roads. those planning on traveling should prepare for partially to mostly covered roads. temperature wise for this valentine's day, we are much warmer! highs will be in the middle 20s thanks to a warm front that will lift across the area. the beginning of next week brings even warmer temperatures with highs back into the 30s. thanks britley. today, family and friends are remembering the life of a man killed during a fire in his waterloo home. around 11-30 friday y ght, firefighters arrived at 16- 84 mount carmel drive. that's the mount village apartments, near allen hospital. there, fire crews pulled 53-year-old ray anthony reed from his burning home. officials say reed died from scalds and burns. there's no details yet on what sparked the fire, but the building endured significantnt fire and smoke damage. last night, people spent time leaving flowers to mourn the loss of reed. his death is the first fire fatality this year. a central iowa teenager lost his life, after a single-vehicle crash saturday morning. happened in rural story county near maxwell around 1-20. officials say 17-year-old chase hler was driving a a truck up-hill, before it lost control and rolled into a tch. mohler died athe scene. his 16-yeyr-old passenger was taken to the hospital. the presidential race is switching gears and states. candidates from both parties aren't wasting any time rallying for support. rivaling democrats, bernie sanders and hillary clinton, shared the stage at a party dinner in denver, last night. colorado will hold its caucuses on march 1st. yesterday, both candidates made campaign stops in nevada as well. voters there will carolina's primaries. republican candidates wore their boxing gloves in last night's c-b-s debate in greenville, south carolola. the candidates didn't waste time attacking each others' records and policy proposals. " right now today as a candidate.....jeb bush " "either he wasn't.telling the truth.....is just not true " " the g-o-p candidates also heavily debad the economy. another topic from last night's debate, was the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia. he died yesterday in texas. scalia was widely considered the most conservative jurist on the court. he was known for strictly a-b-c's lana zak shows us how his sudden death may set off a struggle between the president and congress. script:justice antonin scalia was known as the anchor of the conservative wing of the supreme court... and his sudden deathth was marked by republicans and democrats alike. sot president obama "he ininuenced a generation of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape." sot sen. marco rubio r-presidential candidate: "he will go down as one of the great justices in the history of this republic." but there is already a political battle brewing. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell threatening that republicans will not confirm an obama nominee, the president saying he constitutional responsiblity" sot obama sot. " ... there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing .... " associate justice antonin scalia was the longest-serving justice on the current united states' supreme court. nominated by president ronald reagan in 1986 -- sot antonin scali1986 "getting nominated to the supreme court is the culmination of a dream, of course. i'm greatly honored that the president would have such confidence in me." . he was confirmed unanimously by the senate -- and became the first italian-american member of the court. justice antonin scalia reportedly died in his sleep of natural causes at a resort in west texas. he leaves behind a wife and nine children. he was 79 years old. ..lana zak on camera: and though justice scalia was ever firm in his conservative beliefs, he had no problem reaching across the political aisle, counting among his very closest friends, liberal justice ruth bader ginsberg. lana zak, abc news, washington.: iowa's lawmakers are mourning the loss of justice scalia. u-s senator joni ernst released a statement last night saying he was quote "a passionate defender of our constitution and one of the most ernst went on to say she is deeply saddened by the news, and is passing thoughts and prayers to scalia's family. the spirit of valentine's day is bringing eastern iowans to the newbo market inin cedar rapids. yesterday, guest vendors got a chance to lease space inside the building all day to sl hand-crafted gifts for the holiday. those vendors brought in whole bunch of s sff with a v-day thehee, tea towels, hand-painted art and furniture. 6:39-:53 "some of the vendors have gifts for valentine's day, a little higher end than what they might normally sell, the more kitschy stuff with hearts, flowers, things like that." guest vendors and market-goers also got to enjoy locally-made food.d.f you'd like to get some valentines day stuff, the holiday-themed market is open today from 10-to-4. taking love to new heights... a man gets a big billboard surprise, that he's not complaining about today on stay with tv9. it's ---. a winter ather advisory effect for all of the tv9 viewing area until 6 pm this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time look to stay around 2 to 4 inches across the entire tv9 viewing area, with locally higher amounts possible. winds will be g gting at 20- 30 h at times, which could create some patchy blowing and drifting over of roads. those planning on traveling should prepare for partially to mostly covered roads. temperature wise for this valentine's day, we are much warmer! highs will be in the middle 20s thanks to a warm front that will lift across the area. the beginning f next week brbrgs even warmer temperatures with highs back into the 30s. thanks britley. building a home for the building homes for veterans. one eastern iowa man is making it his duty to provide a stable shelter for those who've put their lives on the line. happy to be back home after wednesday's road loss to texas tech. the cyclones were hoping to knock off texas. ... center jameel mckay was back in uniform after being suspended the last two games, but he did not start ... deonte burton fires up the crowd as he drives to the hoop and pulverizes the rim with the left- handed jam... he had 10 mckay finds monte morris cutting through the lane... count the basket and one... cyclones go up 9 ... then georges niang starts to heat up from three-point range... that trtrle puts the cyclonesesp two... niang would go on to make back-to-back-to- back triples... iowa state led 36-34 at halftime ... in the 2nd half, monte morris catches fire going 7-oo9 from the field... lays it in, plus the foul... he finished with 24 points which ties a career-high ... then the cyclones puon the exclamation point, morris with the alley-oop to jameel mckay for the slam... iowa state goes on to win 85-75 ... two streaks were on the line between the uni and wichita state men's basketball teams today. the panthers came in with a five-game winning streak, the shockers had 43 home-game win streak. ... panthers have just one road win against a ranked opponent... that was against wichita state in 2006 ... early first half action, wes wasphun slices right through lays it in... it's tied 8-8 ... the panthers closed out the first half on a 12-0 run... a big reason was waverly-shell rock grad klint carlson, he gets the hoop and one... then klint buries a triple at the top of the key... he had 12 points... uni led 38-27 at halftime ... wichita state came back in the 2nd half using a 17-2 run... the alley-oop to markis mcduffie to tie it up 44-44... it would stay thqt way for the next four minutes $& ... uni finally unties i iwith the wyatt lohaus mid- range jumper... the iowa city west grad had 11 points off the bench ... then linn-mar grad matt bohannon splashes in a deep three to put the panthers up 51-44 ... 2.5 seconds left... wichita state's conner frankamp is left wide open for three for the tie... but it's no good uni gives the shockers their first loss at home since february 27th of 2013 with the 53-50 win "we have been playing good basketball and everyone's healthy right now. as we saw today, klint and wyatt, maybe you don't points we got from those guys in a game like this today. but they've both played well. we felt like we could come in and play well, it was just a matter of could we play well enough." trt: 21 oc: "play well enough" ... new records were set in the boys state swimming meet toda john camell has more from marshalltown. what a day for iowa city west. the trojans not only won events, they did it in record fashion. the 200 medley was a one man showcase. mark mcglaughlin wass spectacular in the back, fly, breast and free style. he obliterated the all time state mark by more than two seconds. his winning time, 1:46:. it feels great. i looked up at the clock. i couldn't believe i had done that. it is still kind of registering. mcglaughlin was jusgetting started. he came back less s an an hour 100 free in state record time. his teammate, will scott in the yellow cap gets a poor start in the 50 free, but great scott, what a finish. he breaks the state record with a winning time of 20:29. i am so happy that i was able to do something so great. i am surrounded by these guys who constantly are doing great traits. i finally feel like i am catching up to them finally. west also won the 400 freestyle relay and here is they are winning 200 free style relay breaking the old mark set by dubuque senior. speaking of the rams, this foursome of brightfelder, hanson, sindt and colin won the 200 medley relay and colin also picked up a second in the 100 fly for senior. cedar rapids washington also moved into the winner's circle. 200 free style, watch the man in lane four. that is wash's cameron kelley. fastest coming into the event and fastest in the meet that counts andhen in the 500 free,e,elly e hundredths of a second. 4:29:96 is a new state record. john campbell tv9 sports. ... waukee won the stste title, iowa city west came in 2nd and bettendorf took 3rd. hundreds of wrestlers across the state were hoping to punch their ticket to state in districts today. at cedar rapids jefferson... 106, dubuque hempstead's dillon gottschalk pins his opponent at the 4:51 mark to advance to state ... 113, jeffferson's joseph sibomana uses this third period takedown to defeat joe pins of hempstead 8-4 to advance to des moines next week ... 120, lots of scoring in this one, but jefferson's branden baker defeats bradan birt of western dubuque, 18-14... it got heated at the end and baker gave his opinion to the crowd ... 126, this was a rematch from the mvc meet between kennedy's nolan hromidko a wash's wiwi third period takedown to win 7-3 ... 132, nathan feldman of dubuque hempstead uses this third period takedown to beat jefferson's dalton mastin, 6-2 to take the title ... 138, linn-mar's alex streicher gets out of the headlock and gets two points for this takedown... he shutout his opponent 8-0 to advance to state ... 145, closing seconds of the third period, hempstead's alex ward will get the pin with just 8 seconds left... scott westerberg has class 2a highlights from clear creek-amana --a number of ranked wrestlers at the district 4 meet including williamsburg's grayson kesterson....th e #10 grappler at 106 moves on to state with a first riod fall over luke radeke of vinton- shellsburg.. --outstanding match at 113....number three josh keller of columbus community and 6th ranked duncan mccain of mid- prairie....this one is tied at 4 in the final seconds of the third when mccain scrambles and scores a last 40-1 on the season.... --to 120 where 8th ranked jon second period fall over cole lehn of williamsburg.... --another pin at 126....this one comes courtesy of top ranked brock rathbun of center point- urbana....rathbun is a perfect 44-0 entering state... --union's derek holschlag is third ranked at 126 but moved up to 132 to battle shea swafford of mediapolis who's third at that weight and here late in the 2nd, holschlag records a takedown to grab the 3-2 lead...he holds on to win the district title 5-2... --at 152, washington's trey van weelden wins the district ampionship with his 6-1 decision over colton lewis of williamsburg.... --great battle at 160 between 9th ranked isaiah vaughan of union and tristin westphal-edward of washington....vaughan scores the takedown in overtime to eek out the 5-3 win... --a top 10 match-up at 170 tween 3rd ranked tucker morrison of columbus community and number 6 will reiter from union...morrison with the late third period takedown to brak a 1-1 tie....he wins a 3-1 decision....in tiffin, scott westerberg tv9 sports. effect for all of the tv9 viewewg area until 6 pm this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time look to stay aroundnd 2 to 4 inches across the entire tv9 viewing area, with locally higher amounts possible. winds will be gusting at 20- 30 mph at times, which could create some patchy blowing and drifting over of roads. those planning on travelininshould prepare for partially to mostly covered roads. temperature wise for this valentine's day, we are much warmer! highs will be in the middle 20s thanks to a warm front that will lift across the area. the beginning of next week brings even warmer temperatures with highs back into the 30s. a michigan man is getting a lot department. matt hill works for a lawn and garden company in grand traverse county. his co-workers recently by putting g s face and contact information on a billboard. the six-foot-tall 25-year- old bachelor says he was prty surprised by the gesture, but he's making the most of it. so what should ladies know about matt? " i like a lot of chick flicks, perfect date is pretty much a bonfire out in the middle of the woods, at somebody's house, small party, something lili that." " hill says he's taken dozens of calls, texts and emails from potential suitors. and that he's just hoping to find someone to settle down with. good morning from is waking up wititkcrg-tv9 's here's what you need to know today. a police response to a central iowa fight goes wrong. we'll tell you why officers shot and killed a man this weekend. helping iowa's veterans-an eastern iowa man takes it in s hands to build america's finest a home. grooming and beautifying, one cedar rapids woman takes on an old habit for a good cause. you'rereatching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, morning news. but first, meteorologis t britley ritz has your first alert forecast, britley... a winter weather advisory remains in effect for all of the tv9 viewing area until 6 this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time look to stay around 2 to 4 inches across the entire tv9 viewing area, with locally higher amounts possible. winds will be gusting at 20- 30 mph at times, which could create some patchy blowing and drifting over of roads. those planning on traveling should prepare for partially to mostly covered roads. temperature wise for this valentine's day, we are much warmer! highs will be in the middle 20s thanks to a warm front that will lift across th area. the beginning of next week bngs even warmer temppatures with highs back into the 30s. a central iowa police department is investigating a fight that ended with police officers shooting and killing a man. urbandale police say it happened early inn hotel. officers got there around 4, after receiving a they found three suspects in the lobby before the incident escalated. "their conversations did not last long before they ended up in sa struggle with one of the subjects who eneded up pulling a gun. one our officers returned fire " the man police shot later died injuries. two women in the hotel ran away, but police later took them into custody. police have not released the names of anyone involved. governor terry y anstad says 's a coincidence, that his criminal reform effort to cheapen phone call rates for inmates, lines up with a federal mandate. under his proposed effort, inmates would only pay 11 cents to talk to their families. however, that proposal is the same rule the f-c- c's adopted last year. the iowa department of orrections removed their expensive flat rate in january. that same month, branstad highlighted the proposal in his condition of the state address. many businesses in cedar falls are passing the test for underage tobacco sales. the waterloo- cedar falls courier reports police conducted a check on thursday. officials found 29 of 31 businesses were found to however, during that search, they also cited two people for selling tobacco to minors. they will face up to 195 dollars in fines and court costs. citied businesses can face a civil penalty. a waterloo organization is working to provide accessible housing for veterans injured in the line of duty. it's called "americans for independent living." as explains, it's a labor of love for one cedar falls builder. tiny tweaks on a sound board.. and swift strums.. on a stage surrounded by red, white and blue. these patriotic pieces are small buililng blocks.. 07:36:14 "we started on this path, it's just fallen into place every time we've turned around." for tim combs - after 17 years in construction - this may be his biggest build yet. 07:34:53 "starting this organization is for helping our veterans with major disabilities that've returned home since modifications." an army of volunteers is hammering out the details.. 08:07:05 numbers for the silent and live auction. inside the group's first fundraiser. donations will serve as the foundation for tim's vision. 07:45:32 "we want to make them as independent as everyone else." accessibility that's affordable. it's a problem jerry keiderling sees across the country as the head of v-g-m's accessibility division. 07:54:45 "the worst challenge everyone has in this country if they need help is funding. there's a lot of people in need who just don't have the capapality of affording it themselves." but for tim, the foundation for a solution starts here. 07:47:17 "put them into war, fighting for their life, fighting for us, and then you come home and not have the help or bking you need. " backing he plans to build up.. people in america need to step up and help them. with this first step. they've done a lot for us. we need to give it back, hundred fold.. in waterloo, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. one cedar rapids mom is help the homeless with their hair! yesterday, former hair stylist ingrid glessner, along with a handful of other stylists, gave free haircuts at mission of hope. homeless, getting by. ingrid got the idea from a youtube video showing stylists in utah doing the same thing. so she decided to bring it to cedar rapids. " i think there are a lot of people in our community that want to help, they just don't know where to start. i would say, start with what god has already entrusted to you." it took four weeks and hundreds of dollars in donated goods to make this happen. one of the biggest donors was rock photography, which provided free portraits to those who got their hair cut. organizers plan to make this a yearly event. the number 3 ranked iowa sketball team will try to nab a win tonight, after losing to indiana, last thursday, the hawkeyes fell to indiana after a hard fought game, 85 to 78. tonight, the black andnd gold go up against the golden gophers of minnesota at carver hawkeye arena in iowa city. you can watch that game on the big ten network at 6-30. the iowa state men's basketball team stole a huge win last night against the texas longhorns. the cyclones led the first half with only 2 points ahead of texas. iowa state t tn ended the game scoring a 10 point lead over the longhorns, with a final score of 85 to75. next, the cyclones play baylor on tuesday night. having fun in a winter wonderland.... well kind of. some california kids get a white surprise during their hot winter season. meteorologist britley ritz joins weather wise question. a winter weather advisory remains in effect for all of the tv9 viewing area until 6 pm this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time llok to stay around 2 to 4 inches across with locally higher gusting at 20- 30 mph at times, which could create some patchy blowing and drifting over of roads. those planning on traveling should prepare for partially to mostly covered roads. temperature wise for this valentine's day, we are much warmer! highs will be in the middle 20s thanks to a warm front that will lift across the area. the beginning of next week brings even warmer temperatures with highs back into the 30s. thanks britley. taking jabs at each other. candidates throw off the gloves during a debate just primaries. we have the highlights. stay mourning the loss of supreme court justice antonin scalia. the long-time conservative judge died yesterday in texas. he was there on vacation officials report, justice scalia died of natural causes during his sleep. he was 79 years old. president ronald reagan appointed scalia to the supreme court in 1986. he was known for being a strong conservative, & and stririly abiding by the founders' wororng of the constitution. president obama has pledged to fill the justice's spot sooner rather than later. " i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate his successor in due time. and there will be plenty of responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. " some republicans have taken issue, saying scalia's successor should be picked by the next president. discussion over scalia became a huge topic in last night's g-o-p debate. the remaining republican candidates battled on who should replace him and set policy goals for the economy. " it's not going to be solved with magic pixie dust. it's n just going to be solved by declaring in the air 'let there be jobs'. we actually have to understand the principles that made america great in the first place. " "what my tax plan does, it does create especially for working families an additional child tax credit so that parents who are working get to keep more of their own money, not the government's money to invest in their children to go to school, to go to a private school." "we had ananconomy last quarter, the gdp didn't grow, it was flat. we have to make our economy grow again. we're theherepublicans also s snt plenty of titi taking jabs at each other on immigration and foreign policy. "we have 11 and a half million people here. if they have not committed any crimes since they've been heremake them pay a fine and some back taxes and give them a path to legalization. " "here's the big problem. we have all of these government regulators and all they're doing is running arnd looking for people to fine. and we've got 645 different agencies and sub agencies. that's way way too many. " " the great majority of people who come to this country come because. they had no other choice. they want to come to support their family. that doesn't mean it's right. we should pick who comes to our country. we should control our border. " the souththarolina primaries begin at the end of this week, followed by elections in nevada, and colorado. did you feel an earthquake over the weekend? well, the u-s geological survey reports a 5- oklahoma on saturday. but seismologists also say the rumble could be felt across parts of the midwest, like iowa, nebraska, kansas, and missouri. reports also show it being felt in southern states like texas and new mexico. the earthquake left no on hurt or damage. cold winter weather is causing dangerous conditions on the east coast. on saturday morning, at least three people died in massive pileup in pennsylvania. 40 others were injured when at least 50 cars collided on a highway about 30 miles northeast of harrisburg saturday morning. the crash closed the interstate in both directions leaving drivers stranded. "mom: how does it feel. is it cold?" snow is not common in california. but some parents made it happen in 80 degree weather for their kids at the hancock college children's center. they decided to make their own snow. "brittany westfall, mother "we don't live around snow, so it's nice to be able to watch her play in the snow with organizers at the college say it was an opportunity to teach children who have never seen snow before all about it and of course have a lot of fun in the process. we'll take another look at your first alert back now to today's top stories. killed in a waterloo home fire. fire crews say they pulled 53-year-old ray anthony reed out of his apartment at 1684 mount carmel drive. they say he died from severe burns and scalds. now, a final look at the forecast... a winter weather advisory remains in effect for all of the tv9 viewing area until 6 pm this evening. light snow will fall through the morning hours and will likely become moderate at times. occasionally, during moderate snowfall visibility will be reduced. snow totals at this time look to stay around 2 to 4 inches across the entire tv9 viewing area, with locally higher amounts possible. winds will be gusting at 20- 30 mph at times, which could create some patchy blowing and drifting over of roads. those planning on traveling should prepare for good morning, america. breaking overnight -- rememberininsupreme court justice antonin scalia, the high court's leading conservative of 79. >> he influenced a generation of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. >> flags across america lowered to half-staff in his honor. this morning, the focus on his legacy. >> getting nominated to the supreme court is a culmination of a dream, of course. >> scalia served three decades on the court. a fiery, pivotal figure, admired by colleagues, widely respected. with friends on both sidis of the ideological divide. >> we agree on a whole lot of stuff, we do. ruth is really bad only on the knee-jerk stuff. [ laughter ] >> this morning, the battle already brewing over the chance to tilt the balance of the nation's highest court. president obama ready to nominate a replacement, the senate's majority leader saying -- not so fast. and the repuican candidates also weighing in overnight at a r rcous debate.