and with many people on the road, let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg for your travel forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and becomes widespread with patchy fog overnight. rain will be steady through thursday and heavy at times. rain totals will range from 1.50-2.50". between 5-7 pm thursday, colder air will begin to change the rain over to a wintry mix then light snow north and west of a line from waterloo to elkader. snow accumulation is this area could range from a trace to 2". all of the precipitation will end shortly after midnight. areas southeast of this line could see a rain/snow mix, but the precipitation will end faster than the cold can move in.

am friday. as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and becomes widespread with patchy fog precipitation will end about 2 precipitation will end about 2 am friday. one person is taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash -- involving a police vehicle. waterloo police responded to the san marnan and laporte road intersection around two this afternoon. a ford f-150 pickup, chrysler pacifica and ford explorer police vehicle all experienced front- end damage. traffic resumed in the area after the vehicles were moved -- and the scene was cleared. a warning tonight for people shopping in cedar falls going into the holiday seasonon highway 58 and viking road is

one of the most dangerous intersections in iowa. police are asking drivers to use caution when shopping in that area. kwwl's nikki newbrough is live near there. nikki you spoke to police today. they say this intersection has been bad for years. and with people driving here from all different parts of eastern iowa, this highway gets pretty busy. the intersection is always in the top ten for the most dangerous intersections in iowa. recently landing at number four. police say there's a lot of traffic here because of all the new business going up in the viking road put up signs to alert this 60 mile an hour traffic to slow down. "and some of those accidents are very serious and all because of all the new christmas time. so we've done things to alleviate that." it's all an effort to make sure everyone stays safe, but also have

an enjoyable holiday season. if you live here and know this area, police urge you to take alturnate routes to get here. such as cedar heights and viking road, prairie parkway off of greenhill, or even hudson road to viking. we've got you covered live in cedar falls nikki newbrough kwwl news. police say the d- o-t knows how dangerous that intersection is. there have been a few community meetings about it and relief is in sight. new details... a man is arrested and charged to a series of attacks on the university of iowa campus. university police arrested 32-year- old adam weinstein. he was arrested after he was released from university of iowa hospitals and clinics, where he was committed after being apprehended on november 10. weinstein faces multiple charges including third degree sexual abuse. the incidents sparked two hawk alerts on november 10.

a fire in linn county destroys a home and a camper that was also in the 2000 block of central city road just a few miles outside of downtown central city. kwwl's kristin rogers she was in saw the damage. she joins us live from the linn county sheriff's office, who also responded to tt fire... that's right, deputies from the linn county sheriff's office were working on traffic control during the fire, i was out there today as you mentioned, and this house is located off of a very busy road. the most unusual thing about this fire though, is that two firemen were injured on scene. (cg: brian gardner/ linn county sheriff says about the fact two firemen were hurt on the ene of this house fire... i'm told a fireman from (cg: brian gardner) "an injury to his lower leg, he was transported to the hospital for treatment." (cg: kristin rogers) "the central city fire chief tells me the process," a dog he thinks was trying to protect his home, that unfortunetly is a and two people were inside of the house at the time of the fire.

appears that something started in the area of the recreational you can see how easy it would be for the fire to spread, escape but one person from the camper is being treated for smoke inhalation. (cg: brian gardner) "this close to the holidays it's a tragic event a person would lose their possessions and also their home, but it looks like other than one person having smoke inhalation injuries that he was treated for, is being treated for, and then of course the two firemen that were injured, things probably could have been worse." the central city fire chief tells me the dog that caused the bite just recieved it's shots about a week ago. the fireman who was bit was able to return to work at the scene. we have no word tonight on the condition of the resident with smoke inhalation, or the fireman

with the leg injury from alburnett. we've got you covered in linn county, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. the fire is being investigated by the central city fire department and the linn county sheriff's office. they do believe as kristin mentioned, the fire started in the camper and then spread to the home. a teen charged with first degree murder is making a deal. according to court records, 4- year-old robert humbles will plead to voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing 15-year-old aaron richardson. humbles was originally charged with first degree murder in the september shooting in cedar rapids. records say the shooting occurred after facebook and text message threats were made between two rival groups. waterloo police investigate a shooting -- in the quality inn kwwl's macleod hageman visits the scene today.

amanda -- people say they are relieved a person was taken into custody -- but police are investigating whether more 11 o-clock at night -- after complaints of shots fired in the quality inn parking lot. moments later -- 26- year-old keesha tu was taken into custody for a non-related probation violation . when they did get the real name they realized the person had a warrant out of linn county." "nearby business owners and fireworks late at night. mmments later, waterloo police arrived and started investigating the incident." "it doesn't matter whether it's east side or west side, we investigate them all, and try to determine who's doing the shots fired." captain dave mohlis says a handgun was also found in a nearby car. "whether that weapon was used in the incident itself of shots fired is undetermined. we're still investigating that part." a quality inn employee says the hotel was at 20-percent capacity duing the shooting -- and they do not believe guests were in any immediate danger during the incident.

according to a quality inn employee -- managers and police are waiting to review security video from outside the hotel. and at this point -- the incident remains under investigation. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. thanks mac. as a reminder -- police say nobody was injured during last night's incident. a woman is assaulted after two men break into her house. the break in happened at 511 lakeside street in waterloo. 28-year-old mineisha ford told police that when she came home, two men forced their way inside. the two men then assaulted ford and stole her purse. no arrests have been made. it's that time of year again..car break-ins are common as shoppers are out and about getting ready for the holidays... kwwl's lauren moss joins us now live from cedar falls, with some tips on how experts say you can protect yourself and your new

goodies, from car- break ins, lauren.. its the season of giving...but its also the season for break ins! behind me...there are hundreds of opportunities for your goodies..to become someone else's.. at the cross roads mall in waterloo, it's looking a lot like christmas... but just because you're feeling nice...doesn't stop theives from being naughty and breaking into your cars. the mall says, they know that...and they are trying to help prevent break-ins this holiday season. our security team...we just inside and outside at the same time." that's nice to have the extra help but shoppers can stay protected on their own as well. police say, to stow it, don't show it..don't have your bags visable through the window..hide them under something like a blanket. you should also park near the building or lights...that can

scare some theives away. now if you are making trips out to your car...you can always move your car around. that way, if theives are watching you, they think you left... always good to switch it up and always be aware of your surroundings. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. for more tips on how you can protect yourself this holiday season- head over to our website kwwl.com coming up on kwwl, lauren just told you how to keep your items safe in your car during the holidays, now hillary maglin will join us to tell us how and - coming off the new playoff rankings, number four iowa gets set for their friday showdown with nebraska. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. "winner of the regional

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here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: as the storm gets closer, light raii develops and becomes widespread with patchy fog overnight. rain will be steady through thursday and heavy at times. rain totals will range from 1.50-2.50". between 5-7 pm thursday, colder air will begin to change the rain over to a wintry mix then light snow north and west of a line from waterloo to elkader. snow accumulation is this area could range from a trace to 2". all of the precipitation will end shortly after midnight. areas southeast of this line could see a rain/snow mix, but the precipitation will end faster

result will be little to no wintry precipitation. all of this precipitation will end about 2 am friday. as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and becomes widespread with patchy fog overnight. rain will be steady through thursday and heavy at times. rain totals will range from 1.50-2.50". between 5-7 pm thursday, colder air will begin to change the rain over to a wintry mix then light snow north and west of a line from waterloo to elkader. snow accumulation is this area could range from a trtre to 2". all of the precipitation will end shortly after midnight. areas southeast of this line could see a rain/snow mix, but the precipitation will end faster than the cold can move in. result will be little to no wintry precipitation. all of this precipitation will end about 2 am friday.as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and becomes widespre with patchy fog overeright. rain will be steady through thursday and heavy at times. rain totals

will range from 1.50-2.50". between 5-7 pm thursday, colder air will begin to change the rain over to a wintry mix then n ight snow nooth and west of a line from waterloo to elkader. snow accumulation is this area could range from a trace to 2". all of the precipitation will end shortly after midnight. faster than the cold can move in. result will be little to no wintry precipitation. all of this precipitation will end bout 2 am friday.as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and becomes widespread with patchy fog overnight. rain will be steady through thursday and heavy at times. rain totals will range from 1.50-2.50". between 5-7 pm thursday, colder air will begin to change the rain over to a wntry mix then light snow north and west of a line from waterloo to elkader. snow accumulation is this area could range from a trace to 2". all of the precipitation will end shortly after midnight. areas southeast of this line

could see a rain/snow mix, but the precipitation will end faster than the cold can move in. result will be little to no wintry precipitation. all of this precipitation will end about 2 am friday.as the storm gets closer, light rain develops and black friday sales are interrupting some family meals..the sales now start thanksgiving day. this year the lindale mall in cedar rapids opens the night of thanksgiving... and some shoppers plan on getting there even earlier... to make sure they get the items they came for. kwwl's hillary maglin talked to some people who plan shopping all of those deals. hillary - ron... some people i talked to today consider black friday shopping a tradition in their families... but

others... don't want anything to do with it. (sot. cg: vickie smith/black friday shopper) "this is crazy! thanksgiving... but shoppers in cedar rapids are getting excited about the deals they'll get... and they're planning on beating the rush and getting to their favorite stores before they even open. (sot) "they're starting the sale at 6 p.m. so we'll get in line friday shopper) "you wanna get stuff that you want, so you wanna get it firss, and then you excited black friday shoppers, some people in cedar rapids don't think it's necessary to rush out to the lindale mall just to get deals that may be lot of times they'reenot actually just on black friday. like, they do last like, a couple days." and the reason stay home... is the same reason many shoppers think black friday is so exccing. (sot. cg: nancy hankemeier/marion resident) "it's just too hectic, too many people." some popular stores shoppers plan to hit this year include wal- mart... best buy... and some

mall department stores. though many store's websites offer online deals the following monday... hard core bargain hunters say they wouldn't miss the fun of late night black friday shopping for anything. (sot) "we do a lot of online shopping as well, but we like the experience of being in the crowd." some shoppers even told me they came to the mall today to start planning what stores to go to and what to buy ring black friday. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. most large stores in the lindall mall open at 6 p-m tomorrow night... but some smaller ones won't open until later. coming up... 12 and oh is on the line -- we'll hear from the hawks as they chase a perfect regular season on friday at nebraska --

convinced one big- time recruit in the state of iowa who says he plans to be a hawkeye next year --

beaten four of the five teams they lost to durimg the regular season off0-14 -- on friday -- they'll have a chance to knock off the 5th -- and it might be the most satisfying -- considering just how painful last year's loss to nebraska wa-- the cornhuskers -- down 17 late in the third quarter -- rallied to knock off the hawks in overtime on their home turf -- and while the hawks have done well this season on focusing at the task at hand -- sommdo in the back of my mind i've be good to get out there and finish. we put ourselves in position to win certain games,

but we didn't last year. so for this year we're just focusing on ourselves, focusing on each other, and what got us here. when we do that it can put us in a position to finish and to win. saturday's game kicks off at 2:30 in lincoln, nebraska -- one of the state's most versatile athletes is going to b b a hawkeye -- cedar rapids kennedy's shaun beyer tweeted today that he committed to iowa after receiving an offer -- beyer had been committed to north dakota state -- he primaririy lines up at tight end -- but has played multiple postitions this year including tailback, quarterback, punter, defensive back -- and others -- so no word on what he'll be playing at iowa -- beyer helped lead the cououars to the 4-a state final before falling to top ranked west des the uni basketball team is back in actino tonight for the first time since dropping toppranked north carolina on saturday -- they'll

coached by former panther robbie sieverding -- while it seemed uni was nearly on saturday -- coach ben jacobson says his team could be a bit more aggressive on the boards -0- we had done in our first 2 games so far. that's where i really hope we can take another step forward. tonight's game tips at 7 oh clock in the mcleod center --

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