Call people of cedar r rids. Youre waahing kcrgtv9. N nw, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omarara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Warmer days are coming, and today is just the start. Plan on hig generally into the 40s areawide with the warmest readings over our Far Southwest counties. Clouds may initially be an issue, but given that these are higher, thinner cirrus clouds, we should be able to warm up regardless. The wind will also be increasing out of the southeast today with gusts up to 30mph. Tomorrow continues to be the warmeme day withthighs well up into the 50s with windy conditions. The sky should generally be clear for both friday and saturday, but saturday does bring much lighter wind. While it does cool down somewhat into next week, highs will generally hover around 40 with lows around 25. There is very little chance of measurable precipitation in eastern iowa for the next week. Today partly cloudy, milder high w
So has the american kennel club. It too has come out against the increased license fees and new regulations. In des moines, forrt saunders, kcrgtv9 news. The iowa senate will likely debate a bill to kill privatized medicaid in the state, tomorrow. The bill would order the department of health and Human Services to terminate contracts with the three companies scheduled to take over iowas medicaid program. The state is scheduled to transition to privatized care on march first. The transition was supposed to happen january 1st. But federal regulators said the state needed more time to signup iowans. The legislationonas a solid chance of passing in the senate tomorrow where democrats hold a narrow majority. Itll face trouble in the republicancontrolled house. Speaker Linda Upmeyer said she likely wont let the bililon the house floor, because governor branstad will certainly sponsor of the legislation, is hoping upupeyer will reconsider if republicans have a good show of support tomorrow an
Terrifying ds at sea, caught in hurricaneforce winds fearing for their lives. Those passengers from that nightmare cruise now on dry land and here in our studio live on gma. And good morning, america. Happy thursday. Lets take a live look at Royal Caribbeans anthem of the seas. There it is docked safely in new jersey. They had four scary days on the water. Those hurricaneforce winds and passengers from that ship are standing by right now. Robin will talk to them live. I think they kissed the ground when they got back here. Also have a big morning ahead. Lara is live in hollywood. A huge scandal event taking us behind the scenes and those empty chairs. No, no, wait till you see whos coming to visit us. She wont be by her lonesome much longer. Arctic blast moving east. Temperatures0 degrees below normal. For many its about to get worse. More than 50 million could face below freezes and to rob marciano for that. Good morning, george. Temperatures below freezing. Come this weekend will dro
By 50 , dead or alive. What led to this epic meltdown. Good morning, america. Happy thursday. Want to meet a couple who can keep a secret . Take a look at them right now. Over a month they kept it. Those winners in florida, the powerball lottery, 528 million check. Even from their children. Even from their children. Wow. What else are you keeping from mom and dad . Well, somebody out there is keeping an even bigger secret. Search still on for the third winning ticket. Anyone, anyone . I wish. We have a lot to get to this morning. We begin with the race for the white house. It is your voice, your vote. Just two days till the South Carolina republican primary and donald trump is leading there. But take a look at this new National Poll showing ted cruz and donald trump virtually tied. Abcs tom llamas has the latest from charleston, souththarolina. Good m mning, tom. Up early this morning tweeting about that new National Poll saying, there are several other polls where hes still in the lea
Alert forecast, kaj. Watch for areas of fog to start off your work week. Temperatures will be warmer today than at any time last week, with highs in th 3035 range. Plan on a mostly cloudy sky. Tonight, our next area of low pressure will move ininfter midnight, however, the bulk of the moisture will likely just miss us to the west. Well watch the trends, but minor snow accumulation is possible for your tuesday. In the wake of this system, its really all about some warming conditions, with highs in the 40s by thursday and widespread 50s by friday and saturday. This will feel fantasticicbut due to all the snow meltltreas of drizzle or fog may accompany this, especially over the northern half of the area. Today mostly cloudy high 3036 winds sw 510 alo 32 dbq 32 iow 35tonight m cloudy, mix late low 2430 winds s 510 alo 26 dbq 126 iow tomorrow chance of am snow high 3238 windsds nw 515 alo 35 dbq 35 iow 37tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 1723 winds nw 515 alo 20 dbq 21 iow 25 a 35 year old v