Bikers still need to ride cautiously and rereonsibly, even though theyre within their right to use a full lane. 41 55 57 even if youre right, you could be dead right. Mark wyatt of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition says this would cement existing rules and guidelines as an enforceable law. 59 54 02 the dot has actually adopted this in their drivers manual. It says change lanes, like you would any other vehicle, change lanes to pass a bicycle. So this isnt anything new. W. 42 48 we want this to prevent fatal crashes. We dont want to increase complaints. We want to make sure people people are safe, and thats the big goal. Dotzler admitted a law like this would have its challenges from an enforcement standpoint. But if someone were caught passing a cyclists too closely, it could result in 250 dollar fine. Live in the newsroom, brady smith, kcrgtv9. A bill in the ioww house that would have raised the speed limit on the states rural interstates probably wont beat fridays funnel deadline. The bill would raise hour. Bututt has to pass a house or Senate Committee by friday to stay alive. Today, the bills sponsor responded to people who say the change could jeopardize safety on the interstates. 23 2836 if you make a decision on Something Like this based on one issue only, and if that issue is safety, the speed limit should be 25 30 miles an hour. Data show the number of traffic deaths increased after the state raised the speed limit in the past. A bill that would create a system for manufacturin g and dispensing medical marijuana in iowa is moving forward. Today, a House Committee voted in favor of f e bill after making several changes. They include reducing the number of proposed manufacturers and dispensaries. Under the bill, people with multiple sclerosis and some forms of cancer and epilepsy could use cannabis oil. Turning now to weather and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, we have a warmup as we head into the weekend . As the snsn melts away the weather warms. Stronger south southeast winds drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weather with us into the weekend. Highs jump into the 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on f fday. It would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across southern iowa. Early next week we do see cooler, but still above normal weather, with highs close to 40. We also appear to remain dry for the next seven to ten days. Have a great night tonight partly cloudy low 2531 winds se 515tomorrow partly cloudy, milder high 4248 winds se 1525 back to you. Waterloo police are investigating gunshots tonight in an area where they found more than a dozen shell casings. It happened arorod 7 15 this evening in the 1500 block of woodmayr drive. Police say no one was hurt, but these three men are waiting for sentencing for robbing a pharmacy in waterloo a year ago. Today, a jury found riley mallett, cody plummer, and Kvon Henderson guilty of first degree robbery. They robbed the greenwood pharmacy on kimball avenue last february. Police say the men had guns and took cash and prescriptions drugs. Police arrested them shortly afterward. A waterloo woman accused of setting a house on fire and stabbing a person inside is back in county Sheriffs Office arrested ashley welch yesterday for violating g etrial supervision. Police say welch started a fire at a house at 1006 home park boulevard in waterloo last march. Police later responded to the home where they found a stabbing victim. She is awaiting trial for firstdegree arson, willful injury causing Bodily Injury and going armed with intent charges. A house is a total loss after a fire in stocktoto county. Firefighters responded to the home near stockton street and front avenue around 2 30 this afternoon. They were on scene for hours battling the fire. No one was hurt. The fire is under investigation. Anew National Poll of Republican Voters shows president ial candidates ted cruz and donald trump arar in a statistical tie. Cruz leads trump, 28 percent to 26 percent in the nbc news wall street journal poll. But the margin of error is three and a half pepe cent. Today in south carolina, cruz said he would welcome a lawsuit by trump. The texas senator told supporters he received a ceaseanddesist letter from the billionaire businesesan. Trump has threatened to sue cruz if he doesnt stop running an ad that trump says contains outrageous lies. 40 it plays donald trump doing an interview with tim russet where he explains where he is pro choice where he says he is very pro choice. Most of his words are his own words on national tv and his argument in his own letter is defamation theres a lot of dishonesty in politics. I will tell you these people are. Some of who we a a running againin. Particularly senator cruz will say anything. Tonight, marco rubio picked up an endorsement from south carolola governor nikki haley. It came just three days before the primary election in that state. Tonight, some people in dubuque urged the city council to set aside more money to help people who are struggling financially. Residents told City Council Members that during a hearing for next years budget. The housing and Community Development department told the city that it wants to continue helplpg low income people in dubuque become self sufficient. The citys Transit Department also discussed adding lights and benches to bus stops. This warmer weather is creating all kiis of and hitting some of them can be seriousv triple a says the cost of vehicle repairs from potholes totals three billili dollars a year nationwide. Thats an average of 300 dollars damage per vehicle. One eastern iowa auto shop owner told us he doesnt doubt those numbers. We see a lot of damage to wheels, tires, struts, shocks. A lot more this time of year. This pothole season, so far, has been fairly mild because of the mild conditions in december and constant cold in january and february. But warmer weather this week is triggering the freeze thaw cycle that creates those problem potholes. One School District in eastern iowa is banning drones flyg over school grounds. Independence schools passed a policy aimed to prevent crashes that could injure someone. And the number 4 ranked hawkeyes fell short against penn first heres a look at the most popular stories today on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9 nofly zone. Independence schools have whats all this nonsense about balls . Pink balls, blue, yellow, red. Its hard to keep the whole thing straight. And all these socalled deals . Well, they come wiwi a lot of deal breakers. Like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. U. S. Cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys dont. And as for deals . Hows 300 back for every line you switch . 300 get 300 per line and a stronger signal, banned drones over school property. The school board recently adopted a policy prohibiting the use or drones on school grounds. It applies at all times, whether or not students are in classrooms or competing on the fields. The federal Aviation Administration already has restrictions for drone use by individuals near airports, stadiums, and other places where large crowds gather. The faa also says people must fly a drone below 400 feet and have an eye on the drone at all times. Kcrg tv nines Jill Kasparie joins us in the studio. Jill, the School District ban went a step further and banned drones over its property all together . Thats right. The faa says School Districts, cities and counties can have additional restrictions or policies for drone use. The independence School District says its discussion started when someone asked to take aerial photos with a drone. From sporting events to daily activities theres a lot going on within the independence School District. Recently that got the school board thinking and taking action. Proactive approach by us. Were talking about drones, which are becoming more and more popular. 16 46 50 you try to stay on top of those types of things. The district says this policy is all about safety. That drives everything we do in this strict, so we sat down as a board and talked about maybybwe need to come up with a policy so that we can control now that drones are more prevalent and more and more people have them, it was best for us to come up with a policy of how we are going to handle this. The new policy says drones arent allowed at any district event, tournament, game and theyre not allowed above schoolowned property for any purpose. The only exception comes with permission from the superintenden t. There are drones that crash and with amateurs out there flying drones, you never know with a drone. There are people out there experienced with them with the equipment, but there could be opportunity for some type of incident to happen, so we just want to make sure we are covering ourselves with that. The superintenden t says policies are created from crisis to crisis, but instead have a plan. And with changing technology this new policy really is a sign of the times. Its a new technology, just like when cell phones came out when i pads came out, anything with a camera came out, you are just trying to stay ahead of things. The district said the policy is also about privacy, meaning not all students or their parents want kids to be on video or photographed. I asked around and found out that neither cedar rapids nor waterloo have a drone policy. Bruce and beth . Thanks, jill. Pope francis is taking aim at immigration laws that he says is putting thousands of people at risk. He criticized the policies while celebrating stronger south southeast winds push drier and warm air in from the south keeping the milder than normal weather with us into the weekend. Highs jump into the 40s on thursday and the 40s and 50s on friday. It would not be out of the realm of possibilities to see some 60s across southern iowa. Early next week we do see cooler, but still above normal weather, with highs close to 40. We also appear to remain dry for the next seven to ten days. Have a great night tonight partly cloudy low winds se 515tomorrow partly cloudy, milder high 4248 winds se 1525tomorrow night p cloudy, breezy low 4248 winds s 1525friday m sunny, windy, mild high 57 low 45 saturday mostly sunny, mild high 54 low 37 sunday partly cloudy high 49 low 32 monday partly cloudy high 40 low 29 tuesday mostly cloudy high 39 low 26 wednesday mostly today, pope francis prayed for the thousands of people who have died trying to reach the us. It happened during mass in juarez, mexico. Music the pope criticized the immigration policies that he says force many people to make a dangerous journey to the us. The pontiff also gave a special blessing to people just across the boarder in el paso, texas. Thats where thousands gathered to watch a telecast of the mass. We are tying the unity between ththtwo countries by going to the river together and praying together, isnt that wonderful. Event of the pope francis fiveday trip to mexico. A car bombing killed at least 28 people and injured dozens of others today in ankara, the capital of turkey. The explosion happened near vehicles cacaying military members in the heart of ankara. At least two of the vehicles caught fire. No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion. The attack came months after suicide bombings killed 102 people in the city. President obama will visit cuba during his presidency. Sources tell abc news that the president will make trip sometime next month. The visit will come more than a year after both countries agreed to restore diplomatic ties. President obamas trip will mark first time in more than 80 years that a sitting us president will visit the country. Up next tonight, well show you a classic finish at the state wrestling duals tonight in des moines. And the hawkeyes were lking to stayayn top of the big 10 standings. Stay with your 24 hour tonight at penn state. But happy valley wasnt so happy. This was an early 5 31 tip time. And the hawkeyes got off to a fast start woody with the flush and iowa started the game with an 80 run. But penn state came back thanks to the long ball. The Nittany Lions 7 treys in the first half and break. The hawks took it right at penn state in the second half peter jok finishes at the rack for the bucket and one. Pete with a game high 28. And then dom uhl with the drive in the paint for the kiss to cut the lead to four. But penn state just outhustled the hawkeyes tonight this Brandon Taylor put back made it a 7 point game. But when you have peter jok you are never out of a game and he hit back to back bombs to cut the lead to 3 with 6. 66eft. But the Nittany Lions hit a free throw on the other end and they hold for the 7975 upset win and they stormed the court. Iowa falls to 113 in the big 10 and 206 overall. The panthers looking for their 7th straight win tonight in chicago against loyola. And Paul Jesperson has been on fire lately and got off to a g gd start tonight. This game was tied at 29 at the break and then paul had three straight to start the second half and give the panthers a 7 point lead. Jesperson with a game high 16. But this donte ingram triple. And this game went back and forth down the stretch. Jeremy morgan with the big time spinning move. But the rambmbrs took a 3 point lead with this free throw. Speedy gonzales wes washpun sliced the lead to one with 7. 7 to play. After loyola hit two more free throws. Uni down three with h 4 to play. Clinton carlson off the inbounds to send it to overtime. No and loyola snaps unis 6 game winning streak with the 5956win. North carolina hosted duke tonight. And checkout the soft floater from former linnmar although he was only 210 tonight. Marc us really ayed solid back to back swats but with North Carolina down one. They couldnt get a good shot off and duke pulls off the 7473 win. And finally lets grapple. They held the finals of the state duals tonight in des moines. Josh has highlights alburnett and lisbon met twice during the regular season, lisbon won both matches. The lions won the first weight class, but at 160, Connor Shulista puts alburnett on the board with this first period pin then at 170, bryce paul needs just 16 seconds for his own pin. Six more points for the pirates who lead 123 195, watch lisbons dakota oconnor in one swift move bring his opponent down and get the fall. Lisbon trailed 1815 after six weight classes at heavyweight, alburnetts jake langhoff gives a bear hug, picks up his opponent and brings him down to the mat for two points. Hed win by a 95 decisiononisbon comes right back at 106, Cobe Siebrecht was down 108 in the final 20 seconds of the match, but hed get two points for a takedown and then two more back points to win the match, 1210 at 120, this match went into overtime between ben moyer and cooper siebrecht. Moyer is given two points for the takedown. That has the fired up this came down to the very end, at 138, lisbons Nick Williams wins his match by a 113 major decision. Then at 145, Carter Happel won by forfeit. Lisbon had a 3231 lead, but was docked one point for an unsportsmanli ke penalty earlier in the match. So it was tied 3131, and the first tiebreaker is penalties. So alburnett is awarded and extra point and wins 3231 for its 2nd state duals title in Program History and the first for new head coach, clayton rush. If you look through those weights, thatwhat won us the dual is just fighting hard in all positions. These guys, theyre full of fight. And thats why this program has been good for a long time. It was a crazy way to win. I didnt even know what was happening at the time. Just to be able to hold the gold trophy and take it back with us for duals is just amazing. From des moines, Josh Christensen kcrgtv9 sports thanks scott. One last look at the forecast, announcer from hollywood its Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight, megan fox, from gotham, ben mckenzie, and music from chris stapleton, with cleto and the cletones, jimmy kimmel [ cheers and applause ] jimmy hi, everybody. Im jimmy. Im the host. Thanks for watching. Thankskso all of you for coming. To those visiting, welcome to los angeles. Possible future home of the 2024 summer games. The olympics do people outside of l. A. Know that . Do people inside l. A. Know that . 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