little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky

afternoon. kwwl's jessica hartman has been out on local roads today. she joins us live with the details. jessica? it really depends where you're driving. because conditions are different throughout the state. slick and snow packed roads causing a roll over accident on dysart road. you can see the car resting on its top in a deep ditch. emergency crews took at least one person to the hospital. and here is a look highway 2-18 in waterloo - - roads are wet but not snow packed. traffic is flowing at normal speeds a long there. a different story in the residential areas. this is the six corners intersection along kimball and fourth from more than an hour ago. cars taking it slow and being cautious of the many directions of traffic through the snow packed intersection. cedar fall reporting roughly 15 accidents and waterloo's total is currently close to 40. we've got you covered live in

as holiday travel gains momentum going into the weekend -- we will continue to bring you updates on road conditions. the iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup is reported on interstate 35 north of ames. crews closed down this section of i-35 for for an hour. there are no reports of injuries at this time. system cause major problems across the midwest and southern states. last night's storms killed three people in tennessee. strong winds picked up a home -- and tossed it several hundred yards. the national weather service says preliminary information indicates four tornados touched down in central tennessee.. and the same system produced high winds, heavy rain, and even a tornado in indiana. wind gusts were as high as 60 to 70 miles per hour -- and weather officials confirmed an e-f-1

no injuries were reported as a result of that system. eastern iowa felt the storm as well. kwwl's kristin rogers joins us live in hiawatha -- where a local gymnasium experienced extensive damage. kristen? that's right, it's the christmas gift no one wanted to recieve. there were more than 50 people inside this buiding for gymnastic classes, when the storm came through, they all took shelter strong winds threw heating units around like play toys, each of the units weighing about twelve hundred pounds. (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i went to the back door and opened coming around the building it was pretty furocious." huge trees are snapped like twigs... (cg: john mangold) "i looked up at the ceiling and you ceiling was going to come off the building." (cg: kristin rogers) "i'm told these bleachers behind me blew across the parking lot damaging multiple cars." the owners car was one was pretty bad it busted out two windows and caved in the back of the truck." thousands of dollars

minutes... (cg: john mangold) "by the time i ran from that side of the gym to this side of the gym panicing, it was almost over." there were no more gynmastics classes for the rest of the night at the facility, a new building, just a few months old for the owner... (cg: john mangold) "it's kind of disturnbing to think you do all this work and it's almost taken away." he told me at one point a gas smell filled the gym forcing everyone to evacuate, at that point the fire department was called, they were able to we've got you covered live in hiawatha, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. despite all the damage -- fortunately nobody was injured. take a look at this... a married couple in their

rolled down a hill in kentucky. search and rescue crews say the couple was trapped inside the home with no way to get out. it took crews nearly 30 minutes to get the people free. both people were taken to the hospital -- and treated for more layoffs are announced at an eastern iowa farm equipment plant. unverferth manufacturing in shell rock says layoffs will occur by january fourth. the company told workers about the layoffs earlier this month. unverferth declined to say how many workers have lost -- or will lose their jobs. a company spokesperson says the sagging agriculture economy is the greatest contributor to these layoffs. an evansdale man is arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop. 34-year-old jordan jones was this morning. after a police k-9 searched his vehicle -- they also searched his evansdale home and found meth and marijuana. jones is charged with possession with intent to deliver -- and drugs.

100- thousand dollars. a man who was 17 when he robbed a store and shot a worth county sheriff's deputy must remain in prison. on wednesday the iowa appeals court upheld the 35-year sentence handed down to jake giles. giles is convicted of robbing a video store in manly and shooting a deuputy as he attempted to stop giles' vehicle. in august 1999 giles was sentenced to up to 25 years for attempted murder and up to 10 years for robbery, to be served consecutively. road to the rose bowl... the hawkeyes are rose-bowl bound -- after leaving for pasadena this afternoon. players, coaches, and staff boarded the plane at the eastern iowa airport in cedar rapids a few hours ago. kwwl's hillary maglin attended their sendoff. the hawkeyes arrived at the eastern iowa airport ready stanford university at the rose bowl. excitment among the laughing as they left the terminal. coach kirk ferentz

as well... waving to people who came to watch the plane take off. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "we're told the plane holds hawkeye football team. the flight took over an hour to board and load with luggage... and players like c-j beathard... jordan canzeri... and matt vandeberg were among some of the final players on the plane. the hawkeyes haven't played in the rose bowl since 19-91... but after one of their best seasons ever... ending with a twelve and one record... it was announced the team would be maglin... kwwl news. the team played in the rose bowl five times before -- and won twice. if you still haven't purchased a

are still available through third party sites -- such as stub-hub. ticket prices have also slowly declined. you can find tickets for nearly 140 bucks. meanwhile -- tickets for the lower levels range from 175 dollars to 700. when buying tickets -- be on the lookout. cedar rapids police are warning iowans to be cautious of ticket scams. police say people reported buying tickets through craigslist -- and when they met the sellers -- the tickets were fake. the marion police department says officers are investigating a report of someone driving a car with washington state license plates -- selling counterfeit tickets. an iowa business is cashing in on the hawkeyes ahead of the rose bowl. it's expected -- but what's surprising -- the business is in cyclone nation! sigler -- an ames based business -- makes t-shirts. for the rose bowl -- they made nearly 30-thousand shirts. employees are working 12-hour shifts to crank out 3-thousand shirts a day. as soon as we get them into the stores they are selling out which is great and we are

and remember -- kwwl's live coverage of the road to the rose bowl begins in two days! a group of our very own is headed to pasadena as the hawkeyes get set for their rose bowl match-up against stanford on new year's day. a university of iowa sophomore becomes the first woman to enlist as a combat engineer with the iowa national guard. megan reaska will be with the special troops battalion -- second infantry brigade combat team -- 34th infantry division in davenport. the 20-year-old university of iowa student enlisted december 21st. so far -- she is the only woman to join an iowa nation guard combat arms unit. she graduated from northwest high school in justin texas. she also spent her time in washington, iowa. coming up on kwwl -- with christmas tomorrow, many

malls to grab their last-minute gifts. and -- mark woodley takes a look back at some of the great moments in iowa sports this year. plus -- here's a live look at the storm track seven live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your "winner of the regional emmy for outstanding newscast. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. this is the stationed in japan. i want to wish my mom, family and friends a happy holidays back in "now your storm track 7

here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team:the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening.oads may be slick through the overnight where the

when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a

more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use ext caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where

40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa ll taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight where the snow fell. use extra caution when traveling. the sky will be mostly cloudy overnight. christmas day, the wind is going to be light with a mix of sun and clouds...leaning a little more toward the clouds at times. high temperatures will be above normal...mid 30s where there is snow and low 40s where there is no snow on the ground. the snow falling in parts of eastern iowa will taper off this evening. roads may be slick through the overnight

believe it or not -- some shoppers are finishing up their last-minute shopping. eastern iowa malls accomodated for last-minute shoppers -- and many of the stores were open until six o-clock. kwwl's amanda gilbert catches up with a few shoppers. not " lisa mckiney just finished her holiday shopping... " it was the last blanket in the finished too. "i took off today from work so daughter think's they're cutting it kind of close... "its kind of unusual cause we should be at home getting the mean it's like you had all "today im looking for stocking stuffers...that's always my last to be christmas shopping... "i alone...

guess. percent of americans still have some presents to buy. the two biggest reasons for last minute figure out what to get. procrastination shopping are a lack of procrastination and deals are another big reason." "people do wait for the deals. they literally wait for the adds... just depending on what they are looking for." but stores are ready for these shoppers.... "making sure we have the registers open and that we have the staff on hand to help people because they want to get home and get home to family." shoppers had different opinions about the weather. some said it helped them with their shopping -- and others said it caused them to delay their coming up...mark woodley starts his countdown for top plays in the state

with snow falling in the area, lets take a look at the road conditions in iowa. as you can see some of the roads in eastern iowa are partially and -- here's a live look at the storm track seven live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg is still tracking this snow and keeping you covered.

with the year coming to an end, kwwl's mark woodley takes a another year in iowa, and begin our top 12 countdown with who's taken the nfl by storm his rookie season -- the 3rd round pick has already set an arizona cardinals franchise rookie record with 10 touchdowns -- while his 3 scores against philadelphia -- a game that clinched the nfc west for arizona -- sits tops for all nfl rookies this season

spring and a historic basketball season that saw the cyclones, panthers, and hawkeyes all ranked in the same top 25 poll for the first time in history - all 3 would also reach the ncaa tournament for the first time in ten years at number 10 we'd see a ranked in the same top 25 poll for the first time in history - all 3 would also reach the ncaa tournament for the first time in ten years at number 10 we'd see a changing of the guard in the over the team as the youngest historic day inside of kinnick

attendence record for a college wrestling event - and the hawks didn't disappoing taking down number 2 oklahoma state our 8th top story came on a day cyclone fans hoped would never come (sound) fred hoiberg named the new head coach of the chicago bulls after leading iowa state to a school record 4 straight ncaa tournament appearances - the mayor moved on to the nba as the steve prohm era is now in full swing inside hilton coliseum - and for number 7 we go back to the mat - where union high senior max thomsen completed perfection - beating bondurant-farrar's caleb coleman at northern iowa - that's 6 down and 6 to go - as tomorrow on christmas day - we're all set to reveal the top 6 20-15 sports stories from the state of iowa - i'm mark woodley - kwwl news - that's it for sports, we'll be

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