Complaint filed on september 2, 2015. The University Saysyshe ocr decided to investigate whether the University Provides equal athletic opportunities to men and women when it comes to several things, among them financial assistance, equipment and supplies, and travel and per diem expenses. The University Says it is cooperating with the investigation, and say it does not imply that the ocr has made a decision on whether the complaint is valid. In a written statement, athletics director gary barta said the Ui Athletics Department is committed to providing student athletes in all 24 sports a firstccss experience. In addition to the extensive written response, we look forward to sharing information about our programs and values. This is not the first time the Ui Athletics Department has come under fire for alleged gender discrimination. The university fired former field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum in 2014, citing abuse and pressure to play while injured. In turn, griesbaum filed a civil rights complaint with the state, claiming she was fired because of gender bias under director barta. Then in late 2015, former associate athletics director jane meyer filed a discrimination lawsuit against the university, saying she was demoted after she complained about griesbaums firing. Meyer and griesbaum were longtime partners. The University Says the ocr will conduct an onsite visit the week of april 11th. It will intervrvw athletic administrator s and coaches, a group of athletes from each sport and tour the facilities and review equipment and supplies. Thanks,rady. The iowa city schoooodistrict ended its contract with an equity consultant, the same consultant the Cedar Rapids School district terminated. Tv9 reported yesterday Cedar Rapids Schools let go edwin javius, whom the cedar rapids district hired in 2014. The move came after the district of social media activity accusing him of lying about his credentials to former clients. The iowa city School District says they also let javius go yesterday. Kingsley botchway the second, iowa city schools director of equity and staffing, said the district became aware of past misrepresentation of a doctoral degree and a plagiarism lawsuit against javius. Botchway told tv9 the district is extremely disappoinind, but that it will continue to put equity in the forefront of its work in closing their achievement gap. A snowmobile accident in michigan has killed a Fayette County man. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the crash happened wednesday night on michigans upper peninsula. The Ontonagon CountySheriffs Office says 36 year old Brady Kuennen lost control ofofis snowmobile, fell off, and hit a tree. The Sheriffs Office says alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash. Kuennen was a carpenter and the father of three. He was from waucoma, which is about 20 miles east of new hampton. Monday at st. Lukes Catholic Church in st. Lucas. And remember, whenever you see news, call newsline nine at 3193659999. You can also email pictures and video to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Meteorologist joe winters joins us now. Joe, how long can we expect to have this bitter cold to stick around . After a windy day across eastern iowa we are in for a calmer night. A clear sky tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 20 at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. Plenty of sunshine is in place saturday with clouds thickening late. Snowfall begins overnight saturday and continues for valentes day. 24 is the current forecast for snow throughout eastern iowa with late sunday and monday. Have a good night and a safe weekend. Tonight mostly clear low 42 winds nw 515tomorrow mostly sunny, chilly high 1117 winds nw 510 back to you. Supporters of a bill to get minors out of tanning beds in iowa will make another pitch to state lawmakers next week. The iowa Senate Passed a bill last year to ban anyone under age 18 from using a tanning bed. Yesterday, a House Committee passed similar legislation although that committee set the age at 17. Abouou100 cancer survivorr family members and others connected with the American Cancer Society plan a lobbying push at the statehouse tuesday. One elanoma survivor says its mportant to get teens out of the tanning beds. By the time i was 18 the damage was basically done because the time i tanned the most was when i was 1618. Only eight states, including iowa, allow those under the age of 18 to use uv tanning devices. Those planning the three years to try to get the law changed. Some lawmakers are also working to better regulate Companies Like uber. The des moiois register reports representntives introduced a bill this week setting mandatory levels of Insurance Coverage for the ridesharing services. According to ubers website, those insurance rates are similar to what it currently provides for its drivers. Last year, the iowa house passeded bill to regulate thth services, but the bill failed in the senate. On march first, iowas Medicaid Program is scheduled to change to a privately managed system. This week the democratic controlled state Senate Passed a bill to stop the change. But Republican Leaders say they have no plans to even bring up the bill in the house. Tonight republican representative dave heaton of Mount Pleasant said the companies that will manage medicaid will have to change the culture of iowa healthcare to make the move successful. We will move a culture thats been locked in for Feefor Service and just curing peoples illness to a whole culture heaton made those comments on the Iowa Public Television program, iowa press. The program will reair on iptv at noon on sunday. Former Virginia Governor jim gilmore is uspending his camamign for president. Gilmore was in office in virginia from 1998 to 2002. He only pulled in 12 votes in the iowa caucuses. In New Hampshire, gilmore finished behind several candidates who already dropped out of the race. Gilmore is the third candidates to drop out of the race this week. After tuesdays New Hampshire primary, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina both suspended their campaigns. Both were towardrdhe bottom of the pack in iowa and New Hampshire. The field of gop candidates that once totaled 17 is now down to 6. Nearly eight years after the 2008 flood, a new Hancher Auditorium is almost ready to open. After tonight the university of iowas performances wont always be on the road. Popular stories today on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24 hour tonight marks the end of an eight year era for the university of iowas Hancher Auditorium. The organization hasnt had a stage to call home since the 2008 flood destrtred the original building. Instead, hanchers plays, concerts, and more have happened on stages kcrg tv nines Sarah Mccarthy explains tonighghwas the last of thosos traveling performances. A construction crescendo. 21 26 22 05 19 30 echoes across this stage. Its a symphony of sound brought about by disaster video in edius hancher changes 2012 11 27 it was so emotional to see our building, our home away from home for the staff. To see the padlocks on the front doors and know we e uldnt go in, the building wasnt ours anymore. For thirty years, Chuck Swanson has helped orchestrate all things hancher. A passion for the performing arts he hopes illuminates anyone who sits in front of this new stage. 16 43 my love of hancher comes from many, many years of experernces and many years of hearing the hancher story. I talk to people and theyll bring up stories from ten to twenty years ago of their hancher eight years of rebuilding. Construction and eight years without a stable, longterm stage. 10 36 it doesnt seem like its been that long, weve been on such a journey, its a journey with highs and lows, but really its gone pretty quickly. Im totally amazed at the work weve been able to do tonight, some of that work comes to a sweet sounding end. Bobby mcferrin with Bobby Mcferrin and several local artists sending hancher to its new stage from this set at the riverside casino. Sounds that signal the start. 14 52 weve got a lot to look forward to, a lot of great times ahead. Of a new hancher experience. 15 46 were all after that experience. In iowa city, Sarah Mccarthy, kcrgtv9 news. The new hancher sits on higher ground, farther from the iowa river. Butut it also has a basement bath tub design. That will pump case this one also floods. Its hard to drive around iowa without running into a Caseys General store. We know them as places for fueling up cars, but caseys is also one of the biggest chains in the world calmer night. A clear sky tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 20 at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is in effect until 9 am saturday. Plenty of sunshine is in place saturday with clouds thickening late. Snowfall begins overnight saturday and continues for valentines dayay24 is the current forecast for snow throughout eastern iowa with late sunday and monday. Have a good night and a safe weekend. Tonight mostly clear low 42 winds nw 515tomorrow mostly sunny, chilly high 1117 winds nw 510tomorrow night snow likely late low 511 winds se 510sununy snow likely, windy high 26 low 8 monday mostly cloudy high 34 low 17 tuesday chance of rain snow high 38 low w 3 wednesday partly cloudy high 34 low 18 friday partly cloudy high 49 thanks joe. Last month a rare crustacean showed up at a hyvee Distribution Center in ankeny. Rrher than going to market, this Little Lobster made it all the way to a permanent home right here in eastern iowa. Thats next on tv9. An anonymous iowthe Battleship Iowa Museum up and running in california. If the museum raises 100 thousand dollars, the couple says they will match those funds, brining operating. The world war 2 battleship was a popular place for iowans earlier this year. This is video from when hawkeye football fans met up at the uss iowa ahead of this years rose bowl in pasadena california. The Nonprofit Group the Pacific Battleship Center operates the museum and relies on donations to keep ti running. The fundraising challenge goes through the end of june this year. If you would like donate, weve put a link under this story on kcrg dot com. A rare lobster found at a hyve Distribution Center in ankeny officially has a new home. This orange lobster named rc is settling in at the National Mississippi river museum and aquari in dubuque. Orange lobsters are some of the rarest in the world, only showing about once every 10 million times. The museum says rc isnt on display yet, but will likely be in the rivers and sea exhibit Caseys General stores are known for selling gas, snacks, and lottery tickets. But caseys is also the fifth largest pizza chain in the country, even though it only operates in 14 states in the midwest. The Des Moines Register reports caseys sells more than 19 million pizzas every year and an additional 62 million individual slices. Caseys says its also focusing on fresh food sales as Tobacco Sales decline and gas prices drop. Only pizza hut, dominos, little caesars, and papa johns have more pizza locations s ound the world. Coming up next in sports. The roughriders and titans were home tonight. Scott will have highlights. And its been a busy night for girls and Boys High School hoops. Highlights are next the roughriders and the titans opened the season at home tonight. Josh has highlights of both starting with the riders. Tonight, the roughriders played their 1,000th game in franchise history, and head coach mark carlson has been there since day one. Riders took on waterloo tonight and scored within the first two minutes. On the power play, cal burke is there for cleanup duty to make it 10 ben blacker had some great saves in the first advantage. Then he denies the backhand. He stopped 29 shots tonight later in the first period, roughriders with some great passing. Karch bachman tips in the pass to make it 20. Roughriders go on to win 41 in their 1,000th game in downtown cedar rapids, the titans kicked off the 2016 season against the iowa barnstormers. Theres former uni Panther Brion Carnes 3rd quarter, Donovan Porterie back pedals and hits brady roland for the 4yard touchdown. Barnstormer lead 3916 the titans respond. The pitch to julian hayes and he leaps into the endzone. Titans trail 3923 their defense would make a stop, the offense capitalizes, dylan favre looks down field and throws a perfect spiral to dawan scott for the 19yard touchdown to hoops and it was the battle for the sneaker tonight in iowa city. Scott westerberg has more on city and west. As always when these two get student sections were full and fired up. Big night for city highs ashley joens. She bounces in a 3. Little hawks up 174 after the first quarter. But here comes west. Cailyn morgan buries the triple. Women of troy within 2 at the half. City high builds the lead back up in the third. Courtney joens with 2 of her 15. Then kenya earl inside for 2 as the little hawks win the girls game 5741. To the boys game. City high hoping for the sweep and to p pl a huge upset of no. 2 west and things started out great for city. Nile ringen nothing but net from the corner. Little hawks start the game on a 102 run. Trojans get it going on offense. Nate barnes from the top of the key. West within 4. But city high was on fire from downtown in the first half. Henry mulligan for 3. 2315 little hawks at the half. City high getting it done on the inside as well. Micha martin with the flush as city high upsets west 6353. In iowa city, Scott Westerberg tv9 sports. Sideline freddy has highlights from wash and jeff. On hall of fame night the jhawks and warriors traded baskets for two and a half quarters. Avery guy to kennedy dighton. Third quarter, Jayla Johnson keeps wash close from long range. But kenndy dighton scored six straight points to end the third quarter. The buzzer beater gave them a 5747 lead. Sh cranked on the d. The result an 80 run. Anne visser cuts it to two. Emily olers folo keeps the jhawks up by three. 25 seconds left and visser connects from long range to put wash up by one. Avery guys shot at the buzzer no good. Wash prevails 6463. Boys game, james brown junior finds Dennis Mc Kinney for two of his team high 16. Hunter strait engineers the break to noah dawson. Laveechie williams led wash with 20 points. They led by 4 at halftime but jeff won it 6258. That is James Brown Jr ala the spin the prairie hawks played two tonight hosting the linnmar lions. They played the boys game first and linn mar got a big game from beau klosterman for two of his game high 26. Prairie answered with the long ball. Cal clark and future uni wide receiver jalen rima connect from behind the arc and that had the band rocken out. Love the prairie band. But the hawks did not have an answer for kosterman with two more inside. And the lions with a 12 punch jordan bohannon with a hand in his face for three of his 23 and linn mar won the boys game 8163. To the ladies and the hawks played the 7th ranked lions tough in the first half Lindsey Altenhofen hits the runner in the lane. And that woke up the band up again and then they work it down to low to jenna wagamaster for two to cut the lead to six. But future hawkeye Amanda Ollinger dominated the high 18 before intermission. And here they come again Claire Larson just like did she against xavier connects from the corner and then Kamryn Finley with the pull up lefty and linn mar with the sweep tonight won the girls game 5035 to raise record to 174. And finally the second ranked iowa wrestling team out west this weekend beat montanta state northern. Thanks scott. One last look at the forecast, joe. After a windy day across eastern iowa we are in for a calmer night. A clear sky tonight allows the mercury to drop into the Single Digits near and below zero. With nw winds at 515 we will see the chill dive to 20 at times and is the reason a wind chill advisory is