Back on november 20th. Know him . Call Cedar Rapids Police. Also, Lisbon Police are searching for this man. They say he broke into whiteys bar and grill. This security video from inside whiteys shows the december 27th burglary. Police say the man stole money, damaged a cash register, an atm, game machines, and a juke box. He may have also vandalized some homes in the area. If you have any information, call Lisbon Police. The Iowa County Sheriffs Office says theres a piece of dangerous road on highway 212. Officials believe frost there contributed to a crash which killed a teenage mother and her son. Yesterday morning, Officials Say 18yearold bethany clark, of belle plaine, and her twoyearold son roran were traveling on that highway near marengo. The Iowa County Sheriffs Office says clark lost control of the car on the frost covered road. Clarks car went into a ditch and caught fire. She and her son died at the scene. The Sheriffs Department says this area is more prone to accidents because drivers notice the slight curve. According to data from the Iowa Department of transportation, this is the first fatal crash on the curve. There have only been two other crashes here before. One was in 2005. The other in 2010. Neither was major. The sheriff says the layer of frost most likely made the road slick and caused clark to crash. Frost was also a factor in a twovehicle crash that sent three people to the hospital in Fayette County. It happened just before eight yesterday morning at highway 150 and 190th street. Thats just south of west union. The Fayette CountySheriffs Office says 23 year old sara shaffer of waterloo lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle. First responders used the jaws of life to remove 46yearold Kellie Blanchard of west union from the second vehicle. They airlifted her to a hospital with serious injuries. Shaffer and her passenger also went to the hospital. In a tv9 followup this midday. Courthouse. Pipes burst earlier this week, leaving a mess and cutting off warm air to the building. A portable heating and power unit from Emergency Management pumped heat into the building until the regular system was back. Now the county is trying to get answers. What the county has done is weve hired an engineering expert. And we have a manufacturers representative on site trying to figure out what happened officials found two leaks in the heating system for the jail and courthouse. Facilities managers think there was an air pocket in the pipes. First, meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Temperatures have begun their fall, and the drop wont stop for a while. Well continue to fall through the 20s and into the the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a dusting. Northwest winds are going to be noticeable at 15 to 30 mph and will remain blustery through the whole weekend. Well begin tomorrow in the Single Digits and slowly fall for much of the day. Well have some peeks of sunshine, though. Light snow is likely saturday night, especially south of highway 20, with under an inch of accumulation. The worst of the bitter cold will happen on sunday with highs staying below zero across much of the area and wind chills of 20 to 40. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less in such conditions. Even monday will still be very cold with highs in the Single Digits. Today light snow, windy high 2430 winds nw 1530 alo 24 dbq 26 iow 27 a budget increase is on the way for the cedar falls Area Education Agency 267. According to the waterloo cedar falls courier, the board of directors gave initial approval of 58 point 5 Million Dollars this week. Thats a 3 point 35 percent increase over this budget is based off assumptions that aea 267 wont receive any state or federal dollars. The board is also assuming there will be a drop in enrollment in School Districts and private schools in 18 North Central and northeast iowa counties. Cities, townships, and School Districts in linn county can move forward with new annual budgets. County Auditor Joel Miller certified the annual valuation report, yesterday. Computer system issues delayed it for several weeks. Other issues in the past. Business leaders can better predict dubuques economy this year. 500 leaders met at the Dubuque Chamber of commerces annual business forecast luncheon. Financial experts say many businesses teller machines in the future. Itms are like atms, except there are cameras on the machine that let customers talk face to face with a bank teller. Higher education was also a topic at the lunch. Different ways to earn degrees. We live in a world of customizations. And people are expecting things to be customized for them. And colleges and universities are going to have to change to address that. There are also predictions for the healthcare industry. Mercy medical centers president says, with so many baby boomers turning 65 this year, shes expecting a shortage in medical staff. More than three quarters of a billion almost finished in iowa city. Much of the work is on the university of iowas arts and music campuses. The new Arts Building will open in may. Then in june, work at the new Hancher Auditorium will wrap up. And in august crews will finish work on the voxman music building. The buildings replace several destroyed in the 2008 flood. Those who are going into the buildings have persevered during this interim time and they too celebrate seeing the building come together, it means a lot because its a real symbol of this university and communitys recovery from the flood. Crews are also planning to Million DollarChildrens Hospital by the end of the year. Marion residents are getting closer to seeing a new ymca building. The y is working with Martin Gardner architecture to narrow down a design. Heres an unofficial look at what the ymca Planning Committee is thinking. The concept calls for four middle school size gyms, family changing areas, and a larger fitness area. The new location would be off of the extension of Tower Terrace road and will serve surrounding communities. Were working hard to make this a community asset, to not just marion but also it will make it easy for people in hiawatha, northeast cedar rapids, as well as springville and surrounding communities to use that facility. Officials think theyll break ground for marions new ymca building in six to eight months. Fiber, vitamins, and these are all found in vegetables. But a new study shows leafy greens may posses the power to better your vision. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert wont stop for a while. Well continue to fall through the 20s and into the teens for the rest of the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a dusting. Northwest winds are going to be noticeable at 15 to 30 mph and will remain through the whole weekend. Well begin tomorrow in the Single Digits and slowly fall for much of the day. Well have some peeks of sunshine, though. Light snow is likely saturday night, especially south of highway 20, with under an inch of accumulation. The worst of the bitter cold will happen on sunday with highs staying below zero across much of the area and wind chills of 20 to 40. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less in such conditions. Even monday will still be very cold with highs in the Single Digits. Today light snow, windy high 2430 winds nw 1530 alo 24 dbq 26 iow 27 tonight some clearing low 612 winds nw 1525 alo 1 dbq 8 iow 10 tomorrow chance of snow late high 612 winds nw 1020 alo 2 dbq 8 iow 10 tomorrow snow likely low 126 winds nw 1020 alo 13 dbq 10 iow 7 sunday sunny, very cold high 1 low 9 monday sunny, still cold high 5 low 11 tuesday chance of snow high 17 low 0 wednesday partly cloudy high 25 low 15 thursday chance of snow high 26 low 19 friday partly cloudy high 27 low 21 thanks justin. Temperatures have begun their fall, and the drop wont stop for a while. Well continue to fall through the 20s and into the teens for the rest of the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a northwest winds are going to be noticeable at 15 to 30 mph and will remain blustery through the whole weekend. Well begin tomorrow in the Single Digits and slowly fall for much of the day. Well have some peeks of sunshine, though. Light snow is likely saturday night, especially south of highway 20, with under an inch of accumulation. The worst of the bitter cold will happen on sunday with highs staying below zero across much of the area and wind chills of 20 to 40. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less in such a cedar rapids dog is enjoying the National Spotlight and some new hardware this midday. Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the award for amazing journey sissy sissy the schnauzer got her golden hydrant statue at the world dog awards. It aired last night on the cw. She ran away from home one night blocks to Mercy Medical through the automatic doors and into the lobby of the hospital where her owner was recovering from surgery. First of all, we want to thank and everyone who shared her journey to Mercy Hospital to see me. Were very proud of her. Thank you very much sissys category relied on public votes said they enjoyed their trip to california for the show. The more greens the better leafy vegetables may be the key to improving your eyes. Dr. Timothy johnson breaks down a new study about lowering your risk for vision disease. In the quest to find the foods that help us stay healthy . It turns out that vegetables are looking better than ever. In addition to all that fiber, vitamins and minerals . A new Study Released today suggests they severe vision problem. Glaucoma is an issue that americans over 40. Harvard researchers tracked rates of this disease in over a hundred thousand Health Care Workers . And found that those who ate lettuce and Collard Greens had a significantly lower risk of glaucoma. Nutrients found in these foods help blood travel to the eye . And fight off the disease. Researchers would like to take a closer look and see if other unknown but for now, its safe to say that eating your veggies might leave everyone else seeing green. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Taking organic produce to another level. The organic growers are set to receive a big boost in funding. Well tell you which projects the government is trying to help. Stay with tv9. Good morning, this is the david geiger. A bill that would shut down a controversial water rule passed the house of representativ es. Twelve democrats joined republicans to disapprove the epas waters of the us rule in a vote of two hundred 53 to one hundred 56. From iowa. Dave loebsack voted against it. The bill was originally drafted up by iowa senator joni ernst. And passed the senate in a 53 to 44 vote in november. However. Both vote totals are short of the twothirds majority needed to override what will likely be a president ial veto. Supporters of wotus argue getting rid of the rule would leave an unworkable one in its place. Weakening environmental protections. Opposition to the rule say it is an epa power grab. The Iowa Farm Bureau says the expanded definition of the water rule would make 97 percent of iowa land under epa jurisdiction. With the Production Report behind us, analysts are looking at some other underlying factors moving the grain markets. Were looking at some new direction here and what we really have in the marketplace is the funds are pressing the short side of the market, the negative side of the market. Sitting with near record positions on the short side so really just out of new sellers to the down side. Meantime, argentina corn, which was well under value as us in the United States so were at some support values around the world and the technicals are positive so its a market thats just trying to find a bit of a technical bounce here short term. The Cattle Market continues to push higher on the beef market were up around 23 percent and and just since december, early december, so a big move to the upside. The pressure just on anticipation of the market topping out on beef and cash cattle. The hog market continues to push up seasonally anticipating that were going to see the slaughter come down versus what the forecast was by the government in the last hog and pig report. Thats a supportive underlying factor along with the demand starting to pick up a bit. China is going after us distillers dried grains. The Chinese Ministry of commerce announced the investigation of us. Exported to china this week. The us gains council says its disappointed in the announcement. To start antidumping and countervailin g duties. Its ceo thomas sleight says the allegations are unwarranted and unhelpful. And could have a negative effect on us ethanol and ddgs. Adding us trading practices are fair throughout the world. However. He says they stand ready to cooperate fully with the investigations. Ddgs are concentrated. Ground up corn. Usually a coproduct of ethanol plants. Theyre use as a supplement of protein and energy in feed rations. The usda announced a three point eight Million Dollar fund to help producers transition into organic farming. The money will support research, education, and extension projects assisting current and transitioning producers. The funding is through the organic transitions program. Administered the the National Institute of food and agriculture. Which has awarded more than 25 million the organic community. And thats all i have for the show today. Thanks for joining. See you next time. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 33 oc webtease winning the powerball. Unclaimed Winning Tickets are leaving 1 point5 billions dollars in the air and officials are now figuring how to split the huge sum of money. Today lottery Officials Say no one has officially come forward to claim the three Winning Tickets from wednesday nights drawing. Yet, were getting an idea about who might be sharing that 1. 5 billion dollar jackpot. Abcs Marci Gonzalez tells us why the story surrounding one possible winner sounds more like a movie script than real life. Nats healthcare employees and patients cheering a nurse at this california nursing home thinking she was one of the three jackpot winners. Nats woman at healthcare facility somebody won the lotto now, reportedly learning it was a prank instigated her family says by the nurses own son. Her daughter telling the la times this is owner of this nursing home bought 18thousand tickets for his staff and residents. Including the one they thought hit big he believes the nurse may be the real winner, but that she just doesnt want to come forward. Sot Shlomo Rechnitz owner, Brius Healthcare services if this was a prank done by her son, its the claim, i think its somewhat detestable. Meanwhile, a family claiming to hold the Winning Ticket sold in tennessee appeared on the today show this morning. Saying theyre still figuring out how theyll spend their fortune today show sallie mae paid off. Goodbye, no more loans for you, tiffany. Other than that we really havent had time no i do plan on hoping to work for a little while. Here in melbourne beach, speculation that the third jackpot winner may be holed up in this home. A where that person reportedly works. And may have bought that lifechanging ticket. Thomas goodis, virginia you have to get a lawyer i guess. Tag we should know soon enough. The winners all have a year to claim their prize and cannot remain anonmyous. Mb, abc news, new york. Helicopters. Is leading the Us Coast Guard to search for several missing people near hawaii. We have the latest details. Stay with tv9. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert swinging through iowa. A former president and current democratic president ial candidate campaign in eastern iowa today. Well tell you who and where they are. And bumping heads. Republican candidates heat things up in their first debate of the year in South Carolina. Facing suspension. A church is going against a denominations rule on samesex marriage. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, today, former president bill clinton is campaigning for his wife hillary in eastern iowa. Tonight, clinton will host a Campaign Event in coralville. The former president will speak to voters at Northwest Junior High School at 645. Hes hoping to convince iowa caucus goers to vote for hillary, who is the current frontrunner in the field of democratic president ial candidates. Right now, former maryland governor, Martin O Malley is in cedar rapids. Just an hour ago, the democratic candidate joined a clean water round table discussion at the indian creek nature center. Senator rob hogg and representative dan kelley joined him along with clean water advocates. This visit comes just before his new leadership tour stop at Cornell College around noon. For the democratic president ial candidates, their next debate is this sunday night. Hillary clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin Omalley will be on the stage in charleston, South Carolina, for the nbc network says omalley has qualified for the debate, despite his low poll numbers. He has been averaging 4 point 6 percent in iowa and candidates needed at least 5 percent to be on stage. And new this midday. Republican president ial candidate jeb bush has a new endorsement and its from an old competitor were talking about South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham. He dropped out of the race for the president last month. The republicans endorsement could play a huge role for bush in South Carolina. Its one of the first primary states, and grahams heavily supported there. Theres only two weeks before the iowa caucuses, and donald trump is feeling even more confident about his chances to win the republican nomination. In last nights heated gop debate trump and his closest competitor senator ted cruz, dominated much of the discussion. Abcs bazi kanani is in washington with more on the debate and reaction. Take pkg donald trump back on the trail today. Claiming victory add in here trump hammered the canadianborn ted cruz. Claiming cruz might not legally be able to serve as president. There is a big question mark on your head. And you cant do that to the party. Back in september, my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was no issue there. Cruz blocking trumps blow on that point. But when cruz criticized what he called trumps new york values . Trump was quick to fire back. Everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal, etc. Bite about after 911, people in that city responded the best in the world. Abcs Jonathan Karl calls it a defining moment in the debate. Trump clearly came out on top. His response was applauding him. As the frontrunners battled. Other candidates were forced to cut in for a share of the time. Im sorry to interrupt this episode of court tv marco rubio. Also going hard after cruzs record on immigration. Cruz i appreciate you dumping your Research Folder on the debate stage. Rubio its your record. Cruz i will say at least half of the things marco said are flat out false. Bazi on cam tag trump seemed to take special pleasure in attacking jeb bush last night, and he is back at it today. Slamming bush and senator Lindsey Graham who has just endorsed bush. We want rand. We want rand. We want rand. People in the audience last night started chanting we want rand. Gop candidate rand paul decided to boycott the secondtiered debate. Instead, he answered questions from voters on twitter with the hashtag rand rally. That hashtag trended nationally during most of the debate. Paul now has the second largest twitter following of all the candidates. The Us Coast Guard is searching for 12 missing people after 2 marine oahu, hawaii. Officials say the crash happened overnight. Crews started searching for the hawaii based aircrafts around midnight. Search Officials Say theyve spotted a field of debris. As of now, the coast guard says search conditions have been challenging because of darkness and high surf. Officials dont know what caused the collision. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter says a navigation error caused two Us Navy Boats to drift into iranian waters earlier this week. Iran detained 10 sailors who were on the boats before releasing them. Carter says the sailors were going from kuwait to bahrain. He doesnt know what led to the navigation error. So i think we need to give these guys the opportunity to tell us what was really going on and what the overall context is before we can really know the us navy has received initial statements from the sailors. The ten will go though a full debrief when theyre back home. A group of people will become american citizens today at the National Czech and naturalization ceremony at 130 this afternoon. These ceremonies happen at different places around eastern iowa, but less frequently at the czech museum. The ceremonies typically include music and the oath of citizenship. First, meteorologis t Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Temperatures have begun their fall, and the drop wont stop for a while. Well continue to fall through the 20s and into the teens for the rest of the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a dusting. Northwest winds are going to be noticeable at 15 to 30 mph and will remain blustery through the whole weekend. Well begin tomorrow in the Single Digits and slowly fall for much of the day. Well have some peeks of sunshine, though. Light snow is likely saturday night, especially south of highway 20, with under an inch of accumulation. The worst of the bitter cold will happen on sunday with highs staying below zero across much of the area and wind chills of 20 to 40. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less in such conditions. Even monday will still be very cold with digits. Today light snow, windy high 2430 winds nw 1530 alo 24 dbq 26 iow 27 attorneys are now investigating the water crisis in flint, michigan. This comes as michigans Governor Rick Snyder asks for help from the white house. Last night, he asked president barack obama to issue an emergency and major disaster declaration. Flints water is devastated with lead contamination ever since the city switched its water supply in 2014 to save money. Environmental officials in new mexico are planning legal action over last years toxic spill into the animas river. Yesterday, state Authorities Say they plan to sue the epa, the state of colorado, and the owners of the gold king and sunnyside mines. In august, an epa crew accidentally caused those mines to leak, spilling three million gallons of heavy metal water into the river. In africa, Officials Say a corpse has tested positive for ebola. This comes just a day after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak over in west africa. Officials say the country has a high level of preparedness and that there is no cause for concern. Nearly 4 thousand people died in sierra leone before they were declared free from ebola transmission in november. A federal Appeals Court wont reduce the sentence of a former Iowa State University scientist who falsified aids research. Dongpyou han had received a sentence of 57 months in prison. Hans lawyer said that was unreasonable. This week, an Appellate Court upheld the sentence. A group of harvard researchers discovered han and his Research Team had improperly used rabbit blood to achieve some promising results in fighting aids. The Episcopal Church is facing a suspension for its stance on samesex marriage. Iowas bishop says this means real pain for many in june episcopalians across the country voted to change church law allowing samesex marriage. The anglican communion in england handed down a suspension yesterday in response. For three years the Episcopal Church wont be allowed to participate in many internal decisions. Also, it cant represent the church in meetings with other faithbased groups. Continual pain for those who are gay and lesbian, especially those who members of our church but those in the community at large and how much more do they have to suffer from discrimination the Episcopal Church is largely known as the us branch of the anglican communion. That dates back to the church of england. Want a see a puppet show this weekend . Dont bring your kids. Avenue q comes to tcr. We sit down with two who are part of the production after the break. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert joins us now temperatures have begun their continue to fall through the 20s and into the teens for the rest of the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a dusting. Northwest winds are going to be noticeable at 15 to 30 mph and will remain blustery through the whole weekend. Well begin tomorrow in the Single Digits and slowly fall for much of the day. Well have some peeks of sunshine, though. Light snow is likely saturday night, especially south of highway 20, with under an inch of accumulation. The worst of the bitter cold will happen on sunday with highs staying below zero across much of the area and wind chills of 20 to 40. Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes or less in such will still be very cold with highs in the Single Digits. Today light snow, windy high 2430 winds nw 1530 alo 24 dbq 26 iow 27 tonight some clearing low 612 winds nw 1525 alo 1 dbq 8 iow 10 tomorrow chance of snow late high 612 winds nw 1020 alo 2 dbq 8 iow 10 tomorrow night light snow likely low 126 winds nw 1020 alo 13 dbq 10 iow 7 sunday sunny, very cold high 1 low 9 monday sunny, still cold high 5 low 11 tuesday chance of snow high 17 low 0 wednesday partly cloudy high 25 low 15 thursday chance of snow high 26 low 19 friday partly cloudy high 27 low 21 its a Tony Award Winning its also known as an adult avenue q opens at tcr tonight. Murphy from the show join us. What is this play all about . Tell me about the puppets tell me about the music tickets . Anything else . Winner of the tony award for best musical, best score and best book, this laughoutloud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named princeton who moves into a shabby new york apartment all the way out on avenue q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, its clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their everelusive purpose in life. Filled with gutbusting score, not to mention puppets, avenue q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved childrens show; a place where puppets are friends, monsters are good and life lessons are guys, thanks for being here. Preventing a fall can be easier than recovering from one. Our fitness expert will demonstrate some exercises to improve your balance and stability, next. Stay with us. Balance and stability falls. As the normal aging process occurs, falls can become more common and often diminish your ability to lead an active and independent life. Our fitness expert feryl york will use balance discs with a few stability and decrease your risk of falling. Balance and stability difficulties often lead to falls. As the normal aging process occurs, falls can become more common and often diminish your ability to lead an active and independent life. Our fitness expert feryl york will use balance discs with a few simple exercises to improve your stability and decrease your risk of falling. Back to our top stories this balance and stability difficulties often lead to falls. As the normal aging process occurs, falls can become more common and often diminish your ability to lead an active and independent life. Our fitness expert feryl york will use balance discs with a few simple exercises to improve your stability and decrease your risk Cedar Rapids Police are joining forces with surrounding City Police Chiefs to end gun violence. Yesterday, Cedar Rapids Police held a summit to figure out solutions for the increasing problem. Just last weekend, three shootings struck two sides of town. Officials say four people got hurt but survived. Former president bill clinton will be in eastern iowa today. Hes set to campaign for his wife hillary in coralville tonight at Northwest Junior High School around 645. Right now, hillary is slightly behind senator Bernie Sanders in some iowa polls. On the republican side, South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham has endorsed candidate jeb bush. Graham dropped out of the race last month, and carries a lot of support in the primary state. Right now, bush ranks low in national and iowa polls. We have Boys High School hoops for you tonight on kcrg nine point two. The spartans from solon will travel to mt. Vernon to take on the mustangs. Can watch the whole game tonight on kcrg nine point two. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. Temperatures have begun their fall, and the drop wont stop for a while. Well continue to fall through the 20s and into the teens for the rest of the day. Some light snow showers may pass through, but wont produce more than a dusting. Northwest winds are going to be announcer already tired of that new diet . Well, so are we. So were getting naughty and having a cheat day filled with