Another hurt on the southwest side. Its an update to a story we ld you about yesterday morning. 25yearold Joseph Perkins junior of chicago was killed. Someone also shot and injured a 21yearold man in the leg. Police have not identified him for his own safety. As of this morning, no one faces any charges. Witnesses told police they heard multiple gunshots at the cedar valley townhomes at 3thousand j street southwest about 9 30 tuesday night. Police say it wasnt a random shooting. Those nearby found perkins body in the parking lot and started cpr. They say the man who was injured limped behind a building. Some witnesses also think they saw a vehicle driving away, but police say there are conflicting descriptions. We do know the shooter got into a vehicle. We dont have a confirmed description of that vehicle also the vehicle was occupied by at t ast two other subjects and possibly in september, someone fired 17 shots at the same apartment cplex. There was damage to a car and several buildings. No one was hurt. This is the first homicide in cedar rapids this year. Last year, there were 6 murders or murder suicides. Dubuques first homicididwas on january 4th. Police say Delores Flynn beat her exhusband, 72 yearold gary breckenridge, to death with a baseball bat in their home. She faces a Second Degree murder charge. Iowa city and waterloo have not had any homicides this year. Today, a cedar rapids businessman is scheduled for sentencing for mislabeling meat products. In july, a jury found bill aossey guilty on 15 charges of mislabeling halal beef that his company shipped to muslim customers in malaysia and indonesia. A federal judge pushed back his sentence to today on the same day his company midamar is scheduled to receive its punishment. Aossey was supposed to be his defense attorney said 40 people sent letters and several others vouched for him, asking for a lighter sentence. So the judge postponed the sentencing to review all of this. In addition to labeling charges, the jury also found aossey guilty of mail and wire fraud and making false statements. Cedar rapids mayor ron corbett says the city has made a lot of right calls since the 2008 flood. In his state of the city speech, he looked at how some of the citys urban renewal choices have turned out. Corbett spoke to a large crowd yesterday. He says a controversial decision to close Second Avenue for the pci medical complex has sparked growth in the medical district. Hes also excited about a viviant downtown and anan emerging entertainment district. Our downtown used to be a place where people came to work and then left. We are entering a new phase where people work, live and, predict, will eventually shop downtown the mayor pointed out the library levy that failed in november. Corbett says the Library Board mayave asked for too part of the growth of arts and entertainment mayor corbett spoke about is taking place in the newbo area. Since parlor city pub and the newbo city market opened, the mayor says bit. Area leaders say the newbo station project is nearing completion and the depot project is well underway. As part of this growth, parking becomes a growing corbett says future developments will include plans. 4 44 31 we are probably going to do more of that where we incorporate parking in the actual building of the construction. Wewere seeing that wiwi the crst building downtown. The building goes up but theres parking included in the structure. While many are coming to newbo, one salon is leaving. Redhead salon is closing and the team is moving to luxe salon in hiawatha. The owner says shes liked the area, but its time for a business change. Shes looking forward to more parking spots at the new location. 4 30 10 we have e d some issues with parking just with everything coming in down here and so our clients are ready to have we have a front the salon says in their two years in business, theyve seen plenty of changes and new businesses opening in newbo. February is schoolbased healthcare awareness month, bringing light to the differenen practices inside of schools nation wide. Metro Care Connection provides schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District with extended care clinics. Tv9s brea love joins us now. Brea, one clinic is having an open house tonight . Thats right. Taylor Elementary School is asking the community to celebrate this month by coming out and seeing what they do. For those who dont know, thesese clinics resemble a doctors office, fully staffed with nurse practitioners. Its like having one right on campus. The clinic is availible to anyone who is a student within the district or their siblings. If a student visits the Nurses Office with a fever for instance, he or she could then visit the clinic for immediate care. 54 41 they would then be referred down here to our nurse practitioner, who would then like a regular doctor would do and then maybe do a ssep test and then if that proves to be positive strep, we could then provide antibiotics and get that kid sent home the clinic doesnt want to take the place of students regular physician, but understands there are barriers in healthcare. Its there to be accessible to everyone. The clinic sees around 13 hundndd students a year, with more than 2 thousand visits. The taylor clinic open house is this afternoon from 4 to 6pm, tours start at 4 15 and run every q5 minutes until 6. Chris nicolol thanks a lot brea. Dubuque is trying to get local colleges to help pay for the citys late night public bus program. The jule offererrides to passengers around the downtown area on friday and saturday nights. In 2013, the city got a grant from the state to cover the costs, but that money is running out. And the city says college students, the colleges should help pay. But as weve gone forward, they really are the heavy users. So it really makes sense that they would pay the bulk of it. Rather than the taxpayers would pay based on what they use. Dubuque says students from Loras College and the university of dubuque tend to use that night ride more often than Clarke University students. A bill to protect bike riders on roads is moving on to the iowa house. The Senate Passed the measure yesterday that would require drivers to change lanes when passing a bicycle. It would not apply when a bicycle is in a specific bike lane. This is a video a vinton man shared while on his bike. Construction is underway to make the Johnson County courthouse safer. Th project includes creating a new Public Entrance in the back of the building. There will be one set of doors where the public will walk through metal detectors and put bags through an xray machine. The addition will also include a second set of doors that sheriffs deputies can use to move inmates to courthouse hearings. The project is expected to be done by march 11th. Renderings of its planned ambulance building. The county is planning to tear down the b blding that currently houses its ambulances on south dubuque street near downtown iowa city. Its planning to rebuild the facility with 7 Million Dollars starting next month. The new facility will include space for the medical examiner. The ambulances will be housed in other buildings while construction is underway. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is defending his decision to not hold hearings for anyone president obama w wl nominate to the supreme court. Grassley is the chair of the Senate Judiciary committee. He and other republicans on the committee sent a letter to Senate Majority leader mitch mccononll on tuesday with the decision. Grassley told reporters yesterday the senate should wait until the next president takes office. He said he believes americans should have a voice in the process. This issue is not about a person. Because thats really what your question is about. The resident might nomomate somebody. Does it become an issue about who he nominates . Absolutely not. Its an issue president obama said he believes the Judiciary Committee should consider his nominee. He said a refusal to consider the naminee could hurt the supreme courts credibility. He is planning totoeet with grassley next week to discuss the situation. Republican president ial candidates will meet tonight for another debate now with super tuesday 5 days away. The winner, donald trump, is taking hits from m s rivals and the last gop nominee. Clear skies in iowa, but people in many other parts of the country are waking up to damage from storms. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itll be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid30s. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs reboundg back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. Plan on highs to go well into the saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. A cold front wwl move through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. The takeaway message for the weekend is this itll be fabulous. Another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. Have a great day today turning partly cloudy high 3339 winds nw 1525 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 37tonight partly cloudy low 2430 winds nw 515 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 27tomorrow partly sunny high 3743 winds w 510 alo 40 dbq 38 iow 42tomorrow night mostly clear low 2632 winds sw 510 alo 29 dbq 27 thanks kaj. Plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itll be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid30s. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and wounded and fallen veterans at a cedar rapids park. This is video of a purple heart monument in north carolina. The Eastern Iowa Purple Heart Monument Committee wants to install a similar one at all Veterans Park this summer. It would cost 25,000, and the commites raised 30 of that amount so far. Plans call for the monument to measure more than 6 feet high and 6 feet wide. Itll be made from granite from texas. We have more Information Online the us used to be the billionaire capital of the world, meaning there were the most billionaires living here than anywhere else. Now another country has surpassed us. More on that on todays americas money. Stay with us. Its. Republicans thethe nevada caucuses and the final before super tuesday. This morning, republican frontrunner donald trump is in a new battle. This time, its former republican president ial conteteer mitt romney. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the latest on the race for the white house. Nat trump entrance hours before Severe Weather ripped through virginia overnight, donald trump was on the ground rallying supporters, talking running mates. Sot donald trump i do want somebody thats political because i want to get lots of great legislation that we all want passed trump s a no show for a republican town hall on fox by megyn kelly who had a very public feud with the gop frontrunner. The candidates lined up as they work to take down trump. Sot marco rubio we wont allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who isnt a conservatives all 4 republicans promised to release their tax returns this week . After mitt romney called on them to do so. The 2012 gop nominee even said he believes theres a bombshell in trumps taxes. Sot mitt romney phoner when people decide that they dont want to give you their taxes, its usually because theres something they dont want you to sese trump went on the attack. The billionaire tweeted mitt romney,who totally blew an election that should have been won and whose tax returns made him look like a fool, is now playing tough guy sot Hillary Clinton 15 44 04 well hello ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha fewer fireworks on the democratic side. Hillary clinton made her case to the sisters of aka ahead of saturdays South Carolina Bernie Sanders who is struggling with black voters there moved on to super tuesday states drawing 9000 people to his rally in tulsa, oklahoma. As for trumps taxes, he says theres no bombshell other than he pays a lot. The republicans will debate tonight on cnn in the super tuesday state of texas where the governor just endorsed his senator ted cruz. Kenneth moton, abc news washington. Virginians are recovering this morning from a fast moving storm that killed four people. One of the victims was just twoyearsold. A tornado ripped apart small town of only 2 thousand. Governor Terry Mcauliffe declared a state of emergency. In total, the storm system spun up 52 tornadoes and killed 7 people throughout the south and midatlantic this week. Now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj omara. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itll be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid30s. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. Plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days with sunny sky on saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. A cold front will move through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. The takeaway message for the weekend is this itll be fabulous. Another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. Have a great day today turning partly cludy high 3339 winds nw 1525 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 37tonight partly cloudy low 2430 iow 27tomorrow partly sunny high 3743 winds w 510 alo 40 dbq 38 iow 42tomorrow night mostly clear low 2632 winds sw 510 alo 29 dbq 27 w 30 abcs reena ninan and kendis gibsonow have this mornings america m mney. Trt oc good morning. Topping americas money an alarming sign about stocks. Trading for under 1 is at its highest point in 20 years. Around 160 stocks open this morning at less than a buck, thats up 38 this year. A new survey of Customer Satisfaction in the u. S. Gives high marks to nordstrom, costco. Americas least favorite retailer, abe comby and fitch. China, a new list says 90 china into first place, 33 more than the u. S. Beijing is the city with the most billionaires. New york city is second. This thursday y through monday . Because yes2you rewards members take an extra 20 off . 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Students and their families in cedar rapids can usee clinics close to their school. One elementary is holding an open house to give out more information. Good thursday morning its 5am on february 25th. Here is a live look at city cam. Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a day similar to yesterdsy with lots of clous in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itl be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid33. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. Plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days with sunny sky on saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. A cold front will mooe through on sunday ening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. The takeaway message for the weekend is this itll be fabulous. Another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. Have a great dayoday turning partly cloudy high 3339 winds nw 1525 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 37tonight partly cloudy low 2430 winds nw 515 alo 25 dbq 26 iow 27tomorrow partly sunny high 3743 winds w 510 alo 40 dbq 38 iow 42tomorrow night mostly clear low 2632 winds sw 510 a 29 dbq 27
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