laurel hollopeter... the floral manager at hy-vee groceries in iowa city... was chosen to lead the project that would send thousands of yellow roses to the hawkeye footballl team and some athletics department staff. (sot. cg: laurel hollopeter/hyvee floral manager) "we had to make 125 dozen roses, then there were some larger pieces. it ended up there were over 200 pieces of arrangements that went over to the football facility on the west side of the campus." hollopeter found out about the before the roses were to be sent to the university. he said this is the biggest arrangement he and his team have deadline... but said he never says never to a challenge. hollopeter considers himself one of the biggest hawkeye fans out there... and was honored to lead this project for the team. coming up... what do behind the san bernardino terror attack were shooting. and... choo choo santa. the holiday train rolls into town... marquette. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg

when laurel hollopeter... the floral manager at the hy-vee on south first avenue in iowa city... got the call he was football team and athletic staff... in under 24 hours... he knew it would be no problem. (sot) "i never say never. you know, you give me a task, i'll the biggest project he's ever and because hollopeter has an eye for design... he's also been invited to the rose bowl to work on the rose parade's fiesta dole food company float. (sot. cg: hillary maglin) "while this is the first time hollopeter has led a project like this, this won't be his first time at the rose bowl." in fact... it will be his eighth time there. (sot) "the first year i volunteered, and then i actually called fiesta to get some information for the newspaper at because we want you to come this year however... will lived a lifetime dream, and now this year i'm calling this the ultimate trip because our beloved hawkeyes are playing in the rose bowl again." hollopeter also tells us the parade float he will work on... is projected to be the winner this year. it's the season of giving- and the salvation a

cg: laurel hollopeter/hyvee floral manager) "we had to make 125 dozen roses, then there were some larger pieces. it ended upp there were over 200 pieces of arrangements that went over to the football facility on the west side of the campus." $& he says this is the biggest arrangement he and his team have had to make under such a tight deadline. -- was up to the one of the biggest hawkeye fans out there... project for the team. coming up on kwwl... dash cam video shows a wild police chase ending in a deadly shootout. plus.. authorities using some high-tech gear at a sheriff's chopper. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... "you're watching kwwl. we've and sports with rick colema. anncr: when the attacks come here... ...the person behind this desk will have to protect your family. will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump? will he have voted to dramatically weaken cocoter-terrorism surveieiance, like ted cruz? will he have skipped crucial national security heari

laurel hollopeter will begin decorating floats with thousands of roses tomorrow. every year - he works until the last minute to make sure floats for the rose parade are picture perfect for new year's morning.as a floral manager for the iowa city hyvee - he's used to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes - he's also a lifelong fan. that's why this rose bowl is all the more meaningful - he'll get to cheer on his favorite team as he carries on his tradition. "this is the ultimate trip - you figure there's going to be probably 80,000 iowa fans there, i know a lot of people who are going - it's just going to be...it's the dream season." season."laurel says it's always an early morning before they kick off the rose parade. they get up to finish the final touches at 4:30 a.m. if you're not ready to head back to work on monday, maybe call the boss and ask if you can stay home, because we're tracking some tricky stuff in the forecast. and coming up in sports sportsthe hawkeyes -- were having a little fun in the sun -- why today was a day to forget about friday's

laurel hollopeter clings onto anything featuring the hawkeyes in the grand-daddy of them all. all. "grewup a hawkeye fan, i follow them all along - as you clippings here are from the rosebowl in 1982."now - the florist will bring home even more memories from pasadena. pasadena. "well we're going to win the rose bowl first."the iowa city hyvee floral manager is no stranger to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes - -like this assortment of yellow roses when the team came home from the big ten championship in indiana. indiana. "laurel is one of the most respected floral managers in our entire company and as a hawkeye fan, he's probably one of the biggest fans i'vet met." and for several years, the avid hawkeye fan's also taken his artistic talents to colorado boulevard - "i guess i can't imagine not going and working on floats." where thousands see e his creatitis in the rose parade. this year - he's looking forward to more than just decorating the floats. floats.a strong season gave him a gut feeling to prepare even earlier for the road to the roses.he booked his flight d

laurel hollopeter is a floral designer for the dole float. this is the eighth times he's helped with the floats. this year's 55-foot long dole float has a tropical theme...with over 30-thousand flowers. "prepping containers, prepping flowers, stuff like that. we have to re-process all the flowers to make sure they hold up for the length of time when we're putting them on. so, monday will probably be the first day that we put a lot of flowers on the float." float included an acrobatic element... it actually features a zip-line. you can catch the 2016 rose parade right here on channel 13 friday morning at ten a-m. this is just the beginning of our rose bowl coverage here at five. a little later we'll go live to pasadena to check in with keith murphy and the gang. fortunately mother nature is giving travelers a break today... but tomorrow morning it could get dicey again... let's check in with meteorologist brett mcintyre for a first look at the forecast... mostly cloudy skies will continue across the state overnight. a few more snow showers may

overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. jordan: sports adlib jack: today is the 74th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. jack: but next. today is the 74th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. we'll take a look back on that day, coming up. "your watching local 5 meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." stephanie: today marks 74 years since what president franklin roosevelt called "a day which will live in infamy". on december seventh, 19-41, japan's navy and air force launched a surprise attack on pearl harbor, hawaii. their target: the united states navy's pacific fleet. more than 24- hundred americans were killed at pearl harbor. half the u-s fleet was lost, and all eight battleships were damaged or destroyed. congress immediately declared war on japan -- and nazi germany then declared war on the united states. stephanie: remembrances continue to be hel

the effort was headed up by floral manager laurel hollopeter, who has helped create several rose bowl floats and who will be traveling g is year to pasadena, calif., to work on a float. it took 5 delivery vans to carry the 4,300 yellow roses to the center this afternoon. after delivery, the employeesset up the floral arrangements throughout the building's atrium, staircases and trophy display area still to come... more women than ever are beating breast cancer eses days and doctors say that how women take care of themselves after cancer treatments can be just as important. fred: (fred) melting snow will continue as we see 50s for highs this week. but will there be any new snow next week? your forecast is next. fred: jenna: tim: (tim) fred, how long will this warm weather last? (fred) we'll see 50s through friday! fred (fred) here is the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in sioux city. 53 was the those numbers are well above normal! 52 is our temperature in sioux city. local temperatures range from the 30s northeast to the 50s light winds, wind close to the a

laurel hollopeter is floral designer for the dole float in this year's tournament of roses parade. think of him as the project's "rose wrangler." "i think on the bed of ours, there's over 30,000." "ours is a tropical theme, 'soaring in paradise,' for the dole float." "prepping containers, prepping have to re-process all the flowers to make sure they hold up for the length of time when we're putting them on. so, monday will probably be the first day that we put a lot of flowers on the float." the 55 foot long by 26 foot high float will be the 8th one hollopeter has helped put together. this completely new acrobatic element. "this year, there's actually the first- ever zipline. on the float, there will be a person going back and forth on a zipline." and with the hawkeyes finally earning that well-deserved ticket to the rose bowl, this year's trip will be a special one for hollopeter. "when i booked my tickets to go fly in september, i said, 'let's come back on the 2nd, i just have this feeling.' and my feeling came true." "it's going to be a fun experience with having the hawkeyes ou

sherman along with laurel hollopeter of victor, iowa, are two of the many, many florists working tirelessly between now and new years eve. "the behehd the scenes is what's really, really amazing. people have no idea what goes i.to this." "i don't know how many carts of roses come in. it's unreal the amount.t."when we see these floats with nothing on them and realize we're going to make them all come to life, it's pretty exciting." while most of the people working on the floats don't have much interest in who's playing in the football game that follows the parade, hollopeter and sherman are beyond thrilled that this year they have a reason to pay attention. "i have the hat on. i have one of my shirts on." "we are totally, totally excited about having iowa here. we get to go to the game which is great." even though there isn't a might have a trick up his sleeve for the wanting to kee some black and gol "we don't do the big ten float here at fiesta, but with my red jacact we're able to get right up to the floats and i'm going to do something hawkeye related once i get on that float." sherman s

overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. hollopeter was absolultey thrilled to help the hawkeyes celebrate the major accomplishment. jack: going to the rose bowl yourself will cost you. stephanie: right now you'll have to dish out for a round trip ticket to l-a. and that's still 30 miles from pasadena where the game is played. hotels will be anywhere from 200 to 400 bucks a night - and most of the four and five star rooms are already booked. and the big ticket item - the actual ticket- is between 150 and 185 dollars. but those will go to season ticket holders and major donors. stephanie: jack: hawks are busy on the basketball court tonight too... court tonight jordan: both iowa and ranked cyclones in action tonight, final game before the cy- hawk battle on thursday... coming up on local 5 sports,iowa western illinois was a career night for players on both teams... jordan/bam: and iowa state hit the court to battle for the game up in ames. but tonigh

the effort was headed up by floral manager laurel hollopeter, who has helped create several rose bowl floats and who will be traveling this year to pasadena, calif., to work on a float. it took 5 delivery vans to carry the 4,300 yellow roses to the center coming up in sports...west is off to a three and oh start on the basketball court, but they got a challenge from north tonight. find out if they could avoid the upset. tim plus football season for our local teams officially wrapped up over the weekend, so chris will have a countdown of the best plays of the year after the jenn weeks worth of top plays, thinning out the best of the best from the football seasonon it wasn't easy, but here are the abc9 top plays of the week, football season edition. as always these are made by local for local viewers and we kick things off just up the road in hinton. terrill henrich, he was a regular on the countdown this year and it's because he just made defenses look silly a lot. the first part of the run isisice, but check out the final move he puts on t poor safety--no chance. gives the leg and tak

laurel hollopeter clings onto anything featuring the them all. all. "grew up a hawkeye fan, i follow them all along - as you can see the newspaper clippings here are from the rosebowl in 1982."now - the florist will bring home even more memories from pasadena. pasadena. "well we're going to win the rose bowl first."the iowa city hyvee floral manager is no stranger to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes - -like this assortment of yellow roses when the team came home from the big ten championship in indiana. indiana. "laurel is one of the most respected floral managers in our entire company and as a hawkeye fan, he's probably one of the biggest fans i'vet met." and for several years, the avid hawkeye fan's also taken his artistic talents to colorado boulevard - "i guess i can't imagine not going and working on floats." where thousands see his creations in the rose parade. this year - he's looking forward to more than just decorating the floats. him a gut feeling to prepare even earlier for the road to the roses.he booked his flight months a

we had a chance to speak with laurel hollopeter before he puts his floral arranging skills to work in sunny california. california.he starts decorating the floats with thouounds of roses tomorrow. every year - he works until the last minute to make sure the floats are picture perfect for new year's morning.as a floral manager for the iowa city hyvef - he's used to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes. he's also a lifelong fan. that's why this rose bowl is all the more meaningful - he'll get to cheer on his favorite team as he carries on his trition. "this is the ultimate trip -

overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. all: (reax) sabrina time for another short break...when we return a look at your headlines but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this. "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina: thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolate

laurel hollopeter is floral designer for the dole float in this year's tournament of roses rade. think of him as the project's "rose wrangler." "i think on the bed of ours, there's over 30,000.""ours is a tropical theme, 'soaring in paradise,' for the dole float." he'll arrive in l.l. tonight, anan then on sunday, it't'an early rise and shine to get the float ready for decorations. "prepping containers, prepping flowers, stuff like that. we have to re-process all the flowers to make sure they hold up for the length of time when we're putting them o o so, monday will probably be the first day that we put a lot of flowers on the float." the 55 foot long by 26 foot high float will be the 8th one hollopeter has helped put together. this year's design will incorporate a completely neneacrobatic element. "this year, there's actually the first-ever zipline. on the float, there will be a person going back and forth on a zipline." and with the hawkeyes finally earning that well-deserved t tket to the rose bowl, this year's trip will be a special one for hollopeter. "when i booked my ticke

heheas been doininit for the last seven it years his name laurel hollopeter and he talked about cool experience of getting work behind the scenes. i enjoyed talking to the players again. i talked to jaleel johnson and askekehim why he plays so o gry and he told me his entire family is mean his grandpa his dad. he also said he is having a great time favorite thing to do here. i got to eat a funnel cake, a few hit dogs. big slab of beef, corn and i love applpl pie. we might hit the beach later today and i will feature cj beathard who had really developed as a starting qb. you will have a story on all the people covering this game. ya the hoards of media from all over. we will have that all at 6 and 10 back you in the studio. the tournament of roses parade will air live from pasadena, time. you can watch it right here on kcrg-tv9. that's right after our one-hour special ountdown to kickoff." " " let's check in one last time mobile weather lab, he's checking out the streets this morning. chris, how's it going? the plows are out and roads are out here. the main drags are all plowed and pr

overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. local five news midday. we'll be back after this. after this. sabrina amy barth, dementia subject matter expert and administrator at arbor springs, cell phone the holidays hold lots of opportunity for people who may have family members with dementia - especially undiagnosed dementia. if you don't see your parents or older relatives all the time but are going to be with them over the holidays - now is the time to look for these signs of dementia. amy will focus on these top three signed out of the ten available on the checklist difficulty finding the right words, apathy being repetitive questions for amy 1. we have posted a list of ten signs you suggest might indicate a person is starting to experience dementia. how many of these does a person need to exhibit before they get help? 2. what should we be looking for when we are trying to de

overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. all: (reax) well time now for another short break... but when we come back... we take a look at consumer news ...with some big deals in the works and falling through in your money. ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live. "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina: keurig green mountain has been sold to an investor group led by j-a-b holding. the group will pay 13-point-9 billion dollars for the k-cup maker. the investor group that bought keurig green mountain coffee and tea, stumptown coffee roasters and caribou coffee. j-a-b holding also owns jimmy choo and perfume maker coty. sabrina: meanwhile, g-e has scrapped a multi-billion dollar deal to sell its home appliance business to swedish company electrolux. the deal had been opposed by u-s regulators due to competition concerns. the company says it will continue to run the business as i

sherman along with laurel hollopeter of victor, iowa, are two of the many, many florists working g relessly between nowow and new years eve. "the behind the scenes is what's really, really amazing. people have no idea what goes into this." "i don't know how many carts of toses come in. it's unreal the amount." "when we see these flolos with nothing on them and realize we're going to make them all come to life, it's pretty exciting." while most of the people working on the floats don't have much interest in football game that follows the parade, hollopeter and sherman are beyond thrilled that this year they have a reason to pay attention. "i have the hat on. i have one of my shshts on." e are totally, totally excited about having iowa here. we get to go to the game which is great." even though there isn't a float specifically for iowa, hollopeter might have a trick up his sleeve for those wanting to see some black and gold. "we don't do the big ten float here at fiesta, but with my red jacket we're able to get right up to the fats and i'm going to do something hawkeye related once i get on t

laurel hollopeter of victor, iowa is a floral designer for the 'dole' float at this year's rose parade. he has lots of experience because he manages a hy-vee floral department. he says on the bed of his one float alone, there are more than 30,000 roses. he says it's a lot of work and he gives us a hint about something completely new this year. >> prepping containers, prepping flowers, stuff like that. we have to re-process all the flowers to make sure they hold up for the length of time when we're putting them on. so, monday will probably be the first day that we put a lot of this year, there's actually the first-ever zipline. on the float, there will be a person going back and forth on a zipline. shaina: that sounds like a fun job. he says he booked his tickets in september so the fact that iowa is playing in the rose bowl just makes it even better. he did not know at the time. eric: i'll have to look for him out there in pasadena. i'm heading there along with a team of people from kcci. our engineers mel konrad and al snyder are already on their way in our newstar 8 satellite truck .

cg: laurel hollopeter/hyvee floral manager) "we had to make 125 dozen roses, that went over to the football facility o the west side of the campus." we asked hy-vee -- and they told there was nothing significant about the number of roses -- 43-hundred, but they wanted to do something to congratulate the team. they also said -- so far -- there are no plans in the works to deliver red roses if they win. the salvation army is working to help families in need. the organization's gym in waterloo is stacked with toys for all ages. toys were donated from people in the community, toys for tots, and walmart's fill the truck toy drive. we spoke to a mother of 5 who says she is grateful. really thankful because i just moved to little short so this is a great help-out for me and my kids this year and i would like to tell you guys thank you so much. families also got food and a scarf for each child. its with the forecast from storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel next. hdeveloping overnight. evansdale police were involved in a chase early this morning. officers won't say much -- just that the chase

the effort was headed up by floral manager laurel hollopeter, who has helped create several rose bowl floats traveling this year to pasadena, calif., to work on a float. it took 5 delivery vans to carry the 43 hundred yellow center jessica rae: sorts concerning iowa governor terry branstads an to privatize medicaid in iowa. the governor is extending the time period for medicaid providers to receive full reimbursement from january 1st to april 1st. the state senate oversight committee got together to take a closer look at the governors plan to move medicaid from state run to 4 private companies. reporter amanda krenz has more " amanda intro: 23:21:31 25 days left. that's how much time remains before medicaid switches to managed care, affecting 560- thousand iowans. nats of cheers cheers echoed through the state capitol when these iowans heard their questions being asked. they were bused in from around the state to listen in on this medicaid hearing. anna 23:12:11 thisiss people that are being affected. not just numbers. the crowd represented iowans from all walks of life, with differen