liveyou're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is ??? . starting tomorrow, sexual assault and domestic abuse victims will have more protection in iowa. the new year brings peace of mind. forget the fine, if you donate. a program in cedar rapids collected supplies for those in need. 4:26:13 everybody i think has going to the rose bowl, i think, on the bucket list hawkeye fans not making the trip to california are still celebrating right here in eastern iowa. good thursday morning! its 430, on the last day of 2015. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... after some overnight snow shower activity, the sky will rapidly clear. given temperatures in the upper teens to lower 20s and a good portion of the day turning sunny, most of the overnight snow should melt itself away. plan on a chilly

to ring in the new year with midnight temperatures around 10 degrees. wind chills will likely be near zero during the evening as well. plan on a nice new years day, with a decent weekend also still on track. have a great day!today: becoming sunny high: 19-25 winds: w 5-15 alo: 19 dbq: 22 iow: 24tonight: partly cloudy low: 6-12 winds: w 5-15 alo: 8 dbq: 9 iow: 12tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 20-26 winds: w 5-15 alo: 24 dbq: 24 iow: 27tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 7-13 winds: w 5-15 alo: 10 dbq: 11 iow: 13 thanks kaj. a cedar rapids agency that helps domestic abuse victims is launching a new "safe at home" program tomorrow. a cedar rapids agency that helps domestic abuse victims is launching a new "safe at home" program tomorrow.

legislation that allows domestic abuse and sexual assault victims set up a legal post office box address for government records. waypoint services says the program will provide more anonymity for victims who are trying to hide their information from abusers. one of waypoint's victim advocates says clients often need help with long-term plans to relocate. 48:26-:37 "especially when you think about how often you put your address down on applications, different programs, resources, community buildings, that sort of thing, that have your address on file." " the iowa secretary of state's office started accepting applications for the "safe at home" program last week. cedar rapids police are investigating an armed robbery at a gas station on the northeast side. they say someone with a gun robbed the b-p station on first avenue shortly before 9 o'clock last night. the robber then ran away before police arrived. no one was hurt. a state engineer who was fired two years ago for

buttons to a co-worker is getting his job back. bruce flippin will be back at his 91-thousand dollar a year job with the iowa d-n-r on monday. an administrative law judge decided flippin did violate d-n-r rules, but his firing wasn't justified. he will also get about two years of back pay, which totals 173-thousand dollars. temperatures feel more like they should this time of year. that means homeless shelters will be enacting their emergency plans more often. shelters initiated emergency plans during monday's winter storm. the three shelters in cedar rapids and one emergency location provided places to stay for a half dozen people. willis dady executive director phoebe trepp says everything went as planned. she says it's important for the shelters to work together during the frigid temperatures. "it's heartbreaking to see people outside with nowhere to go when it's so cold, and it's so dangerous to be sleeping outside with the wind and the snow, and the ice. it just causes so many health

that's really what we're all trying to avoid." trepp says before the next storm, they'll find volunteers for the overflow location, and get the word out to those who need services. people in need have more supplies, and drivers in cedar rapids got out of parking tickets. it's a win-win city program to forgive tickets for a donation to a shelter. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, this program worked pretty well? forget the fine lived up to it's name. but if you really want to get a sense of how well it worked, look at this. what your looking at is a massive pile of blankets, kids clothes, hygiene products and a lot of other stuff. in all, more than 27- stuff for people in need. all of that is equal to 237 forgiven tickets. here's how it worked. from november 23rd to december 23rd, if you donate an equal amount of goods and the citation would

for instance, a seven dollar ticket becomes seven dollars of help. organizers think they'll do it again next year. " i think so. i think that this was successful enough program. we also wanted to display our strong connection to the community, community partnerships. i think it's something that we will entertain again in the future. " the items donated went to three different nonprofits. the willis dady emergency shelter, waypoint and horizons, a family service. this isn't the first time that park cedar rapids has tried something like this. over the summer, the group offered to forget tickets if people donated blood. unfortunately, i didn't think to give it a try. nicole? yeah. thanks a lot forrest. a proposed ordinance in iowa city would require landlords to provide recycling

right now, the city only provides recycling pick up to buildings with less than four units. but about 45 percent of apartments are in larger buildings. most of those renters must drive recyclables to drop-off centers if they don't want to throw item away. city workers say a 2012 pilot program shows the rule would be inexpensive. and it would help divert more than five thousand tons of trash from the landfill each year. 06:41:01 "i was so wrong about the cost of this, and that's been something we've talked about for decades - it's going to be really expensive for apartment owners to go to the system, but in the pilot project it was actually only $2.57 cents per unit. " right now, the ordinance is still a draft. jordan hopes to present the proposal to council in early 20-16. the housing market in cedar rapids is healthier now than it was a year ago because cedar rapids has had fewer home foreclosures. and more homeowners are making their mortgage payments on time. data from corelogic show the city's foreclosure rate in october was

nine percent. that's down from october 2014, when the foreclosure rate was zero point 94 percent. corelogic data also shows the 90-day delinquency rate was just over two percent in october. that's down from more than two and a half percent a year earlier. a daycare program in tipton that includes children with special needs is getting national attention. tipton adaptive daycare began working with kids who have special behavioral or physical needs 10 years ago. last year, the daycare moved from a home setting to a larger commercial building in tipton. child care aware of america picked this program as the national child care provider of the month for november. director deborah vandergaast , who is also a registered nurse, says many visitors might not know of the special needs focus. "this is not meant to look like a hospital or a special education classroom it's supposed to be integrated so they can participate in the program at their best ability

vandergaast says this daycare stocks more medical supplies than at a regular daycare. about one third of the children at the daycare have special needs. a waterloo woman who was one of 53 people iran held as hostages will get a share of up to four point four million dollars in compensation. it's through a spending bill that president obama signed into law earlier this month. kathryn koob was working as director of the iran- america center in late 1979. that's when a group of students supporting the iranian revolution took over the u-s embassy in teheran, holding koob and others hostage. iran released koob and the other hostages 444 days later in 1981. she says she's not sure how much money she'll receive for the hostage crisis, or exactly when she will get it. a cedar rapids woman has 10-thousand dollars to spend on new furniture after a national sweepstakes. phelan's interiors presented the award to kathleen billington

for 10-thousand dollars in thomasville furniture. billington says when she got the call telling her she'd won, she thought they had the wrong number. she says she has a few ideas of what to get with her prize. "we need a couple recliners, an occasional chair. stacy and i have done a little looking in the store and online looking at maybe a new buffet for the dining room." billington says she hasn't made up her mind yet on exactly what she'll buy. she's just having fun shopping. it's the last day of 2015, which means many will be celebrating the new year tonight at midnight. and the iowa state patrol is prepared. authorities say they will have extra troopers out for new year's celebration safety. through the weekend, the extra troopers will crack down on intoxicated drivers. you can almost feel the excitement in the air when you're surrounded by hawkeye fans. they're ready to see a win during the rose bowl in pasadena, california. " 4:53:40 i don't really care about any other sports team. i'm

like religion. " some are watching with family or friends while others are still making last-minute trips to california. as part of the preparations many are searching for the perfect shirt to wear. stores in iowa city say they've been packed with people looking for rose bowl merchandise. a pair of sisters visiting iowa city say it's pretty quiet near the university. " 4:46:40 iowa fans travel well, so they are all out in pasadena. and we would have been there if the tickets were available " the rose bowl game is tomorrow with kick off shortly after four p-m iowa time. the 12-and-1 hawkeyes face the 11-and-2 stanford cardinal. you can see the game on e-s-p-n. and don't miss t-v nine's "countdown to kick-off" earlier in the day. the hour-long special airs at 9 a-m, right here on kcrg-tv9. millions of people will be packing city streets around the world to celebrate the new year. and with recent terrorist

are stepping up security today and tomorrow in major cities. but right now, here's a look at today's opening farm markets. good morning! it's ---.

sky will rapidly clear. given temperatures in the upper teens to lower 20s and a good portion of the day turning sunny, most of the overnight snow should melt itself away. plan on a chilly evening if you are heading out to ring in the new year with midnight temperatures around 10 degrees. wind chills will likely be near zero during the evening as well. plan on a nice new years day, with a decent weekend also still on track. have a great day!today: becoming sunny high: 19-25 winds: w 5-15 alo: 19 dbq: 22 iow: 24tonight: partly cloudy low: 6-12 winds: w 5-15 alo: 8 dbq: 9 iow: 12tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 20-26 winds: w 5-15 alo: 24 dbq: 24 iow: 27tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 7-13 winds: w 5-15 alo: 10 dbq: 11

thanks kaj. the salvation army in two

making a final push to meet the goal of its red kettle campaign by the end of the year. the salvation army in cedar rapids says it still needs more than 140-thousand dollars. so far, the organization has raised nearly 650- thousand dollars. that's 82 percent of its 790-thousand dollar goal. and in johnson county the salvation army is 55-thousand dollars short of its goal. it's trying to reach its 325- thousand dollar goal by january 31st. even if you don't normally buy lottery tickets, it might be the time to reconsider. no one had the winning powerball ticket in last night's drawing, which means the next prize will be more than 300 million dollars. more on that coming up in today's america's money. stay with us. new year's security is amping

new year's security is amping

here is a live look at new york city, home to one of the biggest new year's celebrations in the world. one million people are expected in times square tonight. there's an unprecedente d effort to make the celebration safe. new threats overseas are changing plans in some cities in europe. abc's megan hughes has details. in paris-the holiday street party will go on as planned, but the fireworks display has been called off-officials stressing the need for vigilance in the wake of november"s attacks which left 130 dead. juan salines, tourist from los angeles: "i was in paris the week after it happened and the thing is you can't let people like that dictate your lifestyle and your choices --this tourist is now in brussels. the mayor there also called off the fireworks. brussels authorities arrested two men this week in connection with a suspected holiday plot. recent threats overseas wont' halt celebrations here at home commissioner bill bratton, nypd: "we are not aware of any threat at this time that we deem credible. an estimated 1 million revelers expected to pack into

square?. the nypd is deploying 6000 heavily armed officers there?more than ever before to protect the revelers. ny mos: there's only so much they can do.. ny mos: i don't really feel safe anywhere. pasedena is prepping for the rose bowl parade?feder al officials had designated it a top-tier security event even before the san bernardino attack.. more than two dozen federal agencies are joining forces with local police to protect the 700,000 people expected to attend. the vegas strip?also on high alert. with more than 300,000 people expected on the streets. police from coast to coast sharing a similar message: nypd sot - sot-o'neill: people should feel safe because we're there. tag: the ny mayor is also touting another not- so secret weapon -a new task force made up of 500 officers working fulltime on counterterro rism.

now for a quick check on your weather with meteorologist kaj o'mara. stay with tv9. it's . after some overnight snow shower

sky will rapidly clear. given temperatures in the upper teens to lower 20s and a good portion of the day turning sunny, most of the overnight snow should melt itself away. plan on a chilly evening if you are heading out to ring in the new year with midnight temperatures around 10 degrees. wind chills will likely be near zero during the evening as well. plan on a nice new years day, with a decent weekend also still on track. have a great day!today: becoming sunny high: 19-25 winds: w 5-15 alo: 19 dbq: 22 iow: 24tonight: partly cloudy low: 6-12 winds: w 5-15 alo: 8 dbq: 9 iow: 12tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 20-26 winds: w 5-15 alo: 24 dbq: 24 iow: 27tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 7-13 winds: w 5-15 alo: 10 dbq: 11 iow: 13 abc's kendis gibson and lauren lyster have this

good morning. topping "america's money" -- a criminal investigation has been launched into the blue bell creamery's handling of a listeria outbreak. >> invest gators aring look into what the company knew about the outbreak and how executives responded. at least three deaths were linked to contaminated ice cream. at&t plans to stop using two-year contracts. >> at&t was the only carrier still offering two-year contracts. finally, no jackpot winner in last night's powerball drawing. >> that means the jackpot grows the at least $334 million in saturday night's drawing. five tickets had five correct

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