Use to get to the university hospitals, to get to the high school, there are literally thousands of cars that drive on melrose pereray. It is frustrating, its really a difficult set of priorities. Iowa City CommunitySchool District chief Financial Officer criag hansel says he understands why parents are upset about cutting bus routes. But it means saving 400 thousand dollars in a way that doesnt hit the classroom. He says a fix to the problem would be more state funding. And that needs to come from state legislatures and the governor in des monies. We simply dont have the money to around, we simply dont have the money to provide that discretionary busing any longer. Schwartz says hes hoping the school board will do away with this plan all together. Hansel says its possible some parents can pay to have their kids bused to school, but thats still city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, wee expecting some coldld temperatures overnight . It certainly felt more like winter on tuesday. With a partly cloudy sky tonight we are expecting lows in the single digits. After this a series of alberta clippers are set to move through the state. Each of these have the Late Wednesday with minor accumulation s especially farther west. A second storm zips in on friday and a third on sunday. Even though snowfall remains light, scattered slick spots and reduced visibilities will be experienced from time to time. Of light snow late high 1117 winds nw 515 bruce and beth. At least four people lost their homes when a fire dadaged a duplex in wateteoo early t ts morning. The fire at 264 Western Avenue happened around four am. Watloos fire chief said windy conditions fueled the flames, and cold temperatuus made it tough to fight the fire. He said the fire spread through walls and the attic, but theyre not sure yet what started it. Everyone inside the duplex made it out ok. The b blding is a total loss. The Iowa Senate Today passed legislation that would establish future state funding for k through 12 schools in iowa. The Democrat Controlled Senate passed two bills that would set a four percent increase to basic state aid for schools starting in the 2017 fiscal year. Those bills are separate from legislation that would al set a four percent increase for the next budget year. State law requires thth legisisture to establish advanced funding, though that doesnt republicans havent yet proposed funding beyond their two percent increase for the next budget year. Iowa senator joni ernst joined other Senate Colleagues today in introducing a bipartisan bill to provide more resources for military victims of Sexual Assault. The millary Sexual Assault t victims empowerment act would allow victims to receive treatment from providers other than the department of veterans affairs. Today, ernst said the bill addresses individual victims needs. The bill would also strengthen policies for preventing Sexual Assaults in the military. The university of iowa says its investigating two possible sexl assaults over the weekend. Last night the universitytyent out a crime alert notice about one alleged incident saturday at an east side residence hall. The second reportedly happened the next day at a west side residence hall. Both reports came fromomanonymous sources, and both victims decided not to report the incidents to police. The university did not have any federal law requires the school to send out notices like t ts one when meone reports Sexual Misconduct on campus. Kcrgtv9 Dave Franzman joins us now. Dave, the infoation the university sent out last night was v vy vague. Does Something Like that really do any good . Bruce, its certainly not going to help the public identify any possible suspects for police. But thats not really the point of the crime alerts that come out maybe 15 to 20 times a year. The purpose, aside from meeting federal requirements, is to telelthe communini something may have happened and people should take care and not be afraid to report or seek help. Campus police agree the crime alert warning about possible Sexual Assaults was vague. Theres no description and only a reference to residence halls. U of i interim safety chief dave visin says failing to issue a timely warning Like University to a 35thousand dollar federal fine. But its also part of a plan to make the community safer. It just supports why were doing education, why are we looking at policies. We spent so much time on this issue on campuses it just reinforces its a problem were trying to address trying to be transparent about visin says the crime alerts sent as timely warningnghave neneer generated a lead for police to follow up. But this program has. Sot nat a hawk alert last november about a man on campus molesting women did generate calls and an arrest. Visin says police use hawk alerts when theres an immediate threat and a location or description. The email crime alert is more to acknowledge something may have happened and remind the Campus Community where to turn for help. In my opinion, its the universitys attempt to alter what wed call rape culture and its highlighting the universitys i think its just to raise general Public Awareness this is not something thats ok. The crime alert issued monday night represents the third and fourth Sexual Misconduct reports at the university in 2016. Another bit of confusion is the crime alerts sent out also have the phrase trigger warning. The u of is Sexual MisconductResponse Office says s ats meant to alalt people who might have been Sexual Misconduct victims in the past. The concern is such information could trigger an unintended rction and just serves as a warning to those whmight have strong reactions. Bruce . Right now, iowa bans felons from voting after theyve served their sentences. But a new Iowa Supreme Court case could change that ahead of the november electionon it certainly felt more like winter on tuesday. With a partly cloudy sky tonight we are expecting lows in the single digits. After this a series of alberta clippers are set to move through the state. Each of these have the potential to bring some light snow. The first arrives Late Wednesday with minor accumulation s especially farther west. A second storm zips in on friday and a third on sunday. Even though snowfall remains light, scattered slick spots and reduced visibilities will be experienced from time to time. Tonight partly cloudy low 24 winds nw 1020tomorrow chance of light snow late high 1117 winds nw 515tomorrow night winds n 510thursday partly cloudy high 21 low 5 friday chance of light snow high 23 low 11 saturday partly cloudy high 14 low 1 sunday chance of snow high 26 low 8 monday y mostly cloudy high 35 low 23 tuesday chance of snow high 38 low 23 now heres reporter Forrest Saunders with a look at what youll see tonight on kcrg tv nine news at six. Coming up in about an hour, we things that people have been doing around trains in the cedar rapids area. Why its unsafe, and why its very expensive. Thats coming up at 6 00. Some social justice grps want the Iowa Supreme Court to let felons votete in the november elections. And the court has agreed to hear a case that will clear up confusion over which former offenders can vote. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Marions city manager says that tax climate is very favorable to businesses marion held its commercial property tax climate and trends luncheon today. City manager Lon Pluckhahn says commercial taxes will likely increase this year. But he says yeartoyear, the city has generally low rates for businesses. Next years proposed budget would increase commercial and industrial taxes by one pojnt seven three percent if approved. But, pluckhahn said the citys levevhas decreased by more than 12 percent over the past 10 years. Thats one of the reasons he says marion had such a big economic boom last year. Were coming off of, as ill show in the presentation, one of the strongest years weve ever had in commercial and Industrial Development with more than 26 Million Dollars worth of new projects starting. Marionssopulation has also been growing along with commercial development. The citys mayor says its grown 37 percent populationwise since 2000. The Environmental Protection agency is planning to discuss cleleup of a contaminated former Industrial Site in waterloo. Waterloo industries operated on property near highway 218 until 1997. An environmental study that same year revealed contaminated soil l d groundwater. The epa is proposing a vacuum system to remove vapors from beneath buildings there now, which include a recycling operation, selfstorage and a gym. The first Public Meeting is scheduled for march 14. The Iowa Supreme Court will be deciding if some felons whove served their sentences should have the right to vott the court agreed to hear a case that could clear up confusion on whether former offenders are eligible to vote. Iowa is one of three states that have lifetime votingg bans for felons. The iowa constitution says anyone convicted of an infamous crime cannot vote. The court will have to define exactly what that means. A number of social Justice Groups want the court to relax the restrictions. Voters in new hamshire have less polls close in the states primary e ection. Today marks the 100th newew hampshire primary. With independents making up more than 40 percent of the electorate, the results from New Hampshire can be a surprise. Public opinion polls leading to the primary show Republican Donald Trump and democrat Bernie Sanders with leads. Were recognizing volunteers making outstanding contributions to their communities all this week. Tonight, meet a Dubuque High School student whos helping her peers understand and address malnutrition in third world countries. Stay with your 24hour news kcrgtv nine and our show you care sponsors are honoring nine oututanding lunteers weve selected from here in eastern iowa through next tuesday. We call them our nine who care. Leader in Dubuque County whos working with her classmates to fight hunger around the world. Kcrg tv nines Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann has more about alyssa dougherty. Walking thhhalls of western Dubuque High School, it seems everyone has a nice thing or two toay about alyssa doughtery. Shes got a lot of energy. And its an energy that goes for positive things but beyond her positive attitude and warm spirit, shes taken a leadership role her teachers say sets her apart from her peers. We had half the student body sitting on the floor in the gym. Crowded on blankets for an hour and a half. Thats like 500 people e sically. Last November Alyssa single handedly organized a school wide Hunger Banquet. Every single student participated. The high class received an ice cream buffett. Middle class received half a Graham Cracker with frosting. And the lower class received one fourth a Graham Cracker. Analogy to understand income class disparities and malnourishme nt in third world countries. That really hit their emotions and i think they got the idea behind it. The Hunger Banquet is her passion, but alyssas volunteer work doesnt end there. She also lends a hand in 4h, National Honor society, student council, and her church i want to be involved with everything. I just dont want to miss and opporornity to give back to the community. The budding volunteer will soon been off to Iowa State University where she plans to volunteer in anyway she can. If i am not volunteering, i realal dont know what to do with my spare time, i guess. And teachers says shes inspiring younger students at western dubuque to follow her lead. Theres a whole lot of young people who really do care d they really do want to make the world better. In epworth, Katie Wiedemann, kcrg tv9 news. Each of our nine who care will receive 500 dollars to dote to their favoritete charities. And this saturday, well announce washington dc in june to compete for the Jacqueline Kennedy onassis jefferson award for volunteerism. Now heres a look at ats coming g at 5 30 on abcs world news. Coming up, New Hampshire, what the exit polls are now telling us. Also, oneonone with trump, rubio, bush. Sanders and clinton battling it out. Another major storm hitting from the middle of the country to the east. And a headon the dubuque School District tries to help area tourism by bringing back spring break for students. And we check out the dangers of people climbing onto or running in front of trains, just to save a few minutes. Thats tonight on tv nine news at six. Recapping todays top stories, at least four people lost their homes when a fire damaged a duplex in waterloo early this morning. The fire at 264 Western Avenue happened around four am. Everyone inside the duplex made it out ok. The building is a total loss. Some parents in iowa city are urging the school board to rethink its plan to eliminate free busing for nearly a thousand students next year. The plan calls for nine Elementary Schools to lose bus routes next fall. Ose routes are within a twome radius from schools. The district believes tt changngwould save nearly lets go back to joe now for a final look at tonights forecast. It certainly felt more like winter on tuesday. With a partly cloudy sky tonight we are e pecting lows in the single digits. After this a series of through the state. Each of these have the potenal to bring some light snow. The first arrives with minor accumulation s especially farther west. A second storm zips in on friday and a third on sunday. Even though snowfall scattered slick spots and reduced visibilities will be experienced from time to tim breaking news tonight as we come o o the air. What the exit polls are already telling us, right here in New Hampshire. The first primary in the nation. Votes being tallied. For some, a make or break moment. After months of attacks, neck and neck battles, it all comes down to this. Polls are open polls are open our Political Team out in force tonight. Were oneonone with donald trump. Is tonight your night . Does he need a strong showing