1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of tonight. joseph lemm -- a dubuque county native -- was killed during a kwwl's brad hanson got a chance to sit down with with his family media newsroom in dubuque with the details. brad? he sure was--family members

down to earth, incredibly nice guy. lemm was on patrol monday near bagram afghanistan when a motorcycle laden with explosives went off in the midst of their patrol. lemm, originally from bernard iowa, moved to nebraska and eventually new york, where he was a member of the police force for about 15 years. he was on his third and final tour overseas. loras link, who's wife was lemm's cousin, says even though they only saw him every couple of years, he left a mark on their lives. (loras link, joseph lemm's cousin) "he had the size of a when he would walk in. he was once, you had a friend forever." link says it had been about a year and a half since they last saw

could've seen more of him. link and his daughter shared some other great memories of lemm with me today--we'll hear we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in lemm's body was brought back to the united states today -- and was part of a dignified transfer at dover air force base. the autopsy is complete and funeral services are set for an iowa wrestler who died during the weekend. 18-year-old austin roberts collapsed during a meet during a home invitational on saturday. the state medical examiner completed the autopsy -- but results are pending. the preliminary investigation showed roberts died of natural causes. a visitation will be held at three p-m on sunday -- december 27th. funeral services are set for 10-30 a-m on monday decmeber 28th. both will be held at the spencer high school gym. gun sales increase this year --

overseas and even closer to home. according to the f-b-i website -- more than 2-million background checks were performed for gun buyers last month alone. that's compared to less than two- million checks in the same month of last year. kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with buyers and sellers. she joins us live in cedar rapids with the details. kristin? palo is a little more than ten miles from where i am in cedar rapids, however -- the small store of palo outdoors has experienced huge sales the manager believes recent violence has lead to more people wanting to buy guns one customer now because due to the violence he fears guns will be harder to get in the future. it's a concept the manager of (cg: matt schrantz/ manager of palo outdoors) "the pro gun people are defintely concerned so they are taking it upon

say." talk of stricter gun control comes after a series of violence. the san barnardio shooting in california marked the 355 mass shooting in the united states this year in 336 days. another part of this recent to feel safe. we've got you covered live in the store manager says the says sales of all types of guns have increased this year. an assault rifle is found -- and a man is arrested following reports of gun shots. police arrest 22- year-old vincent harrington in the 600 block of wellington street tuesday night in waterloo. gunshots were reported in the area of randolph and west seventh street. according to witnesses -- several people ran away from the area when police arrived. an assault rifle was found at the scene. police believe the rifle was stolen during a burglary earlier this week.

directed to city council members could be related to a fatal police shooting. three members of the burlington city council received bomb threats by email. police beielve it's connected to the shooting of a burlington woman earlier this year. the emails -- sent monday -- contain threats to blow up the city council building. burlington police says no arrests have been made. the f-b-i has been helping with the investigation to track down the server the writer used. an eastern iowa man is arrested after breaking in to his estranged wife's home. according to our coverage partners at t-h media -- the break in took place in the 23-hundred block of central avenue in dubuque monday night. police say eric shafer broke into his wife's home -- set up a camera -- and put items such as: duct tape, a dog harness, a pocket knife and sex toys in her basment. according to court documents -- when police arrived -- shafer was found hiding in the basement. shafer was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary. decision 2016 -- a new poll

donald trump is gaining momentum in the nation. a new c-n-n poll released today shows trump holding a commanding lead over his republican competitors -- at nearly 39 percent. senator ted cruz is in second place at 18 percent. doctor ben carson and marco rubio both coming in at ten percent. more than one thousand adults were randomly surveyed by cnn. even though trump holds a big lead -- many voters believe the republicans would be better without him. the same c-n-n poll asked potential republican voters whether the g-o-p would have a better shot at winning the white house with or without trump as their representative. 50 percent believe they have a better chance if trump is not the representative. 46 percent think their chances are better. university of iowa police support one of their own -- by shaving their heads -- after learning their fellow officer's mother is battling cancer. kwwl's hillary maglin has the story. jackie anderson... a university of iowa police all in support of her

surprise her by doing the same this past weekend. (sot. cg: jackie anderson/ui police officer) "i knew at the end of last week kind of what was happening, and i got texts throughout the weekend from the guys as they were doing it. it was pretty neat. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "these are some photos anderson received from her coworkers over she' was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in november... and fought breast cancer nine years ago. anderson said she shaved her own head because she knew how hard it was for her mom to go out with no hair. (sot) i don't, i've never seen any resemblance between mom and i, fellow officers... is more than anderson could ever ask for. them i wouldn't trade any of them, that i'm really fortunate to work with guys like that, so

weve got you covered in iowa city... hillary maglin... kwwl news. anderson says her mom is especially touched by the gesture -- since she's never met her daughter's co-workers in person. coming up on kwwl -- an iowa hospital grants one of their patients their last wish. and many people are going to be traveling for the holidays . here's a live look at the ansborough exit on highway 20 in waterloo. rain is turning to snow in some of eastern iowa counties. as reminder -- be sure to drive safely. 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. i am captain jansen with the i just wanted to wish my friends and family back in dubuque iowa

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7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening. we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will

chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we

storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe

(i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm.

to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for record numbers during the weekend. but it's possible no one was more excited -- or more deserving to see the movie -- than one man from ankeny. eric hanson reports the emotional story -- of one man's for patients, one night in the i-c-u is one night too their lives. the guy in room 5 only knows he's somewhere in the triple digits. it's genetic disease that i was a kid when doctors first said "noonan syndrome". it can make you tired, it can make you weak, it can make you face death. it's all heart-related, it's very complicated, it's not very well known. other than you spend a lot of time, dreaming what you'd

single-handedly grant his first wish - electing donald trump. but a couple paramedics helped her with another. busting here to see star wars.' that's kinda been a goal of his, every time he starts feeling down, or whatever we point at the board and say hey, we gotta after sunrise-- i'll see you there ok? shawn got a chauffeured ambulance ride to ankeny's springwood 9-- where they'd reserved one entire theater for the guy who was living, it seemed, to see this movie. star wars was his anchor, his drive, his gotta get to see star wars. with his bed adjusted in the aisle - and 26 loved ones coming attractions started. which hurt. it does, it does. because shawn had made it clear. this movie would be his last. so that's what we're doing, that's his wish, to go home, he's tired of being poked and

home. by the time his face flickered with the return of his favorite character-- i like han. the hospice nurse by his side had already officially taken over. nats they were telling themselves 'this is what he wants'. flickered with the return of his side had already officially taken over. nats they were telling wish, i have to. for 2 hours and 16 minutes, the guy who's already decided to donate his body to science soaked in every frame. we're making memories, and not everybody gets to do that. once the lights came up, the guy on the stretcher was so exhausted, he mustered only a two-word review-- not bad. and a few, final hugs. ok, shall we get you home? all right, let's get you home. where the guy who's only 28 - wants his story to

it's his call. shawn had two visitors during the weekend -- including darth vader and a storm trooper. coming up... we'll hear from hawkeye quarterback c-j beathard as he's set to carry on a family tradition in next week's rose bowl -- plus -- highlights from hawaii -- as the uni panthers opened up play in the diamondhead classic "now, kwwl sports." announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen. (applause) announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on isis.

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we're getting close as the iowa hawkeyes are all set to jet off to southern california tomorrow afternoon -- 8 days prior to their rose bowl match-up with stanford --

just happens to be carrying on a family tradition by going to pasadena -- in fact -- he's the third member of his family to take part in the game -- as his great uncle pete quarterbacked usc to a win in the 1963 game -- and another uncle -- kurt beathard coached the illinois wide receivers in 2008 -- and having an opportunity to carry on that legacy is a big deal to the hawkeye quarterback -- that's awesome. i remember going to the rose bowl whenever it was, 7 or 8 years ago, when my uncle was there with illinois. they played usc, and my family and i thinking this is awesome. i can't wait until i'm in college doing this. it's always been a dream of mine to play in a rose bowl game and now i'm getting an oppor the hawkeyes will be facing the a-p player of the year when they meet stanford on new year's day -- despite not winning the heisman sophomore running back christian mccaffery received 29 of the 60 votes 00 with heisman winner derrick henry taking 16 for second place -- mccaffery set an ncaa record this

yards -- the game is nine days away -- but it's just 3 until our live coverage begins from california as ron steele, myself and the crew are all set to keep you up on the hawkeyes as they get set for their rose bowl match-up with the 6th ranked stanford cardinal -- the uni panthers had a rough go of things in their opener of the diamond-head classic against the host -- hawaii -- the panthers committed 19 turnovers in the game -- which started after midnight iowa time -- one big moment -- panther senior matt bohannon hit his 204th career three pointer -- an all time uni panther record -- but hawaii responded with 15 points from aaron valdez in a 68-52 win -- uni faces washington state in the consolation bracket tonight at 10:30 --

for the community today. organizers say it's a great way to end the year -- and wrap up thier red kettle collection. they raised more than 400-thousand dollars this year. people say the holiday feast of ham, corn, potatoes and pie helped them celebrate the holidays.

let's go to storm track seven thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l news at six. we'll see you back here at ten schnackenberg for a last look at your forecast. thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l news at six.

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