with a breezy south wind put o 15 miles per hour at times. shshws any snow well off to the east. weweare actually seeing decreasing clouds across the area. including in coralville on our storm track 7 live weather network. we are in for a roller coaster riie of temperatures. details on a cold weekend coming up in just a few minutes. what would you do if you won 1.5 billion dollars? thth's a big question on everyoyo's minds tooay. the current powerball jackkt is worth 1.5 billion dollars right now.... and that number might even rise before the drawing tonight. kwwl's amandaailbert joins us liveein the newsroom with more about your chances of

do if you do win.... ally- a lot of eastern iowan's are buyinin lottery ticketet right now.... in fact three of the top 10 iowa retailers selling tickets are in but your chances of winning are one in 292.2 million.... in fact you are more likely to bbome president.... win an oscar... or die from havinig a vending machine fall on you.... but some good news.... here are somethings you could buy if you do win... you could buy at least 90 undeveloped private islands off the coast of dubai if you are big sports fan... you can buy some professional sports teams... for eample the san antonio spurs are worth one billion dollars. we've got you covered... live in the newsroom... amanda gilbert...kkl news.

tonight on the kwwl news at ten. and just a reminder you have until 8: 59 to purchase a powerball ticket. if the winner of tonight's 1-point-5 billion dollar jackpot is from iowa...and takes the cash option...te state would get 47-million dollars just in witholding taxes. even wittout a winner...the state is making money from record sales... "for every dollar you spend on lottery tickets in iowa, about 25 cents goes to state causes, so that moneyeyis making a difffence already," powerball sales in iowa last week totaled $12.7 million, breaking the previous record of $9.4 2001. a man is arrested, accused of robbing an eastern iowa bank. jon ellingson of cedar falls has been charged in the robbery. here is a look inside the first national bank on white tail drive in cedar falls. here's a look at the surveillance video from the gas ation next

you can see a man walking -- police say the man did not show a weapon during the robbery but he got away with a big chunk of cash. less than two minutes after you see the man hhad towards the bank...you see him again...this time with a plastic bag... "what i saw was a three or four was wearing a purple uni jacket of some sort." police found the money whehe they arrested ellingson. our very own storm track 7 meteorologist kyle kiel was a witness of the robbery-- we'll talk to a murder investigation is now underway. an eastern iowa man killed during an attempted robbery. lonnie ludvigson was from edgewood. he e as shot in mmphis on saturday. we heard from memphis police this morning. witnesses told them four men wearing masks pulled lonnie out of his vehicle -- and demanded money --

no arrests have been made. more on this story tonight at 5 and 6. a family of four is ok this after their home caught fire in dubuque. the fire department says it happened along rosedale avenue around 4-30 this morning. no family members got hurt -- crews say the back of the home was on fire. they're still working to figure out how it started. a student is accused of bringing a gun to an iowa middle school. police say the sioux city boy is twelve years old and in the sixth grade at north middle school. he faces a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. police say the student showed his friend the unloaded handgun. the friend told his parents...who notified the school.... e don't believvin the initial doesn't make it any less serious to us."

final decision on the student in 19 days away from the iowa caucuses... and there are two republicans on top -- depending on which poll you look at. e new des moinn register iowa poll released this morning has senator ted cruz topping donald trump by three points. a very close race. trump -- who was in cedar falls campaigning last night -- is ahead of cruz by twtw points if you l lok at a quinnipiac poll released this week. republican reaction to president obama's state of the union address last night is predictably critical.. b bt there's allo some harsh criticism of what was said by the republican who gave the gop ( natsound/ no surprise that when president obama in his state of (sot/ president barack is peddldlng fiction." ...republicans pouncedd (sot/ sen. cory gardner / (r) but incomes declined" or when he

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information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. threat tracker is in the green throughout the next 48 hours. there could be a few flurries off to the east within the next hour or so, but most of that stays off to our east. we will see partly cloudy skies. as we head into tomorrow it will be partly cloudy and warmer, before another chance for snow as an area of low pressure tracks near the area this friday, and afternoon, another blast of cold air.

now. we are in the teens and twenties. these temperatures are 15 to 25 degrees warmer than what they were at this time yesterday.. even thought the temperatures are warmer, it's still very chilly with a breezy south wind from five to fifteen miles per hour. we started off with a mostly cloudy sky, but our storm track 7 live weather network cameras across eastern iowa are showing some sunshine across the area, especially

will all get in on a little bit of sunshine this afternoon, but more clouds track in tonight. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows a mainly dry sky here in eastern iowa. there is some light snow off to our north and east in parts of wisconsin and in illinois. we have a warm front pushing through the area allowing for the warmer temperatures and breez south winds. area of low pressure to our north will bring

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and this pup will sure have you cheesin'- this dog has gone viral on social media... he can cheese it up with a hilarious smile-on-command. and the rescued pup has plenty to smile about-- he is going up for adoption soon. coming up.... you may soon see your creative tweets in more places than just twitter-- what twitter is trying to do to help businesses with advertising and, if you owe back taxes to the i-r-s, why you might be getting a call from a private debt collector. this is kwwl-- we'll be right back. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news and weather information.

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that allegedly broke into an eastern iowa home plus, what mexican officials are doing to keep drug lord 'el capo' from escaping again and, police try to pull over a truck leading to a high speed chase-- jaw dropping video of what happens when the truck driver gets trapped by police welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher t's go to sttrm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. oklahoma county sheriffs were & taken on a dramatic chase when the driir of a truck wouldn't pull over ... officers chased the truck, speeding faster than 100 miles an hour. at one point the truck started ing the wrong gay on the interstate. thaa's when officcrs decided to

pushed him to the side of theoad-- but the driver kept pususing on gas - even though he was trapped. when they went to arrest the man, he started fighting back and reached for a hand gun. the officers eventually took him to jail. oklahoma county sheriffs were taken on a dramatic chase when the driver of a truck wouldn't pull over ... officers chased the truck, speeding faster than 100 miles an hour. at one point the truck started going the wrong way on the interstate. that's when officers decided to spin the car out. officers bumped the truck, pushed

but the driver kept pushing on the gas - even though he was trapped. when they went to arrest the man, he started fighting back and reached for a hand gun. the officers eventually took him to jail. three people are hurt when seven aisles of shelves collapse at a party city. take a look at the store in palm beach county, florida. nvestigators are not sure what caused the collapse -- but the injuries are minor. 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." an eastern iowa man is arrested after allegedly killing his cat and trying to drink its blood. according to a criminal complaint-- justin jacoby, of cedar falls, admitted to choking his cat with a rope. his landlord says he saw the cat's body en the floor of jacoby's showerr- and says he saw a small amount of blood on jacoby's face. he says he killed the cat to satisfy his blood craving and to keep it from

charged with animal torture. police are able to catch teens allegedly breaking into a home...thanks to a smartphone app. ashleyybruno called police after she saw people breaking into her mother's waterloo home through a surveillance app on her phone. it's called "warden-cam" home security a tablet at the home sent a signal back to ashley's phone. it's like she was right there- and when she was watching it trying to get in... ashley bruno- waterloo "i hear breaking in the door- kids on theheamera yelling "get the tv get the tv...and my handprints are on the e afe!" here's the scene from saturday night around 7--30...as police looked for the suspects who took off. ashley says she recognized at least one person from the app- one of her brother's friends..

while after, and arrested this man - isaiah zacharias. he's 19. police also arrested 17 year old natas hermann. notorious mexican drug lord guzman's dramatii escape was a major embarrassment for mexican officials and his jailers are now taking extra steps to make sure 'el chapo' stays putuntil he is extradited to the u-s. jacob rascon reports mexican authorities are now saying el chapo has been moved around between cells in the altiplano prison eight times since he got here last friday. that's more than once per day. offourse trying to prevent another escape. el chapo's attorney is also speaking, saying that el

weak, solitary confinement and hasn't has any visitors yet. el chapo's old tunnel escape exit, about a mile outside the prison where he made hs elaborate there are plans to do so and likely take at least a yearrand almoloya de juarez, mexico mexico, jacob rascon, nbc news." an l-a men's clothing store is cashing in on the mexican drug lord's fashion sense check this out-- the company barabas is selling shirts ttat "el chapo" has worn. this one he wore in a now- famous photo with sean penn-- that was posted in a recent rolling stone article. and this style-- guzman got his handsn after escacaing prison for the second time-- which was made by the barabas

while many people wouldn't consider the expet escapee a trendsetter --- this shirt is actually back order-- it runs 128 dollars we are 19 days out from the caucuses. and as at least one oll shows donald trump retaking the lead in iowa...he returns for a campaign event. trump appearing at u-n-i last night. he said he should be the g-o-p nominee because he's not owned by anyone. he touched on ethanol briefly before moving on to two hot button issues: common core and guns... on education we're ranked 28 - up common core is gone. when it comes to his tough stance on immigration -- trump says he's not backing down. clintononmaking a campaign stop dubuque yesterday, speaking to a room full of about 500 supporters at

as the race tidhtens, she's really pushii the differences betwwen her and bernie sanders... so i've laid out a whole tax after and my friend senator sanders has said he will lay out his tax plan before side-by-side she also pointed out many of the plans sanders is campaigning on would be expensive, claiming it would raise the federal budget by 40 percent over ten years. third graders in n ne eastern iowa city practice making 9-1-1 phone calls in case of an emergency. cedar rapids firefighters are helping 30 differrnt schools this year with the practice --including grant wood elementary school. students get one-on-one training. they talk to a firefighter acting as a dispatcher on the other line... "they showed us a picture of someone trying to o o something or someone in danger and we had

ababut 50% of thhthird graders participating did not know their home address or a phone number when asked, star wars, the force awakens, broke box office records this weekend, becoming the highest domessic grossing movie in history. and one iowa group is working to make the jedi's portrayed in the movie less fiction and more real. the lightsaber academy is now a few months old, and draws about a dozen students every week to learn the jedi ways. it was started by ron schmitt and a few other members of the dubuque karate club. the group meets every monday night at the dubuque karate club. more information can be found on our website at kwwl.com. coming up ... an interesting story how shoplifters will swipe items and hide and stormtrack seven meteorologist will be back with your storm track seven day

you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a a ndful of billionaires. if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty.

"now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the wwl stormtrack 7 weather team: from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional fororcast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: welcome back i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. threat tracker is in,the green throughout the next 48 hours. there could be a few flurries off to the east within the next hour or so,

our east. we will see paaly cloudy skies. as we head into tomorrow it will be partly cloudy and warmer, before anoher chance for snow as an area of low pressure tracks near the area this friday, and afternoon, another blast of cold air. here's the current temperatures right now. we are in the teens and twenties. these temperatures are 15 to 25 degrees warmer than what they were at this time yesterday.. even thouggt the temperatures are warmer, it's still very chilly with a breezy south wind from five to fifteen miles per hoho. we startee off with a mostly cloudy sky, but our storm track 7 live weather network cameras across eastern iowa a re showing some

in our hometowns to the west. we will all get in on a little bit of susuhine this afternoon, but more clouds track in tonight. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows a mainly dry sky here in eastern iowa. there is some light snow off to our north and east in parts of wisconsin and in illinois. we have aarm front pushinggthrough the area allowing for the warmer temperatures and breezy south winds. area of low & pressure to our n nrth will bringng colder temperatures as we head into the day on friday, and through the weekend. futuretrack though the afternoon shows a partly to mostly sunny sky across the region, any snow will stay off to the east. as we go throughout the

passing clouds, which will help keep our temperatures warmer than what they have been the last couple of days. we will also have a breezy south you won't believe how a man swipes a python from a pet store. the story ahead.

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it already seems a little desperate to shoplift a snake similar to this one, but to shove it down your pants seems downright perverse. that's what surveillance cameras captured here at a to z pets in portland, worth 200 bucks. (christin his pants. yuck." yuck is right. store co- owner christin bjugan describes how he then walked out.... (christin bjugan/co-owner, a to z pets) (jeanne moos/cnn correspodent) "this is not a crime for skinny jeans. and if a pyyhon in your (nat sound) a guy in florida put a 600-dollar chain saw in his shorts, blade first. police arrested him before anything got sawed off. and this russian shoplifter tucked a laptop into but nothing hides bulges better than skirts. watch this woman in a costa ricanstore grab a t-v.

here and a little straightening there, she walked out. and watch this woman straddle a case of beer as if she's about to incubate it. but you've got to a amire how she manages to walk it out. and then there was the mink coat this "she had modified her underwear." she finally coughed up snake in his pants... (c(cistin bjugan/co-owner, aao z pps) "he's lucky it wasn't feeding hungry." but what's a little two footer when a giant python ends up in the weatherman's shorts. everyone may be talking about that billion dollar lotto, but a pythh in your pants, that's powerballs. (woman) "oh my god it's stuck in there." jeanne moos, c-n-n new

enough of this cold weather! let's take a look at his priceless reaction to the weather. ughhhh... jesus make it warm!! i can agree with him!.."kyle ake it

you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about is to demand thahawe create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. you work 40 hours a week in america,, you should not live in poverty.