Alert fofecast, kaj. We are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. Well have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. A gradual cooling trrd is likely through friday, but only down to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. Overall, aside from some breezy conditqons midweek, tpis should be a very quiet week ahead. Today mostly cloudy high winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 4tonight mostly cloudy low 2430 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 4046 winds e 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 45tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 e Westdale Mall area stardrenovations last year, and now re than 10 new businesses vopened an to open in e area. The 90 Million Dollar project ll recreate the acre site into a brand new opping experience. Kcrgtv nines brea love is vat westdale. Brea, how is the renovation going . Chris, nicole you mention the new businesses. Theyre popping up everyday. Noodles and company is set to open this morning, joining the long list of new and renovated spaces in this space. Just recently westdale moved almost five thousand dump trucks full of dirt, making space for a 40 thousand square foot retailer. Crews have added new lighting, utilities and roads to the area. All of that expansion should help bring the Community Back to this are although westdale says many ver left. 44 32 the community has been great theyre very loyal to this side of town. Theyve been great to go ahead and shop at jcpennys and yonkers during thats only going to get strong with each new business that opens here. Many more shops will open soon. Westdale added 20,000 square feet of new construction, and 140 thousand square feet of renovations. Rowe says to expect a lot of changes during the new two years. The development says not that most of the infrastructure is done, its time to start going vertical. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv9 news. Many iowans are trying to solve an ongoing issue the number of minority children in the foster care system is disproportion ate to the number living in the state. In linn county, 51percent of the 196 kids in foster care last summer identified as something other than caucasian. In johnson county, its 73percent of the 48 kids in foster care. About 92percent of iowans are white. This panel discussionons part of the effort to create change. Iowa kids net hosted the event. It is an organization state. Leaders say there are a number of theories behind racial disparity. Some families i think who arent starting form an equitable place, in terms of education, opportunity, etc. , i think the additional stress that those kinds of conditions place on a family. The group says it also faces challenges placing the childldn with families, because they try to keep the kids connected with their culture. Kids net says in iowa, there are far more caucasian foster families than African American andatino families. Many organiitions are recruiting more f fter parents from different racial backgrounds. Today, the Cedar Rapids School board will vote to formally approve the recent termination of a contract between the district and an equity ccsultant. Tonights vote follows allegations that edwin javius , of the company ed equity, misrepresente d his credentials to other districts in the past. The district hired javius in 2014 to help close the district will also hear from people tonight on the proposed calendar that would dismiss students early on fridays starting next year. That would replace an earlier distrtrt suggestion to start classes lateen mondays. The district plans to use that extra time for professional development for teachers. The board of education in waterloo will also meet tonight. It will talk about a change to next years calendar as well. The district plans to give students select fridays off, to allow for professional development. Waterloo schools are also expected to approve a contract for Internet Services tonight. According to the waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, contract to get 1 gigabyte per second of internet bandwidth. Their current Internet Service gives them less at 300 megabytes per second. From mediacom to upn for this new 3 year contract. The new anal cost would be almost 36 thousand dollars. The old one was 48 thousand dollars annually. The risk of becoming a victim of Identity Theft the Better Business bureau and police say they take calls from victims every day. There are reports of scams from the irs scam, email scams, to scammers knocking on front doors. They will ask for personal information,uch as Social Security numbers and bank accounts. Most scammers are known to threaten victims by saying they could be arrested or fined. Thats why crpd and the bbb are working to get the word out. Iowans overall are just really decent people, caring individuals, so in some ways were vulnerable as well if were not educated, and thats why its important to get those messages out there. Buelow says Cedar Rapids Police sees an increase in Identity Theft cases because of tax season. The bbb says the number one way to prevent all phone scams is to hang up as soon as you know it is a scam. An asbury woman is receiving special recognition for helping t tse who have served our country. Nicole james is the wife of jesse james a marine veteran who suffered physisil and psychological dole caregiver fellow, which honors the men and women who aid war veterans. Kcrg tv9s Allison Kaleta has her story. Everyday tasks for the james family can be difficult. To get up and do a regular, you know, get up and eat breakfast. Its hard because jesse suffers from post Traumatic Stress disorder after serving three tours as a marine overseas. Now that he is home, nicole works hard to keep everything together. I mean, shes just super, really, really, smart and patient and i didnt have her patience to help being recognized by the foundation. Theyve worked really hard to help caregivers who are the ones helping the veterans, day to day, and you know, its really hard as a caregiver, youre like the back bone for your veteran and for your family and when you get stretched too thin and you crumble thenenverything crumbles. With a veteran and four kids, this caregiver, without any training, hasnt crumbled. A lot of it is things ive learned, you know, over the years of living with it and seeing it, some things ive just learned accidentally because you just adapt to what is happening. In dubuque,llison kcrg tv9 news. Android phone users have two new options this morning. And a classic video game is making a comeback 30 years later. Thats coming up we a a planning on a very y iet week of than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continunuion of dry weather and highs into the 40s. Likely through friday, but only wn to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s overall, aside from some breezy conditions midweek, this should be a very quiet week ahead. Today mostly cloudy high 3945 winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2430 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 4046 winds e 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 45tomorrowow night mostly cloy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 thanks kaj. Now heres abcs reena ninan and Kendis Gibson hey, there. In todays techbytes new blockbuster phones unveiled at the mobilele World Congress in spain. First the Samsung Galaxy s7 and s7 edge. And they mark the return of the micro sd slot. And the lg g5 includes a removable battery that can be swapped out for a range of accesssis. Including the camera plus and the high five plus. And its major anniversary for the legend of zelda. Video game players have been now. And the legend doesnt look like it is going to end anytime soon, with t tee games due this have a great day. My moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis made a simple trip to the Grocery Store anything but simple. So finally, i had an important conversation with my dermatologist about humira. He explained that humira works inside my body to target and help block a specificicource of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. In clinical trials, most adults saw 75 skin clearance. And the marity were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liviv, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal ininctions are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ask your dermalogist about humira. Race for the white house. Tomorrow, the republicans will caucus in nevada. Gop frontrunner donald trump is hoping for another victory after his big carolina. Now the democrats are in the south, courting the crucial africanamerican vote. Abcs Kenneth Moton reports. This week, its the early president ial contest switch. Nat Hillary Clinton we just won nevada its the democrats turn in the deep south while the republicans are now out west in nevada for tomorrows caucuses. Sot donald trump 16 35 35 were going to keep winning. Were going to make America Great again this mornrng, donald trump is still ding high after hihi big weekend win in South Carolina. He scored all 50 of the states delegates, winning evangelical voters. Sot trump you know, i didnt know i was going to win by that much. And we won by a lot. the gop pack is down to 5 contenders. Jeb bush out. The two cuban American Freshman senators left to battle it out to become the trump alternative. Sot ted cruz 17 48 26 donald trump has demonstrated that he has a relatively high floor of support but hes also got i think a South Carolina. Shes already focused on the super tuesday states like texas where she rallied over the weekend. Sot clinton some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other it was also another big rally for Bernie Sanders in greenville, South Carolina. He got some celebrity help from actor danny glover. Sanders is working to court the black vote. Which lead to an awkward, luke warm reception at this predominantly African American church. Tomorrow night, sanders and clinton will hit the stage for a democratic town hall at the university of South Carolina. The republicans are spending today rallying in nevada where the latest poll has trump leading by 26 points. Kenneth moton, abc News Washington some megabus passengers are finally at their destination this morning after a scary journey. A full bus on its way from chicago to o nneapolis caught fire yesterday. It happened just outside lake forest, illinois. Passengers say the driver pulled over after hearing a loud pop followed by visible smoke coming from a tire. Get off the bus. When i heard the first boom, i was in the bathroom. And i came out to a lot of smoke and i couldnt hardly get off the bus because it was full of black smoke. And as i got out to catch down the highway. The bus blew up again and fire came from everywhee. Safely. By the time the Fire Department arrived the bus was fully engulfed and it was too late to save any luggage. Passengers waited in a take them to minneapolis. The eight remaining Supreme Court justices will be back on the nch today. They will hear their first arguments since the sudden death of one of their own. Youre looking live on our camera. Kaj will be back right after the break with a look at your monday forecast. First alert forecast. We are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. Well have more clouds than sun today with highback in the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. A gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. Overall, aside from some breezy conditions midweek, this should be a very quiet week ahead. Today mostly cloudy high 3945 winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 243030 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 4046 night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 0 thanks, kaj. The future of a historical iowa bridge is up for discussion today. Discuss lots of options for the towns beloved green bridge. Stay with kcrg you looking live on ourur city cam. Its february 22nd and heres what you need to know today. Noodles and company is opening today in the westdale Shopping Center in cedar rapids. And its just one of many shops and restaurants coming to the area. Iowans are trying to solve a problem in the foster care system. There is a disproportion ate number of minority children in the system to those living in the state. Republican 2016 president ial candidates are trying to reach voters in nevada before the caucuses tomorrow with just five candidates left in the race. Bus ridersrsn illinois are lucky to be alive this morning afafr their megabus caught fire, then exploded on its way from chicago to and some researchers at the university of rural areas could soon see a dentist shortage. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. We are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. Well have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. A gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. Overall, aside from some breezy conditions midweek, this should be a very quiet week winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2430 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 4046 winds e 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 45tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 a Decorah High School student is out on bond this morning after two k9 unitit found i iegal drugs in the school. 18yearold john jenkins faces charges for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports police searched the schooln friday. They found drugs in two lockers. Police said theyre also referring two juveniles to Juvenile Court services on charges. A des moines woman faces charges after her boyfriend says she set him on fire. 47 yearold amy thornton was murder and willful injury charges. Police responded to reports that a man had lit himself on fire saturday night. But when they arrived, they found the man with burns all throughout his body, yelling that his girlfriend had set him on fire. The kalamazoo, michigan county Attorney Says the shooter who allegedly killed 6 others over the weekend wasnt on anyones radar. 45yearold jason dalton is expected to be arraigned today on murder charges. Dalton started shooting late saturday night t t an apaptment complex, car dealership and Cracker Barrel rick snyder called the shootings senseless violence at its any connection between daon and the viviims. Investigators say dalton was a driver for Ride Sharing Service uber. The us Supreme Court will be back in session today. The remaining eight justices will hear oral arguments this is the first time they will take the bench since the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. Chief Justice John Roberts is expected toention scalias passing from the e nch. President obamamaays will pick a Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy. Republicans argue the next president should name a successor. Less than a year and a half ago, crews broke ground for 90 Million Dollar redevelopment around Westdale Mall. Now new shops are moving in, and theyve renovated more than 140,000 square feet of space. Kcrgtv 9s brea love is live in cedar rapids near the area. Brea, you have updates on the developments progress . Yes, chris and nicole. Tngs are popping up on every end of this area. Noodles and company is opening today. Chipotle is opening soon. Wing stop, at t, and us bank were among the first to open in the area. The 72 acre site has had work. Heres new lights, utilities, and roads. With 20 thousand square feet of new construction. And the just beginning. Just trucks full of dirt to get ready for a new pad site, and thats a 40 thousand square foot newewemarket rereiler and we expect t thave an announcement on that very soon. Rowe says the community has been great utilizing yonkers and jcpennys during the renovation, and the area is only going to get stronger with each new business opening. She says to expect a lot of changes over the next year or two. Westdale says most of the infrastructur e is ready, and its time to start going vertical. Live in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrgtv9 news. Today, the Waverly City Council is expected to discuss options for fixing or replacing a historic bridge. Many gave their opinions on what the city should do last week at city council meeting. Options range from doing nonoing to the 100 year old bridge to tearing it down and replacing it. The city came up with 14 choices after the bridge on 3rd street closed for structural republican president ial candidates now have their eyes caucuses tomorrow. And the Democratic Candidates are putting more effort into South Carolina. The republicans in nevada go ouou to caucus tomorrow to choose their favorite president ial candidate. And then democrats in South Carolina get the chance to go to the polls on saturday. After that, candidates will face 14 republican and 11 dedecratic primaries or caucuses on march first, super tuesday. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton have emerged as the wiers from this weekens primary and caucuses. Donald trump easily won the South Carolina primary on saturday. Thats wins for 2 states, and second place for the iowa caucuses. Both ted cruz and marco rubio are close runnersup yet insist they are the best alternative to trump. You know, if you look at donald, donald devotes all of his time and energy, all of his money, to attacking me. I dont believe that t has exhibited an understanding of foreign policy, which is the most important job of say im just going to surround myself with really smart people, you know, thats not enough. Republican jeb bush has dropped t of the race for the white house after the South Carolina primary. A political analyst here in iowa says bush campaigned like someone whose heart just wasnt in it and seemed out of step with the times. His brother ruined the brand and he just expected people to fall in line behind him. The republicans, in the way they ginned up the base all these years created a tiger and the question is who can ride that tiger and jeb bush could not. Goldford s ss the next few weeks will reveal if the trump victories will continue beyond super tuesday as the other contenders are splitting the nontrump vote both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders say the minority vote is even more important now for their campaigns moving forward. In the nevada caucuses on saturday, minority third of caucusgoers. And in South Carolina, theyre expected to make up a majority of voting democrats. When they hear our message about the need for real, for an us and not just the one percent, i think youre going to see us making progss there as well. If you look at the precincts, you look at where we dominated, theres a lot of evidence we did very very well with every group of voter. With clintons win on saturday, shes won two states, including iowa, with sanders winning in just new hampshire. There could be a shortage of dentists in iowas future. University of iowa researchers believe it could be a problem especially in rural areas. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders looks at the study and has the story. The iowa Public Policy centers shows somomhing thats happening across the globe. Dentist s are nearing retirement. Listen to this. The data showed iowa doubledfrom 23 percent to 42 percent between 97 and 2013. In essence, alalst half of iowas dentists are near why does that matter . Were probably going to see some shortages in rural areas that heretofore did not exist, with the advancing age of dentists that are practicing in rural areas and then retiring. Add to that, fewer dentists are working in rural areas these days to begin with. The study suggested dentists practicing in Rural Communities dropped steadidiy 49 percent to percent one third of iowas privatepractice dentists are concentrated in the states three biggest metros. I think that some have to do with services that are available in bigger citi. Were also seeing a trend from solo to group practice. You findndore Group Practices locacad in urban areas. Researchers didnt offer any fixes to the potential problem. They said their data simply suggests preparation is needed. Officials plan to share findings with the iowa dental association. Plus, help Rural Communities understand the data and in turn develop strategies for the future. In iowa city, forrest about 75 percent of iowas dentists graduated from the ununversity of iowas college of dentistry. That hasnt changed since 1997. Lots of first time parents struggle with what exactly tir new babies will need. Some seasoned pros give advice on what to buy and what to pass by in the baby aisle. Up next. This mornings weather wise question. Meteorologist kaj omara is up right after the break. Joins us now. We are planning on a very quiet weekfof weather across iowa. Well have more clouds than sun today with highs back in the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the0s. A gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested d this time. Overall, aside from some breezy conditions midweek, this should be a very quiet week ahead. Today mostly cloudy high 3945 winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2430 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 mostly cloudy high 4046 winds e 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 45tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 some people in eastern iowa are knocking down pins to raise some money. And it all goes to a good cause helping pair youth with mentors in the area. that and more still to come on new this morning. An Early Morning fire caused 10 thousand dollars in damage at Apartment Building in iowa city. Fire crews responded to 11hundred arthur street around 2 30 this morning. They were able to extinguish flames out of a second story apartment within 15 minutes. No one was hurt. The Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire. Many soon to be parentsare often inundated with information about what theyll need once the baby arrives. And when you look online for the items a baby needs, that information can be overwhelming. This group of new moms in dubuque says there were plenty of items they thought their baby would need. Instead, they ended up sitting packed away in a closet. They also say there are some products they simply couldnt go without. I could not live without our little activity gym when he was little. I wouud lay him doww with that for hours and hours and hours. We really loved our activity saucer too. Tonight on the kcrg tv9s news at six, Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann explores what experts say new parents really need for a new baby. And what they can leave on the store shelves. The new fine arts cente at Anamosa High School is now open. The school held a ceremony on sunday to mark the opening of the Ellen Kennedy fine arts center. Voters in the district narrowly approved a bond 3 years ago that prrided money fororthe project. That bond is also funding a heating and cooling system in the elementary and high schools, a new playground, and an expansion to the fitness center. Big brothers big sisters has more money for its proroams this morning thahas to some area bowlers. Bowl for kids sake is a National Event for the with mentors in teamed up to raise money at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center yesterday. Event organizers say this is a great way to raise money. It is fun just to get out on a cold winter afternoon and um be together with friends and have a good time. So its a great event for our agency. This is the largest donation event for big brothers, big sisters. Last year, the event raised more than 3thousand dollars nationwide. The oscars are sunday here on kcrgtv9 and you can try your hand at picking the winners. Click on kcrgtv9 vie madness on rg. Com. Register and then make your picks for who will take home a statue sunday night. You can even compete against kcrgtv9 anchors. Then watch the oscars sunday night, starting at 7, on kcrgtv9. Now heres our morning mugshot on your monday. Kirkwood Community College fifth annual east central iowa safety and health conference. This years conference will feature safety motivational wife dolores. Brad lost his right arm in a workplace accident. That safety is the conference is on february 25th at the call 3193981022 for more information. If you have a nonprofit event or organization youd like to email. Mugshot at kcrgdotcom. Heres what you need to know as heres what you need to know as you head out the door on your monday. Noodles and company is opening today in the westdale Shopping Center in cedar rapids. Its part of the areas 90 Million Dollar renovation project. Crews say the expansion is just beginning. The Cedar Rapids School board will meet today to approve the contract to terminate ties with equity consultant, edwin javius. The board will also hear from people on the proposed calendar that would dismiss students early on fridays starting next year. The Waterloo School board will also discuss calendar changes tonight. The city of waverly could make a decision tonight for the futu of a histstic bridge. The city will decide between 14 options for the nearly 100yearold bridge after it closed because of structural problems. The choices range from doing nothing to tearing it down and replacing it. Now, one last look at this mornings weather, kaj. We are planning on a very quiet week of weather across iowa. Well have more clouds the low 40s in many areas. Tonight into tomorrow, an area of low pressure will pass well to our south leaving us with a continuation of dry weather and highs into the 40s. A gradual cooling trend is likely through friday, but only down to the mid30s for highs. By the weekend, another surge of warmer air is possible, especially by saturday with highs well up into the 40s suggested at this time. Overall, aside from some breezy conditions midweek, this should be a very quiet week ahead. Today mostly cloudy high 3945 winds light n alo 39 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2430 winds e 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 29tomorrow mostly cloudy high 4046 winds e 510 alo 42 dbq 42 iow 45tomorrow ght mostly cloudy low 2531 winds n 510 alo 27 dbq 28 iow 30 we certainly hope your is off to a good start. Good morning america is next. And well be back with a local news update at 7 25. Also make sure to join us at whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. Like when yoyoleave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. 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