurely. March of dimes is taking a stance to Fund Research on what causes these early births. This morning marks the kickoff of cedar rapids a walk benefiting the march of dimes. Kcrgtv nines brea love is live at the cedar rapids will hold a breakfast this morning. Brea, that starts in just a couple of hours . Yes, chris and nicole. Things will get started here soon. Its all in effort to reach the organizations goal of raising 200 thousand dollars to this cause. With the average medial cost for preme care being in the 50 thousand dollar range. Work hard to fund this Research Year round. This years march for Babies Campaign co chairs mike and miranda wehr have already dollars within the business community. They decided to get just how many women benefit. 31 26 if youve had a polio youve had a healthy full term baby and you took your folic acid while pregnant youve been touched by our education. Really everybody here in the United States has been touched we encourage everybody to join forces with us and give every baby a fighting chance. The walk is completely free, but walkers are encouraged to make a donation. It will be held at Rockwell Collins on sunday, april 24th. You can find all of that information on how to get involved with march for babies on the website, ive placed a link under this story on kcrg dot com. Chris and nicole . Tv9s brea love, live in cedar rapids this morning. Thanks a lot, brea. Students are getting used to a newly opened expansion of their school. 17 37 18 its really awesome. Its nice to be in a new learning environment. Voters approved a 48 Million Dollar bond in 2013, middle school project. The new portion includes 23 new classrooms, a new cafeteria, new offices and a new library. Students moved in last week. The construction delays caused the building to open much later than originally planned. 17 11 07 from the very beginning there were issues that threw the timing off. They got behind, right away they were behind and it spiraled that way. Here we are quite a bit after when we were supposed to move in, the great thing is we have a nice building and i think everyone is happy. As part of the project, students moved out of the oldest portion of the middle School Building because renovations on that part will start on monday. That should be finished by next october. One school is celebrating while another one is assessing. This follows all Public Schools in iowa getting their report cards in december. Take, for example, solon high school. Its Graduation Rate is almost 99 . Its average act score is 23. 3 more than a point new state report card didnt give solon the top score, or even the runner up ranking. It received the grade of commendable. a ranking that puts it in the middle of the pack among iowa high schools. I went out and looked at what do the exceptional high Schools Look Like . Places where id want to send my kid, were not on that list. About an hours drive away, to vinton, is another school that did earn the states highest possible ranking. Vintonshellsburg middle school got an aplus rating. It slashed its achievement gap by more than half in 2 years. It also had Significant Growth assessments. In a tv9 update a Fayette County boy who suffered a stroke after football practice last august will be back at school today. This is video from a benefit for 11yearold chase aeschliman in october. His care page also says hes now out of his wheel chair. He spent half of the day at school yesterday and will do the same today. Chase has been rehabilitating ankeny. His care page says he should be home for good on march 11th. A proposed art project on the ped mall in iowa city is causing some controversy. The Downtown District is asking the city for 50,000 so it can hire a professional fundraiser to raise the 500,000 needed for this 30foot sculpture. Critics say the Downtown District should be able to raise money for the project on its own. Supporters say funding the project is in the best interest of the city. The city council was split on the issue during a meeting earlier this month. The council will vote on the matter again next month. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources wants more volunteers. The department wants people to help watch over wildlife across the state. Our much anticipated warmup is windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 thanks kaj. A new survey of midwest bankers suggests many have a dismal view of the economy. The Rural Mainstreet index shows fewer than 9 of bank ceos who responded said their local economies were expanding. Nearly 37 percent said their local economies were in recession. Bankers gave this months overall economy a score of 37. Anything below 50 indicates decline. This is the sixth straight below neutral growth. 2016 has brought competition for the Conservation Reserve Program here in iowa. In the agribusiness report, the state has the most contracts in the nation. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Good morning, this is the david geiger. This year could be a competitive one for the Conservation Reserve Program. The Iowa Farm Service Agency is in charge of that here. They say iowa has the most crp contracts in the nation. About a hundred thousand. The next highest is about 74 thousand. But acres arent as high. Iowa has one point four million acres. Nationally. There are 23 point five million acres. And it all caps at 24 million. In recent years. The f acres have slowly declined. This could be a year where net acres go up. Iowa could add another hundred thousand. And depending on if youre a cashrent farmer or a landowner it could be good or bad. If youre a producer thats losing acres to crp, its bad. Thats just the way it is. If youre someone thats trying to address a resource concern, which a lot of producers are doing that for water quality. Its a good thing. The decision to put more land into crp would also be an important business decision. The iowa fsa uses the average crop rental rates from the usda. The latest are from 2013. So higher than usual. Since crop prices have fallen. It might make more sense to put land into conservation. But there will be heavy competition. Iowa loses points in the general sign up because of the high value land here. When compared to. For example. Western states taking care of wind erosion. And you rental rate may only be in the 4050 range. Our cash rental rates are higher. They gain points based on costs. We lose points based on costs. So were actually a little less competitive in a general signup. Iowan landowners will still have continuous sign up. Which is measured by qualification. Its a range bound trade. And hogs are still beating expectations. Grains finally cracd a bit and are down a couple pennies. Really nothing surprisingly fresh i guess youd say, we came into this week and some of those fears were delayed a little bit, theres been some discussion between the opec nations. But we think between saudi arabia and russia that maybe its time to put a cap on Oil Production and about that time too we saw the dollar break. You know, certainly nothing concrete you can say thats happening there but enough to say maybe the bears have to lighten up the load here a touch. Its more range bound trade. You know earlier in the week we pushed down for example in june cattle down toward 119. About the same low we put in january and it bounced again. So here we are pushing 124 once again. Hogs as well have done a phenomenal job of holding in the gains. You know, two weeks ago we reached up and posted about an 81 dollar high on the june hogs. Broke quickly down to 78. And looked like maybe the party was over there and some of the technical indicators turned but you know here we are back today almost turning 81 on the high side so dont want to, nobodys giving it up. You know, that said. Pretty difficult to think were going to extend to a lot higher than we have already. And thats all i have for the show today. Thanks for joining us on the agribusiness report. Ill see you again tomorrow. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 28 oc webtease the iowa dnr says its looking for volunteers to help monitor wildlife. Radio iowa reports volunteer Monitoring Program typically watch and record the lives of eagles in the state. Training sessions start in march. They say he lives in a pineapple under the sea. So a spongebob themed fishing pole seems all too perfect to reel in your first reel catch. Our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 its hard to pull in a fish that a pair of small fries were able to do it and so was a fisherman from marshalltown pulling in a 86 pound fish in this weeks big ol fish. How is this for our leadoff angler . Jordan fannon of coralville and this beautiful colorado brown trout. It was released. Fishing with dad paid off big for lexi skay. Nice bass and this is her sister bella and it looks like that big fella is hooked in the upper lip. Another bass on the line. Abby yackulic of flagstaff caught it in silver lake while visiting her grandparents. Now a king salmon from lake michigan. Steven wolfe nailed it out of traverse city. Barrett roorda caught this 9 pound channel cat at coralville using his trusty spongebob pole and hot dogs. More action from the rez. Becky meyer had fun catching and releasing 4 of these slabs. How about the tag wyatt and lyla burrichter and their big ol bass from silver springs. Wow look at the beautiful Rainbow Trout that Marilyn Grover caught in the turkey river. And we close up shop with this 5 foot three inch, 86 pound sturgeon. Ed anderson ofmarshallto wn got it at lake of the woods. With all my fishing friends, this is John Campbell reporting. Iowans are waiting to hear if a pipeline will be built across the state. The iowa utilities board is meeting today to discuss allowing Dakota Access build the pipeline. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its source, this is kcrgtv9 news Early Morning news. Funnel deadline. Today is the first deadline statehouse in des moines. Road changes. City workers in North Liberty say people should expect delays with road projects starting. And youre looking live on our city cam. Its warm and only getting warmer. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 thanks kaj. Today is the last chance for some bills in the Iowa Legislature to make it out of committee and stay alive. Today is the first funnel, and there are number of bills that have already made it through. Todays funnel deadline means the bill will die if it doesnt pass committee. If the bill started in the House Committee it must make it to the house floor today. Same goes for bills that started with senate committees. The second funnel is not until march 11th. By then, all senate bills must make it out of House Committees and vice versa. An iowa city woman is pushing for new legislation that would increase the punishment for peeping toms. The bill is scheduled for debate in the full senate. The bill passed committee this week when university of iowa Police Arrested 23yearold robert hightower. They say he hall. Ruth lapointe says in 2012, 66yearold elwyn miller put holes in the ceiling and floor of her iowa city apartment to spy on her. Police then found four similar peep holes in other apartments. Paid a 6thousand dollar fine and had to register as a sex offender. A peeping conviction requires the victim be partially nude and the suspect be aroused while spying on their victim. Lapointe says proving that in court revictimized her and others in the apartment. It was hard for me and the other victims to have to describe the fact that our landlord was or was not aroused and knowing that his guilt was resting on that was burdensome. Senate bill 2185 drops those requirements. It bumps the penalty from a simple misdemeanor to a serious misdemeanor. In a tv9 followup this morning. A state senator from dubuque wants the house to consider a bill that would stop the i am calling on the house to take this bill up and give it a fair hearing. If they are listening to the people they represent, they need to bring this bill up before the entire iowa house and let there be a vote. The Medicaid Program is administered by the department of human services. Its not a legislated program. What the legislature does is legislates the amount of money needed for the Medicaid Program or the state match for the Medicaid Program the democratic controlled senate has already passed a bill that would stop the transition that takes effect march 1st. But Republican Leaders say they have no plans to even bring up the bill in the house. A bill that funds road projects is moving on to the floor of the house. The house transportatio n committee passed a bill that would keep 17 Million Dollars a year in iowas would go to a fund for cleaning up underground storage tanks. Thats because 1 cent of a 32cent per gallon fuel tax earmarked for storage tank cleanup is expiring this fiscal year. The bill would cap the Storage Tank Fund at 36 Million Dollars. The iowa utilities board is meeting today to discuss a pipeline that would run through 19 iowa counties. The company, Dakota Access, wants to build a pipeline that would carry crude oil from north dakota to illinois. All other states have approved construction except iowa. The meeting starts at 1 oclock this afternoon in des moines. The board talked about the pipeline for a few days last week with no decision and scheduled todays additional meeting. The board could make a decision today, but it doesnt have to. Some in North Liberty now have clearer pictures of a handful of projects the city is planning on for the next couple of years. At an open house last night, the city showed various planning stages of those projects. Many of them involve street improvements and expansions. One west side of town, near the i380 interchange. The city also has plans to expand and add to city parks, and make improvements to dubuque street to prepare for the new liberty high school. The city administrator says people in North Liberty should expect traffic delays. 32 05 14 its fun and exciting to be part of a growing community, and of course one of those challenges is keeping up with the infrastructure and then having patience as we make those improvements. Construction crews plan to start widening penn street near i380 in early april. Around 39,000 babies are born each year in iowa, and about 10 of those babies are premature. Thats according to the march of dimes an organization that supports babies and their families. Theyre getting ready for their march for babies kickoff breakfast this morning in cedar rapids. The walk brings the Community Together to work for stronger, healthier babies. Each year march of dimes provides life saving therapy for more than one hundred babies in iowa. While also helping out families in a large way. The average four thousand dollars. While, the average cost for a premature baby is more than thirteen times that price. 30 57 march of dimes is taking a proactive stance, were raising hundreds of millions of dollars each year, so that we can invest in the research and find out what causes preterm birth. And that fundraising starts with the community. Campaign cochairs mike and miranda wehr are taking the initiative to raise thousands. And doing it all through the business community. Close friends who had premature children sparked the idea to get involved. 25 57 we watched them get involved with the mission, get involved with march of dimes, and give back immediately, and through watching them and getting us involved we realized that march of dimes is so much than just for premature children, its really just the education and the research to help all women have full term pregnancies. 31 17 a lot of people think that the march of dimes only touches you if youve had a premature baby, and while that is true, weve actually touched everybody here within the United States. So, if youve had a polio vaccination, youve been touched by our organization. If youve had a healthy full term baby and you took your folic acid while pregnant youve been touched by our education. The wehrs set a goal for 60 thousand dollars 6 months they are only five hundred dollars away from reaching it. The cedar rapids march of dimes total goal is two hundred thousand dollars. Gruber encourages everyone to join forces with them and give all babies a fighting chance. Tv9s brea love with that story. There are plenty of ways to get involved with march for babies. You can find a link for that information under this story on kcrg dot com. The walk is at Rockwell Collins on sunday, april 24th. Two social Media Companies are supporting their rival this morning this comes after apple is refusing to help the fbi. Some amazing video out of platte yesterday. A grass fire sparked and the high winds and dry air caused a fire tornado. The entire kansas city metro area was under a burn ban because of the warm temperatures and high winds. There are no reports of injuries and no word what caused the fire to spark. Our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 iow 34 thanks kaj. Our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with gusts to 45mph possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont yahoo is tightening its belt. The company is phasing online digital magazines. Yahoos ceo wants to put the most effort towards the things that make the most money. Stay with your 24 hour news stocks slipped yesterday as a three day rally ran out of steam on wall street. And more Tech Companies are supporting apples decision to not help the fbi unlock the iphone of the San Bernardino shooter. Facebook and twitter are standing with apple. Break into the phone would set a bad precedent. It promised to fight against government efforts to weaken security of Consumer Tech products. Twitters ceo expressed his solidarity through what else . A tweet. Procter and gamble says it will cut another 10 billion dollars in costs during the next five years. The company has shed more than 20 thousand jobs so far. Executives say most of the cuts will come from its production pipeline and marketing. The pending duracell sale to Berkshire Hathaway and coty merger will remove about 13 thousand jobs from p and gs payroll. And yahoo is shutting down several of its online digital magazines. The company will start phasing out yahoo food, health, parenting, makers, travel, autos and real estate. Yahoos ceo also plans to lessen the companys online and mobile offerings only keeping those that generate the most revenue. Its heres a live look at . . . On our city cam. Our much anticipated warmup is here plan on windy conditions today with highs well into the 50s. The south half of the area will likely touch the lower 60s as well. Today will also come along with lots of wind with possible. Tomorrow is very much the better half of this warmup with highs well into the 50s, but with wind under 15mph. By sunday, a cold front comes along, but with a significant dent in the snowpack, if not complete elimination, we really wont get that cold with upper 40s likely. Next week still appears pretty quiet with only periodic bouts of clouds the most likely result. Highs will average in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Have a terrific weekend today m sunny, windy, mild high 5662 winds w 2030 g 45 alo 55 dbq 55 iow 61 tonight mostly clear low 3440 winds w 1020 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 38 tomorrow mostly sunny, mild high 5359 winds w 510 alo 55 dbq 53 iow 59 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 3137 winds n 510 alo 30 dbq 31 thanks kaj. Fire crews in waterloo are the scene of a fire right now. They are at 1720 jefferson street. We have a crew on the way. Stay with tv9 and kcrg dot com and we will update you with the latest information. Heres a look at todays top stories. Today is the first funnel deadline for bills in the Iowa Legislature. That means only bills that have made it out of committee in their respective chambers can continue on in the session. The second funnel deadline is march 11th. 2016 republican president ial candidates stops and pleas to voters in South Carolina. Voters will head to the polls tomorrow for the states primary. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are hoping to sway voters in nevada. Voters there will caucus tomorrow. The iowa utilities board could make a decision on the Dakota Access pipeline at its meeting today in des moines. The pipeline would carry oil through 19 iowa counties on its way from south dakota to illinois. All other states have approved construction except for iowa. The state wrestling tournament continued tonight with first round action in class 2a. Josh has more from des moines. Lets start the class 2a action at 113, south tamas brady fritz comes up the with hung on to win 54 to advance also at 113, cascades sam martin is moving on to the next round after this third period fall against walter long of Bondurant Farrar at 126, Brock Rathbun of center pointurbana is going for his 3rd state title. He takes care of business in the first round with a 2nd period tech fall i wanted to go out there and get a fall pretty quick and get off the mat right away. But when i got the tech fall, i felt pretty good. Hopefully, it goes that way the rest of the tournament. Onto 138, Anthony Dudek of Dubuque Wahlert collects three points for this near fall. He beat jordan renshaw of glenwood in a 141 major decision at 160, jake juhl of independence comes up with a 4point sequence. First two points for the takedown, and then two more for the back points. He moves on with the 92 decision at 182, nick baumler of North Fayette valley comes up with a 2nd period pin to improve to 390 on the year hell face vic malloy of williamsburg in the quarterfinals. Malloy beat chris bridges of davenport assumption 104 in his first Benton Community is wrestling in his first state tournament. And what a way to start by shutting out your opponent, 60 to move on at 285, unions michael ahrendsen quickly pins his opponent in just 27 seconds to head on to the quarterfinals which start tomorrow. Josh christensen, kcrgtv9 sports. For highlights from class 1a and 3a go to kcrg. Com. Bluders bunch was trying to snap a four game losing streak tonight against purdue. Scott westerberg has the highlights. Some other hawkeye athletes in the house including Football Players drew ott and Marshall Koehn and theres peter jok sitting courtside. Iowa women with a fast break early in the first quarter. Tania davis bounces it to ally disterhoft. The former iowa city west allstater finished with a dozen. Freshman Megan Gustafson has been a doubledouble machine as of late. Gustafson led the hawks with 18 points and 7 rebounds. Just shy of another double double. Iowas other young post player, chase coley, had a big night as well. Coley squares up and hits the 15 points and 7 boards. Back to gustafson. Th is time she steps out and buries the free throw line jumper. Then coley takes the pass from disterhoft and lays it in as the hawkeyes get back in the win column 6355 over purdue. In iowa city, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. The road to des moines continued tonight on the hardwood with second round district play. In class 1a alburnett took on central city. And they go inside to big Jordan Stewart for the easy duce and 15 point lead. But Blake Willenborg plays a little string music to cut the lead to 8 in the third quarter. But the pirates responded with a big time drive by ryan moyle and then the they go back to the big fella stewart for two more and alburnett advances with the 6338 win. The pirates will face north linn next. The lynx hosted central elkader and brian kelly got the visitors on the board first. But the rest was all lynx chistian moore with two inside and th checkout the drive by former tv 9 athlete of the jake hilmer for the bucket and jumped out to a 143 lead. Ryan miller burries from the top of the key and north linn moves on with the win. Down south lone tree hosted ims. The lions jump out to the early lead. Niko gosnell inside for 2. Lone tree up 6. The lions did a good job for much of the first half on sharpshooter Eli Gingerich but here he gets free and rattles in a three. Gingerich finished with 16. But the night belonged to Jovonte Squiers and lone tree. Squiers scored a game high 25 as lone tree advances 5043. And finally on 9. 2 tonight iowa city west wrapped up the regular season entertaining hempstead. Devonte lane connects from downtown. The mustangs answer with the quick first step from savion williams. But the trojans with just too many weapons. Patrick mccaffery with the triple from the corner and then checkout wally parks with the baseline flush and west beat hempstead. Look on our city cam. Its february 19th and today. 2016 president ial candidates are making their final pleas for support ahead of the republican primary in South Carolina and the democratic caucuses in nevada tomorrow. Today is the first funnel deadline for bills at the statehouse. Bills have to be out of committee to continue in the session. People in North Liberty are getting ready for some major road projects this spring. The city and road crews say patience will be critical with the work. Students and staff at Clear Creek Amana Middle School are excited to use new classrooms after delays pushed back their movein date later than planned. And the march of dimes gets ready to open its annual march for babies fundraiser benefiting research for premature births. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news