Finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our everyotherday pattern of snow continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday morning. There is still a system showing up for sunday as well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 iow 4tomorrow partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow night chance of snow late low 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbq 11 iow 15 this morning, some president ial candidates are celebrating their wins after the New Hampshire primary. As polls predicted, donald trump and Bernie Sanders won last night. President ial candidates are looking forward this morning. Republicans have a primary vote in South Carolina on the 20th. Nevada democrats caucus that same day. Republicans in nevada caucus on the 23rd. And the democratic primary for South Carolina is on the 27th. It comes to a peak on march 1st super tuesday with 14 republican and 11 caucuses. For the republicans in the New Hampshire primary, trump won with 35 point 1 percent support. While Ohio Governor john kasich pulled out an impressive second place finish with 15 point 9 percent. Ted cruz was third with 11 point 6 percent this is with 89 percent reporting. Kasich says he owes his success to a clean campaign. Maybe just maybe were turning the page on a dark part of american politics because tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. New hampshire, i want to thank you. We love you. Were going to be back a lot. Were not going to forget you. You started it. Remember, you started it. On the democratic side, vermont senator Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly won with 60 percent. Clinton got 38 point 4 percent of the vote. What happened here in New Hampshire in terms of an enthusiastic and aroused electorate people who came country. Heres what we are going to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country. Were going to fight for every vote in every state. Republican Chris Christie says he is going home to new jersey to reevaluate his campaign. He finished 6th in this primary. Students at the university of iowa have seen more alerts from the school as the u of i issued its 3rd possible Sexual Misconduct on campus. Federal law requires the university to issue the warnings, but the one issued monday night didnt give much information. It simply said University Police received anonymous reports of 2 possible sexual assaults last weekend. One was from an east side Residence Hall on saturday, the other was in a west side hall on sunday. In both cases the alleged victims did not want to the warnings didnt even give the names of the Residence Halls. The universitys Public SafetyDepartment Says the vague information is not intended to generate leads for police. Instead, its part of an overall plan to make the community safer. Officials say the idea of timely warnings about possible Sexual Misconduct reminds people not to be afraid to report incidents or to seek help. It does help to remind people this type of incident does occur and it when it says the suspect was known to the survivor its helpful to remind people to confront that myth its not the person who jumps out of the bushes to hurt somebody. University police say the school could face a 35 thousand dollar federal fine if it doesnt issue alerts in a timely manner about possible Sexual Misconducts on campus. The crime alert the university sent out monday night is different from a hawk alert, which goes out when theres a threat to the campus. Last november, the university sent out a hawk alert about a man who was groping year old Adam Weinstein on charges of sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. Hes scheduled to go to trial in may. And remember, whenever you see news happening, call newsline 9 at 3193659999. You can also send pictures and videos to newsroom kcrg. Com. Some Cedar Rapids High School students are travelling to des moines this morning. Theyre planning to talk to lawmakers about increasing Education Funding. Last month the republican controlled house approved a 2 percent increase in funding for fiscal 2017. But the Democratic Majority Senate says thats not enough, and passed a 4 percent increase yesterday. Lawmakers expect the issue to go back and forth between the chambers before it heads to special legislative meetings. Kcrgtv 9s brea love is live in the newsroom. Brea, School Officials say this a chance for students to have a real world experience . Chris, nicole, stepping up to a podium and advocating for change can be a nerve racking thing to do for a teenager. But, some of them have accepted the challenge for a when students found out how the budget could affect the programs and elective classes, they say it opened their eyes. They want to urge lawmakers to think about the importance of investing in iowas youth. Students were taught how to make a persuasive argument, and prepped on what to expect. School officials have asked students to share their stories, and show lawmakers the kind of impact their education has made. As you think about the experiences you have had in cr, and hopefully they have been great. Just tell that story and that youd be concerned that there would be any reduction in funding that would jeopardize any of those types of experiences Officials Say only a couple students have been to the capitol, so the trip will double as a great experience no matter what the outcome is. Students will load up buses and head to des monies at 8 15 this morning. Chris and nicole, back to you. Thanks a lot brea. Starting next school year, students and teachers in dubuque will once again have spring break. The school board decided monday night to set the break for the entire week of march 13th, 2017. Dubuque schools used to have between 2012 and 2014. But parents complained the break was leading to child care issues, so the district removed spring break from the calendar. Now, after surveying parents, administrator s say the majority want a spring break. The Eastern Iowa Heroin Initiative is hosting a town hall today in cedar rapids. The town hall is at 7 oclock tonight at the cedar rapids public library. The group will talk about the national and local trends of heroin. The us attorney kevin techau will join local Law Enforcement in leading the talk. Some republican lawmakers in iowa are supporting an expansion of the states cannabis oil law. House Commerce Committee chairman Peter Crownie says he wants a law that creates a whole system for medical marijuana in iowa. Right now, iowa law allows patients with severe epilepsy use cannabis oil. But you cant buy it, produce it or transport it in the state. The new legislation would allow more products and patients, but it still would prohibit smoking marijuana for this bill will get from party leaders. A former Iowa Governor is getting involved in the opposition to the states push to shift medicaid patients to managed care companies. Chet culver hosted 2 medicaid townhall meetings in eastern iowa yesterday he said hes disappointed to see how politics is playing such a large role in the decision. This is not a partisan issue. This needs to be about Public Policy for decades in this state, its not been a partisan issue the former governor told people to contact their representatives before the march 1st scheduled start date. Culver says opponents will make one last push at a statehouse rally on february 24th. Big changes are coming to twitter to keep users safe. And theres a new hightech warning for the nations airlines. Thats all ahead in todays techbytes. Good morning its. Plan on another cold day. Slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, most of this will occur in our farthest western counties. Central iowa will actually have the best chance at seeing any snow this morning. Temperatures should be slightly warmer than yesterday, and with the wind finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our everyotherday pattern of snow continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday morning. There is still a well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 iow 4tomorrow partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow night chance of snow late low 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbq 11 thanks kaj. 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Tell your doctor about any low white blood cell counts, infections, any other medical conditions, or plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Learn more about the most prescribed pill for relapsing ms in the us, at tecfidera. Com. Talk to your doctor about tecfidera, and take another look billionaire donald trump is waking up to his first big win in the 2016 race for president. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders also came out on top crushing Hillary Clinton in the Granite State. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in manchester with reaction. Nats trump oh, wow Republican Donald Trump and democrat Bernie Sanders . Victorious in New Hampshire. Sot donald trump we are going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before sot Bernie Sanders together we have sent a message that will echo from wall street to washington. The outsiders crushed their competition . The voters in the Granite State angry at washington, worried about the economy and looking for honesty not electability. Emerging from the pack of republican governors, a surprise second place finisher Ohio Governor john kasich. Sot john kasich if you dont have a seat belt, go get one. Were going to shake this country from top to bottom the fight for third in the gop race is between ted cruz . Sot ted cruz your victory cartel utterly terrified jeb bush . Sot jeb bush you all have reset the race and for that, i am really grateful. And marco rubio who admitted saturday nights debate was his downfall. Sot marco rubio listen to this, that will never happen again a tough night for democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton who promised supporters shes marching on to the nomination. Sot Hillary Clinton now we take this campaign to the entire country where we will fight for every vote in every state. Her opponent . Pro ved he wont be so easy to shake off. So today its on to the next one . South carolina. The states gop primary is set for next week but Chris Christie is headed home to new jersey to decide if hell stay in the race. Kenneth moton, abc news manchester New Hampshire president obama will walk down political memory lane today. He will address the Illinois State legislature to mark the anniversary of his president ial announcement ago. He is expected to talk about the partisan divide and gridlock in washington. His speech comes during a partisan budget stalemate in illinois. Today is Ash Wednesday and many christians around the world will begin lent observances. Lent is the 40 day period that lasts until midnight on easter sunday. During that time, many people give up Something Like a favorite food or guilty pleasure. Another custom during lent is doing acts of charity. Lent observances date back to the 4th century. The Emerald Ash Borer is an insect that kills ash trees, and counties all over iowa have spotted it. Now one university in eastern iowa has found it on campus. Youre looking live on our camera. Kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your wednesday forecast. Meteorologist kaj omara joins us now with your first alert forecast. Plan on another cold day. Clouds will increase slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, most of this will occur in our farthest western counties. Central iowa will morning. Warmer than yesterday, and with the wind finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our everyotherday pattern of snow continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday morning. There is still a system showing up for sunday as well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow night chance of snow late low 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbq 11 iow 15 thanks, kaj. Two photographer s in eastern iowa say theyve documented a serious problem in the area. Their pictures and footage show people risking their lives by cutting it too close at train crossings. Good wednesday morning. Heres a live look at on our city cam. Its february 10th and heres what you need to know today. Republican donald trump and democrat Bernie Sanders celebrate big wins in New Hampshire while the most of the rest of the field turns their focus to South Carolina and nevada. Some Cedar Rapids High School students will meet with lawmakers in des moines today to talk about the need for school funding. Governor branstad talks about a conference that will focus on aligning school work with the states Workforce Needs at a waterloo high school. The university of iowa sends out a trigger warning to make students and staff aware of possible Sexual Misconduct on campus. And its Ash Wednesday, the start of the lenten season for many christians. Many will give up something in the 40 days leading up to easter sunday. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another cold day. Clouds will increase slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, most of this will occur in our farthest western counties. Central iowa will chance at seeing any snow this morning. Temperatures should be slightly warmer than yesterday, and with the wind finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our everyotherday pattern of snow continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday morning. There is still a system showing up for sunday as well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 iow 4tomorrow partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow night chance of snow late low 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbq 11 iow 15 Republican Donald Trump and democrat Bernie Sanders are celebrating big wins this morning. Voters in New Hampshire chose those two as the winners for the primary. Trump won with 35 support. While Ohio Governor john kasich also outperformed the polls nearly hitting 16 . Ted cruz was third with 11. 6 with 89 reporting. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly won with 60percent. Clinton got 38percent of the vote. Kcrgtv9s Washington Bureau policastro found some excited sanders supporters. Jacqueline policastro co ncord, nh 01 its a good morning for Bernie Sanders he pulled off a big win here in new that he defied expectations. We talked to a lot of nice to have a candidate that hasnt changed over the years the people. Bernie has been saying what hes been saying his whole political career. Hes an exciting candidate, he talks lot of other issues that are very important to me. Its been awesome all day. I teach, and being able to encourage my students to vote and get out, and so many of them knowing my position saying yeah im going to vote for bernie too, so its really great. He is a person who is going to stand up for the middle class, for the lower class and lift us up with a political revolution. Everyones sick and tired of mainstream politicians and we just want fresh change. Jacqueline policastro co ncord, nh 51 next Bernie Sanders will debate Hillary Clinton one on one in wisconsin then head to the nevada caucus and South Carolina primary. Reporting in concord, donald trump celebrated his win last night in manchester. At a rally there, he said he loved the people of that state, and promised he would be back. We are going now to South Carolina, we are going to win in South Carolina, i love you all thank you very much, thank you. John kasich said there was magic in the air at a rally in concord. He also said that his performance shows that staying away from negative campaigning works. President ial candidates are moving on this morning. Chris christie says hes going home to new jersey to reevaluate. Republicans have a primary vote in South Carolina on the 20th. Nevada democrats caucus that same day. Republicans in nevada caucus on the 23rd. And the democratic primary for South Carolina is on the 27th. It will come to peak on march 1st super tuesday with 14 republican and 11 democratic primaries or caucuses. Heading to des moines this morning to talk to lawmakers. This group of dozens of high schools students is going to lobby legislators in hopes of increasing school funding. Last month, the republican controlled house approved a 2 increase in funding for fiscal 2017. But the Democratic Majority Senate says thats not enough, and passed a 4 increase yesterday. Lawmakers expect the issue to go back and forth between the chambers before it heads to special legislative meetings. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joins us at the desk this morning. Brea, students are saying this a chance to show lawmakers what they need. Thats right. Until recently, students say they didnt fully understand how a schools budget worked. But, once they learned programs could be cut, some decided to speak up. Students will load charter buses later this morning in route to the capitol. There they will stand in front of iowa legislators telling their stories, explaing why they want lawmakers to make Education Funding a priority. Students say the programs that are in jeopardy at their schools are important for their future. They want to show lawmakers how it is to invest in the next generation. 19 30 46 i think i would tell them that i know that its hard and we have a lot of different departments that need a lot of money, but this is something that you invest in invest in your community, especially in iowans and stuff like that. It helps the future. School officials went over how to make a persuasive argument and what to expect as the students took the podium. Officials say out of all of the students only a couple have been to the capitol. So this will be a great experience for students no matter what the outcome is. Chris, nicole they leave at 8 15 this morning and hoping to make an impact. Thanks a lot brea. Governor Terry Branstad says an upcoming conference will look at how to align High School Class work with iowas Workforce Needs. He discussed the idea while touring Waterloo West High School yesterday. As part of his stop, branstad the schools culinary class. Waterloo Officials Say adding more career and technical options is tough without additional money. One week ago, voters in waterloo rejected a 47 million bond that would have earmarked most of the money for exactly that. Branstad says working with existing resources is a reality with the states budget. 12 26 54 even with existing facilities, theres a lot you can do. And also partnering with the community colleges, like hawkeye, as with the private sector business, we just need to be smart about the way we Work Together and find ways to collaborate and utilize the resources we have. Branstads conference to address those collaboration issues is set to happen april 19 in des moines. Its called the future ready iowa summit. Morning. A tama county man will be sentenced in april for 3 years ago. Yesterday, a newton jury convicted 40 year old Dustin Jefferson for aiding and abetting first jeffersons third trial for his wifes jury selection, and the second ended in a mistrial. Authorities say 32 year old Kerry Oclair Jefferson died from a stab wound to the neck in september 2013. Police found her body when they went to a home in tama to arrest Dustin Jefferson on a different charge. In 2014, a jury found jeffersons mother, ginger, guilty of first degree murder. Shes now serving a life sentence. Testimony during that trial implicated Dustin Jeffersons involvement in the murder. Emerald ash borer is now on the university of iowa campus. A member of the Landscape Services staff found it. The invasive pest destroys ash trees. Ash trees only account for about 7 of all of the campus trees. Ui facilities staff say they were trying to be proactive and diversified in what trees they planted on campus. The city is encouraging people across iowa city to diversify the trees in their yards. The iowa city parks and forestry superintenden t also says it isnt necessary for people to cut he says it can take 8 to 12 years for the insect to decimate the local ash tree population. The Emerald Ash Borer is now in 30 iowa counties. That includes black hawk, dubuque, linn and bremer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has instituted a statewide quarantine. This means ash trees in any form cannot be transported across state lines. Two eastern iowa photographers are bringing say people are cedar rapids. Alex jordan and Lance Schaeffer are train enthusiasts, who have spent hours recording video of trains. They say they have captured many people breaking the law by crossing the tracks once warning lights signal an approaching train. Some of the worst offenders are pedestrians. For example, a group of runners missed a speeding train only by about four seconds. This happened at otis road back in august. I dont want to be the person to have to call 911 if you get hit. Or if you almost get hit and the train has to go into an emergency. I dont want you Family Friends and engineer a conductor to go the safety manager for cedar rapids and Iowa City Railway says employees and engineers are told to keep an eye out for people illegally crossing railroad tracks. They turn over descriptions or license plate numbers to police. One High School Student in Dubuque County couldnt imagine not volunteering. This 9 who care nominee organized a school Wide Movement that grabbed everyones attention to a growing problem. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. First Alert Storm Team joins us now. Plan on another cold day. Clouds will increase slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, farthest western counties. Central iowa will actually have the best chance at seeing any snow this morning. Temperatures should be slightly warmer than yesterday, and with the wind finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our everyotherday pattern of snow continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday morning. There is still a system showing up for sunday as well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 iow 4tomorrow partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow night chance of snow late low 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbq 11 iow 15 to open a bank account or sign up for a library card. Residents there can sign up for Community Ids today and tomorrow. Stay with your 24 hour some parents in the Iowa City School district say walking isnt possible for their kids after the district cut free busing for them for next school year. The district says its saving 400,000 by doing so. Im surprised that the decision was made, the money concerns are real for the district and they have to make some hard choices, but im confused as to why they made this choice as opposed to one that would have less of an impact on some families and some kids. The district is cutting busing for kids who live within 2 miles of 9 elementary schools. It says part of its plan will people in Johnson County can sign up for Community Ids today. The center of worker justice created the program to make sure all people feel apart of the community. This local id card lets people open a bank account, get a library card and interact with school, city and Law Enforcement officials. The county started issuing these ids in july. You can get an id today and tomorrow at the old capitol mall, in front of c vs. Dont forget your proof of identity and proof of residency. The ids are eight dollars for adults and four dollars for kids. Kcrgtv nine and our show you care sponsors are honoring nine outstanding volunteers weve selected from here in eastern iowa through next tuesday. We call them our nine who care. Today we meet Alyssa Dougherty from Dubuque County whos working with her classmates to fight hunger around the world. Last November Alyssa single handedly organized a school wide Hunger Banquet at western dubuque high schoooo the Hunger Banquet splits participants into social classes student participated. Alyssa is also involved with 4h, National Honor society, Student Council and her church. Everything. I just dont want to miss and opportunity to give back to the community. Alyssa will head to Iowa State University in the fall. While in ames, she plans to volunteer in any way that she can. Receive 500 dollars to donate to their favorite charities. Announce washington dc in june to compete for the Jacqueline Kennedy onassis jefferson award for volunteerism. Today students at Prairie High School will start spreading kindness through random acts. Today through friday is the random acts of kindness project. Students and staff are encouraged to pick up special card and write a nice note to someone at the school. These cards are meant to bring people together that usually dont interact much. This is video from last years project. We have an iowawaonference basastball doubleheader on kcrg 9. 2 tonight. The teams from Simpson College decorah to take on luther. The first game tips off at 6 on kcrg 9. 2. Now heres our morning mugshot on your wednesday. Its the Animal Resource Foundation of iowas annual candy sundae sale. These candy sundaes make great gifts for friends and family. Proceeds from the sales will be used to help spay neuter and feed animals in need. You can buy sundaes on saturday and sunday at the newbo valentines market in cedar rapids. They are also available at any of the candy sundae business partners. A complete list of those can be found at arf iowa dot org. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. Kaj will be back after the brere with one last look k your door on your wednesday. Y. Republican president ial candidate donald trump and democrat Bernie Sanders are celebrating big wins this morning. Each won the New Hampshire primary by impressive margins. Republicans are now looking to South Carolinas primary vote on the 20th. The next state for the democrats is nevada. Some Cedar Rapids High School students will travel to des moines today to talk to lawmakers about the importance of Education Funding. Students say this process has taught them how a schools budget works, how to make a persuasive argument and public speaking skills. And today is Ash Wednesday. Its the start of the lenten season. People t tically attend Church Services to receive ashes on their forehead to mark the start of the 40 days before easter. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. Plan on another cold day. Clouds will increase slowly from the northwest and while there may be a few scattered flurries flying around, most of this will occur in our farthest western counties. Central iowa will actually have the best chance at seeing any snow this mmning. Warmer than yesterday, and with the wind finally backing off, it should feel a lot better as well. Looking ahead, our continues with our next chance coming in later thursday night into friday m mning. There is still a system showing up for sunday as well. Have a great day today inc. Clouds, sct flurries high 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 18tonight chance of flurries low 28 winds n 510 alo 0 dbq 3 iow 4tomorrow partly cloudy high 1824 winds nw 510 alo 19 dbq 19 iow 21tomorrow 1117 winds w 510 alo 13 dbdb 11 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. Good morning america is next. And well be back with a local news update at 7 25. Also make sure to join us at eleven for the kcrg good morning, america. Political earthquake. Outsiders donald trump and Bernie Sanders win big in New Hampshire. We are going to make america so great ain, maybe greater than ever before. Tonight is nothing short of the beginning of a political heavy rugs. Illary clinton suffers a huge doubledigit defeat promising to take the fight to the entire country. Its not whether you get knocked down that matter, its and john kasich witit the