Win ne 510anks kaj. President ial candidates donald trump and Hillary Clinton proved the polls were right with big wins on super tuesday. The other candidates have not dropped out of the race at least not to this point. The Associated Press has declared Hillary Clinton the winner in 7 states from super tuesday results. She now has 544 delegates. A democratic candidate needs 2,383 to win. Bernie sanders won in 4 states. He has 349 delegates. Donald trump has taken 7 states. He now has 285 delegates, and he would need 1,237 to texas, oklahoma, and alaska and now has 160 delegates. Marco rubio won in minnesota and is at 87 delegates. John kasich and ben carson remain low in the delegate count. Despite trumps continuing lead for the republican nomination, the competitors finishing behind trump are not stepping aside in the chase. The Ohio Governor kasich says he is confident he will win his own state. While rubio and cruz say dropping out isnt encouraged at this point. It is my hope as rep
House and in Dubuque County. Dubuque county auditor denise dolan says even with this many candidates, the appointment process is stl much cheaperhan estimates that payers about 50 thousand dollars. She says interviewing all 26 candidates is doing due diligence. The committee will select just one candidate after they deliberate on monday. Will we come to a consensus fairly quickly . I dont know. I think it will depend on the interviews. Auditor dolan says the last time a supervisor died while in office was, llyod hayes in 1987. That time, the Committee Also appointed a replacement usg the same interview method. And just five people e plied for the position. That process took just one day. Live in dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. If the Committee Appoints someone who Dubuque County people arent happy with, they can petition for a special election. Th this story on kcrg dot com. Ainsworth voters have about two hoururleft to cast their ballots in a special election for a new city cou
Pressure on us, getting an adequate agreement on Education Funding early in this session. Hogg and other lawmakers also want to see progress on cleaning up iowas polluted waterways, oversight on the states move toward privatized medicaid services, and more emphasis on helping small business. 29 43 weve become too focused on one thing only, and thats agriculture. We need to diversify even more. And that helps if we help those young people and people going through life changes in a startup situation for a business. In des moines, brady smith, kcrg tv 9 news. For the first time in history, a woman is leading the iowa house. Republican Linda Upmeyer from clear lake took over as iowas speaker of the house for the first time today. Upmeyer is taking the gavel from kraig paulsen, a republican from hiawatha who stepped down after last session. Three years ago, pam jochum became her partys first female Iowa Senate President , where she still serves. Between jochum and upmeyer, the Iowa Legislat
Warm front moves in tomorrow, which should help out in the temperatures as we head back into the 20s areawide. We are still on track for 30s on thursday after this, a system is still on track for friday and possibly a second one for saturday. In either case, we are too far out for any details on amounts or impacts. Well be watching this as we move forward. Stay warm out there today windy and cold high 28 winds nw 1530tonight partly cloudy low 42 winds w 515tomorrow m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 2026 winds s 515tomorrow night partly cloudy low 1622 winds sw 510 linn county Auditor Joel Miller says hes sorry the countys annual valuation report isnt ready. And that could impact your property taxes. He says system issues means the system wont produce a report he can approve. Cities, townships, and School Districts use the report to determine their yearly budgets. If that number is lower than the previous year, it could raise taxes. Miller says people have inquired about the system, and he w
Final state of the union address. Kcrgtv9s Washington Bureau chief Jacqueline Policastro looks into whats expected for the big speech. Right now were in statuary hall soon this place will be filled with television cameras. Thats because its the area just off the house floor, where president obama will deliver his state of the union address. The about what we need to do in the years to come and set the tone for his last year in office and for the next president one he hopes will be a democrat. Obama has shown he is willing to bypass congress and white house advisors have led on that his speech is really directed at the American Public this year. Some issues on the table climate change, closing guantanamo bay, gun control, and immigration among other things. The president will also likely highlight what he thinks are his biggest achievements of the past 7 years. After the speech the president already has plans. Obama will sell his state of the union ideas on the road by heading to omaha,