the state closed the clarinda mental health institute seven months ago. since that time, most of the facility has been empty. while many say the grounds are impressive, there have been no and that leaves a town with a large parcel of empty property. candidates are gone, it's time to count up the cash. officials are starting to look at the economic impact of the iowa caucuses. our chief political reporter cynthia fodor has the latest. cynthia: steve, local businesses that usually see a slowdown in january are starting off the year with a big bump in their bank accounts. this bed and breakfast on grand is usually empty in january. this year, it was filled with reporters from all over the world. lauren: media from netherlands, austria. new york and california. cynthia: lauren smith could see the impact on the local economy through her guests, who were out shopping and spending at local restaurants. lauren: there's an economic multiplier. it's phenomenal. and it's great business for us. cynthia: the des moines convention and business bureau estimates $10 mill

clarinda's austin gutknecht, ranked 6th gets the escape. he'd go on to win 2-1 in the 2nd tiebreak. 145, top-ranked bryce leshen of albia would take down winterset's justin smith, 9-3. 152, green county's tommy bradshaw ranked 2nd grabs the win over #10 wes cummings of pcm-monroe, 11-3. 160 pounds, a-d- m's zach johnston ranked 2nd moves on with the 11-4 decision. up to 170, #1 chase shlits of creston/om, flips over perry's eli saemisch for the pin! 182 pounds, 3rd ranked daniel sommerlot of pocahontas stays unbeaten with the 8-0 major decision. same class, #2 jj clark of clarinda with a tough draw against #10 sam mathis of roland-story. clark though period to advance. and finally up to 285, defending champ carter isley of aliba, makes quick work of john mcconkey of atlantic with the pin 1:25 in. he's one of 36 wrestlers to advance in 2a. "wrestlers recap wins in first round of state tournament." now to 3a-- jordan furbee has the highlights of the afternoon. "we kick things off at 106 pounds, 4th ranked kobey pritchard of indianola. wrestle

he was also his cellmate at a prison in clarinda. both were diagnosed with cancer last year. they were transferred to i-m- c-c when it became clear there wasnt much more doctors could do. david is still receiving george, who has liver cancer, the radiation made him too sick. george says he has no regrets. treatment... and he doesnt regret committing the crime that resulted in a 45-year sentence. he says she abused him... broke his legs when he was a toddler... and told anything. theyd let him. sentence. he says he was ready to die behind bars when he walked into prison 36-years ago... and he still is. 'just ready.' .so is george. theyre well aware most people want nothing to do with them. their own families have shunned them. not kim jeraco. she oversees the hospice program, which was launched in 2002. it is funded through donations and fundraisers. the goal - she views herself as a facilitator between staff, in charge of things like security and administering medications, and volunteers who provide emotional and physical comfort. jon schiefer is one of those volunteers, all

it happened near i-35 north of ames while on their way to a correctional facility in clarinda. that's when the juvenile escaped, hitched a ride, and ended up several miles down the road. authorities young man. the story county sheriff's office is now investigating the incident. the numbers have changed. for the first time in months there's a new frontrunner in the republican race. "the sound you're hearing is the sound of screams coming from washington, d.c." "i think somebody at the wall street journal doesn't like me." that's ted cruz, announcing his two-point lead over donald trump in the ted cruz, announcing his two-point lead over donald trump in the latest nbc wall street journal poll. statistically it's a tie, but trump is down 7 and cruz is up 8 points just two days before south carolina's primary. and senator marco rubio picked up the most coveted endorsement in south carolina ahead of the primary. he got the backing of the state's popular governor, nikki haley. she told a crowd at an outdoor rally that the republicans had many good people running for president.. but s

property.the state closed the 128-year-old clarinda mental & health institue more than seven months ago.now the sprawling building remains empty.governor branstad labeled the site outdated and inefficient.a bill that would have kept the building traction at the state house during the last legislative session.community members are now working to find occupants for the former hospital. developing tonight - new details detailsabout the tactics used by ted cruz's campaign during the iowa republican caucus.the cruz camp sent an e-mail to caucus-leaders telling them to push ben carson supporters to caucus for cruz.the emails left the impression that carson was suspending his campaign after iowa. now, two voice-mails have surfaced it left the impression that carson was suspending his campaign. two voicemails support that. >> he's checking out. [ inaudible ] >> initially, cnn reported carson was taking time off the campaign trail after washington. what that information was steve king working for the cruz campaign. >>> cnn did report that carson was not dropping out of the race but by then the e dam

transport officer and the juvenile stopped at a southbound rest area on i-35 to a correctional facility in clarinda. that's when the juvenile escaped, several miles down the road...near mile marker 116 after the car that picked him up broke down. 10:13:24-- they pulled in to use the facilities at the rest area and i believe upon exiting out of the facilities the juvenile male took off running and hopped into a car and that car left with that male.' 10:27:21 'i was talking to him in the back he was like yeah, im just on my way out of town man, he was like im just trying to get to safe spot, im like alright. authorities later apprehended the young man. the story county sheriff's office is now investigating the incident. so far no charges have been filed. police say they've made an arrest in a 6-month fatal hit and run investigation. 37-year old ronald hauser of van meter turned himself into police on tuesday. he is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and o-w-i. west des moines police found 21- year-old daulton holly dead in the 6- thousand block of raccoon river investiga

and there's clarinda today at 54 degrees. the warmth is going to start todaying our way tomorrow. that's called warm [ indiscernible ] it is causing clouds and we'll have to deal with some of those during the night time hours tonight. not a big issue because it's going to keep the temperatures from falling and here on out, we should be steady on our readings. the big warm up gets underway tomorrow. by friday afteoon, temperatures around eastern iowa should range around 50 in the north to 60 degrees in the south. there is going to be a lot of wind, especially on friday. we could see winds that gust over 40 miles per hour. that will take a little of the here's the temperatures. it's 32 in iowa city and washington. also thatatsame temperature tonight in tama. i want to take you right out to the western u.s. that works its way cross the countrtr you can see how it's tapping into southwesterly winds. this trough has been bringing us the cold temperatures here recently, gets kicked off to the nortrtast. you can see the warm air that's been building to the south of us. it's going to make

he was also his cellmate at a prison in clarinda. both were diagnosed with cancer last year. they were transferred to i-m- c-c when it became clear there much more doctors could do. david is still receiving chemo... george, who has liver cancer, has refused treatment. he says the radiation made him too sick. george says he has no regrets. he doesnt regret ending treatment... and he doesnt regret committing the crime that resulted in a 45-year sentence. he says she abused him... broke his legs when he was a toddler... and told him hed never amount to anything. he says hed do it again if theyd let him. david is serving a life he says he was ready to die behind bars when he walked into prison 36-years ago... and he still is. 'just ready.' .so is george. theyre well aware most people want nothing to do with them. their own families have shunned them. not kim jeraco. she oversees the hospice program, which was launched in 2002. it is funded through donations and she views herself as a facilitator between staff, in charge of things like security and administering medications, and v

the state closed the clarinda mental health institute seven months ago. since then, most of the facility has been empty. while many say the grounds are takers willing to move in, leaving the town with a large parcel of empty property. still ahead on kcci, super bowl 50 is almost here. the ongoing celebrations, and how super bowl city is handling all the people. plus, the players aren't the only ones facing off. 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. russell's brussels. russell speaking. 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. frank: good saturday morning, welcome back, 5:43. we have some good as this morning -- good news these morning -- this morning, temperatures will be feeling great. carroll close to 30 and knoxville at 25. the wind today will not be that strong. it will be a nice day to be outs

clarinda, 70-degree and omaha, council bluffs- i think i w be near 40 and winds will be evelated at 20 to 30 mileper hour. temperatures will warm up tomorrow afternoon into the 50s across eastern iowa... but its because of the strong rise. there is a wind advisory posted for tomorrow starting at 6 in the morning. winds will be sustained 20 to 35 miles per hoururith gusts as high as 45. some gusts could get up to 50 miles per hour. temperatures will be well above average over the next couple of days. the weather stays prettytyalm with no chance for rain or snow in your extended foreast. temperatures will stay near 50 through the weekend... temperatures stay above average and above freezing thank you terry, and the warm up reminds us that spring break is just around the corner. for families looking to save a little money, parenting magazine is releasing a list of great *staycation ideas to enjoy with the kids. these ten ideas are meant to bring a family together while exploring things you havent done before. not usually outdoors? maybe you should give fishing or swimming a try together?

story county sheriffs say they were transporting a juvenile inmate from eldora to a facility in clarinda, when things went down hill fast. it happened around two o'clock yesterday afternoon... the transport officer stopped at a rest area just north of ames... and the inmate made a run for it. 10:14:39-53 'he ran from this interstate area, from the ditch, and you can back here he ran into the field and im not sure how far into the field he was but he certainly was out of sight from the interstate.' he eventually ended up some 3 or 4 miles down the road... and was picked up by a car, that later broke down, leading to his capture. the incident remains under investigation. iowa lawmakers are making moves to curb racial profiling among police. today a bill focused on just that is expected to pass a senate committee allowing for further debate. it would provide officer training on profiling, create a community advisory board, and standardize how data is collected on every stop an officer makes. supporters say racial profiling has become an "explosive issue" nationally and it can no longer be i

david freeman is georges cellmate at a prison in clarinda. both were diagnosed with cancer last year. they were transferred to i-m- c-c when it became clear there wasnt much more doctors could do. george, who has liver cancer, the radiation made him too sick. george says he has no regrets. he doesnt regret ending treatment... and he doesnt regret committing the crime that resulted in a 45-year sentence. he says she abused him... broke his legs when he was a toddler... and told him hed never amount to anything. he says hed do it again if theyd let him. sentence. he says he was ready to die behind bars when he walked into prison 36-years ago... and he still is. 'just ready.' .so is george. theyre well to do with shunned them. she oversees the hospice program, which was launched in 2002. it is funded through donations and fundraisers. the goal - she views herself as a facilitator between staff, in charge of things like security and administering medications, and volunteers who provide emotional and physical comfort. jon schiefer is one of those

we talked out of 53 degrees here i want to point out, down near clarinda, where the big band sound originated, near 70 degrees. 49 degrees right now. wind chill, 45, southeast winds. day planner will start out in the 40's. 51 by 9:00. winds will be stronger tomorrow. noon, 59. 3:00 p.m. temperatures, 64 degrees. 57 at the clock p.m.. the records for tomorrow, record high, 70 in 1930. if we hit 64, that would be the second warmest february 19. 61 in 1994. here those highs across the state. it will be cooler to the north, still more snow there and a little bit of cloud cover. 56, fort dodge, 55 waterloo. 64 and mid-60's in the morning. -- we have those clouds in the -- for the good portion of the day. these clouds in a frontal boundary that will move through with no precipitation. it will drive up the winds. the system. comes through early. we will have strong, west winds behind this. that is why we have a wind advisory in effect for tomorrow. it now includes polk county. a goes into effect at 6:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m.. the wind advisory could give us gusts around 45 miles per hour. here is f

there's collar ring -- clarinda. a mild tuesday coming up around here as temperatures pop back into the 40s. but as a storm system develops southwestward and moves east that will bring windy, colder conditions for that time frame. it will stay nice and dry upcoming weekend. so as we go to our temperatures right now, reading in the 30s in the north. 36 degrees in charles city and decora. there's oelwein at 37 but you get further south, cedar rapids, not too shabby, 43 in iowa city. as we go to the satellite tonight, you can see some south and this is a system getting organized over the southwest and is going to actually track off to the east over us so we will not be impacted by the precipitation but this will be a pretty stout storm system as it heads up through the ohio valley. it will produce some accumulating snows to the east of us and we'll get in on strong winds around here. this is the precipitation forecast through the week and you can see while we're dry in eastern iowa, it starts to rain or snow to the sout

the economic development board hired a private consultant to help towns like clarinda. governor branstad closed a mental hospital there recently, claiming it was outdated.. officials say that building could be particularly tough to refill, because it's 128 years old. the consultant is costing the state nearly 250 thousand dollars... it'll come from a federal community development fund. residents of warren county have had it with the condition of the roads there... folks say they dangerous and the county needs to fix them. the county engineer blames the weather and says his department is operating on very limited funds. this is what the roads are like in warren county...large pot holes, no gravel but lots of mud, and impassable conditions. 19:01:17--29 'look at this, here on 140th ave, where warren county meets polk county, things are really bad. the conditions are difficult to walk through, let alone drive through.' just ask the people that drive on the roads every day.... 19:05:05--14 'on the bottom of this hill, the bump, the holes are really bad. you have to slow dow

but no details have been released, a juvenile being transported from the state facility in eldora to clarinda tries to escape. it happened yesterday afternoon... the officer taking him stopped 'he ran from this interstate area, from the ditch, and you can see the field he was but he certainly was out of sight from the interstate.' the suspect was eventually caught. what happened. there was another escape a man escaped from the correctional facility in newton. he spent a little more than a day on the run and was captured at an apartment building in des moines. the deparment of corrections is investigating how easy it was for him to up and leave....finding he walked out to an outside rec area, walked to the drvieway where his girlfriend was waiting, and then they drove off. this morning, an eastern iowa school principal is off the job. o-w-i. amber dietz is the principal at kingsley elementary school in waterloo. she was arrested friday on the corner of hillcrest and ridgeway in black hawk county. court records show she had a blood alcohol level of point-159. a spokesperson for the waterloo sch

a young man who was being moved from a facility in eldora to clarinda academy tried to escape yesterday near ames. an officer was taking him to a correctional facility when they stopped at a rest area. that's when the suspect took off running and hopped into a car, ending up 3 to 4 miles down the road... back here he ran into the field the interstate.' the suspect was eventually caught. officers are still investigating happened. crews have to clean up a fuel spill that made its way into the coralville reservoir. the d-n-r says a semi rolled along i-380 monday just south of cedar rapids. it leaked about 36 hundred gallons of de-icing fluid and 50 gallons of gasoline. the de-icer is bright green and can discolor the water. booms were placed in the creek to recover the deisel fuel. a car accident in a los angeles suburb killed one person and knocked out power to hundreds. first responders say a truck slammed into a power pole and caused several transformers it was holding to come crashing down on the vehicle. more than 200 people were without power. two police officers are charged with sex

one wrestler to watch who lost eric: jake childs wrestles for clarinda in southwest iowa. and he competes with only one leg. childs was 6 when a lawn mower badly damaged his leg. he's now 13 and with the help of his coaches he's doing pretty well. >> he figured his angles out, how to use his long arms and everything to his advantage >> jake has always been a hard worker. he gives us 100% in practice everyday. jake childs: i probably can't do a lot of stuff, but i try my best. eric: great inspiration. jake also plays baseball and football. shaina: we wanted to show you one of the sweetest videos we have seen in a while. a 6-year-old girl knew her big brother wanted a hamster more than anything. so she decided to spend her birthday money to get one for him and here's what happened when she surprised him. >> it's a hamster, i paid for eric: i love that. shaina: i cannot handle it. you can see he just burst into happy tears there and hugged his little sister. daniel had been doing extra chores, but abigail told their parents she wanted to surprise him because he had been worki

even down through corny and back through clarinda. this is tracking off to the south east. it will look into the metro it is still a couple of hours away from here. the wind has really settle down problem. the wind chill is at nine degrees. snow believe moving into the metro by this morning and we will end up 2.5-1 inch of snow. it will stake: today with the wind but cold in the teens. china is reporting its first a man who recently traveled to venezuela contracted it. he was confirmed as having zika on tuesday but his temperature is now normal and skin rash is receding. officials say the virus is highly unlikely to spread in china due to low winter temperatures and a lack of mosquito activity. meanwhile, here in the u.s., the obama administration says it does not want to use money provided to fight the ebola virus to combat zika. obama is now asking for more than $1.8 million in funding to fight the zika virus. the ferguson, missouri city council has agreed to most of the proposals in a settlement with the u.s. justice department. it would reform the city's courts and poli

jake childs wrestles for clarinda in southwest iowa. and he competes with only one leg. childs was 6 when a lawn mower badly damaged his leg. his coaches, he is doing pretty well. >> he figured his angles out, figured out how to use his long advantage. >> jake has always been a hard worker. he gives us 100% in practice everyday. >> i probably can't do a lot of eric: that is awesome, just the effort is pretty inspiring. jake also plays baseball and football. elizabeth: jake childs can probably draw some inspiration himself from kobey pritchard of indianola. he lost his leg to cancer in 2005 and he made the state tournament this year. shaina: wanted to show you one of the sweetest videos we've seen in awhile. this is really cute. a 6-year-old girl knew her big brother wanted a hamster more than anything. so she decided to spend her birthday money to get one for him and here's what happened when she surprised him. >> it's a hamster, i paid for it. eric: so cute. shaina: the embrace lasts so he just burst into happy tears and hugged his little sister for a very long time. da