Night, workers at the Newton Correctional Release Center noticed two missing inmates. These two men are missing. One is serving a 10year sentence for drug charges. The other a 27 year sentence also for drugs. An investigation is underway. This isnt the first escape from the newton center. Just last month an inmate was missing during count. An investigation later found he escaped by walking out to the Recreation Area and down to the driveway. His girlfriend picked him up and drove away. He was later found. Continuing coverage this week the state should wrap up its case against a man accused of killing his own wife. Friday, alex fazzinos interview with Police Officers played in his wife, emily. He told investigators her was putting stress on their marriage. The trial could wrap up this week. A competency hearing is set for a man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a woman. Helmon betwell is charged with hes accused of murdering nancy krapfl. It happened in dubuque last september. Betwells attorney believes he doesnt understand the charges. A hearing will be held april fourth. Criminal proceedings are on hold until betwells competency is evaluated. A man is arrested after firing a gun outside a cedar rapids bar. Derek bailey was arrested. Cedar Rapids Police say he fired the gun in the air right behind hazzard county american saloon thats on Second Avenue downtown. People who work in the area say they hope this doesnt lead to similar situations. cg cj huang president thats not the trend going forward. The man you just heard from is the president of a bar down the street. He believes downtown has become safer over the years and says he appreciates the heavy Police Presence he sees. Today, a man is recovering after a fire. It happened in knoxville yesterday afternoon. Fire crews say a man was working on his truck in his driveway when it caught fire, spreading to his firefighters say the man was severely burned and had to be airlifted to uihc. A person dies after being hit by a car. It happened yesterday in the all Saints Catholic School parking lot in davenport. Police have not released any names and have released very few details about how it happened. Were now less than 24 hours away from super tuesday 12 states whose votes could alter the course of the president ial campaign. Tracie potts has a preview of how things are shaping up. nats huntsville, alabama 00 06 donald trump heads into senator jeff sessioins. sot mainstream. With trump leading every super tuesday state except texas. His opponents are hitting hard you dont do that. Ted cruz is leading his super tuesdays looking good for Hillary Clinton. Coming off her huge win in South Carolina nbc meet the press super burned in sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate 47 49 well, we got decimated. Thats what happened. Bernie sanders feeling the burn. Of the souths African American voters sot Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate 54 57 im gonna need your help to win the democratic nomination. Clintons leading nearly 2to1 in key states. Focused on trump sot Hillary Clinton d president ial candidate 1 02 1 11 i dont think in a campaign you make wild promises, you insult two second pause audio outcue tracie potts, nbc news, washington. And a new poll is giving us a hint of what we can expect for tomorrow. According to the new nbc news wall street journal marist poll. Republican president ial frontrunner donald trump leading the field in georgia and tennessee. But ted cruz is ahead in his home looking at the democrats now. Hillary clinton leading Bernie Sanders by a near twotoone margin in three key super tuesday states. Shes also coming off a big win in South Carolina on saturday. Today president obama awards the nations highest military honor to a navy seal who helped rescue a us hostage in afghanistan. Edward byers junior took part in a Risky Mission to save a doctor kidnapped by the taliban. Its been about four months since the minimum wage went up in Johnson County and businesses are still trying to adjust. While workers are already noticing changes, some businesses are still working to accommodate the extra costs. Nearby linn county is considering an increase of its own if the state doesnt act soon. The minimum wage in Johnson County will go up again in may to 915 an hour. Waterloo mayor quentin hart spoke at East High School this morning in honor of black History Month. The mayor is an east high alum. Black History Month is so important. He mentioned the pearson sisters. Two east high sisters who fought for change in the Education System during the 1960s. They believed that change needed to be made in the school system. So they approached the principal. Just things, advocating for those things. Two dancers performed before mayor hart spoke. He then talked about how he struggled to graduate from college and high school. And how he got to where he is today. One of the key messages in his speech is the Younger Generation needs to understand that they have a purpose. Coming up. A popular restaurant in eastern iowa is shutting its doors for good why many people are unhappy with the owners decision. And, a scary moment as an elephant goes on a rampage during a holy many people clean their dentures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, well be right back with your storm track seven forecast. The falling temperatures. A low tracking along the front will youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. This is the kwwl now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team breezy today with snow and sleet tonight into tomorrow morning. Stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras are showing some of those high clouds that are tracking in with the cold front. Temperatures are starting to fall in the north and may gain a couple more degrees in the south, but have stalled in most of the viewing area right now. It is only in winds have turned to the north in the northern half of the state and are generally 1020 mph with gusts to 25 or 30 mph. They will stay breezy through the night and even most of Tuesday Morning. The cold front is draped over the state and low pressure is producing snow over western south dakota. That is heading our way. It will bring sleet and snow to the viewing area tonight and tomorrow. Sleet will cut down snowfall amounts, but we will be seeing anywhere from a trace to 3, although some areas may get a bit more. A Winter Weather advisory will be posted tonight through midmorning tuesday for the falling snow and sleet along with the gusty winds that will continue through Tuesday Morning. Winds will turn to the north today and that will bring a halt to our heating. Temps will be falling this afternoon. Snow and sleet tonight will add up to trace to 3 in most of the area by morning with gusty north winds causing more headaches. Snow showers Tuesday Morning then partly sunny in the afternoon. Upper 20s to mid 30s. We will be in the mid 30s through friday before warming for the weekend. Another chance of snow tracks in wednesday night and thursday with rain and snow possible saturday. 30s. We will be in the mid 30s through friday before warming for the weekend. Another chance of snow tracks in wednesday night and thursday with rain and snow a popular dubuque restaurant is closing for good. Crust Italian Kitchen and bar was supposed to close saturday. But so many people showed up friday, the restaurant ran out of food and shut down a day early. Many people left unhappy especially those who still have gift cards to the restaurant. The owner tells kwwl its just tough luck because things like this happen all the time in the restaurant business. Coming up. A girl asks a professional athlete to prom. He says no. But shes not and, ever been cramped on a flight . A new law just might change that. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in jesup, waverly, im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto. Hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. 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Now check this out you have to give this basketball fan credit for being persistent. A teenager showed up at the knicks game with a poster asking one of their players to prom. He replies saying he couldnt because of scheduling issues. But she didnt back down. She showed up to another game with a new sign hoping he would say yes this time. Coming up. Today is february 29th also known as leap day. Well tell you how you can snag a deal or two if you were born today. And, tech lovers listen up. Apple is unveiling some new gadgets next month. This is kwwl well be right back. And when you see news or if you have pictures or video to share. You can do that by going to our page on facebook. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking news at least thats what a few reports are saying. The longrumored 4inch iphone se is said to have a faster chip than current iphone models. A 9 point7inch screen and a handful of new features. Apple is reportedly also releasing new versions of the apple watch on that day. The release would come one day before apple is scheduled to meet with the fbi. A motion would require apple to unlock a phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Its leap day and if youre a leap day baby, listen up some pizza hut locations will give you a free one topping personal pan pizza with your carryout. Hard rock cafe will give you a free entree off a special menu. If youre not a leap day baby, but still looking for a deal, some krispy kreme shops are offering up deals and so are some hotel and travel companies. Frequent travelers know legroom is shrinking on airlines leaving some people to feel like theyre packed in like sardines. New york senator Chuck Schumer says he thinks the faa should require airlines to abide by a seatsize guideline. He says legroom on planes used to be 35inches now, its 31. A expected next month. Coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen. 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And, a remarkable story of a dog coming to the rescue, saving a toddler. And, two iowa cities are number one and two in the country when it comes to decreasing Violent Crime. Welcome back to the news at noon. Im ally crutcher lets go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. We have a wide range of state. Winds have turned to the north in the northern half of the viewing area and will change in the southern half within the next few hours. And gusts to 25 mph and higher. Clouds have tracked in, too, and snow will track in this evening and into the night. This afternoon, we continue to have steady or falling temps as the winds take over from the north. Tonight we get snow and sleet. Ill have more info, including how much we are expecting, in a few minutes. New statistics are out from the f bi that show Violent Crime is down across the country. And closer to home two iowa cities are especially down. Dubuque comes in at number one where ames is number two in the top ten cities were violent if youre looking to live data analyzed by 247 wall street from the f bi between 2010 and 2014 shows dubuque and ames are the top two cities nationwide where plummeting. 11 19 37 weve been pretty fortunate over the years to have a very low Violent Crime rate. And so, that affords us the commander jason tuttle Ames Police Department for ames, the data shows a 56 percent drop in Violent Crime over five years. There was only one police say the study justifiable due to selfdefense. 21 23 59 ive lived here for 30 Violent Crime was ever a problem. Debbie lee oak to riverside neighborhood leader debbie lee is the leader for the oak to riverside neighborhood association. She credits the Police Department for being proactive by forming Close Relationships with the citys neighborhoods for the low crime rate. 21 24 37 progress willing to be creative and try neighborhood leader those different approaches include training landlords to keep crime out of their apartments, meeting with students every fall at iowa state university, and providing resource officers to neighborhoods. 11 47 42 i credit this very much to the leadership in the Police Department, that has. Been working very hard on being a proactive rather than a reactive situation. Mayor ann campbell ames commander you have a low Violent Crime rate, you can focus your energy on preventative measures to do that, and we have the time to do that, we can get into the neighborhoods, work with some of solve specific problems in our neighborhoods. Commander jason tuttle Ames Police Department with plans to add another Police Officer to the force next year. The Ames Police Department says its doubling while reports of homicides are in Ames Police Say sexual assaults for the city are above the national average. Which t