INVESTIGATORS HAVE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF A THURSDAY MORNING FIRE AT A DUPLEX ON CHIPPEWA COURT IN SIOUX CITY.

FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JESSE PEDERSEN SAYS A FAULTY PORTABLE INFRARED SAUNA IS TO BLAME:

THE FIRE CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE UPSTAIRS BEDROOM.
PEDERSEN SAYS THE OCCUPANTS THOUGHT THEY HAD WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS, BUT THEY DID NOT SOUND A WARNING:

THE COUPLE ESCAPED THE FIRE WITHOUT INJURY. THE REST OF THE DUPLEX SUSTAINED MODERATE SMOKE DAMAGE AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RED TAGGED.

THE SPRING FORMAL AND PROM SEASON IS FAST APPROACHING, AND AN EAST HIGH SCHOOL FUNDRAISER WILL HELP THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A DRESS TO WEAR TO THOSE EVENTS.

ORGANIZER LISA GOTTBURG SAYS THE FIRST RAID-HER CLOSET FORMAL WEAR EVENT IS SATURDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL:

THE SALE BENEFITS THE EAST HIGH CHORAL DEPARTMENT AND SHOW CHOIR.

THE EVENT RUNS SATURDAY FROM 10AM UNTIL 1PM IN THE EAST HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS.

Thousands of college basketball fans will be heading for central Iowa next month as Des Moines is one of the hosts of the regional N-C-double-A women's tournament. 

The three other cities hosting regional tournaments are: Fresno, California; Kingston, Rhode Island; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Des Moines' Wells Fargo Arena hosted the the first- and second-round games of the N-C-A-A women's tourney in 2008 and had the highest attendance out of all eight sites. This time around, it'll be the Sweet 16 and Final Eight rounds being held in central Iowa.

Pairings will be announced on March 12th and the games in Des Moines are scheduled for March 24th and 26th.

For the two sessions, which would actually be three games, the ticket packages are $45 for seats on the sides and $25 for seats in the end. 

The regional champion will advance to the Final Four to be held in Denver, Colorado.

Report from Radio Iowa

The latest three-month forecast from the National Weather Service says there's little chance of major spring flooding in Iowa.
    

Heavy rains and snowmelt upstream overwhelmed the Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River reservoir system last year.

That led to historic flooding along the river. Hydrologist Jeff Zogg of the service's Johnston office says last year's conditions aren't evident.
    

Zogg says the usual minor flooding is possible this spring - common along the Missouri River south of Council Bluffs in both Iowa and Nebraska.
    

The Quad Cities weather service reports conditions are average along the Mississippi River.