Tonight, republican president ial candidates meet in the south for a debate leading up to super tuesday. The five remaining candidates will take the memet for the latest debate showdown this time in houston. Leading up to this debate, donald trump is on a winning streak. Hes finished first in the nevada, South Carolina, and New Hampshire primary votes. Ted cruz bested him in the iowa caucuses. While, marco rubio and cruz have finished in theop thrfe in every other vote. John kasich and b b carson have been finishing in the single digits, but will be on stage tonight. The cnn debate starts at 7 30 tonight, central time. The House Government Oversight Committee is now investigating alleged child abuse at a former Iowa Boarding School for troubled teenagers. Thats the Midwest Academy in keokuk. The school recently closed after allegations a staff mber sexually assaulted a student. Authorities raided the school on january 28th to other possible criminal activity and abuse. In the past, oft
White house hopefuls. The second contest in this election cycle. And just moments after the polls closed. The winners were announced Bernie Sanders and donald trump. Sanders is hoping his strong showings in the early states will give his Campaign Momentum as the race moves to the south and west. Areas that have supported clinton in the past. With 39 of precincts reporting. Bernie sanders is at 59 percent and Hillary Clinton with 38 percent. But much of the attention on the republican side. Is the fight for third place. John kasich coming in second with voters also showing strong support for marco rubio, jeb bush and ted cruz. With 40 of precincts reporting. Donald trump is at 34 percent, kasich is at 16percent, and cruz has a slight lead over bush and rubio with 12percent, the New Hampshire primary process is less complicated than the iowa caucuses. But does it mean its less accurate when picking president s . Dave price takes a look. Hampshire these two small states get oversized atte
Storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg. 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 we are tracking light snow forecast to move into central and western iowa wednesday. Areas west of a line from waterloo to cedar rapids may see a few snow showers or iowa. Check back later for causing problems for firefighters battling a fire at a duplex. It happened this morning in waterloo. Crews say the wind and low temps caused problems ice built up on the ladders as they were fighting the blaze. No one was hurt and crews are still investigating the cause. Red cross volunteers brought the fire crews warm coffee this morning as well. Two reports of Sexual Assault are reported on the university of iowa campus. The reports came in seperately over the weekend. The first incident allegedly residence hall. The second happened on sunday at a different dorm. Bo
Temperatures will hold in the teens with wind chills in the Single Digits. Clouds build back in tomorrow with light snow through mid day. Only about one inch of snow is expected on wednesday. The roads in central iowa are not too bad today. Hold in the teens with wind chills in the Single Digits. Clouds build back in tomorrow with light snow through mid day. Only about one inch of snow is expected on wednesday. The roads in central iowa are but head north along interstate35 and its a different story. The i35 opened back up after the stretch between ames and clear lake viability. However, high winds today are still causing white out conditions. In the last day and a half the iowa state patrol has responded to 141 calls for service. Resulting in 29 vehicle accidents, seven of which included injuries. Sgt. Nathan ludwig says the stretch near mile marker 144 was the worst in the state causing big problems for semi drivers who had no where to go. the problem was the visibility and finding a
Chance is most likely afternoon, and it should fall all as rain since temperatures look to stay in the 40s for most of next week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias a busy day ahead at the statehouse, as iowa lawmakers work to get any bills they want to be kept alive through the full body of either the senate or house of representatives and into a committee on the other side. Today marks the end of the first funnel week, where any bills that have not been passed on will end up dead for the current legislative session. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina the Collins Maxwell School District begins superintendent after the resignation last night of jason ellingson. Earlier this week a report was filed against ellingson, who joined the district in 2006. The district had placed him on administrative leave pending an investigation. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias saturday will bring the latest contests in the 2016