today."run on the iowa state university campus. more on that plus reaction from friends and family... plus... another brutal day on wall street. it pushed the stock market to its lowest level in nearly two years. and an iowa cancer center can expect a donation to come in the near future, thanks to the work of a fifth grade student. i'm ally crutcher. jerry has the day off. let's check on your weather now with storm track 7 meteorologist good thursday morning. we are starting off with some areas of patchy fog. it's nothing that's too dense and the roadwasy look

fine, so that is the good news for your morning commute. temperatures this morning are rpetty seasonalbe, generally in the teens. the wind isn't too bad either, so wind chills are generally between zero and ten degrees. storm track seven live weather entwork cameras are showing just a little bit of patchy fog otherwise we have mainly cloudy skies across the region. storm track seven live doppler radar shows dry conditions across eastern iowa. but is expected to weaken as it forecast coming up in just a few in a kwwl follow-up.... a campus bus driver...accused of

hitting and killing an iowa state student...is out on bond. police say 23- year-old benjamin clague is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death. 18-year-old emmalee jacobs was the victim. she was a freshman at the university. the hit and run happened in december. police used video from cy-ride buses as part of the investigation. officers say they could hear the bus hit jacobs...that's what led them to clague as their suspect. emmalee graduated from center point urbana high school last spring before heading to iowa state. her pastor says she spent most of united methodist church. as you can imagine, he says the last month or so has been very hard for the community and for the jacobs family... "up to this point it's been kind of hard on them and the community as they continue to try and search for answers as to why this is all taken place know who did it and now we can move forward in trying to

we spoke with emmalee's father. brad jacobs. he says he doesn't know if you can call this arrest closure, just days before the break in this case - - one of emmalee's friends wrote a letter to the then unknown driver -- asking for answers. in the letter she states "if you do know that you hit emmalee and you left the scene, i bet you are scared." police - now say the suspect did know -- and that has emily "you can't help, but do so. i would like to think that she would be still recovering, but she would have a fighting chance and emmalee was a fighter." she says she's glad to see emmalee finally get some justice. a driver is now facing additional charges after she's accused of driving through a crowd of people on the las vegas strip. lakeisha holloway is accused of killing one woman and

injuring more than 3 dozen others last month. she's 24. she now faces 71 counts in the incident... "the new charges essentially murder, one count of either battery with use of a deadly weapon or battery use of a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm depending on the injuries that were suffered." holloway's attorneys say she plans to plead not guilty and the new charges were expected. her next court appearance is set for next month. police are investigating whether an eastern iowa bomb threat is connected to similar threats in other states. classes were canceled at iowa city's west high school after a bomb threat was called in tuesday morning. the phone call delivering the threat was described as a computerised, robotic voice. police are now looking for possible connections to similar threats phoned into other states that same day. a dramatic drop pushed the stock market to its lowest level in nearly two years... the dow jones industrial average was down more than 500 points at one point yesterday. the plunge was tied to a steep drop in crude oil prices, which sank seven percent.

the price of u-s crude oil dropped below 27 dollars a barrel... the lowest price since may 2003. with just 11 days to go until the iowa caucuses... the wife of republican candidate ted cruz, stopped by the kwwl studios for an upcoming segment of the steele report. she said he's sticking to his convictions when asked about governwr branstad asking for iowans to reject ted cruz on caucus night. branstad tuesday called cruz an opponent of renewable bio- fuels, a critical industry here in iowa... "government should not be the private sector here in iowa is running really, really strong. ted cruz favors a 5 -year phaseout of renewable fuel standards but she thinks her husband will

iowa representative steve king also had strong words for governor branstad. he said the governor's comments were potentially dangerous for the future of the nation and the governor's presidential candidate is going to come to iowa and run if they have to fear that the governor is going to come out and campaign directly against him king accused branstad of listening to his son, who works in the bio-fuels industry about claims against cruz. iowa senator chuck grassley says he thinks governor branstad did what is best for our state... governor branstad is doing ought to do... anything you can do to preserve jobs in your state - you ought to do it... meantime republican presidential candidate donald through iowa. this comes just days after receiving an endorsement from sarah palin. he talked about the importance

tell ya.. i meant win for president. because if we don't win for president, even if i won what a great campaign. not a great campaign. palin wasn't there during trump's speech even though tickets had promised a "special guest." but she did attend a trump rally in oklahoma. on the democratic side, hillary clinton will campaign in vinton and iowa city today. yesterday, nearly 500 people showed up for a campaign rally for her in burlington. she called out donald trump for his rhetoric, referring to the united kingdom's house of commons debate about banning him from entering the country... "well, ya know it might make it about what our closest allies think about all this." tonight, singer songwriter demi

campaign event in iowa city. an 8-year old boy diagnosed with an untreatable form of cancer got his moment in the spotlight. the rhode island general assembly declared wednesday "d-strong" day in honor of dorian murray. dorian's dying wish was to be famous and his request was granted within days. he was honored with a ceremony at the state house, and was then taken on a tour. the health struggle and death of a family member inspired a young iowa girl to take action. sam curtiss shows us why she kellesse heard gets emotional talking about her aunt. my life," said heard. her aunts husband and kellesse's uncle, edward courts, battled with stage four stomach cancer. he died in december. "and i had a third grade teacher who had breast cancer," said heard. so, kellesse wanted to make a difference. from sports hats to bucket hats and custom hats. wednesday was hat day at crescent park elementary because

of her. "it really touched my heart when i heard that she wanted to do something for others," said melanie robinson, kellesse's teacher. so the fifth grader wrote her the only requirement - for each one worn - students would donate a dollar for the june e. nylen cancer center. "it shows that they care," said something she could tell mom were actually going through a loss at that point and she just a bulletin board to show the donations. which is what she stood in front of answering one last question about what the word fearless on her hat meant to her. "just because you have cancer, you can still do whatever you

arrangements for getting the donations to thh cancer center are in the works. kellesse's mom hopes her daughter will be the one to deliver the gift. it's coming up on today in iowa -- a bakery is taking advantage of the media frenzy surrounding the recent recapture of drug lord "el chapo." plus... why park when you can skate? we'll tell you where a parking lot turned to an ice rink. patchy fog this morning. there's a slight

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: welcome back and good thursday morning i'm meteorologist kyle kiel. threat tracker is in the green for the next 48 hours. we will start off with areas of patchy fog early this morning, otherwise it will be a partly to mostly cloudy day across eastern iowa. there is a chance for a few flurries tonight, but that won't last very long, so mostly cloudy skies expected for friday. saturday looks to have a little more sunshine. here are a look at the current visibility values across eastern iowa. we don't have terribly dense fog, but a little fog and haze creating a few areas of reduced visibility.

storm track seven live weather network shows conditions aren't too bad. roads aren't too bad this morning, either. so that's good news. weather trackers this morning are generally calling in with temperatures in the teens. we are pretty seasonable for january standards. all in all not too bad. here are the current temperatures across the viewing area. we do have wind speeds that are light and variable between 5 and 10 miles per hour. some areas have a calm wind. w ind chills aren't too bad across eastern iowa. some areas are near zero, but most of us are staying above zero. here's the storm track 7 live doppler radar. it is showing quiet

our southwest creating snow in southern iowa, but as that tracks to the north, it will run into drier air as we do have high pressure just to our east. so we are only expected a partly to mostly cloudy sky. to our south we have an area of low pressure that will continue to strengthen and track to the east. it will bring severe weather to the south today, and turn into a major winter storm with snow, sleet, freezing rain for the south and mid- atlantic this weekend. nothing like that here in eastern iowa. future track shows mainly quiet conditions throughout the day today. once we get rid of the patchy fog, we will be seeing a partly to mostly cloudy sky. temperatures won't be too bad. they will be seasonable.

as we head into tonight, we will continue with a mostly cloudy sky. a weak cold front switches our wind to the north tonight, and there is also a chance for a few flurries, but otherwise we will mainly be dry. on the roadways. friday will be wind. tonight, a few flurries possible on sunday. there is a a giant ice skating park in front of vienna's town hall is set to open today. the rink spans more than 86- thousand square feet. the official opening ceremony today will feature spectacular dancers, artists and music. last year about 700-thousand people visited the rink. a new york town has come up with a unique way to use a parking lot. they're trying to turn this lot into an outdoor ice rink. the town's usual spot is closed

for renovations, so workers sprayed down this parking lot. the water will then freeze because of the cold temperatures. workers say it'll take a few days to get the rink ready for skaters. it's coming up on today in iowa.... a 12-foot tall snowman in one yard will be familiar to anyone who's watched the disney hit movie frozen. plus... are they really fighting over chocolate? when it comes to the shape of the kit kat chocolate bar, courts in europe continue to tell nestle: give me a break. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in stanley, aurora, lamont and all of eastern iowa.

refunds to anyone who bought them on its website. the move comes with growing concerns the boards aren't safe and fire hazard. the consumer product safety commission is investigating more than three dozen instances of hoverboards smoking or bursting into flames. the buffalo bills have hired what they're calling the nfl's first full-time female assistant coach. in a statement released last night

ryan says kathryn smith has done an outstanding job in a football administrative role during the seven years she's worked with his staff. a bakery in mexico is taking advantage of the media frenzy surrounding the recent recapture of drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. they're making el chapo cupcakes... decorated to depict the kingpin when he was recaptured by mexican authorities earlier this month. the pastry chef said the reaction to his cupcakes on social media has been "shocking." britain's high court refused to allow nestle to trademark the kit kat bar shape. nestle has failed since 2010 to trademark the shape in the u-k. the four finger kitkat bars have been made in britain since 19-35. a group of adorable baby otters are safe after they were rescued by a homeowner. the three tiny otters were discovered after workers found an otter den underneath a driveway. now volunteers at the florida wildlife hospital are trying to fill in. animal care staffers say they

"this will be a long haul endeavor for them to get about 23 to 2400-dollars per otter." the hospital is looking for donations, and hoping these babies make it through the next few months. a family builds a giant olaf from disney's "frozen" in their yard. it's about twelve to thirteen feet tall. samantha and her dad jeff spent almost an entire day last week building the snowman. jeff and samantha have been building giant snowmen for years... stick.. his buttons are a uh.. ice cream spending time with family. it's coming up on today in iowa -- it's time to start thinking about filing your taxes.

but before you send info to uncle sam - there are some

it's hard to believe -- but it's on the hunt -- to steal your well earned refund. before you file your taxes -- there are some things you need to know -- that can keep your identity safe. their most sensitive personal and financial information in the important to choose a tax preparer wisely. the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your

return is missing or wrong -- that could also be red flags. return was filed for one person you didn't file. more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information -- to steal your money. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney today in iowa continues in a moment the person who lives here... has to solve problems as big as the world... and as small as your kitchen table. that's the job. everyday. and now, the first lady who helped get healthcare for eight million kids... the senator who helped a city rise again...

the secretary of state who stood up for america, and stared down hostile leaders around the world... is the one candidate for president who has everything it takes to do every part of the job... she'll never let anyone privatize social security and medicare... or shut down planned parenthood... she'll take on the gun lobby... finally get equal pay for women... and stop the republicans from ripping all our progress away. so on february first, stand up for hillary. because if you want a president who knows how to keep america safe... and build a stronger economy... hillary's the choice... i'm listening to you, i'm fighting for you, and with your support, i'm going to deliver. i'm hillary clinton

kyle kiel is back with another check

of your storm track seven forecast. here is the storm track 7 day next seven days, so that is today in iowa. surveillance video shows the moment a burglar breaks into a bar and bashes gaming machines with a hammer. "boom" plus... two grain silos come crashing down.