when they saw police officrs wrapping the first thing you think is what in the world happened. police arrived to this home, after a suicidal phone call- when they arrived they found rand's girlfriend 51 year old michelle key dead..from a gunshot wound. rand was arrested and charged with first degree murder...taken from his home- and put behind bars... but the caution tape stands, an image that neighbors say they'll never forget,. "just totally totally surprised you on't think abut that happening in small town iowa, never forget,. "just totally totally surprised you don't think about that happening in small town iowa, ya know. i spoke with waterloo police for information on michelle key and i reached out to a number linked to her family, but have not ard

we've got you covered, lauren moss ...kwwl news. rand is being held at the franklin county jail- awaiting his first court appearance. many people in eastern iowa are trying to dry out after a rainy weekend. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen

stormtrack 7 weather team: as one larre and soggy storm moves away tonight...the clouds to our northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. temperatures remain mild so a wednesday. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the upper 20s and thisisinter.as one large and soggg storm moves away tonight...the clouds linger. we northwest and not have much moisture for iowa. and forced several roads to close kwwl's jessica hartman talking with waterloo public works about this unusual problem for december. flooding causing the department to close shaulis road between hwy 18 and the casino, ranchero road, and fletcher avenue. crews working quickly to secure thh flood gates on fletcher avenue near university. bringing in a large load mark rice "very unusual for december." people living near by know the creek flooding is a part of living in the area. but one long time waterloo resiient can't remember shshron clark "no, usually

rice "we are usually in the midst of plowing snow, and now fletcher. just make sure the blic is safe." rtman "the flood gates are meant to keep drivers off it is causing a different kind of traffic hazard." in a 30 minute period more than 2 dozen cars made the mistake. in some cases almost "even with the street blocked people would still turn, and i think, you have to turnaround and come right back." it is a major thoroughfare for waterloo - but public works says they don't mind innnviencing people when it comes to safety. flooded roads and safe, but with minute period more than 2 dozen cars made the happen all the time. "even with the street blocked people would still turn, and i itits a major thoroughfare for waterloo - - but public works says they don't mind inconviencing people when it comes to safety. the flooding could have been a

frozen at this point and was able to absorb most of the rain fall. we've got you covered live in news. public works says the creek should receed by the end of this week. the fire department was called after a basement caught on fire. the fire took place in the 1100 block of locust street in dubuque this morning. the people who lived there already gg out of the building by the time the firefighters got there. officials says the fire was started by careless smoking. there were no injuries reported. a woman is dead after she was involved in a hit- and-run crash. ames police say an officer was patrolling near the university campus monday morning, when he spotted a woman lying ii the street. the woman, identified as emmalee jacobs, was rushed to the

from her injuries, police believe she was the victim of a hit-and-run. no arrest have been made yet. 30 hogs were killed following a semi rollover accident. the accident took place on highway 18 east of west union. according to the fayette county sheriff's office, the driver, kyle bishop lost control and rolled his semi. the highway was closed for clean-up for more than an hour. an area veterans memorial takes a big hit -- someone drove their car right through -- damaging benchhs and a monument -- causing thousands of dollars worth of damage... kwwl's shirley descorbeth spoke to area vets today. $& she's live in dubuque at the plaza. shirley...whaa did they s sy? the vets from the community say they don't know how...and they can't imaginehy someone would do this. one of them told me....e's

with what happened. police say it happened some time between saturday night and sunday early afternoon. the vandal drove through the plaza...moving around several benches...and damaging them. this bench that honored two local veteran brothers...is destroyed. a pillar was also knocked over during the vandel's driving spree...leaving red paint behind. area vets stopped by the whoever did this obviously doesn't have the respect that we hold for veterans and what they have done for this country." there also have been others driving by...ssopping by brieiely...to see what happened. police say they have some leads, but are still looking for the car that did this. they are looking for an older model sports utility caa..like a jeep cherokee...or similar to that style. they ask anyone with information to

we've got you covered live in dubuquqe...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. the plaza's board of directors say they're working to figure out how to fix what's been damaged. it's estimated to cost fifteen thousand dollars. u.s. marshals are continuing their search for a kansas fugitive. bryan levi bridges is wanted for multiple crimes including aggravated burglalay. bridges hhs ties to iowa, mexico, and denver, colorado. bridges worked as a free lance roofer in various areas of iowa. because of this, authorities say it is possible bridges is hiding out in the stte. if you see bridges, do not approach him, as he is considered dangerous. 45 john deere emplyees were informed they would be placed on indefinite layoff. today, the john deere foundry in waterloo informed the employees they were laid off, effective january 18. iowa's governor making history tonight...

longest serving governor in the history of this country and tonight, theres an event in des moines to honor his servitude kwwls olivia mancino is at the iowa state fairgrounds where the event is just kicking off the doors just opened, slowly these tables will start to fill up with supporters as you can see a copy of one of branstad's biography at each seat here.. more than twelve-hundred tickets sold for tonight's event a little about the governor... this is his sixth four year term... he haha a record of 19 and 0 --- thats 19 elections won, including his terms in office for lieutenant governor.. and this isn't the only rececrd under his belt, when he was elected in 1982...he was 35 years old making him

youngest-serving governor tonight all the proceced from this event and his biography will go to the charity of his choice "all proceeds will go to the new dedicated to promoting iowa history across the state" that was jimmy centers one of the coordinators of this event and formerly on his staff he says in many conversations with the governor, the governor told him he owes all of his sscess to the ppple who voted for him we have just about 45 minutes til this event starts, many speakers will be here tonight to honor the governor, as well as local republicananincluding congressman rod blum. we've got you covered live in des moines olivia mancino kwwl news the record branstad is breaking is more than 200 years old. tonight members of the waterloo than 200 years old.

school board will vote to put a multi-million dollar bond referendum on the ballot. they're looking to put the 47 million dollar bond issue referendum on a february second ballot. the money would go towards a new career and technology center, that will include 30 career choices for students. dr. jane lindaman says one of the goals is to have drop our rates decrease. also in the proposed plan...renovations to east and west high schools. they are looking to make both buildings fully air-conditioned, among other things. today -- thousands of hawkeyes fans will find out if they're getting tickets to the rose bowl. the university will now hand out 23-thousand tickets -- but more than 50-thousand people requested a ticket. this means fans will have to spend more to go through tte secondary market -- like stubhub. right now stubhub has tickets -- beginning at 5- hundred

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he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwlwl stormtrack 7 wwther team: asas 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. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder 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 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. thursday through saturday wille dry and coldede

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 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 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. 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 tonight...the clouds linger. we are tracking another storm, butt this one will track to our northwest and not have much 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

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. 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 jjt doesn't seem to last very long 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. 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 tonight...the clouds linger. we are trackinanother 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. thursday through saturday will be dry and colder with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. we are back in the 40s 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

20s and low 30s. we are back in the united states are humming today. that's because today is the busiest mailing day of the year as people are sending off packages and cards to loved ones for the holidays, some post offices even increase their staff to prepare for this busy time. kwwl's kristin rogers spent time at the marion post office today, kristin what was it like? lines were back to the door with people waiting to send packages to their loved ones... and that's because i'm told today and tomorrow are the last days to send with standard shipping prices and have you packages delivered in time for the holidays.... (nat of phone ringing) "it's a little bit chaotic." the busiest mailing day of the year "hi there!" "hi how are you?" "good!" people and holiday cheer filling this marion post office (cg: cynthia

hard work but we do get excited for it." all the excitement to have packages delivered to loved ones in time for the holidays... "15.32 to get here on the 19th sir." (nat phone rings) (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "on the 15th would be the last day in order to get your standered mailings out." the lines continuing to grow... "so you will be busy tomorrow too?" (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "oh heck yeah!" popular," (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "oh yes amazingly so, the internet is amazing, the packages that the carriers are actually delivering outweighs what i have ever seen in the past." mail carriers from this post office are delivering seven days a week... "i can help whoever is next!" this busy time is something that brings the post office joy, because they know they are trusted to get you goods from point a to point b, and contribute to a happy holday.... (cythia luchenburg) "we

the postmaster tells me she has increased her staff for this time of year... as well as brought in additional product to make sure they don't run out. we've got you covered live in marion, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. remember tomorrow is the last day to get those packages out and pay standard shipping... good news if you plan on traveling this holiday season - gas prices continue to drop... nationally, gas prices are down nearly two cents since last week. the news is even better here in iowa -- we're down more than four cents this week... we're also down 48 cents from this same time last year.... coming up... we'll hear from ben jacobson as one panther player has decided to leave the panther program --

battles in des moines this weekend at the big four classic -- the uni panthers will meet up with 5th ranked iowa state -- junior arias austin was granted his release after informing coach ben jacobson that he'd like to transfer from the program -- austin played in all 9 uni games this season -- but told jacobson he wanted to move to a program where he'd have a chance to start and see more time -- issues -- i haven't had a lot of time to process all of it yet, but it combinations that we haven't seen yet. iowa state goes in to that game with the reigning big 12 player of the week -- big man jameel mckay took that

percent from the floor win wins over buffalo, iowa, and arkansas- pine bluff -- he averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds in those wins -- the cyclones will get another boost as marquette transfer deonte burton becomes eligible and will suit up for the first time for iowa state -- during his freshman and sophomore years at marquette he averaged just under 7 points a game while make some monster athletic plays --- iowa state and uni will play the second game on saturday at around 6 oh clock -- iowa and drake will get the early match-up -- the hawkeyes jarrod uthoff -- by the way -- earned big ten half performance against iowa state where it seemed he couldn't miss -- putting up 30 points before the break -- he also shot nearly 70 percent from the arc in iowa's 2 games last week -- saturday's game against the bulldogs tips off at 3:30 in the afternoon -- we'll be right back.

fifth grade students from kingsley elementary in waterloo sang christmas carols for us.

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'sshigher deductibles, premiums and co-pays that keep adding up. that's why we've got to crack down on price gouging, cap out-of-pocket costs, and fast track approrol of less expensive generic drugs. because we've got to get health care costs under control for lynn's family and for yours.

from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. eel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show, pat sajak and vanna white. well, you out here? i didn't mean to. oh, hi. look at all those people. i'm a-scared. thank you, jim. thanks, erybody. have a nice trip to the puzzle board. be safe!

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