plaza a reality...holds back tears...thinking of all the dream...a wonderful part of my life." this pillar also knocked over duringthe vandal's $riving spree...leaving red paint from the car on the monument. "and this seems to have really struck a cord with people here in the dubuque community. people are driving by...getting out of their cars, to see what exactly happened whoever did this obviously doesn't have the respect ttt we hold for veterans and what they have done for this country." police say they have some leads, but are still looking for the car that did tts. they are looking for an older model sports utility car...like a jeep cherokee...or similar to that style. they ask anyone with information to contact them. we've got you covered live in dubuque...shirley descorbeth.... ...kwwl news.

say they' working to figure out how to fix what's been damaged. it's estimated to cost fifteen thousand dollars. coming off of a very wet weekend -- we're starting to dry out. seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg joins us nowowfrom the forecast center. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen as one large and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracking another storm, but this one will track to our northwest and not have ch moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a few light rain showers are possible tuesday night into wednesday. thursday through saturday will be dry nd colder with highs in thhupper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the cold just doesn't seem to last very long

heavy rains over the weekend - causing road closures in waterloo on shaulis road, ranchero road, and fletcher avenue. here was the scene earlier today as crews closed the flood gates at fletcher avenue. working quickly to reinforce the te with sanddbags. the pubbc works director says he would take the rain over snow any day. "very unusual for december, the gates on fletcher. just make sure the public is safe." public works says the creek should receed by the nd of this week continuing coverage a waterloo woman is dead- and

a shooting at an iowa home. this all happening sunday evening in the 600 block of first street north east in hampton. 60 year old ronald lee rand charged with first degree murder for the death of his alleged girlfriend 51 yeaaold michelle key of waterloo. kwwl's lauren moss spending the day in the neighborhood in hampton and speaking with neighbors- she joins us now live. i spoke to several neighbors in that area- everyone said the same thing. they say rand was a quiet man who kept to himself...but they never imagined he could be someone facing murder charges. you can see caution tape surrounding his home, in hampton. the franklin county sheriff's office responded to a call for a suicidal person at this home, sunday night around 6. when they arrived, officers found michelle key - dead from a gunshot wound..and they arrested rand. police say michelle was his girfriend. now i spoke with a man who lives

is a friendly neighborhood- so he was pretty scared when he saw several police cars outside.. danny craighton- neighbor happened to look out the window and my daughter told me tape around the house and the first thing yyu think is...what in the world happened? he also says he didn't really he know rand...but he would often see him outside working on his motorcycle. he was unsure how long rand has lived in hamptoo. i spoke with waterloo police for information on michelle key and i reached out to a number linked to her family, but have not heard back at this time. we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. rand is being held at the franklin county jail- awaiting his first court appearance. a center point- urbana high school graduate dies after she's hit by a car in ames. 18-year old emmalee jacobs was killed a hit and run accident near the iowa state campus shortly

iowa state officers gave her cpr* but she later died at the hospital. emmalee w w a student atatisu, as well as a graduate at center point- urbana and a kwwl "best a small round of layoffs are coming to employeee at john deee... deere and company are indefinitely laying off 45 employees at the john deere foundry in waterloo... the layoffs take effect january 18th. those at deere say the layoffs come with a projected decrease in sales in 2016. governor branstad iihitting a major milestone today... after today - branstad will have served seven thousand, six hundred and 42 days as iowa's governor. making him the longest serving governor in american history. kwwls olivia mancino is joining us from the iowa state fairgrounds where there is an event to hoor his achievent tonight

storm, the doors open in just about 45 minutes here...and its going to be a big event - more than - hundred tickets have been sold , branstad has been in office for almost 21 years he has a record of 19 and 0 - thats 19 elections won hes never lost an election hes been in-- his time in office the coordinator@of this event sayinf branstad is humbled, and owws his record to voters very important decision the voters make, to be relekectrd time and again and have the confidence of the people of iowa it's sething very special tonight all proceeds from this event and the saleefrom brandtads biography will go to th vernor branstad iowa history fund..which provides research for projects

also tonight--many notable republican candidates will be in attendsnce including congressman rod blum well continue to bring you live coverage of this event at six and ten we've got you covered, live ii des moines - olivia mancino... kwwl news. the record branstad is breaking is more than 200 years old. the record was originally held by new york's governor george clinton -- who served 21 years as governor... and also as vice presidento thomas jefferson and james madisn. coming up... are our efforts fighting isis in the middle east working? president obama gives us an update on the fight. and... area post offices are well- staffed today. find out what makes today the busiest mailing day of the year? that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look a the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief

has your full forecast next. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our pagg to "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman and chief meteorologist mark

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kwkw news at five." --------- --------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: as storm, but this one will track few light rain showers are with highs in the upper 20s and this winter. as one large and soggy storm to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a few light rain showers are possible tueueday night into wednesday. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the cold just doesn't seem to last very8long so far this winter. as one large and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracking another storm, but this one will track to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a

possible tuesday night into wednesday. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the uppr 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the c cd just doesn't seem to last very long so far this winter. as one large and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are trking another storm, but this one will track to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a few light rain showers are possible tuesday ght into wednesday.8thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in he upper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the cold just doesn't seem to last very long so far tis winter. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl

one large and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracking another storm, but this one will track to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a few light rain showers are possible tuesday night into wednesday. thuuday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the cold just doesn't seem to last very long so far this winter. as one larare and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracking another storm, but this one will track to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperattres remain n ild so a few light rain showers are possible tuesday night into wednesday. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s by monday. the cold just doesn't seem to last very long so far this winter. as one large and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracing

track to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a few light rain showers are temperatures remain mild so a coming up... are air strikes in the middle east against isis working? an update from president obama. and - mlb's commissioner reacts to pete rose's appeal to get back in baseball's good graces. will the "hit king" get into the hall of fame? you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in --------- ---------

"we are hitting isil harder than ever. coalition aircraft, our fighters, boobers and dronene have been increasing the pace of on isil targets than any other month since this campaign started. we're also taking out isil leaders, commanders, and killers, one by one." the president gave this update at the pentagon after meeting with his national security team... he says air strikes targeting isis controlled oil refineries is doing major damage -- and so far the radical terrorists have

percent of the area it once controlled in iraq. a prisoner of war at the heart of a dangerous and controversial prisoner exchange is facing a & court martial. army sergeant bowe bergdahl was caputred by the taliban after leaving his afghanistan back in 2009... his release came during a prisoner exchange in may. he'll face a millitary court on charges of desertion and endangering fellow soldiers. bergdahl came back into the spotlight last week as the topic of the immensly popular podcast serial. the trial goes to the jury for one of the officers tried in connection to the deathhof freddie grara william porter is the first of six officers to stand trial for gray's death... he's charged with manslaughter, assualt, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. gray died in pollce custody back in april -- the city was locked down

despite his attempts to appeal, pete rose will not be reinstated back i ito baseball. rose waabanned from baseball for life in 1989 after acknowledging he bet on baseball. mlb's commissionerob manfred cited nee evidence that rose placed bets on his team - the cincinnati reds back in 1986. rose is baseball's all-time hit leader with 4-thousand-256 hits. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... what you need to know if you plan on giving - or getting - a drone this holiday sfason and... new researcrc suggests a certain rscription taken during pregnancy could result in the child developing autism... --------- ---------

today marks the three year anniversary of the deadliest school shooting in u-s history... at sandy hook elementary school... three years ago today adam lanza shot and illed 20 chhdren and six teachers at the school in newtown, connecticut. lanza killed his mother inside their home before driving to the school with a semi-automatic rifle. he

there is a link between antidepressants taken during pregnancy and autism in kids. the research was broad -- with more than 145 thousand kids studied... the researchers say women who took the drugs - especially during the second and third trimesters - wereore likely to have an autistic child ---however, that risk is very small. "for women who are taking antidepressant during pregnancy, they found that they have one child." the scientists found a link between antidepressants taken during pregnancy and autism - and say it is important to note that anti- depressants do not cause autism. scientists say depression itself could play a role. amazon is pulling one of the hottest holiday gifts s ff its websste - hoverboards. the online shopping giant is pulling some brands of hoverboards because of growing

people say their hoverboards started on fire. the consumer product safety commission is investigating the fires, and hovvrboards across the board post offices across the nation are increasing their staff today - for the busiest mailing day of the year. this is what the marion post office looked like today. lines were back to thth door with people waiting to send their packages. why so busy? today and tomorrow are the last days to send with standard shipping prices and have you packages delivered inintime for thh holidays.... if you find a drone under your tree this year -- make sure to register it with the feds. e federal aviation administration is requiring all drone owners to register their devices on an f-a-a website... drone users will be subject to civ and criminal penalties if they do not reeister. there is a small fee, but it will be waived until january 20th.

december 21st. here's a live look at the waterloo skycaa. storm track sevvn meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your weather next. we'll --------- coming up tonight on the kwwl paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there d do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. 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.

at six... the more than 50 thousand hawkeye fans trying to get tickets to the rose bowl will find out if they're getting lucky. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenbebeg

tonight, getting nasty. donald trump calls ted cruz a maniac, as cruz surnlgz ahead in iowa and the gop establishment grapples with a nightmare enario. bowe bergdahl the american army sergeant freed in a controversial prisoner swap with the taliban now facing a potential life sentence here, charged with des ergs

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