Gazette Daily News Podcast, Feb. 14

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This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, Feb. 14th.

According to the National Weather Service, we will have mostly sunny skies today in the Cedar Rapids area, with a high near 26. Light and variable winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Then tonight, it should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Some Linn County voters — especially those in southern rural parts of the county and in Robins — will switch districts for electing their supervisors starting later this year under new boundaries approved Friday. The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the new district maps, prepared by the nonpartisan state Legislative Services Agency and approved earlier by a temporary redistricting committee. This fall, two of the three supervisor seats face election. Candidates running for the District 1 seat currently held by Stacey Walker and candidates running for the District 2 seat currently held by Ben Rogers will run for the newly redrawn districts. Walker has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. Supervisor Louie Zumbach does not face re-election this cycle, but will shift to a newly redrawn District 3.

In men’s basketball, sophomore Keegan Murray scored a career-high 37 points to power Iowa to a 98-75 win over Nebraska on Sunday. Murray sank 15 of 21 shots — 3 of 4 from 3-point range — and made 4 of 5 foul shots for the Hawkeyes. Iowa stays home to host Michigan on Thursday.

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🎹 Podcast music: “World” by Emily McGlothlen