Winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. As kccis Cynthia Fodor shows us, thats keeping body shops so busy, theyre almost working nonstop. Cynthia this entire garage is full of wrecked cars are lined up, waiting to be worked on. With so many accidents this winter, the auto body business is booming. Seems like coming in every 3648 hours periods. A lot of front end, rear end hits. All hands on deck. That is our goto word. Cynthia at scottys auto body, its one of the busiest times ever. Four snowfalls in two weeks means a steady stream of bended fenders, broken bumpers, and dented doors. Kurtis mayfield blames the timing of the blizzards. Kurtis it is literally happening around 1 00 or 2 00 in the afternoon, and people are trapped, having to get out in cynthia and weve had smaller amounts of snow more often. So far, this month . 7. 9 inches, only 12 days in, which is the average february snowfall for the entire month. This winter, were already nearly 3 inches above average, with another month and a half of snow to go. Inches that add up to dollars for mechanics. This time of year, make hay while the sun shines. Cynthia the caucuses last week brought more collisions. All six of these are rental cars driven by Campaign Staffers from d. C. Even though we iowans should know how to drive in the snow, mayfield still has this advice. Kurtis do not try to rush through it. These are the things you can do to move slower, but safer. Cynthia, so, if you get in an accident, you may have to kiss your car goodbye. One shop told me theyre already scheduled out for the next month. Cynthia fodor, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve the u. S. Office for civil rights says it is actively looking into allegations of gender bias in the university of iowa athletic department. The office is investigating bias allegations in 13 areas. They includes awards and and practice schedules. Investigats will be on the iowa city campus in april. Last month, state civil rights investigators said there was a reasonable possibility that former womens field hockey coach, tracey griesbaum, would be able to prove discrimination played a role in her 2014 firing. Stacey wellmark will have to pay more in property taxes than it wants, according to the Iowa Supreme Court. The polk county assessor valued the headquarters downtown at 99 million. Wellmark objected, saying, if building, it would probably not go to another large corporation. But instead, the headquarters would be an office building, making it worth less. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of polk county. Saying, there is no evidence that another corporation would not buy the building to use as a headquarters. Steve a Webster County couple is now charged with selling fake methamphetamine. 21yearold tennessee ferry and 25yearold Danielle Wilson are both were arrested yesterday by the Webster County drug task force. Investigators say they sold real methamphetamine, along with a substance that looked like meth, but was not. Their customers werent told what they might be buying was fake. Stacey a statehouse lawmaker wants to put an end to public intoxication arrests. Vanessa peng joins us live from the ames bureau with the story. Vanessa stacey, representative mary wolfe is pushing the bill through the statehouse. And Defense Attorneys i spoke to today say police should take people that drunk in public to hospitals or take them back home, not slam them with a ticket. But police have a much different take. Defense attorneys i talked to say the bill is a good idea. But police say public intox charges are there for peoples safety. Ben if were worried about their safety, take them home or take them to the hospital. If theyre in physical danger, dont charge them for it. And its something that can be on their record for the rest of their life. Cmdr. Tuttle there may be people we find walking along the sidewalk that may be simply walking, but theyre stagerring from side to side. Traffic. They may not be loud at that point. But again, at that point, its a safety issue, caretaking issue. So, thats the point there. If they dont have someone to take care of them, take them home, our last resort may be to arrest them and take them to jail. Vanessa according to data from the Iowa Department of human rights, from july 2014 to june 2015 in polk county, there were 1,598 public intox charges. 481 in story county. Thomas i dont know if thats a great idea. I think there needs to be some accountability still in place. Travis i think it would be a great idea. They wouldnt receive any repercussions on their way home little tipsy. Theyd made it home. But i do think they should receive some reprimands from the academic people. Vanessa a public intox charge is a simple misdemeanor. And it can be taken off someones record two years from a conviction, if the person convicted isnt found guilty of any other criminal charges within that time period. Live in the ames bureau, vanessa leader. Stacey another budget battle statehouse. Republican house leaders, yesterday, proposed capping state spending at just over 7. 3 billion. Thats less than Senate Democratic leaders propose. But both republicans and democrats are proposing less than governor branstad, who is asking for a little over 7. 4 billion. One reason for the difference . The sides dont agree on how much money will be available to spend. Steve calling it beneath contempt, Midamerican Energy is now warning about scammers targeting a new specific group their latino customers. So far, this month alone, Midamerican Energy says more than 50 spanishspeaking customers reported receiving calls. Claiming to be from the power company, warning the customers that their power could be shut off. [speaking spanish] steve Midamerican Energy produced this video for its spanishspeaking customers. It can been seen on the companys youtube channel. It warns potential victims what to watch out for, if they get a call. Stacey city leaders in clive flooding faster. City Officials Say the flooding in june surprised them with how fast the water levels rose. Last night, the city Council Adopted an updated flood response plan. They want crews to set up road blocks sooner. Matt what were trying to do is take into account those faster rising events. And make sure that, if were maybe three stages or three levels away from that event, that were already thinking of prepping and staging. Stacey the city plans to hold a Public Meeting on march 21 about those changes, as well as proposed updates to the fema floodplain map. The iowa lottery says there are two iowa powerball winners who have never claimed their prizes. And they are now running out of time. A ticket sold in West Des Moines on march 7 of last year is worth 40,000. Another ticket sold on march 14 in manly is worth 10,000. Winning tickets have to be claimed within one year. Otherwise, they lose the prize money. Coming up, see if jameel mckay will play at hilton tomorrow, when iowa state takes on texas in a top 25 matchup. Kim these fourthgraders are jumping up and down after learning they will be getting a new classmate. So, let me get this straight u. S. Cellular has the phone youre looking for, a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats 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. Announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 6 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and sports director andy garman. Efrah i think kids are going to be very surprised. Steve a des moinesarea Elementary School is getting a very unusual new classmate. Now, the classmate comes at a cost of about 2300. Stacey kccis kim st. Onge is live at Clive Learning Academy to explain. Kim the classmate cant even read or write, but hes going to teach students here at Clive Learning Academy a valuable lesson. Go to your desks. Get out your writing notebook. Kim its never sy being the new kid. Efrah we were very, very nervous. Kim these fourthgraders know challenges. Ro its going to be pretty funny. Because we dont have a dog walking down the halls every day. Kim this golden doodle, bogey, will be the districts firstever therapy dog. Hes very shy, but hes a friendly dog. Kim bringing bogey aboard was the students idea. Efrah it will help our students with a lot of things. It would help them with anxiety, and help them with reading. Kim they had to convince administrators having a dog at school is beneficial. Drea they had a lot of the questions that most people would probably have, when talking about bringing a dog to school. Lisa weve learned that test scores go up. Weve learned that behavior improves. Kim the deal was, these fourthgraders had to come up with the money to care for bogey. So, they wrote letters to people in our community. Avery i am writing to ask for your support to raise enough money to keep our therapy dog happy and healthy. Kim while we were there, they we passed our goal kim chances are, this new kid will be welcomed with open arms. As far as figuring out who has to feed bogey, take him outside, and clean up an accidents, bocook says thats up the the fourthgraders. At Clive Learning Academy, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve that is pretty cool. Bogeys first day will be in the next few weeks. Bogey is a hypoallergenic dog. But school Officials Say theyre figuring out how to deal with students that are allergic. Steacey we need a studio dog. Triple bogey, like steve. Temperatures falling, wind chill at four below zero. It is going to be a very, very cold tonight. Northwest wind 18. The wind will quiet down later, but temperatures are dropping. These would be the actual lows. Look at mason city, 15 below zero. Below, and four below here in the metro. Wind chill advisory to the north, 2030 degrees below zero, county is included in this. Story county, and as you head over into tama county and into the sooth county, but even colder to the north. Here is your planner, below zero at 7 p. M. 10 p. M. Is fioour. At 7 13, slow decline, 20 degrees below our normal high. Eight at noon and 15 at 3 p. M. We did have that beautiful bright, blue sky. Already some snow in the black hills, but some system to the tomorrow night. If you are traveling tomorrow, to conga. Here is precipitation associated with that system that will slide our way. Here is the future cast, got clear skies. I think we see sunshine, and the clouds phil on n, here is activity along the missouri river. Moving in around 8 00, it will wind on up, and the system will slide on through. Still hanging around at 6 a. M. As we head into sunday afternoon, it should be out of here by 2 p. M. And moving off to the northeast. A new computer model just came into the weather lab i can tell by looking at it, this next map i havent even looked at it yet we will see what happens with the snowfall totals. It really pops up here. You will have to adjust this. I think it will be 25 inches, depending on where the system lines up. Going anywhere from around 25, will update you as we get that is a brandnew model, i have not looked at it in detail. Stuff. 1525 below, northwest winds at 1015. Nighttime snow as we head into sunday, and we top out at around 32 degrees. The timing on this, again, generally after 8 00 on saturday. And before 2 p. M. On sunday. Monday, 38. Tuesday, 37. It warms up very nicely. 40s on thursday, 50s for friday. Steve thank you, kurtis. Home sales were up in des moines last month, compared to january of 2015. The Des Moines Area Association of realtors says 671 homes were sold in january. Thats an increase of 10 over last year. However, the number of homes for sale is down 4 from december. Thats the lowest number of homes for sale in the des moines area in months, according to the stacey coming up in sports, a ive been a turkey farmer my whole life. And i raise turkey for honeysuckle white. We dont use growthpromoting antibiotics, thats just the way things should be done. Thats important to me. My name is glenn, and im an independent turkey farmer. female announcer honeysuckle white. No growthpromoting antibiotics, announcer from iowas sports andy week six of friday night hoops is on deck, if you are looking forward to warmer weather, here is news for you. The regular season is over here in the state. The postseason is underway. Tonight though, all regular season games, including our game of the week. Tony seemans live at North High School over the polar bears are hosting hoover. Tony that is right, andy. And we have entered their country. Of course, i am talking polar bear country. Live at North High School, it is going to be a great game tonight. Des moines north taking on des moines hoover, the reason it is so good . Both of these teams are so good, north only has four losses, hoover ranked third in the state. When they matchup, magic happens. But it has been some close matchup. The last time they played, it came down to the wire. Hoover ended up winning by two points, so north wants to win they know it will take more than luck. You know, maybe little bit of luck. But a lot good play, for sure. Playing together and staying together, and you know, that is i would guess it is quick to be a game that could come down to the left possession. Tony could be a fun one tonight, thirdranked hoover taking on des moines north. Highlights coming at 10 00. Tony seeman, iowas news leader, kcci 8 sports. On to the college game. And it is going to be a good game for the cyclones tomorrow, in part, because the senior standout in the middle is back. Jameel mckays suspension turned out to be two games, he was reinstated for practice. And now, officially cleared to play for tomorrow nights game steve is going to need him and everyone else against a texas team that is getting together at the right time. Steve the tempo has been at a solid pace, they are controlling the game. But defensively, they havent really good. It is a lot of guys being thrown at you. They have a lot of experience, too. They bring back a lot of returning guys, and they are catching their stride and playing really well. We will have to play well. Andy texas really is playing well. On to be a great Game Tomorrow Night at hilton coliseum, the cyclones going to bounce back. Texas looking for a signature road when and the season sweep. Great day of basketball tomorrow, including a big game with more than iowa playing at ststeve just curious, do you like giving this forecast . Kurtis i like the end of it. Spectacular. Snow on the way saturday night and sunday, it is going to accumulate. We will update you at 10 00. 30s into the 40s, maybe into the 50s. Stacey we like the way that ends, as well. Thank you, kurtis. Thank you for joining us. [kcci captioning is brought to you by the iowa clinic] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its visit ncicap. Org] so, let me get this straight a network thats built to give you coverage way out here where the other guys dont, and 6 gigs for only 40 a month. Thats 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. 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