the iowa brad-"we know that there." farmers, and dozens of volunteers gathered at the food bank to celebrate a landmark. for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. brad- "it's one thing to raise corn, raise soybeans, and raise pigs. but to bring it from out farm to people in need is really special for us." brad is just one of the hundreds of farmers in iowa that participated in the initiative although a lot of progress has been made- the food bank still needs more help. cory exec direc.- "the struggle is there, pantries. even though unemployment is down, we're distributing more food than ever before." in iowa, one in 5 children go hungry... in total-- 389 thousand people need help. edie davis knows the struggle first hand edie- "i ate from the food bank, i fed my kids from the foo bank today's ceremony was a chance for some farmers to get a first-hand look on the people they impact. brad-"as a farmer in iowa, it means to much to us to be able to provide to those situations to meet thos

stacey: as kcci emmy victor reports, it's a topic that kept coming up as the iowa farm bureau opened its annual convention today in des moines. emmy: as many as iowa farmers 2000 are flocking downtown with the farm bureau. >> there's huge differences between western iowa, eastern iowa, northern iowa, southern iowa as far as farming practices emmy: the hot topic in nearly every seminar, restoring the water quality. >> i want to be able to protect my family from water quality and soil quality, i want to be able to pass that on to the next generation. emmy: cleaner water is a challenge lawmakers will face this upcoming year in light of a des moines water works lawsuit affecting three northern counties. >> i think it is important that the government does step in and help the farmer with this because it is a statewide issue. we've all got the same goals about it. emmy: the lawsuit hits on nitrates from farm fields flooding into the raccoon river a process that could cost , millions of dollars to fix. farmers across the state have the responsibility of keeping iowa sustainable. starting wit

the iowa food bank. brad-"we know that there's a need out there." farmers, and dozens of volunteers gathered at the food bank to celebrate a landmark. for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. brad- "it's one thing to raise corn, raise soybeans, and raise pigs. but to bring it from out farm to people in need is really special for ." brad is juststne of the hundndds of farmers in iowa that rticipated in the initiative although a lot of progress has b bn made- the food bank still l eds more help. ry exec direc.- "the struggle is there, we're seeing more people visiting food pantries. even though unemployment is down, we're distributing more food than ever before." in iowa, one in 5 children go hungry... in total-- 389 thousand people need help. edie davis knows the struggle first hand edie- "i ate from the food bank, i fed my kids from the foo bank today's ceremony a first-hand look on the people they impact. brad-"as a farmer in iowa, it means to much to us to be able to provide to those situations to meet those hu

emmy: the iowa farm bureau's annual convention hit on an important issue affecting thousands of iowans. coming up at 6:00. scott: a wave of new football assistants is headed to ames. plus it's the biggest game of not be calmer. a car gives you freedom. room to grow. and in time, room to grow up. your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. >> it just makes you angry, i mean you feel violated. steve: today in the buzz. apparently not everyone has the christmas spirit. a real-life grinch recently stole a little piece of holiday cheer from a virginia homeowner over the weekend. stacey: the whole thing was caught on camera. you can see someone ripping holiday lights off this portsmouth home. homeowner jason ward says his lights weren't expensive, but that's not the point. >> the point is that the guy walked up like he owned it, just helped himself, walked right off. stacey: ward says he hopes his video helps police catch the guy who stole the lights. steve: grades. the white house is getting ready for the holidays and the first dogs are very eager to help. first lady

the state. nearly 400 thousand people iowa...but that's farmers come in. farmers, and dozens of volunteers gathered at the food bank to celebrate a landmark. for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. the ceremony was a chance for farmers to get a on their impact "as a farmer in iowa, it means to much to us to be able to provide to meet those hungry needs." elias: if you'd like to donate non- to your local food pantry, or drop them off in a collection bin at your local grocery store. elias: new this morning, a new business opens up in west des moines today... elias: a new coffee and bagels concept cafe will be taking your order starting today on mills civic parkway. caribou coffee and einstein bagels have teamed up for the new venture...and they are celebrating with a special giveaway this morning. the first 50 people in line will get a free coffee and bagel every week for a year.. you may want to hurry...the store opened up at five elias: time for a short break....coming up bree returns with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but fi

iowa...but that's where local farmers come in. farmers, and dozens of volunteers gathered at the food bank to celebrate a landmark. for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. the ceremony was a chance for farmers to get a first-hand look on their impact "as a farmer in iowa, it means to much to us to be able to provide to those situations to meet those hungry needs." elias: if you'd like to help, you can donate non- perishable items to your local food pantry, or drop them off in a collection bin at your local elias: time for a short break....coming up bree returns with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... iowa's most accurate meteorologist bree sull

for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. brad- "it's one thing to raise corn, raise soybeans, and raise pigs. but to bring it from out farm to people in need is really special for us." brad is just one of the in iowa that participated in the initiative although a lot of progress has been made- the food bank still needs more help. cory exec direc.- "the struggle is there, we're seeing more people visiting food pantries. even though unemployment is down, we're distributing more food than ever before." in iowa, one in 5 children go hungry... in total-- 389 thousand people need help. edie davis knows the struggle first hand edie- "i ate from the food bank, i fed my kids from the foo bank today's ceremony was a chance for some farmers to get a first-hand look on the people they impact. brad-"as a farmer in to us to be able to provide to those situations to meet those hungry needs." and they say as an iowa farmer--giving is to k

we have a culture in iowa that rewards getting back, that we have that constant feeling that there ought to be a way to help the neighbor. stacey: the money, donated by farm bureau in the university gave him a portion of sales of america needs farmers merchandise. steve: a special goal -- a special rededication ceremony this morning for the iowa department of public safety and the iowa state patrol. the 2 agencies rededicated a replica of a 1935 ford tudor patrol car. back in 1935, the patrol's rolling fleet consisted of 37 cars and 12 motorcycles. stacey: big 10 championship rivals iowa and michigan state seems like different kinds of but as you'll see in sports the hawks and spartans are actually a lot alike. and we go back live to cowles ju jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right

the university of iowa has given more than $100,000 to the food bank over the past five years. >> is nice today that we have a steve: the money donated by the farm bureau and the university came from the sale of merchandise. stacy: there was beautiful weather today. curtis: it has been an amazing stretch here in december. we were in the 40's with sunshine. temperature of 41 degrees, well above our normal high. current readings now are much colder in northwestern iowa. still have some snow that they are working on up there. ames is at 36 degrees. cooling off to around freezing at 10:00. there will be some father tomorrow. pockets of dense fog. by noon tomorrow it will be just as warm as it was today. topping out around 51 degrees for your friday. it is dry across most of the nation except for the pacific northwest. look at the travel conditions. a lot of people are driving to indianapolis. it will be ok. it will be in the 50's on saturday. 50's in kansas city. very mild across the entire clear skies tonight, sunshine throughout friday afternoon. later in the day on saturday we will start to see some clouds moving. very late saturday night into maybe ear

the hope is to transform about 75-acres of city owned farm land into recreational space. it would be just north of where taft avenue intersects with 420th street southeast. kcrg t-v nine's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson looks at the impact such a project would have on the city. lower city park in iowa city is perhaps the city's most popular place to have a catch... or play some tennis. but cititofficials say there needs to be more places like this as city park continues to flood, the city continues to expand east, and the county's population continues to grow. "we wouldn't go through the trouble of hiring of was a doable project." officials hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. "there definitely is a shortage of courts on the east side of town." more courts is good news for craig carney, owner of racquet master in iowa city -- carney says the sport of tennis is growing in popularity, andndhere's always a need for more quality lighted courts. "probably there's more tennis going on, especially at the junior level, than there every has been before." "city