chris voggesser, make a wish ceo: "i can't say make a wish iowa." and those contributions will go toward repairing the lights, but it'll also ensure even more wishes come true. ed brown, iowa clinic ceo: "and if we're fortunate, we're going to be able to see those funds grow, to be there for the kids." chris voggesser, make a wish iowa ceo: "you'll get to know where this money goes. you'll see videos of our wish kids, you'll see photos of our wish kids, and we're going to post them and snap them on #bringthejolly because everyone's still connected." sabrina: there's still time to make a contribution to make a wish. if you want to bring the jolly, you can do so through january first. sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate forecast next. most accurate forecast with schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam we are dry across the state and after the gloomy and cold day we had yesterday, we can now look forward to something a little brighter and warmer. w

chris voggesser, make a wish iowa ceo: "you'll get to know where this money goes. you'll see videos of our wish kids, you'll see photos of our wish kids, and we're going to post them and snap them on #bringthejolly because everyone's still connected." jacob there's still time to make a contribution to make a wish. if you want to bring the jolly, you can do so through january first. live in the studio, jacob iowa. jack: make a wish officials say they've already met 53 wishes in their new fiscal year. they're working to fulfill about 190. jack: we've learned what's going to be cut from west des moines schools next year. that's new tonight at ten. jack: the district will be cutting 13 items. one is the foreign language program for first through third graders. the program will continue for grands 4 through 6. also cut, the des moines art center scholarships, which helped 50 students attend classes during the summer. there will also be no more 3- year-old general education preschool offered by the district. and valley high school will begin to phase out japanese languag

." - chris voggesser - president & ceo, make-a-wish iowa chris voggesser with "make-a-wish iowa" is working around the wet weekend. make-a-wish hosts the "jolly holiday lights" show in water works park every year as a fundraiser. but heavy amounts of rain, with the risk of a flooded river, means "lights out." 4:20:11 "obviously with the rain, it could cause some flooding issues." as flooding becomes an increasing concern tonight...the jolly holiday lights show is closing twenty days early. bill stowe with des moines water works suggests this weather could be the "new normal." 4:13:10 "thousands of people have been in paris the past couple of weeks talking about climate change issues. so, kind of our view that it's winter, it should be snowing, the been shattered by a lot of evidence in the scientific community." - bill stowe - des moines water works stowe says water works park may close if the raccoon river rises...not something you usually see happen in december. 4:13:50 "we've had the park close before, but it's usually from an ice jam - not too much water coming through the raccoon syste

." - chris voggesser - president & ceo, make-a-wish iowa the light show raises money for iowa's make a wish organization. motorists going through the light display normally donate through new year's day if you'd like to help make up for the lost donations, you can donate online at iowa-dot-wish-dot-org. a highly anticipated day for parents in waukee has arrived... today they'll learn where their students will now go because of changing school boundaries. channel 13's josh nguyen joins us now with more... -here is what we know so far. there will be a new elementary called grant ragan wnd it will open in the fall. it will help with the district growing by 675 students in just this past year alone. they have witness growth like this before. this will be the 7th time they have gone through a boundary process to assign students to new schools. last year they formed a boundary committee to sort out the the new schools. like which students from what neighborhood would be going and why middle school will they go to. it has been a process. they have met several times with a consultant to deve

those efforts, make-a-wish now thousand dollars. " "chris voggesser, make a wish iowa ceo: "at a time of year where you want some good news to happen, we were able to make something bad for us turn it into something wonderful." sabrina: there's still time to contribute to the campaign. it will run through january first. sabrina we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's kendis gibson and reena ninan with america's money. america's money: good morning. topping "america's money"... more illness linked to chipotle restaur >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- more illness linked to chipotle >> five more e.coli cases have been linked in kansas and oklahoma. in all, almost 500 people have been sickened after eating at chipotle in recent months. >> sales have fallen and the stock lost another 3% yesterday. >>> and we're only sending half as many cards as in 2002, from 2.9 billion then to 1.4 billion last year. >> and so the way it all works out, just four cards per person. >>> another new menu item at mcdonald's, mac and cheese. >> it's being tested in the c

because of those efforts, make-a-wish now has nearly $400- thousand dollars. " "chris voggesser, make a wish iowa ceo: "at a time of year where you want something good and some good news to happen, we were able to make something bad for us turn it into something wonderful." sabrina: there's still time to contribute to the campaign. it will run through january first. sabrina elias: we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break.. but first here's what's coming up on "good morning america." "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina jey & jimmy uso brothers from a legendary samoan wrestling family have been wwe tag team champions wwe super smackdown live see your favorite superstars in action! on december 22 wwe super smackdown live comes to wells fargo arena. this tuesday morning, the uso brothers (jey uso and jimmy uso) joins us on good morning iowa. the pair discusses what it is like to wrestle professionally and "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sa