florist and even walmart. this isn't the first time the garwin community has experienced the brunt of mismanaged money. in an un-related incident reported last year -- the former city's secretary -- anna lori laytham was charged with first-degree theft -- after more than 560-thousand dollars in payments were made to leytham's credit card companies from the city's bank account. at this point -- leytham is being held in the tama county jail -- but the boeges have not been i tried calling, emailing and even knocking on the boeges' door -- but have not heard back at this time. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. according to the garwin mayor -- the city council will likely decide how to resolve the matter during their next meeting on monday. 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 here is additional forecast across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday

rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a first days of 2016 will be quiet precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg the rose bowl now less than 24 hours away and our kwwl team in pasadena is excited as the players. ron steele is standing now live at the rose bowl stadium. the excitement is building in anticipation of tomorrow's at about 4:10. we had a chance to be at the rose bowl stadium today when the

arrived for a team photograph. there were also plenty of hawkeye fans outside the gate taking pictures and offering well wishes to the players and coaches. the photo actually took very little time and you could tell the players were enjoying every moment of this experience. earlier today mark woodley and i drove the tournament of roses parade route down orange grove blvd. in pasadena. there are rows and rows of bleachers set up for parade goers who will pay about 90 dollars

we also had a chance to see some of the amazing floats that you will see tomorrow in the parade here on kwwl. perhaps the biggest event going on today is the hawkeye pep rally on the deck of the battleship uss iowa. that's where we find brad hanson. brad --probably the biggest pep rally ever on the iowa. it's a much different scene today at the uss iowa than it was just two days. hawkeye nation has descended on the ship, easily shattering the record.

thousand black and gold clad fans out here today. the line to get tickets and get on the ship stretches for about a half mile. lots of fans forgoing the line and hanging out on dry land, enjoying yet another beautiful day in southern california. "just to be able to be on a ship like this, surrounded by iowa be amongst family, basically, is quite an event." organizers tell me they originally planned for up to one thousand people here. but of course, word got out, and and of course, no iowa event is complete without beer--and they do have beer here--but only one vendor. that's literally the only complaint i've heard today--otherwise, people absolutely thrilled to be out here today.

uss iowa battleship--back to you ron in pasadena. thanks brad. tonight at six you're going to hear from a decorah native who now works on the pasadena police department and also was a memebers of iowa's 1982 rose bowl team. back to you amanda. we'll also have some more hawkeye we'lllso have some more hawkeye

that's comng up at ten. one person is in the hospital after colliding with a garbage truck. the collision took place two miles west of west union on highway 18 this morning. fyette county sheriff's department says the garbage truck was backing into a farm drive when a truck driven by wayne white and melinda scribner collided with it. scribner was trapped and the jaws of life were used to cuu her free. th white and scribner and one of the garbage workers were airlifted to the hospital with life threatening injuries. across missouri and illinois -- flooding continues to reach historic levels this evening... hundreds of homes have been damaged and national guard troops have been brought in to help evacuate and protect communities... in some spots -- more than 10 inches of rain have fallen this week... the u-s army is still concerned about 19 levees that are vulnerable with more water poung in... at least 22 people have been killed -- with the most deaths in misisouri -- where a state of emergency is

in place... the president is expected to announce an executive order about guns soon.... that's the word from c-n-n which says s goal is to expand background checks on gun sales. the executive order could come before the president's state of the union -- januarz 12th. a white house spokksman says the president has been looking into a list of steps he can take on his own after a number of high-profile one man' overnight crme spree ending en police ssrround him inside a building and send in the k-9 unit. it ended at the wheels unlimited auto sales in the 1600 block of center street. this man - - curt widen from parkersburg is charged with burglary and theft... kwwl's jessica hartman digging into the story to bring you details about what police say this man did before he was caught at the shop. widen is accused of using a garbage truck, hehellegedly stole earlier in the night to ram his way into the auto garge. take a look - - the damage - - making it

frame bent and th door missingg - but the strucucre of the building has also been damaged. all done with a garbage truck. - - "unfortunately, it is fairly common people ue trucks or doesn't remember anyone ever using a garbage truck. "you know with a burglar, if there is a will, there is a way. they are going to try and get a garbage truck isiskind of uniqiq though." hartman "the garbage truck that was used to gain access to the auto shop was stolen from wayne engineering here in cedar falls. you can see behihid me, the gate the suspect plowed through to get that truck off of wayne's prerty." the gate took the brnt of the damage - - the new truckksuffering only minor damage to the fron. and the only visible evience the truck backed into the auto shop - - this yellow paint. its not clear what the

targeted. you wouldn't expect to monitary. you may find tools and things." police tell me they are lookiig into the timeline of events - - at this time it is unclear what happened between the time the garbage truck was stolen and widen was caught inside the auto shop across town. we've got you u overed...jessica hartman kwwl news. we reached out to wheels unlimited auto sales - - they are unsure how muh the damaged will cost to repair. commg up... a flight bound for cedar rapids is diverted today -- a live report on what happened is on the way... and.... the countdown is underway as 20-16 closes in -- how the most famous u-s celebration is adding security today... that's coming up in ust a few minutes. here's a live look at the storr track 7 live doppler radar. "you're watching kwwl. we've meteorologist mark --------- ---------

forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team.ee the screen for your complete

first days of 2016 will be quiet will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rn/snow mix. across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatureetonight drop iito the single digits overnight. the the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg an area of clouds will momoe across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the first days of 2016 will bf quiet with a mostly sunny sky through tuusday with highs in the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. orm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenbeeg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overniht. the first days of 2016 willle quiet th a mostly sunny sky

the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a stry flurry or to is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the first days of 2016 will be quiet with a mostly sunny sky through tuesday with highs in the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg an area of clouds will move acrcrss the region onight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the first days of 2016 will be quiet with a mostly sunny sky through tuesday with highs in the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix.

meteorologist mark sccnackenberg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into thesingle digits overnight. the first days of 2016 will be quiet with a mostly sunny sky through tuesday with highs in the 20s. the next chance of precipitation will be thursday with 20% chance of a light rain/snow mix. storm track 7 chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg an area of clouds will move across the region tonight a stray flurry or two is possible. temperatures tonight drop into the single digits overnight. the rain/snow mix. across the region tonight a temperatures tonnht drop intoo an area of clouds will move will be thursday with 20% chance will be thursday with 20% chance stray flurry or two is possible. we are continuing coverage ...an rapids had to make an emergency landing in chattanooga tennessee. the allegiant flight was coming from orlando and we're told there were 150 passengers and six crew members on board. kwww's kristin rogers has been working to learn more, we know a

the latest? that's right the plane arrived here at the eastern iowa airport n cedar rapids just after two o clock this afternoon. this arrival delayed more than six hours for an emergency landing in tennessee. good news, n n injuries to report out of this whole ordeal. allegiant air tells us it happened because of a engine problems. it was certainly not the travel day those on board were pecting. you c cn see emergency vehicles at the scene of the landing here. the plane is being inspected to figure out what the problem was, we do know it happened in the right engine. moments after thhir emergency landing in chatanooga, those on the flight recall what happened "it just sounded like we hit just went out and it sounded like ww hit somethinin just a loud bang um we kind of thought we either hit a bird or the engine went out." one passenger we spoke with said it was calm when they landed in

food vouchers while they waited for a different plane to#arrive and get them safetly to ceddr rapids. allegiant tells us those who did not want to jump on the second flight were refunded. we will have more with those who were on we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. this was not the first allegiant flight to make an emergency landing this week, in fact just esterday an allegiant flight from orlando to maine made an emergency landing in rhode island. allegiant air says the two incidences are notrelated. coming up.p. a big fire breakssut just before a new years eve celebration across the world... and -- a report from times square -- where security efforts have been ramped up for tonight's apple drop... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in --------- ---------

throughout the day in new york city to see the famous ball drop later tonight... sarah dallof has spent the day speaking with the committed partiers --but also takkng a look at how security has been stepped up for it's out with the old. and in with the new year. times square takes more than a little work. starting with numerals that arriied weeks ago. and a facelift to the waterford crystal ball. 288 new crystals were added to the more than 2-thousand already in place. "you just got to see the ball..... wooooooooo!" a test cooetti and ball

to come. and people were invited to personalize the new year. writing wishes for 2016 on paper that will be mixed in with the confetti that falls tonight. "i like it you know crazy atmosphere out here." with the eyes of the world watching. officials say they've enhanced security. with some six thousand officers assigned to times square. for the firsrs time, some will be armed with long guns. explosive detection dogs. and chemical and radiation detectors will also be present. we are aware that the threat picture has changed because isis has changed significantly from what it was a year ago or ahead of that in some respects, by visitors. (sot / monicc poston / nnw mexico 1:15 - 1:19 "i feel pretty safe right now i "obviously here we are extra careful we keep our eyes out."

rerelers working toward a safe. and fun.. start to 2016. (--- dallof live tag ---) and when the clock strikes midnight.more than a ton of confetti will rain down on the crowd. a great art to the neeyear. and a lot of clean up for york's times square, now back to you. speaking of times square... you can watch nbc's new year's eve with carson daly right after the kwwl news att0. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... we'll show you the big blaze that overtakes a hotel just before a fireworks show i dubai... you're watching kwwl -- we've t you covered. --------- --------- --------- ---------

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it hit midnight...there was a massive fire right near where the fireworks were going off. here's some intense video of the fire... smoke is driiting towards the world's largest building on the left of your screen... the 62-story hotel broke out in flames on the 20th floor -- and & the cause of the fire stll hasn't been determined... here's a livvlook at the hawkeye community college skycam. storm track seven meteoroligst mark schnackenberg has a final look at your wther next. you'reatching kwwl -- we'vce ---------

coming up toour team will be back live with kickoff for the rose bowl now less than a day away... storm track seven chief