story throughout the day and bring you the ver latest. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your first forecast. there ave been periods of sunshine especially off to the west, but overall it will be a mostly cloudy afternoon. and yes, it is cold but it feels much nicer than what it has been the last severrl days. temperatures right now are in the teens. we will be headed to the lower 20s this afternoon. the wind speeds have been between zero and ten miles per hour, so there is a bit of a wind chill, but there are no wind chill numbers below zero. storm track 7 live weather network cameras showing the mainly cloudy skies, but in waterero there has iowa. the storm system that

east. crash last night in eastern iowa. it happened on highway 63 near chickasaw county road b-54. that's south of new hampton. here's a picture from the new tribune. the iiwa state patrol says bertha smith -- from waterloo -- did not yield to a semi. they crashed into each other. latorris dfie, keith demry and vin gordin all died. all three were in their twenties. the state withdraws its plea deal offer...now a 19-year-old must face a new trial in a drunk driving case. trevor feauto of clarksville is accused of causing a crash which killed two 16-year- olds from drunk. the new trial will likely take place this spring. an iowa county has already made security upgrades to its courthouse.... but now, it'll have to budget for a new security guard. this all comes after former ty manager gus glaser opened fire during a meeting back n september off 20-14. board of supervisors

tackled the shooter, who turned the gun on himself and later died from his injuries. since then... the county has decreased the number of entrances inside the building. it also added an outdoor dropbox so there's less traffic inside. a dge also mandated an armed security guard be present. but e county didn't budget for that.. we don't know what's the best what it was for sure, 25 and if woul dhave done it on september 10th, 2014. a guard has been coming once-a-week since january first. d starting march 1st, it'll,be a full-time posisiion. continuing coverage: the bomb threat at iowa city west high school affected the voting for a special election. west high was auditor) "for us, this is the first time since i've been

polling sitea, and they've had to relocate." the countyywas required to hold the election no matter what -- so they learned about the bomb threat -- the polling site was moved. results. lisa greee- douglass winning a seat on the johnson county board of supervisors over chris hoffman she'll take over for terrence neuzil. he left the board after taking a job in michigan. the lawwer for mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman says his client is being jailed under human rights guzman's lawyer said today that he has not seen his client in jail. he said the isolation tactics used against his client to go against human rights and asked the country's case. mexican authorities have increase security at guzman's prison t t stop another escape. he is now being held in isolation in the same prison. the mexican government says it plans to extradite guzman to the united states. but officials have cautioned the

to five years. a woman in australia is lucky to have escaped being seriously injured or killed after a car smashed into a highway gas station surveillance camera video shows the car plowing through the front glass wall of the shop, where the woman can be seen walking toward the counter. seconds later she was thrown to the ground by the impact of the crash. the co-owner's wife was behind the counter when it happened... "i thank the god many times that she's still ok, that she walk out safe." local l edia said the rash caused a major gas leak that lasted several hours. it isn't known what caused the crash. three people in the car went to the hospital. a fourth man, believed to be the driver, was missing. authorities in pakistan say gunmen ssrmed into a university iithe country's northwest, killing students and staff, and triggering an hours-long gunbattle with police and army troops. nbc's the pakistani army says the gunbattle lasted for three hours this morning on the campus

charsadda, that's about 20 miles from peshawar. the campus was just opening for the day when militants scaled the university walls on a very foggy morning, shooting security guards then going in classrooms anddorms. once student said he saw gunmen shooting both male and female students with automatic weapons. an assistant professor reportedly fired back, giving some of his students time to pakistani commandos say they have killed four militants. s/ kelly cobiella/ nbcnews/ london, england :48-:58 "a senior taliban commander has claimed responsibility, but the group's official spokesman condemns the attack, calling the killing of students un- islamic. back to you." coming up... a popular tablet is being recalled

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we'll be right back with your storm track ven forecast. "you're watching kwwl. we've kiel. this is the kwwl news at noon" "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 kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: this afternoon will feature a few peeks of ssshine, otherwwse it will be a mooly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thursday. another system may bring a few snow

mainly stay dry through the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this afternooo will feature a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thursday. another system may bring a few snow showers thursday night, but we mainly stay dry through the weekend with another chance for light snow nenet monday. this afternoon will feature a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonht with lows dropping into the teens, temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thursday. another system may bring a few snow showers through the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this afternoon will featuue a fefe peeks of sunnhine, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and bring a few snow showers thursday

throuh the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this ternoon will feature a fefepeeks of sunsnsne, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s system may bring a few snow showers thursday night, but we mainly stay dry through the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this afternoon will featurr a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy

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this baby owl lost its native habitat when storms hit florida. now, its resting comfortbaly, being handled. its only a few weeks old now...but when its older...it'll be released back into the wild. bears roaming through neighborhoods is nothing new... but this bear family seems to have moved in. you can see a mama bear and her two cubs napping in aatree on this orlando cul-de-sac. neighbors but parents... being familiar with goldilocks and the three bears... are keeping their kids inside... it's just so freaky to always police are hoping the bears will leave on their own. coming up.... a high tech tablet is being recalled what you need to know coming up and, looking for somethings salty and sweet? you're in luck-- the golden arches has a new menu item that is simply that this is kwwl-- we'll be right back. and when you see news - or if

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only from centurylink. call and switch today. now on the kwwl news at noon. one of the presidential contenders picks up a big endorsement in ames at a plus, an actor comes to the rescue when a car catches fire outside his home. and, a heartwarming tribute to a long- time delivery man. welcome back to the news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher we're continuing to follow breaking news this afternoon-- an iowa state campus bus driver -- is arrested in the fatal hit and run of an eastern iowa native-- that happened more than a month ago. ames police arrested cy ride driver 23-year-old benjamin clague. police say he is accused of hitting emmalee jacobs --who was a freshman at iowa state and om urbana clague is charred with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death. he is being held in the story

story throughout the day and bring you the very latest. let's go to storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan now for your firsttforecast. there have been periods of sunshine especially off to the west, but overall it will be a mostly

it happened in wisconsin, just across the border from iowa. the crawford county sheriffs office says two sisters, lena bartels aad her sister trrnity dieded lena was 12. trinity was 15. neighbors say someone driving by noticed smoke coming out of the home. they tried getting inside to save them -- but couldn't... engulfed in flames and pretty much beyond the point of saving." authorities say the girls were home alone -- their parents were at work. they are still searching for the cause of the fire --but say it is not suspicious. a large crowd gathers to say goodbye to a police k-9 that was shot and killed on the job. the k-9 was investigating a domestic incident. he'd been a part of the norfolk, "this was no just mere dog. fought with, somebody that backed him up every time he goo

the k9's handler and his family sat at the center of the ceremony while officers from parts of virginia and maryland looked on. meantime : a rockslide forces a highway to close. authorities say heavy rain caused the rockslide, which closed this california highway for a ten mile stretch in both directions. no cars were hit by the rocks. but the road blockage did cause a minor accident. crews workkd throughout the with all this rain that we're of time it's definitely affecting the hillsides around us." even after clearing the area, crews kept the highway shut down because the hill kept sliding. geologists from sacramento are going to check out the area. two blows to one of the leading presidential contenders -- senator ted cruz. yesterday, former vice presidentia nominee saaah palin endorsed donnd trump at a rrly in ames. this could be a big boost for

on both sides of the aisle that i'm glad about, he's going rogue left and right, man, that's why he's doing so well." palin will join trump at an event in norwalk today before the two head d o oklahoma. governor branstad hasn't endorsed a candidate -- but is telling iowans they should not support ted cruz. the governor making the announcement at the renewable fuels summit in altoona. cruz wants to phase out the renewable fuel standard...which requires a minimum amount of ethanoto be blended into gasoline. iowa is the nation's ethanol leader... "i believe that it would be a but the only poll that counts is the one they take on caucus night and i think it could change between now and

we spoke with kwwl's political see...how badly could branstad's announcement hurt the cruz campaign... "it has the potiential to effect how he finishes in iowa, which point, probably a first place finish in iowa to give him momentum toward going into new hampshire the following week." larimer says this will likely effect voters who are still undecided at this point. voters who strongly support cruz - are usually not versa. on the democratic side...hillary clinton picks up the endorsement of the nation's biggest l- g-b-t organization... the human right's campaign announcing their endorsement of hillary on their website saying quote "her fight is our right." clinton is expected to accept the endorsement at an event in iowa next week. she's in a very close race right now with senator bernie sanders in iowa. sanders is back on the campaign trail in iowa. he dismissed clinton's claims that she'd be the strongest generaaelection candidate against a republican -- like

"from the bottom of my heart, above and beyond ideas, if you want somebody who is goingto beat donald trump, who is going to beat the other republicans, i think bernie sanders is that we don't know of any iowa stops him today. clinton will be in burlington today.. today a campaign volunteer for ben carson is being remembered as a bright young man. the volunteer was killed iowa. braden joplin was in a van -- with other carson volunteers. the van flipped on an icy road and was hit by another vehicle. it happened near atlantic, iowa. carson was campaigning in south carolina at the time -- and has suspended all of his events to be with the victim's family... "braden joplin was an amazing yung man. i had an opportunity to - to get toonow him and thh thing that impressed me the most was

here's a picture of carson with joplin. carson says three other campaign volunteers wre treated and released from the hospil after the craa. academy award- winning actor jamie foxx is credited with saving the life of a suspected drunk driver in california monday. the man suffered head, chest and neck injuries in a crash in front of foxx's home. foxx ran to the scene, pulling the man to safety just before still, the actor insists he's not a hero. kristinn lazar reports. actor jamie foxx embraced the father of the man life. (brad kyle/driver's father) "i think we all hope that we could do something when the time is there, but the question is is, do we? do we act, or do we fear for our own lives? and he did not." the highway pptrol says the road, hitting a drainage ditch, mansion. it then burst into

(jamie foxx) "as i'm getting you." and i said, "you've got angels around you." kyle family calls fox a guardian angel. the oscar-winning actor is humble about his heroic actions. brad kyle came to foxx's home today to see the scene of the accident and the actor2 brought him inside, showing him security video of the crash. (brad kyle/driver's father) "i just kept watching it and going, my god, my god... he didn't have to do a thing." foxx says another driver, who happened to be an e-m-t, also stopped to help. the two mee were able toout the seatbelt and pull the suspected drunk driver from the burning a touching, traveling tribute

dozens of ups trucks lined up for a processional in sioux city before the funeral for pat conway. he died last thursday after a four year battle with cancer. conway worked for ups for 25 yearsssorting, loaaing, and delivering packages... "personality. you can replace bodies, but you can't replace working a little bit more with him being around," his coworkers drove together in his memory before they split off on their rtes. coming upp.. when the patriots play the broncos this weekend...it's a personal rivalry between two brothers. they're named after the opposing quarterbaccs! 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 stby up to date on breaking news and weather iiformation. and stormtrack seven

fore "nowwour storm trrk 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 kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: this afternoon will feature a few peeks of sunshihie, otherwiie it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year.

we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thursday. another system may bring a few snow showers thursday night, but we mainly stay dry through the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this afternoon will feature a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will bea mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will hang around tonight with which is asonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thursday. another

showers thusday nnght, but we mainly stay drr through the weekend with another chance for light snow next monday. this afternoon will feature a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will be a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. the clouds will haag around tonight with lows dropping into the teens, which is seasonable for this time of year. temperatures will be warming.. we will be in the low to mid 20s today and even smack dab in the middle 20s on thhsday. another system may bring a few snow showers thursday night, but we mainly stay dry through the weekend with another chance for light snow

this afternoon will feature a few peeks of sunshine, otherwise it will be a stly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the lower 20s. flood victims in south carolina will get much-needed help, thanks to a christmas gift mix- up. a woman ordered shoes for her husband from online retailer zappos. but the wrong shoes got delivered. she called customer service and told them how flooong

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i'm fighting for you, and with your support, i'm going to deliver. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. each new year brings a sense of new beginnings and the opportunity for a fresh start. join your local hy-vee regigiered dietitian, tracey, to learn about setting health and wellness resolutions and how to havevelong-term success. easy red-wine vinaigrette serves 6 (2 tablespoons each). all you need: 1/3 cup red- wine vinegar 1 1/2 tablespoons dijon

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one family divided in a unique way. they'e all broncos fans. except for the first born son. but as ryan haarer shows us, he didn't have a choice....he's "we are all broncos fans except for him." it's not like the we'll name them that." "people for the first time when i tell them, they're like, what? then they look at brady and go 'what? why? i'll just say, well, although he's quickly found himself the odd man out at "he's usually pretty good but sometimes he gets too annoying and we send him to another room to watch. because we can't stand it!" the weiblers didn't stop at brady. in 2007 peyton manning led the colts to a super bowl. and son number two came along. "i"im peyton." yup. brady's younger brother-- is peyton.

move from indy-- game time's peyton's on the couch and mom and dad are on the couch." mom and dad will have to sit in the middle during sunday's afc championship game. "we are going to fight a lot." "when they're head to head they're wrestling and yelling at top." ady's the smack talker... "we already have four right." accually, peytonn only got one ring so far, but his namesake is learning how to keep up with his big brother. "well the patriots... nnce comeback... s sink!" as for sunday, if the broncos lose, things could get ugly. "i am going to punch my brother in the face." ah yes. a strong sibling rivalry. thanks to mom and dad on one. we'll just tie brady p and throw himmut in the garage for two or three

brady says he'll only watch the game with his family if there's for the broncos in the super

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