we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the city issued a snow emergency starting at noon today and going until noon tomorrow, that means you cannot park in snow emergency routes, we have a link to those routes on our website. coming up next...th iowa hawkeyes wll lean heavily on to help them win their rose bowl matchup with stanford. during the six, we talked about hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it w wks in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! anget 15 gigs of data for just $70. defenn and how they were going to contain stanford's offense. now we'll take a look at what the hawkeye's offense needs to do to get the win. lets go back out to pasadena and mark woodley. and mark, the hawkeyes have big contributors on offense but none bigger than quarterback c-j the hawkeyes will come to the r

we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. the store manager says sales of all types of guns have increased this continuing coverage -- today marks the final transfer for six fallen soliders -- killed monday during a suicide attack in afghanistan. their bodies were brought back to the united states today -- and a dignified transfer took place at originally from dubuque county was among those killed. coming up tonight on the kwwl news at six -- we hear from lemm's family -- and their tragic loss right before the holidays. also among those killed this week was this woman -- major adrianna vorderbruggen. she's believed to be the first openly gay american officer to be killed in combat. five years ago -- the military lifted the don't ask, don't tell program -- so now vorderbruggen's family will now be allowed the military benefits they would have been denied years ago. new at five -- 200 pounds of locally made beef and cheese sticks are getting recalled. the sticks are made at the edgewood locker -- and were sold in edgewood and g

kwwl's kristin rogers was in court this morning for humbles plea hearing kristin paint the picture for us,.. humbles didn't show really any emotion he came in with his hands and feet cuffed and plead guilty to all three charges against him. 15-year-old aaron richardson, died after he was shot in cedar rapids and 14-year-old robert the shooting happened after quote "two rival groups" met up following threatening texts and facebook messages. at 14 humbles is charged with voluntary manslaughter, reckless that is, intent to use the gun on a person "when you had the firearm you were going to use it on somebody?" "yes." "and without self defense right?" "yes." (cg: kristin rogers) "after the judge broke down all three directly." "did you shoot another boy?" "and did he die after he was shot?" "yes." humbles plead guilty to all three charges originally he was but after a plea agreement he is now being charged as what the judge called a at just 14-year's old, his consequences will now be in the hands of a juvinile judge... (nats of handcuffs going on) linn county juvinile detension center. unt

kwwl's kristin rogers has been catching up with fans, it's safe to say there is a lot of excitement there. kristin? bound a live report next from where here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: a few snow showers may track disturbance will track through light snow showers. neither will produce much additional snowfall, but some in the north may get another inch on top of areas with sleet mixed in. much colder air is headed our way for the end of this year and high pressure will bring single digits (above zero) friday and saturday mornings. we should rebound into the 20s for highs for the weekend.' a few snow showers may track us. another, much weaker, disturbance will track through tomorrow with another round of light snow showers. neither will produce much additional snowfall, but some in the north bound a live report next from where fans took off to head to sunny pasadena for the big game and, the ban is lifted in iowa on all details ahead you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in jesup, waverly, --------- --------- --------- announcer: one ca

iowa city, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. the 2015 iowa hawkkyes will takee on michigan state on saturday in the big ten championship game as they work to cocotinue this historic season.... and here's a look at what the field will look like on saturday at lucas oil stadium. the stadium can seat up to 67 thousand people. if you want to get tickets for the game, you're going to have to pay up - tickets on sites like stub-hub are starting at 125 dollars and go up to seven thousand dollars. uition is set increase at the university of iowa. the iowa board of regents voted wednesday for a three percent increase beginning next fall. rates were rrised earlier this year at the university of northern iowa and iowa state university. at the time rates were raised at had successfully argued a tuition freeze. board of regents president bruce rastetter says the numbers can change depending on the state legislature. the legislative session begins in january. muslili student's at iowa's public universities are asking for a permanent prayer sp

kwwl's kristin rogers has been taking a closer look at the know? spoke with he streets superintendent this afternoon, he said they are working the plows in three shifts with about 30 plows out at a time. but around 2 a-m it is expected to be all plows on deckkwith around 90 plows working to clear the streets in time for the morning commute. meanwhile sidewalk plows could be seen throughght downtown. the streets superintendent told me the temperatures out but whatever is falling is refreezing . one of the main issues here has (cg: jun pusta/ works driving i mean i could hear something that's busy falling on my truck." it made for slick streets. . despite the conditions the linn county shshrrifs office told me they have some cars in the ditch@ throughout the day, but there have been no major accidents o report. the cedar rapids airport has had some flights cancelled both to and from chicago and dallas, they said the runways in cedar rapids are clear, however there are weather issues in both chicago and texas. we've got you covered live in cedar rapid

kwwl's kristin rogers spoke to the family today and was able to actually take a look inside the home. kristin what was it like. absolute devistation. no one was home at the time, but the family has three children. aside from losing their belongings, all of their christmas presents are now gone as well.... destroyed... (cg: kristin rogers) "from the outside it doesn't appear inside is a different story." 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/ homeo

(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 of the night at the facility, a new building, just a few months old for the owner... (cg: john mangold) "it's kind of disturnbing to think you do all this work and it's almost taken away." he told me at one point a gas smell filled the gym forcing everyone to evacuate, at that point the fire department was called, they were able to we've got you covered live in hiawatha, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. despite all the damage -- fortunately nobody was injured. take a look at this... a married couple in their rolled down a hill in kentucky. search and rescue crews say the couple was trapped inside the home with no way to get out. it took crews nearly 30 minutes to get the people free.

kwwl's kristin rogers was also there, and kristin why are these dogs so important to the officers? amanda, an officer told me today his k-9 makes him feel safer on the job... and it's important to note, these dogs are risking their lives, just like officers do, everyday. cedar rapids police department for decades k9s have been working with officers to keep the community safe, (cg: curt buckles/ crpd officer and k9 handler) "you've got a partner that you know gets you full of dog hair curt buckles and his dog, narco, have been together for over six years... (cg: curt buckles) "you know we have a great bond and someday when he can no longer come to work with me it's going to be a sad day." now, over looking downtown from sunner park, is a memorial dedicated to narco and the rest of the k9s that have served this community in so many ways. (cg: wayne jerman/ police chief) "they help detect narcotics, explosives, they help search for criminals, they help search for missing children and lost adults." (cg: kristin rogers) when they aren't on duty the k9's go then the k9s go to work, with

we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. area ambulance service is approaching 19 thousand calls for service so far in 2015, it's a number they say seems high, they are very busy. remember if you see an ambulance coming with it's lights and sirens on, you can help them out by pulling over and clearing the roadway. problems especially dangerous. kwwl's hillary maglin talked to a mechanic about what you can do to prevent car troubles. (nats of plows) stalling and car fires could happen any time of the year... but they're (sot. cg: andrew torkelson/mechanic) "everything's just kind of more amplified in the winter. the cold is stress on you and your car." centers. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "mechanics say stalling and fires can happen to any car, no matter the make, model or year. it all depends on how well the car is maintained." (sot) "if you were ignoring your car long enough that it was with oil, and that could get hot enough to start a fire, and that'd be right underneath the car. you wouldn't even notice until your seat was

we'' got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. the university is selling tickets starting at one hundred and fifty dollars but get this tickets are sellinn for over $500 on stub-hub compared to around $140 on the website for the orange bowl playoff game between #1 clemson and oklahoma, so tickets to the rose bowl are very much in demand. coming up on kwwl, one republican presidential candidate makes a campaign stop right here in the cedar valley. and - after a big playoff win against portrtand state sattrday, the panthers shift their attention to their quarterfinal game against conference rival and four time ncaa champion, north dakota state. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming "winner of the regional emmy for outstanding newscast. sports with rick coleman. this is the kwwl news at six." "now your stormrmtrack 7 forecast on kwwl." jeb bush: here's the truru you will not hear from our presisint: we are at war with radical i

kwwl's kristin rogers caughttp with iowans today at a local coffee shop, kristin what do people think about this? well mac he's currently serving his 6th term as govenor so i was govenor branstad will be passing up new york govenor geroge clinton for the record of longest serving govenor.. branstad was born and raised in (cg: solomon richards/ iowa resident) "i'm not a republican but i do think iowa as govenor for nearly 21 years, he has not served them all in a row. after ninteen-nity- nine he worked aa president of des moines university. he returned as govenor in twenty- ten ana was elected again in eny-fourteen. branstad rst started serving this state in ninteen-seventy- two when he was elected to the iowa president of the united states.... we've got you covered live in cedar rapis, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. we will havf additional cocorage on governor branstad's record breaking day tonight at ten. as well as throughout the day tomorrow... coming up... why several burn relief gels are being recalled why it's a struggle for one eastern iowa community to have you're watching kwwl,

kwwl's kristin rogers sat down with isabel today, kristin what has she been doing for the money? her father tells me she has been to picking up teaves outside to earn money, not for herself, but for veterans. to buy one-hundred handsoaps. the soap plays patriotic music when it is pumped. these gifts will be delivered to the veteran affairs hospital in iowa city... she has handwritten one- hundred letters to go along with the soap.. "dear veteran, thanks for your military service for americaa love isabel." isabel tells us she wanted to show freedom. i spoke with the va hospital in iowa city whee the gifts are being deliverrd, they told me ggts like this re a big deal to the veterans that receive them. i will have more from my interview with isabel tonight at six. 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 two... nowwto a story we'veebeen following this holiday season. check out what got donated to the salvation army of waterloo cedar falls. seven gold libe

kwwl's kristin rogers sat down with a local man who is muslim and served in the united states army, kristin what does he think about all of this? he defended his faith, and he lled trump's comments laughable. he says the main belief in islam is to seek peace and those doing otherwise, are not truly muslim. a crowd cheered on trump asse expressed his new plan for a quote complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. but for joe aossey it's laughable, as he is both a muim and a veteran who served as an army engineer iithe fifties. although his ancestors came from lebonnon, aossey was born in cedar rapids and was proud to serve the (cg: joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "this is my country, okay, i was born here, the idea of defense was a big idea after world war 2 and you know it's part of my job." from entering the u.s. aossey says he isn't too worried aboot it. and actions speak louder than words. he also told me there are more than 1 billion muslims in the world, and isis does not represent the islam faith. i will havvmore from our interview tonight at 6.. we've got you covered live

storm track seven's kristen rogers catches up with several customers -- who are doing just that. kristin? let me tell you mac -- even though we haven't had a lot of snow this year -- everyone i talked to likes it that way many people filter through the doors at theisen's (nats) multiple shovels were picked up and i talked to many customers who were grabbing bags of salt they planned to put out before the storm. (nats) across town people flooded hyvee, (cg: kristin rogers) "with news of a winter storm coming prepping for the storm) "just a few items that i needed so i wouldn't have to go out if expect snow, sleet, freezing rain and wind. they're potenially messy conditions many are not ready to welcome (cg: mari nibeck/ prepping for the storm) "if it's just snow, we can handle that, if it's ice, you know safety issues." i spoke with the iowa state patrol today, they said people should prepare car, and if they're driving, they should leave enough room between conditions. it is also a good idea to make sure your cell we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. th

kwwl's kristin rogers was at the event kristin whh did he cover? he covered a wide range of topics but he said the first obligation as commandernd chief is to otect our national security...and to protect innocent americans. and that is one thing he says he would do as president. (cg: ted cruz/ presidential candidate) "when you're a stronggand crediblee cocoander and cheif more often military force because the bad ted cruz answered questions fro the iowa crowd a state he says he love because iowans take politics seriously. (cg: ted cruz) "yal treat politics the way texans treat football, although let's be clear this year you're awfully good at hawkeye football team. (cg: ted cruz) "i am right here today predicting a national championssip of iowa vs.. clemson." but he also go to the serious issues, addressing questions from education to nuclear weapons even speaking with us afterwards about the recent planned parenthood s sooting in coorado. (cg: ted cruz) "this man is a deranged murderer, we don't suggest that this particular m5rderer might have bee

kristin rogers ..kwwl news. thanks kristin. lets send things out to california now with mark woodley who is live sea-side. amanda -- we've already seen several iowa fans here at the incredible u-s-s iowa -- they'll even be holding a huge hawkeye rally here later in the week prior to game-day -- today marked rose bowl media day talk about that a bit later -- but first i'm going to toss it over to brad hanson -- who is standing by live somewhere else on deck this is quite the place to come visit -- the rose bowl--iowa fans looking to see the sights out here in southern california. a popular destination--the uss iowa. this ship has seen action in world war two, the korean war and the cold war. it's earned a number of awards and battle stars over it's life. now it's a floating museum in the port of los angeles here. and with free admission to iowa residents, and this week to iowa students, it's a popular spot for hawkeye fans this week. (kathy lange, centerville) "it's fabulous. it's just amazing. i didn't even, had no clue. had no

kwww's kristin rogers has been working to learn more, we know a the latest? that's right the plane arrived here at the eastern iowa airport n cedar rapids just after two o clock this afternoon. this arrival delayed more than six hours for an emergency landing in tennessee. good news, n n injuries to report out of this whole ordeal. allegiant air tells us it happened because of a engine problems. it was certainly not the travel day those on board were pecting. you c cn see emergency vehicles at the scene of the landing here. the plane is being inspected to figure out what the problem was, we do know it happened in the right engine. moments after thhir emergency landing in chatanooga, those on the flight recall what happened "it just sounded like we hit just went out and it sounded like ww hit somethinin just a loud bang um we kind of thought we either hit a bird or the engine went out." one passenger we spoke with said it was calm when they landed in food vouchers while they waited for a different plane to#arrive and get them safetly to ceddr rapids. allegiant

kwwl's kristin rogers tells us a small girl, with a big heart... (cg: jonathan westercamp/ isabel's father) "cleaning, picking up toy rooms, and you know picking up leaves our country "you have to push isabel gathered one- hundred handsoaps, that play patriotic songs.. (nats of music) she has handwritten one-hundred letters as well... (nats of marker writting) gifts she hopes bring joy to veterans this holiday season. (cg: isabel westercamp/ donates to veterans) "dear veteran, thanks for your military service for america, love isabel." (cg: kristin rogers) "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 r "they prooect 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 isabel's father tells us two of her great grandfathers and her great grandma served in world war two... now to a story we've been following this holiday season. check out wha

kwwl's kristin rogers sat down with a local man who is muslim kristin what does he think about all of this? he defended his faith, and he called trump's comments laughable. he says the main belief in islam is to seek peace and those doing otherwise, are not truly muslim. a crowd cheered on trump as he expressed his new plan (cg: donald trump/ and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." but for joe aossey "me and my army buddies".... it's laughable, as he is both a muslim and a veteran who served as an army engineer in the fifties. (joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "trump can question my patriotism okay, and i can laugh at him." a wall in the aossey home displays maps of lebonnon, the country the families ancestors came from... (cg: kristin rogers) "he was born in cedar rapids and he was proud to serve his country." (cg: joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "this is my country, okay, i was born here, the idea of defense was a big idea after world war 2 and so you know it's part of my job." as trump suggest banning muslims from entering the u.s. (cg: donald trump) "yes we have t

kwwl's kristin rogers looked at "it's the most wonderful where christmas displays like this one are their communities "i"ihope everybody has a merry christmas, and just have peace." but there's a new light in town... and you don't have to hang it up... (cg: kristin rogers) "this is what these ser lights look house like this one, but they can be very dangerous if pointed in the wrong direction." recently a pilot in texas reported seeing a laser, it was traced back to a christmas light didiplay... there was also a similar incident in california...the air traffic manager at the cedar jason mullet says his laser light projector is a new addition to his christmas display this year inexpensive way to make your house looolike you spent a lot of money on it." the federal aviation administration recently warned holiday decoraters abouthe lights on their facebook page... mullet says thought thought about it a little bit but when i looked at it it really doesn't pass over my roof but may if they're flying this way wouldn't effect them but maybe if they're flying this way that is a concern." air traf

kwwl's kristin rogers spent time at the marion post office today, kristin what was it like? lines were back to the door with people waiting to send packages to their loved ones... and that's because i'm told today and tomorrow are the last days to send with standard shipping prices and have you packages delivered in time for the holidays.... (nat of phone ringing) "it's a little bit chaotic." the busiest mailing day of the year "hi there!" "hi how are you?" "good!" people and holiday cheer filling this marion post office (cg: cynthia hard work but we do get excited for it." all the excitement to have packages delivered to loved ones in time for the holidays... "15.32 to get here on the 19th sir." (nat phone rings) (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "on the 15th would be the last day in order to get your standered mailings out." the lines continuing to grow... "so you will be busy tomorrow too?" (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "oh heck yeah!" popular," (cg: cynthia luchtenburg) "oh yes amazingly so, the internet is amazing, the packages that the carriers are actually delivering outweighs wh

kwwl's kristin rogers was on scene this morning. she spoke with a cedar rapids public information officer on the phone, kristin what did they say? they said the woman was unidentifiable when she was found. an autopsy is scheduled for later this week to find out who flames wiped out the siding on this mobile home both walls and ceilings are now gone a woman's body was found inside amoung the destuction a neighbor believes it was the body of the woman who lived in home, because she says the woman lived alone. the neighbor tells us they had become friends. (cg: lori huston/ neighbor) "i just can't believe she's gone, i don't know, the summers are going to be different without her." all of this happened just feet from neighboring homes. the woman we spoke to said ash was hitting her home, causing her siding to melt. the damage stopped when firemen arrived and sprayed her home down. i have been trying to make since of it all, we still have a lot of unanswered questions as the investigation continues. we've got you covered live in cedar ra

we've got you covered, kristin rogers kwwl news. seven-thousand 642 is just shy of 21 years in office. we'll have coverage throughout thths historic day. decision 2016 coverage: this morning, we're expecting a new des moines register poll sizing up the race forrthe democrats. bernie sanders has been spending more time in iowa hoping to close the gap with the frontrunner hillary clinton. sanders made several stops in eastern iowa the past few days. at one stop -- he said some in the media try to package his campaign into a six-second sound byte. we're not talking in soundbites. we're talking about the real statement. kwwl l as asked repeatedly for a comprehensive, one-on-one interview with senator sanders. we want to sit down and ask him about iowa issues -- as we've done with other candidates -- to go deeper talkikig about. but his campaign has told us no -- time and again -- saying it's new numbers overnight from an nbc-wall stree journal poll show how the republican frontrunners would fare against hillary clinton. tracie potts has

kwwl's kristin rogers sat down with isabel today, kristin how did this get started? she wanted to show veterans they are appreciated, you mennoned the allowance a small girl, th a big "cleaning, picking up toy rooms, and you know picking allowance money, not to spend on herself, but for those who serve our country "you hae to push downwith two fingers." isabel gathered one- hundred handsoaps, that play patriotic songs.. (nats of music) she has handwritten one-hundred letters as well... (nats of marker writting) gifts se hopes bringg joy to veterans this holiday season. (cg: isabel westercamp/ donates to veterans) "dear veteran, thanks for your military service for america, love isabel." (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 serv

offense but these lasers are likely unintentional, by people simply wanting to light up kwwl's kristin rogers dug into this today, kristin what can you i am standing at a home right now where a laser light display is going on and take a look at this, it's very beautiful, lights up the whole house and puts smiles on faces... you would never think there would be a risk involved. "it's the most wonderful time..." a wonderful time of year, where christmas "i hope everybody has a merry christmas, and just have peace." but there's a new light in town... and you don't have to hang it up... harmless if pointed at your house like this one, but they reported seeing a laser, it was traced back to a christmas light display... there was also a similar incident in california...the air traffic manager at the cedar rapids airport tells me lasers can be blinding for pilots... jason mullet says his laser light projector is a new addition to his christmas display this year (cg: jason mullet/ has laser light display) "it's an inexpensive way to make lot of money on it." the federal aviation administration recent

we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. the university is selling tickets starting at one hundred and fifty dollars but get this tickets are selling for over $500 on stub-hub compared to around $140 on the website for the orange bowl playoff game between #1 clemson and oklahoma, so tickets to the rose bowl are very much in demand. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... an island - home to thousands - is about to disappear off the map... find out why it's underwater. and... how governor branstad is remembrance day. --------- --------- --------- i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control dicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breath

the kwwl's kristin rogers has been digging into this all day kristin what do we know? the university has refused to comment but they did sent us an email between president harreld and an angry staff member following the remark... university librarian lisa gardinier spoke up after she heard resident bruce harreld say teachers who do not have their should be shot... she calls what he said replied " i likely will never be able to live to your expectations, but i will try." the response was not good enough for gardinier who called president harreld out for not addressing why she wrote him in the first place. harreld replied back saying it was an "unfortunate and off the cuff remark," and he does not support gun violence in any way. he went on to say he has used the comment before many times and no one has objected it, that's when he apoligized... i spoke with lisa gardinier on the phone... she said she believes harreld's comment wasn't made seriously, but said it's not something to joke about... not just a staff member that was aren't happy about it either." (cg: roseina b

we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. the university police say tips from the public are important for their investigation. contact university of iowa police if you have any information. senator chuck grassley is trying to crack down on a prescription price hike... he and democratic senator ron wyden from oregon announced the results of an eight-month congressional investigation into the pricing of a hepatitis c drug "sovaldi" they found the company upped the price of the drug - which costs a thousand dollars a pill - to maximize revenue. united states senator joni ernst retires from the iowa national guard... ernst served in the iowa national guard for the last 23 years. she announced earlier this year that she planned to retire to ernst served as lietuenant colonel - and served in the middle east as part of operation iraqi freedom. decision 2016... presidential candidate jeb bush in eastern iowa today campaigning. his first stop this morning at the university of dubuque for his coffee and donuts event. the former florid

kwwl's kristin rogers has the story. university librarian lisa gardinier spoke up after she heard president bruce harreld say teachers who do not have their she calls what he said "horrifying and unacceptable.." in an email reply with gardinier, harreld initially replied " i likely will never be able to live to your expectations, but i will try." the response was not good enough for gardinier who called president harreld out for not addressing why she wrote him in the first place. saying it was an "unfortunate and off the cuff remark," and he does not support gun violence in any way. he went on to say he has used the comment before many apoligized... i spoke with lisa gardinier on the phone... she said she believes harreld's comment wasn't made seriously, but said it's not something to joke about... (cg: kristin rogers) "it's not just a staff member that was unhappy with the presidents comment but students aren't happy about it either." (cg: roseina britton/ student) "i'm studying counceling education and supervison so s

that was kristin rogers reporting. fire crews say the fire started one of the children's bedrooms, the homeowner believes it was most likely electrical... iowans are honored nationally for saving a man from a house fire.. cory simooson and matthew tranel are two of 24 people honored with carnegie hero medals. they saved a man whose wheelchair got stuck during a house fire in maquoketa last year. the medal is given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. new this morning...the city of west branch has to pay up. a judge ruling the city owes a wind turbine maker nearly 500- thousand dollars in tax rebates. when acciona windpower built its facility in west branch, the city agreed to eight years of propety tax rebates. but in 2013 -- the city accused the company of not living up to its job creation goal and stopped paying. the judge ruling in the company's favor. a pharmaceuticals c- e-o...who got national attention for spiking the price of an h-i-v dr

kwwl's kristin rogers is live at the airport. kristin, you've been talking with fans who are feeling the excitement. flights started leaving at 5 this morning, and two have left in the last hour, hundreds of hawkeye fans are making their way to california today. fans are obviously excited, many of them snapping photos in the airport and sporting their hawkeye gear. to a number of hawkeye games at the granddaddy of them all, and watch their team take on stanford in the rose bowl. (cg: christine e ummers/ hawkeye fan) "i cannot wait it's the great trip and to get to see the parade as well as the game, we're super excited.." some fans even got jacket printed to show off their excitment for the rose bowl, many fans lined up, as we mentioned hundreds are expected to fly ou day. i will have more with fans flying out to the rose bowl tonight at 5 &6. for now, we've got you covered, kristin rogers...kwwl news. thanks kristin our crew that has been in califonia covering the hawkeyes since saturday-- found some bars are getting ready for th

heard from some hawkeye players this afternoon, i will we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers kwwl news. thanks kristin -- so in case you missed it -- like we mentioned -- the hawkeyes are set to play stanford at four in the afternoon on new years day. and it's going viral-- senator joni ernst mistweets a message -- congratulating the hawkeyes on their big win. the only problem -- they lost in the final minutes to michigan state. this tweet was online for nearly nine minutes last night -- congrats hawkeye football on the big win. with nearly 15- hundred retweets and 700 likes -- the tweet was then taken down. we tried reaching out to senator ernst following the tweet -- but we did not hear back from her staff until this morning. after the tweet was removed this message replaced it -- reading -- sorry for the staff error -- hawkeye football had a great season. as viewers pointed out -- the only problem with that message -- the hawkeye season is not over -- with players preparing for the rose bowl in three weeks. it's turning out to be a wet weekend. meteoroloigst kyle kiel join

we've got you covered, kristin rogers ...kwl news. we are unsure of the exact cause of austin roberts death, we have reached out the spencer hospital, but have not heard back at this time. an eastern iowa community gathered to remember the life of a young man gone too soon the visitation for waterloo west student moe sed was this afternoon at the first united methodist church in waterloo... you're seeing video of a gathering in sed's honor earlier the teen's body was found in the cedar river a little more than a week ago. his funeral will be tomorrow at 10:30 in the morning at the first baptist church in waterloo. for more tails head over to our website kwwl.com now let's check in with storm track seven meteorologist for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we are tracking the chance for scattered rain showers throughout the overnight hours anddinto the mornnng hours on monny. storm track 7 live doppler radar is showing some rain, but much of

that was kristin rogers reporting. fire crews say the fire started in one of the children's bedrooms, the homeowner believes it was most likely electrical... iowans are honored nationally for saving a man from a house ire. cory simonson and matthew tranel are two of 24 people honored with carnegie hero medals. they saved a man whose wheelchair got stuck during a house fire in quoketa last ear. the medal is given to those who risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others. of west branch has to pay up. a judge ruling the city owes a wind turbine maker nearly 500- when acciona windpower built its facility in west branch, the city agreed to eight years of propety tax rebates. but in 2013 -- the city accused paying. the judge ruling in the favor. a pharmaceuticals c- e-o...who got national attention for spiking the price of an h-i-v drug 5-thousand percent...is out on five million dollars bond. not fororprice gauging...but for something he allegedly did as a hedge fund ma

we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. area ambulance service is approaching 19 thousand calls for service so farthis year, they say it's a number that seems high. remember if you see an ambulance cominin with it's lights and sirens on, you can help by pulling over and clearing the road. winter weather means some people may experience car stalling more than normal. mechanics say car fires ann stalling mainly depend on how well maintained your vehicle is. they advise drivers not to ignore car problems... especially in the winter. (andrew torkelson/mechaaic) "i"i you were ignoring your car fill your exhaust with oil, and that could get hot enough to start a fire, and that'd be right underneath the car. you wouldn't even notice until your seat was hot." mechanics say if tt hood of your car were to catch fire while keep it closed and get out. to help prevenenstalling... mechanics s ay keep your fuel tank more than quarter full. an iowa woman breathes a little easier this week -- aer discovering a missle in her basement -- is i

we've got you covered live in iowa city kristin rogers kwwl news. we have the full email exchange on our website. check it out on kwwl dot com. a ten year old boy goes to the hospital after he's hit by a car, trying to get on the bus. it cedar falls at the intersection of 20th and college streets this morning... police say the boy stepped off the curb into traffic while he was walking toward the bus. he was taken to the hospital but we're told he is expected to recover from his injuries. more than 600 thousand students stay home today in los angeles -- after a possible terrorist threat. but a similar threat came to school districts across the country and they were deemed a hoax. jennifer bjorklund has the latest from los angeles... ron and amanda... an abundance of caution ... that is what closed more than nine hundred los angeles unified school district campuses today, and sent more than 750- thousand students home. just after 7 am, parents started getting notifictions to keep their kids home. terrorism. (s/ brian gonzales / lausd just trying to fi

kwwl's kristin rogers has been taking a closer look at the cedar rapids conditions, kristin what do we know? for awhile here it didnn look ke snow falling from the sky, i woulddescribe it asice pellets, ithey hurt when they hit your skinin and they were loud falling from sky, similar to rain, making for slick conditions. i spoke with the streets superintendent this afternoon, he said they are working the plows in three shifts with about 30 plows t at a time. but around 2 a-m it is expected to be all plows on deck with around 90 plows working to clear the streets in time for the morning commute. downtow) "it did make driving, make driving a bit c callenging and there arrjust a lot f and slippery streets." despite the conditions the linn county sherrifs ffice told me there have been some cars in the ditch throughout the day, but there have been no major accidents to report. the cedar rapis airport has had some flights cancelled both to and from chicago and dallas, they said the runways in cedar rapids are clear, however there are we've got you covered live in rogers...kwkwl news. certain

is underway to figure out what started the fire, we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. we are also waiting to hear the cause of the fire. both the medical examiner's office and the fire department are fire crews investigate what they're calling a suspicious fire. crews were called to a home on riehl street in waterloo this morning -- the fire was put out in five minutes and didn't cause much damage. there was one looks like some fog will be in the forecast. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg - he's in the forecast center. information. sky remains cloudy tonight with areas of fog to remain. temperatures are forecast to might have some slippery surfaces overnight and early tuesday morning. use caution when walking or driving. the wind increases during the day upper 30s and low 40s. we are tracking a storm forecast to bring us rain wednesday with highs in the mid 40s. rain amounts could be as high as 0.50". one is dead, dozens injured after a woman drives her car up onto the sidewalk of the very busy las vegas strip -- today,

already in the neighborhood responding to a medical call, at the time of the fire, they kwwl's kristin rogers spoke directly with the 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

is "i'm not sure if what he said was taken out of context but it throughout the world kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with the librarian on the phone... she said harreld's comment was made rhetorically but it's not something to joke about... we did reach out to president harreld to speak to him -- but today, it's back to school for nearly three- quarters of a yesterday, a threat emailed to school board members closed 900 campuses. law enforcement say it came from overseas was credible enough for the superintendent to shut the district down. and send swat teams to some schools. "based on past circumstances, i could not take the chance." another threat. sent from the same ip address. and containing some of the same wording... also was sent to new york city schools. police there are investigating the email as a hoax. this morning, an unusual sight to say the least. on top of a home: a plane. two people were on the plane that landed on a home in georgia. no one was hurt. the plane had taken off from a florida airport. investigators have not said what brought the plane down. a big bombshell from the

we've got you covered in iowa city, kristin rogers, kwwl news. quarterback c-j beathard says he was actually taking a nap during the rose bowl announcement. after waking up to several text messages -- he says he's ex[ited for the big game against stanford at four o'clock on new year's day. the flight to pasadena and tickets to the game won't be cheap -- but hopelly, this ha been hflping fans save a little money ahead of time. gas prices continue to drop across the country. they fell another four cents last week. the national average is at 2-10 a gallon. experts say prices could've dropped even lowererhad the e-p-a not revised its ethanol sales lowest prices it could find in iowa this morning are in ankeny at 1-71 a gallon. a couple fiis up the car and hits the road -- driving five hours to adopt a special cat. melissa brunner takes es to kansas whererethe couple found a storyy on the internet that touched them so much -- they had to act. "i just knew something spoke to me and said i needed to&take care of this cat. honey look, look at oor new cat

we've got you covered in cedar rapids, kristin rogers ...kwwl news. thanks kristin. a waterloo woman has her holiday spirit back...and her christmas lights. the community is coming together- after a grincc stole her laar light display earlier this week. kwwl's lauren moss joins us now live from the woman's home- and lauren it's a different scene than yesterday. amanda, marilyn walther's was sad and her home was dark- after someone stole more than her christmas lights from her...but look at this scene tonight. it's beautiful all thanks to some kind strangers. we brought you marilyn's story last night- after she was devvtated that someone stole her laser light christmas lights mean a lot to marilyn- they remind her of her late husband..so these lights were special to hee.and someonee stole them right off r front lawn. laser lights are sold out at majority of stores..but get this: when the story aired we had several phone calls and messages from people asking how they can lp... last night, two strangers donated two laser light sets for marilyn- restoring her christmas s

kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with buyers and sellers. she joins us live in cedar rapids with the details. kristin? palo is a little more than ten miles from where i am in cedar rapids, however -- the small store of palo outdoors has experienced huge sales the manager believes recent violence has lead to more people wanting to buy guns one customer now because due to the violence he fears guns will be harder to get in the future. it's a concept the manager of (cg: matt schrantz/ manager of palo outdoors) "the pro gun people are defintely concerned so they are taking it upon say." talk of stricter gun control comes after a series of violence. the san barnardio shooting in california marked the 355 mass shooting in the united states this year in 336 days. another part of this recent to feel safe. we've got you covered live in the store manager says the says sales of all types of guns have increased this year. an assault rifle is found -- and a man is arrested following reports of gun shots. police arrest 22- year-old vincent harrington in th

kwwl's kristin rogers spent the day at the university talking with studdts who are upss this happened on their campus. that's right students say it is not welcome on their ccmpus started when a concerned staff member called to report the iowa is calling racist vandiliim this university." triggered an investigation to what university police are calling a hate crime. (cg: sarah barsness/ student) "it is kinds of shocking." it all started with a message carved into a campus door. (cg: k kistin rogers) "this the building where it happened now obviously we aren't able to go inside and show you the door where it was written because it was inside the bathroom." the university won't say what the comment said but the of the words... some students say they aren't suprised this happened... (cg: uzair ahmed/student) "i've defintely heard some things actually around campus even in lectures and even in discussions i've attended i've any of the students i talked to will stand for... (cg: tanner hartsock/ student) "if that's your opinion although stutuents are disappointed it happened they appreciate

we've got you covered in iowa city, kristin rogers, kwwl news. was actually taking a nap during the rose bowl announccent. after waking up to sevval text as a reminder -- the hawks will take on stanford --new years day and it's going viral-- senator joni ernst tweets a message -- congratulating the hawkeyes on their big win. the only problem -- they lost in the final minutes to michigan state. this tweet was online for nearly nine minutes last night -- reading congratssawkeye football on the big win. with nearly 15- hundred retweets and 700 likes -- the tweet was then taken down. we tried reaching out to senator ernst following the tweet -- but we did not hear back from her staff until this morning. after the tweet was removed this message replaced it -- reading -- sorry for the staff error -- hawkeye football had a great season. as vieers pointed out -- the onlnl problem with that message -- the hawkeye season is not over -- with players preparing for the rose bowl in three weeks. track seven meteorologiss kyle kiel for your first forecast. how'

we've got you covered, kristin rogers, kwwl news. we are unsure of the exact cause of austin roberts death, we have reached out the spencer this time. now to a k-w-w-l follow up: waterloo police find the man who they say led officers on a chase. johnathan martin is accused of leading police on a chase on interstate 3-80 between brandon and jesup early this morning. he then crashed and ran away through a cornfield. this all started when waterloo police tried to pull him over because of a request from hardin county...police say they believe he broke into a closed business there.. today martin called for an ambulance from a waterloo home-- to be treated for severe frostbite that he got while running from police. the investigation is on going. and another follow up: prosecutors are reviewing the death of a 4-year-old girl who ied last june to determine whether to file charges an autopsy determined that gracie buss suffered serious head injuries-- but it didn't coofirm how shh gogo those injures. waterloo police have turned the case over

we've got you covered in iowa city, kristin rogers, kwwl news. quarterback c-j beathard says he was actually taking a nap during the rose bowl announcement. after waking up to several text messages -- he says he's excited for the big game against stanford at four o'clock on new yyr's day. in less than an hour... hundreds of people will be heading to the state capitol to protest governor branstad's medicaid managed care proposalf kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in cedar rapids... she's been talking with me of the people that will protesting. jerry i've been out here all morning with ----. a group will be leleving from this location in front of true north in cedar rapids and from iowa city . they are headed to the statecapitol today right process of shifting manngement of health care to four private companies... rhonda helped organize this protest. she's here to tell me why are yoyo guys doing this. a loo of people are upset with the speed of this process. what do you hope to get out of today? hope to let the governorrknow that we are upset. yo

heesaid was taken out of context buttit seems a little inappropriate to throughout the world kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with the librarian on the phone... she said harreld's comment was made rhetorically but it's not something to joke about... we did reach out to president harreld to speak to him -- but he didn't have room in his schedule to meet with us. today, it's back to school for nearly three- quarters of a million students in los angeles. yesterday, a threat emailed to campuses. law enforcement say it came from overseas, and was credible for the superintendent to swat teams to some schools... "based on past circumstances, i could not take the chance." another threat. sent from the same ip address. and containing some of thth same wording... was also sent to new york city schools. police there are investigating the email as a hoax. this morning, an unusual sight o say he least. on top of a home: a plane. two people were on the plane that landed on a home in georgia. no one was hurt. the plane had taken off from a florida airport. investigators have not ssd what brought the plane down. eight

kwwl's kristin rogers, out on the streets talking with drivers tonight kristin what's it likethere? it's s orrible out here, most roads are completely covered including some of the main roads