take aim on taking down another nbeaten team -- this time iowa state....the full story in n another decemr, another set of college graduates are marking this saturday with celebrations of four years of hard work - perhaps 4 4nd a half years. kcrg-tv 9's brady smith met some of the university of iowa's nursing students- now graduates -- on what they hope awaits in the next stage. 64 g gduates of the u-i college of nursing lined their degrees. sarah armstrong already knows where she's going. 13:04-:07 "i'm going to head back to rochester, minnesota and work at mayo clinic." this is the field she's last of four kids to gradue filled with options. 13:35-:44 "a lot of us are going for more education, and then most of us would like to stay back at iowa, just because we know the program, and we know it's prestigious."t his is one of the last 64- student graduations for the college of nursing, according to dr. thad wilson. class sizes are growing to 72, to accommodate an increase in applicants. 16:54-:58 "the hospitals and clinical sites are busier and busier and busier."wilson says there's more c

it is certainlyot going to feel likehe middle of decemr at all. exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, plenty of not quite as warm as today, but 48 degrees is the average high for this time of year. it is about 3 degrees above that. 51 degrees on wednesy. partly sunny with a hh of 56. thursday and friday, more cloud some sunshe. but temperatures up into the low 60's. 60 thursday, 61 on frid, and the weekend,ook at this! degrees on saturday. that's just 2 degrees shy of the report high. sundalooks le we wlie the record of 65 degrees set back in the 1920's. if your headinto theagles game really don'tave to bundle up at all. and monday we haveoisture moving in, but a high of 65 degrees. it will be ra, not snow. were dinitely getting a break on our heating bills. s resorts in the poconos a hoping for cldn they are hurting the. >> they are hurting there, thank you, cecily. > a northhilalphia community me totr tonh to help the needynd have se f. tonight the ridge on the rise business district closed off its 2300lock of ridge anue to light the tr. peo

decemr 14, i am hot. >> a spring-like swers insteadf snow. >> two years ago this week we had foot of snow outside a i feele are in florida, not >> while unseasonably warm weath at love park. >> busess is slow, trying to sell trees. >chris meyers tre and last year they sold 600 trees. soar this year they have sold >> and they are going the jersey shore versus getting a chstmas tree. >> didou erhkou wld be picking o a cistmas tree in 60-degree weath? >> ner. never ever. i thought it would be co, sw. it is warm and muggy. >>nd monday, peaked at 70 degrees sti t record from 1881 with no signs of weather to >> i would like it tbe a white chrtmas, t who knows, it mighbe 90 degrees. >> se peoe call the lt uple of days an early christmas present from mother temperatures are equally as on mild. reporting le at love part for channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> bill sby is suing seven won who accused m of sexual assau. cosby filed countersuit after the women went to court seeking moneyrom the actor. in the lsuit filed today, cosby cims the false alletions ct h to lose jobs. nearly0 women

it's decemr 16th and here's what you need to know today. family and friends remember the life of urbana teen and iowa state student emmalee jacobs who died from a hit and run in ames earlier this week. cases of the mumps continue to rise at the university of iowa. health officials say numbers h he yet to peak and offering free vacacnes aren't doing much to stop the spread. 20-16 g-o-p presidential hopefuls are reviewing their performances this morning. the gloves came off in the final republicann debate of the year last night. cedar rapids police are warning dog owners to keep an eye on their pets after someone several dubuque businesses are raiaing money to put security cameras at the veteran's memorial plaza after vandals destroyed part of it over the weekend. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passi

at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in decemr have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some tailers are at risk.]s/ >> any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they have been limping along, a season like this can certainly put them out of business. >> martin resnick says histore will survive but it won't make back those sales. >> so they're takinghe money they would have spent in our industry and spending it elsewhere. >> reporter: now, fox says winter apparel purchases are driven bneed. this 67-degree weather? on the other hand, what's bad for retailers is good for consers,umho should be able to purchase heavily-discounted cold weather gear if not for this winter, jim, then for next year. >> anna, thank you. >>> in his christmas eve homily, pope francis called on christians to live as jesus did with "empathy, compassion, and mercy." he criticized what he called a society so often intoxicated by consumerism. tomorrow, tens of thousands will pack st. peter's square for the pope's traditional c