a hiawatha family is without a home for the

center point road in hiawatha. this site closed in october and the online auctiononf furnishings and equipment began today. the current learning center director would not explain why the hiawatha location for the group closed nor explain where the group might go next. the online auction for the nonprofit's equipment and furnishings runs through december 9th. should the iowa innovation learning center find a new location and mission it would be the group's fourth h ve in seven years. beth? turning to weather now and meteorologis t justin gehrts... justin, another unusually mild day. our weather stays mild for the foreseeable future. ourky remains mostly clear tonight with lows dipipng into the upper 2020 saturday will be be warm with highs near 50 with a clouds increase throughout sunday. they may squeeze out a few stray sprinkles. even with gray skies, we'll still manage to cross into the lower 40s. all of next week, our highs reach the 40s with morning lows near freezing.tonight: mostly clear low: 25-31 winds: s 5

this video was recorded in hiawatha. as you can see -- the wind snapped multiple trees in the area. the wind didn't only damage trees. the owner of twisters gymnastics in hiawatha reports thousands of dollars in damage from last night's storm. kwwl's kristen rogers joins us live from the gym. kristen? that's right he said it all happened very quickly. i saw some of the damage for myself and it's hard to believe the amount of damage that can be caused in such a short amount of time. strong winds blew heating units from the roof down to the concrete. the gym's owner says each of the pounds. three of them are destroyed. more than 50 people were inside owner of twisters gymnastics) "i looked up at the ceiling and you could just see the ceiling just outside, bleachers were thrown across the parking lot damaging multiple cars, the owner of the gym believes his truck is totaled.... despite all of the damage the owner tells us he is happy it wasn''t worse, twisters gymnastics actually just moved into this at least 10 people are dead and dozens more injured after a winter outbreak of tornado

in hiawatha, hiawatha,traffic is moving smoothly tonight on i-380.a semi-rolled over just before five tonight - -bacacng up traffic in both lanes.the driver's name and condition have not been released. you're probablywatching this local newscast from home. how convenient would it be to take this live broadcast with you -- even watch it anytime you want? that goes for your favorite network programming as well. the technology is now available thanks to a company createtein the corridor. "my vision for this company is that we are going to drive the personalization of syncbak in 2009 because he saw the landscape of television changing. changing. "we were starting to carry smartphones and tablets and using our computers more and it was clear that somehow broadcast television had to make its way onto o those devices."it's not been easy, but through six years of collaboration with studio heads, station owners and the networks, syncbak has patented technology that repepcates broadcasastv over the internet. "simplesync embeds in a tv station, grabs the live broadcast, puts it to the cloud / an

a hiawatha family is without a home for the holidays after a fire destroyed theirs. they owe what they do have to quick response by e-m-ts in the area. today ti meet with victims of the terror attacks and their families. and police have arrested a man in connection with the case. g-o-p presidential hopefuls are stopping in eastern iowa today and tomorrow to meet voters. and democrats are gearing up for a debate. and anamosa and peosta are getetng new grocery stores. fareway announces it will open stores in both communities. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour nws source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloo-maquoketa line. while a brief reduction in visibility could occur in any snow shower . we'll see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the mid-teens. plan on m nice saturday with hhs back in the mid-3

live in hiawatha, sarah mccarthy, kcrg-tv9 news. some people at the university of iowa are protesting a controversial comment president bruce harreld recently made. they're angry after harreld said teachers who don't come prepared to class should be shot. is week, harreld back-tracked on that comment he made during a staff council meeting. today, a university spokesman said harreld was directing the comment at himself. protesters say it doesn't matter whom was the intended target, it was inappropriate. "i don't understand how you could be so, un-sensitive and ignorant in using those words, but his is proving why we don't have any cocoidence in him. " harreld was not available to comment today. the university said in a statement it respects the protesters' right to gather. tonight, mount mercy university in cedar rapids revealed a long-term plan to add outdoor athhtic fields. the 15 million dollar capital campaign is called the home fld advantage project the goal is to provide a "true" home field for the university's track and f fld,

kwwl's kristin rogers joins us live in hiawatha -- where a local gymnasium experienced extensive damage. kristen? that's right, it's the christmas gift no one wanted to recieve. there were more than 50 people inside this buiding for gymnastic classes, when the storm came through, they all took shelter strong winds threw heating units around like play toys, each of the units weighing about twelve hundred pounds. (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i went to the back door and opened coming around the building it was pretty furocious." huge trees are snapped like twigs... (cg: john mangold) "i looked up at the ceiling and you ceiling was going to come off the building." (cg: kristin rogers) "i'm told these bleachers behind me blew across the parking lot damaging multiple cars." the owners car was one was pretty bad it busted out two windows and caved in the back of the truck." thousands of dollars minutes... (cg: john mangold) "by the time i ran from that side of the gym to this side of the gym panicing, it was almost over." there were no more gynmastics classes for the rest

berdino.the same is s true here in the corridor.we checked in with midwest shooting in hiawatha and cedar valley outfitting in marion.both say time gun buyers or people who haven't handled a weapon in years.they tell us the buyers are of all ages - and usually people who have been thinking about purchasing a gun and the recent attacks prompted them to finally do it. "some people say i don't carry a gun to try to be the hero in the mall but if i had the opportunity to try to save lives i probably would, but im not full of bravado and i'm no hero." hero."while some people and lawmakers in washington say the answsw is *fewer weapons rather than more, gun shop owners tell us their customers are happy to go through the educion and required training to be responsible gun owners. it's coming up next... next...the one d d that gives even more meaning to a special veterans.in your cbs 2 you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in, and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i

announcement - crafting four exclusive bowl packages these hawkeye fans couldn't'tesist.sot: nick conrey/hiawatha a :28:35 "i'm big on the simplicity - i like everything done in the one kind of deal."escaping iowa's bitter winters to sunny los angeles -nat: 21:51:36"no stops, no layovers. that'll simplify the process."the agency is s hooking up customers with charter plaines - offering direct flights leaving from cedar rapids, des moines and the quad cities. sot: duane jasper/destinations unlimited 21:51:59"there's a buthat'll be sitting there ady to take them to their hotel, another bus will take them right to the game and then back to the hotel when it's done."priced at more than three thousand dollars fans like gary smith say it's worth every penny - and he's even sot: gary smith/cedar rapids 22:25:42 "the thing i remember most about the game was the camaraderie with all the iowa fans there for these fans waiting to watch history the rose bowl after an impressive seaean - sot: gary smith/cedar rapids 22:24:34 "that makes the loss a little bit better." game tickets are included - but customers

dale schroth of hiawatha was fishing pinicon ridge with his son when the big 12 pounder hit. large northern: em ormiston and his son colton caught it in the wapsi. lunker time: gabe schmidt nailed this one at rodgers park. cylans kettler of vinton caguth this northern in woman lake while fishing with papa gary garwood. matthew hartfor is all smiles with his hannen lake lunker. sunset on dells lake was "be-catching" time for cooper brown of iowa city. that's a four pound largemouth that he released. our first walleye and it is a dandy. cole johnson of cuba city caught and released it in the mississippi. jordan easton of north liberty teamed up with his nephew gavin corver for this nice largemoouth. brenna schlein was fishing with grandpa daryl when she landed this big ol fish. wrapping thins up are joe and their 20 pound flathead from chain lakes. with all my fishing friends, this is john campbell reporting. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t joe winters for your final forecast. our three days of wet weather is finally coming to a close. showers exit the state wi

ambulence crews in hiawatha found more than a medical emergency when they responded to a call on tuesday night. they found a fire.it happened at a home in the sunset mobile home park.no one was home at the time, but the damage to the home has made it unlivable. a go fund me page has been set up to help the family, we put a link on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. a police chase through two counties overnight landed a the benton county sheriff's office tells cbs 2 news the chase started in benton county around 12-15 this morning when the driver refused to pull over after running a stop sign. the chase continued into linn county, and ended at the intersection of 18th street and 33rd avenue southwest in cedar rapids, where spike strips had been deployed. 41-year-old bobby jo witt was arrested at the scene.he faces three seperate charges and is now in the benton county jail on a two-thousand dollar bond. when a loved one is chronically ill - their health becomes a priority. priority.often it's a family member who cares for them throughout their journey.in eastern iowa - there are around 52-th

innovation learning center, which is the former science center, shutdown its most recent location in hiawatha in mid october. today, a solon company put the displays, equipment, and furnishings up for bids in an online director randy bachman has not said why the facility closed. but he did tell t-v nine the group's board hopes to announce exciting news about a new location and mission in the coming weeks. mayors from the midwest joined other world leaders at the climate conference in paris today. dubuque's mayor roy buol is part of a four member delegation representing the mississippi river cities and towns initiative. he is hoping to get ideas on how to comomete dubuque's goal of cutting greenhouse gases in half by 2030. today, he talked with international river basin organizations about issues that river basins are seeing with climate change. "certainly we are making some great progress and i've been very impressed with the meetings that we had today and today was really about local governments. the bigger parts of the meetings are about how mayors and councils are really doing the work aro

family today and was able to take a look inside the home the family was not home at the tiem...a hiawatha ambulance crew was in the neighborhood for a and with emergency crews already in the neighborhood, a firetruck arrived within minutes. but the home is being called a total loss. if an item isn''t burned it has smoke or water damage... and not only did this family lose all of their belongings it's a scene the family is choosing not to show their children (robert butler/ homeowner) "she doesn't understand that everything is gone yet and i think that she, like she said to us the other night she wants her room back, she misses her room." where they are going to go from here. they have been staying with family and they will be in a hotel the next couple of nights trying to figure out what rogers kwwl news. fire crews say the fire started in one of the children's bedrooms, the homeowner believes it was most likely electrical... the family has set up a go fund me page, we will have a link to that on our website kwwl.com. the plan to privatize medicaid in our state - is getting halted. federa

the butler-williams family of hiawatha lost their home in a fire on tuesday.the flames were actually spotted by an ambulance crew who were on their way to a medical call. fortunately, no was hurt but the home is now ulivable. friends and family had an ugly sweater party planned, but decided to use the event for a good cause. those there either donated money or brought an item for the family. ""we just continuing what my sister wanted to do before the fire happened. i just said why don't we have the party anyway and just charge a cover like there is at some parties and use it for donations and still have fun." fun."a go-fund-me page to help with living expenses has been set up,, we put a link on our website cbs 2 iowa dot com. in cedar rapids,an incredible story of a good samaritan flames.it happened around 10 o'clock last night near i- avenue and first street southwest.40-year-old matthew geraghty ran to help, using his coat to put out the flames out on 38-year-old corey smock.smock, who is homeless, was taken to university of iowa hospitals and clinics where authorities say he does

shootings.cbs 2 news checked in with midwest shooting in hiawatha and cedar valley outfitting in marion.both say they're seeing a lot of first- time gun buyers or people who haven't handled a weapon in years.they tell us the buyers are of all ages - and usually people who have been thinking about purchasing a gun and the recent attacks prompted them to finally do it. "some people say i don't carry a gun to try to be the hero in the mall but if i had the opportunity to try to save lives i probably would, but im not full of bravado and i'm no hero." hero."while some people and the answer is *fewer weapons rather than more, gun shop owners tell us their customers are happy to go through the education and required training to be responsible gun owners. in north liberty tonight - the city council will discuss weapons on public property. last month - leaders discussed a weapons bans, but did not come up with a plan for an ordinance or resolution.right now - state code prohibits weapons from being within a thousand feet of schools and city parks.tonight's discussion will take place during the city

hit area in hiawatha. brea, how bad was the damage? well bruce, the homeowner hehe and her neighbors saw downed trees, damaged buildings, and we were told a camper was completely destroyed. now that the storm has passed, today started the clean up process. the sunshine revealed the damage the wind left behind at twisters gymnastics. "i could actually see the wind coming around the side of the building and by the time i slammed the back door and looked up i could see the roof looking like it was going to come right off the building." mangold and around sixty others immediately took shelter in bathrooms and a stairwell. he says the storm ended within minutes, but it did significant damage. "we opened the door to look outside and see what's going on, and we noticed the air units were sitting in the parking lot almost from the roof, and i noticed there was hole in the roof we had water leaking all over the place." everyone to wait in cars before the fire department gave the all clear. now mangold is working on getting the gym back in order

for the iowa house district 67-seat.the seat is currently held by house speaker kraig paulsen, of hiawatha, who announced earlier this year he election.the primary for that election will take place june seventh. the gunman who killed three people and injured several others at a planned parenthood clinic in colorado, made his first court appearance today--and in the corridor, a republican presidential candidate weighed in on the case. case.texas senator ted cruz was one of the most outspoken critics of planned parenthood over the summer, when videos were released that purported to show staff talking about selling body parts from abortions.speaking in coralville today, cruz said it's too early to tell why the man attacked the planned parenthood on friday. "this man is a deranged murderer. we don't know what his motivations were although we can see the press eagerly salivating to suggest that this particular murderer might have been a republican." republican."officers on the scene say that the shooter was saying "no more baby parts" while he was being led away in custody.robert lewis dear is

here in eastern iowa, a storm damaged twisters gynmastics in hiawatha on wednesday. strong winds blew heating units from the roof -- down to the ground -- destroying three of them. the owner says each of the units weighs nearly 12- hundred pounds.. more than 50 people were inside the gym during the storm. they (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i looked up at the ceiling and you could just thrown across the parking lot -- damaging multiple cars. the gym owner tells us he believes his truck was totaled. the iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup was reported on interstate 35 north of ames. crews closed down this section of i-35 for an hour. there are no reports of injuries this morning. some sad news this christmas out of florida. four people were killed in a fiery crash. three family members were on their way to visit their grandmother for christmas when the unthinkable happened. a man driving a toyota veered into oncoming traffic and hit the vehicle carrying the three men. the crash ended with one of the cars bursting into flames. a florida sher

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the storm knocked down trees and power lines north of cedar rapids and damaged some property in hiawatha. today, neighbors, helped one homeowner on millburn road clean up her yard. that included a 14-year-old from grateful. "i don't know how many loads we've taken away already, its amazing how it looks, i'm so appreciative." at twisters gymnastics, last night's strong winds threw air contioning units into the parking lot, leaving a hole in the building's roof. an evansdale man faces several drug-related charges after a search of h vehicle and home. the charges againsns34- year-old jordan jones include possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia . la porte city police say they pulled him over early this morning and found meth in his vehicle. p pice say searched his apartment in evansdale and found meth, marijuana, and drug equipment. a judge has dismissed a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former superintendent at the effigy mounds national monument north of macgregor. phyllis ewing had filed the lawsuit after the national park service fire

a hiawatha ambulance crew in the neighborhood for a medical call notice it first... (cg: juju smith/ paramedic & firefighter) "all of the sudden i look over and i saw this trailor that had smoke (cg: caleb fairlie/ firefighter & emt) "we kept banging on doors banging on windows making sure no one was inside." "it's chilly isn't it?" "it's so cold." with emergency crews already in the neighborhood, a firetruck arrived within minutes. (cg: robert butler/ homeowner) "i guess if you'd like to call it a twist of fate gonna go from here." presents destroyed... their art now chared still hangs on the fridge. it's a scene the family says they will not show their kids, (cg: robert butler/ homeowner) "it's better for them just to have the memories that they do have already,, the ones where it's with the walls painted and everything bright and not like this." the family tells me they do not know what they are going to do next. but they have been staying with family and will be in a hotel the next couple of nights trying to figure out what happens next.... we've got you covered,

waterloo police arrested robert bleakley after the hiawatha department identified him from these surveillance pictures. he's charged with second degree theft. one of the busiest travel weekends is in the books -- and with it -- a traffic stop to remember for an iowa couple. from suspense to all smiles. dan winters shows us what happened. you know that uneasy feeling in the pit of your 'oh man. this is it.' thats how jeff schulte and his girlfriend jenna rietz were feeling on their way to her parents' house this past thanksgiving. 'when he said you were going 46 in a 35, i said jeff, we off. put your keys on the dash for me.' jeff is a bit of a lead foot. he was ticketed for speeding on the way to meet jenna's parents the first time. 'the whole family is sitting right inside. right inside.' but this time... 'and then i thought, well, jeff's different. 'i need you to be honest with me. is there a reason why you would have an arrest warrant out of polk county for theft 5th degree? no.' suddenly, jeff was asked to get out of the car. as he was patted down, the officer asked jenna to identify some

the owner of twisters gymnastics in hiawatha reports thousands of dollars in damage following last night's storm. strong winds s lew heating units from the roof -- down to the ground -- destroying three of them. the owner says each of the units weighs nearty 12- hundred pounds.. more than 50 people were inside e the gym m uring the storm. they (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i looked up at the ceiling and you ceiling was going to come off the building." outside -- bleachers were thrown across the parking lot -- owner tells us he believes his truck was totaled. storms trn deadly doww south -- whereet least 11 people were killed. one of the victims was a seven-year- old mississippi boy. authorities say a tornado picked up and tossed the car -- in which he was riding. least 18 othhrs were hospitalized -- and hundreds of homes were leveled. sheriff's office "it's unreal feet, pulpwood, and timber that's damaged and down. many, looking down to see it`and really realize how bad it is." nearly a dozeze tornadoes totoched down in the area. officials say at least four- thousand ho

the dealership moved from 51st street northeast in cedar rapids to hiawatha on the corner of boyson and center point roa. the old location held about 250 cars. the new lot has space for more than 455 cars their new space offers more space for customers and employees inside the dealership as well as two service lanes, and even dog watering stations. "it's actually a proud moment... a proud moment for my emplees a proud moment for my customers, and a proud moment for me to finally finish this journey, open the building up and share it with the community and our customers." the new location is also adding jobs in service, reception, and sales. the iowa state auditor has released a report on the central iowa. the audit shows the state- owned resort brought in revenue of six point one million dollars for the fiscal year ending in june. most of that came from lodging rentals. expenses totaled five point eight million dollars, mainlyor restaurant and banquet operations. the auditor says the resort posted an operating income of 325 thousand dollars for the year. iowa fans are smelling the roses

a driver drove a jeep into a hiawatha mobile home park's office. they say no one was injured when the vehicle plunged in the bali hai estates office about six o'clock last night. police didn't know if anyone was in the building at the time. the f-b-i- is trying to piece together what led syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik to carry out the san bernardino shooting massacre. authorities released all the names of the 14 victims for the environmental health department. police say the couple owned thousands of rounds of ammunition and the guns they used were purchased legally. a u-s intelligence officer says farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who are under f-b-i scrutiny. friends say he was a devout muslim, and now the f-b-i is trying to determine if farook had been radicalized. authorities in johnson county say training for situations involving active shooters has almost become routine for law enforcement. sheriff lonny pulkrabek says everyone in his department trains at least once a year for these situations. the county also

utility workers are clearing away trees and downed power lines along roads north of cedar rapids and hiawatha. e storm came througugearly this s ening, and the people who live nearby said it didn't last a minute. kcrg-tv9's chris earl joins us now on milburn road, near tower terrace. chris, while the storm was swift, the cleanup will take a while.e. definitely, beth. there are two sides to what happened tonight -- the that you see on the roads, such as here on milbubu, south of tower terrace, as utility crews deal with twisted and bent power lines. but also what was a little off the road. on wednesday night, christmas with the keegans brought an unexpected wind stoto -- in late december. " 50:50 it was black and we didn't realize that facing east. things started to fly and i saidd gotta go to the basement. i could hear glass as we were going down. within 30 seconds, you can tell it had stopped. . vicki keegan and h h family have lived here for decades -- but, on december 23, gathering out back. kevin humpfer kept his 2016 jayco j-flight - a luxury camper - on the property. yet after this swif

waterloo police arrested robert bleakley after the hiawatha police department identified him from these surveillance pictures. he is chargeddwith second ddgree theft. it's giving tuesday...the first tuesday after thanksgiving every year... and the american cancer society hope lodge in iowa city patients a free place to stay during their treatments. the hope lodge provides space to cancer patients who live 40 their stay. (kekely lamb/iowa city hope lodge manager) "i'm kind of a photographs or bake a cake or do something for you, and it's really worked well here." the hope lodggprovides space to lodge manager) "i'm'mkind of a proponent of the barter system. you know, if you can make this happen for me, i can take photographs or bake a cake or do something for you, and it's really worked well here." the hope lodgeeelps residents tour kinnick stadium... attend hawkeye games... and meet the players. tonight is the night -- we have seven buddy benches to give away -- and after looking closely at are your winners. kingsley elementary in waterloo... north bend elementar in north berty... falls.

police say someone drove their jeep into a mobile home park's main office in hiawatha this evening.. they say no one was injured when the vehicle plunged in the bali hai estates office about six o'clock. police didn't know if anyone was in the building at the time. we now know who the 14 people are who died in yesterday's shootings at a health department holiday party in san bernardino, the victims ranged in age from 26 to 60. they were nine men and five women. one of the men was the father of six. police say syed farook and tashfeen malik used assault rifles and handguns to kill 14 people and wound 21 others. they say they fired 65 to 75 rounds inside san bernardino's inland resource center, before driving off in a rental vehicle. both of them died hours later in a shootout with police. one of the victims, 52 year old nicholas thalasinos, had worked for the san bernardino county health department for 12 years. his family says he was an inspector in the environmental division, and worked alongside farook. "i came home yesterday and watched the news, i thought he would just be fine. h

a fire destroys a home in hiawatha, the family losing all of their belongings less than two weeks before christmas. it happened at a mobile home in the 200 block of sunset lane on tuesday night. an ambulance crew was already in the neighborhood responding to a medical call, at the time of the they were the first to see the flames.

in hiawatha this week, high school juniors and seniors and the college financial aid process.a free seminar is being held tomorrow night at 6- in the linn county regional center, room 100.during a presentation, students and parents will get answers about paying for college, and how to apply for aid. there's a hair stylist in madrid who's taking his job to the next level. level.but he's doing it by going back in time. time.alberto olmedo specializes in cutting hair using fire and swords.he burns part of the hair -- then trims what remains with big swords. he says more traditional methods generally lead to hair generally lead to hair stylists cutting hair on one side of the head to a different length than the other. other. it's still to come... come...the change texas is making to it's request to not right now on cbs 2 this morning...the consolation prize that iowa gets after losing the big 10 championship the announcement about more investigations into the chicago police department after it took so long to charge an officer with murder. the eastern iowa family asking for your help this morni

in hiawatha today -- high school juniors and seniors and their parents can learn about the college financial ai process.a free seminar is tonight at 6 in the linn county regioiol center -- room 100.students and parents will get answers about paying for college and how to apply for aid. welcomed their new baby boy th weekend.all those who "keep up with the kardashians" were waiting anxiously to hear what they would name him. him.yesterday kim posted the baby's name on her website. website.they named him saint west.8 poun 1 ounce.i know that's just what you wanted to it's coming up next... next...the latest information about iowa's effort to privatize medicaid after two busses from the corridor gto right now ononcbs 2 thth morning...the arrests made in one corridor town tied to a much bigger investigation. the latest information about the potential motives behind a deadly shooting at a planned parenthood in colorado springng the new informrmion breaking pistorious' overturned murder aquittal. welcome to cbs two this morning...i'm kevin bbarry. barry.and i'm kelly d'ambrosio. d'ambrosio. let's

knocked down trees and power lines north of cedar rapids and damaged some property in hiawatha. communities of neighbors, friends, and strangers road clean up her yard. that included a 14-year-old from florida. the homeowner was very grateful. "i don't know how many loads we've taken away already, its amazing how it looks, i'm so appreciative." storms also did heavy damage to twisters gymnastics. strong winds threw air conditioning units into the papaking lot, and also left a hole in the building's roof. weather surveyors say at least one confirmed tornado touched in the quad cities area yesterday. brandon finch says he saw the tornado on the ground for about ten minutes in rock island county, illinois. . "it did take out some hog buildings just north of sciota, and just west of sciota it took out a building at a power plant, but it was just a storage building." estimate, but they say no one was hurt. across the nation, some are happy to be alive this christmas day following unusual, late december storms. the ddngerous weather killed seven people in mississippi, six in tennessee

four hiawatha firefighter e-m-ts responded to a routine medical call tuesday night at the sunset mobile home park. but the call quickly turned into something more. juju smith noticed flames coming from a trailer nearby. a co-worker jumped on the radio to page for help. the group sprang into action even though they didn't have much in the way fire equipment. e-m-ts checked to make sure no one was inside the home and rescued two kittens. smith called it a rare situation. 02:07:54 "normally, we're at the firehouse and someone calls dispatch. we're not usually the ones calling dispatch saying there's a fire out here." the home is destroyed. the everything, including christmas presents for their three young children. if you'd like to help, we've put details under this story on kcrg dot com. first, meteorologis t britley ritz has your first alert forecast.... temperatures this afternoon will be just a few degrees cooler than yesterday, but very seasonable. highs will top out in the low 30s. we do have a bit more sunshine today, but the winds continue to be a bit blustery out of the west at 10

a driver r ove a jeep into a hiawatha mobile home park's office. they say no one was injured when the vehicle plunged in the bali hai estates office about six o'clock last night. police didn't know if anyone was in the building at the time. the f-b-i- is trying to piece together what led syed faook and his wife tashfeen malik to carry ut the san bernardininshooting massacre. authorities released all the names of the 14 victims worked for the environmental health department. police say the couple owned thousands o o rounds of ammunition and d e guns they used were purchased legally. a u-s intelligence officer says farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who are under f-b-i scrutiny. friends say he was a devout muslim, and now the f-b-i is trying to determine if farook had been radicalized. authorities in johnson county say training for situations involving active shooters has almost become routine for law enforcement. sheriff lonny pulkrabek says everyone in his department traibs at least once a year for these situations. the county

in hiawatha this week -- high school juniors and seniors and their parents can learn about the college financial aid process.a free seminar is being held tomorrow night at 6 in the linn county regional center -- room 100.during a presentation -- students and parents will get answers about paying for college, and how to apply for aid. smells like roses -- well at least that's what the hawks are smelling -- iowa will face pac 12 champ -- stanford in pasadena in the 102nd rose bowl game january 1st -- to cap off their historic seasonthe hawkeyes are 2 and 3 all time in the grand daddy of them all -- with last win was 56 years ago -- iowa hasn't won a bowl game since 2009 -- but the hawks even stanford and their do it all running back chrisitan mcaffery -- they're just thinking about the roses. roses.if you could've told me before the season started that we'd go 12-0 in the regular season and we'd have a trip to the rose bowl... i'd say that's pretty nice... that's pretty good.... and we're happy to be where we're at right now... and obviously last night didn't turn out how we wanted it to

hiawatha police say a driver drove his jeep into estates office about six o'clock last night. policicdidn't know if anyone was n the building at the time. travelers will soon be able to get to the new terminal at the dubuque regional airport. the airport now has more than six million dollars in federal funds to build an access r rd. the city built a state-of- the-art terminal about a half mile south of the current one. but it's been sittinempty for almost a year. now, officials are building an access road from highway 61. officials say they plan to open the terminal to travelers sometime next year. inde the terminal, directors recently installed the new baggage claim system and put in the new jet way. work on this access road started last july when the federal aviation administration gave them the money. when the weather gets better in the spring they get to work on the rest of the project. "the entry road, whichcheally is the last piece that will take you from the highway all the way into the terminal area, that hasn't been done yet. " the cost of the e eire project is just s

we've got you covered in hiawatha, denver, garnavillo and all of eastern iowa you got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it was in 1999. the bottom line of this economy is that it is rigged. what this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires. if you work 40 hours a week in america, you should not live in poverty. year about this time... our kids asking us if they can stay up to see so late -- netflix is stepping they launched a whole new set of new year's eve on- demand countdowns to the new year... that way, parents can let their kids ring in the new year at any time. the countdowns are available now on netflix and can be used whenever you please. americans are beginning to make their travel plans for the new year. tripadvisor has announced its travel trends for 2016 and found the three top things american travelers won't leave home without. topping the list is toiletries... 77 percent will be sure to pack their own toiletries. second on the list is... of

here in eastern iowa, a storm damaged twisters gynmastics in hiawatha on wednesday. strong winds blew heating units from the roof -- down to the ground -- destroying three of them. the owner says each of the units weighs nearly 12- hundred pounds.. more than 50 people were inside the gym during the storm. they were forced to take owner of twisters gymnastics) "i looked up at the ceiling and you could just see the ceiling just wavering, i really thought the ceiling was outside -- bleachers were thrown across the parking lot -- damaging multiple cars. the gym owner tells us he believes his truck was totaled. the iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup was reported on interstate 35 north of ames. crews closed down this section of i-35 for an hour. there are no reports of injuries this morning. some sad news this christmas out of florida. four people were killed in a fiery crash. three family members were on their way to visit their grandmother for christmas when the unthinkable happened. a man driving a toyota veered into oncoming traffic and hit the vehicle carryi

waterloo police arrested robert bleakley after the hiawatha police department identified him from these surveillance pictures. he's charged with second degree theft. senator joni ernst is now retired from the iowa national guard... ernst served in the iowa national guard for more than 23 this year that she planned to retire to make more time to serve as a senator...and for her family. ernst was as a lietuenant colonel - and served in the middle east in 2003 as part of operation iraqi freedom. continuing coverage... today a jury should be seated. the first of six baltimore police officers charged in the death of freddie gray heads to trial. andrew spencer has an update of where the trial is at. a pool of 75 potential jurors showed up on monday. them, a smaller group of jurors the trial of officer william porter. charged with manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment, porter is the first of six baltimore city police officers to be tried in connection with the death of freddie gray. gray died in police custody, after being put into the back of a police van without a seat belt and, s

in hiawatha tonight... tonight...a group's holiday party turned intnta fundraiser fofoa family that suffered a major loss. loss.the butler-williams family lost their home after a fire on tuesday.no one was home at the time of the fire, but the home is now unlivable. tonight, friends and family gathered for a planned ugly sweater party, and brought donations or items for the faimly. "we just continuing what my sister wanted t tdo before the why don't we have the party anyway and just charge a cover like there is at some parties and use it for donations and still have fun." fun."a go-fund-me page to help with livininexpensesesas been set up,, we put a link on our website fox 28 iowa dot com. new figures out tonight show iowacontinues to add new jobs. jobs.iowa workforce develoloent says the statats unemployment rate dipped again to 3-point-4 percent in november.that's the lowest rate in iowa in nearly 15 years.31-hundred jobs were added across the statatlast month. turning to buchanan county now nowwhere it a

a driver drove a jeep inin a hiawatha mobile home park's office. they say no one was injuredwhen the vehicle plunged in the bali hai estates office about six o'clock last night. police didn't know if anyone was in the building at the time. the f-b-i- is trying to piece together what led syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik to carry out the san bernardino shooting massacre. authorities released all the names of the 14 victims yesterday. several of them worked for the environmental health deparent. police say the cosple owned thousands of rounds of ammunition and the gunnthey used were purchased legally. a u-s intelligence officer says farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who are under f-b-i scrutiny. friends say he was a muslim, and now w e f-b-i is trying to determine if farook had been radicalized. authorities in johnson county say training for situations involving active shooters has almost become routine for law enforcement. sheriff lonny pulkrabek says everyone in his department trains at least once a year for these situa

they're buying during the holiday season seasonfox 28 news reporter matt hahaill joins us live - from hiawatha __________________________ while a lot of people are hitting toys r us - - and christmas -others are shopping at places likikthis. gun sales - - saw record numbers on black friday - - and the trend continues - here in the corridof. corrjdor. nats guns - " boom booom booom booom boom " on the indoor range - midwest shooting is seeing a lot of long time - gun owners - qualifying to renew their gun permits.nat - cocks g - (( 9:27:34 )) " click click " nats while see gun - (( 9:20:26)) " there's alot of fire time inquireies. " but out front near the gun displays - - general manager chad christoph - saysthere are a lot of new faces.it's the same story - - all across the corridor.shop owners say people of all ages who have been thinking about it - are finally buying guns.chad says - (( 9:23:14)) " maybe never had one or the last time they had firearms was in the service during world war two .. that are simply saying the world is getting crazy and world events look familiar and i want the ab

here in eastern iowa, a storm damaged twisters gynmastics in hiawatha on wednesday. strong winds blew heating units from the roof -- down to the ground -- destroying three of them. the owner says each of the units weighs nearly 12- hundred pounds.. more than 50 people were inside the gym during the storm. (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i looked up at the ceiling and you could just see the ceiling just wavering, i going to come off the building." outside -- bleachers were thrown across the parking lot -- damaging multiple cars. the gym owner tells us he believes his truck was totaled. the iowa state patrol says a 15 to 20 car pileup was reported on interstate 35 north of ames. crews closed down this section of i-35 for an hour. there are no reports of injuries this morning. some sad news this christmas out of florida. four people were killed in a fiery crash. three family members were on their way to visit their grandmother for christmas when the unthinkable happened. a man driving a toyota veered into oncoming traffic and hit the vehicle carrying t

a driver drove a jeep into a hiawatha mobile home park's office. they say no one was injured when the vehicle plunged in the bali hai estates office about six o'clock last night. police didn't know if anyone was in the building at the time. and now here's your first alert forecast. watch for a few patches of fog this morning, otherwise, we'llt& have temperatures soar under the december sunshine. that kind of sounds odd to say. anyways, plan on highs to be back in the 44-48 range a a over the region today. the same stoo exists on saturday with more clouds still on track for sunday. overall, there are no changes to the plan going forward into next week either with lots of 40s. there are no major system on the horizon, with signs of a pattern change by mid-december to more active weather. between now and then,njoy it, and have a great weekend! today: sunnyny mild high: 43-49 winds: s 5-15 alo: 45 dbq: 44 iow: 46tonight: clear low: 25-31 winds: s 5-15 alo: 29 dbq: 28 iow: 29tomorrow: mostly sunny high: 45-51 winds: s 5-15 alo: 48 dbq: 46 iow: 48tomorro

in hiawatha today -- high school juniors and seniors and their parents can learn about the college financial ai process.a free seminar is tonight at 6 in the linn county regioiol center -- room 100.students and parents will get answers about paying for college and how to apply for aid. welcomed their new baby boy