First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from m te saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. Should mixed precipitation fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm high impact in the area. Please stay tuned as we move through the ekend. Toda y partltlcloudy gh 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy winds w 515 alo 28 dbq 28 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3945 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 43tomorrow night light mix late low 3036 winds s 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 nats of crackling fire, firetruus running fire investigators will try to determine what caused this fire that burned down a bucucnan counun church. Firefighthtrs from multiple departments were called to the old Saint Peter Lutheran Church in lamont around 6 30 last night. Thats on oak street. The church was no longer used for services. The sheriffs s ffice said no one was inside when the fire started. Sentencing is now set for april for a woman who pleaded guilty in the death of a toddler. That woman ran a daycare in her home. Back on junun10th, the Pella Police Department received a 911 call for a 17 month old who was not responsive. Emergency crews rushed to the 1300 block of east 7th street. Police say the child had beeee sleeping impmpperly in later. Pella police and the division of criminal investigations determined 32 year old valerie unsupervised, and in the care of an uncertified adult. Yesterday, wackerly pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Dubuque police say theyve discovered a number of stolen items as part of a burglary investigation. They say they found stolen jewelry. Us dollars and foreign currency. Lawn care equipment. And cellphones and tablets. Police are asking people to come forward to claim their items. Police say they have arrest warrants for 2 suspecds they think were involved with the thefts. Former president bill clinton is reaching out to younger caucusgoers with stops at colleges in eastern iowa. Yesterday he stumped for his wife at Wartburg College in waverly and Cornell College in mount rnon. He told the crowds that t hillary is the best candidate, not only because she has the right priorities, but because she has the experience and temperament. 1 35 theres one person running for president in either party. Only one, who went to wall street in 2007 before that crash and said if you dont clean up those housing policies and the the securities youre selling, as candidates vye for support, we looked at how often iowas first in the nation caucuses actuauay chose the eventualal president ial nominee. Since 1976, only three republican candidates who won the Iowa Caucuses have become the nominee. Thattnot counting incumbebes. Anddn that same time frara, democrats chose five candidates who became the nominee. The last time around, democrats selected incumbent barack obama in an uncontested race. And Republican Voters chose rick santorum, who won 10 more states. But mitt romney was the eventual nominee. Kcrg tv nines mark carlson explains why experts say its not about winning the caucuses, but how you finish. Back in 2008 Mike Huckabee won the gop iowa caucus. Now, 8 years later crowds at his events have shrunk, to at times only a couple dozezepeople. Its old fashion, grassroots, think thats what ultimately wins causes in iowa. Each race is different, and somebody who had a chance 8 yeararago or 4 years ago, if they werent successful, well now its a different race, its a different dynamic. While huckabees story may lead people to think that iowans arent very good at picking president s. But iowans get even better when it comes to narrowing the field, and thats what ui Political Science professor tim hagle says the caucuses are all about. The purpose isnt to pick the nominee or the winner if it were we would get even more grief from the other states who would say oh well gee after iowa its over, well its not over, our job here in the Iowa Caucuses is to wiwiow the field. And thats exactly what hagle says iowans do best. The last six president s all finished in the top three in iowa. Our job is to separate the contenders from the pretenders, people that really arent or arent serious or at least not competing. Putting uncommitted voters aside only one time has the gop or democratic top three in their parties iowa ucus. So the saying, theres three tickets out of iowa is very accurate. We take this very seriously, we are very educated about the candidates their positions and so were kind of serving as a committee and say to the rest of the country, okay, here is who we recommend. Johnson county democrats chair Martha Hedberg says iowans should be proud of their record. Now theres only one thing left to do. Make more history, and d all starts right here in iowa. I want to see everybody turn out to their causes all across the state isnt an extremely important process. Hagle says that old saying may be challenged this year because there are only three democratic candidates, while the gop has a huge field. Stay with us monday for complete caucus coverage. Well have live reports from des moines and across eastern iowa along with expert analysis. It starts at eight on kcrgrgine point two. Then, well have full coverage nine oclock right here on tv nine. The Dubuque Humane Society says recent changes have saved a Record Number of animals. It comes less than a year after facing criticism for its euthanasia rates. In 2014, the shelter euthanized more than 1,200 cats and dogs. Then, last spring, the Humane Society starting u ung a different methodology to d dide what makes an animal adoptable. In 2015, staff put down only 288 animals. Thats about a 75 reduction. Directors say t tyre doing more to teach people who adopt how to rehabilitate those cats and dogs. They become stressed out in a new environment. To adjust to being here we are also givinthem more time with our staff to get used to people so they have thoho interactions. That dedeeases anxiety which reduces aggressive. Directors also dropped the kitten adoption fee from 110 to 50. Fees for older cat adoptions fell 50 to 25. The midwest region of the red cross has an emergency according to a report frororadio iowa, which found blood supplies are severely low. The red cross blames winter storms and icy roads for having to cancel blood drives since the first of the year in iowa and across the country. A traffic stop turned into a birthday surprise for one Cedar Rapids High School student. Jefferson High School Sophomore student Hanna Burgess celebrated her sweet sixteen wednesday, which means spending some time behind the wheel. But a drive with her dad the night before her birthday ended in a traffic stop. Thats when Sergeant Thomas grubb handed her a different kind of ticket. The bad news is youre gonna get a ticket. The good news it, its to justin bieber. Happy birthday hannas father says the officer is a friend of the family and had permission from his supervisors to help with the surprise. Take a look at this. Piece by piece. It was out with the old in north liberty. This is the old water tower coming down. Crews started early yesterday morning and worked into the afternoon. Boom the city built the 200,000 gallon tower in 1976, and began municipal Water Service the next year. But the tower had been unused for years and was deteriorating. North libertys water superintenden t says the city had to wrap up contracts with cell and Internet Companies before taking it down. This tower has been removed, actually, unhooked from the Distribution System since probably 2010, so it hasnt served any purpose and would have been down a lot sooner except for trying to work out those contracts with the companies. Many who remember when it was built spent time watching it come down and taking pictures. Since it was located next to he fire department, fire crews say theyd like to expand the department onto the land by adding a couple of truck bays. A company that makes sure you destination on time will be adding to their services. Nonouber says they will make sure your deliveries get to you on time. More on that in todays tech bytes. Everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from late saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a mall chance of miid precipitation late on monday. Should mixed fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. Please stay tuned as we move through the weekend. Today partly cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy loww2531 winds w 515 alo 28 dbq 28 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3945 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 night light mix late low 3036 winds s 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 thanks kaj. Details this mornings techbytes. Trt oc hello. In todays techbytes facebooks live stream now available for everyone. The periscopelike feature allows users to broadcast on their phone. Available to verified accounts for journalists and celebrities. The popular dating app has just added g firks. Uber is going up against amazon and other sameday delivery services. Launching what it calls uber rush. Customers wanting instant shopping grty occasion can use the app the same they they use uber to call for a car. Of course, theyll have to pay an extra fee for that service. Have a great day. 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Warning thursrsy that t t mosquitoborn zika virus is quote now spreading explosively. Directorgeneral Margaret Chan the possible links only recently suspected have ridly changed the risk prole of zika from a mild threat to o e of alarming proportions. With 3 to 4 million cases of the mosquitoborn illness estimated in the americas in a 12month period, concern is mounting in the u. S. Some 80 percent of those infected report not even feeling ill. As the virus silently strikes its most vulnerable victims pregnant womenennd their babies. It is a very, very severe risk in pregnant women. In areas where the virus has arrived, there has been anncrease in babies born with abnormally small heads which can cause severe developmental issues and sometimes death. Microcephaly can lead to lifelong neurological problems that can range from mild to very serious. There are no medicines to treat those infected with zika, and no vaccines to prevent it. Blthough u. S. Officials say Clinical Trials on a vaccine could begin this year. Im reid binion, reporting. Face a judge. 18 year old ethan couch landed in texas yesterday after mexican authorits deported him. Couch and his mom are accused of going on the run after a video showed him at a party, which violated his probation for a fatal drunk driving. Authorities found them hiding at a mexican resort city last month. Couch is on probation for killing four peoplin a 2013 drunk driving crash. His attorneys argued that he suffered from affluenza. Meaning he was too spoiled to know right from wrong. An american will spend 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing a south Korean University student in seoul. Arthur patterson was sentenced overnight. He was extradited in september, 16 years after fleeing to the us. Patterson killededhe student at a burger king in 1997. He was originally sentenced to 18 months for destroying evidence in the case. When he was freed in a special amnesty, patterson ran off as authorities launched a new investigation. A family of a former nfl player and hawkeye Football Player now has some answers. A new report was released for player who died last fall. And his family is speaking out abououthe results. Youre looking live on our camera. Kaj will be back right afafr the bbak with a look at your friday forecast. Stay with us. First alert forecast. Everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from late saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. Should mixed precipitation fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. Please stay tuned as we move through the weekend. Today partly cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds w 515 alo 28 dbq 28 iow winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 43tomorrow night light mix late low 3036 winds s 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 thanks, kaj. Candidates just have the weekeke voters before they go to caucus. But, many still wonder if f cast their votes. With us her on tv9. Its. Good morning from the temperatures pretty nice out for the end of january. Its friday january 29th. Heres what you need to know today. A church in the small town of lamont in Buchanan County burned to the ground last night. No one was hurt and no word on the cause. Cedar Rapids Police are gun shots on the Southeast Side where one man went the hospital. No word yet on any arrests. Republican president ial candidates debated in des moines last night for the final time before mondays caucuses. Donald trump boycotted the debate. A top three finish in the Iowa Caucuses is almost mandatory to win the white house. Making mondays caucus results important. The National Transportatio n safety board wants to lower the legal blood alcohol limit to point zero five percent. Eastern iowa Law Enforcement arent pushing the change. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from late saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a all chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. Should mixed precipitation fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely bb a storm of high impaa in the area. Please stay tuned as we move through the weekend. Toda y partly cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 28 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3945 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 43tomorrow night light mix lalae low 3036 winds 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 the clean up process will soon gin after a urch burned to the ound. Firefighters were called tt old Saint Peter Lutheran Church in lamont. Is was around 6 30 last ght. Its on oak street, just east of east street. Ltiple fixe departments were lled in to help. E chch was no longer used for services. E Buchanan CountySheriffs Office said ey did not believe anyone was inside when ei arted. Investigato have not said t what started the fire orsaid how much the magect. One was hurt at shakespeares pub and grill in iowa city when a fire started there. Firefighters were called out shortly before 10 yesterday morning at 8 19 uth first avenue. Thats across from the hy vee. The fire caused some damage inside the building. When you see news, you can tell us about it by calling newsline nine at 3193659999. You c also send us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Lets address the elephant not in the room tonight. Donald trump has chosen not to attend just 3 days left until iowa voters go out to caucus. And all the republican candidates at the p of the polls except for donald debate in des moines last night. Civil tone last night. But despite the lack of trump, they still clashed on and immigration. Texas senator ted skirmage over immigration. I was for legalization we led the fight against amnesty. The truth is, ted, throughout this campaignnouve been willing to say or do anything in order to get votes. Stop the washington bull and lets get things done. Now candidates are looking to the Iowa Caucuses on monday and then to new hampshire. Trump introduction music meanwhile, donald trump held his own event in des moines at drake university. Hundreds came to the event. Trumps Campaign Says it held the event to stand up to fox news, while also raising funds for wounded veterans. The candidates will keep pushing with visits leading up to the caucuses on monday. Heres a look at some of the events in eastern iowa. God townhall at 2 pm at the University Club at the university o o mount pleasant. Hall meeting at 11 30 this morning at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and library in cedar rapids. Halls and a meet and greet. She starts here day at noon in marion at the lowe Park Community center, es to the sweet spot in indepepdence at 3 30, and will be at the vets club in waukon at 6 30. And for the democrats, Hillary Clinton will be at the five flags center in dubuque at 3 45. From there she goes to davenport. Thes good news and bad news when it comes to caucus participation in iowa. The good news turnout is increasing. But the bad news its still a lot less than election turnout. Thats accordin to a coe college Political Science professor. Bruce nesmith says the last two republican caucuses tallied around 120thousand attendees. And the best guess for the somewhere around 200 thousand. To put that in perspective, nesmith says the vote total for governor branstad in 2014 was 664thousand. President ial elections draw in even more voters. Mitt romney was the republican candidate for president in 2012, and he got 730,000 votes in iowa, not enough to get the electoral votes. But again, multiple times what the caucus turnout was. Stay with us monday night for complete caucus coverage. Starting at 8 on 9 point 2, well have Team Coverage from des moines, across eastern iowa and expert analysis. At 9, our coverage turns to our main channel, kcrg tv nine and goes s rough our 10 ooock news. Were still awaiting information from cedar Rapids Police on what they call a targeted crime that sent one person to the hospital with a gunshot wound. Officers responded in full protective gear and shields to 385 15th street se around 3 45 pm yesterday. K9 units also around 6 pm, a tactical tm shined lights on 2 men, yelling at them to get ththr hands up. The men appeared to be walking from the home where the shooting happened earlier in the day. Both men were handcuffed and escorted from the scene. Police have not said if the 2 were arrested. Well bring you the latest information when it becomes available. The family of tyler sash says results of recent testing give them with answers on what led his death. Sashs mother and brother spoke on espns outside the lines yesterday. Sashs family donated his brain to the concussion legacy foundation, which confirmed he suffered from cte. Its a degenerative brain disease brought on by trauma from incidents like concussions. The 27 year old suffered several concussions while playing for both the iowa hawkeyes and, in the nfl, with the new york giants. Sashs mother says the diagnosis explains his behavior right before he died last september. It was clarity, you know it helped us understand what was going on. Things seemed realized the parts of the brain that were affected i think he was kind of caught in a situation where he didnt know what to do, he was not feeling right and he knew he didnt feel rigig, didnt feel like he coulul perform the same wawa that he could before but he felt like if i dont, theyll call somebody else and i dont have a job. Before sashs death, he had been suffering from bouts of confusion, memory loss, and minor fits of temper. Those are common symptoms of c ce. The new waterloo mayor has just settled into the job. Mayor quentin hart will be in des moines tonight to receive a special award. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. First Alert Storm Team joins us now. Everyone seems to wantnto talk storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from late saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation late on monday. Should mixed precipitation fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The in show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very likely be a storm of high impact in the area. Please stay through the weekend. Toda y partly cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds w 515 alo 28 dbq 28 iow 29tomorrow yostly cloudy high 3945 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 43tomoow night light mix late low 3036 winds s 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 republican president ial candidates had the chance to standout with out the fronrunner in attendancnc they are serious contenders. More on that coming up in todays americas for me personally is it a good thing . A bad thing . Will i get more votes or bad . Nobody knows. Youre going to like itecause republican president ial frontrunner donaldrump says he helped raise millions of dollars for veterans by missing the debate. Meanwhile all the othehe candidates took the stage in des moines, and Washington Bureau chief Jacqueline Policastro takes us inside the spin allez. Jacqueline policasto des moines, iowa 01 the debate was feisty and so was spin alley. The candidates braving the media to get their message to voters. Sot ben carson president ial candidate 12weve got to understand o is running, what t eir policies are, and who is likely to be able to accomplish something, and who is likely to just talk about it. Policastro so youre the serious candidate then . I am a very serious candidate. Sot rand paul president ial candidate 21we have no idea where we stand and the voters in iowa are going to tell us monday. The leading candidates didnt take the chance to answer questions one more time. But the underdogs are making a push. Sot Mike Huckabee president ial candidate 30i think i wll do well in South Carolina and we will see how it goes monday. Jacqueline policasto des moines, iowa 35 the next big thing is the iowa caucus where the first votes will be tallied. Reporting in des moines, im jp today, the newly elected receive an award in des moines. The organization calledill make me a hart the Lifetime Achievement award. Hart is waterloos first African American mayor. Prior to that position he was a former city planning, programming and Zoning Commission member and hart and state representativ e Deborah Berry of embracing excellence gala is sponsoring a bill to help an iowa city deportation. Father of four. Immigration and cuoms enforcement arrested and deported him last year. It was part of a National Sweep of more than two thousand undocumented immigrants who had been convicted of crimes. This is video of villatoros in honduras after his deportation. In 1999, he was wawaconvicted of drunk driving and tampering with records. That was before he became aastor in iowa city. Villatoros story s`arked demonstrations after his arrest, and thousands of peoeoe signed petitions to villlatoro a permanent resident status in the us. On drunk driving, the National Transportatio n safety board issued the changes they would like to see this year. That includes dropping the legal blood alcohol limit to point zero five percent. At. 05, that means a 170 pound man would hit that limit when he drinks three beers in an hour on an empty stomach. One Iowa City Police officer says Law Enforcement isnt pushing for such a change now. Lawmakers dropped the legal limit to its current level of point zero eight 13 years ago. Theyre called launch pads. And theyre designed to make learning interactive and fun for kids. The hand held tablets can now be found at the cedar rapids pupuic library. Each pad has its own set of educational apps and themes like science, math, and reading. No Internet Connection is necessary. Grants from Companies Like itc paid for the 107 unchpads which can be checked out for 14 days at a time. Whistle blows, feet stomping toward balls it will be cops versus kids in tournament today at Harding Middle School in cedar rapids. This is video from when police took on kids in 2014. The annual event benefits crpds k9 unit to help buy and train police dogs and equipment. The tournament starts at 1 and costs 3 dollars to watch. Kajs final forecast in just a moment. First. Our morning mugshot. Our mug shot today comes from Mercy Medical centercedar rapids. Monday marks the beginning of heart month, and mercy wants to help you stay heatthealthy. On the first friday of every month, from 8 to 10 aa mercy offers free Blood Pressure checks at the lindale mall food court. A week from today youll have the chance to visit with a mercy cardiologist when you stop by. Plus, mercy offers a stroke risk assessment, and stroke and Diabetes Prevention information. To learn more about keeping your heart healthy, visit the mercy website at at mercy care dot org. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugsgst kcrgdotcom. Stay with on heres what you need to know as door today. Several president ial candidates are making stops in eastern iowa today. That includes former president bill clinton and his wife hillary and daughter Chelsea Campaign for hillary in dubuque at 3 45 pm. Republicans john kasich, ben carson, and Carly Fiorina will also be in the area today. The Iowa Caucuses are on monday night. A church in lamont burned to the ground. Ssnt Peter Lutheran Church in the Buchanan County town caught on fire last night. No one was inside at the time and the church was no longer being used for service. Were still waiting on more information frfrm cedar Rapids Police that injured one man. Street southeast yesterday afternoon. Our reporter on scene saw police put two people in handcuffs, but police hahae not said if they were arrested. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Everyone seems to want to talk about the tuesday storm system. While that one will probably be significant here, we cannot overlook the potential for mixed precipitation in iowa first. This is possible from late saturday night through sunday. There should be a brief lull in the action on monday with only a small chance of mixed precipitation laten monday. Should mixed precipitation fall on caucusgoers, it seems it would be very isolated. The main show looks to arrive on tuesday with heavy snow, strong wind, and cold air to follow by wednesday. While still too early to get into amounts, this will very liky be a storm of high impact in the area. Please stay tuned as we move thrhrgh the weekend. Today partly cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 39tonight mostly cloudy low 2531 winds w 515 alo 28 dbq 28 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3945 winds sw 515 alo 40 dbq 40 iow 43tomorrow night light mix late low 3036 winds s 510 alo 31 dbq 32 iow 33 we certainly hope your is Good Morning America is next. And well be back with a local news update at 7 25