thyou're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . family and friends are remembering the life of an 18-year-old iowa state student who died after a hit and run. earlier this fall, the university of iowa reported dozens of cases of the mumps. and the n nber of sick is not getting smaller.. businesses in dubuque want to restore a veterans memorial vandals destroyed over the weekend. good wednesday morning! it's 430 on december 16th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a windy wednesday across thth region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpointnt we'll see a gradual downturn in

and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through sunday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday with upper 20s common, with highs bouncing right back into the upper 40s by sunday. today: windy, falling temps high: 42-48 winds: sw 20-30 g t0 alo: 40 dbq: 45 iow: 45tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: w 15-25 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly clcldy high: 31-37 winds: "" alo: 32 dbq: 34 iow: 34 thanks kaj. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. police haven't made any arrests in the hit and run death of an urbana teen at iowa state. 18-year-old emmalee jacobs died on monday on the ames campus. she just graduated from center point-urbana high

school officials say she was a bright student, involved in sports and fine arts. jacobs put a lot of her time to her center point united methodist church youth programs where her pastor says she will be greatly missed. her friends remember her as a fun and honest person. "anybody in our r mmunity family or friends can come and spend a little time, sometimes people just need to be together and talk and just remember and share stories " "she was honest. she was confident in herself and she could be goofy and she didn't care if anyone thought she was being goofy, cus she's emily." " the church plans to hold a remembrance service tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. it's also hosting a visitation for jacobs on friday from 4 to 8. the funeral will be on saturday morning at 10:30 at center-point urbana high school. a head on crash involving a

sem killed an iowa county man. the iowa state patrol says it happened just befefe 11-30 yesterday morning. troopers say 43-year-old johnny bagwell junior of marengo was driving south on highway 151 about a half mile north of amana. they say he crossed the center line and hit a northbound semi truck. the medical examiner say bagwell died at the scene. the crash closed highway 151 for severahours. terrorism and trump. republican candidates focused on those topics in the last debate of the year. most of the questions focused on/the best way defended his position - banning all muslim visitors and immigrants to the u-s. jeb bush criticized the candidate. ted cruz and marco rubio also got into a tough back and forth. the democratic presidential frontrunner hillary clinton will be talking

that will be at old brick church. then she will go to mason city for another town hall. clinton plans to be there at 5:45. the iowa d-n-r will listen to concerns today about a controversial pipeline that would cross the state. the meeting is scheduled from 5 to 7 o'clock tonight in des moines. last month the iowa utilities boardeard from more than 200 people. the board will eventually decide if it will let the company, dakota access, build the pipeline in 18 counties in iowa. the dnr is reviewing the permit application for dakota cess and expects to make a decision later this winter. several cities in eastern iowa are getting loans to help them improve water quality. the money comes from a state program that provides low-interest financing to cities. newhall will get about two point six million dollala to put toward its sewer treatment project. and tama will get more than a million dollars to improve its sewer system. aplington and ryan will also get some money.

of iowa. school administrator s say they don't see any sign of the outbreak slowing down. on november 9th, johnson county public health reported 116 cases of mumps. the vast majority wererbelieved to be at the u-i. just last week, there were 162 cases reported. and as of monday, 196 people reported hahang mumps, 152 of thehewere at u-i. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, have we reached the peak of this? ui officials don't think so. in talks with state health officials, the school says that may be a ways off. the ui has taken measures to fight the outbreak, but as of yet, that effort hasn't shown any impact on the spread of the disease. you can't see it on the sidewalks of campus, but mumps continues to spread at the university of iowa.only a handful of cases showed up at first, back in late september. as of monday, officials confirmed about t 0 had mumps

typically numbers of cases never get anywhere close to that. "in an average year, sometimes you see one e two. the numumrs are very low. a really raraom case here or there, but it doesn't spread."lisa james, the ui's associate director for clinil outreach, said mumps numbers this year are the highest they've been since 2006, when the midwest had a large outbreak of the contagious disease. a couple hundred cases showed up on campus. nat crowd with numbers again inching that direction, the ui fought back in november with free vaccinations. about 48-hundred students got a third measass, mumps and rubella shot at eight clinics spread out across campus. did it help? the shots don't seem to have slowed case numbers as of yet. james hopes that willll happen sometime after students return from christmas break. "no one really knows the right number for herd immunity, which can protect a whole community. we certainly have done a good number of students. but, as you know, our student enrollment is over 30-thousand." mumps is

virus. it's spread by droplets, meaning coughing, sneezing, kissing, even talking can infect another person. symptoms include fatigue, fever, muscle aches, and the tell tail sign of swelling under the ears, on one or both sides. if you get it, health officials say it will likely put a person out of commission students are still talking about it. but those we talked to that pretty much all my friends got the vaccination, but i didn't get the second booster shot because i ready got about it." ui officials expect case numbers will drop dramatically in the next few weeks. that's not because the outbreak has peaked, just bececse students have gononhome for winter break. officials expect similar numbers of mumps cases will return when students do. even though the clinics are gone. students 24 and under can still get that free vaccination at the imu.

there's a housing shortage in jackson county, despite a recent drop in population. a recent study examined the housing needs in the cities of maquoketa, bellevue, miles, and preston. the study showed that more single people are living in homes as opposed to entie families. jackson county economic development director dave heiar says the trend stems from an aging population. he says the county needs to do more to attract young families. "if they're going to move to a community, you need to have some quality housing options. " jackson county will consider grants to help renovate and restore old houses and apartments throughout the county. with rivers rising in eastern iowa, cedar rapids has closed a couple of roads. that i iludes otis road along the river, between the cargill plant to prairie creek fishery. creek flooding also closed j street southwest at prairie creek. the cedar river will

several dubuque businesses are helping out after police say someone intentionally drove through the city's veterans memorial plaza.t caused 15-thousand dollars in damage. police say it happened sometime late last friday night or early saturday morning. they say someone drove a dark colored s-u-v through the plaza, knocking over a column and destroying a memorial bench. kerry bowman, the owner of pinot's pallet, said she plans to host a wine and painting event as a fundraiser on february second. all of the proceeds will help pay for security cameras for the veterans plaza. "you know we need to honor and protect this memorial for the people who protected us during troubled times and nowadays. " the dubuque association of independent insurance agents made a donation yesterday to help cover the cost of replacing this bench. that bench honored the memory of two brothers,

a temporary homeless shelter in iowa city has off -- it's full. monday night was the first night the temporary emergency shelter in iowa city. this year the shelter is iide an empty office building. it provides an emergency place for people to stay who can't or won't stay at the city's only other facility for the homeless, the shelter will stay open through mid-march. city leaders in iowa city, coralville, and north liberty will distribute holiday meals to more than four thousand people this week. it's part of "project holiday," a food drive the crisis center of jonson county organizes each year. the food bank coordinator for the crisis center of johnson county says it's important to remember those in need during the holiday season. "when you think about the holiday season one of the first things you think about is food, you know going to your parents house or friends house for that holiday turkey or ham, knowing that we're able to help other have that experience and share that joy of the season,

the crisis center says the best donation is money. 20 dollars can feed an entire family. another g-o-p presidential debate brought more heat for donald trump, but t 's not worried. and the candidates also took on the topic of terrorism for the majority of last night's debate. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning!

plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, d we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on

undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday highs bouncing right back into the upper 40s by sunday. today: windy, falling temps high: 42-48 nds: sw 20-30 g 40 alo: 40 dbq: 45 iow: 45tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: w 15-25 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 31-37 winds: "" alo: 32 dbq: 34 iow: 34

more thananeveral dozen kids in the cedar falls area now have new bikes, helmets and locks. yesterday, variety, the children's charity gave new bikes and accessories to 45 children who have never had their own bikes. it's through the group's bike for kids program, which asks each child to promise that they will ride responsibly. variety teamed up with cedar falls schools and sartori memorial hospital to choose kids who would benefef from a new bike. in the final countdown to christmas, one department store is keeping its doors open for 24 hours. that means the store will be open for 170 hours straight. that's coming up in today's america's money. stay with us.

presidential candidates lower in the polls h he their plans to fight terrorism are sitting well with voters. abc's stephanie ramos reports on last night's g-o-p presidential debate. post gop presidential debate....donald trump sympaththing with his competition.... sot trump: "i think jeb is a nice man i really do but you know i think i'd do the same thing if i were him i'd be attacking me." on stage? the gloves coming off.... jeb bush and donald trump wasting no time...sparring over foreign policy. sot bush: "he gets hik foreign policy experience from the shows. that is not a serious kind of candidate..." sot trump: "i know you're trying to build up your energy, jeb, but it's not working. " in their fifth debate face- off...almost every question focusing on national security for the 9 leading candidates..... with trump's proposal to ban muslims from entering the u-s

talking about religion... we're talking about security. our country is out of control." marco rubio and ted cruz also clashing. first .... over the nsa's bulk surveillance program .... then immigration. rubio suggesting the two of them have similar positions on the issue. sot cruz: "for marco to suggest our record is the same is like suggesting that the fireman and the arsonist have the same plan because they were at the same fire," sot rubio: "i am personally open, after all that has happened and after ten years in probationary status, i am open to a green card." sot cruz: "if elected?.we will build a wall that works and i'll get donald trump to pay for it," sot trump : "i'll build it." trump and cruz neck in neck in the polls but staying friendly throughout the debate. and governor chris christie boasting about his executive experience while jabbing at the senators. sot christie if your eyes are glazing over like mine this is what it is like to be on the floor of the united states senate. tag: some other exchanges? happening between cnn moderator wolf blitzer and ted cruz?. cruz trying to get in on a question?with blitzer telling him to hold on multiple times. next up - the democrats face off in new hampshire this saturday - a debate hosted by

now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara.

plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through sunday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday with upper 20s common, with highs bouncing right back into the upper 40s by sunday. today: windy, falling temps high: 42-48 winds: sw 20-30 g 40 alo: 40 dbq: 45 iow: 45tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: w 15-25 alo: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 31-37

abc's reena ninan and rich good morning. topping "america's money," all eyes on the federal reserve today. >> the central bank is expected to raise short term interest rates. that will be the first increase since 2006 but it's unlikely to have much impact on consumer loans and credit cards. >> unseasonabley weather is a grinch for realers. >> some retailers are actually planning big discounts. >> more good news for those of us up at this hour. a major retailer is repeating its christmas marathon. kohl's department stores will stay open 24 hours a day starting at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. they'll finally close at 6:00 p.m. on christmas eve after more

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