roads are pretty good. dubuque shows good roads as well, but be caution of slick spots on those roads. temperatures are in the 20s, holding steady, and falling throughout the afternoon. winds are out of the northwest from 10 to 20, with gusts even higher. that's already giving us wind chills in the single digits and teens. we will feel below zero later tonight. the cold temperatures will continue as we get through the weekend, with the core of the cold air affecting us from sunday morning until monday morning. the cold will finally start to retreat back into canada by the middle of next week. we'll talk about how cold these temperatures will get, and track a chance for snow for saturday night coming up in just a few minutes. today -- walmart announcing a plan to close 269 stores worldwide by

end of this month... 154 of those are in the u-s... but no locations are closing in iowa... many will be smaller "walmart express" stores which debuted in 20-11... walmart instead plans to focus on super-centers, neighborhood markets and e- commerce... 10-thousand walmart employees in the u.s. will be affected by the closings -- but the company is hoping to place many at nearby stores... we have a full list of the sites that are closing on our website at kwwl dot com... also happening today... dow stocks opened with a sharp low this morning and have stayed there through this hour -- currently down 450 points .... the dow dropped 400 points alone -- right after ooning this morning... fears over the china market as well as a dropping price for oil are being blamed as culprits to the market's struggles... as the countdown continues to the iowa caucus-- the alliances are gone and the

there were several heated exchanges at last night's gop presidential debate in south carolina. tracie potts has a recap... the 7 candidates left on a petulant child." and hillary clinton: "hillary clinton would be a national security disaster." but at times, they turned on each other. donald trump questioned ted cruz's birth to an american in canada: "there's a big question mark on your head, and you can't do that calculation." "at least half the umpire: "and i just want to take opportunity 2012 election we when i say we republicans tore themselves apart have to stop this." cruz explained not disclosing a half million dollar on an, syria.. banning muslims..and whether to tax chinese imports: debate left before the iowa caucuses. that next debate -- january 28th right there in iowa just a few days before the

the next democrats debate this sunday in south carolina on nbc tracie potts, nbc news washington. some republican candidates are back in iowa the next few days. donald trump had a rally in urbandale this morning. while marco rubio has similar events in decorah, waverly and coralville on monday. and -- former candidate lindsey graham has also endorsed jeb bush today... and -- as tracie potts said -- the democrats are getting ready for their own debate in south carolina on sunday. martin o'malley barely cleared the bar to get in. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders had called on n-b-c news to include him. you can watch that debate on

kwwl. today -- o'malley has campaign stops in cedar rapids and mount vernon. former president clinton also back in iowa campaigning for his wife in marshalltown and coralville today... here in iowa... five people are taken to the hospital following a crash in dubuque county. the iowa state patrol says marquita robertson was driving on hartbeck road near epworth and lost control around 9:45 last night. she and her four passengers, ages 14 to 25, all had to be taken to the hospital. their conditions are not known. robertson was cited for failure to maintain control and driving while suspended. another accident in iowa county had a tragic result... slick road conditions caused a mother and her young son to die in a crash on highway 212 near marengo. the iowa county sheriff's office says bethany clark and her 2-year-old son died when she lost control and the car caught fire. a different kind of weather issue for people working at the linn

the building's heating system crashed earlier this week after pipes burst. linn county emergency management sent this heating generator trailer... to warm up the building during repairs. an iowa woman missing for more than two days... is found lying in the snow. alive. a search for shaniqua hayes began monday after family and friends couldn't reach her. she'd last been seen leaving work in nebraska over the weekend. woodbury county deputies found her lying in the snow tuesday afternoon. all she could do... was blink... "when you have no contact and everybody you've talked to has not seen her, i mean you just automatically as a human being think the worst. and when you say you found her, it's just a relief." relatives say she still can't talk, but they are hoping for a speedy recovery. new nationally today -- 12 people are unaccounted for... after two military aircraft collide in hawaii... the marine corps says two ch-53 helicopters are missing off oahu's coast...

overnight... a total of 12-people were on board the helicopters... witnesses in the area reported they heard a loud boom over the water and saww big flare in the sky... according to officials, searchers have spotted a fire and a debris field north of a beach. an empty life raft has also been discovered. the u-s coast guard is searching coming up... we'll get look at a one-of-a-kind turbine -- making its home on an iowa campus... plus -- an iowan takes home millions in this week's big powerball drawing -- as one of the big national winners comes forward.. and with the colder weekend approaching -- remember, you can list your cancellation with kwwl! visit kwwl dot com to learn how you can register for closings and cancellations -- we'll need any new users to register by the end of the day today in order to report cancellations this weekend... here's kyle with more on the

we'll be right back with your storm track seven forecast. "you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered, with ally crutcher and meteorologist kyle kiel. this is the kwwl news at noon" "now your storm track 7

information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: good afternoon i'm flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday night through sunday night wind chills could be as low as -25 to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will stay below zero for much of us and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. to frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. before the frigid temperatures settle in, light snow and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower

well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday night through sunday night wind chills could be as much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. to frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday night through sunday night wind chills could be as much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light

area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. to frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. before the frigid temperatures settle in, light snow and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night.

be -10 to -20, and by saturday night through sunday night wind chills could be as much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. we'll keep you updated if to frost bite in less than a half outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. iowa is a leader in wind energy...and

has a one-of-a-kind turbine. this "vertical axis turbine" is at iowa lakes community college. it's quieter than traditional turbines. experts say this kind of design could be marketed to smaller communities, individual farmers and businesses... "the opportunity for us from a learning and potentially future work force development and training opportunity is huge," a german company made the turbine and chose iowa as the testing site because of how much wind we have... coming up.... the iowa hawkeyes basketball team keeps its scorching streak going... and...

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hotter as the winter temperatures continue to drop... right now, the iowa hawkeyes don't need a lot of luck. they are absolutely steamrolling opponents... last night -- that included number four michigan state. a few weeks ago, iowa beat the spartans at carver when michigan state was number one...

place that has been a house of horrors for iowa... they hadn't won in east lansing in more than 20 years. but iowa was hot from the start. peter jok was red hot. he had 23 iowa led by 22 at the half and would go on to win 76-59... the hawks are now 4 and oh in the big ten and come home to play michigan next -- on sunday afternoon... he missed what probably was a chip shot field goal...but minnesota vikings kicker blair walsh is getting support from young fans... walsh missed this potential game- winning field goal at the end of last week's game against the seattle seahawks. this week-- he spent time with a group of first graders who sent letters to the kicker to lift his "thank you from the bottom of my heart, seriously. that for me, somebody you've never met, somebody you don't know, that's huge--and it can help in certain times like these." walsh also taking some time to sign autographs for the kids during his visit... the nfl playoffs pick back up tomorrow... coming up....

driving cars... and... stay tuned to find out if your favorite spot makes the list of the best- perceived restaurants... we have the results after a quick break...

own opinions -- but new research out this week ranks the best-perceived fast food chains and casual restaurants in the u-s... according to a research firm...subway holds on to its top spot as the best- perceived fast food chick-fil-a, pizza hut and sonic... in casual dining, olive garden held on to the top spot, thanks in part to its viral pasta promotion. rounding out the top five were panera bread, outback steakhouse, applebee's and red lobster. today -- chipotle announced it'll close all of its restaurants for a day next month -- to hold staff meetings about food safety... the chicago-based company has more than 19-hundred restaurants which will all be closed february 8.. the company has been in the hotseat this past year...since chipotle was tied to series of disease outbreaks, including e-coli, salmonella and norovirus... amazon is offering a discount

weekend. the subscription fee will drop from 99 to 73-dollars. the promotion starts tonight and ends sunday. only new customers can take advantage of the deal. coming up on kwwl, the mister food test kitchen.... a cheesy, delicious pasta recipe to warm you up this weekend... but first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the farm markets. if you're a pasta fan, then you have to check out today's the pasta aisle in your supermarket shape to choose from. so how do we know

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something new about pasta along the way. if you've walked down how big it's getting. it seems like every week there is a new shape to choose from. so how do we know noodles and vermicelli are best with lighter sauces that cling to the pasta, without over powering it. heartier pasta like a fettuccini is perfect when teamed with a heavier cream sauce like an alfredo. twists, elbows and shells, give us the flexibility to use whatever sauce we want, since it gets into all those nooks and crannies . giving us tons of flavor in every bite. now penne, rigatoni and other tube-shaped pastas are suited perfectly for heartier sauces and baked cheesy dishes like

for that all we do is toss cooked rigatoni with some ricotta and mozzarella cheese and sliced mushrooms then layer finish it with more cheese and hope you'll go online and get the recipe for our, "cheesy baked rigatoni," so you'll have the perfect recipe waiting for you the next time you need something easy and filling from the pasta aisle. i'm howard in for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the

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now on the kwwl news at noon. the future is close to arriving for self-driving cars... we have a report on some of the features that may be in your next car... plus... a big anniversary for an amazing and famous plane landing... and... getting to know one of the three big winners of this week's historic powerball drawing... welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher let's go right back to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for a look at a pretty chilly weekend... that's right, bitter cold temperatures are on the way. we've also had a few light snow showers and flurries across the area, but a lot of that is falling apart, so this shouldn't affect any travel this afternoon. the cold front is well off to our east, so our temperatures right now in the twenties will be falling throughout the afternoon and

weekend. here's the storm track 7 live weather network camera. we're showing you cedar falls due to the wind. there's also a few flurries flying around, but otherwise roads are pretty good. dubuque shows good roads as well, but be caution of slick spots on those roads. temperatures are in the 20s, holding steady, and falling throughout the afternoon. winds are out of the northwest from 10 to 20, with gusts even higher. that's already giving us wind chills in the single digits and teens. we will feel below zero later tonight. the cold temperatures will continue as we get through the weekend, with the core of the cold air affecting us from sunday morning until monday morning. the cold will finally start to retreat back into canada by the middle of next week. we'll talk about how cold these temperatures will get, and track a chance for snow for saturday night coming up in just a

well -- the big winner's in wednesday's historic powerball drawing may have been from three other states... but one iowa man is still bringing in a pretty nice haul... bryon stewart's ticket matched the first five numbers of wednesday's lottery --but not the powerball number. anyone who gets just the first five numbers wins one million dollars. but stewart added the "power play" option to his ticket, doubling his prize... "after the thrid one i was just like read the last two! i was excitment. so we jumped out and we were just hugging each other and we were just the happiest couple in the world." stewart and his girlfriend say

some loans and possibly buy a house... meanwhile -- some of the big national winners are starting to reveal themselves... mark barger reports on one of the winners coming forward in a the question of who won the record setting one and with winning tickets sold in california, florida and tennessee, one couple has come "it's not going very far." appearing on the today show, john and lisa robinson, first. "well i think the american public wants to hear from them and even though they want to be private after this is over door to the munford grocery store where the ticket was sold. "looked again, they're the same, looked again and the third time i went running down the hallway, john john you got a

"so i checked them four times and said i'll believe it when the news comes on in the morning carrying a ticket around worth 533 million dollars? "now i'll be nervous because everybody knows." laughs "lost your anonymity." the next stop for the robinson's: turning in their ticket to lottery officials to make it official. mark barger, nbc news. the three total winners will split the record setting one and half billion dollar jackpot ... making each ticket worth 533-million dollars... a bus accident early today has left at least 14 people dead in japan... another 27 are injured in the crash... you're seeing footage of where the bus fell onto its side after veering off the road early this morning. a survivor said the bus shook and then took a sharp curve at a high speed before it left the road.

resorts. a 13-year-old boy is recovering after falling through an icy pond. it happened in topeka, kansas. fire crews say the boy went onto the ice to grab a bottle --- but crews pulled him out... "we were actually rescue training on ice this morning and these guys did an outstanding job it was textbook, absolutely probably within a minute or two." the boy was taken to the hospital -- and is expected to recover... a teenage boy a state over unfortunately wasn't so lucky... as one of three teenage boys has died after being rescued from an icy pond in colorado. authorities there say the teen who died was the last one pulled from the pond yesterday. the other two boys have been hospitalized and are expected to recover. a person in the neighborhood saw the boys sink into the pond and called for help. we're seeing amazing innovation from car makers between the consumer electronics show last week and now an auto show this week...

us today... the future of self- driving car tech is front and them are bringing semi autonomous functionality to the road in 2017" the "pilot assist" in the new volvo s-90 allows the vehicle to speed up, slow down, stop and steer - on its own. a new city safety system detects objects... including e-class has a drive pilot system "you can even change lanes just by hitting the turn signal its pretty impressive stuff" "these cars are just going to get smarter and smarter and smarter model s car don't even have to brake and keep the car from wandering out of the lane.

all the driving - yet. the country" and these high cars are blazing the trail to that future. brian mooar, nbc news. coming up ... commemorating one of the most amazing plane landings in american history... and we take a look outside right now with our waterloo skycam --

kyle kiel there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: from information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: good settle in, light snow and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a across eastern iowa and much of

highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will stay below zero for much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing a dusting to a half inch. we'll keep you updated if frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a dusting. the bitter cold settles back in across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will

us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing this cold can lead to frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. before the frigid temperatures settle in, light snow and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will stay below zero for much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing

frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. seeing a dusting to a half inch. to frost bite in less than a half much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and flurries will be tracking through parts of eastern iowa friday, with just a across eastern iowa and much of the midwest for the weekend. highs on saturday will be in the single digits and lower teens, with temperatures dipping well below zero for saturday night. wind chills during the day will be -10 to -20, and by saturday to -35 in some areas. high temperatures on sunday will stay below zero for much of us across eastern iowa. another system will track through the area saturday night and sunday, producing light snow, especially across the southern part of the viewing area. that's where a half inch to an inch is possible, with areas north of highway 20 seeing

frost bite in less than a half hour. if you can, limit your time exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. wind chills this cold can lead time outdoors and cover up as much exposed skin as possible. as always, it's a good idea to check in on the elderly, and keep an eye on your pets. today marks the seventh anniversary of "the miracle on

hudson"... a pilot and his flight crew saved everyone onboard by landing a plane in the hudson river. the u-s airways flight hit a flock of birds right after takeoff, while it was more than three-thousand feet in the air, causing both of the plane's engines to shut down. all 155 people on board survived... coming up ... a comedy team is back in action this weekend for a big sequel -- much more also in today's box office preview -- stay tuned for that...

noon to demonstrate a unique way to prepare food. be sure to watch closesly, as this is a trick you may want to use show us the technique of cooking with paper. he will prepare tilapia using the method. be sure to visit the hy- vee in waterloo off of university avenue for all you culinary needs. hy-vee is also happy and able to cater your large events -- be them graduations, weddings and all that falls in between. tilapia, our featured food item today, is also listed as a day-by-day meal idea on the hy-vee website. chef bryan sink is here with us today on the news at noon to demonstrate a unique way to prepare food. be sure to watch closesly, as this is a trick you may want to use while staying in and away from the cold this weekend. today, chef bryan will show us the technique of cooking

he will prepare tilapia using the method. be sure to visit the hy- vee in waterloo off of university avenue for all you culinary needs. hy-vee is also happy and able to cater your large events -- be them graduations, weddings and all that falls in between. tilapia, our featured food item today, is also listed as a day-by-day meal idea on the hy-vee website. chef bryan sink is here with us today on the news at noon to demonstrate a unique way to prepare food. be sure to watch closesly, as this is a trick you may want to use while staying in and away from the cold this weekend. today, chef bryan will show us the technique of cooking with paper. he will prepare tilapia using the method. be sure to visit the hy- vee in waterloo off of university avenue for

is also happy and able to cater your large events -- be them tilapia, our featured food item today, is also listed as a day-by-day meal idea on the hy-vee website. chef bryan sink is here with us today on the news at noon to demonstrate a unique way to prepare food. be sure to watch closesly, as this is a trick you may want to use while staying in and away from the cold this weekend. today, chef bryan will show us the technique of cooking with paper. he will prepare tilapia using the method. be sure to visit the hy- vee in waterloo off of university avenue for all you culinary needs. hy-vee is also happy and able to cater your large events -- be them graduations, weddings and all that falls in between. tilapia, our featured food item today, is also listed as a day-by-day

we'll be right back. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio.

jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share.

and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. rebelling against police brutality as a member of the rap group "n-w-a." now -- he plays a tough cop alongside kevin hart in "ride along kevin hart takes his talents to south beach in "ride along 2." he re-

supplier. "ride along 2" is rated pg-13. heroes come out of the shadows in "13 hours: the secret six soldiers stationed nearby volunteered to aid consulate workers under fire...in a battle against hundreds of terrorists. "13 hours" is rated r. nothing comes for free in "the benefactor." richard parents are killed. but his money comes with strings attached..and fanning and her baby-daddy are tired of being puppets. "the benefactor"

polar bear heads south for the winter in "norm of disrupting the environment. so the misfit bear heads to the big city to convince humans to stay where they are. "norm of the north" is rated pg. that's the box office

this koala -- named jill -- is the proud mother of one of the cubs... but has suddenly found her workload tripled after 'adopting' two other cubs to form one big happy koala family... the park's general manager said the two bigger cubs joined jill's small koala family after their own mothers stopped producing milk...

very cold temperatures expected this weekend with lows below zero, highs on sunday below zero, and the potential for wind chills as cold as 35 below zero at times. dangerously cold weather with a chance for snow later saturday night into sunday. more weather at kwwl dot com. that will do it for us here at noon. our next newscast is tonight at

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