what can you tell us hillary? the university has been using the name isis for this web prgram for decades... but, after recent terrorist attacks... the school feels a change is appropriate. the iowa student informatioosystem is commonly referred to as isis...and that name has upset some students... parents... and faculty at the university of iowa though students have used the rogram every day for years... recent terrorism events prompted theefight for a name chhnge. (sot. cg: tom taking these concerns very seriously, and so we're hoping this will be something that people will receive in a positive way." discussionsver changing the name began over the past fefe weeks on campuu but, word of a new name for the web program is just beginning to get out to the public. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "whileeost students understand why the university is changing the name, they say they wouldn't have been offended if the school kept the name isis." affect me, but i think it's a good change to make." (sot. cg: dustin oodwin) "i think it's a good idea with everything going on. everything with isis. i think it's a good

are still in the beginning stages of changing the name... so they don't know exactly how much th change e ill cost... ttugh they believe it will be significant. the school will also be asking for input from studenls for a new name to ensure it's something they feellis appropriate. say there's no hurry to get rid of the current site in their opinions. (sot. cg: heidi aude/student) "i mean, i feel like it's pretty obvious that the university of iowa isn't standing with isis, seem affiliated with it if that's the case." the school says they will start using the new name and program before they completely get rid of the old one... so there's not a high level of confusion among students andndstaff. we've got you covered live in the news room... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. the university says most of the complaints they saw and heard were from students and parents on

you're about to head into a rainy weekend let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kel who's tracking these showers. from the kwwl stormtrrck 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: wehave dry conditions right now, but that will change as we head throughout the weekend, especially late saturday night into sunday. as for right now, we are dry on stormmtrack 7 live doppler radar, however we have a mostly cloudy sky. area of low pressure is developing to our southwest in colorado, and that wiil continue to get organized and make its way toward iowa this weekend. let's time everything out with futuretrack. tonight, we will have aamainly cloudy

their big quarterfinal matchup withthe north dakota state bison tomorrow. kwwl's brad hanson was there as they were getting on the plane earlier today. brad, what's the feeling going into this game? this is a very confident team heading into a very important rematch with the biso. you might remember north dakota statae beat the panthers 31-28 earlier this year. this was the scene early this afternoon at the wgterloo airport. many of these players really excittd as they headadoff to this huge matchup. the bison have won four straight national titles. the panthers are four and four against them in the mark farley era. i asked him what needs too happen foo the panthers to advance past this

(mark farley, uni head coach) "to win a game like this, you gotta play a full football game. so one, u gotta find way to get ahead, and two, you gotta finish." a big part of that getting ahead will be the ground game for u-n-i. this is a team that rushed for 400 yards on the ground last week in their win over portland state. farley told me that's one of their biggest focus' tomorrow--getting that ground game going. that's also the bison way too--this is a team that's averaging about 300 yards on the ground over the past six games. we've got you covered, brad hanson...kwwl news. kickoff is tomorrow morning at 11...you can see that game on espn. members of th university of iowa football team took time off from college bowl preparations to bring smiles to sick kids. players delivered yellow roses to patients thutsday at the university of

roses were actually sent to the team by a local grocery store chain. but the school says the players wanted to share them with t patients. iowa playsstanford in he rose bowl on new years day. and speaking of the rose bowl, kwwl will have live coverage from pasadena. our rood to the rose bowl will be covered by ron steele, mark woodley, sports reporter zach grant, brad hanson and content producer scott albanese. kwwl's coverage begins live from pasadena the day after christmas and will contiue through new year's day with reactions and highlights of the game. kwwl will also be presenting a special half hour broadcast wednesday evening december 30th at 6:30 entitled road to the rose bowl: live from pasadena.

now have the bike of a waterloo teen -- moe sed -- whose bady was found earlier this week in the cedar river. moe sed was last seen with his bike on october 22nd... officers were looking for his bike since his body had been in the cedar river on sunday. waterloo pollce say his bike was turned in by someone who found his bike in downtown waterloo. officers say they're unsure how long this person had the bike. information about funeral arrangements and a memorial fund set up to help cover those costs can be found on our website, kwwl dot com. the man allegedly responsible for an early morning stabbing is now in jail. jeron garrison was taken into custody ffr willful seriius injury.

and garrison stabbed the victim multiple times outside the university avenue studios in waterloo. the two then drjve away in separate cars. witnesses say tte victim tried walking into the perkins on university for help. at last word, the victim is awake and in stable condition after he was taken to the hospital. a child is in the hospital after family members say he was shot in the kidney last night. police say the child was wounded in the 600 block of east 14-th strret in davenport. officerrsay they recovered casings from the scene. neighbors say they heard multiple gunshots last night. a retired area offical is charged with stealing remains of native americans from a national park here in eastern iowa. the former park superintendent had the prehistoric ones for more than twenty years kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in clayton county where the effigy mound national mounument is located.

the community. what's their reaction? i spoke to people in praire du chien, which is where thomas munson...thth former superintendenen lives. it's a small community and many seemed very protective of munson...saying he's a nice man. others said whht he did...is downright creepp. the lands of effidy mounds national monument in clayton county were treated not so sacred. former park superintendent...sevent y-six year old thomas munson of prairie du chien...is charged with stealing ancient native american remains from the museum collection -- fragmentssof skeltons...jaws, legs and teeth. "defintely unethical, i would sasa i don't know why somebodyy would want to have that. i mean, if they're in

"the bones are said to be between five hundred and two thousand years old." munson rrportedly told investigators he kept them in good somebody found out about it, probably a little too late, but hopefully justice it served." and here in prairie du chien...mystery remains...as to why munson would take ancient human remains and store them for twenty years. "from my perspective, i really don't know what the motive would be." i also spoke to the current superintendent at effigy mounds. he says he doesn't know munson, but they are diyappointed in what happened. we;ve got you covered in clayton thomas munson...the former superintendent is scheduled to be in court on wednesday. an 188year-old is charged with arson after police say he poured accelerant on a fire in his garage. royce lenth is charged with second degree arson.

seventh in the 400 block of dunkerton road in cedar falls. three other people were in the garage at the time - they were uninjured. coming up on kwwl, as doctors search for the illness that's plaguing their son, one eastern iowa looks to stay positive and show "hes going to go on to do great things with his personality and "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather the attitude he has. he's going anncr: when the attacks come here... ...the person behind this desk will have to otect your family. will he be i iulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings ananvotes just to campaign, like marco rubio? 27 generals and admirals

because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get ououthere and do it t urself.

bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather tee: welcome back and happy friday, and meteorologist kyle kiel in for mark schnackenberg. it was a clooy day across eastern iowa, and that will continue to be the story into tonight. later tonight, we could have a`few patchy areas of drizzle and some fog, but

overcast. that will be the case into tomorrow morning as well. but by the afqernoon we will start to see rain howers spread into the area, becoming more widespread saturday night into sunday. that's where we will see our best chance for a few thunderstorms as well. no severe weather is expected. right now the storm track 7 live weather network shows overcas skies across eastern iowa, after seeing just a few peeks of sunshine throughout the day. we will remain mainly overcast through the overnight hours. storm track 7 live doppler radar has nothing showing up in eastern iowa, but we take a wider view of the satellite and radar, you will notice we have

of the country. that's a sign of moisture making its way into the midwwst. this areaeaof low pressure will track along the warm front, and feed off the moisture, giving us a moderate to heavy rain event across the area. yes, we are talking rain in the middle of december. temperatures have been well above average, by 10 to 15 degrees today. we are currently sitting in the 40s, and many of us won't get any cooler than the 40s throuuhout the overnight hours, thanks o the warm front and the cloud cover. let's time everything out with futuretrack. tonight, we will have a mainly cloudy sky. a warm front will nudge its way into the area, bringing higher moisture values which means areas of drizzle and fog could affect uu later

tomorrow morning. tomorrow, most of us stay dry throughout the first half of the day, but by late afternoon, we will see the development of showers. the rain but hended up loosing his fingers and toes... it's a medicalalmystery that haha doctors at the university of iowa hospital stumped... liam young was in surgery again this morning... this is a picture of him after he had his head shaved r the operation.... kwwl's amanda gilbert sat down with the family who told her everything about what their son hasone through.

is he's critically ill. they got to get him to iowa city, and any better. so i took him to the emergency hospital in dubuque... finley hospital and...have the helicopter come to pick him up....it's been a long journey so far withhout any definate answers. "mommy please open it..." doctors don't know what's wrong with him.... "thank you" "the best answer we got is he ended up getting the flu and his immune system didn't really know how to respond to it..... so it started attacking his body." through a program here at the hospital.... liam gets a bead for every proccure or treatment he gets. this show's everything he's gone through... "hes got a couple courage beads... for the amputation of throughout all of this... "he's going to go on to do great things with his personality and the attitude he has. he's going stay positive too. "if there's anyone who can solve this it's the doctors here." proving that a smile and some dance moves can sometimes be the best medicine.... nanas: "beep beep" "

heard liam's story... and helped start a all of his fingers and toes.. " "come on." things with his personality and the attitude he h. he's going stay positive too. "if there's anyoneewho can some dance moves can sometimes be the best medicine.... nats: "beep beep" a stranger in texas actually heard liam's story... and helped start a fundraiser to help him and and his family.... so far people from across the country have raised around 5- thousand dollars for them....

coming up...the uni panthers looking to stay hot when they rematch with the north dakota state bison tomorrow. and many of you saw that epic iowa state comeback last night--see how one fan reacted... brad hanson joins us next for

"now, kwwl sports." for lynn's family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. for other families it's higher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we'veot to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for ynn's family and for yours.

matchup with the north dakota state bison. this is a rematch of the october matchup--north dakota state edged out the panthers 31-28. both teams rell heavily on theiei run game. quarterback aaron bailey set the u-n-i rushing record in a season for a qb last week, and has more than

tyvis smith also has re than a thousand yards this year--it marks the first time in school history the team has had two thousand yard rushers. the bison al_o have been potent on the ground this year--they're averaging 300 yards on the ground over the past six games. kick off is tomorrow morning at 11 on espn. a couple of area naties are being cognized for r heir stellar years on the football field. iowa state's mike warren and alabama's ross pierschbacher from cedar falls, both named to the freshman alal america team. warree rushed for 1,339 yards--fifth most in team history and added five touchdowns. pierschbacher was a starting guard for the crimson tide--helping block the way for if you're a hawkeye fan, there's a good chance you're still upset about iowa states huge comeback win last night. check out this little fan's reaction--all caught on video by his mother.r.

but they played a good game. no they didn't.. they only lost by ne... more screaming.. and the chicago cubs have landed one of the top free agentstsof this offseason. jason heyward and the cubs agreed to an eight-year, 184 million dollar deal. heyward hit just under 300 last year, with 13 homers and 60 rbi's. he'll most likely take over center field duties, and hit towards the top of the lineup.

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