first national bank in cedar falls on white tail drive. 26 year old - jon robert ellingson of cedar falls has been charged with second degree robbery. here is a look at ellingson inside the bank. you can see him wearing a u-n-i panthers jacket. kwwl's jessica hartman has been digging into this robbery all day to bring you the lastest. jessica? at's right anddnew security video showing the suspect - who police say is ellingson - arriving and leaving the area - in no hurry purple uni jacket and ski mask strolls through the parking lot of the attached gas station. the same man can be seen in these photos released by police from inside the first national bank cedar falls. the man did not show a weapon during the robbery and no significannamount of cash. less than 2 minutes later - - the man reapears on security cameras - walking away from the area - now carrying a plastic bag.

the street. - police spending most of the afternoon searching tha area. "state trooper, i believe, and two cedar fflls police, i i aw for sure. then shortly after a few more came over here." polic searched the thunder ridge court. hartman "one witness tells me, he sawwthe man causally walking through this hallway covered from head to toe in masks and winter gear, he then exited this south entrance." authorties continuing to earch the area late into thee afternoon. and marked off these foot prints leading away from the bank and towards the thunderrridge court as evidence. police say ellingson changed clothes after leaving the area and continued do a near by pharmacy and apartment complex. he was s

money has been recovered. we've got you covered live in the newsroom . . .jessica hartman kwwl news. thanks jessica - - we will continue to bring you updates on this investigation here and on kwwl-dot- com. another bitter cold day today --let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl below zero in man locations under a clee sky. the low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrees by snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speakg of thursday, highs s ill reach the low anddid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrees by sunrise wednesday. clouds inrease overnight and linger through wednesday with a strry snow

wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately. a couple weeks left until the iowa caucuses...and there's a new frontrunner on the g-o-p side -- donald trump now leading the polls in iowa. that development coming out yesterday -- tonight -- he was in cedar falls. it was a packed house at uni's west gym - so crowded, the fire marshal had to turn people away. with the soundtrack from rocky bellowing out of the swinging... (15:27:42 - :50) if i run and let's assume it's

be in prison. trump said he should be the gop candidate because he says he's not owned by anyone. (18:26:23 -) i'm self funding my campaign. i'm not having people give me checks for millions. thhnk they're doing hat for their health? it's a sentiment that made an impact in the crowd (14:45:08 - 16) he's a businessman and very confident. sticks to his guns and not ayed by other people's opinions. (14:46:03 - 09) he's out spending his own money - anywhere else in this country. trump quickly talked about the importance of ethanol --- (18:26:49 -:01) i toured your ethanol plants...nything we o to create ethanol is good....get away from dependence on mideast,,,learned this lesson the hard way... he switched gears to two other hot button issues: common core and guns. (18:19:46 - :04) on education we're ranked 28 - 29...31 in spending...common core is gone...local folks...that's up common core is gone. and about his tough

says he's not backing down. (18:20:28 - :34) we gotta get tough, we gotta get smart, vigilant. we need to know who the hell is coming ito our country- (14:47:55 - :05) he's the man. you know it's not about e being black or white. it's his agenda. trumphas a two percentage lead over ted cruz hereen iowa...nationally, he has a double- digit lead. democratic candidate hillary clinton also in eastern iowa today. clinton speaking at an event at the univevesity of dubuque to a room full of about 500 supporters. the former secretary of state is looking to regain some ground

sanders is now ahead of her in iowa. three people are killed following a fire at a trailer home. it happened at in the 27-hundred block of 252nd avenue in montrose. take a look at the damage here. 33-year-old jacob russell was able to escape the fire, but did suffer severe burns. three others were foundndead by firefighters inside the trailer. eir names have not been released at this time. fire crews are still working to see how the fire started. a local man is arrested after allegedly killing his cat and trying to drink its blood. according to a criminal complaint-- justin jaaby, of cedarrfalls, admitted to choking his cat with a rope. his landlord says he saw the cat's body on the floor of jacoby's shower -- and says he sawa small amount of blood on his jacoby's face. he sss he killeddhe cat to satisfy his blood craving and to keep it from

charged with animal torture. a man is arrested for allegedly driving under the influence in a snow plow, with a child sitting onn hissap. police found 31- year-old robert stertz -- of eagan, minnesota -- plowing snow in a gas station parking lot, and say he appeared to be drunk. a five-year-old girl was with hihi at the time. stertz has already been convicted in three previous dwi's. area third graders are practicing making 9-1-1 phone calls in case of an emergency. cedar rapids firefighters are thths year with the emergency practice --including grant wood elementary school. students get one-on-one training talk to a a irefighter acting as a dispatcher on the other line. the simulation starts with an

(cg: bridget buchheit/ student) "they shohoed us a picture of meone trying to do something or someone in danger and we had to call about it." students are asked real questions by the dispatcher such as their name and address. about 50% o othe third graders participating did not know their home address or a phone number when asked, students say the smulation made them feel more comfortable to make a 9-1-1 call if needed. the iranian military seizes two u-s navy boats - and are detaining 10 american sailors. the sailors -- nine men and one woman were on a training mission when one of their boats experienced a mechanical failure and drifted into iranian wawers. iranian officials are assuring u-s officials that the crew and

will be promptly returned. final state of the union address toniniht from tte national's capitol. steve handelsman has more tonight from d-c. it looked like his earlier state of the union speeches but, in this last one, presidenenobama admitted no one expects new proposals to pass a congress thatgs defeated most of his big initiatives sot: president obama ( (no super) :14-:21 "fixing a broken immigration system. protecting our kids from gun violence." an empty chair next to but both sides cheered when the prsident announced a push to beat cancee..led by joee biden who lost his son to a brain tumor last year the president bragged about the economic recovery sot: "we're in the middle of the longest streak of private-sector job creation in history." yay!! 14 million new jobs. unemployment cut in half. he

deal with iran an achievement nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war." no mention that iran sailors whose boats strayed into iranian waters he'll fight isis but he said acting like that's world war three builds isis up $& sot: president obama ( no are killers and fanaticssho need to be rooted out and destroyed." in the gop response, south carolina govern nikki haley said what america needs is a republican president sot: gov nikkkhaley (r-sooth carolina) 1:20-1:31 "we are facing the most 11th, and this president appears either unwilling or unable to deal with it." the democrat with a year left in the white house says what america needs is for us to fix our politics (insert ends) (two second pause) audioiooutcue: i'm stste handelsman, nbc news, washington. coming up on wwl... a new

more interest after the release of the latest star wars movie. plus.. seseeral shelves collapse at a party city store with customers inside. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....stor track seven's chieff meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... "you're watching kwwl. we've meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. this is the kwwl

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"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team..ee the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrk 7 weather te: temmratures drop his evening below zero in many locations under a clear sky. the low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrees by sunrise wednesday. clouds increase overnight and linger thrrgh wednesddy with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold tely.temperatures drop this evening below zero in many locationon under a cllr sky. the low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrees by sunrise wednesday. clouds increase overnigh and flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking oo thursday, highs wwll reach thee low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately.here is additional forecast information from the kwl

temperatures drop this evening bel zero in many locations under a cleaasky. the loww temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrees by sunrise wednesday.clouds increase oveight and linger through wednesday with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately.temperatures drop this shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 dederees by sunrise wednesday. clouds increase overnight and linger through wednesday with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately.here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: temperatures drop this evening below zero in many locations under a clear sky. the low sunrise wednesesay. clouds increase overnight and linger through wednesday with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately.temperatures drop this evening below zero in many

low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm to around 10 degrgres by sunrise w wdnesday. clouds inccase overnight and linger through wednesday with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately.here is additional forecast information from the kwwl under a clear sky. the low temperatures will occur shortly after midnight and then slowly warm tw around 10 degrees by sunrise wednesday. clouds increase vernight ann linger through wednesday with a stray snow shower or a few flurries. the wind is light tonight through thursday. speaking of thursday, highs will reach the low and mid 30s. a nice break from the brutal cold lately. coming up on kwwl... a longtime pub aa tourist attraction now turned into an ice

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kwwl's brad hanson getting a first hand. and brad, this ccb launched even before the wildly popular the force awakens movie was released. star wars, the force awakens just broke the all time domestic box office record, replacing avatar on top of that list. but it was the original star wars movie, released nearly 40 years ago, that inspired this unique training course. the fascination with schmitt. nearly 40 years, in fact. six years old, you know, some i wanted to be a jedi." schmitt was crushed when he found out jedi's weren't real. but he soon started a decades longngjourney with

to merge his two passions into a very real class. "as a kid, i would've given anything to join a jedi training academy or lightsaber you know, i'm going to look into starting my own." (brad hanson, tt closest thing to it. as for me, i still need quite a bit of training." schmitt says the lightsaber academy is more than just larning cool moves with combat ready light sabbrs. "i wanted to be able to teach a class that has some substance to it too. we didn't want to just like they're getting something out of it." it tlok more than a had nevvr seen the mooes before they started this journey. although that's no lot of fun, and it's different from anything else at i've done or anything that's really being

nats "ashlah!" hmitt tells mmthose lighghabers they use range in price from one hundred to several hundreds of dollars. some just light up, while others change colors and make sounds--all of them, pretty awesome. we've got you covered live from the t-h media wsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. the lightsaber academy runs every monday night from seven 15 to eight 15. you can find more details on our website at kwwl.com. seven aisles o shelves collse at a party city -- injuring three people. take a look at the scene in palm beach county, florida. investigators are not sur what

juries suffered are all minono. the store saying in a statement -- "the safety of our customers is our number one priority, and we are committed to providing a safe environment." a longtime pub and tourist attraction is now covered in icicles after fire crews put out a massive fire. the fire detroyed the bar in omaha over the weekend -- as parts of thth first floor and roof collapsed. fire crews sprayed down the building in the sub- zero temperatures -- which has now frozen oer -- turning the building into an ice castle. the building has been ststnding for more than100 years in the city. coming up next... we'd get overtime as the iowa state cyclones went after their first big 12 road win of thhseason -- plus we've got high school hoops highlights of a top ten match-up in parkerspurg -- mark woodley joins us next on kwwl. ow, kwwl sports, presented

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run -- longhorns up 11 at half (49-38) second half -- cyclones go on a` run --matt thomas from the arc -- rains it home -- iowa ate back within 8 -- (57- 65) then georges niang -- another solid night -- gets the inside deuce to tie it up late -- xx in`the game for niang -- it would end up in overtime -- in the o-t -- cyclones found themselves down three in the final seconds -- niang gets it off -- doesn't go -- tough one for iowa state -- they fall 94, 91 at texas -- snow in west virginia didn't stop the biggest upset of the night -- the mountaineers hosting top ranked kansas -- and getting it done -- devin williams off the steal -- ops e hammer -- west virginia up 11 -- williams with 17 points, 12 boards -- and late in this one -- jevon carter helps put it awaywith the three-baa -- and there was a court storming in morgantown -- mountaineers upset the jayhawks 74, 63 -- good one in boys hoops tonight-- 2a's number 9 team a-p hosting -- jesup -- number 6 in -a -- strong start for the falcons --

shot -- puts it up and in -- 5, 2 a-p early -- moments later off the in bounds -- cade alberts rains home the three -- falcons quickly out to a 6 point lead -- jesup -- however -- tyler lienau -- nice touch on the floater -- j-hawks back up ne -- big night fofo lienau -- 16 points -- that deuce part of a 17 to 2 run -- jesup gets it done as alex mccoombs knocks home the trey - j-hawks -- behii 20 from ethan wyant -- pick up the win 58 to 52-- the saint louis rams are headed to l-a as nfl owners voted tonight to allow team ooer stan kroenkkto move in to a new stadium in inglewood california -- the san diego chargers have also been given the option to join the rams in te new facility -- oakland ---meanwhile -- who also applied to move -- withdrew from the process with the promise of 100-million dollars from the nfl if they were to build a new stadium -- thanks rick.

a final look at your forecaa. is the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide liling wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field.