Theyre being combative or if they appear to be a threat to themselves after a night of drinking. Theres got to be better ways, cheaper ways to do it, than going to the emergency room or going to jail, thats the most expensive options there is right now, were already spending that. Hargadine says his department is exploring other options along with other local Law Enforcement agencies but a solution is a little ways off, and for now isnt a bill to end publicicntoxication arrests. As for other members of the Iowa City Community they seem to agree. Ive seen a lot of instances down here where we have had intoxicated people, i dont think we need everyone Walking Around here drunk all the time, it starts a lot of fights, people passing out everywhere, i think if they took the law away it would just cause more problems for people. I did talk to representativ e mary wolfe this afternoon who introduced the bill. She has a law degree and says being drunk isnt criminal. She says shes not re whats next for this bill, but city, mark carlson, kcrg tv nine news. Iowa city police removed a drunk substitute teacher from southeast junior high yesterery morning after students reported something wasnt right. The gazette reports the district is not identifying the teacher, but says the teacher will face disciplinary action. The School District will all have to file a complaint with the iowa board of educational examiners. Police did not charge the substitute. Lets turn now to meteorologist joe winters. Joe, some very cold weathers heading our way. After a windy hay across eastern wa we are in for a lmer night. A clear r y tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 2at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. Plenty of sunshine is in place saturday thickening late. Snowfall beins overnight saturday and continues for valentines day. 2 2 is the current forecast for snow throughout eastern iowa with some blowing snow late sunday and monday. Have a good night and a safe weekend. Tonight mostly clear low 42 winds nw 515tomorrow mostly sunny, chilly high 1117 winds nw 510 bruce and beth. The university of iowa is facing a a deral civil rights investigatioioover allegations it doesnt treat its female athletes fairly. The office for civil rights is looking into gender bias in the Athletics Department in 13 areas. Its investigating how the Department Awards scholarships, and how it designates hedules, practices and games. If investigators find discrimination, the school could have to change poliliies or spend more money on female programs. The office for civil rights is planning to visit the campus in april. In a ui athletics director said the department is looking forward to sharing informationon about its programs. A dubuque lawmaker could face ethics violations after she took a job with a Political Advocacy Group and didnt disclose it. Our r verage partner kd th reports state representative Abby Finkenauer recently became the state director for a group called make it work. It advocates for equal pay laws. Lawmakers are e quired to report job changes within 30 days, which finkenauer did not. Finkenauer said she didnt know she needed to disclose that information. Me being a new legislator, i had no idea that that was actually something i shshld have done. Its one of thosesehings that i understand why its in place. You dont hide your employment. She went on to say that she believes the organization bringing the allegations against her, priorities for iowa is biased against her. The board of trustees ate college is officially reprimanding the schools president for plagiarism. Decided to put a letter into the personnel file for president Mick Starcevich starcevich spoke e january at an Employee Recognition event. And he told a story that highlighted the challenges of Community College work. But he did not credit the story to a New York Times blog. He later apologized. A 16yearold Cedar Rapids Prairie High School student faces harassment charges. Police say the teen is the one who wrote a threatening noe that made a vague e reat about t shooting at the school. Additional Police Officers staffed Prairie High School today in response to the note even though administrator s did not think the threat was credible. Us senator joni ernst is pushing for more resources for the Kurdistan Regional government. Today ernst, along with three democratic senators, sent a letter to secretary of state john kerry expressing concerns aboutut care for hundreds of thousands of refugees. Currently hosts one point six million refugees, according to their government. The letter says the Us Government should give money to those fleeing from isis. Legislation that aims to punish north korea for its Nuclear Weapons program is on its way to president Barack Obamas desk. House republicans and democrats today agreed 408 to 2 for more sanctions against the country. The Senate Passed the the bill is aimed at making sure north korea doesnt have the money it needs to develop Nuclear Warheads and longrange missiles. A shelter that serves homeless women and children in dubuque says its coping with staffing issues. It says it needs volunteers to work a shift very few people have been willing to take. Calmer night. A clear sky tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 20 at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. Plenty of sunshine is in place saturday with clouds thickening late. Snowfall begins overnight saturday and continues for valentines day. 24 is the current forecast for snow throughout eastern iowa with some blowing snow late sunday and monday. Have a good night and a safe weekend. Tonight mostly clear low 42 high 1117 winds nw 510tomorrow night snow likely late low 511 wiwids se 510sunday s sw likely, windy high 26 low 8 monday mostly cloudy high 34 low 17 tuesday chance of rain snow high 38 low 23 wednesday partly cloudy high 34 low 18 thursday partly cloudy high 43 low 19 friday partly cloudy high 49 low 35 coming up tonight on the kcrgtv9 news at six, lawmakers are once again considering a bill that would ban minors from using tanning beds. A group of concerned parents and advocates are planning a trip to des moines to lobby for the bill. Hear why they say iowa is behind the times by still allowing minors to step into tanning booths. Thahas tonight on the kcrgtv nine news at 6. Again this year kcrg tv nine is recognizing some outstanding volunteers from here in eastern iowa. Today, meet a woman who loves books so much, she worked tirelessly to build a new library for her town when a windstorm destroyed the old one. And the Iowa City Library wants to give its collection tv nine. A shelter for homeless women dubuque says its in dire need of volunteers to staff an overnight shift. The maria house is a transitial shelter for homeless women who are working to get back onto their feet. That organization depends on volunteers to staff the overnight hours at the shelter. But right now, administrators say theyre dealing with a shortage of people willing to staff the shelter from 8 pm to 7 am. The maria house needs female volunteers who are 18 years or older. Maria house administrator s say the overnight volunteer is last january, just for our overnight volunteers they did about 140 hours. So that was about 14 over nights that they covered. Back in november, a dubuque homeless shelter for men said they had the same shortage of volunteers working the overnight shift. Coming up at 6, hear why shelter Directors Think theyre having such a hard time finding volunteers. The Iowa City Public Library could soon take its mission on the road. The library wants the city council to budget 112 thousand dollars to buy the library a bookmobile. A bookmobile is a bus that would take books to placac like parks and neighborhoods. The Council Plans to discuss the budget item at its meeting next week. And today, students at longfellow elementary in iowa city celebrated valentines day a couple days early. They enjoyed a formal lunch, complete with candles and flowers. Some students decided to dress up special for the day. Students forward to valentines day each year because they get to eat lunch with their teachers. You could get to sit next to them or but if you dont get to sit next to them thats okay after lunch, parents had the option to join their kids in their classrooms for a valentines dadaparty. An eastern iowa town has a brand new Library Thanks to the hard work of a woman who jumped in when a windstorm destroyed her beloved library. Shes one of the outstanding volunteers were honoring this year. Our nine who care. Meet her next, one your 24our news source, kcrgtv nine. Each year, tv nine and our show sponsors honor nine outstanding volunteers from throughout eastern iowa. These are people nominated by their peers, and we call them our nine who care. Today, were recognizing dorothy readnour, who vividly remembers her days as a High School Cheerleader in garrison. At the age of 72, she still has those cheerleading skills. And kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie reports they came in handy when her hometown needed her most. Kids noise in a place thats all about building and creating youll often find dorothy readnour. 40 05 you guys doing a really great job. The Garrison Library has been a second home to dorothy for more than two decades. Thats right shes surrounded herself with books as a member of the library boa since the early 1990s. She is just so busy all the time with doing good things. I guess i have always enjoyed help other people and help kids especially. But where people say dorothy truly shined came following a severe wind storm in 2011. She was there when all the pieces started falling apart. When the storm came and took the roof off of our old library, it was devastating. I didnt want to see us not have a library, thats why i pushed and pushed and wouldnt give up for our new library. Many doubted that dorothy and the Library Board could raise the money needed for the new library. The Library Board said our lives would be so much easier if we just disbanded and forgot about this project, but dorothy would always make us believe we could do it. And they did it dollar by to build a brand new library. With only a little help from the insurance money from the old library they held spaghetti dinners, wrote grants, sold sweatshirts, asked businesses for donations and organized silent auctions. Piece by piece it all added up. 35 11 y you got two pieces. To become exactly what the town needed. Our Community Needs her to give us opportunities to better ourselves, but also to give us a vision that we can be more than just a fading away small iowa c cmunity. After all garrisons number one cheerleader wouldnt take anything but the best for her home town. I just have a big love fofo garrison. N. Ts just a little town, but its a great town. In garrison, Jill Kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Programming at the new library. She and our other nine who care winners will receive 500 dollars to donate to their favorite charities. And tomorrow, well announce which one of them will go to washington dc in june to compete for the Jacqueline Kennedy onassis jefferson award for volunteerism. Well be right back. Stay with tv9. Rewould like to see people under 17 years of age not allowed to use a tanning bedn ready for performers. Almost the flood, a rebuilt Hancher Auditorium will soon be open for audiences and performances. Tonight at 6 house would repeal the states public intoxication laws. Right now, people who are drunk in public can be charged with a simple misdemeanor. Iowa city police say public intox arrests keep the e community safefe but theyre not against exploring other options to avoid so many arrests. The university of iowa faces a broad federal civil rights investigation over allegations it doesnt treat its female athletes fairly. The office for civil rights is looking into gender bias in the Athletics Department in 13 areas. Ifnvestigators find discrimination, the school could have to change policies or a 16yearold Cedar Rapids Prairie High School student faces harassment chges. Police say the teen is the one who wrote a threatening note that made a vague threat about a shooting at the school. Additional Police Officers staffed prairie gh school today in response to the note. And a shelter for homeless women and children in dubuque says its in dire need for volunteers to staff the overnight shift. The maria house is a transitional shelter for homeless who are women working to t back onto their feet. Administrators say the overnight volunteer is crucial to their operations. Lets go back to joe now for a final look at tonights forecast. After a windy day across eastern iowa we are in for a calmer night. A clear sky tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 20 at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. Plenty of sunshine is i iplace saturday with clouds thickening late. Snowfall begins overnight saturday and continues day. 24 is the curren breaking news tonight. What donald trump just threatened to do. Trump tonight saying he might sue ted cruz over being born in canada. And on the other side, Bernie Sanders is asked, is he standing in the way of history . The first womapresident. How he answers. And a horrific machete attack at an american accident. And, temperatures not seen in almost 100 years. Silence broken. Could you have prevented what happened to columbine . And tim tebow is here tonight. Hard to imagine he hadtrouble at the prom