Washwhy its going to be shortlived. A lot of people and wildlife were outside today especially around the Jordan Creek Area to bask in the nice weather that broke a record good evening and thanks for joining us, im brooke bouma. And the record we broke . Today was the warmest february 27th on record in iowa. Although the weather was the talk of the day well see cooler temperatures this week. Lets check in with meteorologist Amber Alexander for a first look today couldnt have been nicer for Drake University the school held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first New Academic Building in 20 years. Collierscripps hall is a 15Million Dollar 50thousand square foot facility that will house the universitys school of education and the mathematics and computer science. Drakes dean of the school of education says this represents a seven year project of fundraising, program building, collecting, connecting, and counting on people all over the country. Janet mcmanhill, dean, Drake University schoo
This is 6 00 here. And then its going to be rain outside of the mountains that will take this thing home for us monday night and into tuesday morning. Eric will have more how much we are expecting as an early look right now at potential snow and ice accumulations coming up in the complete first alert forecast. The snow is welcome sight for the folks in the North Carolina mountains especially the Business Owners. Here is Sugar Mountain ski resort. We saw quite a few people and we see a few enjoying the day on the slopes with fresh powder. Kristen hampton spoke with Business Owners there today and joins us live to continue our coverage and december they were concerned because they were not getting much snow. Will this round help them bounce back . Paul, that a great question and to answer it, you have to consider just how many months they have been aching for snow or Colder Weather up here. Normally around november the ski slopes open up and the make the snow. But we went through much of
Field so long from denver. Straight ahead tonight. Hillary clinton claims victory tonight. After winning the South Carolina democratic primary. Which republican candidates released their taxes today and who doesnt plan to. Cyclone victory. The iowa state Mens Basketball Team can also say they are winners tonight. The final score, highlights and more coming up later in sports. Housing program. A new service in the metro is helping people get off the streets. How helped. And how much money it needs to stay alive. Helping the homeless. Its something polk county says its helping the homeless. Its something polk county says its doing very well. But it needs a funding fix from lawmakers to keep going. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im brooke bouma. Polk countys budget for Mental Health and Disability Services is running at a deficit. And Service Providers say it will take action from lawmakers to get it out of the red. Channel 13s Reid Chandler follows this story. For over a year now,
Side tonight. Officers were called to the 27 hundred block of boston avenue just after four this morning. When they arrived, they found a man in his 20s had been stabbed. Following whats believed to be some kind of fight at a party. Police say he was in stable condition when he went to the hospital. No word on any arrests in the case. Polk county says it has a problem on its hands. It needs an extra 7 million more dollars next year to keep its Current Mental Health and Disability Services. And its looking to state lawmakers to help them get this money. Channel 13s Reid Chandler is following this story and joins us in the studio with more. Organizers are asking lawmakers to take action this year to allow counties to levy up to 47 dollars per person in property taxes for local Mental Health and Disability Services. Right now, counties can only levy up to about 30 dollars. And thats been the case since the funding formula was passed in 1996. Thats why organizers with Mental Health and Dis
Hillary clinton celebrated victory in the South Carolina democratic primary. Easily defeating Bernie Sanders. When we stand together there is no barrier too big to break. Weve now gone through four early states and i want to congratulate senator sanders on running a great race and and tomorrow this Campaign Goes national. The win comes as redemption for president obama in 2008. This time, clinton dominated sanders among African American and women voters. Bernie sanders congratulated his opponents very strong victory. The vermont senator wasnt in carolina saturday. Instead, campaigning in texas and minnesota. Hes vowing to scoop up more delegates on super tuesday. I congratulate secretary clinton on her very strong victory. Tuesday over 800 delegates are at stake and we intend to win many many of them. Both democrats and republicans are holding primaries and caucuses this coming tuesday. Thats when voters in thirteen states and one territory will make their picks for president. In polk