amanda gilbert... kwwl news. the general manager says this is the golf course's 25th anniversary and they've recently started to turn the golf course around financially.... the best golf courses in the state of iowa last year. a chilly day compared to the rest of the week -- will those temps stick around for the weekend? let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark information. mostly clear sky is forecast week. we are tracking a storm for the middle of next week

next chance of rain. in continuing coverage... the trial is in the hands of a jury now -- as they work to find a verdict for a man accused of murdering a woman store... nicholas leurkins is charged with first degree murder.... he's accused of stabbing and killing 29-year-old lynnsey donald - in front of her seven year old son... donald was stabbed as she was walking out of the marion hy-vee

in the middle of the afternoon in april... the first homicide in marion in seven years. kwwl's hillary maglin was in the court room today... hillary what can you tell us? both prosecution and defense presented their closing statements to the jury after several days of testimony here in linn county. prosecutors again showed evidence... such as the murder weapon and notebook full of luerkens' plans... as well as video of the incident. defense re-stated their claim that luerkens was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the murder and (sot. cg: prosecution) "there came a time when the defendant handwriting." (sot. cg: defense) "nick's pain and the killing of lynnsey, i submit to you, were the result of a mind that has become sick and impaired, and made nick unrecognizable."

prosecutors say luerkens tried to take his own life after the stabbing because he didnt want to go to jail... proving he knew his actions were wrong. jurors are expected to come to a verdict on the trial by monday. weve got you covered live in cedar rapids... hillary maglin.. kwwl news. prosecutors say they don't dispute luerkens had a mental illness at the time... but still believe he is guilty if first degree murder rather than second degree. a murder trial set to start next week out of waterloo is getting postponed... james robert ernst the second is accused of shooting and killing a man after a fight... 23-year-old orintheo campbell junior died from gunshot wounds after a fight last december that escalated to gunfire. ernst's trial is now scheduled for january 19... investigators say a cigarette is partially behind an explosion at a

cedar falls hotel... matthew ferleman died from his injuries after the explosion at the shandy rest motel on october 10th... investigators now say ferleman blew out his pilot light on a gas appliance the night before in an attempt to take his own life. the next day when he awakened, he lit a cigarette that caused the large explosion... he died later at the hospital. six people are forced out of their home after a fire starts in the basement. it happened this morning in waterloo... firefithers say the fire damaged the homes wiring -- and left behind water and smoke damage... witnesses say the man who was in the basement at the time of the fire left the scene on a bike. the cause of the fire is under investigation. it's been more than two week since a waterloo teenager went missing..and no new updates. moe sed was last seen at his home, october 22nd. a search party gathered a week

ago to help find the missing burmese refugee family, friends, classmates, and teachers went searching in his favorite places. they also handed out flyers to hang up at businesses. kwwl's nikki newbrough is live in downtown waterloo. nikki you went to his school today. his classmates and teachers say it's like a piece of their school is missing. that's right. his teachers say it's like he vanished into thin air. but they will continue to search for him moe sed is a student at west high school. missing posters with his photo hang in the main office, hallway, and classroom. his teachers say students ask about him all the time. and for the last two weeks, they've had to mark him absent...not because he is sick...but because he is missing. he's ok. when i go to bed at he's somewhere safe, he has food. i think of him pretty much all the time, every day.

his teachers tell me if they have free time they usually head out and search for moe sed. moe sed speaks accented english, very quiet, and shy. he may have a hard time asking for help. we've got you covered live in waterloo nikki newbrough kwwl news. if you have any information about moe sed's whereabouts, please contact police. that number is 319-291-2515 coming up... president obama is rejecting a proposal by the keystone xl pipeline and... find out why park rangers are a small group of bison into waterloo that's coming up in just a few minutes.

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next chance of rain. a mostly clear sky is forecast through tuesday morning. high and low temperatures will now be back to normal through next week. we are tracking a storm for the middle of next week (wednesday/thursday) for our next chance of rain. a mostly clear sky is forecast through tuesday morning. high and low temperatures will now be back to normal through next

for the middle of next week (wednesday/thursday) for our next chance of rain. a mostly clear sky is forecast through tuesday morning. high and low temperatures will now be back to normal through next week. we are tracking a storm for the middle of next week (wednesday/thursday) for our next chance of rain. a mostly clear sky is forecast through tuesday morning. high and low temperatures will now be back to normal through next week. we are tracking a storm for the middle of next week

next chance of rain. coming up... who is getting shut out of the next republican main stage event a mostly clear sky is forecast week. we are tracking a storm for the middle of next week

coming up... who is getting shut out of the next republican main stage event because of low poll numbers... new violent accusations about the police officer who allegedly killed himself to cover up a trail of crime. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in west union, clermont, dover and all of eastern iowa ---------

main stage will be less crowded for the fourth g-o-p debate scheduled for tuesday in milwaukee. debate host- fox business announced the eight candidates who will take the main stage -- the ones on your screen -- and the four who will have to settle for a spot in the earlier debate. kwwl's jessica hartman speaking today with our polticial analysis . . . jessica, what is the line up looking like? no surprise at the top of the list. party front runners both nationally and in iowa making the cut. but its when you start digging into

see those cadidates who just made cut wouldn't have made the cut here in iowa. mike huckabee, chris something iowa polls don't agree with. all three would be likely to make the prime time debate if iowa voters were making the decision. "for mike huckabee and chris christie its a huge blow." christie responded to being pushed off the main stage in a tweet. "it doesn't matter issues." but according to political analysis it could be the beginning of the end. "to not be on that main stage, is a huge blow for their campaign and its a huge blow for folks who were thinking of supporting them. huge blow for financial reasons, so you know, those campaigns." for jindal - he has been moving up in recent iowa polls but is it enough to continue the fight? struggle for his campaign. you can kind of start to group 5, 6, 7 candidates together as candidates who are not getting the traction to really be

it will be interesting to see how this line up plays out on tuesday. ben carson - - another point of interest in the debate. coming under criticism - - for the validity of facts in his new moderators to address that issue. we've got you covered live in the newsroom...jessica hartman kwwl news. chris larimer talks about this and other political issues on his blog... you can find a link to that on our website - kwwl dot com... just look for kwwl blogs under the news tab... still to come on the k-w-w-l news at

why bison are spreading out over a 30 acre stretch in waterloo... and... what president obama has to say about rejecting the keystone pipeline proposal. --------- --------- ---------

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shutdown... at least until 2017... president obama rejected the canadian application to build the ocontroversial thousand mile pipeline that would bring cheap - crude oil across america... president obama waited seven years of his presidency to make the decision -- he says he wants to hold the u-s to a higher standard for climate protection. "as long as i'm president of the high standards to which we hold the rest of the world. in three in paris where we've got to come together around an ambitious framework to protect the one planet that we've got while we still can." hillary clinton and bernie sanders back this policy. not to build keystone if a republican wins this white house... he or she could reverse

this decision. the supreme court will hear another challenge to the affordable care act -- this one the requirement that health insureers cover some contraceptive costs in their plans. the court is hearing from religiously affiliated non- profit groups... the case is expected to be argued in late march. this is the fourth dispute over president obama's health care plan to go in front of the supreme court. new scandalous details are coming out about an officer now thought to have killed himself to avoid being caught for his crimes... before his death fox lake lieutenant joseph glinewicz allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill the village administrator - anne marin... investigators say they recovered cocaine from gliniewicz's his desk as well as text messages that indicated he planned to plant something on marrin and explored the possibility of hiring a gang member to "put a hit" on her when he feared she would

titonka -- you may've seen them in dances with wolves... now you're seeing them in eastern iowa. hickory hills park rangers finish a 30-acre project -- using bison and elk to eliminate invasive species. rangers say the animals are returning the land to a savanna-like area. black hawk county south unit ranger al finke says he enjoys waterloo, that have lived there their whole lives, and just been here before; i didn't know this was here." coming up at six -- we'll show what other animals are being used to fight invasive species. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... al rokers on the way - doing the weather in all 50 states... when and where will he be in iowa for "rokerthon 2" --------- ---------

coming up tonight on the kwwl news at six... several kids in dubuque now have a permanent place to call home. he already holds one world record title, now today show weatherman al roker is going for another one billed as rokerthon 2, al plans to set the fastest time ever for reporting the weather from all 50 states going coast-to-coast and everywhere else in just one week. monday he'll be in dubuque -- on the riverwalk giving us the forecast for iowa. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has

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