Ordering the removal of tigers and lemurs from a northeast iowa zoo. The ruling is considered a victory for a group of plaintiffs that sued the cricket hollow zoo outside of manchester under grounds that the animals live in dirty enclosures and given dirty water. While also having inadequate medical care. The suit claimed that the poor five tiger deaths at the facility since 2013. The judge has ordered that the animals be transferred in the next 90 days. An update on the Iowa Legislature today, the Senate Passed a bill to stop the privatization of medicaid of iowa. The bill aims to end contracts with the companies et to take over management of the states medicaid program. Governor branstad insists handing over care would improve it passed the senate this morning but likely wont make it in tt republicanled house. Civil Rights Groups are making sure lawmakers hear their concerns. The naacp and other groups pushing for criminal justice reforms in iowa. Ththre backing m mtiple bills. One would ban racial profiling. Another is designed to keep juvenile criminal records confidential. A third bill is part of the ban the box movement. It would get rid of the question on job applications asking about criminal backgrounds. Continuing coverage of a disturbing trend across the country and here in eastern iowa heroin use. Just last year there were around 300 heroin overdoses in the cedar rapids area. Nearly all of heroin users started with Prescription Drugs, things that may be in your mediine cabinet. Many Law Enforcement offices have Prescription Drug rid of them. Linn and johnson counties have these dropoff boxes. And turning now to Big National News as the standoff at a Wildlife Reserve in oregon appears to be coming to a close today. The final four people still expected to surrender to a police barracade soon. They said during a live stream Conference Wednesday night, they were prepared to leave the tensions were high last night after the fbi surrounded the campsite but no shots were fired. Today marks day 41 of the occupation at the refuge. Cliven bundy who is the meanwhile. Intense news out of mexico this morning where a prison riot has resulted in at least 50 deaths. Officials at the prison believe a fight between leaders of rival gangs ignited both the riot and an ensuing fire at the building. Twelve more are injured indcluding five that are in critical condition. The riot started late last night and was under control within an hour but the nearly two hours of battle rpoved to be deadly. Three inmates were stabbed to death at the same prison in an eastern iowa pastor uses her abilities to give back on the other side of the world. She traveled to an island in greece to help refugees. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in the newsroom. She caught up with the pastor about her journey. Waverly pastor Deborah Coble wise journeyed to greece with 6 other United Methodist leaders. She decided to do this after learning that her own sisterinlaw was a refugee from vietnam that traveled to the United States in the 70s. Baby crying thats a common sound on a greek island right now. This is a photo album i put island with six other pastors. So it was pretty neat to bond and meet them. To volunteer at a processed. My friends who did go she says they remember that moment vividly. But they could hear the screams of the people. Thats how they knew a boat was debra sayssit was scary as they rushed to get people in a dry, warm place. This is rachel. Shes a pastor knife out a couple of times to cut children out of their incredible they were even able to reach the island on this makeshift boat. Thats it. Its two big rubber bladders and then they put plywood in the flooring and then they fill it full of 40 or 50 people. On that . On that. They buoyant and really work is a whole nother matter. Most of them dont. Thats why so many people die. These are shop keepers. These are landowners who have lost everything. However, a big concern in our country right now. Is that some refugees areeot like you and me. This week, the director of National Intelligence said this about isis. One technique theyve used is taking advantage of a torrent of into that flow. Thats a scary thought. But its not something debra is thinking about. Shes focused on those who need help. Who in their right mind puts their baby in an ocean to cross strait of water like that unless its so bad back home. Well help him out of the boat. Hes heavy. Debra helped get dry and warm clothes and shoes to the refugees. She worked the nigh shift while there. Weve got you covered. Live in the newsroom. Amanda gilbert. Kwwl news. The pastor brought back a life vest one of the refugees was wearing. She says she did this so she wont forget what these people have gone rough. Coming up. The democratic president ial rivals faceoff on the debate stage again tonight with a tight race after two states submit their votes. Plus if youre loving thess prices at the puup. Wait until save thanks to the cheap gas throughout this year. Well be right back wih your storm track seven forecast. Youre watccng kwwl. Weve noon now your storm track 7 youre watching kwwl. Weve noon now your storm track 7 from the kwwl stormtrack many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a dentutu were to be put t der a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro cleaeaformula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen here is additional forecast information from the kwwlwl tormtrack 7 ather team good afternoon im meteorologist kyle kiel. Threat tracker shows a sunny and cold day today. Tomorrow the roadways for your friday morning commute after a little bit of snow tonight. Well talk about that in just a moment. Behind that snow will be even more coldldair for the day on saturday. Another cold morning out there. Similar temperatures all across eastern iowa this morning, mainly in the single digits. Temperatures will only warm into the teens throughout he day, but luckily our wind wont be too strong. The wind is pretty light as well, as you can see right Live Weather Network cameras across eastern iowa. We have a pretty quiet start across the area, and it will be a pretty calm day. Heres the storm track 7 live Doppler Radar showing now. No snow on the radar like there was yesterday. Heres the satellite and radar from across the region. You can see that the clouds were on the decrease overnight so now we are left with mostly clear sky. There is an area of High Pressure to our north leading to the clear and quiet conditions. This will continue to track southeast as our next clippp system begins to track through later tonight. This will bring us scattered light snow showers, and there could be light accumulations. Heres a check of the future track, where we are tracking it all. Weve got a mostly sunny sky today with clouds tracking in later this afternoon and evening. Eventually we will see light snow beginning to track into the area between 8 and 10 oclock later tonight, and lasting until 2 or 3 oclock tomorrow early tomorrow morning. Then by tomorrow afternoon, we will be mostly sunny, windy and very cold. That will continue into the weekend. As far as snowfall amounts . Very light. We will see a trace to about an inch in most areas. This will be a very light, nuisance snow, but again just enough to create some slick spots for that friday morning commute. Heres the storm track 7 forecast for today. Temperatures will be in the teens to near 20 with a mostly sunny sky. Tonight we track in light snow showers with lows in the single digits, these may actually rise overnight. Hereres the storm trrck 7 day forecast. After a few flurries friday we will see a mostly sunny sky during the afternoon. It will be cold and windy on friday and into saturday it will be very cold. Then we track in a chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. Afternoon, we will be mostly sunny, windy and very cold. That will continue into the weekend. As far as snowfall amounts . Very light. We will fluffy snow, but there could be a few areas that get up to 2 inches. So, more of a nuisance snow, but again just enough to create some slick spots for that heres the storm track 7 forecast for today. Temperatures will be in the teens near 20 with a mostly sunny sky. Tonight we track in light snow showers with lows in afternoon. It will be cold and windy accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. Something we can alllbe happy something we can all be happy about these low gas prices. The pump the government says the average household is expected to save gas prices are so low. The average price is expected to stay below two dollars for 2016. Coming up. Ups is investigating one of its eployees after ideo captures some e ontroversial delivery methods. And. A famed baseball park is in the winter spirit well take a look at fenway like youve never youre watching kwwl. 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Only from centurylink. Call and switch today. Scattering ammunition where anyone nearby could et to it. Take a look at this video out of florida. Its a routine delivery, but instead of opening the gate, the driver just throws the packages over it. The packages bust open. The driver doesnt even seem to look back. On the ground thats ammunition someone bought for target practice. It was thelast thing i packages they set them on the doorstep. This one particular time they just to pitch them over. The gate. Ups is investigating the incident. Some other precious cargo was probably delivered much more carefully as it came to iowa that would be the world series trophy. Fans of the world royals lined up at the Urbandale Hyvee for a chance to see pretty much. Kind of a lifetime coming to get up close and personal and stand next to it. We watch the royals every night. It was cool. This is the trophys only stop in iowa. Right now theres a different of americas most famous baseball diamonds. Check this out thats an olympic size ski ramp in the middle of fenway park. Three times higher than the green monster. Starting today, the big air at fenway event will feature olympic skiers and snowboarders. The grand prize is 150thousand dollars. That snowboarding competition airs on nbc this weekend, by the way. Coming up. A study measures the price of love for valentines day this it isnot cheap. And. Add another american classic to its menu of royalty. This is kwwl well be right back. Welcome back whats the price whats the price of your love . It might seem like an odd question to ask but it is actually on the minds of many with valentines day coming up on sunday. A new study by bankrate dot com compares prices for number of valentines day staples to find out how much the average american spends on the traditional valentines day holiday. The price tag 512 dollars the most expensive purchase is diamond earrings, followed by fine dining for two, a bottle of champagne, a dozen roses and a box of chocolates. Theres another widesweeping airbag recall to tell you about today. Volkswagen is recalling 680 thousand cars thats just in the us. The company says the drivers side airbags may have defective inflators from takata. Which could hurt or kill the driver. To figure out if your car is part of the takata recall head to our website, kwwl dot com. Theres a link towards the bottom of the home page burger king wants you to think about thee for more than just burgers maybe well start calling them the fast food franchise will start serving hot dogs later this month. One executive called it the biggest launch since 1970s, when thth company introduced its first chicken sandwich. Burger king will serve two versions a classic grilled dog and a chili cheese dog beginning febraury 23. Coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen. A sweet treat straight from cupid himself. But first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the farm markets updated at 11 45 this morrng. How about making Something Special for valentines day . Weve got just the thing. And were simple back then. These days it seems like everyone is mean it has to be expensive. Especially if its homemade. So let me show you a fun idea. We start by unrolling a refrigerated pie dough on a board and cutting out about 12 hearts using a cookie cutter. If you dont have one, you can pick one up almost anywhere this time of year, or simply cut them freehand using a paring knife. Teaspoon of a hazelnut topping onto these and top them with a bititof strawberry m. Once thats done, we cover each with golden. After they cool, we fancy them thats it, freshly baked hand pies that are simply delicious since theyre made with love. Let me assure you, us adults and get the recipe for, cupids love pies, so you can whip up a the mr. Food test kitchen, where today we found a heart felt way for you to say. Ooh its so good on today shifting to two new states as the democrats will spar in their second facetoface debate this evening. The threat of the zika virus appears to be growing senateand forcing athletes to question the upccming summer olympics. Then. The latest out of oregon where the last of a group of protesters on a wildlife refuge is expected to end today. Good afternoon and welcome back im ally crutcher well toss it right back to track seven meteorologist kyle kiel he has another look at your first forecast. Hats right, that will now. Storm track 7 live weather otherwise its mostly sunny across thhregion. Stormmtrack 7 7 ve Doppler Radar is dry. Regional view shows the snow associated with this quick moving clipper system. Most of the snow falls south of highway 20. We can show you that wiwih future track. After six oclock is when we track that chance for snow in nd it will be out of here for the morning commute. Here the snowfall forecast. Generally a trace to one inch offsnow across thh area. Just enough to cause slick spots on the roadways, so be aware of that early tomorrow morning. Here are temperatures. They are cold today, and will remain cold over the weekend. Details on that and snow on valentines day coming up in just a few minutes. Oclock is when we track that chance for snow in nd it will be out of here for the morning forecast. Generally a trace to one inch of snow across the area. Just enough to cause slick spots on the roadways, so here are temperatures. They are cold today, and will remain cold over the weekend. Details on that and snow on valentines day coming up in just a few minutes. A the standoff at a Wildlife Reserve in oregon appears to be coming to a close today. One protester is all that remains after three other occupiers surrendered within the last hour. Heres a live look at the barracade. Tensions were high last night after the fbi surrounded the campsite but no shots were fired. Today marks day 41 of the occupation at the refuge. Cliven bundy who is the father of protest leader ammon bundy was arrested last night. The threat of the zika virus appeaeas to be growing. Today, the director of the c dc is testifying before a senate committee. Part of the discussion will focus on president obamas request for onepointeight billion dollars in emergency funding to fight zika. The cdc continues to warn women who may be pregnant to the Us Olympic Committee is hiring specialists to advise olympians who are concerned about the zika outbreak in brazil. Where the summer games are being held less than six months from goalkeeper hope solo said she would skip the olympics if the games were being held now. Decision 2016 coverage this afternoon. As the two democratic rivals go head to head once again in a few hours. This will be just the second time Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will face off oneonone on the gop side of the race the pack has lightened by two candidates. Tracie potts is following it all for usfrom our Nations Capital heres more. With Chris Christie and this next primimry could big desk . John kasich says hell somebody pound me. I have a right to be able to defend myself. Ted cruz is counting on the states evangelical voters. Carolina i believe want a consistent conservative. But donald trump has led every poll here in the last six months. In clemson, he hammered hillary black lawmakers are and send members to states like South Carolina th large fricanamericanan populations. The people in South Carolina are angry right now and they sanders . Go your own way. The paid off for sanders, literally hes collected 5. 2 Million Dollars in donations. All small ones as he likes to washington. Sanders win is paying off. His Campaign Says he raised five million overnight after winning New Hampshire. Im tracie potts in washington back to you. Tonghts debate is on pbs and it will kick off at eight in milwaukee. Meanwhile kwwl political analyst and uni professor Chris Larimer says he expected bernie sandfrs and donald trump to come out on top in New Hampshire but was surprised by the victory margin for r oth i wasnt suprised given the was to actually see it in print, that it actually happened. Right now republicans prepare for the South Carolina primaries. While democrats assemble for the nevada caucuses both kicking off in nine days. President obama heads back to where his career began. The president speaking to e illinois General Assembly yesterday. Before he became a us senator. Obama served as a state senator for eight years. Periods when our democracy seems stuck and when that happens, we have to find a new way of doing one of those moments. Weve got to build a better politics. While in springfield the president visited his favoritit restaurant during his time as a state senator. He met with people inside the feed store in springfield and had lunch to go. An average joe is now being hailed as a hero by british polilie after tripping over a man they were chasing on foot. You can see the heroic trip right here. The suspect was running away with a pretty strong lead on the officers when a man casually stuck his leg out and tripped the suspect on the run. After the suspect was tripped two Police Officers jumped at their chance to make the arrest. The passerby who helped stop the wouldbe drug dealer then switching gears now. As the wish of millions of harry potter fans is coming true. Another harry potter book is coming to bookstores. However it is not a traditional book. Its a hardback version of the script for the two part play, harry potter and the cursed child. The play opens on july 30th in london. The script will be released as a book the following day which, by the way, is harrys birthday. Good news to all you beatlesloving parents out there especially if you tend to get tired of the music on kids shows. As a new childrens show built around the musiccof the iconic british band is on the way. Netflix is bringing beatles tunes to families across the globe with an animated original series called beat bugs. Five buglike creatures live out childhood adventures to the music of the fab four. The show will be released on netflix in august. Coming up. A fourlegged Family Member is saved from a burning house. More on the heroic save in just and well take a livelook outside on waterloo on this afternoon kyle kiel will be breturn. Now your storm track 7 7 weather team. See the screen 7 weather team. See the screen for your omplete weather information. Here is dditional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team good afternoon im meteorologist kyle kiel. Threat tracker is in the yellow, as there will likely be some slick spots on the roadways for your friday morning commuteafter a little bit of snow tonight. T. Well talk the day on saturday. Another cold morning out there. Similar temperatures all across eastern iowa this morning, mainly in the single digits. Temperatures will only warm into the teens throughout he day, but luckily our wind wont be too now. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network cameras across eastern iowa. We have a pretty quiet start across the area, and it will be a pretty calm day. Heres the storm track 7 live Doppler Radar shwing pretty quiuit like there was yesterday. Heres the satellite and radar from across the region. You can see that the clouds were on the decrease overnight so now we are left with mostly clear sky. There is an area of High Pressure to our north leading to the clear and quiet conditions. This will continue to track southeast as our next clipper system begins to track through later tonight. This will bring us scattered light snow showers, and there could be light accumulations. Heres a check of the future track, where we are tracking it al. Weve got mostly sunny sky today with clouds tracking in later this afternoon and evening. Eventually we will see light snow beginning to track into the area between 8 and 10 oclock later tonight, and 4 lasting until 2 or 3 oclock tomorrow early tomorrow morning. Thennby tomorrow afternoon, we will be mostly sunny, windy and very cold. That will continue into the weekend. As far as snowfall amounts . Very light. We will see a trace to about an inch in most areas. This will be a very light, fluffy snow, but there could be a inches. So, more of a nuisance snow, but again just enough to create some slick spots for that friday morning commute. Heres the storm track 7 forecast for today. Temperatures will be in the teens to near 20 with a mostly sunny sky. Tonight we track in light snow showers with lows in the single digits, these may actually rise overnight. Heres the storm track 7 day forecast. After a few flurries friday we will see a mostly sunny sky during the afternoon. It will be cold and windy on friday and into saturday it will be very cold. Then we track in a chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. Ee the screenn for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team good afternoon im tracker shows a sunny and cold day today. Tomorrow threat tracker is in the yellow, morning commute after a little is pretty light area, and it will be a pretty us scattered light snow showers, 2 or 3 oclock tomorrow early will be in the teens to near 20 the search is on for someone who chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. The search is on for someone who intentionally placed thumbtacks throughout a dog park. That park is in northern california. Where thousands of tacks were found inside the park as well as in a creek nearby over the weekend. Reported at the park on at least one other occasion. Dog owners say they have picked up between 3thousand to 5thousand of the tacks over the past few weeks and handed them over to police as evidence. Not far froothat dog parr a heroic effort to save a dog from a fire. Youre seeing helmet cam video of the save here in california. As fire crews responded to the Early Morning fire yesterday and found the scared dog inside the house hiding from the growing blaze. The dog was pulled from its hiding spot in a back bed room and carried to safety. The occupants of the home all got out safely, and the dog was reunitee with her happy owner on the sidewalk outside. Coming up. A new superhero movie debuts this weekend and it looks like its already being called a success well explain coming up in todays hollywood minute. Youre watching kwwl weve many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, the Waterloo Schools Foundation is committed to fufuing programs and piloting projects that will increase district for many years to come. They want to increase the likelihood that all 11,000 students we serve graduate globally prepared. After only three years serving the children of waterloo, we have already donated more than 700,000 back to our you can get involved with the efforts of the wsf in a variety of ways. Attend their academic innovative teaching grants to deserving teachers. Run in our trick or trot 5k each october with hundreds of your closest friends from the cedar valley. Donate by visiting the donate page on their website or sending an email to their executive director, emily hanson, at e. Hanson wcsfoundatio n. Org. Joining lly today for the News Foundation is committed to funding programs and piloting projects that will increase student achievement and Educational Excellence in the likelihood that all 11,000 students we serveegraduate globally prepared. After only three years serving the children of waterloo, we have already donated more than 700,000 back to our students, teachers, and schools. You can get involved with the efforts of the wsf in a variety of ways. Ttend their Academic Excellence breakfast each april and meet our students while you watch us give away our annual innovatve teaching grants to deserving teachers. Run in our trick or trot 5k each october with hundreds of your closest friends from t te cedar valley. Onate by visiing the donate page on their website or sending an email to their executive director, emily hanson, at e. Hanson wcsfoundatio n. Org joining ally today for the news the Waterloo Schools Foundation is committed to funding programs and piloting projects that will increase student achievement and Educational Excellence in the Waterloo CommunitySchool District for many years to come. They want to increase the likelihood that all 11,000 students we serve graduate globally prepared. Of ways. Attend their Academic Excellence breakfast each april and meet our students while you watch us give away our run in our trick or trot 5k each october with hundreds of your closest friends from the cedar valley. Donate by visiting the hanson, at e. Hanson wcsfoundatio n. Org. Joining ally today for the news at noon is emily hanson, the executive director of the Waterloo Schools Foundation. The Waterloo Schools Foundation is committed to funding programs and piloting projects tha will increase student achievement and educational excellnce in the they want to increase the likelihood that all 11,000 studentt we serve graddte globally prepared. After only three years serving the children of waterloo, we have already donated more than 700,000 back to our efforts of the wsf in a variety of ways. Attend their Academic Excellence breakfast each april and meet our students while you watch us give away our annual innovative teaching grants to deserving teachers. Run in our trick or trot 5k each october with hundreds of your e. Hanson wcsfoundatio n. Org waterloo schoolssuperhero movie hasnt even hit theaters yet but it has already got a sequel in the hollywood minute. Heres david daniel with more. Youre probably thinking, this was a superhero movie, b bt that appears pretty sure the rrated action comedy will be a hit according to the hollywood reporter, the studio has already green lighted a sequel to the Ryan Reynolds romp, and the first films writers are working away on the followup. Now you see him now you dont deadline dotcom says johnny depp is set to star as the movies. The first of those dead the ummy, starrinintom cruiseedue to hit theaters in june of 2017. Harry potter is headed jungle, based on yossi ghinsbergs memoir about spending three weeks lost and trying to survive in the amazon. Radcliffe posted on googleplpls he cant wait to start work on what should be a very intense and physical shoot. For hollywood minute, im david daniel. Thank you david and speaking of movies this years oscars gift bag is setting records. The bags given to Academy Award nominees will contain about 200 thousanddollars in gifts. A 10day, first class trip to israel and unlimited audi car rentals. Ilet paper. Said to be the most soothing and absorbent in the past, these bags have contained betty jane candies thats a dubuque company. The 88th Academy Awards are coming up on february 28th. Coming up. Adorable zoo animals are already wellsuited for this weekends lovely holiday. Youre watching kwwl well be back with these penguins and a final look at weather with kyle and a certain suited animal is already celebrating accordingly. Check out these penguins at a zoo in englaa. Theyre getting ahead of the game and were given special treats today in celebration of the lovely holiday. The penguins were given their favorite fish served in heartshaped blocks of ice. Heres the storm track 7 flurries friday we will see a mostly sunny sky during the afternoon. It will be cold and windy on friday and into saturday it will be very cold. Then we track in a chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. Few flurries friday we will see a mostly sunny sky during the will be very cold. Then we track in a chance for accumulating snow as we head into valentines day, then we warm up next week. That will do it forus here at noon. Our next t ewscast is tonight at five. Im moving to a place where i can get internet from centurylink. If i get the three year price lock, am i stuck with the three Year Contract . No. That just means the price wont change. For three yeyes. That way the p pce is locked, youre not. You can just hang out and be free. Lock in your Monthly Price for 3 years without a contract when you bundle with unlimited nationwide calling