Move after being stranded in pennsylvania for about 24 hours. President ial candidates try to cement support across the state today, as the Iowa Caucuses draw near. And 8 overnight stops. 420 miles. This years ragbrai overnights are announced in des moines. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news at 10. A group of eastern iowans was stranded in a massive winter storm in the eastern us, but theyre on their way home right now. The Dubuque County right to life group got stuck on the pennsylvania turnpike, east of pittsburgh, around 8 20 last night. About 200 people from the group were traveling back to Dubuque County, following a right to life march in washington, dc. Members of the Prolife Group tell tv9 their fivebus convoy is now on the move. While they were stranded, Dubuque County right to life along with others held an impromptu mass along the roadway. 20 03 42 theres several other groups who were also on the march for life, we went out on a big pile of snow and made an alter of snow, we probably had 300 people around us for mass. It was unbelievable. Much of the east coast is still at a standstill after a blizzard slammed into the area. Areas around washington, d. C. Have received more than 30 inches. The heaviest unofficial report is 40 inches in rural west virginia. The storm also shut down new york, where the normally busy streets around landmarks are mostly empty. There have been at least 18 stormrelated deaths, resulting from car collisions, shoveling snow, and a mix of clouds and stars can be expected tonight as winds remain out of the south, keeping us on the mild side through the rest of the weekend. Clouds will further increase for sunday. However, temperatures will climb into the low 30s for highs for most areas. Our next system arrives on monday, and with it will come a wintry mix for the start of our workweek. A transition to snow will occur monday night on the backside of the low pressure system, with our temperatures taking a slight dip for the middle of the workweek. Some light accumulations are possible. No arctic air will be heading our way at least through the end of next week. Tonight partly cloudy low 1723 winds ssw 515 alo 19 dbq 18 iow 20tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3137 winds s 510 alo 32 dbq 32 iow 34 back to you. The Des Moines Register Editorial Board has announced which candidates its endorsing ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. The register is endorsing marco rubio on the republican side. And hillary democratic side. For florida senator rubio, the Editorial Board said he has the potential to chart a new direction for the party, and perhaps the nation, with his message of restoring the american dream. As for former secretary of state clinton, the board said democrats have one outstanding candidate deserving of their support hillary clinton. No other candidate can match the depth or breadth of her knowledge and experience. Texas senator ted cruz made an appearance with conservative talk show host glenn beck. The two spoke in ankeny this afternoon before making a Campaign Stop in waterloo tonight. Cruz said iowans have a big responsibility on caucus night. 00 25 i hope every one of us lifts up prayers for our nation, and that determination, who is a conservative, who can we trust so we wont get burned again, we have been burned so many times, the stakes are too high for it to happen again and faith in the donald trump is again drawing criticism for comments he made, this time. About what he could get away with and still be a top gop contender. Today, he spoke with caucusgoers in sioux center. He bragged about the dedication of his supporters, saying nothing could make them change their minds about voting for him. The people my people are so smart. And you know what else they say about my people the polls they say i have the most loyal people. Did you ever see that . Where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldnt lose any voters okay . Its like incredible vermont senator Bernie Sanders took his campaign to maquoketa tonight. He held a townhall meeting at a packed Conference Room the centerstone inn and suites. He attacked clinton over recent polls before touching on some of his campaign topics. 16 22 i think anyone who objectively looks at our running a Good Campaign anyone who looks at two campaigns will come to the conclusion, our campaign has the energy, the excitement, is bring the young people, bringing the working people into it. We can do this on a national scale. Sanders and clinton along with Martin Omalley will be in des moines monday night for another town hall. The president ial hopefuls will answer questions from democratic caucusgoers. It starts at 8 oclock, and you can see it on kcrg 9. 2. Cnns chris cuomo will moderate the event. The American Red Cross is trying to prevent fire injuries and deaths by checking homes for working smoke detectors. Kcrgtv9s Sarah Mccarthy explains what you should do to protect your home and family. 20 25 50 team one is lori, courtney and chris. Team by team and name by name. 20 25 53 team two is tom, lori and gabriella. A volunteer battalion 20 24 41 . 21 03 34 theres a lot of People Living in there, and its important they stay safe if something were to happen. Says she hopes makes a difference. 20 43 56 so if you have any bedrooms or floors of your house that have really old smoke detectors or maybe youre just not even sure, wed love to fix that for you. Even for just one family. In cedar rapids, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. Crews shut off power to much of the residential part of urbana this morning. Alliant energy had 35 trucks and about 50 employees updating transformers throughout the city. Its a procedure thats necessary to upgrade the citys power grid. The company said it shut because it disruption to the town of about 15 hundred. Biggest customers in town so that we know were not doing it sunday morning during church, were not doing it to cause school to cancel. Were really trying to find the best time to do it and saturday morning, for our customers, seems to be the best time. Alliant energy has triggered similar Power Outages in nearby palo and shellsburg in recent years to work on transformers. Its a big night for ragbrai riders. The overnight stops for ragbrai 2016 were announced just within the last hour in des moines. This years route starts in glenwood. Then its a stop in shenandoah. Over to creston. Then the small town of leon. After that, riders will head to centerville. Then ottumwa. And rounding out the last two stops are washington. And muscatine. The Des Moines Register says cyclists will pedal a total of about 420 miles from start to finish. Thats the third shortest ride in the events 44year history. The weeklong event begins july 23rd and wraps when riders dip their tires in the Mississippi River on july 30th. Hundreds of eastern iowa students came together tonight for an annual concert in and it was a busy day of hoops for teams across the state of the iowa. Stay taking part in a 30year musical tradition. The metro orchestra festival opened at the Paramount Theater in downtown cedar rapids tonight. Music students from cedar rapids, mount vernon took the stage. Guest directors led the orchestra through several songs, some originally composed by area teachers. Those teachers nominated students to participate in the program. One instructor says its a way for students with similar interests to meet each other. 21 11 34 its a great opportunity for not only the teachers, but the individual students to have an opportunity to play with somebody else who has just the same passion and desire as they with their instrument. Tonights final performance was a special presentation of songs from star wars. Dozens of people celebrated the winter season at the amana colonies today. The winterfest celebration featured activities like the two person crosscut saw station, icesculpting, a wreath toss, and the great amana hamput. The annual event got started with the amana freezer 5k run and walk. Turning back to chris, it wasnt to spend outside . A mix of clouds and stars can tonight as winds remain out of us on the mild side through the rest of the weekend. Clouds will further increase for sunday. However, temperatures will climb into the low 30s for highs for most areas. Our next system arrives on monday, and with it will come a wintry mix for the start of our workweek. A transition to snow will occur monday night on the backside of the low pressure system, with our temperatures taking a slight dip for the middle of the no arctic air will be heading our way at least through the end of next week. Tonight partly cloudy low 1723 winds ssw 515 alo 19 dbq 18 iow 20tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3137 winds s 510 alo 32 dbq 32 iow 34tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 2329 winds sse 510 alo 25 dbq 24 iow 26monday wintry mix likely high 34 low 26 tuesday cloudy high 25 low 20 wednesday mostly sunny high 29 thursday partly cloudy high 34 low 19 friday partly cloudy high 39 low 21 saturday partly cloudy high 40 low 27 thanks chris. Josh christensen joins us now. We talked about how iowa state is gaining steam, but uni is falling apart. Were feeling good about uni, but this team is totally different right now. Well have the stay with your 24 hour news. The iowa state Mens Basketball Team has the big 12. The cyclones were hoping to extend their winning. Tcu is 15 in the big 12. Early first half, jameel mckay drives and gets the reverse jam, plus the foul. Iowa state leads 54. Later in the first half, monte morris with the steal. Hell take it coast tocoast for the easy deuce. Cyclones lead 2119. Closing seconds of the first half. Iowa state with the inbound. Abdel nader lets it fly. Sticks the landing beating the buzzer. Cyclones leads 3728 at halftime. They keep their foot on the gas in the 2nd half. Matt thomas with the three in transition. Nothing but net. He had 15 points. Cyclones leads by 18. Then morris with a beautiful feed inside to Georges Niang who had 11 points. Morris had six assists and he also finished with a teamhigh 18 points. He goes oneon one for the layup. Iowa state wins its 3rd straight game, 7360 is the final. Unis wins over North Carolina and iowa state have lost their value significantly. The panthers are in a freefall right now losing three consecutive games, and five out. Panthers were on the road today at Illinois State. Uni jumped out to an early lead. Paul jespersen with the catch and shoot three in the corner. He had 15 points. Panthers lead 104. Then it was a lot of back and forth. Bennett koch with the inside track. He goes off the window to tie it up 2121. Later in the first half, Matt Bohannon kicks it out to wes wasphun in the corner. Play that string music. Panthers down 3. They trailed 4038 at the break. 2nd half, washpun goes to work. He drills another deep three from the top of the key. Uni down 4341. The former cedar rapids washington grad had a teamhigh 23 points as he drives for two more. Panthers still down two. But it was all Illinois State after that. Mikyle mcintosh hits a three to beat the shot clock. Unis losing streak is now 4 with the 7667 loss. Iowa state Womens Basketball hosting 4th ranked baylor at hilton coliseum. It was back and forth in the first quarter. South tama grad through for the deuce. Cyclones lead 129. Baylor led 3726 at halftime. Iowa state tries to come back in the third. Jadda buckley with the catch and shoot three pointer. Next possession, Seanna Johnson dials Long Distance and connects for three of her 22. Cyclones down by six. But it was all baylor after that. Iowa state falls, 7761. D3 basketball, coe men hosting iowa conference leader dubuque. 2nd half, lot of back and forth. Andre norris pivots, gets the roll plus one. Spartans trail 4442 after the threepoint play. Both teams kept trading leads. Coe with the pick and roll, monticello grad Spencer Williams with the nice move for two. Kohawks up 4847. Later, the pass down low to matt vonderhaar. Count the basket and the foul. Kohawks go up 5251. Andre norris keeps dubuque in the game. Drives and goes airborne for the jam. He had 19 points. Spartans down 5553 with three minutes to go. But mount vernon native jacob timm delivers the three. Coe wins 7158. Mount mercy mens basketball hosting viterbo. The mustangs controlled most of this game. Great feed down low to Mychael Brawner for the easy deuce. Mount mercy goes up by 20. Later, mustangs move the ball around the wing and its c. J. Parker burying the three in the corner. Mustangs lead by 16. But that lead vanished. Viterbo trailed by just two at one point. But mount mercy gets some key buckets in the final minutes. Tre wagner scores 2 of his 10 points. Then alex houston finishes down low. Mount mercy wins its 7th straight, 7974 is the final. Lets switch to the high school level. Scott westerberg has coverage in iowa city and cascade. Head coach al marshalls final home regular season game after 47 with the cougars. His team was hosting beckman. And marshalls big man devin green had it going early on. Green with the offensive rebound and put back. Then the big fella shows off his range with the pull up jumper off the dribble. Cascade up 8. Legrand buries the 3 as the trailblazers pulled within 5 after one. More from green in the second. Man, how do you defend that turnaround fadeaway . Cougars led 3019 at the break. Beckman puts together a rally in the 4th. Legrand buries one from the wing. Blazers within 6. Then Thomas Lehmann scores in the paint that makes it a 4 point game. But just too much from green and the cougars. He finished with a game high 20 as cascade holds off beckman 4843. To iowa city where the second ranked regina girls hosted solon. Regals getting it done on the defensive end. Kennedy brown with the steal and the layin. Regina up 12. Then Greyson Dumont steps in front of a pass and takes it the other way for 2. Regals open up a big lead midway through the second quarter. Solon settles down as Hannah Bluder drives and scores for the spartans. But there would be no upset today. Cammi verducci to Mary Crompton for 3. Then some Great Ball Movement results in a sarah lehman bucket as regina tops solon 61 33. Scott westerberg. Thank you scott. Also in action, xavier hosting muscatine. The saints dominated from the start. 2nd quarter, the giveandgo to Jackson Joens for the layup. Xavier already up 2811. Then later, joens gives it to max techau who settles for the midrange jumper. That rattles in. Saints up by 21. Still in the 2nd quarter, techau shows his range with this threepointer. Xavier in control up 3315. Closing seconds of the first half. Mitchell burger knocks the ball away, and hell finish with the layup on the other end. Xavier wins, 7351. And when we come back, ill have some swimming and wrestling highlights. Stay with. 10 records were broken valley conference boys swim meet. John campbell has more from iowa city. Welcome to an afternoon at the record store. 200 yard free style and iowa city wests aiden keen won the event and broke his own record to boot. After his appearance in si last week, sis will scott atop the podium for the 50 free. Yes he broke the meet record. This is dubuque seniors jon colin teeing off in the 100 fly. The record in this event was set in 1969. 1969 by a swimmer from rock island. It fell today as coling edged iowa city wests oliver martin. I want to get that record down before coach retires. It feels good to get the record. Iowa city wests Mark Mcglaughlin was victorious in the 100 free and 100 back. It has a good feel to it. Nice and bright. Deep. Yes, it is a pretty fast pool. Washs 200 free relay picked up gold as did Cameron Kelly in the 500 free. But depth and the power rod were the winning ingredients for dubuque senior. The rams edging out iowa city west 350340 for the second year in a row. John campbell tv9 sports. College wrestling, coe iowa conference duals. 174, coes ryan harrington, ranked number one in the country, makes a great move on javier reyes to get the fall at the 2 56 mark. Kohawks still trail luther 1912 in team points. At 184, luthers Justin Kreiter was consistently on the attack against casey rohret. Kreiter would get the 134 major decision. 197, this was back and forth between Andrew Holladay and derek stork. Tied 8 apiece. Linnmar grad Andrew Holladay gets two points on the reversal. He hung on to win 109. But at 285, luther closes out the match with this pin from jefferson grad conner herman. Luther wins the match, 29 15. College football, the nflpa collegiate bowl. A couple of local players impress the nfl scouts on team american. Closing seconds of the first quarter, Trevone Boykin is sacked by iowa states dale pierson. He had 8. 5 sacks for the cyclones this season which tied a school record. Also playing in this game, unis makiton dorleant. One thing that could help him is he does return punts. Gets about five yards on that return. Former uni wide receiver Terrell Sinkfield has singed with the Minnesota Vikings to a reserve futur e contract. He recently spent time in the Canadian Football League with toronto and hamilton. He finished with 1,097 yards and 10 touchdowns in his career at uni. Thanks josh. And now to first alert storm
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