Before midnight on the west side of cedar rapids. Fire crews say they rescued the woman and her two Young Children ages 5 and 3. At 4 this morning, First Responders say they went back to the home because are still investigating how the fire started. A community is gathering to remember 3 People Killed last week. And dickson mandiki, all from the democratic republic of the congo, died in a crash on us highway 30 near keystone early thursday morning. They were among 9 people traveling to tama for work, when the iowa state patrol says their minivan hit ice and lost control. Singing members of the Congolese Community sang prayers and talked about Funeral Plans at the cedar rapids Central Assembly of god church. Say they need as those still recovering from the crash. They also ask for donations to cover burial costs. Together to get more information. Get more information about the information about what the community is going to do in order to plan for their funerals. These people did not have close family members here and now the communitys coming together and planned this to put them to rest. Nkumu says anyone who wants to help can donate to a Memorial Fund for the Congolese Community. Thats being set up at Wells Fargo Bank should be ready to tomorrow. The New Hampshire primary is tomorrow night and, if the the democratic and republican races have a clear favorite at least compared with how the for the democrats, vermont senator Bernie Sanders has seen his lead in the polls fluctuate between 7 and 23 points over former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. From the next state over. Yet clinton did, officially, capture the Iowa Caucuses by a handful of precincts on february 1st to open the 2016 primaries and caucuses. Trump still holds a commanding lead in New Hampshire among polls of republicans his lead anywhere from 10 points to 24 in polling over the last seven days. Florida senator marco rubio and texas senator ted cruz appear to be angling for second. While Ohio Governor former florida showings than they did in the Iowa Caucuses. Today, two iowa legislative committees will talk about a bill that would stop medicaid from transferring to private management. Two Different SenateHuman Resource committees will discuss the bill. One meeting is at 230 and the democrats in the senate end all 3 contracts with private companies. They are of committee today and be up for debate. Yet the House Speaker says the legislation has no chance in the republicancontrolled house. Also today, the iowa utilities board will discuss the Dakota Access pipeline. The pipeline would start in north dakota, pass through 18 iowa counties, and end in southern illinois. All of the other states have agreed to let the Company Build the pipeline. There have been several protests over the last year claiming the pipeline will hurt the environment. The first meeting is this afternoon at the boards hearing room in des moines. The public is welcome to attend and listen to the be any opportunity for public comment. The meeting starts at 1 oclock. Will attend a summit focused on closing the states skills gap. Today, governor branstad and Lieutenant Governor reynolds, announced plans for the future ready iowa summit. The event is scheduled for tuesday, april 19th at hyvee hall in des moines. The public summit and will focus on assuring students and workers gain new skills for career opportunities. Now information is on the website future ready iowa. Gov. The city of dubuque is launching a new open expenses transparency tool. Access the citys payments and expenses. Right now, the application features data from the 2012 fiscal year through the current fiscal year 2016. That particular website for the curious is on the screen org. This midday, you can now buy tickets for the americas river festival in dubuque. The festival in on june 10th and 11th in dubuque. River festival. Com. The coheadliner bands are Reo Speedwagon and cheap trick. Sunday brought commercials mixed with probably too much food. And even too much defense. The football season is now, officially over, with the Denver Broncos capturing their 3rd super bowl over carolina. Both denver and carolina brought ravishing defenses last night but denver simply made fewer mistakes. The broncos only had two touchdowns one on offense and one on defense. Outside linebacker von miller was named the games mvp. The major storyline, of course, is that sunday brought Peyton Mannings second super bowl win one with the colts. And one with the broncos. No word yet on whether manning, who is 39, will return for a 19th season in the nfl. Super bowl 50 had a humbling impact for some eastern iowans. A cedar rapids raise money for building affordable homes. For 6 years now, the cedar valley habitat for humanity has encouraged people to try its home team time, hosts of registered house parties pass for donations to support the project. Those who chipped in, were entered for an nfl Weekend Getaway for 2. 66 private parties and 2 public parties signed up. Organizers the reason were getting this money is to be able to support and serve families who are in need of a decent, safe and affordable home. They hoped to raise more than 16,500 dollars last night. We should know if the group reached that goal and who prizes in a couple weeks. 12th, lunches to raise funds 3983943. Breaking the barriers to good health. The ymca in cedar rapids is working to lower the number of iowans with diabetes. Well explain a new course they healthy. People craving well tell you why the eatery is closing shop today meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert light snow showers continue the rest of the day with some occasional breaks. Any additional accumulation will be minor, but blustery winds gusting over 30 mph are still going to visibility in wide open areas with only a coating of snow, roads will be slick where snow does fall. Temperatures will be steady or slowly fall this afternoon. Flurries remain tonight into the first part of part a bit late tomorrow with partial clearing getting going tomorrow night. Another chance of light snow arrives Late Wednesday and again friday. This week will be on the cool side with highs in the teens tomorrow and wednesday and lower 20s to finish off the workweek. Today snow showers, windy high 1622 19 iow 20 tonight cloudy, flurries low 511 winds nw 1530 alo 5 dbq 7 iow 10 tomorrow m cloudy, flurries early high 1420 winds nw 1525 alo 15 dbq 16 iow 18 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 24 winds nw 1020 alo 1 dbq 1 iow 4 wednesday chance of snow late high 15 low 1 low 5 low 11 saturday partly cloudy high 17 high 28 low 14 monday chance of thanks justin. The center for Disease Control and prevention says 86 Million People in the thats when a persons blood glucose level is elevated, but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis. As kcrgtv9s brea love shows us, the ymca in cedar rapids is helping to stop the disease in linn county. Preventing diabetes requires a complete life style change. And thats the goal of the cedar rapids metropolitan ymca, one of the 1,000 programs across the country. Expanding healthy living, and serving our communities is our mission, and diabetes is a growing epidemic and something that the ymca feels we are in a unique position to be able to address. The solution is a year long group based course, shaped around shifting a persons life. The class has three goals. Reduce bodyweight by 7 , perform physical activity 150 minutes a week, and stop diabetes. What studies have shown is lifestyles and behavior change is the most effective way. To qualify for the class, participants have to be at risk for prediabetes. Blood test, or filling out a risk assessment. The course is taught by a lifestyle coach, who follows a specific cdc curriculum. With a goal of bringing awareness to a serious issue. A lot people dont like to say that they have it or want to admit that they need to start taking care of themselves. Coaches go over how to read nutrition labels, and provide encourageme nt as participants track their weight, grams, and physical activity. Some people have lost over 40 pounds within the course of a year, they are grateful to have the class because now that theyve done the class they have prevented their risk of getting diabetes. Hoeger says the course doesnt force participants on a diet or hold them accountable, but gives them a chance to encourage each other. They lean on each other, and support each other, weve had classes that meet before class and they walk together before class. They really have creating their own Little Community within this class, and were just there to facilitate that was tv9s brea love reporting. For the entire year, the price. The class starts with an introductory course on the 17th. Ramirez says you can sign up as late as the 24th. If youre headed out to lunch soon, chiptole is not an option today. The business says it will close every one of its locations for 4 hours today for a food safety meeting. Last year the restaurant had an ecoli outbreak, which caused about 500 people to get sick. From now until 3 pm. Taking control of the farm economy. In recent years, Farm Equipment dealers have seen a decline in business sales. But despite the numbers, well tell you why the iowa optimistic. Good morning, this is the david geiger. The iowa power farming show has exhibited new technologies of agriculture and 20 years. To get off to a slow start. But when i was there the last day on thursday it was packed. The farm economy has been headed to the downside for a couple years now. One of the hardest hit ag businesses by it has been Big Equipment dealers. One of the main patrons of the of the show. The power farming show says there has been a scale back on Big Equipment. Like combines. Or tractors. But they say other producers make up for it through sales of hay. Fertilizer. Tillage equipment or other ag tech. Despite cutting costs in some areas. Theres an air of optimism that prices wont stay low forever. When prices are low, you still need storage so those exhibitors are doing well. You still need to transport grain so those exhibitors are doing well. It gives opportunity for farmers and producers to service maybe their used equipment or purchase lot of trading of dollars. The panama canal looks like its getting another delay. The opening of larger locks is not expected until later this year. After already being postponed multiple times by construction delays. It was a five point two billion dollar expansion that was originally set to finish in fall 2015. The Panama Canal Authority says the larger locks should be open for commercial use early in the second been set. They estimate work at 96 percent complete. With new locks already operational. Make sure the locks are working perfectly before opening. The new locks triple the capacity of the canals infrastructure. Allowing passage for much larger container ships. Last week in the grains. The trade slowed to a crawl. I spoke to analyst mike seery before the market close on friday. Months. I just dont see much action occurring in the month of february as harvest will start to take place here in the month of march. In south america but theres just very little fresh fundamental news, as traders are awaiting next weeks crop report but sideways action, the volatility will weeks left of winter. And then spring planting will be on march, so, youre going to have to be patient but things will six weeks. These are high prices, weve had a nice rally of about 7800 points its been difficult to get above 138 in the april contract. If youre a producer, im definitely telling you to take some advantage of this. I dont know what to tell you on this one. Im still bearish, and if youre a producer hedge here at these highs. Yeah, for us to go above another 500 points will be difficult in my opinion. Unless a real problem develops but as were getting out of the winter months things should improve in my opinion. So, im not giving up on the trade, im not short. But im certainly thinking of and that wraps up the show the agribusiness report. Ill see you next time day in the agribusiness section youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 24 oc webtease its a way to create a special space for a special child. Are making a one ofakind spot to help meet a childs dreams. A dubuque nonprofit is trying true for kids struggling with illnesses. And theyre doing it one bedroom at a time. Its called special meet with the children to find out what they like and makeover plan. Kcrgtv nines Jill Kasparie shows us how this is lifting the spirits of one 9yearold girl. Volunteers only had five hours to get everything done. Lets go that way a little bit so we can get passed the outlet. Five hours to transform this small room into a magical princess get away for camdyn reisner. 10 24 06 its really amazing to me since i started this how people are so willing to give of their time and talents to come help. 10 18 37 why dont you give them one good push and that should be good 10 20 41 right now we are making little mod podge canvases to put up in camdyns walls, on bookshelves, and on her 10 15 17 purple gold purple gold from handmade art for her walls to a new bed and a handcrafted princess castle desk everything had its place. 10 34 31 screws 10 46 52 hairdrier 10 28 59 that would work the best right there 10 25 20 she is going to be in shock when she sees it. She has no idea what we are doing. Then it was finally time room. Here is your special spaces, princess room ha go on in ha for camdyns mom its all a little emotional. 11 08 30 its great to see her so excited. She says it means a lot to the family, especially after so many medical struggles. 11 09 24 when camdyn was 21 days old she stopped breathing for no apparent reason. She went 57 min without oxygen so because of that she has a lot of spasticity in her lower extremiities and developmental delays. But there are lots of happy days princess. Give me a high five do you like it . Yeah for her this room is definitely a dream come true. In dubuque, Jill Kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Kcrgtv9 needs your help to pick the best businesses in eastern iowa with our alist contest. Right now through february 19, you can nominate your favorite businesses in dozens of categories from best pizza to best massage and best entertainment. Just go to our website kcrg. Com alist to enter your picks now. Then watch in april to see who is on the kcrgtv9 a list. Then in march, well release the ballot for you to vote for the best of the best in eastern iowa. Plus, the final push in New Hampshire before the president ial candidates splinter off to nevada and South Carolina for the next serious allegations. A fraternity president at Cornell University faces an attempted rape and sexual abuse charge. Well tell you the details in this disturbing case. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our first alert race to win New Hampshire. President ial candidates from both political firstin the nation primary begins tomorrow. And finding the truth. A fraternity president at Cornell University faces rape allegations. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news new this midday. Police have arrested a man for stealing 3 firearms from a waterloo home in january. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports 20yearold Aundaris Reed is charged with 1stdegree burglary. Police say hes accused of stealing two 12gauge shotguns and a. 22 rifle. Reed also faces a non serious child endangerment charge along with a weapons and drug charge. Police say the burglary happened back on january 9 at 811 moir street on waterloos west side. No one was home during the breakin. Authorities later arrested reed at his home. During a traffic stop with him 2 days later, police say they recovered the stolen guns. A judge has sentenced an iowa falls man to 18 months in prison, for threatening to cut the throats of judges in eldora. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports 35yearold Andre Lafontaine iii was sentenced on friday. Back in october, he was found guilty of on charges of transmitting a threatening communication. Prosecutors say in july, he left message with racially charged language and obscenities on the voicemail of the Departments Office of professional responsibility. That office is a part of the Us Department of justice in washington dc. Investigators say he complained the fbi hadnt responded to his allegation of official corruption. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Light snow showers continue the rest of the day with some occasional breaks. Any additional accumulation will be minor, but blustery winds gusting over 30 mph are still going to cause lower visibility in wide open areas north and west of waterloo. Even with only a coating of snow, roads will be slick where snow does fall. Temperatures will be steady or slowly fall this afternoon. Flurries remain tonight into the first part of tomorrow. We may see the clouds part a bit late tomorrow with partial clearing getting going wednesday and again friday. This week will be on the cool side with highs in the teens tomorrow and wednesday and lower 20s to finish off the workweek. Today snow showers, windy high 1622 winds nw 25 35 alo 15 dbq 19 iow 20 packed schedules and sharp attacks on the campaign trail in New Hampshire. Less than 24 hours before the polls open in the nations first primary in the president ial race. And candidates are pushing hard to get voters out tomorrow. Abcs Kenneth Moton is in manchester with more. Pkg script the fight for New Hampshire voters . Nats. Rally. Its a nonstop day of rallies to energize supporters and town halls to lure those undecided voters. Donald trump is looking for his first win. Sot donald trump president ial candidate you have to go out and vote republican race, trump has a double digit lead. The battle for second is between iowa caucus winner ted cruz and marco rubio. Sot marco rubio president ial candidate. W hy do you keep saying the same thing about obama trying to change america . Im gonna keep saying that a million times, because its true. The junior florida senator is combatting rivals like Chris Christie who is hammering away at rubios experience. Sot gov. Chris christie president ial candidatethe fact is, hes never accomplished anything of any note in the United States senate. For the democrats, Bernie Sanders is trying to keep the momentum. Sot sen. Bernie sanders president ial candidateyou have the right to determine future of america. Not a handful of billionaires poll shows his rival Hillary Clinton is closing the gap while her husband is on the attack. Sot president bill clinton for her this is not about grand theories of revolution this is about whether we can improve peoples lives. Kenneth moton oncam close New Hampshire is known for being really involved in the political record turnout, more than half a million voters. Kenneth moton, abc news manchester, New Hampshire. President obama is asking congress for 1. 8 billion dollars in emergency funding to defeat the mosquitoborn zika virus. The white house says the money will expand Mosquito Control programs, speed vaccine development, and improve support for lowincome pregnant women. The zika virus has spread to several us states and countries in latin america. Rescuers have found 4 more people, including an 8yearold girl, amid earthquake wreckage in taiwan. A 6. 4 magnitude earthquake struck the countrys Southern Coast early saturday morning. More than 100 people are still believed to be buried underneath debris. So far, the earthquake has killed at least 38 people in the city of tainan. Mardi gras will officially start tomorrow. But fat tuesday celebrations were dampened this weekend by shootings across the south. Yesterday in mississippi, at least two people were shot to death when a gunman open Mardi Gras Parade. The two man shot died of their wounds. Four other people were also shot and injured. No details on their condition. Police on the scene described the parade scare. It was very chaotic, because trying to sort out and find out what will happen, initially we had two people down on the ground. And thats all we knew. We had officers yelling for help. There were reports of people fleeing the scene. And again, there were thousands of people on the streets leaving, police say they are still searching for the suspects. No one got hurt in a parade shooting that happened in new orleans. Police say someone fired shots along a Mardi Gras Parade route there. Officers say theyve found a handgun. One local tv station reported the parade paused for several minutes. Accusations of attempted rape and Sexual Assault at an ivy league university. Today, a fraternity president at cornell stands accused of attacking a female student in that Fraternity House. He maintains hes innocent. But the school has suspended the house. Abcs has the latest. Supers alex spiro former prosecutor Elizabeth Hur abc news, new york pkg script the president of an elite fraternity at cornell. Of new york citys famous concert halls. Is 21yearold wolfgang ballinger. Seen in this Youtube Video talking about his goals. Sot wolfgang balligner at a young age i was taught to appreciate hard work and especially selfmade worth. And now fighting charges that he sexually assaulted a female student inside this Fraternity House on campus. The woman alleges ballinger locked the door and forced himself onto her after she verbally protested several times. Ballinger pleaded not guilty to first degree attempted rape, first degree criminal sexual act, and first degree sexual abuse. Sot alex spiro former prosecutor the speed at which they took this case out of the universitys pruview and brought it into a criminal setting suggests that the prosecution believes that they have a strong case. The university president. Also taking immediate action. Placing the fraternity, psi upsilon, on Sexual Violence has no place at cornell. The College Junior now sits in jail. After surrendering to police four days after the alleged attack. Last sunday. Accusations. Telling abc news. Ballingers innocence will be established at the proper time and in the proper place Elizabeth Hur oncam close tomorrow. For now. The fraternity says it is cooperating with the ongoing ny. Taking a win all the way to the oscars. Well tell you which movie just earned another award nod. And making a statement. Queen b takes on the super bowl halftime show with a new hit song. Meteorologist Justin Gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert joins us now. Light snow showers continue the rest of the day with some occasional breaks. Any additional accumulation will be minor, but blustery winds gusting over 30 mph are still going to cause lower visibility in wide open areas north and west of waterloo. Even with only a coating of snow, roads will be slick where snow does fall. Temperatures this afternoon. Flurries remain tonight into the first part of part a bit late tomorrow with partial clearing getting going tomorrow night. Another chance of light snow arrives Late Wednesday and again friday. This week will be on the cool side teens tomorrow and wednesday and lower 20s to finish off the showers, windy high 1622 winds nw 25 35 alo 15 dbq 19 iow 20 tonight cloudy, flurries low 511 winds nw 1530 alo 5 dbq 7 iow 10 tomorrow m cloudy, flurries early high 1420 winds nw 1525 alo 15 dbq 16 iow 18 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 24 winds nw 1020 alo 1 dbq 1 iow 4 wednesday chance of snow late high 15 low 1 thursday partly cloudy high 21 low 5 friday chance of snow high 23 low 11 saturday partly cloudy high 17 low 4 sunday chance of snow high 28 low 14 monday chance of we are in the season here at tv9 where we recognize 9 people in our community who make a difference in the lives of others. For our first story, we introduce you to Chris Montross of cedar rapids. Shes dedicated her life to all kinds of volunteer work, and thats why shes one of our 9 who care nominees. We are in the season here at tv9 where we recognize 9 people in our community who make a difference in the lives of others. For our first story, we introduce you to Chris Montross of cedar rapids. Shes one of our 9 who care nominees. Montross has been volunteering at Unity Point Health st. Lukes hospital for 46 years. During that time she wore several hats. As a hospice volunteer. Montross trained to be a Pastoral Care clown, and developed 2 clown characters for the sole purpose of bringing joy 26 10 16 its always a wonderful thing when you can share somebodys end of life journey with them. She now serves as lead volunteer for pet pals, the Therapy Animal Program at st. Montross says she loves making people feel better. Well honor all of our volunteers at the nine who care banquet this saturday, its a split race for the oscars. Awards has top honor. Winner is and more. Best picture at the oscars is officially a horse race the revenant director Alejandro Irritu took top honors at the Directors Guild of america awards, leaving the three major hollywood guilds divided spotlight took the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards, and the Producers Guild of america chose the big short as its top film. Well see which way the academy goes february 28th. Uhoh. Shes looking at us. What did she say . Uh, sorry, sir no one was listening. Is it garbage night . Uh, we left the toilet seat up. What is it, woman . What . Theres less suspense about the oscar for best animated feature, after inside out won 10 annie awards, including best feature, from the International Animated film society. The pixar pic has also grabbed the golden globe and the Critics Choice Award for best animated feature. Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my to the top of billboard and twitters trending 140 chart . Try dropping a surprise single and video the same weekend youre playing the super bowl halftime show. And it helps if youre beyonc the superstars latest track includes commentary on police brutality, Hurricane Katrina and black financial power. For hollywood minute, im david daniel. Adding to her social justice message, beyonce has started a water crisis fund for flint, michigan. The citys water is devastated with lead contamination. That news comes just after the singer announced her next 40 date tourtitled after her new song formation. Beyonce announced the news during this super bowl commercial. Her tour starts this summer, and tickets go on sale next week. For a parent watching a child or a teenager when that young person faints is extremely worrisome. No fullscreen for mondays coming up, a pediatric expert from mercy will joins us fainting in children and teenagers and whether thats a sign of a larger health concern. Stay with kcrgtv 9. Faints and also those nearby who are trying to handle it. Yet fainting is also relatively common among healthy adolescents. And parents naturally have concerns about this. Were joined by dr. Mark zittergruen from Mercy Pediatric cardiology clinic. Dr. Zittergruen, why would a young person just faint . Can fainting ever point to a more serious problem . How can families help this to minimize the risk or likelihood that their child might faint or prevent a recurrence . When does the point reach where parents or guardians out medical attention for their child . Today. , thanks for being here. Coming up tomorrow, our nutrition expert will check in for some wonderful ideas for the palette. And the bottom line. Stay with your 24 hour news back to our top stories this midday. A mother and her two children were hospitalized this morning, after they escaped a fire inside their mobile home. Fire crews say it happened just before midnight at 2508 union road in cedar falls. No information yet on the familys condition. Determining what caused the fire. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports 20yearold Aundaris Reed is charged with 1stdegree burglary. Police say hes accused of stealing three firearms from a waterloo home. Reed also faces a non serious child endangerment charge along with a weapons and drug charge. The first in the nation primary begins tomorrow in New Hampshire. Voters are expected to turn out in record numbers to support their president ial candidate of choice. Right now, donald trump is leading in recent gop polls, while senator Bernie Sanders is leading in democratic polls. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, justin. Light snow showers continue the rest of the day with some occasional breaks. Any additional accumulation will be minor, but blustery winds gusting over 30 mph are still going to cause lower visibility in wide open areas north and west of waterloo. Even with only a coating of snow, roads will be slick where snow does fall. Temperatures will be steady or slowly fall this afternoon. Flurries remain tonight into the first part of tomorrow. We may see the clouds part a bit late tomorrow with partial clearing getting going tomorrow night. Arrives Late Wednesday and again friday. This week will be on the cool side with highs in the teens tomorrow and wednesday and lower 20s to finish off the workweek. Today snow showers, windy high 1622 winds nw 25 35 alo 15 dbq 19 iow 20 tonight cloudy, flurries low 511 winds nw 1530 alo 5 dbq 7 iow 10 tomorrow m cloudy, flurries early high 1420 winds nw 1525 alo 15 dbq 16 iow 18 tomorrow night partly cloudy low 24 winds nw 1020 alo 1 dbq 1 iow 4 wednesday chance of snow late high 15 low 1 thursday partly cloudy high 21 low 5 friday chance of snow high 23 low 11 saturday partly cloudy high 17 low 4 sunday chance of snow high 28 low monda ae of snow high lo ats all the time we have d e kcrgtv9 news announcer hang up the phone and throw away those takeout menus because we are having a makeityourself monday. Clintons in the kitchen and making a curry in a hurry. Then, marios getting the deets on dumplings from chinese food expert danielle chang. Plus, its chew to the rescue carla is taking a trip to meet an Inspiring Group of girls