Through the night. New tonight at six managers at an eastern iowa Ethanol Company face multiple charges of federal tax violations. Rapids grand jury indicted the owner and general manager of Permeate Refining in hopkinton. According to court documents, randy less and Darrell Smith allegedly withheld federal income, Social Security and medicare taxes from employees but didnt pay those taxes to the irs. Prosecutors say both failed to pay more than 420thousand dollars worth of taxes in 2009 and 2011. Developing right now, the university of iowa will be paying more than 200thousand dollars to settle a gender discrimination lawst filed by a male track coach. Mike scott, was already working as a volunteer assistant in the track program, when he applied for an open assistant coaching position. Position. Scott says he was warned by another coach that administrators wanted to hire a female coach. His attorneys uncovered email in which head coach Layne Anderson discussed rewriting the jobs description to attract female candidates. Under the agreement to admit to the discrimination. Right now, ui officials are using a special program to tackle social justice in iowa. Iowa. The program called just living will explore problems like race, identity, Environmental Justice and interfaith cooperation. The goal of the program is to encourage thoughtful discussion and understanding of our differences and how injustice affects the world around us. Be able to think about these questions who am i . How do i relate to others . and think about t how they fit into this community, how they fit into the university, and think about how those relate to these bigger questions of social justice. Just living will Begin Next Week with the opening of a new exhibit called them images of separation. The exhibit showcases graphic historic images that depict stereotypes of cererin groups. Crime in cedar rapids has a police. Members of the community will be working alongside officers to get to the root of why crimes happen. Happen. Cbs 2 news s reportete dora miller is at the Police Department right now and joins us live with new details tonight. Police and the community are attempting to Work Together on this one scoco. One group will focus on violence the other on what causes it. It. Pcat or Police Community action team was assembled so a handful of officers could respond to incidents at a moments notice. These four officers will determine crime trends in the area and increase Police Presence in neighborhoods. Since violence is multifaceted, a new task force established yesterday wi try and understand what causes the violence were trying to avoid. The community actually has started to identify possible root causes. The gun violence is just a symptom of something underneath thats causing that violence and it could be a reasons. Later on cbs 2 news ten at ten, well explore some of those reasons. And talk to the community to see if this ignites hope for change or if theyre tired of the same story. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, dora miller cbs 2 news live at five when it comes to your kids education you have a choice. You can choose to put them in Public School or homeschool, or send them to a private school. Some parents say, they cant always afford some of those options but maybe there are options you dont know about, that offer the best of both worlds. New tonight at t x cbs 2 News Reporter joy howe joins us with how a national discussion, is being addressed here at home. This is National School choice week. Across the Hawkeye State, parents and students will get together to celebrate the freedom they have to choose their education, but also address concerns about what more we can do to make sure every child gets to attend the school of their choice. nats washington dc rally washington what they say we do so well here at home in iowa. 04. 13 iowa is a National School leader in providing School Choice 04. 19 options for families. The president of National School choice wwk says, when you think about options in a rural state where education is available in all sorts of forms think about us. Traditional Public Schools, charter schools, magnet schoo, online academies, private schools with scholarship programs to help families who may not be able to afford them, go to them and homeschooling 04. 36. 09 this week, all those options will be celebrated, at 157 events that are planned across the Hawkeye State to show parents the choices out there for ther kids k12 education, and prove our teachers can get the job done anywhere. nats even online take the iowa Connections Academy. We have a completely flexible program. You can access our curriculum anytime, anywhere. 1 00 and some families have found that the flexibility is really what they need for their students education 1 12this school is a you can study from homeme tuition free, while usingng stateapproved curriculum. The annual Connections AcademyParent Survey shows that the reasons parents turn to them, range from bullying to greater flexibility to health concerns. Master teacher lynsieiepenrod says, all students are different, and deserve to have the chance to go to a school ,that fits them. 3 00 were just really, really thankfula. For this state of iowa, g ging the opportunity for families to have the choice for different types of education, because we are all fferent, all of our families are different, all of our students are different, all of our teachers are different, and the fact that we have a choice just provides so much, for so many families across the state. 3 30 some parents dont feel there are enough choices, or enough financial help and the president of National School choice week says, this is the time to talk about those concerns at t some of thehe planned events. You can learn heard, on our website. Joy howe, cbs 2 news. Some lal studts got a lesson in immigration today. Second graders at coolidge elementary took part in the annual immigration simulation to learn about how their ancestors made it to america. Students on the boat to america were seserated into first class and steerage to learn about the segregation that took place. Then they went around to different rooms in the school representing different parts of ellis island. By going through the process we just want them to see how long it took and all the different places they had to gojust how they were treated ellis island and then just to feel all the emotions that immigrants felt at that time. Time. Most of all, teachers wanted the kids to feel the same pride as their ancestors when they became american citizens. The head of the Iowa National guard says nearly 17hundred to women this year following a federal policy change. Change. During his condition of the guard address at the state capitol, Major General timothy orr said the changes come after the pentagons 20 15 ruling that allows women to serve in any position, including combat roles. Right now, the guard has 15 soldiers and airmen deployed around the world. Another army right now is in the final push of its red kettle campaign. With just four days remaining, the Cedar Rapids Salvation Army says it needs just over 16thousand dollars to reach this years goal of 790thousand dollars. The campaign covers about 47percent of the organizations annual operating budget. All donations made through january 31st will go towards that goal. Still to come on cbs 2 news at six. Sisithe mindset that keeps iowa wrestling dominating on the mat and why the hawks arent overlooking anyone this season. The american pple cant afford to wait for ideas that sound good on paper. But will never make it in the real world. The grandmother who has to choose between paying for medicine and paying rent. Cant wait. The single mom who desperately needs a raise. Cant wait. The student with a mountain of debt cant wait. We can make real progress, right now. Im caucusing. Im caucusing. Im caucusing for hillary clinton. Torrow on cbs 2 this motning. If youre looking to improve your credit score, be careful. Well show you a few simple ways to protect you from Credit Report scammers. Thats tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning morning the thaw continues through this weekend with temperatures approaching 40 degrees by saturday and sunday. Today all of the area d state above the freezing mark with just a few cloudsdsn the sky. Temperatures tonight will fall to the 20s, not as cold with a few clouds. Through the rest of the week, the weather will temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above average. By next week were watching the potential for a storm developing next week. Models are showing a system moving through the midwest, but its too soon for the details. There is the potential for some heavy snow in the midwewe. Well continue to update you on where the heaviest snow will be and you can always get your full forecast at cbs two iowa dot com slash weather. Temperatures tonight in the mid to upper 20s, breezy with partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow temperatures will increase above freezing once again tomorrow with highs in the mid topper 30s. Your extended forecast shows temperatures warming up to the 40s on saturday and sunday. The another ranked team awaits for iowa hoops on thursday. Ming up in sports. The key to slowing down maryland. The details are next. Cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kganemail us at news at cbs 2 iowa dot comconnect with us on facebook car repairs, home improvements, a family trip. Its not easy to afford them. What did marco rubio do . He put 22,000 in p psonal expenses on a Republican Party credit card. Rubios bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. Marco rubio skipping major votes. All over the place on immigration. Bad judgment. Marco rubio right to r se usa iowa and maryland met once last season. And it was an upset by the hawkeyes. A 16point win at carver. In this seasons matchup. E teams are better. And the stakes are higher. Both programs are ranked in the topten. Both have conference and National Championship aspirations. And both have the offensive firepower to get there. The hawkeyes have superstar jarrod and maryland. Has star guard melo trimble. Who went off last years game. And containing him on ththsday night will be a challenge. They have a lot of weapons. And theres a lot of guys that you have to key in on melo is in particular the best one, but. The thing is when youre just keying in on him, he can find others and keep them involved and make them great players. Players. Last year he was just a freshman and i thought was one of the best players i played against all last year. Hes a much better player this year so itll be sweet to match up against him life is good again if youre a cyclone fan. Suddenly. Steve prohms squad has won four games in a row. And if they win on saturday against texas a m. Theyll have beaten four of the nations top five teams. Oddly enough. This is iowa states thirtrip to texas this seas. But this time its not a conferencncgame. Its a big12 sec challenge game. And having it in late january. Is a bit unusual. Play. Its a great opportunity for us to showcase our team against a top five team on the road. And so its a winwin for us. Gotta great chance for rpi, non conference wins, we look at seeding, ncaa tournamentnt. Just gotta keepepuilding. Weve got a great out of conference opportunity on saturday. Weve had a pretty good stretch of good teams down the line. And it doesnt get any easier for this sec challenge so were gonna have to prep for that. The standard is sky high for iowa wrestling. And if youre a hawkeye. You make history in march. Not in january. But tom brands knows. You cant sp steps. The nations secondranked team was challenged in their npoint dual win on sunday over nebraska. It was their closest margin of victory since the grapple on the gridiron back in november. With a dual against minnesota set for this fridayay. The hawks insist theyre not overlooking anyone. And theyre definitely not fatigued. We know its a grind. Everyone knows its a grind. Youre not from iowa. So this time of year you just need to keep plugging along and worry about things you need to worry about like getting better. I believe that peaking is a mindset. I bieve that seasons are short. And i believe that thats a frame of mind. And when youve got guys like gilman and sorensen and burak. They cant get enough. So when you have that in your room. That seems to take over. The energy that prevails in th room is. That its fresh every day. In a week. High School Seniors will sign off on their college destinations. But cedar rapids kennedy junior Ashley Hamilton made her decision a year early. Today. She verbally committed to play softball for the iowa hawkeyes. Last year. As a sophomore. Hamilton swung a big stick. She hit. 434 with 14 doubles and two home runs. We will be right back to take car repairs, home improvements, a family trip. Its not easy to afford them. What did marco rubio do . He put 22,000 in personal expenseses on a Republican Party credit card. Rubios bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. Marco rubio skipping major votes. All over the place on immigration. Bad judgment. Marco rubio just too many questions. Right to rise usa is responsible for the the university of iowa fight song is a staple of pep rallies and Football Games in iowa city and more recently on 3rd street in niagara falls. Confused yet . Business owners there say over the past six months, an instrumental version of the fight song has played from a vacant building for about eight hoursrs day. Niagara falls police say they have responded to the building several times but have found nothing. We did the math with the 50 second song on a loop for eight hours the song tomorrow temperatures will start out in the mid to upper 20s with a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures will increase quickly in the afternoon with highs above freezing in the mid to upper 30s. Temperatures stay above normal through the weekend with the potential for a storm early next week thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at six. Entertainment you heres the truth some have proposed to cut Social Security for the elderly and disabled vets. I disagree. In fact, not only should we not cut benefits we should expand them. My plan for Social Security increases benefits and cost of living adjustments and raises minimum payments for lowincome seniors. It will ensure that all seniors can retire with dignity and respect. One of the areas that ive been particularly interested in is the area of children. We intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. 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