frrshfrrsh now on today in iowa... funeral services are set for an iowa wrestler who collapsed over the weekend. plus... a sker is nearly hit by a falling drone as he was skiing down the hill... and an eastern iowa girl saves her money for more than a year so she can buy gifts for veterans this holiday season. that story coming up. i'm ally cruucher. jerry has the day off. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist eileen loan. good morning. rain is tracking into the area thhs morning and wiwi stick aroundndall day and we may even have some thunderstorms

still have some areas of fog/in the north.... temperatures just continued to go up overnight, so we are now in the mid 30s to the mid 40s with the winds turning more to the east, although theywill eventually turn to the west. raiiwill continue to track through and then snow will mix by tonight. but today will be liquid with about an inch in some areas, especially if you hear some thunder. highs will climb into the mid 40s to mid 50s. we have some snow for tonight, but a couple of other system bring a chance of snow to the state... i'll have that forecast in a few minutes. continuing coverage this morning... funeral services are set for an iowa wrestler who collapsed during a meet over the weekend. 18-year-old austin roberts was a senior at spencer high school. visitation is sunday and his funeral will be monday, both at the spencer h hh school gymm an autopsy is now complete on his body.

investigation. a woman who police say deliberately drove her car onto las vegas sidewalks is scheduled to appear in court. police say lakeisha holloway intentionally hit 37 people with her car killing one person and injuring dozens. police charged her with one count murder and child abuse. her three yyar old son was in the car with her at the time of the incident. today, leaders of the group "black lives matter" are planning to protest inside the mall of america. mall officials had asked a judge to ban the group from holding a demonstration on mall property.. but the motion was struck down. the judge did stress mall of america is private property and did havevehe right to impose authority over people inside the mall. mall officials say they're pleased with the court's ruling and hope protester follow the law... "this ruling is a very clear message to not only the three consequences if you come and

any protestee detained today could be charged with trespassing. a truck on its way to iowa --carrying more than two-thousand highway. take a look at the truck on its side in north carolina. animal control officers working to contain the piglets as crews put the truck back up right. authorities say some of the pigs were seriously injured in the crash. marriage licenses in kentucky will no longer show the names of county clerks. the governor changed the state's marriage license form, saying he wants to honor religious beliefs. this comes after county clerk kim davis became a national headline in september for refusing to decision 2 2-16 coverage this morning... we're hearing from hillary clinton... after donald trump called her a liar. trump blames the media. still, his numbers are strong. but if he falls, ted cruz is waiting in the wiigs. tracie potts has the latest from washington. "it's important to stand up to

explicit references to bathroom break at saturday night's debate and her 2008 failed presidential bid. this morning, trump's tweeting that the "biased media" "incorrectly defined" his words. but clinton's not the only one targeting him: "it is so easy for billionaire cowards like trump to pick on poor people." polls are mixed. a new reutees poll this morning shows trump with triple the support of number two ben carson. "some people have expressed concern that i would quite because my numbers have gone down, i'm not a quitter." but quinnipiac puts him just four points ahead of ted cruz. "people are waking up there is an awawaening and spirit of revival sweeping this country."

found half the country would be embarrassed for trump to be may not stick with the candidate trump tweeted overnight that the media's blowing this out of proportion. at a rally last night, hillary clinton called some of what's coming from the repubican side mean-spirited. on the republican side, marco rubio says his age doesn't mean he's not prepared to face down foreign policy challengers.. like vladimir putin. rubio called the russian president "a thug and gangster" during a new hampshire town hall. he took an indirect swipe at donald trump by saying he wouldn't like it if putin threw praises his owow way. sesetor rubio sayy he'll bring cold-eyed reality to u-s foreign policy... what he's all about. i've called him a thug and a gangster because he operates as one. i don't think he'soffended by that by the way. after being criticized in recent weeks for keeping a relatively light campaign schedule, rubio has been holding multiple events, and taking more questions, in both iowa and

mpshire. a scary moment for a skier -- as he's nearly hit by a drone falling out of the sky. you can see the four time defending world champion skiing here in italyy as he's heading down the mountain -- a drone comes flying out of the sky -- just missing the skier by a matter of seconds. he says he was so focused on his run -- he didn't even find out about the crash until he made it all the two complete replicas of the famous wright brothers flyer are about to be packed up and sent north carolina back in 1903. the wright brothers even spent part of their childhood in iowa. the planes being built now are full scale models and technically could fly. a civil rigigts activist i i duuque will now be remembered, thanks to the dubuque city council. the council voted to rename the multicultural family center to the ruby sutton building. sutton was an instrumental figure in dubuque during the civil rights movement. she died earlier this year. ruby's daughter lynn says it's a

"that her memory will always what she stood for. she would not have wanted all this, she was very humble, very quiet about what she did, but she still got the job done." the building will officially be renamed early next year during a dedication ceremony. iowa's population is growing --but is ststll behind the ational rate. new estimates show iowa's population grew point five percent this year. the national population grew point eight percent.& iowa is still 30th in population among the states. after the 2010 census, iowa lost a seat in congress because the state's other states. a 7-year-old saved all of her allowance money for more than a year to buy gifts for veterans this holiday season. kwwl's kristin rogers tells us a small girl, with a big heart... (cg: jonathan westercamp/ isabel's father) "cleaning, picking up toy rooms, and you know picking up leaves our country "you have to push

isabel gathered one- hundred handsoaps, that play patriotic songs.. (nats of music) she has handwritten one-hundred letters as well... (nats of marker writting) gifts she hopes bring joy to veterans this holiday season. (cg: isabel westercamp/ donates to veterans) "dear veteran, thanks for your military service for america, love isabel." (cg: kristin rogers) "isabel plans to take the gifts from cedar rapids to the veteran affairs hospital in iowa city." seven-years-old and on a mission "love, isabel" to show her r "they prooect our service and they sacrifice for our freedom." her love written on one card at a time and attached to soap, in hopes of brightening the day of many who

isabel's father tells us two of her great grandfathers and her great grandma served in world war two... now to a story we've been following this holiday season. check out what got donated to the salvation army of waterloo cedar falls. seven gold liberty coins, a silver double eagle, and a coin from mexico minted in 1944. it's coming up on today in iowa -- this is a scene right out of looney tunes. a thief gets stuck while trying to rob a store. plus... teenage parents get a visit from santa claus who gives kids a christmas to remember. rain continues to track into the snow in the forecast. i'll have the detailscoming up. "now aour storm track 7

from the kwwl stormtrack 7 ather team: rain will track through today and we may hear thunder. snow will mix in tonight and may linger into thursday before drying out for christmas day. rrin is trackiig through on stormtrack7 live doppler radar and we have some rain showing up on some of our stormtrack7 live weather network cameras already. and it is mild... temps are in the mid 30s to mid 40s already this morning (actually, we have been climbing nce yesterday morning) with low 30s to the northwest. easterly winds will turn more to the west today, but until then we will have plenty of moisture streaming in as low pressure tracc northeastwaa. this is pulling a ot of moisture into the area and we will keep the chances of rain all day and could hear

could mix in this evening and into the overnight with a few snoo showewes into thursday. we won't see much snow accumulation, but we could end up with quite a bit of rain... most of us with

inch amounts and could see more, especially if you get under a couple of heavy rain producers and/or hear thunder. rain will continue today with highs in the mid 40s tt mid 50s as the winds turn to the west. breezy conditions tonight with light rain and snow showers trackingghrough. lows ropping travelers. while not as warm, it

it may not be a white christmas-- instead expect a rare sight in the than just s snta claus. nasa says the last full moon of the year will appear on christmas day. its peak should happen just after five in the morning. the rare sight is called a full cold moon because it shows up during the beginning of winter. a full moon hasn't appeared on christmas day since 19-77. meantime the cedar falls city council has approved plans for three roundabouts along university avenue. the details on the first phase of the plan were approved 6 to one... the phase also approves replacements for some storm and sanitary sewers. the estimated cost on construction for this phase is about 14.5 million dollars. they hope to begin construction by next spring. it's coming up on today

iowa.... a coyote walks into an airport ... this isn't the set-up of a bad joke, but rather a real international airport this week... santa to thank for a christmas she won't forget. a surprise from her father you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in ta vista, frederika, martelle, and all of eastern iowa.

south carolina airpcheck this out. security cameras captured footage of the animal running in the area ofofthe securitytycheckpointssfor passengers. t-s-a officials say the coyote entered the terminal through the baggage area no one came in contact with the animal and no one was injured. security officerr subdued the animal with a taser. a thief in russia was easily busted by police after hanging around the crime scene too long. the man tried to get into the shop through a hole in the roof but got stuck.

scene after an alarm went off and found a pair of legs dangling from the ceiling. no word on the whereabouts of any other suspects who allegedly decided to not "hang around." mcdonald's may soon be adding a new menu item that both kids and adultsre sure to love. it's macaroni and cheese. the fast food chain is trying out the popular comfort food at some locations in ohio. according to mcdonald's, it's made with real cheese. mcdold's has been lrying out several new menu items in recent months, as s way to boosttsales. some holiday christmas lights to show -- shot on a drone here in eastern iowa. it's the "helping*services for northeast iowa drive through lights display" in decorah. the display benefits helping services for north-east iowa. the organization provides programs, substance abuse prevention programs, and domestic violence services for clients in northeast iowa. you may recall a michigan mayor challenged iowa city's mayor to a friendly wager. the loser of the iowa-michigan state

the opposing teams flag at city hall for 24 hours. since the hawkeyes unfortunately lost to the spartans, the city hall in iowa city paid their dues by flying the spartans flag. east lansing's mayor said after the bet, they'll make up for it by cheering extra loud for the hawkeyes when they play stanford in the rose bowl. santa clause made an early stop to deliver some much needed gifts... those presents going to an area high school -- where the students are also moms and dads. teen parents from the alternative learning center received much needed gifts from santa. the center is a high school program that's part of dubuque community school district. the teen parents got gifts such as diapers, clothes and educational toyy for their children. desppte the challenges of being a teen parent -- they're motivated to stay in school. "if i can show her that i can mom did it...i can do it." gifts were given to nineteen student's children.

ended for an iowa kindergartemer... during a school assembly the littlele girl helped sing about what they were thankful for... and when waiting. we celebrate out military... we all celebrate yeah all celebrate (jaw drop) (clapping as two girls run up to hug sergeant) the sergeant say it went from being a surprise in the classroom to the whole school. it's coming up on today in iowa -- a drone academy certifying new intensify.

paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and 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 vext president to get%in there, roll up hihisleeves, take offffhe 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.

businesses are hoping to profit from i4. mary thompson has more. (nats) drones getting plenty americans will buy 800,0,0 recreational drones in the fourth quarter, an estimate that has new jersey drone academy (sot: james barnes, nj drone academy founder)

year before june, probably up to 550 students. fifteen year old owen ford is a formmr student, nd a long time fan of these unmanned ariel systems (sot: owen ford, drone enthusiast) "i really the strangeness about soaring, the f-a--is taking action to make sure our skies remain safe. federal workers visited big box retailers selling drones to educate workers how to operate them properly and starting today owners need regisser their drones - or face e civil penalties of over 27,000 and criminal penalties of up to a quarter of a million dollars. (reporter stand up: mary thompson) the faa sees the registration process as a to educate users on and five miles from an airport. hobbyists will learn those lessons at the academy, but that's not the only audience its targeting. barnes partnering with professor mike chumer of the new jersey institute of technology to conduct research with drones and to train first to communicate much faster. if they communicate faster they're likely ttsave more livvs.

today in iowa continues in a moment to conduct research with drones and to train first responders on how to operate them. (sot: dr. michael chumer,new jersey institute of technology prof.) likely to save more lives. expecting the sky's the limit wheit comes to the future of drones. today in iowa continues ia moment

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rain is likely today with some thunder. most seeing half to an inch of rain, may get half an inch of snow tonight as rain mixes with then changes to snow before tapering off on thursday. highs will be in the we stay mild into the weekend. we have a second system friday night into along with rain, snow or a combination of both depending on the track of the low. it's and coming up on today in iowa. an eastern iowa man will be featured on a popular hunting show -- nearly five years after