reporting for local five news, jacob peklo, back to you." nikki: coming up later in sports, we'll take look back on rhoads' time in ames. nikki: viewers at home are sharing their thoughts about the announcement. on facebook, angela says "pollard needs to go, too" tod says "paul rhoads is a class act despite his win loss record. and this is coming from a hawkeyes fan. good luck next week isu, send him out with a win." and cheryl says "now he gets four point five million dollars to not work. where do i sign up for a job like that?" nikki: we want to see your comments. connect with us on facebook and twitter. just search weareiowa 5 news and you could see your comment on air. nikki/ots a home in earlham was destroyed in a large fire this weekend. the blaze started while a man and his dog were still inside... multiple fire departments were called to the scene... it happened at a rural home off 320th way in earlham around 2:15 yesterday afternoon. it took firefighters about an hour and a half to take out the flames. fire officials are still inves

jacob peklo, reporting: "at this point, there are no suspects. it is the city's 17th homicide of the year. reporting downtown, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa." nikki: a man is recovering from a stab wound after a fight at a metro bar... according to the des moines police report a man and his girlfriend were at scores bar on hickman when another man insulted the woman... that led to an arguement... the victim says he and his girlfriend left the bar...and were followed by their attacker... eventually the victim says he got out of his car to resolve the situation...and thats when the other man stabbed him. the victim told police his attacker then got into his car and took off... while the victim went to mercy hospital for treatment for his wounds... the case is still under investigation... nikki: a burger king employee says he was assaulted by two customers last night inside the resturant... happened yesterday on south east 14th street... the employee said two black males entered the store...and he recognized them to be the same people th

in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa." nikki if you'd like to help out some of the homeless in des moines, care for camps is still seeking more donations for the winter months. they say their biggest need is for socks and soup. nikki: a bad crash in story county takes one life, and four other people are recovering. it happened last night around 7:30 at 170th street and george washington carver in gilbert. police say a car blew through a stop sign and was broadsided by another car. a 92 year old passenger in the car that ran the stop sign was killed. he's identified as kenneth kemmerer. his son was the driver of that vehicle. four people in the other car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. so far, no charges have been filed. nikki: in madison county, a man was found dead this morning after his jeep flipped. it happened around 5 a-m near the intersection of oakcrest avenue and 290th street in peru, iowa. the jeep wrangler was flipped upside down and the driver, 60-year- old paul shafer of des moine

now we go to jacob peklo who has more from social media more from social media reaction to the firing. jacob/dmc twitter is flooded with thoughts from current iowa state players as well as some distinguished alums. former bulls forward marcus fizer had this to say..."hate to see anyone lose their job." weighing in as well. running back michael warren..."i'm thankful for the opportunity he gave me to play at this level. very genuine being and the most selfless person i know." wideout alan lazard..."after my first career catch, i'll never forget that moment." defensive back trever ryen..."i'm so thankful for coach rhoads. he gave me an opportunity of a lifetime and taught me so many things about life. i love you coach!" i traveled to ames this afternoon to get reaction on the firing. a lot of people felt bad because rhoads was so well liked in the community. here's a little bit of what they had to say. jacob miller, isu senior: "everybody thought it would happen, but he and jamie pollard are great friends i've heard. so, i think he gave him a chance and gave him as much as he could." za

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more. jacob: hundreds of volunteers spent their morning...prepari ng meals for families in need. but now, one former homeless man has made it back on his feet, and is giving to those who have the greatest needs. and he never wants to forget the changes that he's made. terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at hope ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable, intake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. here and ate, myself, when i was running around

amanda local 5's jacob peklo is live with more in our team coverage. jacob/tvu now, it's all in the hands of the iowa utiliteis board. geri huser, libby jacobs, and nick wagner. this was the only day that the public could comment on the issue directly to the board. on monday, the process continues with an evidentiary hearing. after that, it's in the hands of the three board members. they can have a meeting to discuss their decision or they can just send out a written notice. jacob/tvu again, though, the key to remember is that there is no time table for when that has to happen. the board can take as little or as much time as they want to, to come reporting live in boone, for amanda krenz, i'm jacob peklo, we are iowa. today is all about cleanup across central iowa after tornadoes and strong storms left behind damage. the national weather service is out surveying the damage. so far they confirmed ef-1 tornadoes touched down in knoxville, and northern mahaska county near barnes city. and say ef-0 tornadoes hit the lake panorama and yale areas. they say st

in ames, jacob peklo, local five news. we are stephanie: in addition to the partnership with cutters, the industrial design students are also partnered with tupperware, boeing and . pretty cool opportunity for those students. jack: another round of high school football playoffs tonight. here's local 5 sports director jon schaeffer live at johnston high school. jon? jon: thanks jack the valley tigers and johnston dragons are getting ready to battle it out in a little over an hour and half. the dragons are a little bit of a surprise being here in the quarterfinals. it's the furthest they've been in 4a history. now they will try to upset a valley team that hasn't won a state title since 2011. they were back in the dome in 2013 but came up short. valley entered the season as number one but two losses dropped them in johnston is at number 9 and very dangerous after they knocked off centennial last week-- the jags beat valley in the regular season and johnston is playing with a lot of confidence right now. jack: watch local 5 ne

reporting in clarion, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa." stephanie: thanks jacob. now, brad says the snow will keep coming for a few more hours. make sure to visit our website for the latest conditions and cancellations in your area. stephanie: still to come on local 5 news at six... how the students who were supposed to face off for the state championships tonight are taking the winter weather delays, later in sports. jack: but next-- it's just the first snowfall of the year. but we'll show you why we may break some records. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: the snow just keeps coming down, this is a look at downtown des moines tonight, just outside the brenton skating plaza. not many people enjoying the first day the plaza is open. stephanie: earlier we talked about the onight one event, that's outdoors, says it's still happening. the living history cross countr

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with the latest on the investigation. jacob/bam nikki, the latest homicide took place early this moring outside of a night club. there were hundreds of people in the area when that shooting took place, but so far police haven't been able to find a suspect. stephen dingman is familiar with the extra traffic outside of his home near the evolution nightclub, nats: "we'd call the sheriff to come in." but he knew sunday morning was different. stephen dingman, neighbor: "this was a kind of a round of maybe 10 shots." jacob peklo, reporting: "so, a lot of?" stephen dingman, neighbor: "yeah, i mean really fast, so you couldn't really sit and count them, but they were really fast." neighbors say it's gotten a lot busier, and far more crowded since the switch to a nightclub. diann weinman, neighbor: "yeah, neighborhood bar. people coming in and shooting pool and that was it. it was that way for years, but not now." early sunday morning, police were called to the nightclub after a report that a fight outside had gotten out of control

in ames, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. jack: in addition to the partnership with cutters, the industrial design students are also aligned with tupperware and boeing. some big business company for a bunch of kids who haven't even graduated yet. good luck! jack: now moving back to the last round of high school football playoffs before state. our sports team is working hard to bring you high lights, scores and more from playoff games across from playoff games across the state. tonight, we have nine games on deck. jack: in 4a, lewis central takes on dowling catholic in 4a, lewis central takes on dowling catholic at williams stadium. and valley will take on johnston. in 3a norwalk taking on dc-g. pella is at davenport assumption. and webster city goes on the road to sb-l. in 2a south tama county is at albia. this is a battle between number one and two in class 2a should be a great game. in 1a, van meter goes on the road to south central calhoun. in class a lynnville sully will head to mount ayr. mount ayr made it to the dome la

in west des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. right now, city leaders say they've built about as many trails as they can. the only way they could add more would be to annex land to the city. jack: okay, let's check in with local 5's sports director jon schaeffer who's in van meter covering the second round of high school football playoffs. how's the atmosphere out there, jon? jon: thanks jack. a great night for some playoff football. i'm here in van meter where the bulldogs will try to take down the madrid tigers. madrid with a stud at running back in michael santi-- he's ran for more than 2 thousand one hundred yards this season. number two in the state. but he is number one in yards per carry with 11 yards per touch. van meter's ben trent has tossed the ball for 17 hundred yards this season-- and he'll look for another big number tonight in what could be a high scoring affair. of course we'll have highlights of 13 games local 5 news at six... 10 republican presidnetials in des moines over the weekend. how they used one event to

jack: jacob peklo was at the scene and with more. jacob. jacob: driving down the interstate your eyes on the you, you might crash. signs warned drivers that traffic was shut down more than a mile away from the actual site. and it's still that a car could go where this one did. jacob: around 5-45 tonight, neighbors tell me they heard a loud bang, near the martin luther king overpass. fire crews rushed to the scene. officials say they had to cut open the car to rescue the three passengers. they were all taken to the hospital, with non life- threatening injuries, a surprise for those who witnessed the crash. jason lillethun, des moines: " all i saw was two cars sitting on the side of the ramp, didn't notice the one on the side of the ramp at the time, but it didn't sound like a car jacob: none of the names of the people in the car are being released at this time. the cause of the crash is under investigation by the des moines police department. live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: we could have some treache

local five's jacob peklo joins us with more on how kids are getting into the spirit of the iowa caucuses. jacob that's right, although the vast majority of the kids won't be able to vote in this election, or even the next one, there was a valuable lesson to be learned tonight. there's a lot of work that goes into picking delegates and candidates for president. natural sound of laughter zach wallace is very interested in the political process. zach wallace, goodrell 8th grader: "the people, like, working behind it, how much hours are put into everything, how people get so riled up about it." on thursday night, he kids' caucuses all around the state of learning how both republicans and candidates trinity grace, se polk 10th grader: "there's such a big difference." students could go from table to table, to find out more about the candidates before favorites... cool." ...which they're school. natural sound: "what grade are you in?" "8th." sydney northway, se polk 10th grader: "i feel like it shouldn't be so extreme, so much that they have to start maybe two first, students got to hear pitche

local five's jacob peklo has more from waukee. kori young, parent: "the timing couldn't have been worse to come pick up the kids." students at waukee elementary school were forced to stay after school a little longer on wednesday. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "they said it's going to pick up a lot of wind." instead of boarding the buses, the school kept them inside their classrooms until the storm passed through the area. jared johnson, parent: "we actually live about five blocks away, and there was a little bit of hail, little pieces of ice hail and the rain was coming down pretty good, and the wind was blowing stuff around pretty good." students say some of their classmates were more worried than others. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "i felt a little bit scared, and worried about my sister." it's why the line of cars spilled into the street, right after the storm had passed. but many parents say it was worth a little inconvenience for them to keep things running on a somewhat normal schedule for their

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more on the research. jacob: jack, for years, veterinarians and farmers have been trying to figure out why born, experiencing severe shaking. more often that not, it means they die early. but now, the team thinks they unlocked the key vaccine. microscope rotating his doctorate at iowa during the last two years, he's spent a lot of time trying to help problem. diagnostics lab pathologist: "we're trying to save those it in the first few days the brazilian is part of a team at iowa state infant pigs who suffer from involuntary shaking. sometimes the piglets won't live longer than a couple of days because of the tremors. as part of their research, they inject the virus into the uterus of pregnant sows...and then have a control group to compare it to, and run the tests. natural sound of pipette dropping needles paulo arruda, isu diagnostics lab pathologist: "the virus is very common with pigs that are shaking, and not common in control pigs. so, we have one more piece of evidence that the virus might be linked t

in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. " nikki: a man is recovering from a stab wound after a fight at a metro bar... according to the des moines police report a man and his girlfriend were at scores bar on hickman when another man insulted the woman... that led to an arguement... the victim says he and his girlfriend left the bar...and were followed by their attacker... eventually the victim says he got out of his car to resolve the situation...and thats when the other man stabbed him. the victim told police his attacker then got into his car and took off... while the victim went to mercy hospital for treatment for his wounds... the case is still under investigation... nikki: a burger king employee says he was assaulted by two customers last night inside the resturant... it happened yesterday on south east 14th the employee said two black males entered he recognized them to be the same people that allegedly tresspassed at the resturant a the employee told police he leave, and he was the face and taken to the

local five's jacob peklo has more on their quest to find a more permanent place to live. jacob peklo, studio: "as the calendar flips to november, a group of homeless campers at sacred heart is hoping the winds of change will blow their way soon." bret bell, homeless: "it's been a little depressing out here. i'm not going to lie. i mean, with the weather, it's been rainy and wet and cold." a few weeks ago, the campers at sacred heart were looking at the prospect of eviction from the des moines woods. natural sound: "you want to help?" christine griffin, homeless: "we haven't had anybody come down here and speak with us, and we've got someone here 24 hours a day around the clock." even though they've found a better spot to camp out, they're still facing a number of challenges. bret bell, homeless: "my tent will leak sometimes, his tent will leak sometimes. their tent might leak and we get scared, you know. his tent will start blowing over in the middle of nowhere. and it's just, 'how are we going to make it'?" as the temperature they say they've been working hard to find wo

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more on how that could change. jacob/bam nikki, if you're like many americans...by now, you've probably seen those fanduel or draftkings commercials on tv, hundreds of times. however. the saturation campaign doesn't get absorbed the same way here in iowa, where it's illegal to play for cash. but, if lawsuits in new york succeed, it could unveil a new era of gaming here. (colby oberembt has been a sports fan for years, but he's noticed how he watches has changed with the rise of fantasy football. colby oberemb t, adel resident: "i was always a huge packers fan and that's all i cared about, and never watched any other games beside that, but now it's turned into all i want to watch are the guys that are playing for me." colby's not alone. monitoring multiple games and players is the norm now, with more than 75 million people expected to play fantasy this year. but in iowa, the latest fad...daily money leagues like on fanduel and draft kings...isn't allowed. in fact, no kind of online gambling is allowed in iowa. colby

local five's jacob peklo has more on their quest to find a more permanent place to live. jacob peklo, studio: "as the calendar flips to november, a group of homeless campers at sacred heart is hoping the winds of change will blow their way soon." bret bell, homeless: "it's been a little depressing out here. i'm not going to lie. i mean, with the weather, it's been rainy and wet and cold." a few weeks ago, the campers at sacred heart were looking at the prospect of eviction from the des moines woods. natural sound: "you want to help?" christine griffin, homeless: "we haven't had anybody come down here and speak with us, and we've got someone here 24 hours a day around the clock." even though they've found a better spot to camp out, they're still facing a number of challenges. bret bell, homeless: "my tent will leak sometimes, his tent will leak sometimes. their tent might leak and we get scared, you know. his tent will the middle of nowhere. we going to make it'?" as the temperature starts to plummet, they say they've been working hard to find work and a two or three bedro

local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more on the crime spree. jacob/bam nikki, it started with one call about a break in, and then fort dodge police found that it wasn't a one time occurrence on halloween. in fact, neighbors say it's a trend that needs to be stopped quickly. sgt. dennis quinn, fort dodge police department: "the damage varied anywhere from windows being broken out of the vehicle, to some doors, looking they'd tried to be pried open with some kind of bar or something like that." a string of vandalism made for a long halloween weekend in fort dodge. sgt. dennis quinn, fort dodge police department: "some people say that it's somewhere between 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the morning, but some people don't know because they weren't out at their car." but it wasn't just small tricks. on saturday, vandals struck at least a dozen cars in the area between 14th and 19th streets and 2nd and 3rd avenue south. sgt. dennis quinn, fort dodge police department: "the geographical area of it all, it seems as though it was either one or two or three

local 5's jacob peklo joins us now with more on why they were here. jacob? jacob: that's right. people came here from all over the country. some flew here, others made drives of ten hours or more to get the chance to testify at today's hearing. some people have monetary stakes in this project but the vast doing it for the laborers. "gary speegle spent 8 hours in his car, traveling from tulsa, boone, iowa, for thursday's hearing. gary speegle, tulsa, ok: "every major pipeline that comes through the midwest comes into cushing, and then it travels out speegle says the major asset for oklahoma, and that the work in cushing project can work in iowa. ok: "the misunderstanding is that the pipelines leak. now, granted, 30-40-50 years ago, they had bad pipe. but with the technology that they unheard of. but it's not just oklahoma that's from as far away as texas and alaska also testified on thursday in favor of the pipeline. and laborers in the midwest want to make sure that the jobs stay local, instead of sending them far away. megan hardy, bellevue, ne: "a lot of times people could be

nikki: local 5's jacob peklo is live at the scene in waukee with the very latest. jacob? jacob/live nikki, this was quite a joint effort to capture mcguinness. the investigation included the local attorney's office and des moines police. waukee police haven't dealt with something like this in a very long time. police say this is the city's first homicide case in nearly 40 years. michael seeman was still in shock saturday morning, after hearing his good friend, gino risola, was killed overnight. michael seeman, des moines resident: "you know, i thought he's such a great guy. he's a father, a great husband, and it just blew my mind that somebody would even raise a weapon at him." waukee police were called out to 5-05 carefree lane around 1-30 saturday morning, after getting a call that risola was shot outside of his home. neighbors say it's way out of the norm for their community. brian anderson, waukee resident: "never had anything like this at all, never even had any burglaries. it's been a pretty quiet neighborhood." risola's wife told police that mcguinness confronted h

reporting live in des moines, jacob peklo local 5 news we are iowa. nikki: police are investigating two other homicides in the metro over the weekend. in waukee-- police were called to the 500 block of southeast carefree lane around 1:30 saturday morning. that's where officers found a man with multiple gun shots wounds. 41-year-old gino risola was taken to a local hospital where he later died later, police arrested 42-year old brendan mcguinness in the afternoon and charged him with first degree murder. nikki: multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in the search for mcguinness... he was arrested on the east side of des moines when a passerby found him on a sidewalk with a minor head injury... not knowing who he was officers responded to assist and recognized mcguinness. he was arrested without inicident... friends of the suspect and victim can't understand why this happened... "they had a little quarrel that they were kind of working through from an incident that happened a couple months again, but nothing that would lead to murder." nikki: mcguin

local five's jacob peklo joins us now from from university avenue. jacob, things are looking a little different than yesterday, huh? jacob/live nikki, the roads were not a great place to be last night. as i drove back from clarion, there were a lot of slick spots, and as a result cars went sliding off the road. crews worked throughout the night to clear things out. but that didn't mean it was easy to head out today, natural sound of scraper steve gee has been in the car business for 25 years. steve gee, car salesman: "it's not any more fun than the first day." natural sound of scraping gee says he and his co-workers arrived early at the dealer, to start clearing the lot natural sound of plow and scraping the packed snow off of the cars. steve gee, car salesman: "we have to do everything that the consumer does to their one car in their driveway, but we have to do it 330 times." with more than half a foot of snow solidly packed onto these windshields, he says the weather is already way ahead of last winter's pace. steve gee, car salesman: "i think we on

jacob peklo brings us more terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at h he ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable,ntake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. terry gable, intake coordinator: "i came here and ate, myself, when i was running around the street, a lot, when i was living out of my car." bob myers, volunteer: "you get a good enjoyment personally, but there is a need. we see it in our home town, we see it all around." volunteerst hope ministries woke up early thursday to prepare and box hundreds of

reporter jacob peklo from des moines shows us how that could soon change. " " deborah/elisa beautiful today!!! deborah/elisa elisa eraffa@kcautv.co m overcast on the kings pointe storm lake and port neal welding company sky cams hd. another warm one! high 63, 16 above normal and even this morning we were 10 above normal at 36. temperatures are still warmer than our normal daytime high, in the mid to upper 50s haven't wind, pretty breezy out of the south and tonight that will help bring in some moisture fueling our rain chanc. clouds and a chance of showers overnight mainly after midnight, with a better chance around daybreak. temperatures don't really move much tonight, staying in the low 50s, spotty drizzles tomorrow afternoon. you can see the clouds pushing northward from the south on satellite and radar, that will be our moisture source for tonight. more clouds on stormcast hd, rain getting closer after to head to work and school. after the morning, showers will be spotty with mainly just gloomy skies through the afternoon. better chance comes monday night as that low pressure appr

local five's jacob peklo has been on campus throughout the day today..... trying to soak in some of that atmosphere. he joins us live now from outside drake's sheslow auditorium. jacob stephanie, jack, it's a little more quiet tonight, but that's more of a calm before the storm type of deal. i'm standing in front of old main right now, which is the backdrop for all of the events tomorrow. if you want to call this event a circus, you wouldn't be exaggerating. some people i talked to say this is one of the biggest buildups you'll see for a political showdown. signs, and twitter, and bulldogs...oh my. it's an indication that the political circus is coming to town. rachel paine caufield, political science professor: "i wouldn't say circus because it seems...okay, maybe i would, circuses are well organized and this is surprisingly well organized." while the tents are a sign of the heavy security that'll be in place on saturday, there's still a lot more that meets the eye. kevin bell, drake university: "it's just those odd things that happen around campus. you kno

local 5's jacob peklo explains. natural sound of laughter zach wallace is very interested in the political process. zach wallace, goodrell 8th grader: "the people, like, working behind it, how much hours are put into everything, how people get so riled up about it." on thursday night, he was one of hundreds of kids taking part in kids' caucuses all around the state of iowa... learning how both republicans and democrats pick their candidates trinity grace, se polk 10th grader: "there's such a big difference." students could go from table to table, to find out more about the candidates before choosing their favorites... natural sound: "that's cool." ...which they're learning about in school. natural sound: "what grade are you in?" "8th." sydney northway, se polk 10th grader: "i feel like it shouldn't be so extreme, so much that they have to start going for it a year, maybe two years ahead of it." first, students got to hear pitches from each republican candidate, before casting a vote. gloria mazza, polk county republ

local 5's jacob peklo explains. natural sound of laughter zach wallace is very interested in the political process. zach wallace, goodrell 8th grader: "the people, like, working behind it, how much hours are put into everything, how people get so riled up about it." on thursday night, he was one of hundreds of kids taking part in kids' caucuses all around the state of iowa... learning how both republicans and democrats pick their candidates trinity grace, se polk 10th grader: "there's such a big difference." students could go from table to table, to find out more about the candidates before choosing their favorites... natural sound: "that's cool." ...which they're learning about in school. natural sound: "what grade are you in?" "8th." sydney northway, se polk 10th grader: "i feel like it shouldn't be so extreme, so much that they have to start going for it a year, maybe two years ahd of it." first, students got to hear pitches from each republican candidate, before casting a vote. gloria mazza, polk county republic

in des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. elias: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: (sam adlibs) weather adlib: snow will be melting across iowa today as sunny skies warm our highs well above freezing. it's going to actually feel pretty nice with highs in the mid 40s by the afternoon and a breezy northwest wind. tonight we are going to have another cold night with lows falling to around 30 degrees, so there could be a few icy side walks from the melting snow during the day. tuesday we should see another gorgeous day with highs back in the mid to upper 40s and a breezy southeast wind. wednesday is going to be cloudy with rain expected in the late afternoon and evening with highs climbing into the lower 50s. rain will still be falling fairly heavy through the day on mild. friday morning there might be a bit of a rain to rain/snow mix as temperatures fall back into the 30s. elias: des moines police are investigating a des moines police are investigating a double homicide. elias: few details are known about the sho

reporter jacob peklo brings us more terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at hope ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable, intake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. terry gable, intake coordinator: "i came here and ate, myself, when i was running around the street, a lot, when i was living out of my car." bob myers, volunteer: "you get a good enjoyment personally, but there is a need. we see it in our home town, we see it all around." volunteers at hope ministries woke up early thursday to prepare and box hundred

reporter jacob peklo shows us how that could soon change. " (colby oberembt has been a sports fan for years, but he's noticed how he watches has changed with the rise of fantasy football. colby oberemb t, adel resident: "i was always a huge packers fan and that's all i cared about, and never watched any other games beside that, but now it's turned into all i want to watch are the guys that are playing for me." colby's not alone. monitoring multiple games and players is the norm now, with more than 75 million people expected to play fantasy this year. but in iowa, the latest fad...daily money leagues like on fanduel and draft kings...isn't allowed. in fact, no kind of online gambling is allowed in iowa. colby oberembt, adel resident: "i guess i don't understand why iowa won't allow it. it's kind of weird that so many other places do it. i mean, i realize it, there's ups and down. like with any other gambling, sometimes you're going to win and sometimes you're going to lose." keith miller has been studying sports law for more than a decade. he says iowa has closely followed that precede