mason city, three above, 10 in ottumwa. when you factor in the wind, it just feels cold. 17 below in mason city. things will improve as we live throughout the morning hours, but still a very chilly start to notice by 3:00, zero. we stayed pretty much below zero for most of the day today for feels like temperatures. alyx: more big stories this morning, family and friends rallied friday demanding justice for shirley cart more than 100 people gathered to remember the marion county woman at the knoxville courthouse. carter was shot to death in her rural lacona home in june. her husband filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their son , jason carter. people at the rally say they don't understand why an arrest hasn't been made. >> it's just as if the judicial system had come to a screeching halt. she was just a loving sister. i don't think she had an enemy in the world. she was just a great all around girl. alyx: both the county attorney and marion county sheriff's citing an ongoing investigation. if you're lucky enough to beat t

urbandale plays host to mason city last night. first quarter, nobody going to guard him so he makes a 17 foot urbandale answering. trevor miller inside. he lays it in for two. the big man is nimble. mason city, too much in this one, the hawks wins 69-30 the final. polk and valley. tony seeman has our coverage from the game. >> valley taken on southeast polk, two of the best teams and what is better than that? let's roll the highlights. two teams that know how to score and put up a three. desk for valley. -- for valley. lead. player of the game, casey stewart could not miss with a career-high 35 points. southeast polk wins 75-60. >> we came back hard. >> we knew this was a big game for us and we came together, got the right shot for our team, and it helped our game. >> southeast polk is 10-2, the squirrel abides. >> more girls hoops last night, johnston was ranked number one until they got the by mason city. last night, taking on ames. johnston would answer, rachel handers dialing long-distance. johnston would win this one comforta

mason city pulls off the stunner, rims out, and mason city a winner, 51-50 the final. dragons fall on the road. more five a girls, waukee at home against the east high scarlets. this is one of the more fun rivalries in the state. kylie coleman on this deal. cannot leave and he alone, she buries the triple. one more time, waukee would go 69-42. carly littlefield to rebecca corbett, back to littlefield. waukee wins 85-51. our final stop last night was van meter, where the bulldogs played des moines christian. andy pruitt for des moines christian in rhythm buries the , triple. mckenzie roberts missed, mckenzie roberts makes. pruitt again, splitting the defense and laying it in. des moines christian had a 23-22 lead and would go on to win 55-44. college hoops last night, and iowa sweep. drake beat the missouri valley. northern iowa over wichita state, both of those wins on the road. congratulations to former iowa who yesterday was inducted into the college football hall of to haveu got people working incredibly long hours. median family income today -- $4,000 less than it

across town from bernie sanders here in mason city. christine and miguel. >> thanks for that. >>> asian shares finished lower. shanghai down 3%. carefully watching european stocks and u.s. stocks. they are looking a bit more upbeat. the federal reserve said the economy lost momentum at the end of the year. drawing the line with the global and financial stress. that is something that got attention on wall street. the fed did not raise interest rates. the volatility will change the plan to raise rates this year. the dow plunged on this news. closing down 223 points. that acknowledgment from the fed really caught investors off guard. >>> facebook shares soared this year. for the last quarter of 2015, facebook imagine $1.6 billion. facebook managed to add more people and making more money off each of you. that's what drives the bottom line. >> amazing. >>> breaking news overnight. the standoff with the fbi and militia men in oregon may be winding down. new arrests as the leader calls for protesters to stand down. >>> breaking development o

made it up to four january 1. 29 in mason city. we do not have any cloud cover to keep the heating of the day close to the ground. cloud cover overnight acts like a blanket. when you lose the insulation, just like laying in that without a blanket, it is cold. high pressure is in control. 15 in minneapolis. 20's to the west for rapid city. his mark is 10 degrees -- bismarck is 10 degrees. nor three-day planner, we will keep the sunshine. we do not have any snowstorms. today, 36 degrees. the sunshine will stick around. monday, around average. we keep the calm and quiet details, coming up. alyx: the mayor of johnston is running 200 miles is month as part of a community challenge. paula dierenfeld promised to run one mile for every bag of groceries or $10 the community donates to the food pantry. she has run 26-miles in 2-days. >> i kind of prepared. we had a good response. we had a good response yesterday. i expected to have an incredible response. it has been amazing. alyx: paula dierenfeld hopes to do this again next year, frank: we

mason city's tyler toebe, knocks down the jumper. and his hair is perfect. mason city with a great start. nice passing inside to trevor miller for the bucket. watch this passing, chancellor house with a move looking nimble. the final in that one. we will take a break. e are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it. andy: welcome back to friday night hoops. let us get to girls basketball. our game of the week looked great on paper out at southeast polk, the rams taking on valley. tony seeman's shows us. tony: the best teams, this is really awkward. let us role the highlights. two teams the know-how to score, know how to put up a three. the deep three keeps the tigers in it. the senior dropping thre

and bernie sanders stops in mason city at 7 p-m.... as for republicans, mike huckabee talked to iowans in des moines this morning. he spoke to the iowa pork producers association "pork congress forum" at hy-vee hall. he talked about food processing, campaign endorsements, and other republican candidates. he told the crowd that where big money goes...big influence goes... one topic he wouldn't discuss is trump...he only would say the presidential candidate is self funded... 23:49:01:29-23:49:20:16 "this country is not going to change...until the people have had enough and they start divorcing themselves of supporting financed by the same handful of the uber wealthy who i promise you have no clue what you do in iowa and how you live." huckabee will be in ames in a half hour...to speak at jeff's pizza as for rick santorum...he is speaking in mason city at this hour....he will later head to hampton, iowa falls, and ames. carly fiorina is in oskaloosa this noon hour. later tonight, she heads to des moines to speak at the heritage gallery an

fort dodge, air temperature, 14 below zero, 15 below in mason city. five below in ottumwa, six below for mason city -- please make sure you bundle up as you head out to breakfast or church. by 3:00, things improve a little bit, 15 below. 9:00, after sunset things start to get cold again. i will tell you just how low the temperatures will go. alyx: a lot of closures to be aware of as well. those continue to update at the bottom of your screen. take a look right now at 511ia.org. much of the state is in the clear, green meaning normal conditions. blue means partially covered. and pink means completely covered. beware of on and off ramps as they are a little slick and road less traveled seems to be a little more slick as well. also watching the roads for us this morning is the iowa state patrol. joining us on the phone is trooper andy klein. >> drivers can expect a good travel today on the interstate as far as the road conditions, but obviously we are dealing with those cold temperatures you have been talking about. alyx: what are the worst conditions li

the email looks as though it's coming from someone with mason city schools and it's asking the parents to verify their don't click on that email the strict says delete it right away-------pkg------parents in the mason school district got a note home yesterday not from a teacher but an email from the district advising them about an email that would seek to confirm their email with dropbox((tracey carson/mason city schools spokeswoman))"one of our employees received an email from a trusted colleague from columbus yesterday. email looks very legitimate opens it up the problem is it's a phishing email."tracey carson the district spokeswoman says they sent out the warning because they are sure at least some homes have received the email((sot))"not only that we've also reached out colleagues across the state are getting it as well."the district was able to take care of it but it continues to have a life of its own((sot))"we were able to delete it completely from our internal system but what we were afraid of is for anyone outside our system we can't go in and manage their email so we wanted

mason city pulls off the stunner , rims out, and mason city a winner, 51-50 the final. more five a girls, waukee at home against the east high score let's. this is one of them -- east high score let's -- scarlets. andy buries the triple. one more time, waukee would go 69-42. carly littlefield, corbett, back to littlefield. waukee wins 85-51. our final stop last night was van meter, where the bulldogs played des moines christian. and rhythm, buries the triple. mckenzie roberts messed, mckenzie roberts makes. des moines christian had a 23-22 lead and would go on to win 55-44. college hoops, and iowa sweep. drake beat the missouri valley. northern iowa over wichita state , both of those wins on the road. congratulations to formalize cyclones great elected into the the economy rigged? well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue

and mason city... senator ted cruz is visiting them all today... the republican presidential candidate started the day in mason city... there he criticized president obama's executive orders aimed at stopping gun violence. cruz says the white house is more concerned about attacking the second amendment than attacking isis. cruz is in a dead-heat in iowa with donald trump.. but says he's tired of being asked about his main opponent. presidential candidate "i feel confident that i'm never going to have a plane with my name painted on it. i'm not going to worry about any of the other candidates, i like them all i like every one of the other republicans senator marco rubio... he's focusing much of his campaign on the new hampshire primary.... and during a townhall today blamed the obama administration for the backlog of cases at v-a... presidential candidate "a year and the president signed this law that executive at the va, who isn't doing a good job. let me tell you, you are more likely to win the powerball than you are to be fired from the va." the

a lot of this isn't reaching the of mason city, and again in western iooa. so here's ffure track tonight showing the chance for a little light rain, and temperatures will be near freezing so there could be a little light snow oj freezing rain with the system, so we will temperattes are above freezing right now. hehee are a look at the current temperatures. our attention is focused on the major winter storm for early next week. a few changesn the forecas you can see on your screen. a mix of rain and snow possible southeast, with heavier snow the farther northwest you go. also, a lot of wind likely out of this snow. all the details in just a few minutes. caucus -- and the entire state is seeing a fair share of presidential candidates -- making their final kwwl's kristin rogers joins us ve from cedar rapids tonight -- where the clintons are campaigning together. kristin? on saturday, january 30, gun violence prevention advocates former congresswoman gabrielle giffords and captain mark kelly will campaign for hillary clinton in iowa. giffords and kelly will join

win 56 to 39 bounce back after their double overtime loss to city high -- taking on 4th ranked mason city the mohawks jumped out to an 11 point lead in the 2nd -- but back come the the women of troy -- logan cook sinks the turn-around jay -- she finished with 6 points and 9 reboundsthen later in the quarter -- cailyn morgan dials long distance and connects from deep and west was just getting started -- this time it's maddie fay for three -- as west gets a big win -- 53to 39 the final over mason city. on the mat -- iowa state advanced to the finals of the virginia duals -- the cyclones beat chattanooga 22 to 13 -- they'll face virgina tech in the finals -- and in division 3 -- wartburg won their 6th straight n-w-c-a national duals title we will be right back to take one last you've upgraded all your old technology... so what about this? it's time to get into the new with ford come and get it if you really want it... new is ecoboost technology. new is a foot-activated liftgate. new is tougher, stronger and lighter. new is ford. america's best-selling brand. now get into a new focus, fusion,

the former president will be in mason city tonight at 6:30. he has appearances tomorrow in waverly, mount vernon, new york city mayor bill de blasio is also set to campaign for hillary clinton here in iowa. the mayor and his wife will spend 4 days in our state. they will return to new york the day after iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses. de blasio was clinton's campaign manager during her successful 2000 u.s. senate bid. other candidates in the state today include martin o'malley, who's at grinnell college right now. he'll be in ames at 7:45. carly fiorina will be at the heritage gallery in des moines at 5:30 and rube's steakhouse in waukee at 7:30. mike huckabee will be at saints avenue cafe in boone at 5:30. rick santorum will be at a house party in ames at 7:00. john kasich and chris christie are both in eastern iowa. stacey: the sun returned and everybody who got to see it really enjoyed it. kurtis: it helped warm us up. we had some clouds moving in but we topped out at 40 degrees. hope you had a chance to enjoy a the warmest readings out

mason city, 33. ottumwa, 35. your planner -- we stay above freezing. all rain right through tomorrow afternoon. we will see a changeover late in the day. to the northwest, there will be snow. a couple of rounds right through saturday morning. an area of 3-5, and then from mason city back through council bluffs a line of 1-3. in central iowa, looks to be half an inch. stacey: you've seen the videos. some hoverboards that were all the rage for christmas catch fire when people try to ride them. steve: the re-chargable batteries that power the boards can overheat, causing them to bust into flames. well, now one iowa university is warning students who got them for christmas to leave them at home. kcci's kim st onge has at story that's new at 6:00. recently announced that hoverboards will no longer be allowed in residence halls, dining halls, and apartments on campus because of the fire risk. today, i learned drake is considering a similar ban. the brightly colored, self-balancing motorized scooters quickly became the hottest item on holiday wish lists. they

overnight, a dusting of snow will work in from a northern part of the state from mason city toward ford city. down through des moines, a light dusting as possible for 25 degrees. elizabeth: potholes usually pop up at the end of the winter. emmy: morning commuters may want to watch out for some of those hidden puddles on the streets. a large indication of a pothole underneath. we expect to see a lot more of those because of the bidder to warm temperatures you can see just beside me on the ground. this is a lot of what we will see this winter. >> it does look like this weather has been harder on the pavement than a solid freeze would be. emmy: this is how those potholes form. water gets into cracks on the street. it freezes underneath the ground and it calls out, damaging some payment -- pavement. it only takes a mini van or truck to hit a spot on the ground to open a hole. the city is responding to this earlier than normal. they have a high demand of about repairing some of those holes,. hot asphalt can only be used in the spring. if you see a crew out working to repair those, you want t

sanders was campaigning tonight in mason city. he brought along some extra star power, too. actress susan sarandon introduced him before sanders criticized fellow candidate donald trump. conservatives and labor people saying this man is insulting minorities, he is scapegoating, we don't want him to come into our country. think about how this man is going to deal with the world when he can't even deal with our strongest ally. mr. clinton there's only one : person who is a probing -- who a proven change maker in hostile territory. and there's only one person who says i will never make the enemy the good. people cannot wait to get their incomes up, their health care better. steve: former president bill clinton was also in mason city tonight, campaigning for his wife hillary. he called her a born change-maker, saying everything she's ever touched, she has made better. hillary clinton was campaigning herself earlier today at a crowded adel family fun center. she stood in front of the bowling alleys to make a point of how she supports small the former u.s. secretary of state focus

mason city, you are on the wrong side of zero at eight below. looking at highs in the middle 20's across central and southern iowa. still taking -- staying in the teens for the northern parts of the state. we will have a few flurries from time to time today, followed by light snow in the evening and overnight. that will signal more cold air coming our way. tomorrow, highs struggling to get above 10 degrees. eric: new this morning, a former theater now has new owners. kcci's alyx sacks is live from merle hay road where nova 10 cinema's used to be. sounds like the new tenants have big plans? alyx: that is right. hard to recognize it. now it is a salvation army family store, so they have everything from these cool albums two books to clothing to jewelry. it is amazing to see how far this building has come. it used to be a nova 10 cinema, and once we show you those pictures, hard to recognize what it has become right now. a lot of hard work and dedication went into transforming this building into what it is now. a big opening weekend, how did it go?

new at 10:00, officials with a mason city animal shelter say they've found a home for a 14-year-old terminally ill golden retriever named goldie. she's been at the humane society of northern iowa since she was abandoned three years ago. volunteers tried unsuccessfully to find a home for her. and thursday, the shelter announced they were looking for someone to provide hospice car for the final days of goldie's life, after they learned of her cancer diagnosis. take goldie home. next at 10:00, contamination crisis. the famous face at the forefront of the water problems in flint, michigan. plus, leonardo dicaprio is left for dead, but returns in an oscar-nominated movie and performance. john pascuzzi checks out "the revenant." and is was a big day for iowa state, but a long day for northern iowa. we head to cedar falls, later in sports. 10:00. announcer: this is iowa's news leader. this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: right now, the u.s. and european union are lifting nuclear-related sanctions on iran. the in

bernie sanders had a mason city event.ll clinton shows up, rescheduled for mason city and appearing at just about the same time. jockeying back and forth, one starting after another and miles apart. both you and sanders people, you're all watching each other's moves. >> i would say that iowa becomes a small state when you've got so many candidates and supporters who are here in the final five days, so secretary will be here a lot between now and caucus day. she's been here doing events every day, so i think iowans see a lot of her. >> it's a giant chess board. >> exactly, 3d chess here. thanks for having me. >>> coming up, full-court press. the clintons take iowa by storm. all clintons, over 20 campaign events in the next few days. you see bill clinton there, as we speak. you're watching a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" live from iowa. e*trade is all about seizing opportunity. so i'm going to take this opportunity to go off script. so if i wanna go to jersey and check out shotsy tuccerelli's portfolio, what's

people bought those tickets in walnut, mason city, west des moines, davenport, cedar rapids, and polk city. still ahead on the channel 13 news at noon. an auction that raises money for a children's charity in the metro. how you can be involved and purchase tickets. plus... a new food truck will serve iowans fresh food and help others at the same time... how the local organization plans to help iowans with disabilities. "we are so excited because this food trucks have become a popular place to get a meal in des moines. now, one non-profit has plans for a food truck with a purpose. as people look forward to the sizzle of the grill... a metro non-profit plans to offer a new place to grab food on the go. @13:58 "we are going to be launching a program, hopefully this spring/summer. it's going to be called food truck with a purpose." easter seals iowa helps people with disabilities live, learn, work and play in the community. the organization is looking for a truck and developing a menu. the goal is to provide job @14:16 "they would have opportunity to learn how to develop a menu, to market

senator sanders when he campaigns with actress and activist susan sarandon on wednesday night in mason city, iowa. that is live 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. coming up in 30 minutes, hillary clinton campaigns in marshalltown, iowa at the br miller middle school, libra to the white house coverage here on c-span. c-span's campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house for the iowa caucuses. monday, february 1 come our live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern on both c-span and c-span2. we will bring you like pre-caucus coverage, taking your phone calls, tweets and tax. 8:00 p.m. eastern, we'll take you to the republican caucus on c-span and the democratic caucus on c-span2. in its entirety, be sure to stay with c-span and join in on the conversation on c-span radio, and on c-span.org. next, of the nation magazine on progressive politics and campaign 2016. from washington journal, this is 45 minutes. to our website for more information. us from new york is the editor and publisher of the ,ation magazine, katrina heuvel good morning. who did you support? guest: we endorsed berni

west tryininto bounce back after their double overtime loss to city high -- taking on 4th ranked mason city the mohawks jumped out to an 11 point lead in the 2nd -- but back come the the women of turn-arorod jay -- she finished with 6 points and 9 reboundsthen later in the quarter -- cailyn morgan dials long distance and connects from deep and west was just getting started -- this time itit maddie fay for three -- as west gets a big win -- 53to 39 the final over mason city. western dubque looking to stay undefated -- taking on spirit lakethlady bobcats are good at a lot of things -- and finding the open player -- is one of them -- abigal doplphin -- open -- abigal dolphin hits the three -- the game was tied at the breakbut the second half belonged to western dubuque -- morgan pitz -- gets the hoop and the harm -- she finished with 12 in her first game back from tearing her a- c-lthen a little high low action from the bobcats -- megan moss -- working down low -- part of 26 straight t for western dubuque -- they win 49 to 28. benton and regina drew the short straw for the early game at the ce

he was in mason city and he had over 1100 people. and he launched attacks of his own going after hillary clinton for being in philadelphia raising money. >> i am delighted to it be here with you tonight in mason city. my opponent is not in iowa tonight. she is raising money from a philadelphia investment firm. frankly, i would rather are be here with you. >> reporter: that plays in sander's message of how he thinks that hillary clinton is too cozy with wall street. the clinton campaign said bernie sanders is saying he launched a clean campaign. but he's going negative now. sanderses insist it is a contrast. clinton is trying to wrap her arms around president obama the and she was operating herself when she was in the lead and now embracing the president big time. >> i spent a lot of hours in the situation room and i was advising the president whether to go after bin laden based on the intelligence. we spent hours sorting it out. and not all of his advisors were in agreement. i advised that it was absolutely essential to go after bin

marriott on collins road.this is footage from a town hall in wraps up in cedar rapids -- he goes to mason city and then fort dodge this afternoon before closing his trip tomorrow in marshalltown. the iowa caucuses are just a little less than four weeks away. away.and donald trump's campaign is rolling out a new t-v ad in the state.it pushes his controversial plan to temporarily ban muslims from entering the u.s.trump plans to spend two million dollars a week on ads in iowa and new hampshire right before the iowa caucuses. on the democratic side -- hillary clinton was back in the corridor.she's trying to prevent what happened to her 8 years ago -- when she lost a lead in iowa to eventual president barack obama. obama.clinton was in cedar rapids monday -- and targeted the republican frontrunner -- donald trump with some of her remarks.but when she was asked specifically about trump's attacks on clinton and her family -- the former secretary of state took a more comical approach. "i've adopted a new years resolution and i'm going to i'm not going to respond." respond."polls show clinton has a str

west trying to bounce back after their double overtime loss to city high -- taking on 4th ranked mason city the mohawks jumped out to an 11 point lead in the 2nd -- but back come the the women of troy -- logan cook sinks the turn-around jay -- she finished with 6 points and 9 reboundsthen later in the long distance and connects from deep and west was just getting started -- this time it's maddie fay for three -- as west gets a big win -- 53to 39 the final over mason city. western dubque looking to stay undefated -- taking on spirit lakethe lady bobcats are good at a lot of things -- and finding the open player -- is one of them -- abigal doplphin -- open -- abigal dolphin hits the three -- the game was tied at the breakbut the second half belonged to western dubue -- morgan pitz -- takes it hard to the rack for 2 -- plus onethen a little high low action from the bobcats -- megan moss -- working down low -- part of 26 straight for western dubuque -- they win 49 to 28. benton and regina drew the short straw for the early game at the cell it took a while for the regals to wake up -- but when t

onawa, sioux city, walnut, mason city, west des moines, davenport, cedar rapids, and polk city. it's our big story today. local 5's claire powell is in the studio with more. claire? claire/bam: no one may have won the 1.5 billion...but iowans did not walk away empty handed. seven winning tickets were sold-including one two million dollar ticket. that winner stepped up today. proving this two month, billion dollar powerball streak has been somewhat successful here in iowa. "adrenaline, had to try it, took it and it paid out" last night, bryon stewart and his girlfriend taylor got the surprise of a life time. "i was just like read the last two and it was winners. i was screaming, the car was too small to hold in the excitment" they bought three powerball tickets, with power play, just hours before the drawing. as the numbers were drawn, they quickly realized they had all but the powerball. winning a whopping two million dollars. "cant believe its real" "first thing is paying way. want to inviest. im only 23 gotta think of a twenty three year hundreds of thousands of dollars? domin

overnight is looking soggy, through mason city. tomorrow, another round of cold rain from the metro southeast while snow or a wintry mix continues to the northwest. by midafternoon, colder air wraps through. our rain will be changing to snow. we expect decent rainfall totals with a quarter of an inch today followed by a quarter of an inch tomorrow. this could be followed by snow. we might end up with a half inch or so and an inch in central iowa with one to three inches likely across the northern part of the state through saturday morning. temperatures were at or above freezing, preventing widespread icing. temperatures hovering close to freezing. visibility is a problem across central and western iowa with visibility's toward zero at times. a light breeze coming from the southeast, expect rain to move in and 38 degrees. it should be soggy. with snow by mid to late afternoon. it will blow around saturday with temperatures falling and sunday will be so brutal. just stay inside and watch the vikings. eric: they will be facing a cold

mason city over to sioux city and council bluffs. around 10:00 a.m., more patchy freezing drizzle around fort dodge. and even freezing drizzle. by 1:00, we will have a chance for some light rain or drizzle from des moines and over to davenport and i-80 eastbound. that will be changing by 4:00, we will have a changeover as the north switches back to the northwest. like to snow will move into central iowa. roads may be a little bit slippery but it all comes to an end around 9:00 p.m. this evening. we are not expecting much accumulation. not a tremendous snowstorm but it will be enough to make those roads a little bit slippery later on. 28 degrees, des moines. a little bit of fog and like to missed. 36 the high around noon. wind switches to the northwest tomorrow, the precipitation moves out. if you flurries left over. a chilly and blustery day. we have a great stretch ahead. eric: a big weekend for the iowa hawkeyes. they are now 16-3 overall and they are still undefeated in the big ten. elizabeth: iowa has it rolling. >> win number se

it's of a third grader named joseph in mason city. he has cerebral palsy and luke bryan is his favorite singer. he says his teacher found out bryan is playing at uni in cedar falls in february so he is inviting the singer to come to his school and dress up as tweets the mascot. it's already been shared quite a reaches bryan, somehow. eric: toward the end he has a great smile on his face. 6:45, a live look downtown. not looking too good from way up wake up in your first home. wake up in a home you've made a bit bigger. wake up in a home with a new address. wake up in a home that doesn't even have an address. as your life evolves, your dream home evolves too, and protecting it takes committed support. at american family insurance we support your dreams. see how you can save with >> the weather is never more than five minutes away, only on "kcci eight news this morning." metinka: north of ames, you might have some snowflakes with a chilly rain lifting into the southern part of the state. it will be a drizzly and damp thursday. conditions

those lucky winners of 50- thousand dollars each are scattered across the state, from mason city to west des moines. iowans purchased more than 12 million dollars in powerball tickets for the drawing wednesday night. stephanie/ram: it looks like a lot of people tuned out president obama's final state of the union. . the speech had its lowest t-v rating in fifteen years. 31-point-3 million viewers on average watched tuesday night. that's according to nielsen data. that number does not include those who streamed the speech or online. however did create a buzz on social media. generating 2- point-6 million tweets... spiking the president's final words. coming up on five... out! find out who got the most nods and which movies got the cold the academy. jack: republican hopefuls are out of iowa for the day and in south carolina tonight for another debate. find out who's expected to shine in the stephanie: and... straight ahead on local 5 news at 5... the latest iowa democratic presidential poll shows the race to the white house remains close with less than three weeks to go until the iowa cauc

mason city, a degree below zero. we finally ramp up that temperature. 28 on wednesday after that chance for a little bit of snow. after that, into the low-to-mid 30's saturday and sunday and we todd: let's talk about something warm. maybe the super bowl. scott: which teams will be playing? we're down to four. there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. you better believe it. leader, this is kcci 8 sports. scott: not only was iowa 4-0 ion -- 4-0 in the big 10, best start since 1999, but they entered today's game on a 10-game conference winning streak dating back to last season. that has happened since the -- since 1969. top guys looking for their 12th straight home win. jarrod uthoff had them off to a 11-0 run to start the ga

insert nats from sanders rally in mason city: wssandersmasoncityiaon the democratic side...bernie sanders meeting with the man he'd like to replace at the whitehouse. president obama and sanders long discussed president to show neutrality in the close primary race. nats back in iowa? former president bill clinton stumping for his wife ahead of monday's caucuses ray tag:donald trump says he will be holding a fundraiser for veterans in iowa...at the same time of the fox news debate...just two miles away. rr, abc news, new york. 3 3 3 we have an update on the former board of elections director in macon county. an arrest warrant has now been issued for kim bishop. bishop resigned from her position in may 20-14 after investigators discovered dozens of fraudulent checks came from her office. they totaled more than 50-thousand dollars. on monday... she was indicted on 5 counts of felony attempted embezzlement. 3 3 3 we have continuing coverage this morning over concerns that a mountain elementary school may close. parents and students packed the cafeteria last night during a public hearing over

while in mason city, senator cruz said the arrests support his view that the u-s should not accept refugees from syria. 1:00-1:12 both were iraqi refugees, both came in through the vetting programs that president obama tells us are perfectly effective for vetting terrorists. cruz has introduced legislation that would impose a three year moratorium on bringing any refugees from countries with a strong al qaeda or isis presence... bernie sanders is touting his plan to expand family leave.. saying it's far better than party rival, hillary clinton's plan. she believes that a ollar sixty one a week payroll tax on the average worker is too high a price for three months of paid family and medical leave. i sanders in cedar rapids today.. he told the crowd that the bill would guarantee that every worker would get the leave the deserve. sanders said he'll do everything to pass it as a senator and would be proud to sign it as president. a rescue dog... turned police k-9 made quite a bust on his first call... bosco was adopted by the ankeny department last year. the community raised 30-thousand dollars

my grandmother, thank goodness is still living with us in mason city. >> you are going town to town here in iowa. what is your mission on a trip like this? >> well, the hillary clinton organization in iowa is just fantastic. they've done a wonderful job of organizing, they are ready to go. i'm just really here to give them a little boost if i can, but the truth is they inspire me so much i think i'm getting all the benefits. i just want to thank everybody and i know how much hours they're going to put in before the february 1st caucus and i want to give them all i can to keep them going. >> stephanie schriock is the president of emily's list. thank you! >>> i'm going to spend most of my day letting you ask questions, anything you want. in politics we call this q&a and most of you think that stands for questions and answers. it means questions and avoidance. you ask anything you want. i just try to avoid having a career-ending answer because we have lots of tv cameras out here and a lot of iphones recording everything i say. >> who would you rather face in a general election? hillary clin

senator sanders is a holding a campaign event in mason city tonight... his only other campaign stop was at the white house... sanders and his wife met with president obama this morning. sanders would only say the two quote, "talked a little bit about politics." sanders says he didn't ask the one the president's endorsement. what the president has tried to do, what vice president biden has tried to do is to be as even-handed as they can be, and i know there was some discussion the other day about a political interview where he was tipping the scale toward secretary clinton. i don't believe that at all president obama says he's staying neutral in the race and will support whoever wins the nomination. a campaign rally last night ended with a night in jail for an iowa city man... 28-year old andrew alemao is charged with disoderly conduct. police say they witnessed him throwing tomatoes at donald trump during his rally at the university of iowa. alemao was released this morning without posting bond. during the event trump called several hawkeye football play

while in mason city, cruz discredited those claims. sen. cruz: and so as a legal matter, the question is quite straightforward. my mother was born in wilmington, delaware. she's a citizen by birth. so i became an american citizen by virtue of being born to her. i have never breathed a breath of air on this planet when i was not a u.s. citizen. i've never been naturalized. it was the process of being born that made me a u.s. citizen alyx: on saturday, cruz wrapped up what his campaign is calling a successful 28 event bus tour. and cruz continues to hold an edge over donald trump in the very latest poll here in iowa. the latest fox news poll of likely republican caucus-goers released yesterday finds cruz has 27% support and trump with 23%. place at 15%. and ohio governor john kasich is rising in the polls, while blasting donald trump's lack of political experience. kasich even compared trump to president obama when the former senator ran for president in 2008. you'll get to hear that and a lot more from kasich this morning. be sure to tune in

tonight in mason city.my opponent is not in iowa tonight, she is raising money from a philadelphia investment firm. [ boos [ boos ] frankly, i would rather be here with you. [ cheers and applause ] >> so the question being whether or not sanders is willing to ratchet up those wall street attacks in particular. we should note that hillary clinton, while on her swing through the east coast, also meeting with african-american faith leaders. of course, she has a particular strength among those voters and it's something that as that polling shows, particularly in south carolina, could carry her through the long run in a way that sanders might not be able to sustain. but i will say it's going to be interesting to see how sanders supporters react if he does go very negative against hillary clinton. i was at their headquarters yesterday, it's exactly what you would expect, kind of feels like a college dorm room, cables lying everywhere, it's all universally positive. people are very, very excited about bernie sande

overnight, mason city maybe picking up less than an inch of snowfall. 17 degrees right now in des moines, some of the roads might be a little bit slippery. the wind chill at nine, so grab the warm coats and gloves. headed for 27 today, not much wind. overnight lows back near 18, a few flurries or light snow showers especially up to the north, but a dusting is all we are expecting. ended, with highs significantly warmer into the 30's, and we will have sunshine. the next chance of snow arrives early next week. shaina: things are looking pretty good on the roads right now. we are accident-free. might be slipping around in a few areas but should not be too bad. mobile speed units, 4000 what east mckinley. 4300 northwest morningstar drive, 9100 northeast 46th avenue. administration is set to announce new rules, that will affect some people traveling to the u.s. from europe. we'll have the details of the announcement live from washington, d.c. next.>> prelude to a monster storm, congress doesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new w

weather team: showing the light rain showers falling to the north of highway light rain just west of mason city, and again in western little light rain, but mainly mostly cloudy. into tomorrow, we will continue with the be a little light snow or freezing rain with the system, light amounts expected. temperatures are above freezing right now. here are a our attention is focused on the major winter storm for early next week. a few changes in the forecast you can see on your screen. a mix a lot of wind likely out of this snow. all the details in just a few minutes. with two days left until the iowa caucus -- the latest des moines register poll has donald trump and hillary clinton leading their respective parties. the democratic race is close -- with secretary clinton leading senator sanders by three points. experts say that's within the poll's margin of error. meanwhile -- on the republican donald trump and hillary clinton leading their respective parties. the democratic race is close -- with senator sanders by three points. experts say that's within the poll's margin of error. meanwhile -- on the

early this morning, snow flurries near mason city but they will stay away from the metro and waking up with clear skies with clouds rolling in shortly, they are already across western iowa. no travel headaches across the region. getting out of town for the twin cities, they could see wintry mix and maybe light snow is a front drops in across the area. it will state north of the metro and we stay on the warm side of the system and saturday, it will continue our january thaw with the cold front moving through on sunday and light precipitation with light rain or light snow, not much accumulation that it will drag in some cooler air. next week, monday, starting a carefully for the next winter storm to arrive, already across the western part of kansas and headed for iowa by tuesday. in des moines, quiet, a little chilly, 26 degrees with light southeast winds which will increase by midmorning. headed for 45 this morning with sunshine and a few clouds, looks really good, our nice days are numbered, 10 -- tomorrow on the warm side, 4250, especially if we get sunshine. turning colder sunday wit

k-i-m-t television in mason city reports it may have been an accidental shooting. investigators have not released the man's name. new mayors are set to take over black hawk county this month. in waterloo, quentin hart will begin a 2-year term in the mayor's office with a ceremony at the city council meeting at 5:30 pm tomorrow. that will be at city hall. hart will become waterloo's first african- american mayor. he won a runoff election against former mayor tim hurley last month. at city hall, hart will move over a few seats from his role on the city council, as he served waterloo's 4th ward for years. right next door in cedar falls, jim brown will also take over for long-time mayor jon crews. brown also won a run-off election in december but crews had dropped out after placing second in the november vote. crews had served as mayor of cedar falls 3 separate times going back to 1971. france's military says airstrikes destroyed an isis military factory in syria. the defense ministry says overnight attacks targeted the site just east of the city of aleppo- that's near

cruz's event at a mason city, iowa church kicked off his fifth day of a 28-county bus tour of iowa.. which he plans to complete saturday. continuing coverage... the delaware county sheriff's office searched a couple homes...they say, because of a meth lab. and now....three people in delhi have been arrested in connection.n. kwwl's shirley descorbeth has been following this story. she joins us now live in the t-h media newsroom in dubuque. shirley...you were in delhi last night...and again this mooning tataking to peopleein the community. how do they feel about this? the people i spoke with didn't seem too they say it's happened in their small town before. it's the talk of the town in delhi.. home on the 26-hundred block of 210th avenue. thursday night, deputies on scene searching the home in lake when i saw, a bunch of the sheriffs down there and everything." rebecca weber, both 24-years old arrested and charged with ppsession of various substances to make meth. but that's not all....just three miles away -- officals also searched this downtown location on the 300 block of franklin s

time getting back to iowa for an event here in mason city tonight. he said he didn't bother, scott, asking the president for his endorsement because the white house has vowed to stay neutral in the primary. >> pelley: nancy cordes. nancy, thank you very much. now for this question: who should not be president? the pew research center has a new poll tonight. 20% of americans said they'd be less likely to vote for a candidate who used marijuana. 37% don't want a candidate who's had an affair. 41% don't like personal financial troubles. and the number one disqualifier-- 51% said they wouldn't have faith in a candidate who does not believe in god. last night, we broke the story of lavish spending by one of the most prominent charities for wounded veterans. financial records show that compared to similar charities, the wounded warrior project what it takes in on the vets themselves. well, tonight, we have more of our investigation by chip reid and producer jennifer janisch. >> reporter: the nation's most prominent veterans charity is facing criticism from

today in mason city, republican presidential candidate ted cruz responded to the arrest of two refugees on terrorist charges. police arrested one in houston, texas, and the other in sacramento, california, on charges of supporting isis. cruz is using this as a way to support his view that the u-s should not accept refugees from syria. "both came in through the vetting programs that president obama tells us are perfectly effective for vetting terrorists. " cruz used to be a long time supporter of expanding legal immigration. but he now says there should be a temporary halt on legal immigration. johnson county needs poll workers for a january 19th special election. county auditor travis weipert says because of the unusual date and the short notice, the usual workers are not available. poll workers get 200 dollars for the entire day. the special election will fill a johnson county board of supervisors. we had d foggy, drizzly day outside today. will this continue into the weekend? colder air heads in bringing drier conditions. after the fog lifts and some light snow comes to an end look fo

mason city coming down to urbandale. on the girls side, first two games are the same. plus, we get ames taking on the johnston dragons. some good college games in iowa, drake hosting indiana state at also at 7:00, at the mcleod center, uni versus illinois state. pro wrestling night at the well. ric flair in the house. we don't know if iowa is the best man's basketball team in the big 10. but no one has a better resume than fran mccaffery's team. they became the first team in 50 years to be a top 5 ranked team twice in the same season. they hammered michigan state in the east lansing, making a big statement. iowa have notnow won in east lansing in 18 years. jarrod: we have a new team this year, and that is i you have to approach every year. it does not matter what happened happens this year. have a different team. group. we have a lot of experience, we lows. we have guys that can come in ways. jarrod: we knew we were the out and prove it. andy: they certainly day, throwing up the gauntlet. rising in the ap top 25 rankings, they will skyrocket into the top 10, if they ca

bernie sanders in mason city this evening... but earlier today he met with president obama at the white house. he said they discussed isis and iran, among other topics. some read it as support for sanders, but the president has also held meeting at the white house with hillary clinton. republican presidential candidate, mike huckabee was also in iowa, talking with iowa pork producers. he told the crowd the epa is too control over regulations... huckabee said farmers know how to take care of the land better than a federal agency... he also talked about supporting ethanol and the renewable fuels standard. and without saying his name, huckabee criticized ted cruz for not supporting the r-f-s... 29:45 that's why i find it unthinkable that iowa voters.... ignorant ... for the rest of the country as well 30:06 huckabee also talked about being energy independent by taking away some of the market from russia, iran, and saudi arabia.. donald trump announced he would not take part in tomorrow's fox news debate in des moines... trump says

mason city metro sits at 21. you factor in a light wind in spots and you can see down in creston. it is going to warm up and it will feel wonderful. we saw a little bit of light couple of hours ago. very light stuff. a picture sent into your local, a zoomed in shot or an thanks for sending that in. keep sending those in. the others that we have out there. we've got that very light breeze out of the north. we are going to see that shift out of the south tomorrow. that will help us warm up and temperatures in the middle teens with feels like temperatures in the middle digits. look at this jump. we are at 41 degrees by 3:00 p.m. not a sky filled with sunshine, but we will have a few peaks throughout the day. sunday is looking even better than that. clouds are lingering. you can see that huge behemoth eastward. it will help to bring a little bit of sunshine through our day tomorrow. again, not a ton, but we will have quite a few breaks. you might have to squint your eyes a few times if you do so. as you look at future cast into the evening, clouds are to disperse some. by evening our

stephanie: three one hundred thousand dollar winners in walnut, mason city and west des moines three fifty thousand dollar winners in davenport cedar rapids and polk city. none of those tickets have been publicly claimed yet. jack: trending now, oscar nominations are out. did your favorite movie or actor make the cut? jack: it could be a big year for "the revenant." the movie leads the way with 12 nominations including best picture and leonardo dicaprio getting nominated for best actor. room's brie larson is a favorite for best actress. the new star wars movie and mad max: fury road are also up for multiple awards. watch local 5 for the oscars february 28th. jack: and the entertainment world lost a big star to cancer today. british actor alan rickman passed away at the age of 69. rickman was best known for playing the villain hans in the "harry potter" series. rickman was one of film and admired actors, signature baritone voice. jon is here now iowa trying to upset michigan state for the second time this season yeah jack-- the iowa hawkeyes making a statement iowa hawkeyes making a st

from minnesota, a little blanket cloud coming in and has produced and heading over mason city. southeast. central iowa. southwest i was probably going to see the most sunshine today. the weather is quiet as we head towards the weekend. by late saturday, it becomes a fast-moving and we cold front. we are not expecting any precipitation with it. it is shifting the wind back around the northwest. that will drag a few more clouds into monday. plans. moines. beautiful blue skies. the camera that is rocking in the wind a little bit. it had a brisk wind all day long coming in from the west at 12 miles per hour. you will need a warm coat and the gloves if you are spending time outdoors today. from 32 degrees, clouds in northern iowa and more sent to the south. overnight, skies remain mostly clear and it will be very chilly. watch for the re-freeze overnight and early tomorrow. tomorrow is looking beautiful. try to get outside and enjoy and take the kids out sledding if you can. a nice when with highs near 35. southwest iowa warming up a couple of degrees per not quite as strong as toda