Will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell actually produce any precipitation. If it does, it good day today winds light e alo 45 dbq 44 low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 266 president ial candidate donald trump is expected to continue hh winning streak tonight in the nevada caucuses. Republican voters will head out to caucus today following some last efforts from the two runnersup. Ted cruzs campaign n nager video of misquoting marco rubio. The video claimed senator rubio said there were not many answers in the bible. He actually says all of the answers are in the and resignation. Every single day something comes out of the Cruz Campaign thats deceptive and untrue. Rick tylers a good man, this was a grave error of judgment. Are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. Trump capitalized on the episode tweeting more dirty tricks. This happened at the same time Ohio Governor john kasich said referring to an earlier election from the 1970s that many women who left their kitchens to go out and go doortodoor and to put up yard signs for me. A woman at the town hall questionededhat and kasich apologized. Large commercial Property Owners in cedar rapids might pay more for storm Water Utility fees. Pci says its system is ahead of the citys proposed changes. The parking lots are designed to keep rainwatat on the prororty and out of the storm water system. The citys changes would bill a Company Based on how much runoffoes installing green features could give p ci up to 25 percent off the new, higher fees. The fact the city is making this change. Our planning ahead of time bodes well with this change. Property owners with the largest amount of runoff could see rates of 31hundred dollars a year to as much as 46thousand. The city wants to phase in the new fees over five ars so there wouldnt be a sudden, one year increase. More than 90 percent of people who make new years resolutions, dont keep them. Thats according to research performed at the uninirsity of scranton. The most popular o o those resolutions being weight loss. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joins us live from elevate vertical fitness in cedar rapids. Brea, what kind of workout do people do at this type of gym . Chris, nicole its the first of its kind in cedar rapids many Different Things happen here. All of full body workout in a completely different way. Im joined now by owner scott monroe. Thanks for being here scott. Whahamakes this gym unique . Elevate vertical fitness offers a wide range of silks classes from antigravity yoga, to the more traditional double strandedd silks that you may have seenenerformed at cirque du soleil. Aerial silks are made of a high tensile nylon snag. Theheigging is weighted up to 2000 lbs and is perfect for performers and beginners. Whats difficult about aerial fitness . There are two options available for rigging; the first being the aial hammock or aerial sling. This means that bith ends of the silk are tied creatatg a loop of fabric. This optioiois safer and hang of poses and wraps. What are the benefits to to more style you need to be able to support your body weight with your shoulders and arms while you lolo your legs in. There moves that you can learn; climbs, wraps, and drops. Climbing a rope and as hard as repeatedly inverting in the more showy double hocks climb. Thanks scott. If youre interested in seeingore of whats done at elevate. Joyous, sctt, and the studios other instructors will be at newbo n saturday from 106. Chris, nicole . Chris, nicole back to you. Tv9s brea love live in cedar rapids. Thanks a lot brea. Some cedar rapids high schools want lawmakers to approve more school funding. So they formed a group. Members of iowa studentnion at Kennedy High School say they want a four percent boost in Education Funding for next school year. Students plan to start chapters at jefferson and washington high school. Hundreds o cedar rapids students and their families will be attending the third annual stem festival today. Cedar rapids activities there fused on science, technology, engineering, a reality demonstration. The event is free and starts at 4 this afternoon and goes until 8. Careers, College Choices and our passio 1717ear old ellen schlhlmann is a product of all three. The monticello senior loves to help others and puts her heart into the classroom and beyond. Here is our kcrgtv9 student of the month, presented by hills bank and trust. Silence its the quiet season at camp courageous. Distant scraaaaape only the sound of a shovel. Close scraaaaape e rapes ttough the snow. Tweet with the promise of spring. Typing inside, 17yearold Ellen Schlarmann is typing away. Spreading the message of a mission to support campers with disabilities. Im in the marketing and special events department. Typing. And so yearround, i help promote some special events and i actually get to help plan some of them. Thth monticello senior s snds a lot of time at camp courageous its part of an internship through school. The internship shes doing is usually one semester and then she should be at another place. The people at workplace learning connections said weve people for you and i said, i want to keep ellen. Nats of ellen with family ellen had a good reason to stay. Her youngest sistst, annie, has down syndrome. Dancing annie, shes just inspired me to help other children, especially with special needs, so i always kind of had an interest for that. I think they have a whole different level of empathy and just concern and care for people ttt those of us without that sibling we cant understand it. Ellens accomplishme nts dont stop there. She pulls perfect as in high school and college courses. Shes met a president ial candidate. And when it comes to athletics shes on a winning team. Its been so neat to be part of the Successful Team that has made it to state and brought home hahaware. I also really value my team in basketball. I just think to be able to be part of a team is something special. She won this hardware on her own. Ellen is the 2015 great jones county fair queen. Her county to fair. I felt really honored to be able to represent our state and our c cmunity it means so much to me. Crown gave her the confidence to keep helping side. It really just opened my eyes just to see how as one person, you have the abilty to impact many lives. Ellen schlarmann, our kcrgtv9 student of the month. Ellen will start hererollege career at iowa state with almost 50 credit hours. Shes not sure which direction shell take, but knows helping others will continue to be part of her journey. If you would like to nominate a student to be to kcrg dot com slash announce from today. Amazons latest move is making its prime membership even more appealing to customers. And facebook is helping to make happy birthday plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. The wind once again will be nonexistent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. The temperatures cool, but only slightly. Plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. Our next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. If it does, it today partly cloudy high 4349 winds light e alo 45 dbq 44 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 thanks kaj. Now heres abcs reena ninan with this mornings techbytes. Trt oc hey, there. In todays techbytes the cost of Free Shipping on am don just went up. The minimum purchase to qualify is now 49. Its seen as a move to promote amazon prime. Its a s sscription service. Sony has unveiled new innovations. It includes an autofocus promising blurfree shots and battery that can go for two days and the experia wireless ear piece. Facebook wants to help you wish your friends a happy birthday. It launched the new birthday cam. It allows users to record 15second messages. You couldlso send them a card snail mail. When your cold makes you wish. You could stay. In bed all day. New theraflu expressmax. The power to feel better. Jane likes to mix things up. Thats why she loves new light fit greek nonfat yogurt mousse. So fluffy and airy its her new 80 calorie obsession. Its gop caucus day in n vada. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump has 2 big wins under his belt and hoping for a third just one week before super tuesday. Tonight, its a town hall for the democrats before this weekend South Carolina democratic primary. Abcs Kenneth Moton has the breakdown from washington. Its caucus time in nevada. Sot donald trump 11 40 33 were going to make America Great again and were going to keep winning,winning, winning overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. The billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through supetuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. Sot donald trump this guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. Ted cruz fired his Communications Director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. Campaign with the very highest standards of integrity but rubio is focused on trump who is leading in nevada by 26 points. His apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio. Sot marco rubio 22 50 21 donald has a base of support but the majority of our party doesnt want him as our nominee the democratic contenders were on opposite sides of the country. In front of more than 8 thousand people at the university of massachusett s amherst, Bernie Sanders again hit Hillary Clinton on her wall street connection. Sot Bernie Sanders we do not represent corporate america. We dont want their money speaking of money, clinton spent the day fundraising in la. She was in the middle of scandal. The set. Sitting next to leading man tony goldwyn who plays the fictional president on the hit abc show. Clinton has a Comfortable Lead against sanders in South Carolina. As the two work to court the black vote in the state, actor Morgan Freemans voice is being used in a clinton tv ad. Sanders answered with an endorsement from spike lee who will be featured in radio spots airing today. Kenneth moton, authorities are searching for a motive in the kalamazoo, michigan, shootings that killed six people and injured two others. Police say 45 year old jason dalton opened fire in the parking lot of a residential complex saturday night. Later, they say he shot car dealership and others outside a nearby restaurant. He appeared in court yesterday. Told the court he took peoples lives. The Johnson County sheriff is upset with lawmakers this morning. He says they arent doing enough to keep drivers from becoming distracted drivers with their phones. Youre looking live on our camera. Kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. The wind once again will be nonexistent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. Tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. The temperatures cool, but only on saturday. Our next cold ffnt will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. If it does, it appears itll be minor. Have a good day today partly cloudy high 4349 winds light e alo 45 dbq 44 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 26 one bridge in eastern iowa has some new life this morning. The city council has saved it from wrecking crews, but it could be a while again. Keep it here on tv9. Its. Good tuesday morning. Youre on our city cam. Its february 23rd and heres what t u need to know today. 2016 republican president ial candidates are making their final pleas to people in nevada. Voters will caucus there this evening with trump as the heavy favorite. Students in the Cedar Rapids CommunitySchool District will get an early start to their weekends next school year with a newly approved calendar change. The iowa board of educational examiners is reviewing parent claimimthat an assistant football coach at Linnmar High School abused his players. Her drive to get good grades carries over to her drive to do our february student of the month finds time in her busy School Schedule to give back to a place close to her heart. And elevate vertical fitness in cedar rapids is getting people back to the gym with a new, aerial way to get your d dly workout routine. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a decent day overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. The wind once again will be nonexistent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. Tomorrow and thursday stiil look windy around here both days. The temperatures cool, but only slightly. Plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. Our next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actually produce any precipitation. If it does, it appears itll be minor. Have a good day today partly cloudy high 4349 winds light e alo 45 dbq 4 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 w 26 new this morning. One person is in jail for arson after a shed fire in cedar rapids. New this morning. One person is in jail for arson after a shed firirin cedar rapids. Police and fire crews responded to 314 30th street drive se just after midnight for was hurt. Fire and Police Arrested richard alatalo for arson and public intoxication. Officers shortly after the fire started. Alatalo was arrested for arson last october. After weeks of debate, this morning the cedar rapids School District has set a calendar. The discussion has focused on which day of the week teachers would get professional development time. Last night, the school board approved an early dismsmsal for students every friday next year. Superintendent brad buck says Research ProvesWeekly Professional Development for teachers leads to Better Outcomes for students. 18 32 29 we are excited about that as a concept and ultimately to implement it. Well make friday afternoons work. There will be a few things related to coaches for example that we may need to figure out some of those details. The district also says it plans to work with the city to develop some more options and programs for kids on those early dismissal fridays. The school board also listened to an update on the districts Magnet School efforts. Magnet schools focus on specific subjects and are designed to the district says it hopes to transform roroevelt middle school, Mckinley Middle School and Taylor Elementary into future Magnet Schools. Thats in addition to johnson and kenwowd elementaries, which are already in progress. The future of additional Magnet Schools depends on if the district receives federal grant money. Waterloo schools also unanimously approved next years calendar that will give students select fridays off. The district will use the timemeor professional development. The iowa board of educational examiners is reviewing the claims some Linnmar High School parents have filed about an assistant football coach. The parents say Matt Casebolt has been verbally, mentally, emotionally, and physically abusing players. The parents also filed complaints with the state against the districts Athletic Director and head football coach. They both oversee casebolt. This all started in december when parents from 4 families took concerns to the Linn Mar High School principal. The district spent more than a month investigating and interviewing the spokesperson for the parents, Mark Henrichs , says the group was not satisfied. Our complaints were dismissed. We believe theres evidence that we provided that these are not incidents that should have been dismissed in the manner that they were. The board of examiners said it will review the claims and determine if they meet the criteria for assigning an investigator. A highprofile trial is underway in decorah for a man accused of killing his wife. Attorneys began jury selection yesterday in 41yearold alexander fazzinos trial. Hes charged with first degree murder in the death of emily fazzino. Police found her dead inside at the couples home in boone back in 2012. A judge moved the trial to Winneshiek County because of pretrial publicity. Emily fazzinos grandfather founded the farewaz stores grocery chain. Investigators are trying to find the cause of this fire at an apartment complex in cedar rapids. This is video, courtesy of it happened yesterday morning at shamrock apartments off jacolyn drive southwest. One person went to the hospital. A group is urging state lawmakers to oppose a bill that would eliminate age restrictions for children to use handguns. Iowans for gun safety delivered a petition yesterday to house members asking them to vote against it. The bill would allow children of any age to use handguns with adult supervision. Current law prevents children under 14 from using handguns. Iowans for gun safety says it expects the iowa house to pass the bill, but not the senate. Johnson county sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek says hes disappointed lawmakers arent taking distracted driving seriously. A bill that would have barred the use of hand held cell phones for drivers failed to pass the would have also made texting while driving a primary offense. Right now, Law Enforcement can only pull someone over for texting if the driver is violating another law. The legislature is talking things like raising the speed limit and regulating some other things. And frankly, my interest is in interest is, well, im not sure state troopers say they wrote 228 texting while driving tickets in the last 2 years. In a tv9 followup this morning. The Waverly City Council has made a decision on the historic 3rd avenue bridge. They voted to save the nearly 100 year old bridge in a 5 to 2 vote. City Council Members decided to go with a 20 year plan, but did not discuss the cost last night. The green bridge closed st year because of structural problems. A different 100 year old bridge in iowa is closed this morning thanks to damage from an ice jam. The wagon wheel bridge is just west of boone. The warm weather this weekend caused the ice on part of the Des Moines River to melt and break off. That sent the ice downstream and straight into the bridge. You c have several miles of ice backed up that causes a lot of flooding. Theyre very dangerous got a lot of power along with the dangerous ice jams, the melting this past weekend is causing flooding. Park rangers at ledges state rk had to close the lower half of the park for safety. The number one new years resolution is according to research at the u uversity of by this time of year, 91 percent resolution. Tv9s brea love is live at a new gym in cedar rapids. Brea, how is this s m encouraging people to come back . Chris, nicole this is elevate vertical fitness, its the first aerial gym in cedar rapids. Thee different apparatus provide a full body workout in a fun way. Im joined by owner joyous fisher. What makes this gym unique . Elevate vertical fitness offers a wide range of silks classesesrom antigravity yoga, to the more traditional double stranded silks that you may have seen performed at cirque du soleil. Of a high tensilnylon fabric that does not rip or snag. The rigging is weighted up to 2000 lbs and is medium stretch, perfect for performers and beginners. Whats difficult about aerial fitness . There are twtwoptions available for rigging; theirst being the aerial means that both ends of the silk are tied up to the rigging at the ceiling creating a loop of fabric. This option is safer and easier for beginners to get the hang of poses and wraps. What are the benefits to this type of work out as opposed to more traditional routines . With this style you need to be able to support your body weiht with your shoulders and arms while you lock your legs in. There are three mainn categories of moves that you can learn; climbs, wraps, and drops. Climbing can be as easy as climbing a rope and as hard as repeatedly inverting in the more showy double hocks climb. Thanks joyous. If youre interested iseeing more of whats done at elevat. Yous, scott, and the studios other instructors will be at newbo on saturday from 106. Tv9s brea love live in cedar rapids. Thanks a lot brea. Nothing brightens a day quite like a smile. Some eastern iowa Senior Citizens are smiling a little brighter today thanks to the kindness of dental students at the university ofliowa. Up next. This morninins meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. First Alert Storm Team meteorologist kaj omara joins us now. Plan on a decent day overall into the 40s in all areas. The wind once again wilil be nonexistent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. Tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. The temperatures cool, but only slightly. Plan on a great stata to the weekend with 50s likely on saturday. Our next cold front will approach from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will precipitation. If it does, it appears itll be minor. Have a good day today partly cloudy high 4349 winds light e alo 45 dbq 44 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 windnd nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 26 one Eastern Iowa Police department is asking its city council for funding. It wants to do its own research when it comes to traffic stops and race. That story and more still to come on tv9. Trying to make sure there arent any Racial Disparities in its traffic stops. Now it wanans the citys help. Police want the city council to approve 30,000 to study their traffic stops asociated with race. The department does wrong, but wants to be able to provide citizens with hard data. Other cities in iowa have done this kind study. We t to be as transparent as possible. Weve always given our data freely but when you put out this data,you have to have some sort of discussion with it, because there are too many variables that dont get accounted for just in straight data. City council wont vote on the plan until march. Us marshals in eastern iowa say theyre keeping an eye out for one of chicagos most wanted fugitives. 22yearold Kevin Edwards isisanted for the murdererf 9 year old tayshawn lee last november. The marshals say he left illinois and might be in eastern iowa. He should be considered armed and dangerous. The public has called, sometimes you know one call will generate several leads. Andd give us more information on who else we can contact within the communities. Anyone with information should marshals Communication Center at 18003360102. Cedar rapids Senior Citizens are smiling a little brighter today, thanks to the university of iowas college ofentistry. The geriatr mobile dental unit provides cleanings every six months and full checkups yearly for seniors. The unit goes to facilities to treat people who cant otherwise see dentists. The director of the universitys geriatric and special Needs Program oversees the senior dental students who work on the patients. Oral care is very important to the Systemic Health of the patients. They need nutritn as well as how the oral care effects their heart potential very very important for a care. The unit serves 11 facilities has been doing this for more than 35 yeyes. On your tuesday. Its the 11th annual walk through black history freedom riders its a play based on the of nonviolent protestors who challenged segregation in the american south. The play is this sunday with showings at three and six at First Baptist church on judson drive in dubuque. Tickets are free, butt organizers encourage reserving a seat by calling 5635836289. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to see featured. Send us an email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. Door on your tuesday. 2016 republican candidates will make their final Campaign Stops and pleas to people in nevada today. Voters will head to caucus sites in the state this evening. Donald trump is the favorite to win the state after winning in both New Hampshire and South Carolina. The Cedar Rapids CommunitySchool District has set its calendar for next school year. Students will now get out early on fridays. Teachers will use that time for professional development. The district plans to work with the city to develop options and programs for kids on those early dismissal fridays. Now, one last look this mornings weather, kaj. Plan on a decent t y overall with highs well up into the 40s in all areas. The wind once again will be nonexistent, and breaks in the clouds will be happening at times. Tomorrow and thursday still look windy around here with gusts to 30mph possible both days. The temperatures cool, but only slightly. Plan on a great start to the weekend with 50s likely on from the northwest sometime on sunday or sunday night, and time will tell whether this will actuallproduce any precipitation. If it does, it appears itll be minor. Have a good day today partly cloudy high 4349 winds light e alo 45 dbq 44 iow 48tonight mostly cloudy low 2834 winds n 515 alo 30 dbq 30 iow 33tomorrow partly cloudy, windy high 3743 winds n 1530 alo 39 dbq 40 iow 41tomorrow night partly cloudy, windy low 2228 winds nw 1525 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 26 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. Donald trumps vegassize rally last night. His harshest words yet for ted cruz. This guy is sick. Theres something wrong with this guy. And a protester. Id like to punch him in the face, ill tell you. As cruz is forced to fire a key staffer after new allegations of a dirty trick. Thats all ahead of the next big seveve weather alert. A large tornado outbreak expected to hit the gulf coast. Damaging winds up to 70 miles an hour and golf ballsized hail. 21 Million People in the threat zone. Flooding rain and storms from texas to maine. Snow hole emergency. This 10yearold girl falls ten feet below the surface. Her father desperately tries to pull her free and we have the rescuers who got there just in time. And are you ready for this . Gma on safari. An epic event never before attempted on live television. Plunging you into africas garden of eden. An expedition into one o othe wonders of the world. Millions of majestic animals on the move as part of the great migration. Were with them from the air t t the ground. Our drones and trackers following their steps, and youre part of it all with groundbreaking Virtual Technology at your fingertips