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So far des moines has received around three inches of snow. With snow having fallen across ththstate, lets take a live look out at the Road Conditions. We bring in storm track seven meterologist kyle kiel and his team who is out driving on highway 20 and kyle what are roads like ouu there . Hi ron and amanda. Yes, we are doing this safelyy right now thth roads arent too bad. Theyve definitely improved from earlier this afternooo. However, later more light snow moves through the area. The latest check of the iowa dot cameras shows slushy conditions for areas north of highway 20, including dubuque. Conditions get a lot worse to the west of the state, we havv had blizzarddlike conditions. So we have really lucked out as far as missing the worse conditions. However light snow tracks through with and as the temppature drops, t tere will likely be slick spots, especially this evening with a light wind. Just take your time. Back to you guys in the studio thanks yle. Road conditions are slowly beginning to improve but there are still areas up north where travel is not advised. In dubuque reports of multiple accidents on the roads de to slick conditions. Take a look at this video. We came across an accident on highway 20 and gandolfo street. Police were on scene and the car ended up beeng towed away. This one on southern avenue and south grandview. A car crashed into a pole causing downed power lines. Traffic was blocked off in the area. Alliant enerr later came o ot to repair the problem. Fortunately, in those accidents this winter storm affecting much more than just Road Conditions in the tristate area. Kwwls Shirley Descorbeth is live in dubuque with the latest. Shirley. Hows it going out there . Well, its actually not too bad now. The moment the snow has heres video shot earlier today. The snow. Sleet mixture covering the roads and sticking to it. Causing some of those accidents mentioned. City of dubuque has had plow trucks out since 5 this morning at first just salting them. They hit the primary, then secondary streets. Take it easy o ot there. Well i was out in dyersville earlier this morning and its worse out there than it is here. Weather . Just drive slow. And keep myt fingerscrossed. That man driving through dubuque couuy to galenana illinois. He mentioned, he came across some of those accidents while driving here in dubuque. Now so far police say, theres been about tweleve accidents. And again no serious injuries. Now so far police say, theres been about tweleve accidents. And again no serious injuries. Weve got you covered live in dubuque. Shirirey descorbeth. Kwkwl news. And the weather causing cancellations in the area. Multiple schools had a snow day today. Also a flight out of dubuque the winter storm hit iowa city earlier today but people in that area arent seeing much snow. Kwwls iowa city saw a little snow tis morning. Down here. Police and state troopers sayyroads can stii get who told me theyre glad the city didnt get as much snow as some places further cg denver just a turns and stuff. sot. Cg adam dahl wisconsin resident personally m more nervous about other vehicles. You know, we have a fourwheel drive vehihile, and i tend to take it slow and be really cautious of conditions. Thereve been reports of a few accidents in johnson county. But many of them are hit and runs and police cant confirmrmif they were weather related. Iowa state troopers reminded me that wet roads can be just as dangerous as snow covered they tell me slowing down just five to ten Miles Per Hour on wet roads can drastically reduce chances of accidents happening. Police and troopers also say increasing following distance and pproaching intersections carefully can help you avoid accidents. Weve got you covered in iowa city. Hillary maglin. Kwwl news. Many people told us they already use these safety tactics on slick roads so the storm doesnt worry them. In continuing coverage the Waterloo Community voting on what could be a big change for the school district. The proposed Career Center up for a vote today. But did todays weather eep voters away . Kwwls Jessica Hartman has been talking with election officals one worker tells me she was worried the storm would keep people away making for an even smaller turn out than is normal for a school board vote. But they say the voters who made it out werent concerned about the weather. Here is a look at voting earlier todaa at the ridgeway center. With Road Conditions improving quickly voters continued to turn out. The workers at payne memorial we had a 90 year old come weather or whatever. Speaking with the county audtor as of 2 this afternoon a little over 2 thousand people had voted. The counn had over 26 hundred absentee ballots turned in prior weve got you covered live in news. If you havent voted there is still time polls close at eight tonight. There issnow an official winner on the democratic side for the iowa caucus. According to the ap poll, Hillary Clinton is officially named the winner. She beat back strong challenge from Bernie Sanders ttclaim the first victoo in the 2016 race only two tenths of a percent seperated her and sanders. With the iowa caucus coming to a wrap last night lets take a look at how certain counties in eastern iowa polled. In Dubuque County on the republican side, donald trump and marco rubio tied for first place both getting 27 percent. Cruz and on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton won the county by getting 52 percent. Sanders received 47 percent. In Bremer County it was a much closer contest on the republican side, cruz won with 27 percent of the votes while rubio received 26 and on the democratic side, clinton won by a wider margin over Sanders Clinton got 53 percent while sanders got 45 percent. Johnson county polledhis way the republicaaside. Rubio took the top spot with 31 percent of the votes. Cruz edged out trump for second place cruz got 20 percent while trump got 19 percent. Top spot with 31 percent of the while trump got 19 percent. While clinton got 40 percent. A man wwll serve the maximum sentence of 25 years behind bars after an eastern iowa car crash that killed a 20 year old. Joshua dunt pleaded guilty to under the influence of perscription drugs after a car crash in october 2014. Thats when dunt crashed head on wiwih warren van wies car in washburn. Vanwie later died at an area hospital. Today, dunt was sentenced to 25 years in prison for that crash. Kwwls lauren moss was in court today she joins us now live in the newsroom with more, lauren. Amanda it was a very emotional day. Dunt apologized taking responsibility for what happennd. And i spoke with van wies mother who says its going to take time right now shes not ready to forgive as she talked about life without hr son, warrn. Warren vanwie is loved by many he was the kid that walked into the room and owned it he owned the room he owned the stage and he is greatly missed by everyone in friends and family gather in this courthouse supporting one another while waiting to hear joshua dunts drugs when he crashed into warrens caa, killing him. Nobody should have to lose a Family Member first of all but to a senseless tragedy such as this. She read an emotional statement on stand saying she lost a piece of herself when she lost her son. Dunt was sentenced to 25 years behind bars, but bebeore he was taken away he looked at van wies family and apologized saying he was sorry from the bottom of his heart but lori says shes not ready. Ill work on that because i believe thats the only way i will truly be free is if i forgive him but i just cant yet. She says it takes time to forgive. But right now shes sharing her story, so drivers will think twice before getting behind the wheel. Its not just alcohol, impairment that could kill people its drugs its presctiption drugs that lori says she is reaching out to lawmakers. She believes there should be a mandatory minimum sentence for vehicular homicide. Weve got you covered, laurur moss kwwl news. Thanks lauren dunt was sentenced to the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison. Heres a live look at cedar rapids near t te court house. E. Coming up on kwwl, well continue our coverage of this snow storm moving across eastern iowa. And the thirteenth ranked Iowa State Cyclones get ready for their big twelve battle against the fourteenth ranked West Virginia mountaineers. Now your storm track 7 from the kwwl stormtracksystem, so far, has dropped a trace to 5 inches across the area from north to south. However, more light snow is on light through e evening as low pressure tracks through eastern iowa. The light snow will begin 10 pm tonight. An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. After midnight, the wind will turn to the north from 10 to 20 mph, which could cause some snow to huge deal. The snow will track out of the area by morning, but the wind will still be gusty throughout the day wednesday with temperatures spots throughout the overnight hours and for wednesday. The rest of the week will be partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 20s. The next chance for light snow is monday. Dry air has w wrked its way y to eastern iowa this afternoon, shutting off the precipitation across most of the area. The system, so far, has dropped a trace to 5 inches across the area from north to south. However, more light snow is on light through the evening as low pressure tracks through eastern iowa. The light snow will begin moving through the area after 10 pm tonight. An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. After midnightt the wind wiil turn to the north from 10 to 20 mph, which could cause some snow to blow around. Fortunately, this is a fairly compact snow so blowing and drifting wont be a area by morning, but the wind will still be gusty throughout the day wednesday withhtemperatures slowly falling through the 20s during the day. Spots throughout the overnight hours and for wednesday. The rest of the week will be partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 20s. The next chance for light snono is monday. Dry air has worked its precipitation across most of the area. The system, so far, has dropped a trace to 5 inches across the area from north to south. However, more light snow is on the way overnight through the evening as low pressure tracks through eastern iowa. The light snow will begin moving through the area after 10 pm tonight. An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. Fter midnight, the wwd will turn to is a fairly compact snow so blowing and drifting wont be a huge deal. The snow will track out of the area by morning, but the w wnd day wednesday with temperatures slowly falling through the 20s during the day. There will likely still be slick spots throughout the overnight hours and for wednesday. The rest of the week will be monday. Dry air hasasworked its way into eastern iowa this afternoon, shutting off the precipitation across most of the area. The system, so far, has dropped a trace to 5 inches across the area from north to south. However, more light snoo through the evening as low pressure tracks through eastern iowa. The light snow will begin moving through the area after 10 pm tonight. An additional 1 to 2 inches is possible. Afterr dnight, the wind will turn to the north from 10 to 20 mph, which could cause some snow to blow around. Fortunately, this is a fairly compact snow so area by morning, but the wind will still be g gsty throughout the day wednesday with temperatures slowly falling through the 20s during the day. Therwill likely still be slick spots throughout the overnight partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 20s. The next chance for light snow is monday. Dry air has worked its a ton of snow to cedar rapids a ton of snow to cedar rapids but it did cause some interuptions in the city. Alliant energy tells us 43 hundred cutomers were without powee for a bit i ithe first hallf of the day kwwls Kristin Rogers joins us live from cedar rapids with the latest, kristin . They told me wind and snow caused the outages but they were also investigating to possibility of a lightening strike being to blame as well. This storm also caused Cedar Rapids School to have a snow day today i caught up with this family smiling on their day off, Jamie Sebring is actually a teacher in cedar r pids. She enjoyed this weather with her boys getting some shoveling done but also taking breaks to join in on the fun. She tells us its s mportant to cg Jamie Sebring teacher we do, i mean living in iowa four seasons i mean you have to and my husband and i playing hockey and even baseball outside. She told me they planned to bunker down and bake cookies at home later but for those who are spending time on the roads, the city tells me its important to remind drivers to go slow and cedar rapids, kristin rogerer. Kwwl news. We are told cedar rapids had ten plows out overnight and increased that number to 36 this morning, they were expecting to move in to residential areas this afternoon. The city also says they are applying salt to help with freezing if temperatures fall, coming up. The Iowa State Cyclones weigh in as they get et to face theii third straighh ranked opponent just 2 months away well hear opponent when number 14 west viriginia comes to Hilton Coliseum tonight iowa states won 32 of their last 34 games at home including 3 straighh over teams in the top 25 the biggest of course being number 4 kansas but facing the mountaineers is something a bit different bob huggins team has been dubbed press virginia due to their suffocating full Court Defense that certainly has the attention of the cyclones like, have you ever been chaed by a couple of wild pitbulls . Importann, they kill yoo on the glass, and weve got to get stops and weve got to rebound. They rebound nearly 50 percent of their misses, which is incredible. 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