but not all scams come in the form a phone call. she says you're at risk anytime you give out any information. "you're checking out in the line at a local store and they ask you for your e-mail address and your cell phone number those go out on their list and other people can tap in." "frankly i don't think its something you need to give out to anyone if you're just buying a candle or some lotion or art supplies. these are things that you should keep to yourself so i just say no." there's one group that is targeted more than others. scammers tend to prey on the elderly. "often times these seniors live alone, they are often lonely, they're isolated, they really just want someone to talk to and these scam artist are very skilled at what they do and they can say all the right things and kind of buildup sort of a trust." and when they build that trust, they start asking for money by family member in danger. the agency has a program which advocates for seniors in these situations, but no matter how old the victim, these scams should be reported. "if you're the victim and know your personal or financial information has been stolen, and there's been a loss, then certainly you want to report that to the police department, make a police report." the c-r-p-d also says the timing of a theft report is important.. if something is abnormal, credit card companies and bank officials have to be notified immediately. but there's some new technology that puts step in the opposite direction of identity theft. "this is a year where were going to be getting the chips on all the credit cards banks are sending them out learning how to use that properly they will ask you questions answer those to make it more secure." "there are resources listed on the iowa attorney general's website that offer explanations of all of the scams i mentioned. do if you or a loved one has to face this situation. there's a link to that site under this story on our website kcrg dot com. brea love, kcrg-tv nine news." meteorologist chris havely joins us now. chris, more quiet weather to begin to work week? our quieter weather pattern persists tonight. skies will remain mostly cloudy, behind a cold front that brings in slightly cooler temperatures overnight. the clouds remain for monday, and there won't be much change in our highs compared to what we experienced on sunday. tuesday, our next weak system rolls in, and with it may come a few flurries or sprinkles, but nothing significant. cooler, but still seasonal, air will return to eastern iowa for the second half of the week. highs will be in the 30s wednesday, through the weekend. lows generally stay in the 20s. still, no significant rain or snow systems in our near future. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 23-29 winds: n 5-10 alo: 26 dbq: 25 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 37-43 winds: s 5-10 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 41 back to you. boyfriend on fire. 47 year-old amy thornton faces attempted murder and willful injury charges. police responded to reports that a man had lit himself on fire last night. but when they arrived, they found the man with burns head to toe, yelling that his girlfriend had set him on fire. investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at an iowa city duplex. firefighters responded to 20-49 little creek lane around 10 o'clock this morning. they found flames in the front of the building, near the garage. it took crews about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt. remember, whenever you see news happening call newsline nine at 319- 365-9999. you can also send pictures and many people across iowa are working on solving an on-going issue: the number of minority children in the foster care system, disproportion ate to the number living in the state. in linn county, 51-percent of the 196 children in foster care last summer identified as something other than caucasian. in johnson county, 73- percent of the 48 kids in foster care identified as other than caucasian. about 92-percent of iowans are white. this panel discussion is part of the effort to create change. the event was hosted by iowa kids net, an organization that supports state. leaders say there are a number of theories behind the racial disparity. "some families i think who equitable place, in terms of education, opportunity, etc., i think the additional stress that those the group says it also faces challenges with placing the children with families, because they try to keep the children connected with their culture. kids net says in iowa, there are far more caucasian foster families than african american and latino families. many organizations are working to recruit more foster parents from different racial backgrounds. republican front-runner donald trump is trying to pick up votes in georgia, before turning his attention to the upcoming nevada caucuses. today, he spoke to thousands of people in atlanta. that comes a day after he cemented his top spot by dominating the south carolina primary. trump told supporters he loves to win, and is confident he will win georgia. he also talked about his immigration and economic policies, as well as his plan to repeal the affordable care act, also known as obamacare. " our country does not win any we don't win with trade. we don't win with health care. we're by the way terminating obama care - going to come up with something better." both ted cruz and marco rubio were out talking to supporters today. rubio told the crowd he has momentum coming out of his second-place finish in the south carolina primary. "if you vote for me, i will unite this party, if you vote for me, i will grow this party. if you vote for me, we'll win this election. the democrats do not want to run against me, but i cannot wait to run against them " " he was asked, what state did you win? you weren't able to win in iowa, you weren't able to win in new hampshire or south carolina. when can you win a state? and the answer he gave is he said well i think we could win florida on march 15th. that's a fairly amazing admission that they don't nevada. " republicans: the nevada caucuses are this tuesday. then the candidates will debate in houston on thursday. that's all followed by super tuesday, when people in more than a dozen states will select their candidates. anamosa schools are celebrating the completion of a new fine arts center at its high school building. today, administrator s, staff, and community members attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the ellen kennedy fine arts center. the district superintenden t says the auditorium will provide opportunities to students for years to come. the bond that funded the construction of this auditorium narrowly passed three years ago. tomorrow night, two school districts plan to hold public hearings on proposed calendar changes for next year. cedar rapids schools plan to dismiss students early on fridays... and waterloo schools are proposing a calendar that would give students select both districts plan to use the extra time for professional development for teachers. some people in cedar rapids day knocking down pins for a cause: to raise money for big brothers, big sisters. "bowl for kids sake" is a national event for the organization that pairs youth with mentors in their area. people young and old teamed up to raise money at the cedar rapids bowling center. it puts the funds to use in several areas, including background checks on volunteers to ensure child safety. event organizers say this is a great way for people to raise money and have a good time doing it. " it is fun just to get out on a cold winter afternoon and um be together with friends and have a good time.so it's a great event for our agency. " this is the largest donation event for big brothers, big sisters. last year, the event raised more than 350-thousand dollars nationwide. a dubuque county woman is receiving an award for her caregiving services. the foundation giving out the award aims to help the men and women who care for wounded veterans. and the iowa women hosted pink game. highlights, in sports. an asbury woman is receiving special recognition for helping those who have served our country. nicole james is the wife of jesse james - a marine veteran who suffered physical and psychological injuries while overseas. recently, she was named a 20-16 dole caregiverrellow, which honors the men and women who aid war veterans. kcrg tv-9's allison kaleta has show you care spotlight. everyday tasks for the james family can be difficult. "everyday for him is hard, just to get up and do a regular, you know, get up and eat breakfast." it's hard because jesse ffers 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, she's just super, really, really, smart and patient and i couldn't get through it if i didn't have her patience to help me." this patience is what is being recognized by the elizabeth dole foundation. "they've worked really hararto help caregivers who are the ones helping the veterans, day to day, and you know, it's really hard as a caregiver, you're like the back bone for your veteran and for your family and when you get stretched too thin and you crumble then everything crumumes." with a veteran and without any training, hasn't crumbled. "a lot of it is things i've learned, you know, over the years of living with it and seeing it, some things i've just learned accidentally because you just adapt to what is happening." in dubuque, allison kaleta, kcrg tv-9 news. chris, how c cd will it get ern persists tonight. skies will remain mostly cloudy, behind a cold front thatatrings in slightly cooler temperatures overnight. the clouds remain for monday, and there won't be much change in our highs compared to what we experienced on sunday. tuesday, our next weak system rolls in, and with it may come a significant. cooler, but still seasonal, air will return to eastern iowa for the second half of the week. highs will be in the 30s wednesday, through the weekend. lows generally stay in the 20s. still, no significant rain or snow systems in our near future. tonight: mostly cloudy low: 23-29 winds: n 5-10 alo: 26 dbq: 25 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 37-43 winds: s 5-10 alo: 39 dbq: 39 iow: 41tomorrow night: partly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: se5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 27 iow: 28tuesday: mostly cloudy high: 44 - low: 27 wednesday: mostly cloudy high: 39 - low: 30 friday: partly cloudy high: 33 - low: 22 saturday: partly cloudy high: 40 - low: 24 sunday: mostly sunny high: 30 - low: 15 .. josh is here, this has been a pretty tough year for the iowa women's basketball team. here's concern about their basketball team has been holding onto leads. in their loss to indiana 17 days ago, the hawkeyes had a 17-point lead in the 2nd half, but lost 79-74. ... today, iowa and indiana met up in iowa city for the annual pink game ... the hawkeyes trailed 9-0 to start the game... chase coley gets board ... later in the first quarter, the give-and-go to christina buttenham who lays it in... iowa ties it up 13-13 ... then it's tania davis kicking it out to ally disterhoft in the corner for three... the iowa city west grad had 19 points... haweyes trailed 20-19 after one quarter ... but their offense picks up steam in the 2nd... tania davis buries a triple to put iowa up by 14... then it's kali peschel hitting a three of her own... hawkeyes up 39-22... thth outscored indiana 24-8 in the 2nd quarter as davis hits the floater before the halftime buzr... iowa hangs on to win 76-73 and i'm joined right now by the alburnett wrestling coach clayton rush for the sunday night spotlight. coach, you gvys brought home some hardware winning the state duals title and the traditional title. you also had two individual champions. what did it mean to bring that hardware back to alburnett? "oh it's important to these kids, the community. these are the competitions that they've been competing in the past. it's become quite the tradition for them. it's pretty special to be able to bring these two championships back to burnett, along with the two individual titles. let's talk about the duals title. it was a thriller. lisbon was up one, but after a penalty point you guys were t td. the tiebreaker was the penalty points. what sort of emotions were going through during that time when everything was being sorted out? "actually, i didn't even know there was a penalty point. it was a news to me and one of my assistants knew there was a penalty point, it just wasn't taken off the scoreboard. that last match was over and we thought we lost. they changed it over and it was quite the emotional roller coaster. lisbon was cheering you know, alburnett's going crazy. so it was an emotional roller coaster,r,ut it was a really fun dual." you also won the traditional title and what helped was having two state champions. let's start with connor shulista at 152. he took 2nd last year and was determined to win it all this year. he beat the one wrestler who beat him earlier this season. "he was wrestling and we had a home tournament, he was beating that kid 9-3 and was tilting him, and just got pinned. so going into this match, we felt confident in that he could get this win for us. not only that, we were down .5 point going into that match. there's nobody else that i'd rather have out there to, one, win an individual state title for himself. but two, to lock up the team title for us." tanner sloan also won a state title at 170. he's just a sophomore. what did he do to win it all? "he's a very dominant wrestler. he wrestles hard in all positions all that he needs to continue to do and grow. i think he went down to georgia last summer to compete. and that's his biggest asset, you saw him in a lot of his matches where he'd take guys down and ride them hard. and guys don't like that. guys don't like to be laying on the mat with those long arms. once again, alburne brought home two team titles and two individual titles in the state tournament t ts past week. we'll be right back ... the iowa baseball team hgames of the season to dallas baptist. the hawkeyes were hoping to end the series with a win today. ... hawkeyes haveeen outscored in their first two games, 12-4 ... top seven, iowa down 1- 0... nick roscetti with a hard grounder... only play is to first and that allows xavier grad corbin woods to score... game is tied 1-1 ... bottom seven... hawkeyes defense comes up b b, cole mcdonald starts the 1- 6-3 double play to get out of a jam and keep the game tied ... but in the 8th, dallas baptist comes up with a 2-run single and would win 4-1 ... back to women's college basketball, iowa city high grad haley lorenzen and the florida gators at georgia ... 2nd quarter, haley grabs one of her 10 rebounds and gets the putbtbk... next gator possession, she connects on the left hook shot to give the gators a 28-19 lead ... 4th quarter, hayley drives to the hoop... count the basket and the foul... she had 8 points, but florida falls, 74-63 native landon cassill started the race in row 12... he's with a new t tm, front row motorsports and is now driving the #38 car... here he is with 20 laps to go passing jimmie johnson on the outside... the finish was spectacular, denny hamlin tries to pass matt kenseth on the outside, then he goes back inside... kenseth loses control... so it's hamlin and martin truex junior neck- and-neck towards the finish... this was a photo finish, hamlin wins it by inches... landon cassill finished 23r3r ... and tomorrow for on iowa live, we have jess settles and the kennedy wrestling team. be sure to join us the first avenue draught house or watch live on kcrg 9.2 at 6:30. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t chris havely for your final forecast. our quieter weathth pattern pepeists tonight. skies will remain mostly cloudy, behind a cold front that brings in slightly cooler temperatures overnight. the clouds remain for monday, and there won't be much change in our highs compared to what we experienced on sunday. tuesday, our next weak system rolls in, and with it may come a few flurries or is a production of learfield sports. announcer: uthoff hits a stand-still three. >> gesell, his three is good. excellent ball movement again. hawks have numbers. jok for three, it's good! here's woodbury. pop-up jumper, left in the lane, down it goes. dominic uhl will go right around his man and the two-hand over-the-head dunk. >> iowa basketball with fran mccaffery is brought to you by the eastern iowa airport. >> it was a split for the week for the iowa basketball program, a hard fought four point victory over minnesota in iowa city followed by a four point loss on the road at penn state. a couple of seven minute scoring droughts hurt the hawkeyes against the nittany lions. so it's back to the drawing ard on iowa basketball with fran mccaffery. >owa basketball with h an mccaffery is brought to you by the eastern iowa airport. it's your connection to more flights, more cities, more options. cid -- even better. hardee's -- a proud supporter of the hawks.