There may be snow on the ground right now but cedar rapids is anxious to kick paving for progress into high gear. Gear. With a number of area streets dotted by massive pot holes and heaving pavement, city engineers say drivers will start to see construction crews out getting ready to go to work in march. They plan to do around thirty repair and reconstruction projects at a price of about 18 Million Dollars. Its all from the one percent sales tax approved by voters more than two years ago. Its really the first year that were strting some of these big reconstruction projects. Were able to do twice as much work on our streets easily than what we were doing prior to having local option sales tax available. This construction season , are 42nd street between Kennedy High School and interstate 380, b avenue near roosevelt middle school, and west post road near truman school. Wilson says lane closures and detours may be inconvenient, but the new roads will last for decades. Right now, the dot is looking for the best way to upgrade iowas longest road. A study of interstate 80 is focusing on weather impacts and maintenance costs, as well as new ideas like truckonly lanes. They hope to outline a final plan next year. I80 spans 306miles across the state, and stretches from new york city, to the San Francisco bay area. Cedar Rapids School district leaders are now adding their voice to the debate over Education Funding in iowa, iowa,the district is now releasing a new worksheet showing how much funding is needed just to maintain their current programs. It shows that even though enrollment is flat staffing is lower than it was five years ago. The district says it needs a 3point7 percent increase from the state the governor has only proposed a 2. 5 district wants parents to reach out to lawmakers. We want great learning environment for our students and we want to provide the opportunities and programming that we currently do, and better hope, would be that we could provide even more opportunities for our kids. I think in the short term, our conversation is how do we at least have enough funding to provide the equivalent grade experiences that we currently do. Do. To see the worksheet for yourself you can find this story on our website, cbs 2 iowa dot com. The race for the democratic nomination continues tonight tonightwhen Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton square off in their first oneonone debate. Debate. The third candidate in the race, Martin Omalley dropped out on caucus night here in iowa. But tonight at 8, clinton and sanders will be sparring in front of New Hampshire voters. Msnbc will serve as host and chuck todd and Rachel Maddow are moderating the debate. The two already tried to drum up support for next tuesdays first in the nation primary in hampshire. Next on stage was former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Clinton. Recently shes pushed her more moderate views as having the best chance of producing meaningful change this morning the crowded republican field for president is shrinking. Former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, who won the 2012 Iowa Caucuses, is now dropping his bid, and backing one of his former rivals. Rivals. 10 candidates finished ahead of santorum in monday nights caucus. He struggled to gain support with a crowded field of evangelical candidates. Right now santorum is endorsing florida senator marco rubio for president. Before santorum dropped out, kentucky senator rand paul ended his campaign. Paul performed better in the Iowa Caucuses but still only received four percent of support statewide. Cbs 2 news caught up with senator paul on capitol hill following his decision. He says hes satisfied with his teams campaign and will refocus his i think it just wasnt enough votes to have the momentum to win in New Hampshire. I have always been a big believer in spreading the message but also doing it in a race we can actually win, so we will carry on these same principals, but we will now carry them on in the us senate. Senate. Unlike santorum, senator paul didnt say if he will endorse any of the remaining gop candidates. The republican nomination is looking like a threeman race for now heading into New Hampshire with Donald Trump Holding on to a huge lead leadthe gloves are coming off while republican candidates slug it out for votes. Trump went on a twitter rant wednesday accusing ted cruz of cheating to win the iowa caucus. The Cruz Campaign has been accused of trying to shift votes away from ben carson monday night. Carson says a rumor was spread through some caucus locations that he was dropping out of the race. Cruz said he is not aware of his supporters doing that and disapproved of those tactics. An iowa gop spokesman tells cbs 2 news no fraud was committed and the caucus results are final. And right now in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. We find the people super bowl 50 is helping out leading up to the big game on cbs 2. Main weather your planner shows whats ahead for the features a much calmer morning a few roads remain slippery so be careful now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama temperatures around the area will be a bit warmer today taking a look at regional temperatures we see are warming today tomorrow the regional satellite radar is featuring passing clouds today lets move ahead in time by taking a look at the midwest surface mapa moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast we see potential for flurries tomorrow night todays forecast bring us a mixed sunshine today tonights forecast has us dealing with a few passing clouds tomorrow will feature mixed sunshine and about the next three days bring us more sunshine and warming weather our 7 day forecast has a nice mild weekend waiting for us with a few flurries were still a few days away, but the super bowl has already been a big win for some. Some. Thats especially true for Small Businesses in the bay area. Area. Jamie yuccas shows how lot of business in San Francisco. Francisco. Nats of her opening the store for 10 years yvonne hines has opened her southern sweets bakery to the San Francisco public. Sot yvonnedont act up for company nowim talking to the brownies, come out of the pan last week, she learned the nfl would give her the biggest order of her life sot yvonne no font i could not fumble thisi. Could. Not. Fumble. This 24 hundred baked goods through its Business Connect Program for standup bridge jamie yuccas San Francisco the contracts are worth a lot of dough. More than 3 Million Dollars went to hundreds of San Francisco businessesand just because super bowl week has started does not mean other order cannot come in. Sot jason in. Sot jason there are businesses this week still submitting invoices last minute requests even now, so well tally all that up once its over. The Economic Impact from super bowls is often the Host Committee says when local businesses are hired. Its easy to tally how much they earn. Jamie are you rooting for the panthers or broncos . Yvonne im rooting for San Francisco. we high five. because the added business isnt just a win for yvonne but for her community. Jy cbs news San Francisco businesses participating in that program also get to take a course with google to further the benefits of their contracts. Contracts. Its now on this morning. Morning. And if youre in its degrees. Degrees. After the break. Meet athletics and see where some other local High School Standouts are continuing their athletic careers. Its now were taking a look at your heres a look at some of eastern iowas top stories on this morning. In cedar rapids the Salvation Army ended its fundraising season on a high note even though it didnt reach its Red Kettle Campaign goal. Managers tell cbs 2 news the army fell just more than 13thousand dollars short. Still the 776thousand dollars it did raise was the most it has ever collected. The Red Kettle Campaign makes up about 47percent of Salvation Armys annual budget. Volunteers spent more than seventhousand hours helping them in november and december. Two corridor cities are gaining some National Recognition this morning. Liveabilitydotcom ranked iowa city as its ninth best place to live. The school district, health care system, and universityinfluenced culture are all reasons the website gave the city its ranking. Cedar rapids was named liveabilitys eighth best affordable city. That distinction is thanks to revitaliztion efforts strecht of big 10 play, is over their next 4 opponents have a combined 15 wins in the conference if you take away indianas 9 that leaves minnesota whos oh for 10, illinois whos 2 and 7 and penn state also 2 and 7 7the nittny lions left pennsylvania early to avoid the blizzardwell they missed the weather but were right in the eye of the hawkeye storm early on peter jok had the 3 going down iowa jumped out to a 6 point leadthere bench was big again amahd wagner hes man strong the dunk and the foul wagner finished with 8 points and 6 boardsand Jarrod Uthoff was Jarrod Uthoff team high 14 points and 5 blocks hawks win 73 to 49. Any win in the big ten is a good win. So its not like youre playing a bad opponent. Penn states a good team. Youve gotta give them a lot of credit. They came out and fought us. They every win in the big ten is good. We were able to battle for a full forty minutes. So its great to see. And let some of the younger guys get some more minutes under their belt and get some more game ac men were trying to do something they havent done since november win three straight games but its not going to come easy unis next opponent evansville evansvillethe purple aces sit second in the valley with 2 losses the panthers have 6 and this game got good late uni down 1 wes washpun look out another posterizing dunk by the former washington warrior he said is vertical is 43 inches looks more like 50 then on unis next possession matt bohanonn know one thing threes he hit three of them panthers go up 2theyre down 1 with 30 seconds left washpun to good off the dribble 2 of his game high 14 panthers hold on 57 to 54 claim they havent changed anything during their win streak. Yeah i used to start tying my tying my left shoe now [laughter]. Nah im just kidding. Just buying in more. And thats not saying we werent trying to before it just takes time. Time. Im just proud of our guys for sticking with it. Fun for me to see them smile and make big plays so im happy for our guys. Where grown men sit by their phones like teenage girls waiting for a boy to call them its National Signing day and for the hawkeyes the 2 thousand 16 class is a good one onethe hawks signed 24 guys 5 of them are from iowa the class ranks 9th in the big 10 and 31st overall according to scout dot com two names that jump out Cedrick Lattimore and Nathan Stanley both are 4 star recruits as for the rest of the class captian kirk is pretty pleased. Always emphasize with players that we dont give scholarships out they get earned. So were very enthused about this class im sure every coach in america feels that way but. For us the biggest part here and once we get em here, i feel like we have a really good chance without any fancy gymnastics hopefully cause im not the most entertaining guy in the world. In his First Signing day in ames matt cambell couldnt have done better in just 65 days he signed 36 guys like the hawks, 5 of them are from the state and 2 of them are 4 star recruits the class as a whole stacks up 8th in the big 12 and 46th in the country and with those numbers in that short of time, its safe to say a storm is brewing at isu up in cedar falls the panthers brought in a big and balanced class 29 recruits signed with Northern Iowa 13 offensive guys, 13 defensive 2 athletes, and one special teamer of the group 11 are from iowa mark farley said he could see 5 to 7 of them seeing the field in the fall colleges werent the only ones celebrating signing day at kennedy 2 leaders of the cougars historical run to the 4a state title game are now Hawkeyes Shaun Beyer and dalles jacobus signed letters wednesday. Neither senior knows what position they will play yet. But theyre excited to wear the black and gold together. Theres nobody else id rather be playing with. So just having the opportunity to continue our careers together. And just build the relationship even further then what we have. Theres nothing like it. its gonna be an awesome experience. Im pretty sure were gonna be roommates. And were best friends here. Well be best friends there. And hopefully be best friends in the future too. At washington isiah nimmers highlighted signing day for the warriors inking his name to uni as three year starter at receiver and corner back nimmers led wash to a runnerup finish in 4a in 2014. And hopping on the panther train is pretty special its real good especially all the support here especially my parents, all my friends and people ive grown up with through my childhood and so thats really good to see all these people here to come support. A lot of my friends and people i know wish they could do the same too, so it is definitely something im and finally Mount Vernons stud wide out Connor Herrmann is headed to south dakota last week he went for a visit and immediatley fell in love with the coyotes last season herrmann led the entire state in receptions with 1 hundred and 2 and now is excited to take mustang football out west. It definately means a lot. A lot of little kids look up to the Football Players so its just a really big deal around the community. You know every kid dreams of Going Division 1. You know im just lucky enough to go there so im really happy. Thats a check cbs2 news connects with the corridor. Call us with your story tips at 1800222kganor email us at news at cbs2iowa. Comor connect with us final weather your planner shows whats ahead a Doppler Radar features a much calmer morning a few roads remain slippery so be careful temperatures around the area will be a bit warmer today statewide satellite radar shows partly cloudy conditions for the day aheada moving into a closer view with our predictor forecast well have mixed sunshine today todays forecast bring us much calmer weather today our 7 day forecast has a nice mild us thanks. Facebook book is giving friendship collages to its 1. 6 billion users to celebrate the social networks 12th birthday. Birthday. The collages will be packaged in video friends and family that have been previously posted on facebook. The pictures are picked out randomly but you can delete pictures if you dont like them and pick other pictures instead. You should start seeing these pop up on your timeline sometime today. Good morning again its now right now its degrees in coming up next. The latest information about a historic president ial trip. Trip. Youre watching cbs 2 right now on cbs 2 this morning. The developing story about a Controversial Group planning on coming to the corridor. The latest information about a bill introduced in the statehouse that could change the way iowans drive and ride their bikes. The new information into our one of the most sought after fugitives in the world. Welcome to cbs two this morning. Im kevin bbarry. Barry. And im kelly dambrosio. Dambrosio. Lets get a check of our cbs 2 weather first forecast. First weather your planner shows whats ahead a Doppler Radar features a much calmer morning a few roads remain slippery so be careful now a live look outside courtesy of our weatherfirst skycama temperatures around the area will be a bit warmer today the current winds around our viewing area are calm our planner features mixed sunshine today tomorrow a developing story out of cedar rapids this morning morningwhere a Controversial Group online, has now canceled a planned meeting this weekend. Weekend. Thats after multiple Police Forces were urging people to stay away from the meeting. Meeting. It involves a Group Calling themselves return of themselves return of kings. they say men are discriminated against by feminist and other minority groups. Groups. A similar meeting in des moines triggered this response by that citys police department. It warned that planned meetings there and in cedar rapids could be a ruse to committ violence against women. Women. Cedar Rapids Police told cbs 2 news they recommend no one go to any of the sites listed online. For the first time in us military history all combat roles are now open to women. Women. But full intergration is still years away. Away. Cbs 2 News ReporterStephanie Johnson joins us now stephanie . Guys, this decision will allow women to fill two hundred twenty thousand jobs that were previously limited to just men. Men. It also means women will be able to fill seventeen hundred roles in the Iowa National guard. Defense secretary <