viewing area, but will improve in a few hours as the snow tracks away from us. this graphic shows the warmest temps you will see the rest of the day.. the stay strong today with falling the snow stops... but then picks up again overn many of the roads still need to be cleared for the morning drive. storm track seven's amanda gilbert joins us live in waterloo... she can show what it's like outside right now. ally- right now it's snowing a lot than it was yesterdrdy morning... visibility is pretty low.. but it doesn't feel that t old out... and the thing about this snow is it's a very dense making snowmen... take a look at some video of many main roads... bt ive been road right now.... ththbig thing i've noticed this morning driving to work.. is definately the roads though... we've got you covered live in waterloo... amanda gilbert... kwwl news. cities across eastern iowa told kwwl they aren't sure exactly when they will be plowing side and neighborhood roads.. they say they are going g o start with main roads.. once those are in good shape.. yesterday, we saw some strong winds and heavy snow hhre in iowa. this video taken just northeast of hazleton by one of our viewers -- danny murphy. as you can see not a lot of visibility in tt blizzard-l-lke conditions. a tornado touches down in alabama. i out trees and power lines. so far, only minor injuries have been reporored. parts of that state could see more severe weather today. voters reject a school bcnd vote for a new career and technical center. about 56-percent of the voters in waterloo said no. 44-percent were behind i -- so it fell far short of the 60-percent super majority needed to pass. the goal of the center was to give students the opportunity for more specialized training in a specific field. the hope was -- that would hel improve the districtcts graduation rate, but it still are killing us. our property tax i had six children that went to had to leave here to get good jobs." in other school votes: denver voters approvemore than seven-million dlars for new athletic facilties. about 65-percent the voters said yes. they had said no to the same project last june. in the college community district, voters approve a bond to pay for extra classoom space and security. a ssilar referendum failed last year by just 58 votes. and in springville...voters say yes to an elementary school addition. the bond will pay for nine new classrooms nd a multi-purpose om. continuing coverage -- a man is sentenced to 25 years in prison joshua dunt pleaded guilty to vehiculaa homicide and driving under the influence of perscription drugs. this after a crash killed warren van wie dunt apologized to warren's family. lori franklin- "i can't forgive yet. i ill work free is if i forgive him but i just can't yet." she hopes to raise awareness about the dangers of driving under the influence of perscripton drugs. a committee is scheduled to hold a hearing in washington on the safe drinking water act in flint, michigan. the city's tap water was contaminated with lead after the source switched from detroit to the flint river. that happened in 2014... a cost-cutting move while thh city was under state financial management. bill cosby is in court asking a jud to dismiss a sexual assault case against him. he has been charged withh felony for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. expected to rule on whether to throw out the case. ononman is in critical condition following an officer-involved shooting in a park. this happened in indiana. police say the man messaged them on social media -- saying he wanted to meet them. when officers arrived, they found the man standing with a gun. officers claim they told the man to drop the gun, but he pointed it at them instead. that's why it kind of raised make sure nothing happened to e of their guyssor be caught off guard. it's just sort of a situation, so it was good practice on their part." the officers are now on "administrative duty"... which protocol forrthe department. in hawaii - a small plane makes a dramatic landing on water. take a look at this video. you can see the plane's front that's because it was having some chnical probllms with its landing gear. emergency crews were there to rescue the pilot as soon as he "it seemed like he was on the decided to put it in the water. myself." the pilot was the only person on board and fortunately, he was not hurt. we continue to get an early peek at many of the ads slated for this sunday's super bowl. ads that are costing advertisers upwards of 5 million dollars for each 30 second spot. this year appears to offer more of a trend toward humorous ads. and while laughs are, by no means, a risk-free way to go, they generally play well with the broad audience e super boww attraccs... "comedy is a safe haven for but when it falls flat, not so much. there's some risk, but in general, funny is a crowd pleaser for sure." :17 celebrities are also a bigger part of this year's super bowl ad collection...as of now, 33 celebrities are appearing.....versus speaking of the super bowl... the n- f-l has announced who will be singing the national anthem and it's... lady gaga! the singer's performance will be before the panthers and broncos kickoff. she'll be joined by actress marlee matlin -- who will be signing the ananhem. football fans have all kinds of unique ways of showing support for their teams. in honor of football's bigges weekend, jamie leary stops at a rebecca herberg is having kids this spring... 150 of them. goats of course. the only kind of kids the herbergs have time for these days. "and when they're born, they upvery second of the day. "first go round uses them for couple of weeks then we wash them and we put them on the next go round. you know...as long as everyone gets a sweater." the girls get orange and the boys of course get blue... "it looks like a bunch of broncos well... have won her "they're really a team you can be proud of and i love them. it's not so much that i'm a football fan as that i am a broncos fan nd how could yoyonot be?" a montana grizzly bear has to make a tough call. using two cakes with logos for the carolina panthers and denver broncos, "ozzy" made his super bowl prediction. he took a bite out of the broncos one. the last me ozzy picked the broncos, they ended up losing to the seahawks in super bowl-48... but the rest of his predictions have been right for the past several years. if you've ever been to a carolilia panthers home game... chances are you have seen this man... and he's now hoping to make his way out to meet "cat man." he's a die hard panthers fan that's never missed a game... including th ones played clemson before bank of america stadium was even finished! and now, fans asked if he would head over to the super bowl... "it makes me feel warm and responnibility.' aad with a great show of love also comes a great show of responsibility back to reciprocate that love." a go fund me page setup for hhm has already passed 73- hundred dollars... and he hopes to make it to california because that's where the fans want him to be. it's coming up on today in iowa.... first comes crawling, then a few baby steps and then shredding it on the slopes. plus... police have come up with number of drones... the mighty eagle. area roads are still partially to completely covered with a new slushy snowfall from this morning. there will be improvement today, up. . "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. this is today in iowa." (vo) want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase? at enterprise, we guarantee it. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast stormtrack 7 weather team: fell yesterday... here are a couple of photos that were sent in to us... most of us got 1 to 5" of snow or an inch or so of sleet (in the southern n counties). that came in so far mostly from yesterday... not including the latest numbers...we will see a w more snow showers today after this last round tracks through and the winds will stay strong bringing falling temperatures. this relatively narrow band of snow on the radar isis a very sticky, slussy snow that will cause travel and walking problems for a few hours as it tracks through. we will end up with another inch or so of snow... lighter to the south as more rain mixes in. but is is coating the roads, so roads will be an ssue for the first part of the da. snowowow cams show some of the road conditions out there this morning. and stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will show snow thths morning and m my keep a few snowflakes around today. right now, visibilities are down and will improve as the line of snow tracks away from us later this the rest of the day as colder air will track into the state. winds are already up to 30 mph out west and gusting higher.. they will stay strong today and die down through the evening. this storm system will track away and we will have a weak system track to our north tomorrow that may queeze out a few flurries, but we shouldn't see much more accumulation after this latest bad tracks through. winds will stay strong today and temperatures will continue to fall with a few snow showers off and on. cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late... and a few flurries tomorrow with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. we will keep a few flurries in the area through at least friday with another round of snow possible sunday night through monday.y. out a few flurries, but we shouldn't see much more accumulation after this latest bad tracks through. winds will stay strong today and temperatures will continue to fall with a few snow showers off and on. cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late... and a fefeflurries tommrrow with hiihs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. we will keep a few flurries in the area through at least friday with another round of snow possible sunday night right now we're taking a closer look at the snow outside. we're takinin a live look off of i- 380 in cedar rapids. if you are driving out this an iowa man is sharing his incredible story of urvival after treading eeremely cold water. it happened over the weekend in bettendorf. the owner let his dog off her leash, when found her in a neighbor's pond. he tried grabbed a ladder to reach his dog... but it tipped over and sunk, leaving both stuck in the police. "once i saw a human being, i minutes." "i did what a lot of people or paramedics, a lot of our veterans would do today. every one of them would do the same thing." police say the lesson to take away from his story is to be call for help. but at 14 onths, a littltl girl is learning to shred on a snowboard. check this out. her parents started her off in their backyard in utah... and now, she's hitting the slopps. the baby's parents say she loves it. it's coming up on today in iowa.... the world's most popular messaging app just hit a major milestone.. but many in the u.s. haven't heard of it. plus... people let me tell you 'bout my beeeeeest friend... for one man, it's a squirrel. stay with k-w-w-l, we've got you coveveed. expected. industry analysts preddcted up to a 3-and-a-half percent year-to- year drop in auto sales in january after much of the u.s. dealt with winter storms. but overall sales totals matched january last year, with s-uuv sales leading the industry. the biggest winner of the big- three auto makers was fiat-chrysler with a nearly 7- percent increase. a messaging service called "whats app" just reached one-b-bllion active users, making it the most used in the world. one-billion represents one in you may not know "whats app" because the far majority of its users are outside theheu.s. yyu can make phone calls, send text messages, share location information, images, video and other data across any smartphe platform. the app delivers an astonishing 42- billion messages a day. boy scouts jump into action following a boating accident. a boy and his father hit something in the water and both towards them "all that first aid training i came in handy at that time??" oh yes it did, very handy because otherwise i ouldn't havv known what to do." the seven year old boy and his father were taken to the hospital.... the child is still there in the intensive care unit. a zoo has a new baby giraffe. the new baby was born in greenville, south carolina yesterday, zookeepers say the mother, autumn, gave birtrt tuesday morning without any complications. physical exam to determine sex, height and weight. now let's take a live look at the zoo's giraffe cam. the zoo is offering a chance to name the new baby for those who want to contribute a donation.. police in tte netherlands want to use eagles to take out ones. they're testing out eagles that target the devices that ssme consider a nuisance. the bald eagles have been trained to swoop in and neatly dispose of them. the dutch company that came up with the idea calls them a "low tech solution for a high tech problem." this time, it is not a cat or a dog that is a man's best frienen...but a squirrel. a man living in poland found the furry animal under a tree when it was verysmall and on the verge of dying. so he decided to help the little squirrel and took him homentil it recovered. now he has an unusual two-year- often seen walking in the park together. here's a live look at storm track seven meteororoogist eileen loan has your storm track 7 fo so, let me get this straight -- u.s. cellular has the phone you're looking for, a network that's built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys don't, and 6 gigs for only $40 a month. that's a lot less than verizon and at&t. so, why on earth would you ever go with one of those other guys?? switch to u.s. cellular now and get 6 gigs of data for $40 a month plus get $300 back. with another check of your storm track seven forecast. snow showersrsost of the day along with windy conditions and falling temperatures. flurries tomorrow and friday with mainly in iowa." now on today in iowa -- results of school bond votes in eastern iowa - including ne waterloo. this morning -- reaction after voters reject those plans. plus after the iowa caucuses -- the focus shifts to another state, but there's still a buzz abouu what happened here on monday night. teenager is surprised with a mail fleet in his honor. good morning, i'm ally crutcher. and i'm jerry gallagher. storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seveveforecast. a slushy snowowall continues to rotate through the area this morning coating area roads with a sticky, slushy is also reducing visibilities as it tracks through the viewing area, but will improve in a few hours as the snow tracks way from us.. this graphic shows the warmest temps you will see the rest of the day.. the winds are turning to the northwest and have picked up to 25 mph already. they will statastrong today with falling temperatures and we may see a few more be as problematic as yesterday or early this morning's snows. we will have a few flurries in n he forecast... i'll have that coming up in a few minutes. the winter storm is still here this morning.... with a new round of snow on the road. many of the roads still need to be the northwest and have picked up to 25 mph already. they will stay strong day with falling temperatures and we may see a few more snow showers, but they will not be as problematic as yesterday or the winter storm is still here this morning.... with a new round of snow on the road. many of the roads still need to be cleared for the morning drive. let's go to storm track seven's amanda gilbert... she joins us this morning... especially on my way to work... is the roads. i'm going to step out of the way so you can looks like this... they have at least a thin layer of snow on them... and still need to be plowed... neighborhood and side roads especially... here's some video of the storm in downtown waterloo earlier this morning... now i have been seei plows out... cities across eastern iowawaell me if you wake up this morning and your neighborhood or side road is hard to get out of... it's because a lot of these main roads still need work on them and need to b b cleared... i've been speaking with police across eastern iowa... they say they have been seei a lot of minor accidents because of this storm , so it is important to be careful and cautious while driving. we've got you covered live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert... if you would like to see any cancellations or delays ... you can see those on our website at kwwl dot com. plans r a new career and technical center will have to go on the shelf for now. waterloo voters reject a school bond vote. about 56-percent of the voters said no. 44-percent weee behind it ----so it fell far short of the 60-percent super majority needed to pass. the goal of the 35-million dollar career centerwas to give students more specializzd training in a specific field. the hope was -- that would help improve the district's graduation rate -- which is about 74- percent... "we will always do what is right kids. we will go back and look everything we can to help the kids of waterloo." the 47-million dollar plan also included renovations to east and west gh schools. in other school votes: denver voters approved more than seven-million dollars for new athletic facilties. about 65-percent of the voters said yes. they had said no to the same project last june. in the college community district, voters approve a bond to pay for extra classroom space and security. a similar referendum failed last year by just 58 vovoes. and in springville... voters get behind an addition to the elementary school. it will pay for nine new clasrroms and a multi-purpose room. the time now is a man is behind bars -- accused of attacking a woman with a hammer. christopher gruver has been charged. home on v avenue in hawkekee and hit the woman, before being stopped by several people. he also had warrants through fayette county on theft charges. he's bing held in the fayette county jail. todaais the 57th anniversary of "the day the music died." on this day in 19- 59, rock and roll legend buddy holly was killed when his plane slammed into an iowa cornfield in a snow storm. teen idol ritchie valens and dj "the big bopper" died with him. the plane crashed just minutes after taking off. decision 2016 coverage: it feels like the intensity just went up a notch thanks to iowa. hillary clinton fresh off her.. now official win is in new hampshire. so is donald trump trying to regain his spot as the new hampshire is one of the smallest states in the "i'm pretty excited about where we are because i believe the crack in donald trump's armor. he finished second in iowa to senator ted cruz. senatr marco rubio surprised everyone almost "we got the biggest vote ever in the history of a primary in iowa political experts credit cruz's incredible ground game for the win in iowa "we're going to continue doing what we did in iowa here on the meanwhile senator bernie sanders says he raised $3 million dollars in donations since his moral victory in iowa. "if we reach out to our friends our neighbors our co-workers, if we bringgut large numbbrs of people, we are going to win next tuesday!!!" "my judgment and my commitment and determination to serve you will win your support. please come out and support me next tuesday." "this is the first in the nation primary, nnbody takes thaha responsibility more seriously than granite staters" clinton trails sanders in recent new hampshire polls by but she hopes to turn that around. hillary clinton senator bernie sanders lead. she decided to ssay and try to o lose the gap before next tuesday. edward lawrence nbc news washington. meantime --- ben carson calals it dirty poliics -- and he's not happy about it. iowa congressman steve king -- a ted cruz supporter -- tweeted on monday -- "carson looks likeke he is out. iowans need to know before they vote. most will go to cruz, i hope." king says the tweet came after a c-n-n report said carson would take a break ffllowing the caucuses. the report did not say carson was dropping out. that created confusion at some caucus sites. i made the case for ben carson rson was dropping out of the race aa that they shouldnt waste their vote on him, they should vote for cruz instead.' carson says -- whoever is loose from the cruz campaign. "i just think there nees to be responsibility and consnsquences, what keeps thhs from continuing to happen? cruz ----who won the ggp caucuses on monday night -- has apologized. carson accepted it -- but questions whether there is a deeper "cultural issue" with cruz's campaign. donald trump's decision to skip the last gop debate in iowa might've cost him. he says it could be one reason why he finished in second place if i had to do it again i would do the exact same thing and you hour. so if i took a 2nd place long. ttmp finished second behind cruz both clinton and sanders say they would take obamacare even further. expect that to be a big debate as we move closer to november. yesterday, republicans tried to override the president's veto of a bill that woulddve repealed key parts of obamacare. the vote fell short of the two- thirds needed to override the president's veto. the bill also would have stripped federal money from planned parenthood. gop house leaders knew they would lose this round -- but they're hoping to use the issue to convince voters to elect a republican president. the university of iowa is now ooking for it. the goat got out of a carrier at an iowa research facility last week. this picture does not show the one that's missing, but it does look similar. the university says based on sightings this week, the goat may be headed to housing developments and farms in north liberty. a post office pulls off a special delivery. andrew donovan ells us a teenager was surprised with a mail fleet in his honor. matthew watkins waits for the mail to come every when he looked today -- the entire bayberry bunch. a full fleet -- and matthew is their first- class fan. "we would go take pictures at "we just park next to the gate, and he just looks in and take pictures on his ipad." "we go to almost every house every single day, we know these matthew for eight months. the his mail hirts, his mail hats." bed, getting him to dd his exercii or take his medicine, we got all that done first and then we got him to be happy for a while." what would mmil trucks be without packaggs? "this is the postmaster of liverpool. oh my gosh." "here's a nice sash with your you told me you're the mail man, remember? do you want this seccnd shirt a perfect fit -- matt wants the post office to be his profession. "he's not dened by his disease, e wasn't always like stronger every day." neither snow, nor rain, nor heat stops the post office. neither leukemia will stop matthew. the time is we still have a lot to get to the highlights coming up. plus, you can't hear the music... but just seeing the video is enough. this is an elevator ride one deputy may never live down. area roads are still partially to completely covered with a new improvement today, but it may take awhile. i'll have more coming up. "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered! with "now yo storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen (vo) with thousands of quality pre-owned vehicles... and exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weaththr team: it was a beautiful snow that fell yesterday... here ar a couple of photos that were sent in o us... most t f us got 1 to 5" of snow or an inch or so of sleet (in the southern counties). here are some other snow reports thdt came in so far mostly from yesteray... not including the latest numbers...we will see a few more snow showers today after this last round tracks through and the strong bringing falling temperatures. this relatively narrow band of snow on the radar is a very sticky, slushy snow that will cause travel and walking problems for a few hours as it tracks through. we will end up with another inch or so of snow... lighter to the south as more rain mixes in. but is is coating the roads, so roads will bban issue for the first part of the day. snowplow cams show some of the road conditions out there this morning. and stormtrack7 live weather network cameras will show snow this morning and may keep a few snowflakes around today. right now, visibilities are down and will improve as the line of snow tracks away from us later this morning. current temps are the warmest they will be the rest of the day as colder air will track into the state. winns are already up to 30 mph out west and gusting higher.. they will stay strong today and die down through the track away and we will have a weak system track to our north tomorrow that may squeeze out a few flurries, but we shouldn't see much more accumulation after this latest bad tracks through. winds will stay strong today and temperatures will continue to fall with a few snow showers off and on. cold tonight with the gusty winds dying down late... and a few flurries tomorrow with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. we will keep a few flurries in the area through at least friday with another round of snow possible sunday night through monday. let's take another look at the roads conditions outside. right now we're taking a live look out of waterloo off of u-s 218. storm system will track away and we will have a weak system track to our north tomorrow that may squeeze out a few flurries, but we shouldn't see much more through. winds will stay strong today and temperatures will continue to fall with a few snow showers off and on. cold tonight 20s to mid 30s. we will keep a let's take another look at the let's take another look at the roads conditions outside. right now we're taking a live look out of waterloo off of u-s 218. schools in waterloo and cedar falls will be closed this morning. this may be the longest putt we've ever seen by a golfer. but it doesn't happen on a green. and if it goes in -- it's worth thousands of dollars for someone else. plus, law enforcement's finest... moves. to protect, serve and boogie -- when no one's watching. good thing, the elevator has a camera to see this deputy dance. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in atkins, central city, dysart and all of eastern iowa non-conference game on saturday -- but last night -- they were looking for their fifth conference win in a row. cyclones hosting 14th ranked west virgina -- 3 and oh all time at home against the mountaineers. iowa state started strong -- deonte burton -- right there -- cyclones up 13 early -- but foul trouble and turnovers get west viriginia back in it. rare loss in hilton t-- cyclones fall 81 to 76. p-g-a golfer stewart cink has made a few clutch putts in his career -- but never one like this. at the half of a college basketball game in atlanta, he sinks a 94-foot putt -- that's the full length of the court. he wasn't showing off -- just dollar scholarship for a student. an elevator keeps breaking down inside a sheriff's office... so they put a camera inside to get a better look. what they saw instead -- was a deputy's dance moves. a colorado break -- only when their boss shows up. what an incredible moment this after a little girl received a new heart from a baby boy. as you might imagine -- an emotional meeting, with the boy's mother receiving a build-a-bear with a recording of the donated heart beating inside the little girl. not that long ago -- she was fighting for her life and in need of a heart transplant. around the same time, a little boy died. his organs were donated and she was chosen to receive his heart. it's hard to describe that she would be so selfless to be able to think of another family while she's going through her grief. the only thing i could think of, was i can't save my own son, why not save someone else's why not save somebody else's child? they met in phoenix. across the country, tens of thousands of people are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. it's you'r watching today in iowa on forecast. snow showers most of the day along with windy conditions and falling temperatures. flurries tomorrow and friday with mainly cloudy skies continuinggthrough the weekend. there are many sides to basketball star an fashion icon russell westbrook. and with coverage in the middle of anywhere from u.s. cellular, he can find some new ones. like, farmer. paleontologist. hashtag t-rex. park ranger. where am i? and t.v. spokesperson. that's my line. i got it. with u.s. cellular, you can do all the things you like, from the middle of anywhere. that is my line! facilities,,ther districcs now trying to come up with a new plan...following school bond votes. plus...donald trump thinks he knows why he came in second place in iowa...but the big question...would he go bacac and do things differentlyy and a post office fan gets a big suprise from the people he respects so much here's live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today is .