uition is set increase at the university of iowa. the iowa board of regents voted wednesday for a three percent increase beginning next fall. rates were rrised earlier this year at the university of northern iowa and iowa state university. at the time rates were raised at had successfully argued a tuition freeze. board of regents president bruce rastetter says the numbers can change depending on the state legislature. the legislative session begins in january. muslili student's at iowa's public universities are asking for a permanent prayer space... kwwl's amanda gilbert spoke with some o the students at the university of northern iowa. the saint stepepens tholic student t enter has been a place u-n-i christian students students ...are asking for a people understand what we go through... people here at uni... prayer... something nadir says is very important to himm.. "it's a sisi... if you don't pray five times a day... it's a sin..." standup: the problem is if he "its expensive for me and we have to pay insurance.. and we haveeto pay

the story. the iowa student information system is commonly referred to as isis...and that name has upset some students... parents... and faculty at the university of iowa. though students have used the program every day for years... the fight for a name change. "the university is, you know, taking these concerns very seriously, and so we're hoping this will be something that people will receive in a positive manner."discussions over changing the name began over the past few weeks on campus, but, word of a new name for the web program is just beginning to get out to the public. "while most students understand why the university is changing the name, they say they wouldn't have been offended if the school kept the name isis." "it doesn't really affect me, but i think it's a good change to make." "i think it's a good idea with everything going on. everything e school will also be asking r input from stunts for a new nameo ensure's something they feel is appropriate. the school hopes to have the new name ficially in place by spring... but students say there's no rry to get ridof the current site in their inions."i mean, i feel like it's pretty vious t

iowa since the 2012-2020 school year. the university of iowa children's hospital will soon have a new name. the regents approved naming the hospital the stead family university of iowa children's hospital, after businessman jerre stead and his wife, mary joy. the more than 50 million dollars to the ununersity. the name takes effect next november. one woman from linn county got a big surprise tonight... ying with applause this was the reaction when lucinda alexander learned that she had been given a van. several companies including marion tire, deery brothers and hyvee joined the salvation armymyo give away the car as part of a prograra called miles of smiles. the program narrows down nominations it receives from community members. for there, a selection n committee chooses s winner. " i am excited, i am thankful, and grateful for someone to select my family. " this is the fourth year for the mileleof smiles giveaway. alexander says she doesn't have a car, and she's looking forward to driving it around with her family. we're partnering with

players do this every year- play holiday songs on the steps of the old capitol on the last day of classes before fall finals at the university of iowa. new university of iowa president bruce harreld and his wife were part of the crowd. coming up, a preview from fargo on the uni - north dakota state playoff game. and could the cyclones pull off another upset in the women's game tonight against the hawkeyes. stay with your 24 hour news series in ames. a big first half for the hawkeyes. alexa kastanek three ball corner pocket.. she finished with 14.. and here they come on the break and ally disterhoft finishes for two of her carerr 26. with another big night with a career high 26.. and iowa jumped out to an 11 point second half lead.. but just like last night hilton magic took over..bridget carlton takes the basline to give the cyclones the lead.. and then shawna johnson off point play the old fashion way..she had 22.. hawks cut the lead to one on a nice spinning drive by disterhoft.. but down three ally for three to send it to overtime no!! and iowa state comes from behind for the 69-66 win. lets talk some football uni is peaking at j

were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didn't like the fact that they were typing that name in. " the university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. the iowa hawkeye football team has had a very successful season, thanks to a lot of work by the players and coacacs. but t-v nine's iowa cici bureau chief mark carlson reports one hawkeye star also takes time to get away, and he uses his off days trying to help others succeed. "this year iowa hawkeye head football coach kirk ferentz gave his players thursdays completely off of football, and one star hawkeye running back spent much of that time volunteering in the community. " okay, one more time... i-n-a-a-d-i- b-l-e.... good, good. community for making big plays -- like this. cheers but canzeri makes big impact off the field too. the lives of kids he's a regular thursday volunteer wiwi the non- profit organization strive for success, where he helps kids catch-up with their spelling and reading. "it's just fun to see them just full energy.

were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didn't like the fact that they were typing that name in. " the university of sometime next semester. tim: earlier this year jackson pollock's mural made a stop in sioux city. now a documentary surrounding the painting is travels the globe and will will be seen here in sioux city. the sioux city arts center, where the mural was on display locally..... will be showing the movie december jackson pollock's mural: the story of a modern masterpiece, is produced and directed by emmy award winning filmmaker kevin kelley and will highlight the journey of pollock's mural during its tour around the world. jenna: families with kids in the hospital are getting a different kind of gift this holiday season. today, the ronald mcdonald house of siouxland got a load of donations from generous siouxlanders. they've been asking for items to stock their cupboard - things like snacks, bottled water, and dish soap. all of it will be used by families who stay at the ronald mcdonald house. the

were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didn't like the fact that they were typing that name in. " the university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. cyclone fans are happy this morning after a thriller in ames. rivalry game, but fell victim to the hilton magic. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break. it's ---. "hi, i'm master sgt. timothy larson deployed from decoda air force base here in sw asia. i just want to say happy holidays and hello to my three kids, bethany, toby and zach. and i also want to say, 'happy holidays' to my parents william and lana larson in iowa and i'll be home soon. thanks and stay first alert storm team meteorologist kaj o'mara joins us now. our weather continues to be mild with a day of passing clouds in front of us. while a warm front will be lifting in this afternoon, it appears it really won't have much moisture along it until tonight, when isolated showers are possible. the day should be upper

isis, and they typing that name in. " tim: the university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. jenna: republican candidate ben carson was stumping in iowa today. carson spoke to supporters at a morning breakfast event in burlington on friday. the latest national poll shows carson is trailing gop frontrunner donald trump by 22 points with only 13% of the republicanan support. carson also made a stop in moravia, iowa while on the trail today. tim: all of the republican candidates will likely spend much of the weekend prepping for tuesday's g-o-p debate in las vegas... but in the meantime... but that isn't keeping the bunch out of the headlines dianne gallagher is in washington with more. "(carly fiorina/(r) presidential candidate) "i think donald trump knows how to play the media like a master. republican presidentiti hopeful carly y orina came out swinging against the media and donald trump. (carly fiorina/(r) presidential candidate) i think he's a pied piper. i think he says things and you all rush to cover it. every single network." but donald trump's c

student) "i know someone who is of the muslim faith who (mitchell spenler/university of iowa student) "it has absolutely nothing to do with it. it's just a coincidence that our acronym the university said changing the name of the program is relatively straightforward... and is looking into the expenses the change would bring upon the school... should they choose to do tha. a lot of students toll me they have seen and heard the iowa student information systems being referred to by its full name lately... rather than the abbreviation. we'v got you covered line in iowawa ity... hillary maglin ...kwwl news. the university hopes to have estimates on a possible name change compiled soon... and will make their decision public soon after that. also at the university of iowa. students will be seeing a slight spike in their tuition costs. the regents board agreed to increase unnergraduate tuition for resident students at the university of iowa; however, tuitiion will stay the same at uni and iowa state for now. rates were raised earlier this in continuing coverage... we now know it's a

the university of northern iowa, the university of iowa and mount mercy university are listed in the top five schools in iowa to go to for an online education, according to online colleges dot net. today, the dean of adult programs at mount mercy told cbs 2 news, while their campus is a great place for traditional students looking to get a top-notch education, their online courses offer more opportunity for the non- traditional student. he says there are a lot of benefits for online students, from having that flexible schedule. 04.14.16 i think a lot of it is just the time. they can come online, log into their computer and they can do that on their own time. there is not a specific set time that they need to be on the computer, but they still get the same quality experience get as well." 04.14.32.20 04.14.32.20mount mercy's online courses are available year-round. the deadline to sign up for the next round of courses, is december 18th. still to come on the cbs 2 news at 6 6how a group in iowa city want to make an annual event seen around the world. if you're doing everything right but

least the ones given to the university of iowa. least the ones given to the university of iowa. coming up on local 5 sports we'll break down the costs and just how many fans put in welcome back. today is the day-- iowa fans hoping to get tickets through the university of iowa found out today whether or not they'd get a seat at the rose bowl on january first. there were nearly 55,0000 ticket requests for just 22,000 tickets that were available through the university ranging in price from 150 dollars up to 185. this is the first trip to the rose bowl since 1991 for the dream season. it's no secret iowa fans travel well. with so many people requesting ticketsthere are sure to be some broken hearts. we caught up with one fan in iowa city who got the good news today that he'd be inside the rose bowl for the new years day game. but wonders how they determine who got the best tickets. "(ethan diehl) my parents had season tickets for like 35 years and i read on k- hawk that point cut off for tickets is 31 and you get three points for each s

iowa are getting high praise for helping students achieve success. success.the university of of iowa and mount mercy university are listed in the top five schools in iowa to go to for an online education, according to online colleges dot net. today, the dean of adult programs at mount mercy told fox 28 news, while their campus is a great place for traditional students looking to get a top-notch education, their online courses offer more opportunity for the non- traditional student. he says there are a lot of benefits for online students, from saving cost on tuition, to having that flexible schedule. 04.16.40.02 we're really excited. the programs only been around for about a year and a half. we have over 100 students already, and it just continues to climb, and we know that there are even better things in the future. 04.16.49.27 mount mercy's online courses are available year- round. the deadline to sign up for the next round of courses, is december 18th. the iowa hawkeyes are getting ready for their biggest game in decades. decades.fans are just beginning to make the trek to championship.today, the team posted this facebook image of what you'll see sat

the cause of the crash is under investigation. the new children's hospital at the unviersity of iowa will be named in honor of jerre and mary joy stead...longtime university donors. this is a picture of the construction from just a few mintues ago. jerre was also on the university presidential search committee -- though a university spokesman said that did not influence the name of the hospital. r-e-i closed its doors on black friday. the store urged people to "opt outside"...spend time with families and enjoy the great outdoors. and it actually helped their sales online. the store saw a ten percent jump in online traffic on thanksgiving... and a 26 percent jump on black friday. a woman picks up a birthday cake some, the way it looked would have been a big problem. here's a look at the cake -- see how the message is written? as ken kolker shows us -- the natsot: "lisa aldrich, thank you so much for sharing your story. so nice. i shared it hopefully so that people would consider that they should be nicer." lisa aldrich bought the sheet cake at meijer in gaines township on saturday for her sister's birthday, which also happened to fall on bunko night. she a

the first half of the day, but by late afternoon, we will see the development of showers. the rain but hended up loosing his fingers and toes... it's a medicalalmystery that haha doctors at the university of iowa hospital stumped... liam young was in surgery again this morning... this is a picture of him after he had his head shaved r the operation.... kwwl's amanda gilbert sat down with the family who told her everything about what their son hasone through.<& "good job." this little boy is a whered my dadad go... liam's dad took him to a local hospital... thinking he had the flu... is he's critically ill. they got to get him to iowa city, and any better. so i took him to the emergency hospital in dubuque... finley hospital and...have the helicopter come to pick him up....it's been a long journey so far withhout any definate answers. "mommy please open it..." doctors don't know what's wrong with him.... "thank you" "the best answer we got is he ended up getting the flu and his immune system didn't really know how to respond to it..... so it started attacking his body." through a program here at the hospital.... liam gets a bead for every proccure or treatment he gets. this show's everything he

the new room today and joins us live in iowa city. city.its called the soft space police department. the university of iowa police department.university police information about sexual violence that occurs. occurs. this is what some of the interview spaces at the university of iowa police department look like.david visin interim assisiant vice president, director of public being some place that's a sterile environment, very institutional, we try to create a place where they're comfortable.u-i-p-d says this new soft interview space is designed to help survivors of xual violence come forwarar and express themselves.david visin interim assistant vice president, director of public safety18:20:12 when we have victims of trauma they experience that trauma and as the chemicals of the brain affect what's going on, their memories, there are certain ways you can improve the recollection of the details of the crime.there are 12 elements in the room's design that agencies hope will make that easier to do...like dimmed lighting, weighted blankets and white noise.jen carlson, rvaexecutive director18:44:0606f we can

iowa children's hospital... it's become the "stead family university of iowa children's hospital." it's in honor of donors jerry and mary jo stead... who are giving 25 million dollars to the facility. they've now donated a total of 54 million dollars to the university. they are honored, they are excited about this. and interestingly, this is not something they wanted to give money for brick and mortar, that's not what they do. but in this case, they understood the impact was so large to the people they love in iowa, that they decide to do it that way. the name takes effect next november...with the dedication of the new hospital building. the director of athletics is leaving the university of northern iowa... troy dannen has been hired for the same position at tulane university in new orleans. the school will name an interim director while it performs a replacement. dannen has overseen the panthers athletics department for eight years. his last day is december 31st. a metro food bank is turning to the community to help fill its selves today the iowa food bank association kicks off th

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 defense class it's not about meeting violence with violencea&jenn 06:46:17 my life."it starts with the mind.first-tirs, like jennifer wyatt, say that's what thth're taking away from the e urse.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 situations."oleta 09:39:16 "we add the p

the university of northern iowa needs a new athletic director because troy dannen is heading to tulane university. he's taking the athletic director's job at that school in new orleans. la year, the national association of collegiate directors of athletics named dannen as the under armour a-d of the year. u-n-i will name an interim a-d while it searches for a new one. dannen's last day at will be december 31st. today the state regents approved a three per cent tuition increase for undergraduate students at in september, the regents raiaid undergraduat e tuition for the upcoming spring semester. but that three percent increase, whh totals about 100 dollars for full time undergrads, only applied to iowa state and northern iowa. the university of iowa was exempt from that increase. kcrg t-v nine's iowa city bureau chief mark carlson joins us live. mark, is this the final increase for next year? bruce, well it really comes down to the amount of funding the legislature will give the universities in the future. but this discussion is likely far from over. it

of prey in eastern iowa. i'll show you the work they're doing, coming up." that receives support from the university of iowa and kirkwood community college. it's spent years rehabilitating injured birds of prey. but a leadership change earlier this year prompted the project to stop rehabilitation services. so t-v nine's brady smith explains, the macbride raptor project's former director started a new organization. :48-:58 "many of us who had been working and doing that 4& for many years felt there still was a very important need for rehabilitation in the area." after leaving the macbride raptor project, jodeane cancilla formed rare in its wake. 4:41-:49 "we have had three patientnt we have another one on the way from dubuque that has an injured wing. so things are really beginning to pick up."rare, advocacy, rehabilitation, and education." dr. mary ebert is serving as rare's veterinarian, offering her iowa city clinic as a place to treat patients like this screech owl. 5:23-:32 "it has an injured eye, most likely due to a collision with a vehicle, and an old fracture to a leg; hard to tell what migh

all four of iowa's major hospitals are now a part of the new privatization plan. the university of iowa is still reporting hundreds of mumps cases. and officials are saying the problem won't go away anytime soon. kidnapped k-9s. multiple households in cedar rapids have reported their dogs stolen last month. good morning! it's wednesday december 16th. here is a live look at . first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a windy wednesday across the region! if it's trash day in your area, watch for bins blown over as gusts may hit 40mph at times. while a sprinkle or two may occur with won't really see much out of this from a rain standpoint. we'll see a gradual downturn in temperature, and we should be down around 35 by 6pm. plan on dry conditions through sunday, but our temperatures will be undergoing a rollercoaster ride. our coolest day will be friday with upper 20s common, with highs bouncing right back into the upper 40s by sunday. today: windy, falling temps high: 42-48 winds: sw 20-30 g 40 alo: 40 dbq: 45 iow: 45tonight: mostly cloudy low:

the board of regents appppved naming the hospital the stead family university of iowa children's hospital at its meeting yesterday. the board also approved a three percent tuition increase for undergrad students at the university of iowownext fall. to become the new a.d at tulane. ... dannen has been at uni since 2008. he was named the national athletic director of the year in 2014. during his time as a.d., he's had 15 coaches-of- the-year and 15 conferenen-players-of- the-year. he'll be introduced at a press conference on friday at 11 a.m. his last to hoops and the hawkeyes hosted florida sate tonight in the big 10-acc challenge. and after falling behind 8-2.. dom uhl with the nice drive down the lane for the kiss. and then jared uthoff started heat up with the triple to tie the game at 21.. and here thth come off the break peter jok three ball corner pocket and iowa trailed 32-31 at the break. and what a talent utoff is with that length the swat on "d" and then the flush on the other end to pupuiowa up 44-41. and jared can do it all the nice dish to woody who goes back door.. at virgini

the school's new president. president.the board of regents voted today to change the name to the stead family university of iowa children's hospital. it's named for gerry stead and his wife, mary joy.major donors, they have pledged more than 53-million dollars to support the hospital, and other university programs. stead served on the search committee that recruited bruce harreld.stead is also c-e-o of i-h-s, a colorado-based business analytics firm.the hospital project is expected to be completed next year. year.we will be back with more shopping last week, and are still looking for gift ideas, tune in tomorrow for cbs 2 this morning, we'll check out some of the top tech gifts, that you can wear.that's tomorrow on cbs 2 this morning. recapping a developing story story cbs 2 news has been following all afternoon.this is a live look from san bernardino, california, the site of today's mass shooting at a social services center.right now, we know 14 people are also have reports that police may have shot one of the suspects and one of the police officers was injured.that is the latest information police say there ma

authorities' ability to use factors - such trash or a "lived-in" look - to stop drivers. 3 3 the university of iowa is making a major change to one of its online systems for students... because of terrorism.the iowa student information system has gone by the acronym *isis* for several years... until now.the university says because the acronym has been *corrupted* by the islamic state terrorist group... it will stop using the system and integrate its services into the university's *other* online system called "icon". universities in florida, arkansas and kansas are making similar moves. 3 as the first votes in the race for the gop presidential nomination get closer...tensio n among some the candidates and insiders at the republican party appear to be on the rise. as craig boswell candidates have threatened for differing reasons to leave the party and today new poll numbers have two candidates who have been reluctant to attack one another on a possible collision course. 3 ben carson is threatening to leave the republican party if gop leaders ignore the will of the voters.(sot: dr. ben carson/(r) pres

providers have until the end of the year to sign up. the university of iowa may not have seen the worst of it yetethen it comes to students with mumps. earlier this fall, u-i responded to dozens of cases offering free vaccinations. on november 9th, johnson county reported 116 cases of mumps. the vast majority were believed to be at the ui. just last week, there were 162 cases reported. and as monday, 196 people reported having mumps, 152 of them were at u-i. tv-9's forrest saunders is live in the newsroom this morning. forrest, are school administrators seeing any sign of this letting up? not yet. ui officials say afafer talking with the state medical experts, they don't think this outbreak has peaked yet. that likely won't happen until sometime after christmas break. cases at the u u are the highest they've been since a large outbreak in 2006, when they reached a couple hundred. this year, to fight back, the school offered free vaccinations in november to those under 25. about 48-hundred students got a third measles, mumps and rubella shot at eight clinics s

there's still no word on how much the board of regents also approved the re naming of the university of iowa children's hospital... it's become the "stead family university of iowa children's hospital." it's in honor of donors jerry and mary jo stead... who are giving 25 million dollars to the facility. they've now donated a total of 54 million dollars to the university. the name takes effect next november...with the dedication of the new hospital building. n - b - c embarks on its latest musical holiday tradition tonight... a three - hour live production of the broadway show "the wiz." it's the show that brought oz to life... in a funky sing - a - long journey down the yellow brick road. it won seven tony awards... including best musical. tonight's performance features a star - studded cast... including queen latifah, mary j blige, and david alan grier. it starts at 8 p - m... right here on n - b- now here's savannah guthrie with >>> good morning. identify a husband and wife as the two shooters who opened fire

of the team aspect of it. i knew the kind of coaches and the kind of tradition that the university of iowa has. it was a no brainer at the end of the day." hawkwyes has developed into one of the top lineman in college football. blythe was one of three finalist for the rimington award given to the top center in the country. "you go through those trials, those ups and downs, those peaks and valleys to get to where you are today. as a senior, i feel really proud not just of myself but of the group seniors that we have. i think we have a really good group of seniors that have led to this team to where we are now." we will have much more on austin and his marraige kylie ritche coming up on our rose bowl special this friday at 9:00 am. ... the iowa football team announced today that senior tight end jake duzey will not play in the rose bowl after re-injuring his knee in practice on friday. duzey tore his patella tendon in spring practice and has seen limited action this season. and i'm joined right now by regina grad jacob northwest missouri state. they just won the division ii national football champ

the university of iowa children's hoital will soon have a new name. the regents approved naming the hohoital the stead family university of iowa children's hospital, after businessman jerre stead and his wife, mary joy. the steads have donated more than 50 million dollars to the university. the name goes into effect next november. the dubuque school district needs a new swimming pool, but that project is now on hold. that's because of a change in the collection of the state sales tax from iowa's manufacturer s. the change takes effect on july first next year. it'll erase the state sales tax that iowa manufacturer s have paid on consumable supplies. those are items they use in the manufactutun g process. the iowa department of revenue estimates that will cut overall state sales tax million dollars between 2017 and 2020. it could also reduce local option sales tax revenue by up to six million dollars annually. that would affect cities that have large manufacturing bases. this law change affects the pool project because dubuque schools were planning to us

tickets have gone quickly for the rose bowl game between iowa and stanford. and the university of iowa says fans trying to get tickets on the secondary markets should be extremely careful. wewell up. hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $400 in promo cards! yes! switch to u.s. cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just $70. weather pattern. the first in a series of storms moves east tonight. clouds will not totally leaves the sky, but some clearing occurs, bringing a bit of sunshine wednesday. mild december conditions are set to continue, as highs push into the 50s on thursday and friday. rain chances develop friday, with a much better rainvent headed our wayayn saturday. moves south late sunday meaning we need to watch for a transition to snow for the early part of the week. tonight: iso. showers early low: 31-37 winds: w 5-15t

the state of iowa with the iowa national guard. it not only makes us stronger as a military but certainly as a nation women currently make up 16 percent of the iowa national guard. the new university of iowa president has set a date for his first public forum. bruce harreld officially became the university's 21st president last month.... he was unanimously selected by the "iowa board of regents." but many were critical of the forum he gave as one of four finalists for the job... and demanded he hold another. harreld answered those demands by setting a date of february 23rd. he says he hopes many more follow. a - i - b has sold its three apartment buildings... the buildings at the southwest corner of campus were purchased for more than two million dollars. the property includes a total of 60 furnished, one bedroom proceeds from the sale will be used for general educational last academic year for a - i - b. once it's closed... the remaining cash will be transferred to the university of iowa. instead of selling... the johnston school district is building... and this week it hit a milestone... hitting, you can see behind me is we are setting the trusses over the gymnasium which is one

donor.the board of regents voted to change the name to the stead family university of iowa children's hospital.it's named for gerry stead and his wife, mary joy..the couple has pledged more than 53-million dollars to support the hospital, and other university programs.the new children's hospital is scheduled to open next scheduled to open next it's now on this morning. morning.we'll take a look at the top three stories you need now here's a look at the three top stories you need to know today. today.in san bernardino, california, authorities are still investigating what leded at least two attacks to kill 14 people and injure several others.the two attackers have been identified as sheen malik and syed farook. family members say the two were married.police say a third person was detained for running near the scene, but arent re if they are oscar pistorius has now been convicted of murder.an appeals court overturned his lesser manslaughter charge in the death of his former girlfriend eva steenkamp.he now will be re-sentenced.minimum punishment for murder in area, where police have relea

in the wake of mass shootings around the world and in the united states, and a shooting on the university of iowa campus in 1991 - there have been more calls for him to resign.but president harreld says the keke to getting past thth is coming up coming up tonight at 9 and 10, we take a closer look at the work being done in pasasena to keep all these fans safe.in pasadena, kevin barry, cbs 2 news. temps are in the 20s 20smoly cloudy skies prevail prevailskies will become partly oudy thursday bututit will be cold. temperatures will rise from 17 at 6am to 19 at 3pm just like retail stores, he iowa department lf transportation uses seasonal workers. workers.this fall thehepututut a call for six hundred part- time, seasonal staff. staff.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore talked to the d-o-t about how many rkers they're still looking for. for. dot staff tell us they're still looking for about 200 workers across the state, so if you've ever wondered what it's like to drive one of these big rigs, there are positions available right here in the corridor.pkgthe iowa used their full time staff to combat mon

the terrorist group now leading to change here in iowa. the university of iowa's student information system is nicknamed isis. while the university only receivedd a few complaints -- it's taking them seriously. the university has not announced a new name but it'll change in the spring. decision 2016... we have mixed news about donald trump this morning. one poll shows he's gaining ground. another shows his idea to ban muslims is unpopular. as tracie potts tells us -- he seems to be defying the odds. as signs declaring him a "racist" go up at donald trump's our new nbc wall street journal poll shows 77 saying, you know, trump is right." americans think his plan to ban not a serious man." trump canceled his trip to israel amid criticism: "most people are relieved he's reconsidered." a cbs-new york times "ultimately the decision is who nominee is going to be someone who can win the general election and i don't believe that donald can." last night trump got a major police endorsement and rolled out a new idea: "anybody killing a police officer, death penalty is

a bus crash in chicago has claimed the life of a university of iowa student. student.21-year-old nicole killed yesterday when the bus driver lost control and hit and a contstruction sign.the drer told police he was trying to avoid a pick up truck that moved d to the bus' lane.a g-p-s system in the bus says it was going six-miles under the speed limitfour other passengers were injured in@the crash and weretaken to the hospital.this is what one rider had to say... "i c cld hear a boom. so you know when you hear a noise, you're going to jump up. i had seen windows busted. it was three windows; on the passenger's front side, then the window next to the statas, then the back window, it was all open. a woman in the back had got injured real bad," "everybody was so shook up that you don't know what to do. you don't know if you want to scream. only thing you could do was look around," around,"a go-fund me page has been set up in nicole's memory. proceeds will establish a scholarship fund in her name at the univererty of iowa. the chicago police officer charged with kil

the child is getting medical care in sioux city. "music " tim: one of the most wonderful days of the year attracted a crowd of a few hundred to the university of iowa pentacrest friday. the annual holiday tuba concert lasted for a half-hour and featured songs like "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas," "grandma got run-over by a reindeer," and the iowa hawkeye fight song. the annual event is put on by the ui tuba and euphonium ensemble on the steps of the old capitol building. it features more than a dozen tuba players and a conductor dressed as santa. temperatures around 50 degrees helped attract the huge crowd. " we're really lucky the tuba's are playing and their fingers aren't freezing, so this is a good serenio all the way around," said the wife of univ of iowa president bruce harreld. the event also serves as a toy- drive for strong partners empowering change and solidarity. still to come... a unique choirs brings the christmas spirit to iowans... and helps those serving time. we'll explain. cloudy tonight, but a messy weekend ahead... rain, sleet, and snow in the forecast. details next. pollock original that was in town over the summ

there will then be a question and answer session with the director of the film and the director of the university of iowa's museum of art. sioux city's art center director says the artwork is what established the u-s as a leader of contemparary art 70 years ago. "i think it was the most important exhibition we ever had at the art center. over 25,000 people came out to see it. it was really a coo for us to be able to bring such an imporant modernist artwork to sioux city," said sioux city art center director, al harris-fernandez. startiti decemeber 18th, the museum will begin looping the film in the lecture hall through the end of the month. so, there will be plenty of time to catch up on what happened to the mural after it left siouxland. a new christmas cd is out just in time f f the lidays, and this oneneeatures all siouxland artists. on the "christmas in the sioux too" album, you'll hear traditional carols mixed with some rock, country, and jazz. this is the second year the musicians have worked the cd is ten dollars for a hard copy or a digitial download. proceeds from the cd sales will go to toys for

northern iowa, the university of iowa and mount mercy university are listed among the top five schools in iowa for online education, according to online colleges dot net. the dean of adult programs at mount mercy tells cbs 2 news their online courses offer more opportunity for non-traditional students. he says there are a lot of benefits for online students, from saving cost on tuition, to having that flexible schedule. 04.16.40.02 we're really excited. the programs only been around for about a year and a half. we have over 100 students already, and it just continues to climb, and we know that there are even better things in the future. 04.16.49.27 mount mercy's online courses are available year- round. the deadline to sign up for the next round of courses, it's now on this morning.we'll take a look at what's coming up on fox 28 morning live before we send you off to cbs you'll switch over to fox 28 right now for fox 28 morning live.coming up - christmas trees aren't the only thing that get plucked from the ground during the holidays.so do poinsettias.we're finding out

the woman who started the group is an associate professor at the university of iowa who was researching music in prison. she says the goal is for participants to learn from each other and to empower inmates to gain skills for successfully re-entering society. university of iowa students weren't happy with the name of an online system. so the university is using the complaints as system and change the name away from isis. and after a huge hawkeye lead, a little hilton magic changed the momentum of the cy-hawk rivalry in ames. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. new polls are out! the race for parties amid controversy from one candidate. investigations are switching to a new scene in san bernardino. but this time it involves looking for one specific item- a computer hard drive. and an an iowa football player is spending time some kids in need. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news at midday. terror fears in this country are at their highest level since after 9/11. a new po

the university... the cheapest tickets at stub-hub-dot-com start out at about 600 dollars each. members of the university of iowa football team took time off from college bowl preparations to bring smiles to sick kids. players delivered yellow roses to patients thursday at the university of iowa children's hospital. the roses were actually sent to the team by a local grocery store chain. but the school says the players wanted to share them with the patients. iowa plays stanford in the rose dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things about you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music. ad lib weather toss back coming up -- if you are ordering gifts online... they may be a little late this holiday season... but first -- a new year is coming and so are those new year's resolutions... the priority many americans are drug companies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescript

iowa. this year, the have been 195 cases confirmed across the state, but 162 were found in johnson county.a lot of those cases occured at the university of iowa - due to the highly contagious nature of the virus.the school gave out more than 48-hundred free vaccines to o students to help curb the spread of mumps. graduate students at the university of iowa iowaare asking to school to help them fight against rent increases at an apartment complex on university property. property.students say rents at aspire at west campus are higher than expected and exploitative.some say they're being priced out of their only on-campus housing option. university presididt bruce harreld urged the property management company to listen to student concerns. the necessary citing utility and real estate costs. a major redevelopment project is closer to being finished. finished.frew development group announced today the final tenants to fill the new multi-tenant building at westdale. great clips and q nails & spa have sisied leases and will join at&t, noodles & co., wingstop and chipotle in the 12,000 square-foot building.a second 12-thousand square foot bui

the next cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridor's top stories. stories.weeks after taking office, and months after his selection, the decision to hire university of iowa still under fire tonight. tonight.the american association of university profesesrs released their report after investigating the integrity of the board's decision to hire harreld.he was a frontrunner from the beginning.the report shows the process was different compmped to previous presidential searches.the college and university governance committee will decide whether a sanction will be imposed on u-i.the outcome of that decision will *not affect harreld's employment but it could tarnish the university's reputation. in black hawk county, county,the search for a missing waterloo teen has come to a tragic end. end.authorities say the body recovered from the cedar river near gilberville last weekend is that of 18-year-old moe sed. he was last seen alive near his home on october 22nd.the state medical examiner is still trying to gure out the cause of sed's death. he was a senior at waterloo west high scscol in mount vernon, a group with cornell college gathered to talk about issues sur

the ballot. the iowa board of regents will meet today. it plans to vote on renaming a building on the university of iowa campus. it has kept the details of the building and the name a secret. the board will also discuss raising tuition at the state universities. the cedar falls fire department will soon start using helmet cameras when out on fire calls. the cameras can withstand high levels of heat. the fire department hopes the footage will help firefighters analyze how they fought the fire and ways to improve. it can also help with investigations. here's the latest college football playoff poll. no change in the top four. clemson is on top followed by alabama, oklahoma, and iowa, michigan state is fifth and ohio state moves up to sixth. congrats to kirk ferentz who was named the big 10 coach of the year for the fourth time today and he deserves it.... they named the offensive all big 10 team and jordan walsh was named first team guard by the coaches.. quarterback c.j. beathard was named second team.. the pride and joy of williamsburg austin blythe was a second team center.. and jordan canzeri was named third t

that money will go directly to the university of iowa's dance marathon. it's big ol' ' sh saturday... -9's john campbell will give us a look at some of the greatest catches of the fishing season. stay with tv9. it's ---. meteorologist britley ritz joins weather wise question. it's definitely going to be a gloomy weekd weather wise. dense morning fog will make for difficult driving sure to head out a few minutes earlier. a dense fog advisory has been issued from the national weather service until noon today. temperatures this afternoon will top out in the middle 50s, but will continue to rise through the evening and overnight. rain chances will arrive tonight and continue through sunday, you may even hear a rumble of thunder or two. expected rain totals are around 1 to 3 inches, locally higher amounts are possible. thanks britley. don't hang up your tackle boxes there's still lots of time to get out their and catch a whopper. it's time for another edition of big ol' fish, with tv-9's john campbell. check out the huge flathead quinton taylor landed in the io

the board of regents is meeting today. they will also be talking about possible tuition increases for students at the three public universities. tuition has already been increased for the upcoming spring semester at u-n-i and iowa state. now the regents will consider a 3 percent increase at the university of iowa for 2017. jeb bush is dropping hints as to who would be his v-p if he wins the g-o-p presidential nomination. " should i be elected president, i would have my vice president. i think she will be a great partner, i mean - oh wait, did i say that out loud? " he made the comment during a town-hall meeting in waterloo yesterday. he says people always talk about the vice presidency with one gender in mind. but says the country has reached a point where gender-specific. right now, bush is still in the single digits in many national polls. iowa senator joni ernst is retiring from the iowa national guard after more than 20 years of service. ernst says she is stepping back because she needs to focus more on her family and her duties as a u-s senator. ernst is a lieutenant colonel and she served as a company commander during operation iraqi freedom. a state budget impasse in illinois means job cuts and a reducti

the top public college value in the state. iowa now ranks 57th for in-state value and 95th in the country for out-of-state tuition value. the university of northern iowa ranks right behind, at 58th for best in-state tuition value. 53rd for out-of-state student value. iowa state university comes in 3rd of the state's big 3, ranking 68th best value for in-state tuition, and 67th for out-of-state value. takes in account a variety of factors, including tuition, financial aid, and average salary of graduates. by the way, kiplinger's listed the university of north carolina at chapel hill as best u.s. college value. that's for both in-state and out-of-state students. stacey: the new lighted sculpture in downtown's cowles commons now has a name. the lighted led light sculpture is now named swirl. the sculpture, which is still being completed, will be 28 feet tall and 94 feet wide. it will also feature more than 8000 led lights. swirl's first official lighting will take place next month. another candidate has dropped out of the presidential race. south carolina senator lindsay graham says he's suspending his run for the republican nomination.

all eyes and ears are on the university of iowa today..... the board of regents may be renaming one of the university kwwl's amanda gilbert joins us live in the newsroom with more details about this renaming... it's still is a little bit of a mystery at this point that's right ally. the iowa board of regents spokesman says they are obeying the law by letting everyone know about this proposed building renaming.... but there isn't a lot of information yet about what exactly is happening today. we don't know what building is being renamed or what that name will be... but we should know by the end of the day... more details will be released at today's board meeting.... it is on the agenda... and is expected to be announced and approved... typically in the past... the regents have named buildings to recongize donors. with these previous renamings... the board also waited until the day of the meeting to announce the new name we've got you covered live in the newsroom, amanda gilbert, kwwl news. also on today's agenda...iowa state asking the regents

continuing coverage now--the university of iowa announcing today they're naming their new children's hospital after a pair of maquoketa natives. that facility will be called the stead family university of iowa children's hospital, thanks in large part to a 25 million dollar donation made to the the project by jerre and mary joy stead. kwwl's brad hanson getting a chance to speak to people at the university about the decision today. he joins us live from iowa city with the latest. 54 million dollars--that's the total amount the stead's have donated in their lifetimes. and their latest gift will mean their name on one of the university's newest facilities. this major construction project on the university of iowa campus--totalling 360 million dollars--will have a new name when it's dedicated next november. family university of iowa stead donating 25 million to the project. (jean robillard, v.p. medical affairs) "they are honored, they are excited about this. and interestingly, this is not something they wanted to give money for brick and mortar, that's not what they do. but in this case

there will be a question and answer session with the film's director and the director of the university of iowa's museum of art. it will then move to the main lecture hall the next day and will stay 3 the ronald mcdonald house is wrapping up its second annual giving tree event.the event is for families in need of basic household items like hand soap, water and other basic goods.last year was the first time the ronald mcdonald house teamed up with local golden arches restaurants in siouxland to help those staying at the local house.one sioux city restaurant owner and operator says the giving trees are great for the area. 3 "you know, we hear from the customers and the customers appreciate that we have a ronald mcdonald house here in the sioux city area. we're really grateful that we have one here."the items given are helping provide all the families staying at the local ronald mcdonald house with much needed essentials. 3 "these donations help us provide those basic needs and we can't say enough and enough thanks to mcdonald's and to the community for supporting us and for getting those basic need

the final debate of 20- 15. doctors at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics are close to finding the cause of a mystery disease in one little boy from wisconsin. police in ames are searching for anyone who has information on the driver who killed an iowa state student from urbana. police in dubuque need the community's help in finding the vandals that destroyed part of the veteran's memorial plaza on schmitt island. and the marion city council will meet tonight to discuss adding two new fire stations. a new study says the town needs them due to population growth. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... plan on a day with a partly to mostly cloudy sky and much less wind. highs will generally range from 40-45 from north to south. while no major systems are in the offing for the next five days, there still remains a small shower chance for late tonight into tomorrow morning. this would drop less than a tenth of an inch of rainfall, if that. it'll also be windy again tomorrow. plan on co

were some students that were expressing concern about googling the name isis trying to find the university of iowa isis, and they didn't like the fact that they were typing that name in. " deborah: the university of iowa hopes to launch the system sometime next semester. deborah: a new poll shows 44-per-cent of ericans think attack is very likely to happen in the next few months -- that concern....seen as a big reason behind donald trump's surge to the top of the polls abc's jon karl is at the white house with more. " nats protests/show anti-trump signs in new hampshire overnight, donald trump brushed off protesters as he endorsement of a union. sot trump: "we've had a pretty i i iesting we've had people you that." all the controversy and news on past month seems to have given trump a boost. back in late october there were signs he had started to fade [10/27 nyt/cbs: carson 26, trump 22, rubio 8, bush 7, fiorina 7, cruz 4]. since then, he's jumped 13 points in that same poll [thursday: trump 35, cruz 16, carson 13, rubio 9] but trump's number one rival in iowa, senator ted cruz, is touting an endo

over 54,000 people applied for a chance to watch iowa compete in the granddaddy of them all but with only 23,000 tickets allotted to the university...plenty of iowa fans were left out but not life long hawk fan ethan diehl. (ethan diehl) the point cut off for for tickets was 31 and you get three points for each season so my parents easily made the cutoff but they didn't get the best tickets so you kind of wonder like what does it take to get the best tickets because they turned away 32,000 ticket applications. (alex giaimo) those points are how the university decided who has to stay and who gets to go to pasadena. the priority point system combines longevity, alumni status but most importantly. (ethan diehl) donations i mean its got to i don't know what the points are but it's got to be hundreds of points. it's who you paid. i mean it's about money, purely. (alex giaimo) and if you're hawk fan and still hoping for a chance to watch your team play in the rose bowl for the first in 25 years you're going to have to look to the secondary market.you're also going to have to shell out a good chunk of change. (ethan diehl) of course you