some of the most iconic images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. but it's also a lot of work to rangle the larger than life faces. "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17- balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. millions of people lined the streets to watch the famous parade.more than 25-hundred n-y-p-d officers were also there.law enforcement has been beefed up across the globe after the paris attacks that killed 130-people.president obama says there is no credible threat to the u-s and that americans should enjoy the holidays. chicken salad from costco is being recalled.a consumer alert from the food and drug administration says a california farm is recalling a vegatable mix they believe to be the source of an e-coli outbreak.19 people in 7 states have gotten sick from eating chicken salad from costco that has this veget

those giant characters floating through the new york skyline - the macy's thanksgiving dd parade baloons. but it's also a lot of work to rangle the larger than life faces. "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17 balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive ebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the sinclair oil dinsoaur, is making a comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. one corridor student was there to see it all happen. she was handpicked to participate in the annual tradition. cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott shows us how a linn-mar senior was selected to march in the macy's thanksgiving ay parade. parade. melanie sullivan, like a lot of us, grew up watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade. parade. "every thanksgiving i'm like turn on the tv! i want to watch the parade!"but little did she know, one day she would get the opportunity to play in the parade and be on national television. television. and said 'i'm going to do this."she submitted a

baloons flying... we got a ball game, folks all tied up at seven.... would be 14-10 at the half.... 21-17 third quarter.... but jordan canzeri puts the team on his back ... rev up those jets! the senior's second touchdown in the half... 28-17 iowa....armstrong and the cornhuskers had their chances... but the hawkeyes secondary... let's just say deja vu all over again... greg mabin with the pick of armstrong in the third.... a career high four picks for the nebraska q-b on the day.... big reason why the h hkeyes able to hold on.. 28-20 the final... and so the hawkeyes, complete the undefeated regular season -- the aforementioned two touchdowns by jordan cacaeri in the second half prove to be the big difference in this one remains a myserty -- win and michigan state is in, otherwise the hawks will play the winner of ohio state and michigan thanksgiving weekend basketball tournaments typically feature inter- conference battles; small, unknown schools playing spspler to pernnial l powers; and well, not a lot of nationally ranked teams squaring off. not the

some of the most iconic images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. but it's also a lot of work to rangle the larger than life faces. "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17- balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the sinclair oil dinsoaur, made a comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. millions of people lined the streets to watch the famous parade.more than 25-hundred n-y-p-d officers were also there.law enforcement has been beefed up across the globe after the paris attacks that killed 130-people.president obama says there is no credible threat to the u-s and that americans should enjoy the holidays. even though it was a holiday, demonstrators still camped out in minneapolis.. minneapolis..they took no break protesting the shooting death of 24-year-old jamar clark. clark.local community groups delivered a thanksgiving meal to protesters on thursday.the feast was de

some of the most iconic images this time of year are those giant baloons at the thanksgiving day parade. but it's also a lot of work to "everybody in the net crew, you ready?""one, two, three, four!" four!"scrat and his acorn from the movie ice age lead all 17- balloons along the parade route.there's also red from angry birds.his distinctive eyebrows measure seven feet wide!and the dyno, the sinclair oil dinsoaur, is making a comeback.it hasn't flown in the parade since 1976. one corridor student was there to see it all happen. she was handpicked to participate in the annual tradition. cbs 2 news reporter marissa scott shows us how a linn-mar senior was selected to march in the macy's thanksgiving day parade. parade. melanie sullivan, like a lot of us, grew up watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade. parade. "every thanksgiving i'm like turn on the tv! i want to watch the parade!"but little did she know, one day she would get the opportunity to play in the parade and be on national television. "i started practicing my solo and said 'i'm going to do this."she submitted an audio clip

take a look at this time-lapse video as the famous baloons are inflated. meantime -- two independence girls are in new york for the parade. madison and alyssa say they've been practicing for more than a month and will perform with other dancers today. you can watch the parade at nine o'clock this morning right here on kwwl. final preparations are underway for the 54th annual ginter dinner in dubuque. the founder, donna ginter, died a few years ago but her family continued her legacy. this dinner feeds more than 2- thousand people each year. "it means a lot to me and my for it. 90 percent of our meals are going to the elderly, shut in and the handicap. it always makes us feel good we can do it for them." the meal is served at 12:30 this afternoon at the knights of columbus in dubuque. in waterloo...the salvation army is getting ready for its annual feast. the salvation army building on franklin street. it's a free dinner with all the trimmings -- and the community is invited to attend. and the annual salvation army red kettle campaign is underway -- and we

baloons flying... we got a ball game, folks all tied up at seven.... would be 14-10 at the half.... 21-17 third quarter.... but on his back ... rev up those jets! the senior's second touchdown in the half... 28-17 iowa.... 28-20 the final.... the hawkeyes hold off the cornhuskers and are your 2015 heroes game champions... and as pat maroney explains... the what was already supposed to be emotional turned magical last t ght as the green b b packers retired brett favre's number four to the lambeau bart starr, who made his return to lambeau after ffering multiple strokes and a heart t tack in the fall of 2014... the game that sandwiched that ceremony did not go as swimmingly for green bay... the packers fell behind late to chicago and could not capitalize on a final two minute drive... it's their fourth loss in five weeks... meanwhile for the bears... it's a promising third winn their last four.... "you ow we came off a tough loss, last sunday at home. we had to flush that really fast... you do the right things do the right things at work but when they le