Called for iowa to go above that, but so far, it has not earned enough support to pass. Pass. In t t antime, leaders in Johnson County have authorized a new minimum wage. Right now, it stands at 820 an hour and will climb over the next sever months monthsbefore settling at 1010 an hour next year. Now, another corridor county is looking at following suit. Fox 28 News ReporterMarissa Scott has more on the debate debatenow spreing to linn county. County. If the skills set matches it, we dont have any problem with that. That one cupcake place owner John Pinkerton says he already pays his employees more, based on their age and experience. And down the river at batas restaurantntowner joel kane agreeslinn county should raise the minimum wage. One thing that it doesit gives people more incentive kane says when owners invest in their employees, employee turnover is down and they dont have to work two jobs to pay the bills. As cost of living tends to go up, its kind of one of those things you mave got to help your iowa policy project researched how higher pay would benefit linn county. The study shows more than 18thousand workers earn less than 1010 an hour and more than half of the workers under that wagegen the county work full time and are single mothers trying to support a family. My goal is to bring the cities in and say is this something youll do. Oelson says he hopeshe cities will be on board, because he says its important for the county. We cant just be all about giving tax incentives to wealthy developers, we have people in our community trying to make fnds meet. And so Small Business owners, like pinkerton and kane, can reward their employees for their hard work. I dont think it would hurt us as a company, it would just give us more motivation to figure out how to make your margins. Supervisor oleson wants to create a group of Small Business owners, city leaders and workers to talk about raising the minimum wagehow it would benefit the county and if they did raise it, how they would do it and fox 28 news the rise across eastern iowa today. And there are warmer days stillhead. Ahead. Chief meteorologist terry thanks. Now an update to a story fo28 news first told you about back in october. October. Today, linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said he will not file charges against two cedar rapids polije officers who milled a suspect. Suspect. 21yearold Jonathan Gossman died when officers lucas jones and Bryson Garringer shot at him a combined 25 times. Times. The two were taking part in a drug investation after a traffic stop when gossman ran from the scene. When a k9 unit caught up with gossman, he reportedly turned and pointed a loaded handgun at officer garringer. Thats when the two officers opened fire. An autopsysydetermined gossssn hahameth in his system when he president ial candidates have been canvassing iowa now for nine months. And for all that time, Hillary Clinton has been the top name in the polls for the democratic nomination. Nomination. But some recent polls show a big shift, including this Quinnipiac University poll which found clinton trailing vermont senator Bernie Sanders with lesssshan thrhr weeks to go before the iowa caucuses. Caucuses. Still, clinton remains confident she can avoid her second defeat in iowa in as many tries. Fox 28 news anchor and host of iowa in focus, kevin barry, sat down w wh clinton recently recentlyand has more in this fox 28 news exclusive. Exclusive. Some of the specific issues we first talked about with Hillary Clinton in july like her email scacaal have faded. T with just weeks until the iowa caucus so had clintons early and commanding lead. Thanks to all of you for being here on this bright, sunny, cold afternoon. The weather was hardly the only difference when clinton talked to iowa voters in iowa this week compared to one of her first besides about 60 degrees clintons lead is virtually gone even after six months of campaigning. Quinnipiac has her five points down in iowa with three weeks until caucus night. Has all that work gone fofonought . No no. Polls go up, polls go down. Vice President Joe Biden came up short of a fullthroated endorsement. Joe biden told cnn that it was new for your talking about workers sharing in the profits of their corporations in the context that bernie has been talking about it longer. Is that fair comparing you to a guy whos been in Congress Since 1991 . Well the Vice President is a great friend,of mine and i have Great Respect for him and he went on to o y at i have very thoughtful economic policies. She says he was probably referring to her time as secretary of state when it would have been innappropriate for her to talk about domestic issues. But over the past two days her out sanders potential missteps like not releasing his plans to pay for programs hes been promising on the trail before iowans caucus. Well i hope he hurries up because you deserve to see the compmpison side by side. Then wednesday sanders plan came out but the Clinton Campaign pointed out that it didnt include health care. You deserve to know what the differences are, and then you can makekean informemedecision. Clintons numbers have always been better when it comes to Leadership Qualities and what voters say it takes to be president. She says she thinks those characteristicwill carry her through caucus night. Kevin barry, fox 28 newss kevin thanks. Coming up in our next half hour, hear more of kevins interview with Hillary Clinton. Including her thoughts on president obamas executive actions on the nations gun laws. That in n ss than 30 minutes on the fox 28 news at nine. Some Corridor School leaders say governor branstads proposed boost in Education Funding isnt enough. Enough. During his condition of the state address, thehe governororproposed a 2point45 percent increase next School Board President steve swenka says they need four percent just to keep up with inflation. Also asking for more money, the iowa board of regents. The agency that regulates iowas three state universities wanted 20million in additionalfunding. But the governor called for an increase of eight mimiion. Democrats s nt lawmakers to approve more money for education. But republicans argue that the states budget is growing tighter making it difficult to find the resources while balancing the states books. Governor branstad has made it clear to critics in recent years that hes concerned about the revenues from agriculture and thats why hes been conservative with funding for schools and the state budget in general. If the ag outlook for this year is any indication, the future holds more fights over funding. Fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill joins us live with the story. Matt nearly one out out five iowans works in agriculture from making ethanol to selling equipment. And from those we talked to today at the 2016 could be a challenging year for iowa. Tractors you could find it all from the latest in ag equipment. From the lower back to thth top of the neck. To staying healthy amid the heavy lifting. But the focus for farmers always comes back to finances. Finances. A believe as agriculture goes the state of wa goes. Steve bohr helps farm Families Build and preserve wealth he says after profitable years the states ag indury is in for a reality check. Check. Some have spent that income, somemehave invesesd that income and some have saved that income. Well were getting ready to give it all back, its a little bit like were at the gambling table and when you win a little you better put some in your pocket. Pocket. Farmers are scared, they dont know where the market is going yet. At stutsmans where growers come for spraying parts and services they know another record crop could send corn pricestumbling. Tumbling. This will give farmers a chance to step back and where their operations need to be in 3 or 4 years. Everybodys been kind of predicting this for the last several years. And even during a down year the governor is looking at Farm Practices to improve Water Quality that could impact the bottom line. Line. We need legislation and we need laws but we also need to make sure were an agricultural state and we need to make sure we dont kill the golden goose if you will. Some at the ag expo told us theyre concererd another record crop could leave farmers with corn selling below three dollars a bushell. Just four years ago it was almost seven. It was almost seven. Covering the corridor in hiawatha Matt Hammill Fox 28 newew matt thanks. S. Back at the capitol today. It was the chief justice of the iowa supreme courts turn to go before lawmakers. Cady delivered his condition of the judiciary speech, highlighting advancements in protecting children, ending Racial Disparity and improving transparency. But the chief justice also spoke about human trafficking, calling it an issue iowans can n longer see as just an urban problem. It exists as a dark underworld in many communities across iowa and is associated with some of iowas most t iconic places and events. There is no justice when children are abused and exploited. Justice cady said iowa needs a a prompt and comprehensive effort to identify victims of sex trafficking in iowa so the state can provide services victims need. Teaching teenagers life lessons can be hard. But one Corridor High School has accepted the challenge. Seniors at Linnmar High School volunteered to take part in a project that extends across the world. World. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller joins us with momo on the project that some there was no traveling required for this project. But students did have to open their hearts and their notepapa to communicate e with people whose lives are very different than theirs. Theirs. For years, syrians have had to live on edge. And mr. Swaney an ap government teacher has taught his students about it. It. On our end, were learning so much about the realities of what people are going through there. But theres nothing like firsthand experience to really drive home a lesson. Putting a face and d tual words to whats actually happening over there humanizes it. So for 10 mont, these students stepped into the life of a syrian refugee in the formrmf a penpal progogm. Prprram. Many thanks for your letter. Letter. I live in the zaatari camp, but my friends stayed in syria syriai have a year old brother, a year old sister and a 9 year old sister. Sister. Im excited to hear friend, weaamaround 150 letters just like this one sent back by teenage refugees. Refufues. To have the handwritten letter sent all the way from across the country, that feeling is something i cant describe. I didnt really think people all the way across the world had many similarities with me, so then when i started talking to her, i realized that we were more similar than i thought. Aside from the stories. Stories. He had a little camera that he could take pictures with and he loved that. And the gettoknowyou talk. It became educational for the refugees learning to speak english. English. If they do get out of the camps and they go to europe or america, then they need to learn how to speaeait. And for the amereran teenagags who now say life just doesnt seem so bad anymore. Anymore. Most of the people in this program come from middle class, maybe upper class families that just had a tough run of luck. Luck. The small world youve been living in for 18 years, is not just what it is. Is. But it did help to teach me to put myself in their shoes. College e soon. So they gave their social Media Information to their pen pals in hopes theyll keep in touch. Dora miller, fox 28 news. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. A popular but tiny Gathering Spot in marion opens the doors to a massive expansion. Well take you to opening night. Night. And later, youve made your picks, now a batch white and red balls are about to make someone very rich. Well preview tonights massive powerball drawing, continue the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thths it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. It doesnt get any better than that. And thats the culvers butterburger. Welcome to delicious marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer he threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. January is thyroid awareness month. Tomorrow morning g fox28 experts share a simple if you are at risk for thyroid disease. Disease. Whose most at risk and why the thyroid gland is important. Tomorrow at 7 on fox28 morning live. Changes to a growing Community Mean some local businesses have to get out of the way. Way. Thats what happening in hiawatha tonight. Tonight. The city condemned pour sports and papas sports bars near the intersection of north center point road and robins road. Theyre being forced out so that the city can build a new intersection at that locationonowner joe zoll refused to sell, so the city took action through Eminent Domain laws. A date for a final closure of the two bbrs has not been set. Turning now to marion. Marion. Its a celebration of a rebirth for ramseys wine bistro in the uptown district. A grand reopening tonight marked the completion of an expansion, doubling their spe on 7th avenue. It also features a new Live Music Venue and enough room for private parties. Its the community that really thats why we are in it is for the people peoplebebedes the extra space, ramseys now features additional food selections. More than a third of linn county residents are senior citizens. But theyve been without a Senior Center since the flood d 2008. 2008. So today, seniors gathered at the jean oxley center to talk more about the issue. They explained, that right now, they have to meet at different locations in nn county throughout the week to socialize and exercise. Today, they got a verbal committment to create a new center. If the plan goes through, county supervisors are thinking about creating space for seniors ininhe nn you got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rathererhan a handful ofofillionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Dreams of becoming americas next billionare. A closer look at the Financial Impact tonights massive Powerball Jackpot will have, no matter what the outcome when the fox 28 news at nine continues. The ticket donony sound elephanansound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Sales are now over and its time to wait and dream. Tonights powerball drawing is for a record 1point5 billlln dollars. While an iowan might not win the jackpot, there will be some big winners. Fox 28 News ReporterMellaney Moore explains explains. Everybody likes to talk about t that 5 billionen that kind of prize is at stakea stakea three powerball tickets. Oka lot of people can tell you how theyd spend that money. Money. Just get out and avel for a while is what i would do. Probably fewer can tell you where the money from ticketet sales goes goeswhen you buy a powerball ticket. Ticket. For every dollar that somebody spends on a Lottery Ticket here in iowa, about 25 percent of that, so about 25 cents goes to state causes. The majority of that money goes to remainder goes to the Vision Iowa Program to help state tourisma and 2. 5 million goes t tthe Iowa Veterans trtrt fund. Fund. I have to approve applications for the Veterans Trust fund, which can be used to help veterans who are under 200 percent Poverty Level and under 15,000 in assetsthe trust fund reimburses the color guard for funeral services. It also helps a couple of Johnson Countys 73 hundred veterans and their families each month with things like he repairs, car repairs, dental appointments, unemployment assistance and ambulance bills. Bills. Positive feedback, praise, they always ask me to thank the commission for consideration and then they tell other veterans and so its becoming slowly more known throughout the community boseneiler says Lottery Tickets are a winwina fun to py this is the Winning Ticket hered a way to help i ia veterans. Veterans. The iowa lottery says sales also help economies when 6 cents of every ticket dollar goes to local retailers. Retailers. Weve beenelling over two thousand dollars a never knowa you might t n too. Too. Out of tena the rest of the money goes to lottery operational costs and of course the prizes. Coveriri the corridor in iowa city, Mellaney Moore, fox 28 news. The moment of truth is now just about 25 minuteaway. You can see the drawing for tonights 1point5 billion dollar powerball jackpoporight here on fox 28 at 9 59. Until then, theres much more ahead on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. Including our exclusive interview withthHillary Clinton. Hear what she has to say about the ongoing gun debate and the president s executive actions when the fox 28 news at marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, to coauthor the th to citizenship bill. He threateted to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Tick down to the iowa the republican and Democratic Front runners. In fact, there is a new front runner in iowa for both parties. We begin with the republican race, one that donald trump has enjoyed front runner status for several months. But now thats changing. Changing. And it tops tonights vote 2016 coverage. Coverage. The latest Des Moines Register poll released today shows 25percent of Iowa Republicans are backing exas senar ted cdonald trump comes in second with 22 percent. Thats still within the margin of error, making this race a statattical dead heat. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton has lost her front runner status in some polls to vermont senator Bernie Sanders. Thats left the Clinton Campaign pushing hard to highlight differences between the two democrats. Fox 28 news anchor and host of iowa in focus kevin barry, has more now of our ourexclusive 1on1 interview with the former secretary of state. State. The back and foror between republican and Democratic Front runners has gotten so contensious that now hillary clintois using the as a reason to vote for her. Because the stakes are so high, voters need to zero in right now and try to imagine if we ended up with donald trump being sworn in as president , ted cruz being sworn in as president , what would that mean for our country, what would d that mean for our standing g in the world that same feeling is surrounding the domestic discussion about gun control. Republicans like Mike Huckabee say the added measures are just as bad as the process by which the president put them in. The catch is that the order generally just pushes more resources towards enforcing laws already on the books. What the president s doing is saying look, if youre in the business of selling guns, you need to do a background check and we need to put more resources into making sure the background check works. Cliton says theres a focus on gun shows because thats where many illegal sales have been checks are stopping people from getting guns elsewhere. Still the nra at one gun show in cedar rapids passed out fruit loops saying those were the only gun show loopholes that they knew of. Clinton says ith tens of thousands of people dying every year from gun violence its not funny. Guns cant be sacrocant. We have to combine our concern for the Second Amendment with our concern for human life. This is also an issue where the Clinton Campaign is drivng the point home that hillary has been consistent on her gun stance while sanders has voted against the brady bill that mandated background ecks on gun purchases. Kevin barry, fox 28 news. For more political headlines as we inch closer to the caucuses, be sure to watch iowa in focus with host keken barry, this s nday morning at 9 30, right here on fox 28. The cold settled in across eastern iowa for days. But were finally feeling a warm up. The only problem is, its not going to last. Last. Chief meteorologist terry last night, president obama delivererehis final state of ththunion address. The speech touched on a number of topics, both foreign and domestic. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley says he was dissapointed with the commander in chiefs comments on isis. Isis. Hes a very sininre person, i hes just plain wrong. I kind of feel that he e o pooed the dangers of terrorism. Although not quite the same language as senator grassley, many republicans echoed that sentiment today. National correspondent jeff barnd hasas morereeaction to the president s comments. Comments. They pose an enourmous danger to civilians. They have to be stoppedpresident obama talking about the war on isis in his state of theunion address. Bututne political expert says his speech was less about policya and more about rhetoric. A it just seems like president obama for whatever reason doesnt take it aaseriously as the rest of us perceive it to be some republicans feel america is in a Holding Pattern in the war on isisa until theres change at the topa come november. Its going to be now even worse for the next 12 months or 11 months as long as he is still president i believe its at as a nation to keep us safe. We need to destroy isis. We cant contain it. But some lawmakers feel the fault lies with congress a that congress should go on the cord. And vote yes or no to declare war on isis. We need to send a message to the American People that we stand with the president stilla other democrats thought mr obamas message on isis. Missed the mark. I wouldve preffered to hear a much more detailed set of plans as to how we organize an international effortrto stop isis 43tuesday, the president tried allaying the fears that prays on the minds of many americansa combating the islamic statea but they do not threaten our National Existence. In washington im jeff barnd reporting that leads to our poll question. In your opinion, do terrorists threaten our National Existence . To vote, just to the news section of fox 28 iowa dot com and click on this story. Sportsthe panthers continued their roller coaster of a season could uni hold on on the road for a much needed road win plus why all the hawkeyes are thinking about the same valentine even though february 14th is aways away next on fox 28 someone just got a free 6 subway sandwich. Just text offers to 782929 to sign up for weekly text offers. And d ull get a free 6inch sub instead its not the uni panthers its the uni jekyll and hydes sometimes on the Basketball Court the guys play great take agaiait iowa stste or rth carolina for instance and then sometimes the panthers look not so great uni trying to win back to since november but it wouldnt happen at indiana a state e the panthers could slow down Brenton Scott he dropped in a game high 30 for the sycamores bennett koch led the way for uni with 18. The biggest win of iowas season came e on december 29th against then topranked michigan state. But heres the catch. The spartans best player. And one of the best players in the country. Wasnt playing. Michigan statesenior Denzel Valentine missss the game in iowa city due to a knee injury. But hes back now. And his numbers dont lie almost 18 points, 8 rebounds, pnd 7 assists per game. And hes gonna be a handful for the hawkeyes. Its a big challenge. Because he can beat you in a lot of ways. Scoring isnt his best fegture. He can go for 30. T he also can have ten assists. He can have ten itall type of player. In our lea to play them with him in the lineup. As a player you want to play against the best guys. Hes definitely one of them. The hawkeyes also have a great player in Jarrod Uhtoff and the former jefferson jhawk has been named to the wooden award midseason top 25 uthoff leads the big 10 in scoring and blocks per me cyclone forward Georges Niang was also on n the list last nights loss to texas, was a head scratcher for iowa state they trailed by double digits at the break, never led in the 2nd half, and yet still had a shot to leave austin with ththw Bigger Picture the cyclones are at the bottom of the big 12 after 2 straight losses but the cardiac clones dont think theyre on life support just yet becausus there e still timemeo figure this out. We didnt get it done. And thats on me. We have a great group of kids and we are going to get it rig. I know it. T. I believe it. And we are going to get back and get to work say. The next game. Thats how you really have to think about this league. I mean youre playing the st teams in the country. The next game is t t next opportunity. I know that we have a great coach, great guys in our room and we are going to fight. And like i said before we have winners in this lockerroom so we are going to oind away to get it done. Junior College Hoops kirkwood hosting dmacc and the eagles were scorchin the nets from the start. Josh bartlett spots up from deep. And starts this one the right way. 30 kirkwood. Then it was nter rhodes getting a good look at the rim. And he knocks down the triple. Eagles on fire early. And later inthe first half. Nick richards cuts to the hoop. Gets fouled. And makes it anyway. Another threepoint play for the eagles kirkwood wins 100 to 59. Bluders bunch is in the middle of a brutal strecht 5 big 10 games in a an of 12 days with three of them on the road the good news for their tired legs and sore arms theyre taking on the badgers straight times make that 16 the hawks survived a late surge by the badgers to win 57 to 54 ally disterhoft led the way for iowa with a game high 1 points. Back to johnson Hall Kirkwood women trying to snap dmaccs 7 game winning streak. In the third. Eagles up big. And they keep their foot on the gas. Ariana dampier finishes in transition then jususbefore the e d of the quarter. Cyerra hutchins puts her head down. And beats the buzzer. Then in the fourth. Caitlin sudduth lets itly from long range. And gets the roll. Sudduth finished with a team high 16 kirkwood wins 72 57. And still to come on fox 28 28the panthers ended the season in the polls just where did uni finish is marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he e ipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stand. Right to rise usa the hawkeyes finished in the top 10 of the final fbs College Football polls yesterday today it was the panthers turn in the final fcs polls and Northern Iowa cracked the top 10 for the 8th time in the last 15 years the panthers finished 6th in the coaches poll and 8th in the stats uni finished 9 and 5 losing to the eventual National Champion north dakota state in the fcs playoffs. D Matt Campbell has s named jim hofher iowa states new passing game coordinator. Hofher served as nevadas quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach for the last three seasons. He brings 35 yeararof coaching experience to ames the two coached together at bowling saturday night its round 2 between the packers and the cardinals the first meet awful for green bay i mean really awful so bad that Mike Mccarthy probably set fire to the tape beacuse nothing good could have come from watching that film the pack were down 31 to nothing at 1 point Aaron Rodgers was sacked 8 times the cardinal defense scored 2 but that was in e regular seas this time its the playoffs and e green and gold are excited for another chance. Its the National Football league man, it isnt always going to be pretty man, but at the same time as long as you get it going, you get it going. The name of the game is win and thats what we are trying to do. Do. Everybody is ready to go. Everybody is fired up, charged up whatever phrase you want to use and its the playoffs. You win or ko home. Thats a check of sports terry has a last check of your at nine returns. Whos the rebel now . No way. Yes way savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. A fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. Mcdonalds all Day Breakfast menu. Ah you got people working incredibly long hours. Median Family Income today 4,000 less than it was in 1999. The bottom line of this economy that it is rigged. What this campaign is about is to demand that we create vn economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. If you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. Im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. Before we go, a quick minder that in just a couple minutes, you can watch the record breaking Powerball Jackpot drawing right here on fox 28. The drawing begins at 959 so keep it tuned right here to see the winning numbers in just about two minutes