night.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore joins us live from the site where city officials hope construction will begin next year. the iowa city department of public works has been planning the gateway project since 2010. a&two years after the flood of2008. of2008.the iowa city department of public works says they're wrapping up the final design on the project now.about a mile of dubuque street will be elevated an average of seven to eight feet-or to the 100 year flood elevation plus one foot. the bottom structure of the nearby parkoad bridge will be at the 200 year flood elelation, but designed to maintain traffic for a 500 year flood. planners hope to begin construction on the $52 million dollar project in mid april or may.there has been concern from neay residents about imimct to trees and property, though they wouldn't speak on camera. melissclow, iowa city public works special projects administrator19:56:15 we've reduced impacts to their properties and even throughout construction we want to work with t tm and try and figure out what can be done. done.public works hopes to have the projects completed in 2018.there is

there is a website where you can learn more about the on cbs 2 iowa dot com.covering the corridor in iowa city, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. turng now to the weather, lots of wind out there today and it looks like a cool ght ahead. ahead.justin roberts joins us if you didn't see this on the highway xoday, you might have seen it on social media..late this mornrng, dozens of pigs got dumped on the side of an exit ramp from interstate 3-80 to highway 30 in cedar rapids. police say the truck driver may have made some type of error--because they don't believe today's wind was a factct. the driver is okay, although a few pigs were killed.about ten farmers from the local area were brought in to corral and help move e pigs. half of all potentntl contracts for medicaid services have now been signed, just two weeks before state's planned switch to privatized care. care.the iowa department of human services says the four companies taking over the program have signed more than 62-thousand contracts with medical providers.governor branstad, who has been pushing hard for the transition, says privatization wi

the highest increase was in iowa city . the federal hououng finance agagcy says home prices are up about 3 and a half percent in iowa city. cedar rapids prices are up nearly 1 and a half percent, and one and a third percent in dubuque. one cedar rapids realtor says eastern iowa's market is different than other parts of the u-s. "the longterm value in owning a home in eastern iowa is wonderful. there's a lot of steady, stable, not nerveracking up and up and down roller coaster type challenges that they have in other markets. " average of 5 point 7 percent. mediacom is threatening legal action against iowa city over its recent agreements with the cedar rapids companynyim-on communications. mediacom gave the city a letter of complaint and a copy of a lawsuit it says it will file unless iowa city reconsiders three agreements with im-on. mediacom says those agreements put it at a competitive disadvantage. it's given the city until december 31st to respond. city manager tom markus says iowa city's legal department is reviewing the

as chair for the iowa chamber alliance.she says there are four critical areas: workforce, economimi development, the simplification of taxes and infrastructure.the icad group in iowa city is also trying to make this community more international taskforce.the group launched a welcome iowa city area website just a week ago providing resources to the international community... and hopefully...making them want to stay. kate moreland, icad group director of community relations we bring in all sorts of international talent from students to faculty and so that's the make up of our community and as the population of iowa is declining we need to look at ways to bring people to the area. area.the icad group says one thing they want to focus on in the next year is getting more international voices on their boards and commissions. we've been spoiled with warm temperatures all week, but lot of rain this weekend. justin roberts is in for terry the meavy rain expected is causing one of the corridor's ggest holiday events to be cancelled, the annual lighting of the luminaries planned for sunday won't be happening. there is some good news, all other asile of lights activities in coralv

covering the corridor in iowa city, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. one of the most wanted men in kansas may be hiding out in *iowa. u-s marsha are searching for bryan levi bridges. they say he and others were trying to rob a home in pittsburg, kansas when the bridges is accused of shooting and killing one of the homeowners. officials say he is now on the ruruand has ties to iowa. bridges is 5-foot-7, about 170 pounds and may be going by the name el chinito. there is a 20-thousand dollar reward for information leading to his arreses divers are searching a lake near the site of last week's deadly san bernardino massacre. they are trying to find evidence - including a missing hard-drive that may have been thrown out by the couple who shot and killed 14 people. in 2013, syed farook and tash-feen malik evidently talked about "martyrdom" online but the couple raised no red flags when malik was granted a "fiancee" visa. a friend of farook's told authorities, he'd talked about an attack years ago, but had abandoned it. an official with the u-s treasury says i

the group's building is at 225 highway one. iowa city police say they have not heard any report from the eagles about the missing flags. evansdale police had to fish a a lake this morning. this is viewer video of a tow truck pulling the car out of meyers lake. police say they tried to get the driver to take a sobriety test at the nature trail parking lot, but he sped away. officers say he then went off the road near lake ave and south evans road, where he lost control of the car in the back yard of a home. nate pierce and his wife heard the commotion. " there was actually a chrysler sebng convertible in the water. something we haven't seen since we moved in. we've been hereafter short years. i've always thought about it, but last night it happened." doctors treated the driver for minor injuries. police say the driver will face charges. let's turn to weather now and meteorologis t joe winters. joe, what a great day for non-winter lovers! the brighter sky from wednesday will see an increase in clouds as a weak storm heads east. be minimal

some parents in the iowa city community school district are interested in learning more coming magnet school.katie andernacht, coralville mothehe 09:2:233 i haven't done a a t ofofesearch into it, but i think the magnet schools could be a good thing, anything that can help enhance the learning of our children in any way can't be a badthing. andernacht thinks her children could be interested in fine arts.09:30:01 my oldest child really likes anything additional other than learning math and science and reading. the district says students would still follow the iowa core curriculum.stephen murley, iowa city community school district superintendent 09:35:50 it's an opportunity to look at programming in our $& schools that's different than what we currently have. that could be theme based, it could be focused on specific things like arts and sciences or stem or other programs that the community may have an interest in.superintendent stephen murley says the idea came from community members.that started a discussion in a committee appointed by the district board.09:36:13 the first step in th

covering the cocoidor in iowa city, mellaney moore, cbs 2 news. a new cbs poll released today shows that nearly 6 in 10 americans say the united from entering the u-s.two thirds say such a ban goes against the founding principles of this country. only 28 percent of people polled think a ban would keep cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.a class on the campus of the university of iowa is tetehing students how to protect themselves against sexual assault. assault.cbs 2 news reporter dora miller is live on campus and has the details, dora. the class - taught right here at the university of iowa police department - is only for womena&many first timers in the class say it's taught not only to defend themselves, but to learn more about who they are. are. self-defense is someing to be taken seriouslylynats: no! especially when your life depends on it.nats: no!oleta 09:37:18 "we do a very good job with this program educating women about what sexual assault really looks like."and in this rape aggression defen

has just four- percent support.sanders made a number of stops in eastn iowa over the weekend.clinton is scheduleleto visit iowa city and masononity morrow. iowa governor terry branstad is now officially the longest serving governor in u-s history. history.to cap off that milestone, more than a thousand people attended a celebration in s honor last night.the night included a discussion with the governor, where he talked about his more than 7-thousand days in office. he spoke about his iowa work ethic he got from growing up on a farm, and evenenow he ed to be a democrat until he got to college.branstad says that's when a friend invited him to a college republicans meeting. "and the speaker that night named chuck grassley. so the first republican meeting i went to chuck grassley was the speaker and i've been an active republican ever since." since."branstad admitted he acacally grew up in a family of democrats, but was able to get his mom to switch parties when he ran for the state house. president obama is in the midst of a week-long push to toexplain his strategy for stopping isis.he met with his top military adviso

several dozen seniors in the iowa city area enjoyed a warm, holiday meal on christmas. elder services and the optimist club of coralville served meals to people at the iowa city- johnson unty senior center. many of those who attended live in the ecumenical towers senior housing complex. the menu included many tradititial holiday foods like ham, sweet potato casserole, spinach salad and fruit pie. "00:09:55 especially on holidays, we try to make it a home meal. even though you're not around your family, you feel potatoes, your ham, your corn. it may not be recipes like e home. but we throw it in there to get you good comfort food home meals." volunteers also delivered meals to people who weren't able to make it to the senior meal. two churches in cedar rapids also teamed up to provide meals to people on the holiday. saint mark's united methodist church and saint paul's united methodist church served around 300 people - and delivered more than 150 meals to people living nearby. the churches hosw that event each year, so people don't have to spend christmas alone. " 12:06:2

several dozen seniors in the iowa city area enjoyed a warm, holiday meal this afternoon. elder services and the optimist club of coralville served meals to people at the iowa city/johnson county senior center. many of those who attended live in ecumenical towers senior housing complex. the menu included many traditional holiday foods like ham, sweet potato casserole, spinach salad and fruit pie. "00:09:55 esescially on holidays, we try to make it a home meal. even though you're not around your family, you feel like you can eat your sweet potatoes, youram, your corn. it may not be recipes like at home. but we e row it in there to get you good comfort food home meals." volunteers also delivered meals thse who weren't able to come to the senior center todod. two churches in cedar rapids teamed up to provide meals to hundreds of people today. saint mark's united methodist church and saint paul's united methodist church delivered more than 150 meals to those living nearby. the churches host the event each year so people don't have to spend christmas alone. " 12:06:28 this churc

rubio is one of only 4 republican candidates polling in the double digits in iowa over the past 30 days. today's event in iowa city is democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is moving on after a two day swing through iowa. it didn't take long for clinton to tell the crowd what she thought about trump's comments about muslims while in waterloo yesterday. she dederibed the idea of banning muslims from the u-s as hateful and paranoid. and in an interview with tv-nine's dave franzman, clinton says that kind of talk works against u-s interests in fighting terrorism. "he has gone to a total new level of discriminatory bigotry that has no place in american presidential campaigns. no place in our country" the former secretary of state began her waterloo visit with a look at north america's largest 3-d printing machine at the cedar valley tech works. clinton was pushing for more support for advanced manufacturing during her stop. senator bernie sanders will be back in iowa this s ekend. he'll make several stops and dubuque. he'll also be holding a forum to address racial injustice and prison reform in anamosa, n

directors say the two buses are something they never would have ever been to affordrd without thth donation. the city council in iowa city will hold a public hearing in two wees to go over plans for a controversial fifteen-story high rise building. according to the iowa city press citizen, the city council voted 5 to 0 to hold the public hearing to talk about extending the chauncey project's deadline. two lawsuits attempting to block the e oject are in the appeal stage. they have significantly slowed down construction. the meeting will be on december 15th. starting today, people can use a new online datababa that showcases all the historic propepeies in cedar rapids. the site has information on where they are and what characteristics the properties have. the city will hold two informational sessions today at the downtown library at noon and 5:30 this evening. a saint luke's employee's dream thanks to her co-workers' efforts. more than 50 people raised enough money to send resa collier to disney world. she is a custodian at the hospital. friends say she brings joy to all of her co-workers and patients. afafer collier

in davenport.on tuesday - the republican will be in the corridor.christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the field-house in cedar rapids.right now - christie is in the middle-of- the-pack in the g-o-p race. democrat martin o'malley will also be in eastern iowa monday he will be stumping in waterloo and tama.the stops are a part of a four-day swing through the hawkeye state for the former marlyland governor. his first event in iowa is sunday in des moines.o'malley is in third among the three democrats running. later on in the week, the number *two in that race - bernie sanders will start a three day run in iowa, ending his year in the hawkeye state. on tuesday, he's holding town hall meetings in muscatine and davenport.wednesday, he'll hold more town halls in keokuk and ottumwa.and on new years eve, he's hosting a new years party in des moines. you can watch a recap of the busy year in politics with a special edition of iowa in focus, as we take a look at one of the *most crowded presidential races. it airs right on our sister station, cbs 2 at 10-30 tomorrow morning. if you didn't ge

city, highwayay will be down one lane near the university of iowa. crews are closing the outer lane of southbound traffic to replace a traffic signal pole. the lane should a nationally-known expert in making cities "walkable" and "liveable" is teaching cedar rapids city leaders how to envisi future street projects. dan burden led a workshop for members of the city council and city staff this week. this is burden's third visit to cedar rapids on this topic in ten years. today's workshop was about a concept called "complete streets." city staffers say that means considering the impact of bike traffic, and how pedestrians will move around in any future streets project for the city. "as the public starts to see more of these road improvement projects, through paving for progress, you're also going to see more and more consideration where we can put a sidewalk, where we can put a bike lane. " the city of cedar rapids has used some of the "complete streets" principles in earlier projects. one example would be the bike lane arrangements throughout the downto

the opposing teams flag at city hall for 24 hours. since the hawkeyes unfortunately lost to the spartans, the city hall in iowa city paid their dues by flying the spartans by cheering extra loud for the hawkeyes when they play stanford in the rose bowl. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg for a last look at yyur forecast. thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l neww at six. we'll see you back here at ten paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot bebeought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.

city bureau chief mark carlson looks at the impact such a project would have on the city. lower city park in iowa city is perhaps the city's most popular place to have a catch... or play some tennis. but cititofficials say there needs to be more places like this as city park continues to flood, the city continues to expand east, and the county's population continues to grow. "we wouldn't go through the trouble of hiring of was a doable project." officials hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. "there definitely is a shortage of courts on the east side of town." more courts is good news for craig carney, owner of racquet master in iowa city -- carney says the sport of tennis is growing in popularity, andndhere's always a need for more quality lighted courts. "probably there's more tennis going on, especially at the junior level, than there every has been before." "city officials aren't just looking to add more traditional facililies, like baseball and softball didionds.

skills.fox 28 news reporter dora miller is live in iowa city to explain, dora? the class - taught right here at the university of iowa police department - is only for womena&many first timers in the class say it's taught not only to defend themselves, but to learn more about who they are. are. self-defense is something to be taken seriouslya&nats: no! especially when your life depends on it.nats: no!oleta 09:37:18 "we do a very good job with this program educating women about what sexual assault really looks like."and in this rape aggression defense class it's not about meeting violence with violencea&jenn 06:46:17 "i had never thrown a punch in my life."it starts with the mind.first-timers, like jennifer wyatt, say that's what they're taking away from the course.jenn 06:45:43 "they talk a lot about visualization and being prepared in your mind, so being able to take that time for myself, invest that time and think about how i would react in certain add the physical piece to the class, but it's really an opportunity to educate." educate and empower.kerby 06:43:50 "i

we've got the action season showdown in girls basketball... second-ranked iowa city regina traveling to fifth-ranked west branch... both teams fighting for positioning in the river valley conference... and oh yeah... both undefeated... undefeated...that's a recipe for a classic game.. and that's exactly what we had... but early on it was all regina - corner three is no good... but kennedy brown cleans it up... regals up twelve in the third... but then the bears came alive... tatum koenig gets to her spot... drills it... that cuts it to two... then the regals answer... mary crompton in the corner... splash... big triple there by regina... west branch has a chance to tie at the buzzer.. but allyson simpson is off the mark... the regals go on the road and escape with a monster win, 46 to 44... now to the boys side... second ranked iowa city west hosting wash... fran mccaffery on hand watching his sons... but he also had an eye on wali parks.. he rises to the tenth floor and slams it home... but the warriors hung tough in this one.... hunter strait spotting up in the cor

company says it's now at a competitive disadvantage in the city.it's asking city leaders to give them a response by the end of the year. also in iowa city, a family of eight will now call this house a home.its all thanks to the work of volunteers with the iowa valley habitat for humanity. donations and grants are helping habitat put three this month. rose bowl fever continues to sweep across the corridor, corridor,and all the excitment prices.a recent study released by forbes says the average resale ticket price is 705- dollars.some fans got lucky getting some of the 22 thousand tickets sold though the university.those were about 150-bucks. bucks.all next week cbs 2 news will have complete coverage of the rose bowl.we will also be airing a 30-minute special before the big game.road to the roses, airs next thursday at six-30. an elderly corridor man is celebrating one of the "spirits" of the season tonight. tonight."well i'll tell you one thing though, it is smooth wiskey." wiskey."the co-owner of templeton rye made a surprise visit to life-long-fan, jerry stych of cedar rapids.stych's home was heavily damaged during the floods of '

in davenport.on tueday - the republican will be in the corridor.christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the field-house in cedar rapids.right now - christie is in the middle-of- the-pack in the g-o-p race. democrat martin o'malley will also be in eastern iowa monday he'll be making visits to waterloo and tama.the stops are a part of a four day tour of the hawkeye state for the former marlyland governor.his first event in iowa is sunday in des moines.o'malley is in third among the three democrats running. all three democratic candidates are experessing their disaproval of a federal agency's move to deport hundreds of illegal immigrants. immigrants.the washington post reports homeland security is preparing a large-scale effort to quickly deport families that illegally entered the u-s since 20-14.the raids will target adults and children already ordered to leave. thursday, hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley all condemned the move.they say it unfairly targets families who were trying to escape brutal violence in central america. it was a packed house last liberty.15-hun

in davenport.on tuesday - the republican will be in the corridor.christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the field-house in cedar rapids.right now - christie is in the middle-of- the-pack in the g-o-p race. democrat martin o'malley will also be in eastern iowa monday he will be stumping in waterloo and tama.the stops are a part of a four-day swing g through the hawkeye state for the former marlyland governor. his first event in iowa is sunday in des moines.o'malley is in third among the three democrats running. number *two in that race - bernie sanders will start a three day run in iowa, ending his year in the hawkeye state. on tuesday, he's holding town hall meetings in muscatine and davenport.wednesday, he'll hold more town halls in keokuk and ottumwa.and on new years eve, he's hosting a new years party in des moines. you can watch a recap of the busy year in politics with a special edition of iowa in focus, as cbs 2 news takes a look at one of the *most crowded presidential races. it airs right here on cbs 2 at 10-30 tomorrow morning. if you didn't get what you wanted under the tr

iowa. the house is going strong in iowa city. we are really thrilled to come into the cedar cell phones, tablets, lapps... these are all devices many of use daily. but doctors s s they can put a permanent kink in your neck, and your health. meteorologist kaj o' mara updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. we'll also have slowly falling through the day. tomorrow, we are sitting in- between storm systems, but more rain is likely to come our way by wednesday. christmas eve and christmas day look to remain quiet around here with our next system arriving thisweekend. this one again looks to stay as rain, though colder air is creeping ever closer, and we'll keep a close eye on that one. have a good day! if you're tech-savvy, you probably don't go through your day without glancing down at a cell phone or tablet. but chiropractor s say that constant looking down can cause something called "tech neck." martie salt explains the impact that can have on your long-term health. georgette robinson is starting to realize

has just four-percent support.sanders made a number of stops in eastern iowa over the weekend.clinton is scheduled to visit iowa city and mason city on wednesday. an american soldier held captive by the taliban for years is now facing a court-martial. martial.army sergeant bowe bergdahl was part of a prisoner swap.the u traded five former taliban leaders held at guantanamo for bergdah's safe return.now, sergeant bergdahl is facing charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. if convicted in a military court, bergdahl could face a sentence of up to life in today marks three years since the thenewtown, connecticut school shootings.gunman adam lanza shot and killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary.20 of the victims were young children.the massacre sparked a renewed effort to pass national gun reforms, but those efforts failed.no major events were planned in newton to mark today's anniversary. the f-a-a is laying out new drone registratrion rules. rules.onwers will have to register their aircrafts on a new website which goes live next monday.current drone owners willave two months to register.new owners will

bureau chief mark carlson reports on iowa city's program that aims to build trust between the public and police. "the iowa city police department started coffee with a cop about a year and a half ago, and even though it sounds like just an officer sitting and having cfee in a coffee shop, it's anything but... " we are doing them more frequently now, originally i started doing them about once every other month, and then as we got some positive feedback other officers have become involved, our administration ies to come out at least part of the time e for everyone of these. " police officers, sergeants, captains, even the police chief hung out with residents at daylight doughnuts in ia city friday morning. police say after a lot of experimentataon the program has taken off -- "we've tried all kinds of combinations of different days of the weeks, different locations, different times, we try to move around the city each month to give people in different areas of the town and opportunity to come out and meet wii us." officers say some events attract residents -- many coming with a

the strongest online communities in each state. those cities use the web to find custumers and fuel their local economies. cedar rapids was selected as iowa's e-city of 20-15. university of iowa hawkeye fans are getting hyped for the rose bowl on w years day in pasadena. pasadena.as cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore e found today, many hawks fans will be there... but it comes at a cost. we did some looking online today.getting a ticket to the a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. dollars.:19-:24 deone:42-:46 miketrt 1:01 there's no mistaking it... deone pedersen, iowa city 21:01:26 i have my football hat on and my hawkeye gear. yes, obviously i am.deone pedersen is a hawks fan.she has held some sort of season tickets for more than thirty years.... . but unfortunately that won't get her to the rose bowl in january.deone pedersen, iowa city 21:02:05 i went online and i started looking at things and just decided it was just a little bit... of a dream. pedersen says she has always wanted to see the hawks in the rosebowl, but tickets are just too much. a recent study released by forbes says the average resale ticket price is $705.that

just in time for the holidays, an iowa city family was welcomed into their new home. home.it was all thanks to the iowa valley habitat for humanity.a family of eight will now call this house a home.donations and grants are helping habitat put three this month. and coming up in sports sportsthe hawkeye football team is done with their finals -- but still studying -- why just making it to pasadena isn't enough plus -- the cyclones faced another deficit late in their game -- could iowa state ralley and bounce back after their first loss of the seaon bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. first time in 25 years is a great accomplishment and the hawkeyes are definately proud of that feat but getting to pasadena isn't what this team wants to be remembered by -- the hawks returned to practice this week and

the iowa city community school reality. somearents in the iowa city community school district are interested in learning more ababt the possibility of a andernacht, coralville mother 09:29:33 i haven't done a lot of research into it, but i think the magnet schools could be a good thing, anything that can help enhance the learning of our children in any way can't be a bad thing. andernacht thinks her children could be interested in fine arts.09:30:01 my oldest child really likes anything additional other than learnini math and science and reading. the district says students would still follow the iowa core curriculum.stephen murley, iowa city community school district superintendent 09:35:50 it's an opportunity to look at programming in our schools that's different than what we currently have. that could be theme based, it could be focused on specific things like arts and sciences or stem or other programs that the community may have an intetest .superintendent stephen murley says the idea came from community members.that sta

the loser of the iowa-michigan state the opposing teams flag at city hall for 24 hours. since the hawkeyes unfortunately lost to the spartans, the city hall in iowa city paid their dues by flying the spartans flag. east lansing's mayor said after the bet, they'll make up for it by cheering extra loud for the hawkeyes when they play stanford in the rose bowl. santa clause made an early stop to deliver some much needed gifts... those presents going to an area high school -- where the students are also moms and dads. teen parents from the alternative learning center received much needed gifts from santa. the center is a high school program that's part of dubuque community school district. the teen parents got gifts such as diapers, clothes and educational toyy for their children. desppte the challenges of being a teen parent -- they're motivated to stay in school. "if i can show her that i can mom did it...i can do it." gifts were given to nineteen student's children. ended for an iowa kindergartemer... during a school assembly the littlele girl helped sing about what they w

the five sullivan brothers convention center. mrs. clinton is returning to eastern iowa next week, with a town hall meeting planned for wednesday at the old brick church in iowa city. on the republican side, a major shakeup in the polling today. texas senator ted cruz has enjoyed a surge in momentum for the last 30 days in iowa. in the latest iowa poll from the des moines register, the poll shows cruz now with a 10-point lead over donald trump. the poll results came out about 90 minutes ago, with ted cruz at 31% among iowa republicans surveyey. donald trump, ww spoke last night at the state fairgrounds, grabbed 21%. dr. ben carson has seen the sharpest senator marco rubio still held onto his double-digit standing at 10%. the other candndates were in single digits. this is the second time cruz has led a poll in iowa. monday will mark 3 years since a 20-year-old man shot and killed more than 20 people inside a connecticut elementararschool. adam lanza opened fire on december 14th, 2012, killing 20 first graders and 6 of their teachers in newtown connecticut. police say lanza killed himself when officers moved in on him after the shoototg. monday will be the first ti

the mid-range jumper... iowa trails 16-12 after one quarter ... the hawkeyes keep it coming in the 2nd quarter... ally disterhoft buries the three at the top of the key... the iowa city native had 16 points, iowa down by two after that bucket ... then the hawkeyes starting feeding it down low to freshman megan gustafson... she had 15 points... that bucket ties it up 21-21 ... the hawkeyes would take the lead for the first time as tania davis drives and scoops it off the glass... iowa goes on to win 69-50 ... iowa state women hosting southern university ... seanna johnson with the nice putback for two of her 12 points ... iowa state's offense takes off after that... jadda buckley, sets and fires a three... good... cyclcones go burkhall as she gets the bucket down low... she had a team-high 18 points... iowa state led 37-23 at halftime ... 2nd half action, the give-and-go to buckley... count the basket and one... she had 16 points... iowa state wins by 40, 86- 46 ... nfl action, seattle at minnesota ... this was all seahawks... russell wilson throws a beauty to doug baldwin in stride for the 53-yard touchdown... seattles goes up 38-0 late in the 3rd quarter ... on the

here, but there's one trophy that we want right now and that's our main focus is the big ten championship."in iowa city, , scott westerberg, tv9 sports. other football news... iowa state backup quarterback grant rohach has decided to transfer.. and finally baseball news. jake mauer will return n manage the kernels s r hihi fourth season. tommy watkins and ivan ortega were moved up to aa.. brian dinkelman will be the hting coach and jp martinez wille the new pitching coach for the kernels. now here's a look at today's top web stories on kcrg dot com. stay with your 24-hour the cedar falls fire department is getting new helmet cameras coming up tonight at ten, hear how this will help the department investigate fires. and now to first alert storm team meteorologis t joe winters for y yr final forecast. our scattered snow showers and flurries diminish tonight. some few lingering flurries could still fly on wednesday but there is hope for a brighter sky on the horizon. watch out for a northwest wind building to keep our highs in the middle 30s. a warming trend continues to look promising later this week. as

it's quite obvious the weather in southern california is drastically different than in iowa city and one other major difference is the time it takes to get to practice. "taking a 20 minute bus trip to practice and things like that whereas you're just walking to your indoor facility, so we're starting to settle into that, but thankfully we have another week or so." "previous bowl trips we have been busing too, so it's city where we just walk to the practice field, but this isn't that big of a change." the hawkeyes are using the practice facility of the la galaxy, a major league soccer team, and while those fields are really nice, the players can't wait to see the real deal...the rose bowl. "that will be exciting. it's something i've never been a part of and i know nobody on this team has, so it's going to be an exciting thing to be able to go there." practice will be open for a short time again tomorrow but after that we won't see the team in action until game day. the hawkeyes will get a chance to be on this field before friday, so they'll be at least a little familiar with their surr

the way that we have." have."old capitol's products aren't yet available for retail purchase but are used by several businesses in iowa city including new pioneer food co-op, devotay, and the university of iowa. more clouds today and a whole lot cooler out there. there.justin roberts is in for terry swails with your cbs 2 big news outta ames -- coming up in sports -- naz long is done for the year -- why the senior guard asked to sit out the rest of the season and what it means for paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. that extra rest that steve prohm gave naz long on sunday -- just got a hole lot longer -- both prohm and long announced today that the senior guard will miss the rest of th

directors say the two buses are someththg they never would have ever been to afford without that donation. the city council in iowa city will hold a public hearing in two weeks to go over plans for a controversial fiftete-story high rise building. according to the iowa city press citizen, the city council voted 5 to 0 to hold the public hearing to talkabout extending the chauncey project's deadline. two lawsuits attempting to block the project are in the appeal stage. they have significantly slowed down construction. the meeting will be on december 15th. starting today, people can use a new online historic properties in cedar rapids. the site has information on where they are and what characteristics t t properties have. the city will hold two informational sessions today at the downtown library at noon and 5:30 this evening. a saint luke's s ployee's dream as come true, thanks to her co-workers' efforts. more than 50 people raised enough money to send resa collier to disney world. she is a custodian at the hospital. friends say she brings joy to all of her co-workers and patients. after collier's father recently

the woman's death. police are looking for a man they say robbed an iowa city mcdonald's this morning. morning.officers were sent to the mcdonald's on lower muscatine road near the iowa city marketplace this morning around 4-30.police tell cbs 2 news an employee was forced to hand over money.right now -- they don't know if the suspect any information -- call the iowa city police department or crimestoppers.you can find their number along with this story on our website, cbs 2 iowa-dot-com. a go-fund me page for the family of iowa high school wrestler who died during a tournament has doubled it's goal of 10-thousand dollars. dollars.austin roberts -- a spencer wrestling standout collapsed during a championship match on saturday. right now -- doctors still aren't sure what caused his death.grief counselors were at the high school on sunday.a youth wrestling tournament scheduled for yesterday was cancelled after his death. faimily and friends will say goodbye today to moe sed -- the teenager who was missing for more than a month before being found dead in the cedar river near gilbertville.l

we've been successful the majority of years, the last 10, 15 years.now iowa city is accepting fiscal year 2017 applications.patton wants to try again. again. we apply for the housing portion of it to try to subsidize the cost of the housing that we build.habitat will apply for the home funding, which can be used for things like building affordable housing, which patton says is a need in the greater iowa city area. area. because of the university and the high percentage of student renters that we have, its great for our economy, obviously, but having all of that competition for housing makes prices go up. ackerson says that means people can have trouble finding housing they can afford.he says the funds and the organizations that get them impact a lot of people who have low or limited income. the cdbg can be used for public services and facilities like shelters. shelters. they're both federal funds that the city receives because residents.there is 160 thousand available for cdbg and 290 thousand dollars available for the home program. patton hopes his cause can be a part of that. that.

johnson county public health is offering free hiv testing tomorrow from 11 to 3 at the iowa city public library in meeting room a.the c-d-c estimates one person is newly infected every 9 and a half minutes here in the u-s. in cedar rapids -- the city christmas tree is now in place on may's island but you'll have to wait to see the lights. city crews#cut the 35-foot colorado spruce from thth andedeon family yard on the southwest side of town.the city will light the tree friday night at 5:30. a new online database will be unveiled today in cedar rapids that showcases local historicic properties.the public is invited to two sessions to learn more about it.that takes place from noon to 1 and 5-thirty to 6-thirtyt the if you need a good laugh this morning, come on over here to the tv for a second and look at this. this.this video is going viral of a cute baby girl trying to be grumpy. grumpy.this is emani.hen asked to show her "mad face," she knows how to work it.and her mom can't stop giggling over how cute it is. it's it's still to come... come...the big anniversary in the struggle for civ

panthers take the ball, washpun gonna try and run the clock out -- gets fouled instead -- and that's your ball game1-79, cyclones undefeatedno more back in iowa city, lisa bluder and the iowa women's basketball te back on the winning track after defeating bradley... ally disterhoft and figrues coe college trying to move to 6-and-3 on the year... hosting lake forrest...kohawks up 24- 11 first half -- marshall shedeck... splish splash to push the lead to sixteeeen.... later first, the big man inside, christian fahey muscles his way in for two kohawks cruising throh the first half......but lake forest had some rally in them -- before the half eric porter for one of his eleven three's on the day -- a new eby fieldhouse record -- the foresters overcome a seventeen point deficit to stun the kohawks 81-76.... number eleven mount vernon hosting north cedar tonight.... name of the game for m-v -- three's -- that one courtesy of kristen elliot made it 50-32 mustangs to start the fourth quarter... the knights did trim the lead down -- miranda thimmes with the drive in double overage there --but thhome team firing on all cylinders -- oh senior beyond the arc,

iowa city. city.yesterday, the company gave the city a copy of a federal lawsuit it plans to file unless iowa city reconsiders recent agreements with i-mon.mediacom says those agreements put *it at a competitive disadvantage. disadvantage.the company has given the city until december 31st to respond.iowa city's legal department says they are reviewing it, but not commenting any further. u-s army sergeant bowe berghdal has made his first appearance in front of a charges of desertion and misbehavior in front of the enemy - for leaving his post before being captured by the taliban in 2009.during his hearing this morning, bergdahl deffered a plea.he also did not decide whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury, or only face a judge. bergdahl was freed last year inin prisonon swap with the taliban.if convicted of the misbehavior charge, he could get life in prison. new live at five, ve,tips are pouring in right now on a texas teen spared from jail time after a rarely used excuse. excuse.18-year old ethan couch violated his probation last week by not checking in with his officer.that set o o

, also out of iowa city, the downtown district is getting a little bigger. bigger.last night, the city council approved the new district for another ten years. there will be a self-imposed tax levy to go toward improvements and initiatives within the district. the new area covers burlington street south of downtown including the new music building--and east including city hall and the newly planned chauncey tower. . turning now to cedar rapids, another ribbon cutting in a growing district. district.a grand opening was held today for the new kingston village complex on diagonal drive southwest.the apartments feature income- restricted units so they're designed to be affordable.the complex also has a fitness room, washers and dryers and an outside patio.the owner says it's been a long time coming and his partnership with the city has been positive. "it's very exciting for us, you know you work on a project like this for a couple of years and when you finally get little bit, invite your friends in just celebrate a little bit." bit."tenants can b

the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city pm. rain will start to chance over to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for the possibility of slick roads. minor accumulation, less than 1" of snow, is forecast and will end before midnight. the snow chances will be areas north of cedar rapids this evening.we are tracking the potential for storms to develop east and south of waterloo this afternoon. the threat for severe weather will be near iowa city (i-80 and south) between 3-6 pm. to snow west of waterloo about 4 pm and move east making for record numbers during the weekend. but it's possible no one was more excited -- or more deserving to see the movie -- than one man from ankeny. eric hanson reports the emotional story -- of one man's for patients, one night in the i-c-u is one night too their lives. the guy in room 5 only knows he's somewhere in the triple digits. it's genetic disease that i was a kid when doctors first said "noonan syndrome". it can make you tired, it can make you weak, it can make you face deat

the university of iowa says fans trying to now get tickets on the secondary markets should be extremely careful to avoid buying fake tickets. kcrg tv nine's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson joins us lili. mark, athletics officials say they've never seen anything like this? it's been a wild couple days, bruce and beth. and keep in mind the university does have 22- distribute next week to season ticket holders. and they're working to get more tickets for fans. "i've been here for o or 30 years and been to all the rose bowls and i don't know if i've ever seen anything quite like this. " by 2 p-m tuesday there were already 39-thousand- 500 fan requests made to the u-i ticket office for the 22-thousand tickets allotted to the hawkeyes. meanwhile tickets on stub hub were up to nearly 600 dollars. perhaps one reason -- last fall for the first time ever the rose bowl did a pre-sale of 45-hundred tickets before the teams were announced -- and those are the ones that ended up on stub hub before tickets were released to the general public tuesday. already rose bowl officials have declared the game a contractual sell-out, leaving u-i officials scrambling to

- they don't know if the suspect was armed.if you have any information -- you're asked to call the iowa city police department or crimestoppers.you can find their number along with this story on our website -- cbs 2 iowa-dot-com. a woman is in custody this afternoon -- accused of intentionally driving her car into a crowd of people on the vegas strip. strip.32-year-old jessica valenzuela from arizona was killed -- and more than 30 were hurt -- six of them critically.cbs 2 news has also learned that four of the injured were members of a college wrestling team in las vegas for a tournament.police say a woman swerved her car onto a busy side-walk at least two or three times outside of universe pageant.she tried to drive away -- but was tracked down in a parking lot.a toddler was also in the car with her during the rampage. people were punching the window trying to get the apparently child out of the backseat, and she accelerated again and just kept mowing everyone down. " ""it literally looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she was just sitting there like looking straight forward

--- shshfinished with 15but the game belonged to the home town hero -- miss ally disterhoft -- the iowa city west product scored a team high 20 -- 6 scored a team west product the iowa city west productctscored a team high 20 -- 6 hawks finished in double figures -- iowa wins 89 to 76 the iowa state women wrapped up their non- conference slate with a 79 -- 634 win over northern arizona -- and the uni women fell to creighton -- 69 to 61high school girls basketball -- assumption -- tom lilly looking for career win looking for tom lilly looking for career win number 500and his saints would get hihito the milestone -- megan jones drops in the bucket -- xavier gets the win -- 57 to 47 -- and coach lilly gets win number 500 500 "just love the game,@have a passion for it... i don't know about 500 though ... that means you've been in a gym a long time, you've a gym a long you've been in a gym a long time, you've got a lot of practices underneith your belt , you've gone through a lot of kids, but 500 is quite a club.. and not very many ople reach it and this is the time." cbs-2 news connects with the

the week -- tying none other than micheal jordan. speaking o honor's -- iowa's ally disterhoft was named to the big 10 honor roll -- this season the iowa city native leads the team in points and assits per game and has scored in double figures in all 9 games for bluder's buncn. --- the newly ranked -- 23rd hawkeyes turn to action friday againt iowa state. we wilbe right back to tata if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our peopleleork longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street nks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living w wes for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all thanks for watching your cbs 2 news at six. "entertainment tonight" is up next.we hope until then...enjoy your evening. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. the fate of the frfr world. the united statete should

and everyone wants them to feel safe 581300 - its outside of the iowa city rhelm. weve not taken the rv to another state - lisa superstitions aside... 541114 - i dont think its gonna be a real high scoring game but i do feel that we are gonna go out and bring home a win - lisa whether you're packing up and heading out ... 534802 - once i get there i really feel like indianapolis will be full of a lot of black and gold - lisa or staying home to watch the game... no matter one you choose -- with hawkeye pride 562328 - but at the same time when there is a loss there passion in that as well - lisa comes protection. 225806 - i feel confident because i feel like everyone in the area is on alert - matt funk half a dozen des moines police officers will man court avenue this weekend... partially due to a violent weekend last weekend ... and what the city says is leftover funding. add saturday's game day crowd -- some businesses say beefing up security couldn't have come at a better time 224006 - temperatures do make a difference, weather does make a difference and with it be

coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon - we introduce you to two iowa city guys who've put their heart into a new local business. the product you might want to start adding in to your diet.. astronaut tim peake made history today when he took off from a launchpad in kazakhstan. he's on his way tothe international space station where he will spend six months orbiting the earth.peak will be the first british astronaut to join the i-s-s crew, and the first "official" british astronaut in space.there have been other british-born astronauts, but they either held u.s. citizenship or were privately funded. there's a new local business in iowa city that seems to be supplying the entire town with a new health food! food!i stopped by their kitchen to see how the food is made, but ended up realizing how much passion they have for iowa city.take a look. look. "machine go" (grrrrr machine noises)kelly: in a world where being health conscious is the new trend, two university of iowa graduates are right on time for their new business, the old capitol food company. their product is organic, high protein, e

the company gave the city a letter of complaint and a copy of a federal lawsuit they plan to serve unless iowa city reconsiders three agreements with imon communications. medicom alleges that the city's agreements competitive disadvantage. has given the city y til the end the year to respond to its concerns. the city had no comment on the issue. the iowa secretary of state's office is accepting applications for the safe at home program. it's a program for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, and stalking. it gives them a legal post fice box address fo government records. lieutenant governor kim reynolds expects about 150 people will sign up in the first half of theheear. ""this program offers a way out. it's not the answer, there's other initiatives that we will continue to work on, but it is, as you indicated, another tool in the tool box to start to make a difference for individuals that are suffering." " iowa joins 33 other states in adopting the program. people in cedar rapids are remembering the lives of two homeless people who were killed earlier this year. the cath