Midnight, our the southwest. This is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up then a transition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6. Strong the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632 iow 31tomorrow 3137 winds ene 2535 alo 33 dbq 34 iow 37tomorrow night snow likely low 2026 iow 26 thanks kaj. Is almost over. Tonight people all over the state will choose their favorite president ial candidate. Both parties in Johnson County arerereparing to take on a lot of people at each location. Kcrgtv 9s brea love joins us live in the newsroom this morning. Brea, the parties want to remind caucus goers arrive . Thats right chris and nicole. The first being to plan out your ride. With the many caucus locations in Johnson County, and the high turnout expected for tonight. Both the republican and democrats are agreeing Everyone Needs to plan ahead. Parking is expected to be an issue. With democrats and republicans having to share some locations, both party chairs say it will cause problems. They are asking everyone to consider carpooooing, walking, or t ting a bus to get to your location. They also ask for everyone to double check their caucus spot. Its not always going to be your polling place, its not always going to the place where youve caucused in the past, because of the crowd sizes weve had in 2008 we had to move to bigger places which may be outside the precinct just to have more room thats big enough to accommodate everybody. Parties say the lack of a Central Community building in the smaller communities is the reason why they have to double up. We have a list of those locations under this chris and nicole back to you. Thanks a lot brea. If you havent found your caucus location yet, you can go to a website depending on your party affiliation. The caucuses start tonight at 7. If youre a democrat, you can find your caucus location by typing your address into a website. Thats at iowa democrats. Or g. If youre a registered republican you first have to find your precinct location. Then by using that, you can find the place to caucus at. Gop. Org. Democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is spending her caucus night in des moiois. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy followed the former secretary of state volunteers and staffers in their final push before the caucus. Theres a constant chatter inside this marion home, 06 30 52 arereou going to make it to the caucus on monday . As these Hillary Clinton campaign volunteers. 06 31 41 the doors open at six and the cut off is at seven. Work their way through long lists of names and numbers. 06 26 02 just wanted to remind you about caucusing monday february first. One dial at a time. It was standing room only in the kitchen and on the sun porch this is an army aimed at getting you, your friends, your family anyone and everyone out on caucus night. Marilyn rambo opened up her home to dozens of volunteers. Hehesun porch is canvassing central her Kitchen Table now a phone bank. 06 37 14 theres a homey feel, just like the caucus homey feel. And theres a large enough space and places for people to go, yet there are a lot of them who just like to be around the table together, making the calls. Its very very busy. But this all extends beyond marilyns front door. Feet walking these volunteers have knocked on thousands of doors. Knocking now, theyre revisiting anyone they may have missed the first time around. Its an effort deb burns says isnt glamorous. But as a first time caucus goer herself, she hopes this work will convince others to get out monday night. 06 57 42 they just have to be there. They dont have to give a speech, they dont have to do anything, st be there. We need their support. Support that could make all the difference for any campaign. In marion, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Clinton spent the day central iowa. She told supporters in Council Bluffs that she wants to bring an end to tax evasion. Clinton called the crime corrosive to democracy. People need to feel the game is not rigged against them, the deck is not stacked against them, they have theheame right and opportunity to go as far as their hard work will take them. Mrs. Clintons opponent who has gained a lot of ground recently will spend his caucus night in des moines as well. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders thanked voters and volunteers in his marshalltown field office yesterday. He urged the youth to become more involved in the political process. Sanders also said iowans have a unique responsibility when it comes to president ial elections. What they are going to have to say very loudly and clearly to washington, is that we demand a government that represents all of us and not a handful o o wealthy campaign and we encourage you to stay with us tonight for complete caucus coverage. Well have reporters live in des moines and across eastern iowa, along with expert analysis. Well broadcast live from 8 to 9 pm on kcrg 9. 2. Then from 9 all the way through our 10 pm news, well be live right here on our main channel, tv9. While the caucuses have the most attention, several Eastern Iowa School districts hope voters turn out for a series of bond votes tomorrow. The College Community district will ask voters once again to approve a 49 point 5million dollar bond issue. If approved, the district would add classrooms to the high school and update heating, cooling, and safety systems. Last year, a similar bond issue failed by only 58 votes. The Waterloo School district is hoping voters approve a 47million dollar bond issue. The district would use that money for career and Technical Education programs in a new 35million dollar career center, near waterloo east and west high schools would also receive 6 million dollala each for rerevations. People in denver will once again decide whether to give the ok to a high school expansion. The disict is asking voters to approve a 7. 3million dollar bond issue, which h uld help pay for r new gym, auditorium, and indoor track. The bond issue narrowly failed in a vote last june. And the springville School District is asking people to approve 4. 7million dollars for 9 Elementary School classrooms. Administrative office space. A multipurpose room. And an Exploratory Technology room. Again, voters will go to the polls on these bond issues on tuesday. So stay tuned to kcrgs First Alert Weather Team to stay uptodate on how the weather could impact you. Polls are open from 7 in the morning until 8 oclock at night. The bond votes take a 60 percent super majority to pass. It takes a special kind of person to volunteer at an animal shelter. One in cedar rapids says they owe a lot to their that may deposit a lighgh layer of frost or ice on area roads. The fog should lift around mid to late west, well likely see more clouds than sun today. Caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. After midnight, our storm system will lift in from the southwest. System with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a transition to rain and possible thuerstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. Snow amounts will range from southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6. Strong wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632 winds ne 510 alo 27 dbq 29 iow 31tomorrow snow, wintry mix, windy high 3137 winds ene 2535 alo 33 dbq 34 iow 37tomorrow night snow likely low 2026 winds n 2030 alo 23 dbq 24 it takes hundreds of dedicated volunteers just to run one animal shelter. The cedar rapids animal care and control says they couldnt do all that they do without them. Cleaning, walking and fundraising. Those are just a few examples of the many things the shelters 197 volunteers take on every day. Volunteers do the things that the staff doesnt have the capability to do like socializing with the animals. Over the past year they put in more than 6,000 hours of volunteer work. If you take a look at the number of staff, and all the different responsibility we have, and the number of hours in the day, and then the number of animals in house, theres absolutely no way we could get everything done. Thats why webber says these volunteers are crucial, and theyre always looking for application, and come to orientation. The next one is february 24th. The shelter is also holding a paws for lovov fundraiser on february 13th at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and library in cedar rapids. All proceeds go to helping shelter animals. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is raising Major Concerns over a merger announced last year. Companies dow and Dupont Pioneer merging would create a multi billion dollar company. More in todays agribusiness report. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Agribusiness repodavid geiger. The dowdupont merger announced late last year is taking some heat from the Senate Judiciary committee. Chairman and iowa senator Chuck Grassley is raising alarms over the proposal to merge by Companies Dow and Dupont Pioneer. Hes possible hearings on the antitrust implications of the move. Saying the Judiciary Committee has an obligation to review the merger. The merge would create a 95 billion dollar company. Which would split into three separate companies. All selling as much as a fifth of the worlds pesticides and 40 percent of us corn and bean seeds. Grassley says that makes a huge concern because of a potential of reduced competition. Force layoffs. And the history right here in iowa. And they better take that into consideration. Because they merge, split into three companies. Make an Agricultural Seed company and then want to move all this out of iowa or even move the Corporate Headquarters out of iowa . No. That stuff should be in iowa. Grassley hintedede may be persuading Committee Members for a call for hearings, adding there are things can be embarrassing for the two firms if they are brought out in the cattlemens Beef Association had meetings last week with a guest terry duffy from the cme. And stakeholders were logging complaints of High Frequency trading, too much volatility, and locking limit too often. Over in the grains. January turned out to be a net positive. I talked to analyst dan hueber before the close about the end of the month rallies. I think as a whole were looking at what should be a positive month. Now granted, yesterday we seem to have lost a little bit of that glimmer. Im not saying were showing immediate signs of giving this up but might be pretty difficult to sustain much more strength now as we move into a new month. So theres kind of an old rule of thumb too that if you rally or break into the first week of a month you tend to kind of start unwinding those things very volatile trade here in the Cattle Market for the last several months. Personal bias though, the Cattle Market after breaking down here into mid month has rececped nicely. I like to think the worst of its the time being its going to be tough to i think post major gains there but when your really add up the whole picture here in the e Cattle Market. Yes we are starting to rebuild herds a little bit, but on the same token, you know the economy continues to grow, although not at a huge pace. I mean the employment numbers are good. All those things would generally say we can look for some decent beef demand. Hog market surprisingly stout continues to advance, now that said ive been kind of thinking were going to run this rally into just exhaustion. It looks like the epa cant vacate registration for Dow Agrosciences enlist duo herbicide right now. A Circuit Court denied its motion. Last fall the epa filed a petition to remove the label. Which has both 24d and glyphosate. It was developed to help farmers combat weed resistance. With the d dial. Farmers can still use the product. And retailers can still sell it. Enlist duo is registered in the market after the epa motion. However it does still need import approval from china. The epa says it was concerned the combination of chemicals would hurt nontarget plants. And thats it for the show this morning. Thanks for tuning in. See you tomorrow everyone. Well post a video every day in the agribusiness section of kcrg. Com. Youll find it under the news tab. Im david geiger with the agribusiness report. Trt 3. 46 oc webtease a tiny part of the heart can cause big problems for some. New Robotic Technology could bring some good news for atrial fibrillation. More on todays healthy life report. Stay with tv9. Its. We are starting off with some that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. The fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, well likely see more clouds than sun today. Caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. After storm system will lift in from the southwest. This is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow overnight. Snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6. Strong wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632 winds ne 510 alo 27 dbq 29 iow 31tomorrow snow, wintry mix, windy high 3137 winds ene 2 235 alo 33 dbq night snow likely low 2026 winds n 2030 alo 23 dbq 24 iow 26 atrial fibrillation, or afib, is a condition that causes a persons heart to beat out of rhythm. It can cause severe discomfort and may even be a risk factor for stroke. As martie salt shows us, cardiologists are now looking to Robotic Technology to treat patients. Joyce liptrap is an avid saving memories of her active life. But it wasnt so active two years ago when joyce started losing her energy. I would be awakened in the night, or be sitting in the chair, just sitting still doing nothing, or sleeping, and it would just start pounding in my heart. Joyce had atrial fibrillation, a problem with the electrical system in her heart. A lifelong fluttering feeling was now a serious concern for her and her husband, ronnie. I told ronnie i wasnt sure if i was dying. I wasnt sure what was happening. It was just so different. A couple of episodes got really bad. Cardiac electro physiologist Usman Siddiqui needed to perform a procedure called ablation. Usually, either apply heat energy or cold energy to freeze or burn the tissue that is causing the problem. Doctor siddiqui used a new robotic system with magnetic navigation that allowed him to operate two devices at the same time. Its called a stereotaxis vdrive duo system. One robotic arm allowed doctors to visualize the area. This is a special kind of ultrasound machine or ultrasound catheter that we put inside the heart so we can have real time pictures. The other robotic arm delivered the catheter to ablate the area. As soon as i woke up, i knew i felt different. I really didnt feel the heaviness that i had felt. What she did start to feel was more energy. Giving her more opportunities to make new memories. Im martie salt reporting trt 1. 35 oc std. Doctor siddiqui said the catheters are very soft, almost like noodles, so there is very little chance of creating a hole or perforation during the procedure. He says the biggest benefit to patients is increased safety and accuracy. Also, in most cases, doctors can perform procedure in less time, which may mean a shorter hospital stay. Voters all over the state will head out tonight to caucus for president ial candidates. In the capitol, news outlets bring the country the results. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Its. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, thiscaucus day. Candidates are making their last efforts to reach iowa voters before they caucus tonight. And iowans get ready for a winter storm that could bring some impressive amounts of snow to eastern iowa. And heres a live look on our citycam. Alert forecast, kaj. We are starting off with some morning fog that may deposit a light layer of frost or ice on area roads. The fog should lift around mid to late morning, but with more clouds coming in from the west, well likely see more clouds than sun today. Caucus weather looks just fine with mostly cloudy sky and temperatures into the lower and middle 30s. After midnight, our storm system will lift in from the southwest. This is a very complicated system with a band of very heavy snow initially lifting up into eastern iowa, then a transition to rain and possible thunderstorms may occur before going back to snow once again for the evening and overnight. Snow amounts will range from little to none over the southern half of the area, with areas to the north likely exceeding 6. Strong wind will kick in as the system pulls away to the east. Today am fog, mostly cloudy high 3339 winds var 510 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 36tonight snow arrives late low 2632