Mother kill his wife. Ginger serving a life sentence for his role. Justin jefferson, also going to serve life in prison when convicted. Farther north, the recovery is is on for a major blizzard. The doc reopened lanes of traffic. Troopers from the iowa state patrol said it was the worst theyve ever seen. Chief meteorologist terry swails joins us. Our skies have cleared tonight, and later, it will back off. We have winds gusting to 25. Temperatures at just 12 degrees. Clouds off to the east of us. That will allow a fast drop on temperatures as we go into the evening hours. These winds are Still Producing wind chills as low as 10 below zero. I do think the winds will back off until tomorrow. The temperatures wont go up too much. Afternoon highs should remain in the low to mid teens. Its a medicaid show down between a former governor and Current Governor ramstead. Tonight, cbs 2 News Reporter steph fi lee has more. Reporter they say they heard. They have had concerns for a while now. This is about you. This is your state. This is about health care. My son would not be where he is now if he didnt receive the Early Intervention that he has now. Reporter directed at families like her. Worrying about the medicaid privatization plan. He faces heavy backlash, but theyre trying to recover their health. Beneficiaries, family members have not had an opportunity to sit at the table to help shape the policy. My son made tremendous growth because he was able to a week. Reporter they will work with three managed care organizations. The Iowa Department of Human Services says they will have to offer the same benefits. Officials say the switch could save nearly 29 million because it focuses on preventative care. Choosing an mco is like choosing which dantes inferno to go to. None are the same as the level of care we receive now. Reporter he will continue to hold these town hall meetings. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news. New tonight, a bipartisan effort to give those in the control over their treatments. The va does not meet the needs of the survivors, they can seek treatment at a nonva Treatment Center of their choice. Also, new tonight, iowas current law on the use of cannabis oil could soon be expanded. A system for manufacturing and distributing marijuana in various forms. Epilepsy patients can use the oils. Its similar to a bill passed by the senate but ignored by the house. This time though, they have already announced support for the bill. It continues to ban the smoking improving a 4 hike in budgets for k12 students. Republicans there support a 2 increase saying theres limited same increase for the fiscal year that begins in july. That lack of predictability in state Education Funding has not only parents and School Administrators upset, but also students. Tomorrow, several from the corridor will go directly to lawmakers in des need more. More. Cbs 2 News Reporter matt hammill spoke with them today and joins us live. Matt . Karen some 50 students from area high schools will become lobbiests tomorrow. We caught up with the group from jefferson as they talked to superintendent brad buck this afternoon. The students say this isnt just a budget, want to tell lawmakers face to face. We talked with grace morningstar, a jefferson band a show choir member, who says she couldnt just stand by and do nothing. If the funding is cut, were going to see a lot of things that directly impact us such as a lot of extra extra curricular activities and class size. Class sizes really affect students on an everyday basis so its something thats really going to change if there is that change in funding. Funding. The bus leaves early tomorrow morning, this is part of an Education Foundation grant and win or lose, it will definately be a learning experience. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, matt hammill, cbs 2 news. The Emerald Ash Borer is now in johnson county. County. The treedestroying the university of iowa campus. With this latest confimation, there are now 30 counties in iowa confirmed of having the ash borer. The metalicgreen bug is notorious for infecting ash trees, which then have to be removed. Officials in iowa city say residents dont need to remove ash trees that arent showing signs of eab. But, they recommend diversifying the species of trees if they need to be replaced. In coralville right now, planning is underway for the future. Future. Among many questions what to do with the largest piece of undeveloped land in the city. City. Heres cbs 2 News Reporter mellaney moore. Moore. The city has big plans for the next fiscal yeara one being 9 Million Dollars in improvements to first avenue between sixth and ninth street. Street. Its been widened, sidewalks improved, new lighting new landscaping done south of that area and also norththe city will start with utilities this south of that area and north. Reporter they will start with utilities in 2017. They say thats a major traffic area as the city continues to grow. The new projects that well be doing in the future will do just that. Reporter the federal government and need for higher capacity are moving forward. The waste water is about a twoyear time frame. That will end in fiscal year 19. Reporter one thing theyll be talking about are longterm plans being used for things like a park, retailing, and housing. About 20 in that area interstate 80 north. Its a very important area for us to get right. Reporter there will be underdevelopments for the next few years. Mellaney moore. Up next, what makes this tribute to her grandfather so special. Around 20 be join us tomorrow on cbs 2 this caucuses, the first in the nation primaries gave candidates another test today. Today. Well track the latest reaction , and explain what comes next, tomorrow cbs2. Hawkeye fans a corridor woman is trying to save and restore her late grandfathers childhood home in iowa city. City. The only problem is the home is not for sale. It was built in 1883 after megan duffners great this home is not for sale. It was built in 1883 after her grandparents moved to germany. The family sold it in the 1960s. She wants to save it. Opportunity to buy it. Now, cbs 2 weather forecast. Temperatures are going to fall pretty quickly tonight. Lows are expected, and some pretty nasty wind chills. Right now, wind chill in cedar rapids has reach ed reached 20 below. The temperatures will steadily drop. Heres high temperatures across the state. North eastern iowa, temperatures for highs today around 14 to 18 degrees. We will certainly know were close to that. Our weather headlines include of us there. Things will go towards friday. Friday night and saturday. That will just reinforce the cold. Finally, theres a clip were interested in on sunday. At that time, well talk more about it. In just a second, theres temperatures from the major cities. Waterloo coming in with just a high of 14. Theyve already dropped back to 10. 14 from iowa city back down towards washington. Winds still brisk. Creating the wind chills. Minus 3 to minus 7 degrees. By tomorrow morning, these are expecting. Could be some wind chills as low as 22 below tomorrow. You can see the northwest flow were involved in in the upper midwest. Several little clippers at the jet stream in canada. One of these will come into the area tomorrow. Another one comes in on friday, and a stronger one for sunday. They get about a half an inch off of that dusting. A little bit more moisture. At least to 3 of snow starting sunday afternoon into sunday night. We show how the clouds start to thin out. Tomorrow, clouds coming in during the afternoon hours. Snow from that will stay just to the west of us out in central and western iowa. Low temperatures as cold as 6 below. About minus 1 and four below in waterloo. Clouds coming in over the west. Temperatures, quite cold for this time of year. Single digits across our northern counties. 21 on friday. Flurries possible then. Saturday, we go back down again after a morning low of three below. Sunday is the day to watch for snow. After that, finally, temperatures starting to warm a bit. Could be above freezing by next tuesday. That would be excellent, but it was a raw one out there today an hour. Whats up tonight in sports . The hawk eyes are getting find out how iowa is preparing there are plenty of reasons for iowas 101 record in big ten play. A player of the there are plenty of reasons for a 10 and 1 record. The front runner. Four senior starters. A lot of times the hawk eyes have just run their opponents peter leading. They score at over 78 points per game just ahead over indiana. There should be a track mete. Throughout the previous years, theres been track metes. Nothing we havent seen before. A couple of years ago, i remember we lost. It was kind of an up and down game. If we dont stop, were still going to play fast, but you got to play smart. Life continues. Theyll likely go small again. There were struggles saturday in stillwater. Thats all theyre looking to theyre a lot tougher than years in the past. Theyre hungry for wins, and we have to take them extremely serious. We played some of our better games this season on the road. That just shows how close we are. Its been a bad month for the womens team. Theyre in a fight to make the ncaa tournament. It may seem like the odds are stacked against these hawks right now, but theyre not thinking like that. Young people are more resilient. They bounce back quicker. They always have the next day, and thats the way you want them to be. Obviously, we have a tough on our home court which you know if you were going to play ohio state anywhere youd want thats a check of sports, this is a live thanks for watching your cbs 2 tonight is up tonight two celebrity courts face off. G paltrows alleged talker, Janet Dickenson frs bill cosby. The latest legal drama happening now. The frightening claims of this threatening message, now you must die. Watch h tearful testimony, is