safe c-r took the and brought the revisions to the cedar rapids city council. the council will hold a next meeting december 15th. in cedar rapids, brea love, kcrg-tv9 news. cities, counties, and school districts in iowa could see a reduction in revenue starting next july. that's because today a legislative committee informally approved expanding a tax exemption for machinery and equipment used for manufacturin g. the iowa department of revenue estimates that will cut overall state sales tax revenue by 40 million dollars annually. it will also reduce local option sales tax revenue by asasuch as seven millionon dollars each year. we told you last week that dubuque schools were planning to use about seven million from the local option sales tax for a swimming pool project. but because of the taachange, the project is now on hold. the hawkeye area community action program - or hacap - is looking for people to adopt families in need this holiday season. donors with local families. but is looking for donors for 135 other families. donors who adopt families buy them gi

as for for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. this system may generate a brief period evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm/wet for any impact. we are still quiet for christmas eve and christmas day. more rn is likely by saturday.today: showers/storms high: 50-56 winds: s 5-15 alo: 45 dbq: 53 iow: 56tonight: rain ending, cloudy low: 26-32 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 36-42 night: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28 iow: 30 today will be an active weather day with light fog, drizzle, showers, and even some thunderstorm s all in the game plan. we are still on track for widespread 0.50" to 0.75" amounts, however, any storms that materialize could boost this in isolated areas. as for temperatures....plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. this system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm/wet for any impact. we are still quiet for christmas eve and christmas day mo

have 39 in phoenix -- and los angeles you're not used to these temps -- 37 degrees -- only 10 in cedar city -- cold morning up there. .......................... today our high 48 degrees -- mostly sunny skies around the valley -- tonight 36 mostly cloudy skies -- north winds to it'll be cold -- bundle up out there. > there are a number of closures because of a deadly accident that happened here near 215 and las vegas boulevard. n-h-p says a woman driving a black hyundai suv was headed north on the 15 to the west bound 215 ramp when she lost control of her car and went down a rock embankment. ramp from east bound 215 to las vegas blvd. n-h-p says the woman wasn't wearing an seatbelt and was ejected from the car. ((sgt. trooper scott stuenkel // nevada highway patrol: our biggest message to get across to people is please wear your safety belts. the likelihood of survivability in these types of car crashes is significantly increases just by wearing yreatbelt.s she been wearing her seatbelt in this particular crash the outcome could vebeen different.there are a number of closures in this area.

viewing area with roads becoming snow and ice around interstate 80, including iowa city, with up to a quarter of an inch from cedar rapids to dubuque. sleet accumulations are expected to be around an inch to an inch and a half in many areas south of highway 20. be 1-4" from around tipton to sigourney southward (iowa city around 4-5")... 4-6" will include cedar rapids, dubuque, monticello, tama and delaware... 6-9" from traer to independence througg colesburg and northward. some areas around all will have strong winds from the northeast at 20-30 mph gusting to 40-50 mph. this will reduce visibilities and cause blowing snow. stay up to date on this storm as freezing rain, sleet and snowfall amounts may change as the low tracks to the north and track through the region today covering the entire kwwl viewing area. a winter storm warning is in effect for today and tonight. sleet, now and freezing rain continue to track through the kwwl viewing area with roads becoming snow and ice covered. ice accumulations could be around a quarter of an inch around interstate 80, inuding iowa city, with up to a quarter of an inch fro

our area, los angeles cold there, just 37 degrees -- phoenix you're at 40 degrees -- very cold in cedar city -- 8 degrees. ........................... be looking for that sunrise right at 6:50 this morning -- you'll see twilight coming in at about 6:22 this morning -- sunset at 4:33. ....................... our 7-day forecast -- 48 for our high today -- look at this -- in the 30's all week this week -- not a low in the 40's at all -- -- but new year's eve night only 35 degrees - and 49 for your high to start new year's day. brian back to you. > back to you./// > ((brian loftus)) > denver broncos quarterback peyton manning...is responding to a report he used illegal performance enhancing drugs... the allegations were in a documentary that aired on al-jazeera america... it had a man on hidden camera, claiming manning got the drugs through his wife back in 2011. that was when he was playing for the indianapolis colts. the team and manning both deny the allegation... ((manning: :18 i've done it the long way and the hard way. anything to suggest something else is a complete and total joke. it's d

week.the cedar rapids city council voted to open negotiations on a half-million dollar financing package for terex minerals this week, following some heated debate. employees out of its old location in northeast cedar rapids, and found the best deal in marion, at a fully furnished building berthel fischer will vacate next year. the company said the fountains development at edgewood and blairs ferry roads was a close second, but lacked furnishings. terex requested the financing help to close the difference, and the measure passed the council by a 5-3 vote. that's a pretty close votea&why the split on support? councilmembers including scott olson, monica vernon and kris gulick objected to providing additional assistance just to help pay for the cost of furnishings. mr. olson argued that providing the money could fuel arguments by those against tif deals, and that it will set a bad precedent, saying the move "opens pandora's box." mayor ron corbett, on the other hand, said the agreement is needed citing the city's "open for business" policy.regardless, the vote allows city staff to begin ne

city staff today. this is burden's third visit to cedar rapids on this topic in ten years. today's workshop was about a concept called "complete streets." city staffers say that means considering the impact of bike traffic and how pedestrians will move around in any future streets project for the city. "as the public starts to see more of these road improvement projects, through paving for progress, you're also going to see more and more consideration where we can put a sidewalk, where we can put a bike lane. " the city of cedar rapids has used some of the "complete streets" principles in earlier projects. one example would be the bike lane arrangements a waterloo doctor won't be out millions of dollars after a ruling on a malpractice lawsuit. jurors sided with doctor mir waziri in court yesterday. the waterloo cedar falls courier reports the caretakers of max mixdorf filed a lawsuit, claiming doctor waziri caused max's brain hemorrhage. max was born in 2010 and has cerebral palsy. he will use a wheelchair for the rest of his life. attorneys for mixdorf's caretakers say doct

cedar rapids city council member monica vernon said farewell just before the final city coununl meeting of the year today. a reception honored vernon who joined the council in 2008. that was the year of the flood in cedar rapids, and vernon says that disaster willll remain an important part of her time on the council. working with people. "that's my best accomplishment. getting diverse people to t t table to solve problems and move forward. and i think we have" vernon did not run for re-election to the council last month. instead she's concentratin g on her bid for congressiona l seat. she's hoping to win the democratic nomination to face incumbent republican rod blum next fall. tonight on kcrg 9-point-2. the cedar rapids washington warriors will host the kennedy cougars in a double header. tip-off for the girls game will be at six, followed by the boys. again, all of that is on kcrg 9-point-2. now here's a look at some of what you'll see at 5:30 on a-b-c. city. but this one would include more than just your typical sports. and we'll fact check one of hillary clinton's latest ads - this

very cold for their standards -- 40 degrees in phoenix -- 16 in flagstaff and just 8 degrees in cedar city... cold temperatures all around our region. i'll have more with what's in store for temperatures today coming up -- brian back to you. < > /// > ((brian loftus)) > nevada highway patrol is still working to determine what sparked a deadly motorcycle accident involving three bikes on us-95 outside of searchlight. we're told the crash happened in the center median near mile marker 30. one motorcyclist was pronounced dead on the scene. it's still too early to know the identity of the victim -- that will come from the coroner's office./// ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > metro investigators tell us two men jumped a sidewalk and smashed into some street lights late saturday night. it happened shortly before 11:30 on charleston at mohawk. detectives believe the driver was speeding and lost control. the driver and his passenger -- both young men -- were pronounced dead on the scene. there have now been 123 traffic deaths in metro's jurisdiction this year.///

the mountains around caesar city could -- cedar city could wind up with a foot of snow. so as this air mass wriggles and conditions will improve. the process could take two to three days to happen. tonight miles going down to 9, 27 in pahrump. high temperatures tomorrow will not be that high. 45 and mesquite, 47 boulder city and 43 in indian springs. some neighborhoods could be down around 29 or 30. it shouldn't last too long because with the sunshine it should get above freezing quickly. the will be a few gusts over 20 miles per hour in northern valley. breezes go away but that will allow the temperature to drop. in official low tomorrow night at 41. start a scene more warming up. up around 60 as we get to the weekend there are two more it's like come on 60. >> everything is always relative. >> a reminder for you, we want to see those holiday lights. >> once it is safe to exit your house again, go send us a picture through twitter or the facebook page and you might even see it here on the air. >> you can find it on twitter, news3lv.com over on facebook. while you are th

(cg: kristin "isabel plans to take the gifts from cedar rapids to the veteran affairs hospital in iowa city." seven-years-old and on a mission "love, isabel" to show her appreciation... (cg: isabel westercamp) "they protect our service and they sacrifice for our freedom." her love written on one card at a time and attached to soap, in hopes of brightening the day of many who have served. i spoke with he va hospitaa today where isabel is donating the gifts, they said gifts like this are a big deal to the veterans that recieve them. so far isabel has delivered 25 of the 100. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. isabel's father tells us two of her great grandfathers and her great grandma served in world war let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark some rain. from the kwwl ctormtrack for your complete weather information. herr is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain begins between 4-7 am and tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rain amounts range from 0.

city staff this week. this is burden's third visit to cedar rapids on this topic in ten years. today's workshop was about a concept called "complete streets." city staffers say that means considering the impact of bike traffic, and how pedestrians will move around in any future streets project for the city. "as the public starts to see more of these road improvement projects, through paving for progress, you're also going to see more and more consideration where we can put a sidewalk, where we can put a bike lane. " the city of cedar rapids has used some of the "complete streets" principles in earlier projects. one example would be the bike lane arrangements throughout the downtown area. parking will be much easier for visitors to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics this weekend. officials will open a new w underground parking ramp sunday. the project will add 700 parking spots to the area. the ramp cost about 10- million dollars to build. studenen at westfield elementary in robins are dancing to raise money for pediatric cancer patients. it's part of the school's first

how about the teens in central nevada. 24 in cedar city. low-to-mid 60's along the coast. for southern nevada, pahrump going down to 18. boulder city bottoms out at 41 laughlin at 56 and mesquite at 51. the mountain not getting above freezing. for the las vegas valley we are going down to 33 degrees for a clear sky. that qualifies for cold. the high temperatures should reach 50 degrees. it should be blowing good to the evening and not the ferocious with that northerly influence, our first day of 2016 will max out at 38 degrees. absolutely unacceptable. we will start seeing milder temperatures. a couple disturbances could drop drops on us early next week with a better chance by the middle week. marie: perhaps a rainy start to the first full week of the year. >> we think that could be a trend. that is one of the attributes of el nio and we are waio kick in. reed: donald trump has been a real estate mogul, reality star, presidential candidate, and now a coloring book. marie: is that good for him? reed: depends on -- you can say outside the lines were inside. marie: jeanne moo

salt lake at 20 degrees -- cold over there in denver, only 15 -- cedar city, another very cold morning at only 8 degrees. i'll have more on our local temps coming up - brian, patrayana back to you. < > /// > ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > henderson police released video of a k-9 officer.. confronting a child inside a car. ((brian loftus)) it happened back in january... and from what it looks like.. it possibly stemmed from a case of mistake identity. dash cam video shows police confronting a man they thought was involved in a robbery: (( senor! venga aqui! that's not him dude. that's not a black guy black shirt.// somebody stole some stuff over here and they said they were going to rob the place. so they thought that you were, they thought that you were part of that ok?)) ((brian loftus)) officers realized the man did not fit the suspect description... but another officer arrived on scene with a k-9 unit. the video makes it look like that officer released the dog.. to clear the man's car.. is inside. however, by then it was too late.. the dog jumped in, police try to get it, and the baby st

disagreed terms of its agreement with west branch.the city must now pay out nearly five-million dollars in rebates to the company. a recent vote by the cedar rapids city council is stirring up some controversy. controversy.the council split 5-to-3 this week to open negotiations on a half-million dollar financial package for terex minerals.that's to keep the company from moving its operations and 50- good paying jobs to a furnished building in marion.terex says it would like to stay in cedar rapids, but needs financial help to furnish existing office space at the fountains.several council members voiced their objections to providing tax increment financing just for furniture. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in iowa city,a temporary shelter is giving people in the corridor a warm place to sleep.26-people were in the shelter on monday night, more than tripling the number of guests on the first night last year.organizers tell cbs 2 lot of people in johnson county who are homeless and in need of housing.the shelter will be open through mid-march. in north liberty, renovations at penn elementa

ice totals will be around a quarter inch iowa city and southward... with up to a uarter inch in n cedar rapids and dubuque. snow and sleet totals will be 1-4" south of iowa city, 4-6" iowa city to cedar rapids to include tama... with 6- 9" in areas including waterloo, elkader and decorah. new hampton may even ee more. the mess will continue throughout the day with strong ne winds... the winds will be slow to die down toniniht with blowing snow a problem through midnight. light snow will track through tonight and tomorrow with little additional accumulation tomorrow. we start to really cool down by new year's with highs only in the teens and lows in the single digits for the first day of the new year. wiwi be slow to die down tonight with blowing snow a problem through midnight. in the single digits for the first day of the new year. right now we're taking a live look off i-380 in cedar rapids. a few weather- related cancellations are already coming in from cedar rapids and other cities. you can see the full list on our website -- kwwl- dot-com. its not only are fans ticipating he rose b

tell us flights headed to chicago are seeing some of the delays due to icy conditions in the windy cedar city. >>> usually at this point of the year we've talked a couple times about icy conditions or snowy roads but not this year. >> until today. it seems like our luck has run out whether wise. right now salt trucks in our area getting ready to hit the roads and fox 29's brad sattin is live in whitehall township, lehigh county where people are heading out to pick up saul foyer their own walkways and driveways. can you pick me up some because i forgot? >> reporter: only if you bring me some gloves. i could use a pair of gloves right now. >> lucy we're only about 60 or so miles from center city up here in the lehigh valley but it is noticeably colder. it just started to rain. nothing more than rain at this point but there's a wind so it feels probably certainly colder than it actually is at this point. were you you mentioned penndot. penndot crews let's take you to the maintenance yard in hee lehigh valley. we were there just a short time ago. penndot up here telling us the drivers are pretty

temps in the 40's with colder temps in flagstaff and cedar city. phoenix and l.a. not too far behind in cool to ............................... .............. strat came showing mostly cloudy skies at this 11 o'clock hour and light winds. we're slightly milder than yesterday, probably due to the cloud cover. ............................... ........... 10 hour forecast showing temp dipping to the 40's. not quite those cold 30's we saw a few days back, but still a chilly start to our morning tomorrow under cloudy to mostly cloudy skies.<))) ((paul joncich)) > six american service members were killed today....by taliban fighters in afghanistan. the americans were stopped at a meeting point on patrol with agfhan forces when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into the group. the pentagon has warned that insurgents have been gaining strength since the end of the u-s combat mission: (( michael o'hanlon/ natl security analyst: "the threat remains roughly constant, the insurgency is resilient, and we have 100,000 fewer combined forces on patrol acros

as for temperatures....plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. this system may genete a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm/wet for any impact. we eve and christmas day. saturday.today: showers/storms high: 50-56 winds: s 5-15 alo: 45 dbq: 53 cloudy low: 26-32 winds: nw 10-0- alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tomororw: mostly cloudy high: 36-42 winds: w 5-15 alo: 34 dbq: 37 iow: 39tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28 iow: 30 thanks kaj. one man is in custody this incident of gun fire. waterloo police responded to a report of gunfire... at randolph street and west 7th street last night at 10:45. when they arrived, several people ran from the area. officers chased them and arrested a man in the 600 block of wellington street. police searched the scene and found a gun in the street. they didn't find any evidence of damage. and no one was hurt. police arrested 22- year-r-d vincent harringt. he is being held on an outstanding warrant in the black hawk county jail. a twelve

a large crane pulled the city's new 35-foot christmas tree into its designated place ononays island. a family donated the colorado spruce from their southwest cedar rapids. city arborist todd fagan estimates the tree is 30 years old. "you don't always see trees flying throuou the air. it's a different thing to do. it's always kind of a neat process" more than a dozen workers helped to stabilize the tree with cables. they also decorated the tree with 11-hundred l-e-d light bulbs. the city is planning to light the tree on friday at 5:30 p-m. iowa state's'sew football coach, matt campbell, spoke to cyclone fans today. campbell says it was the fans that helped him know he was making the right coaching decision. stay with your 24 hour news as a storm system continues its movement through the upper midwest we are left with scattered showers. overnight a bit of a light rain/snow w x could occur beforere transition to all light snow. scattered flurries along with a windy tuesday is in store, as highs hold in the lower to middle 30s. following some scattered midweek flurries the weather begins to warm with highs in the middle 40s as early as friday. tonig

ice totals will be around a quarter inch iowa city and southward... with up to a quarter inch in cedar rapids and dubuque. snow and sleet totals will be 1-4" south of iowa city, 4-6" iowa city to cedar rapids to dubuque and include tama... with 6- )" in areas2including waterloo, elkader and decorah. new hampton may even see more. the mess will throughout the day ith strong he winds... the winds wwll be slow to die down tonight with blowing snow a problem through midnight. light snow will trk through tonight and tomorrow with little additional accumulation tomorrow. we start to really cool down by new year's with highs only in the teens and lows in the single digits for the first day as eileen mentioned, a winter storm warning covers the entire viewing area, including cedar rapids. right now we're taking a look at i- 380. cedar rapids is expected to get several iiches of snoo. in england, they're having their own weather problem: flooding. hundree of additionalaltroops were ordeeed to help emergency workers battle rising flood waters that hit nearby cities. this comes after weeks of hea

good tuesday morning, its 4:30 on december 15th, here is a live look at cedar rapids city cam." first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first plan on a day with a partly to

a cedar rapids city council member has left the council but isn't leaving politics. she's hoping to represent iowa in the house of representatives. plan on a windy wednesday region! if it'srash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts mayayit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with this passing warm front, we won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday with upper 20s common, with highs bouncing right back into the upper 40s by s sday. high: 42-48 winds: sw 20-30 g 40 alo: 40 dbq: 45 iow: 45tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: w 15-25 a a: 26 dbq: 27 iow: 28tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 31-37 winds: "" alo: 32 dbq: 34 iow: 34 cedar rapids city council member monica vernon has a new focus this morning. she said goodbye just before the final city council meeting of the year yesterday.y.ernon did not n for re-election to the council last month.

city elections. they will choose mayors in waterloo and cedar falls. councilman quentin hart and former mayor tim hurley are both vying for the seat in waterloo. and mayor jon n ews and businessman jim brown will crews recently announced plans to step down and urged people to vo for his challenger. polling in the e n-off elections is open from m this morning until 8 at night. the polling places are the same as they were in the city election in november. republican presidential candidate jeb bush will be talking to voters in eastern iowa today. he first will attend a coffee and donuts event at the university of dubuque. that will be in the heritage center at 8:30 this morning. then the former florida governor will go to waterloo for a town hall meeting. that event will be at the sullivan brothers iowa veterans museum at noon today. another republican presidential candidate is just now leaving the state after campaigning in iowa for a few days. the latest quinnipiac university poll showed ted cruz in a statistical titi with republican front runner donald

city leaders in cedar rapids shared a year in review on the city's flood control system. . the flood control program manager says in 2015, the city transitioned from flood recovery to the control stage. crews have met with the community and have laid out plans for a series of levees, removable walls and permanent walls to protect the community from the cedar river. "while we are not flooding today, it's just an emphasis why we need to do this. we are having record flows in the cedar river for the month off december. just imagine if this was happening in the summer, we would need this." they also discussed a big project that's slated to begin in late 2016. they're already preparing land at the former sinclair site where a levee will protect the newbo area. in a -9 follow-up this morning.. cedar rapids could soon make some changes to the nuisance property ordinance. that ordinance holds landlords accountable for the upkeep and number of emergency calls to their properties. the change will make sure the city doesn't penalize crime victimsmsho are just t ting to get emergency h

regional southwest temps -- it's 42 degrees in los angeles -- phoenix, just 38 at this hour -- cedar city is only 4 degrees -- denver cold there, just 5 degrees. ........................ we'll look for that sunrise right around 6:51 -- twighlight is around 6:22 so we'll start to see that sun come up over the mountains then -- look for that sunset at 4:35 this evening. ....................... we're expected to reach that high of 50 degrees at mccarran -- but some of our neighborhood temps will won't even reach the 50's -- 46 for summerlin and anthem -- 49 for henderson and north las vegas. ....................... our high today -- 50 degrees -- our normal high is 56 -- look for sunny skies all around the tonight our low will be 35 degrees, clear skies with a nw wind at 3 to 5 miles per hour. i'll have that 7-day forecast ahead -- brian, demetria back to you. > < kirsten, brian... back to you./// > ((brian loftus)) > the consumer electronics show starts next week...and thousands of people are expected to attend. ((demetria obilor)) traffic jams expected to come with them... but city officia

we have some snow showers up near cedar city. las vegas valley is expected to stay dry today. the overnight time where most concerned about has a winter weather adalso, this wind advisory has southern clark county. that is for the afternoon into the overnight. we're looking at dusty wind up to 16 miles per hour. partly sunny at 57 degrees for the high today. mostly cloudy skies. a slight chance of showers and snow. we have wind gusting to 40 miles per hour. we are chilly at 48 degrees. krysta: thank you. we appreciate that. las vegas is known for being a little bit different. changing for some passengers. all that and more, we are in for j king at the nasdaq. eve to you. it is glad -- we are glad to see with us. i am curious to know about the most unique place to spend the night in nevada. kelly: it is called the little l e n. it is the most unique places to stay. this particular place is located on highway 51 note is et highway. it is a great place for ufo lovers. their motto, earthlings are welcome. krysta: i love it. so, just in time for the holidays, some people might be a

tonight's open house will be at city hall starting at 5:30 this evening. the cedar rapids city council and city manager are holding a farewell open house for city council member monica vernon this evening. vernon is running against rod blum in the 2016 congressiona l election. she served eight terms on the council. her open house is this afternoon at four at the city hall council chambers. dubuque will hold its second input meeting for a the city would like to build a skate park that challenges beginners and experienced users. it would like ideas on what features people would like to see in the park and how they would like it designed. some concept ideas based on feedback from the first meeting will be on display. project leaders are still working to determine the location of the park. the meeting starts at six this evening in the majestic room at the five flags center. a new study shows marion needs two more fire stations. the city has doubled in size since this station opened up in 1991. the center of public safety excellence helps fire departments meet national a

a swath of 2-5 could fall in the cedar rapids and iowa city areas. tonight: cloudy, mix late low: 21-27 winds: nne 15-25 alo: 21 dbq: 24 iow: 26tomorrow: wintry mix, windy high: 29-35 winds: ene 25-35+ alo: 30 dbq: 32 iow: 33tomorrow night: snow likely early low: 24-30 winds: ne 15-25 alo: 26 dbq: 28 iow: 28 back to you. preparations are underway across the tv-9 viewing area for the snow and ice that's throughout monday. kcrg-tv nine's brea love talked with a iowa state trooper about precautions that people - especially drivers - should take while outside. "roads are looking clear in the interstate 380/highway 20 area, but road crews, drivers, and state troopers are all bracing for that winter storm." we spent the afternoon with iowa state trooper david wonders. he says with the type of weather expected, you should not leave your home, unless there is an emergency. he says if you do leave, make sure to dress appropriately, fill up your tank, and bring extra food and water. if you are stranded, stay in your car and call 9-1-1. wonders says there will

but others from the cedar lls city council disaaee... "it''no longer a state highway- traffic doesn't support having according to the existing traffic and anticipated traffic in the coming years so i think we've got the right de3ign." the estimated cost on 14.5 million dollars. they hope to begin construction by nenet spring. morning... neral services are set for an iowa wrestler who collapsed during a meet over the weekend. 18-year-old austin roberts was a senior at spencer high school. visitation is sunday and his the spencer high schoolym. an body. resslts are pending further investigation. a woman who police say deliberately drove her car onto las vegas sidewalks is scheduled to appear in court. police say lakeisha holloway intentionally hit 37 people with her car killing one person and injuring dozens. police charged her with one count of murder and child abuse. her three year old son was in the car with her at the time of today, leaders of the group "black lives matter" are planning to protest inside the mall of america. mall offic

as for temperatures....plan on 40s for waterloo and 50s for dubuque, cedar rapids, and iowa city. this system may generate a brief period of mixed precipitation this evening, but it seems the ground will be too warm/wet for any impact. we are still quiet for christmas ee and christmas day. more rain is likely by saturday.today: showers/storms high: 50-56 winds: s 5-15 alo: 45 dbq: 53 iow: 56tonight: rain ending, cloudy low: 26-32 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 36-42 winds: w 5-15 alo: 34 dbq: 37 iow: 39tomorrow night: mostly cloudy low: 25-31 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 27 dbq: 28 back in september, some keota high school presidential candidate asking them to visit their school. by in october. and democrat martrt o'malley this month. this time around, democratic frontrunner hillary clinton spoke to students at keota high school. the only three kids in a socialology class wrote e letter. their teaeaer chalalnged them to dream big. so the students decided to start emailing, calling and approaching candidates on social media. they even drove u to coralvi

ice totals will be around a quarter inch iowa city and southward... with up to a quarter inch in cedar rapids and dubuque. snow and sleet totals will be 1-4" south of iowa city, 4-6" iowa city to cedar rapids to dubuque and include tama... with 6- 9" in areas including waterloo, elkader and decorah. new hampton may even see more. the mess will continue throughout the day with strong ne winds... the winds will be slow to die down tonight with blowing snow a problem through midnight. light snow will track through tonight and tomorrow with little additional accumulation tomorrow. we start to really cool down by new year's with highs only in the teens and lows in the single digits for the first day of the new year. coming up ... the latest details next you're watching kwwl. and as eileen mentioned -- road conditions are only expected to get worse today. visibility and blowing snow can be an issue depending where you are.... remember -- you can download our storm track 7 weather app to keep you up to date. as temperatures drop and feel coming up ... team. see the screen for your complete we

the cedar rapids city council will vote on those changes december 15th. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. the cedar rapids public library wants to know from the public what services are important to them. voters rejected a tax levy last month. now the library will l nsider changinin hours and cututng some services in order to stay on budget. the meeting is from 5:30 to 6:30 this evening at the downtown library. ckets to the rose bowl are sold out on ticketmaster this momoing. hawkeye fans hoping to cheer on their team in pasadena will have to pay a pretty steep price for tickets. that's because the rose bowl allowed early ticket sales -- before teams were announced. sites like stub-hub. tickets on the site are going for around 600 dollars. and expensive tickets canead to scams. u-i athletics offifials say if you try to buy a ticket off the secondary market make sure you're going through a reputable source. "the 81 rose bowl it was a big deal and everyone wanted to go, but i don't think it was quite the craziness as this is, and i do know back then there w

meantime the cedar falls city council has approved plans for three roundabouts along university avenue. the details on the first phase of the plan were approved 6 to one... the phase also approves replacements for some storm and sanitary sewers. the estimated cost on construction for this phase is about 14.5 million dollars. they hope to begin construction by next spring. it's coming up on today iowa.... a coyote walks into an airport ... this isn't the set-up of a bad joke, but rather a real international airport this week... santa to thank for a christmas she won't forget. a surprise from her father you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in ta vista, frederika, martelle, and all of eastern iowa. south carolina airpcheck this out. security cameras captured footage of the animal running in the area ofofthe securitytycheckpointssfor passengers. t-s-a officials say the coyote entered the terminal through the baggage area no one came in contact with the animal and no one was injured. security officerr subdued the animal with a taser. a thief in russia was easily busted by police afte

iowa city, cedar rapids and ubuque have all broken temperature records. if the warm front can lift through waterloo of burn relief gel because the packaging is not child resistant. the recalled gel carries the brand name "assured" -- and it comes in a blue box with white and red lettering. the gel contains lidocaine -- consumers should immediately stop using the recalled burn take it to the store where they bought it for a refund. coming up... why one easten iowa community is being labeled as a food-desert you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in jesup, dike, waverly and all of eastern foods -- and these areas are known as food deserts. kw-wl's shirley descorbeth...is live from the t-h media newsroom to tell us more about food deserts in dubuque. shirley... well mac...there are some areas here in dubuque lacking grocery stores...making them food deserts. that means...those without reliable transportation...or the elderly have more difficulties getting healthy, nutritious foods. they are acros the country...but here east of central avenue and the sou

mediacom is threatening legal action against iowa city over its recent agreements with the cedar rapids companynyim-on communications. mediacom gave the city a letter of complaint and a copy of a lawsuit it says it will file unless iowa city reconsiders three agreements with im-on. mediacom says those agreements put it at a competitive disadvantage. it's given the city until december 31st to respond. city manager tom markus says iowa city's legal department is reviewing the issue, but he wowodn't offer any comment. a new study found fewer americans have high- speed internet at home. the pew of and d e convenience of smart- phones are reasons for the shift. researchers say 67 percent of americans have high- speed internet at home. that's down frfr 70 say the number of people with smart-phones and no traditional broadband service at risen five per cent since 2013.. have to s stch medicaid providers on january 1st. but the federally mandated two month delay means some of them are caught in a gap. and iowans going to the rose bowl are likely to notice an increase in security. but there are

the new officers will serve in cedar rapids, iowa city, university heights, vinton and west liberty. a cedar rapids woman is celebrbring an exciting journey y at began at a police academy graduation in colorado. kelsey clark was attending her boyfriend's graduation ceremony sterday when she was surprised withth proposal. after getting his badge, officer canaan lee got down on one knee and asked clark to marry him. she said yes and tls cbs 2 news they don't have a date set t t ut she's excited to plan the princess wedding she's always still ahead live at five... one of the biggest holiday why airlines on't want your hoverboards to fly. this is a live look at there's more news ahead when live at 5 they're one of the holiday season's most popular gifts. but the u-s consumer product sasaty commission is currently hoverboard fires in nine different states. states.and now, some airlines say they might fly, but the hoverboards can't! alrerey one of the season's hottest gifts, it appears hoverboards are continuing to heat up... literally.(nats)a rider from alabama posted this video, saying hi

temps -- 43 in phoenix -- just 37 there in san francisco -- 45 in phoenix and wow just 5 degrees in cedar city. ..................... here's our weather headlines for the week -- low's only in the 30's for the week -- cold on new year's eve -- and a chilly start to 2016 -- we do have a shower chance next week -- i'll have more on that in the full forecast coming up back to you. back to you! > a chicago police officer is scheduled to make a formal plea this morning.. in the death of laquan mcdonald. jason van dyke is expected to plead not guilty to 6 counts of first degree murder at his arraignment. he is seen in video... shooting the teen several times last year... van dyke's lawyer claims he feared for his life. the video led to the resignation of chicago's police superintendent .... and the u-s justice department launched an investigation into the force./// ((brian loftus)) > the "affluenza teen" is back in custody this morning... 18- year- old ethan couch and his mother were detained in puerto vallarta, mexico last night. a video surfaced earlier this month... showing couch possibly violati

in los angeles right now -- a little warmer in phoenix at 53 -- flagstaff is cold 31 degrees -- cedar city, wow chilly there at 19 degrees. ....................... we'll have a look at our full forecast coming up and where santa is - we're tracking him this hour -- patrick, kirsten back to you. rsten, brian...ck to you.//>patrick walker)) > a numbeof charity organizations are helping the less fortunate this time of year... and you can get in on the action. kirsten joyce 8 news now reporter michael salvation army with the opportunities for those willing to give a helping hand. good morning michael? ((michael stevens)) patrick, kirsten... while many are celebrating the holiday's this time of year... sometimes it's hard to forget about all of those struggling. the salvation army sees the need first hand. to help out during the holiday's they'll be serving two meals to las vegas' homeless population and those who've hit hard times. they'll be hosting two meals.... one tonight and one tomorrow. the salvation army says they get the most attention during the holiday's but say they can always use

tomorrow from 11 to 3 at the iowa city public library in meeting room a.the c-d-c estimates one person is newly infected every 9 and a half minutes here in the u-s. in cedar rapids -- the city christmas tree is now in place on may's island but you'll have to wait to see the lights. city crews#cut the 35-foot colorado spruce from thth andedeon family yard on the southwest side of town.the city will light the tree friday night at 5:30. a new online database will be unveiled today in cedar rapids that showcases local historicic properties.the public is invited to two sessions to learn more about it.that takes place from noon to 1 and 5-thirty to 6-thirtyt the if you need a good laugh this morning, come on over here to the tv for a second and look at this. this.this video is going viral of a cute baby girl trying to be grumpy. grumpy.this is emani.hen asked to show her "mad face," she knows how to work it.and her mom can't stop giggling over how cute it is. it's it's still to come... come...the big anniversary in the struggle for civil rights today and the presidential candidate at the center of it right now on cbs 2 this morning...the latest details from fra

a swath of 2-5 could fall in the cedar rapids and iowa city areas. tonight: cloudy, mix late low: 21-27 winds: nne 15-25 alo: 21 dbq: 24 iow: 26tomorrow: wintry mix, windy high: 29-35 winds: ene 25-35+ alo: 30 dbq: 32 iow: 33tomorrow winds: ne 15-25 alo: 26 dbq: 28 iow: 28tuesday: mostly cloudy high: 32 - low: 27 wednesday: chance of light snow high: 27 - low: 21 thursday: mostly cloudy high: 18 - low: 14 friday: mostly sunny high: 19 - low: 6 saturday: mostly sunny high: 25 - low: 8 sunday: mostly cloudy thanks chris. josh joins us now, we're five days away from the rose last year's finish in the taxslayer bowl. the hawkeyes have earned a lot of respect this season, especially from their opponent in the rose bowl. we'll have more about this stanford team when we come back. stay with your 24 hour ... after spending the day at disneyland on saturday, the iowa football team was back on the practice field today preparing for stanford. scott saville joins us live from pasadena. scott, iowa's gained respect across the country, including from stanford. sta

the cedar falls city administrator will get a hefty check for his last pay period. that's because longtime administrator dick mcalister didn't use quite a bit of his "paid sick leave time". over 4 decades on the job, he accumulated 440 sick days. that equals $94,000 after taxes that he will apply toward health care expenses. he's also able to receive a payout of more than $38,000 dollars for unused vacation time. if you're spending this new year's eve taking down your holiday decorations and pondering "throwing away old christmas lights" -- they can be recycled... but with some extra effort. according to the dubuque metropolitan area solid waste agency, parts of those lights can be recycled. but experts say, don't put them in your recycling bin because they'll mess up the recycling intake machines. instead take them to your local landfill. crews there can recycle them, piece by piece, just like any other electronic. even pasadena -- tonight and tomorrow should expect more security checks. even as these cities take precautions, they say there are no credible threats

letter of complaint and a copyf a federal lawsuit it plans to serve unless iowa city reconsiders recent agreements with cedar rapids-based cable provider i- mon communications.mediacom says those agreements put *it at a competitive disadvanange. sadvantage.the city has until december 31st to respond to mediacom's concerns.iowa city's legal department is reviewing the issue. plans to privatize iowa's medicaidrogram, are creating obstacles for children enrolled in the hawk-i program. program.37-thousand iowa children are enrolled and they'll have to find new insurance by january first.the state terminated ontracts for two of the companies that run the hawk-i program, thinking implemented by the first of the year.last week, the federal government rejected that date, saying iowa wasn't ready.wellmark declined to extend their hawk-i contract which leaves nearly 75-percent of haxk-i children uninsured. the medicaid changes now go into effect on march first. the f-d-a is lifting a 32- year-old ban on blood donations from gay men, but there's a catch. catch.coming up tonight on the cbs 2 news ten at ten.hear why loc

mays island is a little brighter after the annual tree lighting ceremony in downtowm cedar rapids.the city has had a tree every year since the 1960's, but only started holding the lighting ceremony 19 years ago. now at the tree all lit up. over one-thousand lights are hung on the tree.the anderson family from southwest cedar rapids donated the 30-foot tree from their front yard. temperatures are pleasantly cool in the 30s and 40s fair highs were in the range of 45-50 except where snow was on the ground in the n/west n/west saturday look s great but clouds and cooler weather will be with us sunday sunday highs were in the upper 40s to rain current temps are in the 30s and 40s 40s winds are south 5-10 5-10 highs saturday will be in the upper 40s to near 50 50 clouds are gathering over the plains and they will bring a chance of a sprinkle or brief sunday rainfall looks to be very minimal the next 6 days days no snow over the entire midwest midwest mostly sunny skies will prevail tonight through 6pm tuesday. tuesday. clear and cool. lows upper 20s 30smostly sunny and mild with highs in the upp

roundabouts have been a highly debated issue for a while- but now it's official- the cedar falls city council have approved consturction along university avenue. and that's where we find kwwl's lauren moss- joining us now live from university ave. with more details on this project. the details on the first phase of the plan was approved 6 to one... this phase will add three roundabouts on university avenue near the college square mall. take a look at the intersections..roun dabouts will be built at every other one near the mall- at boulder drive, holiday road and waterloo road. this phase also approves replacements for some storm and sanitary sewers. as amanda mentioned this has been a hot issue fquite some time. some people say roundaboos are not the answer for university avenue.. but mark miller and disagree. "it's no longer a state highway- according to the existing traffic and anticipated traffic in the coming years so i think we've got the right design." here's a look at a round-about cedada falls...markklso says they will make university avenue safer, the traaic flow easiir and

tonight's open house will be at city hall starting at 5:30 this evening. the cedar rapids city council and city manager are hololng a farewell open house for citytyouncil member monica vernon this evening. vernon is running against rod blum in the 2016 congressiona l election. she served eight terms on the council. her open house is this afternoon at four in the city hall council chambers. a new study shows marion needs two more fire stations. the city has doubled in size since this station opened up in 1991. the center of pububic safety excellence helps fire departments meet national accreditation requirements. within that process, the study showed areas of marion are not covered within an under four minute travel time. one fire station will be built off tower terrace road near linn-mar high school, and another near highway 13 and 35th avenue. marion's fire chief says these stations willllelp the department become more "we can better serve our citizens. what they took into account was the national fire protection agencies time of response what their goals are, and

large crane pulled the city's new 35-foot christmas tree into its designated spopoon mays island yesterday. a family donated the colorado spruce from their property in southwest cedar rapids. city estimates the tree is about 30 years old. "yououon't always see treeee flying through the air. it's a different thing to do. it's always kind of a neat process" more than a dozen workers helped to stabilize the tree with cables. they also decorated the tree with 11-hundred l-e-d light bulbs. the city is planning to light the tree on friday at 5:30 p-m. a legendary artist is taking on the holidays with a new tune. and star wars director j-j abrams says the force awakens isn't just for boys. that's coming up in today's showbiz wrap. tv9. chicago mayor rahm emanuel has fired the city's police superintenden t. the chief of detectives will take over until the city can find a replacement. emanuel fired superintenden t garry mccarthy, saying the public no longer trusts police after a chicago police officer was charged with first degree murder. jason van dyke is accused of killing 17- year-old laquan mcdonald last year, shooting the teenager 16 times. van dyke claims he was justi

large crane pulled the city's new 35-foot chchistmas tree into itsts designatat spot on mays island yesterday. a family donated the colorado spruce from their property in southwest cedar rapids. city estimates the trereis about 30 years old. "you don't always see trees flying through the air. it's a different thing to do. it's always kind of a neat process" more than a dozen workers helped to stabilize the tree with cables. they also decorated the tree with 11-hundred l-e-d light bulbs. the city is planning to light the tree on friday at 5:30 p-m. now here's our morning mugshot on your tuesday. it's the annual cedar rapids nativity celebration. members and friends of the church of jesus chriri of latter-day saints invite you to this growing holiday tradition. enjoy nearly seven hundred different nativity sets--includin the nearly life-sized armstrong-smulekoff natitity. it's at the l-d-s church on blue jay drive northeast in cedar rapids on friday from 11 a-m to nine p-m. and saturday from 11 a-m to visitors are encouraged to bring a non- perishable food item for a local food pantry. if you have a non-profit event or organization you'd like to see ffatured... send us

the cedar rapids city council will vote on those 15th. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. wants to know from the public what services are important to ohem. month. now the library w wl consider changing hours and cutting some services in order to stay on budget. the meeting is from 5:30 to 6:30 this evening at the downtown library. tickets to the rose bowl are sold out on ticketmaster hoping to cheer on their team in pasadena will have to pay a pretty steep price for tickets. that's because the rose bowl allowed early ticket sales -- before teams were announced. that explains the high prices on sites like stub-hub. tickets on the site are going for around 600 dollars. and expensive tickets s n lead to scams. u-i athletics officials say if you try to buy a ticket off the secondary market make sure you're going through a reputable source. "the 81 rose bowl it was a big deal and everyone wanted to go, bubui don't think it was quite the craziness as this is, and i do know back then there was a lot of counterfeit tickets, i think today people are a little more savvy that that c