kwwl's brad hanson was there as they were getting on the plane earlier today. brad, what's the feeling going into this game? this is a very confident team heading into a very important rematch with the biso. you might remember north dakota statae beat the panthers 31-28 earlier this year. this was the scene early this afternoon at the wgterloo airport. many of these players really excittd as they headadoff to this huge matchup. the bison have won four straight national titles. the panthers are four and four against them in the mark farley era. i asked him what needs too happen foo the panthers to advance past this (mark farley, uni head coach) "to win a game like this, you gotta play a full football game. so one, u gotta find way to get ahead, and two, you gotta finish." a big part of that getting ahead will be the ground game for u-n-i. this is a team that rushed for 400 yards on the ground last week in their win over portland state. farley told me that's one of their biggest focus' tomorrow--getting that ground game going. that's also the bison way too--this i

we've got you covered live here in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. refelctions in the park runs through sunday -- january third. tickets can be purchased n advance at hillcrest or dubuque bank and trust -- or you can b by them at thh park. coming up on kwwl -- an unusual bell-ringer helping the salvation army this holiday season. plus.. the hawkeyes heading west -- to spend the holidays inpasadena for the rose bowl. but first -- here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... and when you see newss- or if have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our pag to stay up to date on breaking news got you covered. with ron steele, amanda goodman, chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg and sports with rick coleman. this is the kwwl news at ten." "hi, i'm commander pam rowe greeting to all my family and friends back in illinois and "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." "now your storm

kwwl's brad hanson was there today and joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque. and brad, this is a big deal for the students there. 425 students at table mound elementary school have been working for months to put on a mock election very similar to the republican national convention. it's safe to say, though, that these kids were a little more animated than supporters you might see at the convention next year. nats kids cheering the passion was easy to find inside table mound elementary school, as students get ready to make the state, dressing up to reflect their districts. from the tropical hawaain delegation, to the cheeseheads of wisconsin, these future politicians were all in during this mock election. (kennedy elskamp, mock election co-chair) "so that everyone in each grade knows how we feel, what their vote means to the usa, and how important that is." (jackson esau, mock election co-chair) "it doesn't matter if you're democratic or republican, the world a better place." state representative abby finkenauer was on hand, serving as the event's keynote speake

kwwl's brad hanson met with a group today observing that anniversary. t-h media newsroom in dubuque. it was a group of a few more than 40 today that gathered in a park here in downtown dubuque. many armed with signs, candles and flashlights, all in remembrance of the victims of that horrible tragedy three years ago. nats car honking honk for peace--a simple request from one woman in dubuque during a rally to remember the victims of the sandy hook shooting. the signs all different, but the message of the group, the same: (carolyn farrell, sisters of charity of the blessed virgin mary)"so what we're doing here tonight is just try to raise conciousness so we can end violence in general, and in particular, gun violence." many of those gathered here come with flashlights and than just mere lights on this night. (tim moothart, co-chair, dubuque coalition for non-violence) "we believe that a candle represents hope for people. and (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "in all, 26 people died on this day those victims read by this group, as they work to preserve the memor

kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque. and brad, that lengthy trip to california means local travel agents have been busy. they sure have been--you're talking airfare, accomodation in california and of course tickets to the game. but i talked to one agent today who's been up to the task. angie harter has been hard at work, making sure people don't miss a very special trip. (angie harter, travel consultant) "the rose bowl. 25 years. it's been pretty special for the local people." travel headquarters put together a package for the package was announced that sunday, the phone was ringing off the hook. we had about 100 emails to send prosepective clients, and it was anywhere from 3100 to 4200 dollars. "we've had some pretty remarkable fans, that really cost wasn't the issue. yes, they were more than willing, so the packages sold out because of that." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "in all, travel headquarters sold about 50 packages to the rose bowl. that's 50 local people heading to pasadena. they say they people, the people going

kwwl's brad hanson was there. (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "more than 150 family, friends, students gathered outside of waterloo west, to honor moe sed. some knew him, some didn't. it candles are lit outside of waterloo west high school, to remember the classmate who's flame no longer burns bright. it's a loss many students are still struggling to comprehend. (diana buljubasic, waterloo west senior) "you wake up everyday, and you don't know. you don't know what will happen. you don't know, you a tragic loss. you never want to lose a young soul, especially in the community." (sahjit phillips, waterloo west junior) "i'm still in disbelief about it. like wow....it's crazy." instead of mourning individually--these students, organized a candlelight vigil. (joseph greemore, first baptist church pastor) "the students reached out to me and said would you be a part of the wasn't the school administration, it wasn't some city planners, but it was a couple of students who didn't have classes and know him real well, and said,

we've got you covered live here in iowa city, brad hanson, kwwl news. that facility, which is now the tallest building in iowa city, will be dedicated next november, and they hope to be treating patients by next december. a local police department dedicates a memorialto k9's--both past and present---that have helped make the community a safer place. the cedar rapids police department more than 40 years ago.. now, overlooking downtown from sunner park, is a memorial dedicated to the 23 k9s that have served -- keeping both the public and officers safe. curt buckles has had his dog, narco, for more than six years... (cg: curt buckles/ crpd officer and k9 handler) "you know we have a great bond and someday when he can no longer come to work with me it's going to be a sad day." the six k-9s currently with the cedar rapids department were at the dedication this afternoon... five of them can detect narcotics -- while the other can detect explosives. coming up on kwwl... dash cam video shows a police officer nearly get shot in the head during a traffic stop. pl

kwwl's brad hanson joins us live w from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque -- after catching up with family members today. brad? i did--and they had nothing but great things to say about this man. and even though he's gone now, he'll be remembered for years to come. (loras link, joseph lemm's that would light up the room once, you had a friend forever." fond words to remember a fallen hero. "he was#just a people person that just wanted totoe there to help people out all the time." lemm, originally from bernard iowa, has spent the majority of his life away from he hawkeye stae, including the past 15 as a new york city but link, o met him nearly 30 years2ago, says they cherished every encountee they got with lemm. uldn't take, i'm doing fine for an answer. it was, he wanted to know what you were doing, how your kids were, how your job was." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "one of the fondest memories thhs family hass joe is when he made a trip to milk cows one night. and if i was riding in his squad car, i'd probably be sitting there going, oh wow, this is so cool. that's exactly what he was doin

k kwl's brad hanson wassin marquette (brad hanson,. @bhansonkwwl) "it's dark behind christmas cheer, but that wasn't the only thing it brought with train horn. nats trainsounds this time accompanied with an unfamaliar sight--on lighting up the night. the holiday train making a stop in marquette--to the delight of children and their parents alike. and while young faces are aglow in tte shadow of this festive train, a bigger purpose is being served. a check for 55 hundred dollars presented to the clayton county food shelf...part of the morehan 10.6 miilion dollars raised during the murray, manager, community affairs) "the whole essence of the holiday train is particularly along our network." and after the check was put away, the concert began. nats music playing but for most of the kids, this night was about one thing. "seeing santa." "santa" "seeing santa." "santa. seeing santa" also a special night for the parents that brought them. (amy holst and amy santa, it's just great for this holiday season. agreed, lot of magic. it's neat." and

we've got you covered live here in cedar falls, brad hanson...kwwl news. thanks brad -- and we'll hear more from the family coming up tonight at ten o-clock. mark woodley brings us the top plays of the year. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in burr oak, what cheer, grace hill and "now, kwwl moments in sports. we've already counted down numbers 12 through 7. now it's east state champion kyven gadson finished his career at iowa using a move dubbed "the gadson" put ohio state's kyle snyder on his back - winning his first --ice cream-- at number 5 we step back to a historic day in the mcleod center - november 21st - the north carolina tar heels became the first top ranked team in more than 30 years to visit a missouri valley arena - and the uni panthers - rallying from a 16 point second half deficit behind 21 points from down in the biggest win in mcleod center history - our fourth top story comes from another unexpected, incredible moment from zach johnson - the cedar rapids native - about 8 years removed from his masters championship - took another

and as kwwl's brad hanson shows (brad hanson,. @bhansonkwwl) "it's dark behind ago. it brought plenty of nats train sounds the familiar blast of the train horn. nats train sounds this time accompanied with an unfamaliar sight--neon lighting up the night. the holiday train making a stop in marquette--to the delight of children and their parents alike. and while young faces are aglow in the shadow of this festive served. a check for 55 hundred dollars presented to the clayton county food shelf...part of the more than 10.6 million dollars raised during the train's 17 years. (melissa murray, manager, community affairs) "the whole essence of the holiday train is to deliver the message of hunger issues that exist all across north america, but particularly along our network." and after the check was put away, the concert began. thing. "seeing santa." "santa" "seeing santa." "santa. seeing santa" also a special night for the parents that brought them. (amy holst and amy hammersland, parents) "well, just to see the magic in the holiday season. agreed, lot of magic. it's neat.

brad hanson from our sister station, kwwl is live with more. the u-s-s iowa is a truly remarkable ship--and a great way to spend a day ahead of the big rose bowl game later this week. this is a ship that first saw action back in the 1940's--starting in world war two. it saw action not only in the great war, but in the korean war, and once again during the cold war. she earned numerous awards throughout the years, and even had the distinction of carrying f-d-r across the atlantic. now it's a museum open to the public, and they're thrilled to have so many iowa fans coming through this week. (dave way, uss iowa curator) "but it's just wonderful to have them m n board. we always feel like they're so her history." the ship is free to iowa residents with an iowa i-d year round. they've also made it free this week for non-resident university of iowa students. the rose bowl kicks off at 4-10 on friday afternoon. live in san pedro, california, brad hanson ktiv sports fource. brad -- have hawkeye fans taken over l-a yet? today was media day for the iowa

kwwl's brad hanson was there as the team boarded the plane earlier today in wterloo... spiriis were pretty high today as the team got on the plane. they of course are getting ready for a big rematch with the north dakota bison. the panthrs are lookinggfor somm reveee, after they lost to the bison earlier this year 31-28. both teams are built on the ground game, and coach mark farley told me today it's important they and this, of course, is a north dakota state team that is the four time defending national champion. kickoff for that game is tomorrow morning at 11...you can watch it on espp... and we'll hear from coach farley about this game tonight at six. kwwl will also be covering the rose bowl with multiple crewss our road toothe rose bowl coverage is headed up by me and sports anchor mark woodley. also covering the hawkeyes from pasadena and southern california will be sports reporter zach rant, reporter brad hanson and content producer scott albanese. coverage begins the day after christmas. in continuing coverage... the university is officially web programs that ha

weather has finally cooperated enough for sundown mountain in dubuque to get their hills ready kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from sundown. and brad, those guns have been working pretty hard. they sure have been--the general manager tells me they've been running non-stop for virtually two days. all in an effort to finally get skiiers and snowboarders on the slopes. skiiers and sundown mountain in dubuque are on at full blast--coating the slopes with the snow you've so desperately craved this year. (mark gordon, general manager, sundown mountain) "the last couple of days have been fantastic. particularly last night, we were able to make much more snow than we thought we would, so you can kinda see around us here it's starting to turn white, which makes us very happy." because mother nature hasn't been very cooperative, they hav to make almost all the snow themselves. meltdown. and we pushed the the hill." all told, that's three to six feet on every part of the many others, too. "i've kinda been smiling all day. nights, figuring out when we can get open. we can see that we're going to be open

brad hanson, kwwl news. the event helped bring in non- perishable food items for the clayton county food bank. a taxi driver shows his christmas spirit with some creativity. once thanksgiving passes, he transforms his van into a mobile winter wonderland, complete with tinsel, inflatable dolls and holiday ornaments. he even dresses like santa. when he's not providing transportation for people, he cruises parking lots and downtown streets, getting smiles from children and adults alike. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... how much money did this murderous couple get deposited in the bank account before the san berandino terror attack? and... why the government is --------- --------- anncr: when the attacks come here... ...the person behind this desk will have to protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken counter-terrorism surveillance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security hearings and votes just t

brad hanson, kwwl news. the event helped bring in non- perishable food items for the clayton county food bank. coming up on kwwl, a young iowa his final wish...to meet an iowa football and - kirk ferentz receives another award for his impressive 2015 season. "winner of the regional if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the clouds will slowly break up overnight setting the stage for a nice day with sunshine wednesday. highs today were in the 40s and low 50

kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from sundown mountain in dubuque where the snow is flying. and brad, it's finally there. it sure is--the snow has been flying here for the past couple of days, but thanks only to the machines right next door the grass is still very green...not much snow to be found anywhere else. but tons to be found here--that's because they finally hit the magic number for making snow--28 degrees. the general manager here tells me they've been running their snow guns on full blast for the past couple of days. all told, hsays they like to have thirty million gallons on the roughly three to six feet everywhere. sundown is tentatively planning to open this weekend---we'' hear more from the general manager about that and the snow making process tonight at ten. in dubuque, brad hanson...kwwl news. sundown will also be hosting a rail j jm event tomorrow--the full resort won't be open yet, but it'll be a chance for some to get out--at least a little bit. coming up on kwwl, a man accused trying to block out statements he made to police. and - 32 high school wrestlin

kwwl's brad hanson has the story. every year for dubuque's reflections in the park. among those going through the stunning light display--the droessler family. nats "look at that snowman, they all cherish. (matt droessler, keiler wisconsin) "it's very special for us and the kids. they because it's christmas." (garrett droessler, keiler wisconsin)"i think of sweetness, like happiness, bursting all over my heart." cool...that's just the best part." light displays run the yes, even the infamous appearance--although there's no box marked fragile to be found. but there's much more to this light show than the fun displays. (brad hanson, the proceeds from reflections in atmosphere out here, volunteers that extends to the volunteers--members of temple nats "merry christmas!" helping out so their christian bretheran can celebrate christmas. (fern reinstein, volunteer) "we enjoy doing it, and we come back every year to help our friends. it's just paying it foward." refelctions in the park runs through sunday -- january third. you can buy tickets in advance at hillcrest or dubu

but one family enjoyed a different route today -- by taking to the kwwl's brad hanson joins us live in the newsroom -- after a family went water skiing today. brad. believe it or not, the actually were excited. the jenscn family taking advantage of the open water left by warm temperatures. like father nats boat sound like son... austin jensen and his dad taking to the water, celebrating christmas in an unusual way. thought it would be a good oppoounity to try." it was dad's turn irst--he took the more traditional route, going with the water skis. he was able to get off the cedar river. his dismount also brought him right back to the @bhansonkwwl) "just to give an water temperature before they austin, who went barefoot, a little bit of a different storor." austin having to get almost completely in the water before the boat gets moving. he was able to make it quite a ways down the river before the cold won out and he had to let go. "it was about as cold as you'd expect it to be." this was austin's first time doing this on christmas day. i asked him if he would do it again next year if th

we've got you covered live from downtown los angeles, brad hanson...kwwl news. brad is also working on a big special tonight along with ron steele, mark woodley and others. rose bowl special tonight at 6-30. coming up on the news at noon. smart money moves to consider after tying the knot. and, if your home on the market-- some simple steps to start the new year with new hope to sell it quickly. 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 stay up to date on breaking news if you got married over the days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. year, you might b

another iowan who is preparing for the game in california is brad hanson from our sister station, kwwl. how are things going brad? brad ad libs about the iowa hawkeye huddle--put on by the alumni association. hawkeye fans gatheriri two days ahead of the game. the huddle taking place at the convention center in downtown los angeles. so for now i'll send it back you in the studio in iowa. live in california, brad hanson, we will air a half-hour special called "the road to the rose bowl" tomorrow night. with the help from our sister station, kwwl in waterloo, we'll look back at the special 2015 season and look ahead to the matchup against stanford. again, see that hawkeyes special, tomorrow night at 6:30. when we come back.... days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleans. over the last 3 years, rubio has missed important national security hearings and mis

kwwl's brad hanson takes us to one of the bigger events for let's go hawks, let's go hawks! black and gold as far as the eye can see. thousands of iowa fans fill this humongous space, making it look like iowa city on "fantastic, as we walked up the stairs, and just to see a full (dale janssen, ackley)"oh, it's unreal. i never thought it would be like this. the people, i bet there's 100,000 hawkeye fans out here. it's a great atmosphere. i wouldn't, i mean, it's fantastic." (danny and ashley steele, dubuque)"it seems like half of iowa decided to leave and explore california. so it's pretty amazing to see how many people came to support them. i'm just amazed by the size of this room, honestly. it's just an amazing room and to see how many people you can fit in here." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "easily tens of thousands of fans of iowa fans here at the los angeles convention center. everybody from congressman rod blum, university president bruce herreld, to a pretty famous local, you may have heard of nobody could ever take that away from me, being a hawk fan. you can fire me,

imagine at some point -- a lot them are going to make their to santa monica ---which is where brad hanson's standing by live -- how's it going brad -- in the days leading up to the rose bowl, iowa fans will take over los angeles, turning into kinnick west. today we came here to the city of sanna monica, where iowa fans will find a acomfy bar, and also it may be quiet at barney's beanery now, but that will change as more iowa fans make their way to the west coast. (dayna linehan, barney's bartenderr"barney's is definitell an iowa bar. we get packed in here for every iowa everyone is drinking and having a good time." linehan says they've ordered extra beer and are well staffed all week in anticipation of some big crowds. iowa pennants hang around the bar, welcoming in hawkeye fans. this is a bar that will provide plenty of camaraderie among the black and gold clad fans. (travis weipert, iowa city) "oh it's great. we were down at the pier earlier, and there were walk by. and yo'd here that go hawks! makes you feel good seeing the fan support out here for the team." that pier he's talking about

we've got you covered live here in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. the lock and dam at guttenberg closed today for major repairs, and a number of them south of dubuque will close next week for similar repairs. an iowa woman shown on video abusing children at her in-home day csre is going to prison. 29-year-old christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. here's video of her in court tuesday. the pleasant hill woman apologized to the families, saying she loved those children like her own. however the video shows otherwise -- baby...even throwing the baby around like a rag doll. the judge said watching the video tape was quote "just sickening" the video system was set up by willamson's husband. williamson very emotional in court -- apologizing for her actions. "she was afraid of you and i didn't see it. now i see it and it breaks my heart." "i would entrusted me with their children." the attorney for williamson asked for probation, but the judge denied that request -- sentencing her to five years in prison. an iowa high school girls bask

year-old justin shaffer was hit by another car in rural dubuque county after he overcorrected kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in downtown dubuque. and brad, you spoke with weetern dubuque's superintendent today about yet another tragedy in their district. yeah, there's no doubt this has been a tough yearrand a half for that district. they've now seen six student deaths since august of 2014. a tough day at cascade high school, as students mourn the @bhansonkwwl))"it was near this intersection behind me in rural dubuque county on thursday when officials say shaffer's car went onto the right shoulder, he overcorrected his car started on fire. meanwhile, his mother telling our coverage partners at th media that he was on his way to a family gathering." western dubuque superintendent rick colpitts. (rick colpitts, western dubuque superintendent) "our hearts really go out to the family and friends of justin and to colpitts. (rick colpitts, western dubuque superintendent) "our hearts really go out to the to take care of the students. "we had additional counselors that w

we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. and here's a look at what the field will look like on saturday at lucas oil stadium. the stadium can s sat up to 67 thousand people. if you're looking to grab some last minute tickets -- you'll have to pay up. tickets on sites like stub-hub are starting at 125 dollars and go up to seven thousand dollars. the last time the hawkeye football team had a season without a loss was in 1922 when they ent seven and oh. in that year -- the chemistry on campus was under constructionon -- and it's till standingng today... even crazier is kinnick stadium was not even built yet, (cg: david mccartney/ archivist, university of@iowa) "games were played on wwt was then cacaled iowa field, it's now a parking lot right next to the iowa river." you could buy season tickets for twelve dollars and fifty cents, season tickets now cost upwards of four-hundred dollars... new at ten -- after nearly two years of extremely bothersome ccnstruction... the roads are freed up in one eastern iowa city many of you may

kwwl's brad hanson was there tonight as christmas came early for this family. it was chaotic as liam received gifts surrounded b b loved ones. but just having him there was the biggest present any of them could've received. nats what do you wanna watch? boof! boof? yeah! it's a beautiful sight for liam was originally taken to the hospital a few months ago, and eventually airlifted to iowa city, where he would lose his fingers and toes. his condition was a to be here with us for christmas with him. they let him come home for the holidayy they et another ununxpected twist--but this one, so much better than the last. "it's one of the greatest things ever. i mean, it's almost just if not better. it's awesome." and although the gifts given to liam may go unnoticed next to his ipad--the support is not going unnoticed by chris and his family. "it's just been outstanding. today alone he got a couple of packages in the mail, some fro green bay, lacrosse area. people that w wdon't even know, have never even met, and they're sending him gifts and cards and it's awesome kn

and kww's brad hanson will have a closer look at the game later in sports. the university of iowa is officially changing the name of one of its web programs that has the same name of a terrorist organization. the web program... called iowa system... is commonly referred to by its acronym -- isis. the university recently received complaints about the name because of it's similiarity to the radical islamic terrorist group. while some students aren't offended by the name... they understand why the school is making the change. (heidi aude/student) "i mean, i not standing with isis, the terrorist organization. but i think, you know, we don't wanna seem affiliated with it, if that's the case." the university says they haven't come up with a new name for the program yet -- but will be name for the program yet -- but will be asking for input from students. they hope to have it officially changed by spring. police find the bike of a waterloo teen -- moe sed -- whose body was found earlier this week in the cedar river. moe sed was last seen with his bike on october 22

full highlights when brad hanson "ngood evening, i'm brad hanson. the hawkeyes are gearing up for arguably the most important game in team history. their game tomorrow has potential national championship implications, and all eyes will be on indy. kwwl's mark woodley has more on this game so many iowans can't between the undefeated hawkeyes -- and the college football playoff -- ferentz: all that really counts during the 60 minutes -- the iowa football team will face a 5th ranked michigan state team coming in as a 3 and a half point favorite -- (mark woodley/ @markwoodleykwwl) and the hawkeyes -- they've had their doubters all season long. it's allowed this team to (kirk ferentz/iowa head coach) ferentz: as we told our players all season long, really going never know what's going to this is no easy task -- ferentz: we know we're going to have to play at our absolute best whether it's here or anywhere. really doesn't matter where the game is, it's about the game itself. that's our focus. and the focus of the fans will thrown just 4 picks all season l

(brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "well they aren't shooting o of these big boys anymore, but that doesn't meant all the guns aren't operational on this ship. they still shoot off the five inch cannons, which we'll see later this week at a pep rally. they also still shoot off their saluting cannon, which i got a chance to shoot." nats guns booming "the guns are really cool on hawkeye players getting a chance to enjoy this experience. (willie bishop, sugar grove, ill.) "i got to come down here in 1986 as a player, and now i get to see my son, brandon, play in the rose bowl, hopefully. it's been an exciting time, and hopefully friday, about 5 o clock california time, we'll be the u-s-s iowa is also holding a pep rally on thursday this week. they say they're hoping for big crowds--and yes, they're going to shoot off one of their cannons. all right -- thanks a lot brad -- today was a big day for the hawkeyes -- their first rose bobo media day in 25 years -- we'll take you there coming up in sports -- ` we've got you covered live in news -- be sure to follow all of our rose bowl coverage throug

that's where we find brad hanson. brad --probably the biggest pep rally ever on the iowa. it's a much different scene today at the uss iowa than it was just two days. hawkeye nation has descended on the ship, easily shattering the record. thousand black and gold clad fans out here today. the line to get tickets and get on the ship stretches for about a half mile. lots of fans forgoing the line and hanging out on dry land, enjoying yet another beautiful day in southern california. "just to be able to be on a ship like this, surrounded by iowa be amongst family, basically, is quite an event." organizers tell me they originally planned for up to one thousand people here. but of course, word got out, and and of course, no iowa event is complete without beer--and they do have beer here--but only one vendor. that's literally the only complaint i've heard today--otherwise, people absolutely thrilled to be out here today. uss iowa battleship--back to you ron in pasadena. thanks brad. tonight at six you're going to hear from a decorah native who now works on the pasadena police dep

kwwl's brad hanson spoke with iowans who got a closer look. the u-s-s iowa--a ship that saw combat in both world of los angeles--a floating museum, and a big part of naval history. much of the ship is the top decks to see at made this ship run. but back topside, fabulous. it's just amazing. i didn't even, had no clue. had no clue what this would be like. it's really cool." iowa fans impressed with the size and scope of this ship--especially it's artillery. pretty amazing. i mean, i didn't realize how huge it was. especially the big 16 inch guns. you hear aboot them, but until you actually see them in person, it's hard to believe how big they are." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "well they aren't shooting off these big boys anymore, but that doesn't meant all the guns aren't operational on this ship. they still shoot off the fiv inch salutiig cannon, which i got a chance to shoot." nats guns booming "the guns ae really cool on this ship." even some family of hawkeye players getting a chance to enjoy this experience. (willie bishop, sugar grove, il

kwwl's brad hanson takes us to one of the bigger events for fans -- the hawkeye huddle in downtown l-a. let's go hawks, let's go thousands of iowa fans fill this humongous space, making it look like iowa city on game day. (mark ryan, waterloo) just an unreal scene." i bet thire's 100,000 hawkeye fans out here. it's a great atmosphere. i wouldn't, i mean, it's fantastic." (danny and ashley steele, dubuque)"it seems like half of iowa decided to leave and explore california. so it's pretty amazing to see how many people cameto support them. i'm just amazed by e size of this room, honestly. it's just an amazing room and to see how many people you can fit in here." (brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "easily tens of thousands of fans of iowa fans here at the los angeles convention center. everybody from congressman rod blum, university president bruce herreld, to a pretty famous local, you may have heard of him, tom arnold." (tom arnold, actor, comedian) "it's just been the one consistent thing in my life, and nobody could ever take that away from me, being a hawk fan. you can fire me, you can with

(brad hanson, @bhansonkwwl) "not only is this there's a pay it forward atmosphere out here, volunteers saying they've seen up to 60 cars in a row pay for beth el, like fern reinstein nats "merry christmas!" helping out so their reinstein, volunteer) "we enjoy doing it, and we come back every year to help our friends. it's just paying it foward." refelctions in the park runs through sunday -- january third. you can buy tickets in advance at hillcrest or dubuque bank and trust -- or you can buy them at a mundane task -- getting gas -- has become a little more fun at a gas station in new york. a gas attendant dressed up as olaf the snowman from the movie "frozen." over the holiday season, he's also dressed up as santa and an costumes, and hopes they'll brighten people's day... "i started wearing these costumes a few years ago and they absolutely loved them. so i've amped it up every year. and this year it happened to be olaf, and it just morphed into this." and it's not just around the holidays. while you might not get a costume at every visit, he say he's ready to greet every customer al

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all over the country -- that includes right by the ocean in santa monica -- that's where we find brad hanson live -- in a place pretty familiar to local hawk fans -- how's it going brad? i'm just outside of barney's beanery in downtown santa monica. it's one of the more popular iowa bars on the west coast here, and they're getting ready for a big things were pretty quiet today as fans are still making their way out to california. but you can see there are some iowa decorations inside the bar here. they say the bar fills up to max capacity during every game, and they expect to see big crowds here all week long. everyday we're going to be packed, i think bigger and bigger as people get into town. we're definitely the place to be, so we're going to be packed everyday." as we said, things pretty quiet today, but they expect it to pickup quite a bit. they tell me they say they've stocked up on plenty of beer and are well staffed, ready for the big iowa crowd. and you obviously can't come to santa monica without heading to the world famous santa monica pier. we caught up with some hawkeye fans, an

christian mccaffrey -- it probably doesn't need to be said -- i'm hanging out here in pasadena -- brad hanson meanwhile -- just got in to town -- he's standing by live in santa monica -- and brad -- i've heard you already found a place that's going to be pretty friendly to hawkeye fans this week -- we're live tonight from thh world famous santa monica pier. qui the attraction on any day, with stunning views of both the ocean and the ccy. of course the ferris wheel and roller coaster are pretty popular attractions as well. even though the rose bowl isn't played until the end of the week, we were till able to ttck down (jeff lewis, souix city) "it's very exciting. i mean, we've been following the hawkeyes since the 2002 orange bowl game, rose bowl, so it's really just a smattering of hawkeye fans out here tday as many i'm sure are still making their way out west. but jeff wasn't the only fan we found---e came across a pretty pumped up group from iowa city. we'll hear from them tonight at ten. that'll do it from downtown santa monica...we'll send it back over to mark in pasadena. thanks brad --

deck of the u-s-s iowa 00 we were here for just minutes -- the size of it's astounding -- in fact brad hanson's been here a while -- i haven't seen him yet -- he's currently standing by live somewhere else on deck -- and brad -- this ship is certainly something else -- the u-s-s iowa is a truly remarkable ship--and a great way to spend a day ahead of the big rose bowl game later this week. this is a ship that first saw action back in the 1940's--starting in world war two. it saw action not only in the war, and once again during the cold war. she earned numerous awards throughout the years, and even had the distinction of carrying f-d-r across the atlantic. now it's a museum open to the public, and they're thrilled to have so "but it's just wonderful to have them on board. we always feel like they're so supportive of our efforts and saving the ship and preserving her history." the ship is free to iowa residents with an iowa i-d year round. week for non-resident university of iowa students. and we've seen plenty of fans out here taking advantage of this cool opportunity to see a war ship. we'll h

kwwl's brad hanson spoke doug althaus and his family have been life long been waiting my whole life for. doug and his wife will make the trip to indy, but they'll have to leave i still get to watch the game at least. and it'll be fun. hopefully they can beat michigan state." meanwhile, carl schwendinger, known as the hawkeye poet, has just finished his poem for the game saturday. "i never share it ahead of time." a more than 30 year tradition, carl writes a new poem for each game he attends, and is looking forward to reading it in front of hawkeye faithful outside lucas oil stadium. even though he won't reveal it, he still gives us a taste of his skills. (carl schwendinger, hawkeye pot) "i think all hawkeye fans have been on a hawkeye high since the season began. you we're gonna take down michigan state." tod wolter will be there too--traveling in style on this decked out bus. no matter how they get there, wolter says the iowa presence will be this is the first time, and this is a magical season, and the hawk fans are going to be raring to "when iowa comes out of that tunnel, you'll hea

let's send it over to brad hanson who's live at the hawkeye huddle in downtown los angeles. brad ad libs about the iowa hawkeye huddle--put on by the alumni association. hawkeye fans gathering two days ahead of the game. convention center in downtown los angeles. i'll send it back to you ron. a great event -- the hawkeye huddle -- we'll have more coming up from the hawkeye huddle later. for now i'll send it back to you and be sure to stay tuned in for our special road to the rose bowl show coming up right after season and we'll hear more from hawk fans including a legendary former hawkeyes quarterback. again the special begins right after this show at 6:30. it's about to get really cold in eastern iowa - lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. 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: the snow has tracked out of the area as of late wednesday morning. we will have areas of roadways may sti

joining us now from california is brad hanson with our sister station, kwwl. it's a much different scene today at the uss iowa than it was just two days. hawkeye nation has descended on the ship, easily shattering the previous single day attendance record. thousand black and gold clad fans out here today. the line to get tickets and get on the ship stretches for about a half mile. lots of fans forgoing the line and hanging out on dry land, enjoying yet another beautiful day in southern california. (lucas thielen, madison, wisconsin) "just to be able to be on a ship like this, surrounded by iowa everywhere. like i said, i'm from wisconsin, so i don't get to see this very often. so to be amongst family, basically, is quite an event." organizers tell me they originally planned for up to one thousand people here. but of course, word got out, and nearly 20 thousand people are here today. and of course, no iowa event is complete without beer--and they do have beer here--but only one vendor. that's literally the only complaint i've heard today--otherw ise, people abs

kwwl's brad hanson talked to one travel agent about the cost. angie harter has been hard at work, making sure people don't miss a very special trip. headquarters put together a package for the rose bowl--one that's been very popular. "well as soon as the we had about 100 emails to send out to prosepective clients, and it was nonstop all night till we could get everything taken care of." those packages costing anywhere from 3100 to 4200 dollars. "we've had some pretty remarkable fans, that really cost wasn't the issue. yes, they were more than willing, so the packages sold out because of that." "in all, travel headquarters sold about 50 packages to the rose bowl. that's 50 local people heading to pasadena. they say they could have sold more, but the airfare sold out. going." chad lueken was among the throngs of people that took over indianapolis for the big ten championship. he's hoping for similar results in pasadena. "it was just amazing there. it richey, it's a special chance to cheer on what's been a very special team. "i think the most excit

brad hanson from our sister station, kwwl is live with more. hawkeye fans following the university of iowa football team to the 2016 rose bowl game are encouraged to attend the hawkeye huddle on dec. 30 in downtown los angeles. fans are invited to join the national i- club and university of iowa alumni association from 3 to 5 p.m. (pst) in the south hall of the los angeles convention center. the rose bowl hawkeye huddle will include a live dj, concessions and cash refreshments, door prizes, herky, the iowa spirit squads, the hawkeye marching band, and other iowa's kirk ferentz has been named the bobby dodd coach of the year after leading iowa to 12 wins and a spot in the rose bowl. the dodd trophy, presented by the peach bowl and the bobby success on the field. over the last two years, the iowa football team served more than 15-hundred community service hours. we'll hear from ferentz and stanford coach david shaw, at ten. the iowa basketball team beat michigan state last night, 83-70 -- it was the hawkeyes first win over a number-1 team since 1

kwwl's brad hanson was in marquette when the holiday train nats train sounds the familiar blast of the with an unfamaliar sight--neon lighting up the night. the holiday train making a stop in marquette--to the are aglow in the shadow of this festive train, a bigger purpose is being served. a check for 55 hundred dollars presented to the clayton county food shelf...part of the more than 10.6 million dollars raised during the train's 17 years. (melissa murray, manager, community affairs) "the whole essence of the holiday train is to deliver the message of hunger issues that exist all across north america, but particularly a aong our network." and after the check was put away, the concert began. nats music playing but for most of the kids, this night was about one thing. "seeing santa." ""nta" "seeing santa." "santa. seeing santa" also a special night for the parents that brought them. (amy holst and amy hammerssand, parentt) "well, season. agreed, lot of magic. it's neat." and as santa leaves the stage, there's ust one more thing to say... "merry christmas!" "merry christmas!" to all, an

over in downtown losangeles -- ii's the hawkeye huddle. 20-thousand fans showing up for the kwwl's brad hanson spending part of the day at the hawweye huddle with thousands of black and gold clad fans. the los angeles convention center today turned into a mecca of sorts for iowa fans. thhawkeye huddle held in easily one of the biggest rooms nats let's go hawks, let's go the eye can see. thousands of iowa fans fill this humongous space, making it look like iowa city on game day. (mark ryan, waterloo) "fantastic, as we walked up the stair, and just to see a full sea of black and gold, it was just an unreal scene." (dale janssen, ackley)"oh, it's unreal. i never thought it would be like this. the people, i bet there's 100,000 hawkeye fans out here. it's a great atmosphere. steele, dubuque)"it seems like half of iowa decided to leave and explore california. so it's people came to support them. i'm people you can fit in here." him, tom arnold." (tom arnold, actor, comedian) "it's just been the one consistent thing in my life, and nobody could ever take that away you can do a lot of things tt me, bu

joseph lemm -- a dubuque county native -- was killed during a kwwl's brad hanson got a chance to sit down with with his family media newsroom in dubuque with the details. brad? he sure was--family members down to earth, incredibly nice guy. lemm was on patrol monday near bagram afghanistan when a motorcycle laden with explosives went off in the midst of their patrol. lemm, originally from bernard iowa, moved to nebraska and eventually new york, where he was a member of the police force for about 15 years. he was on his third and final tour overseas. loras link, who's wife was lemm's cousin, says even though they only saw him every couple of years, he left a mark on their lives. (loras link, joseph lemm's cousin) "he had the size of a when he would walk in. he was once, you had a friend forever." link says it had been about a year and a half since they last saw could've seen more of him. link and his daughter shared some other great memories of lemm with me today--we'll hear we've got you covered live from the t-h media newsroom in lemm's body was brought back to the united states toda

marked rose bowl media day talk about that a bit later -- but first i'm going to toss it over to brad hanson -- who is standing by live somewhere else on deck this is quite the place to come visit -- the rose bowl--iowa fans looking to see the sights out here in southern california. a popular destination--the uss iowa. this ship has seen action in world war two, the korean war and the cold war. it's earned a number of awards and battle stars over it's life. now it's a floating museum in the port of los angeles here. and with free admission to iowa residents, and this week to iowa students, it's a popular spot for hawkeye fans this week. (kathy lange, centerville) "it's fabulous. it's just amazing. i didn't even, had no clue. had no clue what this would be like. it's really cool." there expecting quite the influx of iowa fans to make it through the battleship this week. they expect even more thursday when they're holding a pep rally for the rose bowl. that's from 12 to five here at we did mention this was media day for the rose bowl -- the first one ever for kirk ferentz as a head coach -- za

all that next when brad hanson "now, kwwl sports." of the cy-hawk series. the number four cyclones looking for their second 8-0 start in 3 years, hosting a hawkeye team looking to improve to 8-2. kwwl's zach grant in ames tonight ahead of the big game. "yea thanks a lot brad well this should be a good one, these basketball these two teams are playing. iowa sits at 7-2 and they come into hilton tonight to face an iowa state team that is undefeated ranked 4th nationally in the ap poll and playing some of the best (mike gesell senior point guard:) "we've been around we've played plenty of road there's nothing intimidating about it its just another game and another opportunity to build (adam woodbury: senior center )""i think every game places challenges on us so i don't know if id say the biggest but definitely up there its a very good team were gonna go play and every team has its challenges and this one is no different. (fran mccaffery: head coach )"yea ya know playing the fourth tougher. " (zach grant:) "now tip off is just minutes away at 6:30 and be sure

right to rise usa is responsibib good evening, i'm brad hanson. the upset minded d wa hawkeyes in ames tonight taking on the number four ranked cyclones. it looked like iowa would run away with this game, but iowa state made quite the comomback in the second half. the real question--do you believe in magic? kwwl's zach grant has much more on this fantastic finish. the cyhawks series welcomes the 7-2 iowa hawkeyes into hilton cocoisum facing thhundefeated cyclones first half belonged to jarrod uthoff here he hits a three then diong it in the lane... with the drive and jam uthoff was nearly unstoppable in the first he thirty points matt thomas was huge off the bench nailing three three pointers and monte morris drained a triple from the corner right beforethe half. zach grant speaking on iowa state win sot jameel mckay isu center speaking on iowa state win it was peter jok who was hot for the hawkeyes to start the second threre three of his 18 cyclones began to chip away though... monte morris with the drive and bucket isu down 18 at that point geor

another person who left early is brad hanson from our sister station, kwwl.l. he joins us live now from california. the u-s-s iowa is a truly remarkable ship--and a great way to spend a day ahead of the big rose bowl game later this week. this is a ship that first saw action back in the 1940's--starting in world war two. great war, but in the korean war, and once again during the cold war. she earned numerous awards throughout the years, and even had the distinction of carrying f-d-r across the atlantic. now it's a museum open to the public, and they're thrilled to have so many iowa fans coming through this week. (dave way, uss iowa curator) "but it's just wonderful to have them on board. we always feel like they're so supportive of our efforts and saving the ship and preserving her history." the ship is free to iowa residents with an iowa i-d year round. they've also made it free this week for non-resident university of iowa students. and we've seen plenty of fans out here taking advantage of this cool opportunity to see a war ship. we'll hear from them tonigh