wellcare has 20- days to peal and says it will do so. thousands of people coming out today for the 6th annual battle of waterloo wrestling tournament more than thirty high school teams from around iowa all gathering in waterloo today and through the weekend to take part in this premier wrestling event this tournament has a huge economic impact on the city of waterloo bringing nearly 300-thusands dollars in for the city as athletes and their families populate local hotels, restaurants and shops. "the impact of just bringing this tournamenttill continue tomorrow.. we'll have full coverage of tonight's brackets in our sports later in our newscase a man accused of killing his daughter makes a court appearance to try to block out statements he made to police. 62-year old robert stern of dubuque is charged with first degree murger. today -- stern walked into court with chains around his wrists and ankles. he allegedly admitted to police he killed his 27- year-old daughter, kkberly stern in their dubuque home on june 9 -- using three seperate g

the state of iowa has terminated the medicaid contract of wellcare of iowa. wellcare is one of the four companies selected to manage iowa's medicaidrogram. an iowa administrative law judge recommended the wellcare contract be terminated because of an unfair bidding process. director, janet phipps, agreed with the recommendation of an administrative law judge that the contract be tossed out. she also said wellcare failed to disclose a corporate integrity agreement with the federal govenment, concerning 2014 fraud convictions against three of its former executives, which brought 1 hundred 37-million dollars in fines against wellcare. wellcare has 20- days to appeal and says it will do so... decision 20-16 coverage today... it is probably a safe bet to get used to multiple candidates in eastern iowa -- from now until the big caucus day on febraury first.... this is now crunch time in the hawkeye state for many presidential hopefuls.. that includes perhaps the most infamous candidate.. donald trump will be holding a raralying in cedar rapids today... the event be

but wellcare could be dropped from the mix. an administrative law judge says the company didn't disclose it's past legal troubles when it placed it's bid. this morning governor branstad says the state will still move forward even if wellcare is dropped. 45:26-45:56 the original recommendation we would choose from two to four and so we still have three but the final decision will have to be made by janet phipps and we have every confidence that she we carefully review and make a final decision. governor branstad says he's not sure when phipps will make the decision on wellcare's contract. the evening commute for waukee tomorrow.. a new interchange opens... the ribbon cutting fro grand prairie parkway is set for 10-30... and the road and interchange will open for traffic at noon. the section is the first diverging diamond interchange in the state... signs and stay in your lane, because you're driving on the wrong side road. "wouldn't it be nice" to hop in your "little deuce coupe" and drive downtown for some "fun fun fun?" you ma

wellcare's bid to be one of four companies included in iowa's medicaid system. the state disqualified wellcare because it didn't disclose that it paid millions in fines. meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, we have a chance of rain developing again tonight? the second storm system of the week heads into the with it. unfortunately the moisture that falls will be in the form of rain and not snow. the showers begin to break out late tonight through the morning hours of our wednesday. rainfall totals up to 0.5" are likely in many locations with the rain wrapping up during the early evening. highs remain near 40 for christmas eve and christmas day with more rain ahead for the weekend. have a good night. toninit: showers late e w: 35-41 likely high: 45-51 winds: s 5-15 a soldier with ties to dubuque county ties was among the six americans who died in a suicide bombing in afghanistan yesterday. all of them were members of the air national guard. joseph lemm was born in dubuque and had family in the new vienna - buena vista area. he served three tours abroad wit

this week, wellcare of iowa filed a lawsuit against d-h-s. the state says it terminated the contract because the company didn't disclose some information during the bidding process. toxic shock syndrome is more common then you might think. that's according to one professor at the university of iowa, who's been studying tss for decades. you probably remember learning about it in high school health class. the mayo clinic says common symptoms include... a sudden high fever... low blood pressure... vomiting or diarrhea... a sunburn-like rash on palms and soles... and others like headaches and seizures. menstrual toxic shock syndrome is an illness that can be set off by feminine hygiene products. tv-9's forrest saunders is here now. forrest, how common does that's tough to say. a quick google search will show a lot of different sites with different numbers. 255 cases in 2014, according to one. others, say 1 per 100,000 women. this ui professor thinks it's quiet a few more than that. two weeks ago cedar rapids teen kailee becker came down with some

saying the dedesion is based on claims wellcare hid facts they weren't required to submit during the bidding process.it's asking until the end of the judicial review process. 3 donald trump is rock solid on top of the republican presidential field.as sunlen serfaty reports...a new poll shows him with more support than three of his closest rivals combined. 3 donald trump dominating the g-o-p field.a new cnn/orc poll showstrump on top with 39 percent support. more than double his next closest opponent, ted cruz.trump'p' lead is even more definitive.when measured by the depth of his support on issue after issue.on handling the economyimmigration. ..and isisvoters all deem trump the best equipped candidate..by commanding margins.natsot/trump:"she was favored to win and she got schlonged, she lost, i iean she lost."the frontrunner...t hough...still in the storm...caused by his latest controversy...(donald trump, (r) presidential candidate): "i'm watching the debate, and she disappeared! where did she go!? where did she go!? (butt it's disgusting, i don't want to talk about it."and now, hi

lawmakers demanded answers about wellcare...one of four private companies that has a contract with the state. an administrative law judge has ruled the state should cancel that contract. 11:56:04-11:56:20 this is a complete disaster for those more than 100,000 iowan who are in fear of mantaining their health and wellbeing they've been put in a circumstance... assigned to a company we don't the final decision on "wellcare" of the department of administrative services. there is nothing december about will remain in the 50s. the lows will stay above the freezing point through thursday. there will be plenty of sunshine through the next few days. only a slight chance for a shower or two in northern iowa late tomorrow through wednesday morning. the end of the week and weekend are looking much cooler. highs will drop back to the 40s. there is a chance for light rain/snow mix late sunday and following a bomb threat. officials say the threat was made at a home in the 800 block of first avenue west. all residents within one block of that area are being asked to leave. we'll have the latest on th

on friday, a state official terminated the contract of a wellcare of iowa, saying it failed to disclose highly relevant information during the bidding process. the governor now says the department of human services will contact the thousands people enrolled in wellcare. those people can choose one of the other three private companies that will manage iowa's medicaid services. the iowa division of criminal investigation says eie tipton may have had access to lottery jackpots in as many as 37 s stes. tipton is already serving a 10 year sentence on two fraud charges here in iowa. he's a former lottery security worker who installed secret software on the machines that randomly generate winning lotto numbers. then, he would know the winning digits in advance. investigators say he tried to get people he knew to collect t multi-million dollar winnings in other states. "we're looking into any jackpotot that couou be associated with eddie tipton." tipton's attorney says there is no evidence that he tampered with any of the computers. the iowa secretary of state's applications for people who want

last friday a state official terminated the state's contract with wellcare of iowa last week, saying information during the bidding process. now the department of huhun services w wl be contact the people who had been enrolled with wellcare, and it will re- assign them equally among t three remaining managed care companies. the whole privatization effort has been delayed for two months, whicc means no immediate changes for medicaid patients. "medicaid patients will be able to stay under the present system for the 60 period. and then it depends on whether your doctor signs up for one of the three providers that have been approved. when we get to march 1, most of them will have. " goveor branstad says he is confident the medicaid proam will be ready for private management by march first. but he said the same about the original january first deadline. for a second year in a row, unity point finley hospital's birthing unit has seen a record number of babs born at that hospital. as of t tay, finley has beat last year's record of 730. and many of these moms are return patients. staff say t

wellcare wants the agency to reverse its decision to toss out its contract. the state took action after the company allegedly failed to disclose information during bidding. a meat processing plant in edgewood is recalling a beef product because of possible recalled more than 200 pounds of beef sticks with cheese. the plant packaged the product earlier this month - and people may have purchased it at the plant or greenwood grocery in farley. people are encouraged to return the product or throw it away. cedar rapids and marion police are warning hawkeye fans to be careful about buying rose bowl tickets through craigslist. they've received several reports of counterfeit tickets that people bought througugthe craigslist website. police say the sales involved the seller meeting the buyers at a cedar rapids movie theater, and the tickets turn out to be fake. police are advising fans to onlnlbuy tickets from trusted businesses or individuals. the online prices for the rose bowl have significantly decreased on the secondary market in recent weeks. the chchpest titiet

saying the decision is based on claims wellcare hid facts they weren't required to submit during the bidding process.it's asking the contract remain in effect until the end of the judicial review process. 3 3 the treasury department says the i- r- s incorrectly issued tax refunds in 2013.an audit released earlier this week blames inefficient oversight of refunds and faulty computer programming for the error.the i- r- s programming glitch ignored a process that allows the agency to *delay* refunds considered "potenenally frauaulent"... and *automatically* released more than 27 million in tax refunds before the i- r- s noticed the mistake. 3 "now bureaucracy is resistant to change, the irs is resistant to change. so, we're going to continue to have these problems of terrible service for rdworking taxpayers and at the same time, fraudulent returns that are given back to people who don't deserve that money."the other 19 million dollars that went out ererneously was due to improper screening. 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at ten...we'll have the latest updates in the war on te

right now, the state has contracts with amerigroup, amerihealth, unitedhealthcare and wellcare. but a judge has recommended the state throw out its contract with wellcare, saying the company should have disclosed information earlier about fraud involving former executives. governor branstasays the state has not decideded how totoroceed. a northeast iowa woman shared her experiences living with h-i-v during an northern iowa this evening. the event is part of world aids day, which happens each december first for people to come together in the fight against h-i-v. tami haught says she was diagnosed with h-i-n in 1993, shortly after doctors diagnosed her husband with aids. her husband died in 1996, and now she's sharing her story in hopes ofheducating peopleleshe says people still discriminate against those with the virus, especially in rural communities. "18:04:30 i wish everyone knew that one - we are normal. whatever normal is for people. hiv is truly one thing in this world that does not discriminate. anyone who puts themselves at risk by having unprotected sex could contract hi

wellcare of iowa is asking a district j jge to terminate its contract. the state made the decision last week, after the company allegedly failed to disclose some information during bidding. wellcare says the state has assigned about 125- thousand iowans to receive coverage through the company, starting march 1st. the state plans to re- assign those patients over the next couple of weeks. the iowa dedertment of health says thousands of children who use the hawk-i insurance program will have to switch providers come january first. wellmark--one of the companies involved--decl ined extendingngts contract during the medicaid privatization process. as of january 1st all of the children in the program will be automatically switchedt& to united healthcare. hawkeye area community action p pgram - or hacap - says they've had a lot of concerned parents call asking questions. they say you can find all of the information on the hawk-i website, or call hacap directly for one on one assistance. they want to assure parents be covered. "united healthcare graciously step

now the department of human services will contact the people who chose wellcare. it will re-assign them qually among the three remaining managed care companies. the whole privatization effort has been delayed for two months. "medicaid patients will be able to stay under the present system for the 60 period. and then it depends on whether your doctor signs up for one of the three providers that have been approved. when we t to march 1, most othem will have. " governor branstad says he is confident the medicaid program will be ready for private management by march first. he said the same about the original deadline. for the second year in a row, unity point finley hospital's birthing unit has seen a record number of babies born. as of yesterday, finley had delivered 733 babies, which beat last year's record of 730. and many of the moms are return patients. staff says they're noticing more families having three or four children. "that's very comforting for a mom to know that when she had a great experience and lots of support the second time. " the hospital says this

now the department of human services will contact the people who chose wellcare. it will re-assign them equally y ong the three remaining managed care companies. the whole privatization effort has been delayed for two months. "medicaid patients will be able to stay under the present system for the 60 period. and then it depends on whether your doctor signs up for one of the three providers that have been approved. when we get to march 1, most of them will have. " overnor branstad sayayhe is confident the medicaid program will be ready for private management by march first. he said the same about the original january first deadline. hospital's birthing unit has seen a record $number of babies born. as of yesterdayayfinley had delivered 733 babies, which beat last year's record of 730. and many of the moms are return patients. staff says theye noticing more families having three or four children. "that's very comforting for a mom to know that when she had a great experience and lots of support the second time. " the hospital says this year, its moststopular baby nam

this week, wellcare of iowa filed a lawsuit against d-h-s. the state says it terminated the contract because the company didn't disclose some information during the bidding process. toxic shock syndrome is more common than you might think. that's according to one professor at the university of iowa, who's been studying tss for decades. you probably remember learning about it in high school health class. the mayo clinic says common symptoms include... a sudden high fever... low blood pressure... a sunburn-like rash on palms and soles... and others like headaches and seizures. menstrual toxic shock syndrome is an illness that can be set off by feminine hygiene products. tv-9's forrest saunders is here now. forrest, how common does this professor think tss is? that's tough to say. a quick google search will show a lot of different sites with different numbers. 255 cases in 2014, according to one. others, say 1 per 100,000 women. this ui professor thinks it's quite a few more than that. two weeks ago cedar rapids teen kailee becker came down with

wellcare of iowa is asking a district jedge to review the state's decision to teteminate its contract. the state made the decision last week after the company allegedly failed to disclose some information during bidding. wellcare says the state has assigned about 125- thousand iowans to receive coverage through the company, assign those patients over the weeks. says thousands of children who use the hawk-i insurance program will january first. wellmark--one of the companies involved--decl ined extending its contract during process. as of january 1st all of the children in the program will be automatically switched to united healthcare. hawkeye area communi they've had a lot of concerned parents call asking questions. they say you can find all of the information on the hawk-i website, or call hacap directly r one on one&assistance. they want to asasre parents their children will be covered. "united healthcare graciously step forward and said we'll take all of the children that have not been able to go to an mco because of that little bit of a delay." families do have the option to swit

wellcare of iowa is asking a district judge to review the state's decision to terminate its contract. the state made the decision last week after the company allegedly failed to disclose some information during bidding. wellcare says the state has assigned about 125- thousand iowans to receive coverage through h he company, starting march 1st. the state plans to re- assign those patients over the next couple of weeks. the iowa department of health says thousands of children who use the hawk-i insurance program will january first. wellmark--one of the extending its contract process. asasof january 1st all o othe children in the program will be automatically switched to united healthcare. hawkeye area community action program officials say they've had a concerned parents call asking they say you can find all of the information on the hawk-i website, or call hacap directly for one on one assistance. they want to assure parents their childldn will be covered. "united healthcare graciously step forward and said we'll take all of the children that have not been able to go to an mco because

this week, wellcare of iowa filed a lawsuit against d-h-s. the state says it terminated the contract because the company didn't disclose some information during the bidding process. new years eve could be one of the busiest donations days for goodwill of the heartland. that's because the last day of the year is the last opportunity to count 20-15 taxes. goodwill is calling in all employees on the 31st to make sure it's ready. tax returns aren't the only reason this time of year is so busy for them. "i think what happens is after christmas people clean their house because they're like oh my gosh we've got all of these christmas goods now where are we going to put them so they just start doing a clean up and then they're thinking 'oh yea it's the end of the year i need my tax write-up from goodwill so i'm going to load up my car, van, suv with what they have and bring it in... and we're ready for them." goodwill encourages people to stop by earlier than the 31st to avoid the long lines. though today is christmas eve, bell ringers for salvation

this week, wellcare of iowa filed a lawsuit against d-h-s. the state says it terminated the contract because the company didn't disclose some information during the bidding process. toxic shock syndrome is more common than you might think. that's according to one professor at the university of iowa, who's been studying tss for decades. you probably remember learning high school health class. the mayo clinic says common symptoms include... a sudden high fever... low blood pressure... vomiting or diarrhea... a sunburn-like rash on palms and soles... and others like headaches and seizures. menstrual toxic shock syndrome is an illness that can be set off by feminine hygiene products. tv-9's forrest saunders is here now. forrest, how common does this professor think tss is? that's tough to say. a quick google search will show a lot of different sites with different numbers. 255 cases in 2014, according to one. others, say 1 per 100,000 women. this ui professor thinks it's quite a few more than that. two weeks ago cedar rapids teen kailee becker ca

wellcare"... saying it should have fraud involving former executives. this morning, the department of human services held a hearing in cedar rapids on the medicaid changes. t-v nine's dave franzman was there and joins us now. dave, did people get answers? bruce, a couple told me confused and disappointed are the two best words to sum up the experience. they went to the meeting at the cedar rapids public library hoping someone could status of the change process. that wasn't what they got. michael chalupa and his friend ccleen morrissey depend on medicaid to manage their serious health issues. they came hoping to get information to help with sign up decisions. sot/nat but here's what they saw...just a handful of people in a nearly empty auditorium. no public comments...no one giving t information...a nd the local d-h-s staffers prohibited from offering any advice. "i was extremely disappointed...i expected to hear something that would tell me when this plan is going to go into effect...not our deadline date because that isn't going to happen" " i just thi

wellcare has signed up almost 41 percent. amerigroup now has contracts with 36 percent. amerihealth is last percentage wise with just 11 percent. all four managed care groups have a good number of contracts with pharmacies with percentages ranging from a low of 79 percent to 100 percent coverage. this is important information for medicaid recipients like michael chalupa and his friend colleen morrissey. both have serious medical conditions and need to see three or four specialists as well as family doctors. the two came to a d-h-s medicaid public hearing wednesday hoping to learn how soon they can find out which doctors are signing up with which managed care companies. morrissey, for one, worried she would spend a good bit of time this month talking to doctor's offices to see if they had signed any contracts yet. " if they have signed up, i providers are having such a terrible time getting the forms they're not getting anybody signed up. " however, the latest statistics from the iowa d-h-s do show the signup percentages are improving. medicaid recipients note deadlines a

one of the four companies selected to run the private system.a ruling earlier this year determined wellcare should lose its contract because of an unfair bidding process.at this hour, it's unclear what that means for medicaid users that were assigned to wellcare.the governor wanted to launch the new medicaid system january first, but federal regulators ordered a 60-day delay. it's going to be a busy busypolitical weekend in iowa and across the country. tomorrow, donald trump returns to the corridor.he's speaking at the veteran's memorial coliseum in cedar rapids at 2 p-m.the latest iowa poll put out by momouth university has him in a dead heat with texas senator ted cruz. saturday's also a big day for the democrats.their third and final debate of the year is tomorrow night in new hampshire.that state holds the nation's first primary just eight days after the iowa caucuses on february first. now ten at ten continues with a look at tonight's other stories across the corridor. in north liberty,local shipping company "mail, print business boom.with exactly a week until christmas day, folks are

branstad says the iowa department of human services will contact people enrolled in wellcare to informrmhem about the remaining companies. . jenna: another republican presidential candidate has dropped out of the race after failing to register even one-percent in some polls. dianne gallagher has this report on the race for the white house. (sen. lindsay grahamam former presidential candidate) todod i'm suspendingngy campaign for president. republican candidates for 12 monday after senator lindsay graham announced he's suspending his campaign. in an exclusive interview with cnn's senator graham said he's getting out hit a wall (sen. lindsey graham, to be a viable have finances and you u tta get on the g stage. (kate bolduaua cnn anchor) what's the (sen. lindsey graham, my problem is a lot say but not many people hear it. some of his republican challengers responded with well wishes -- like former florida governor jeb bush who tweeted - "nobody is more clear-eyed about isis than my friend @grahamblog. as he leaves the race i hope our p pty & untry listen to his counsel" and current ohio gover

saying the decision is based on claims wellcare hid facts they weren't required to submit during the bidding process. it's asking the contract to stay in effect until the end of the judicial review process. 3 this would be a good time to say "a www."." a mom otter gave birth to a cuddly little cub at monterey aquarium in california this weekend. as reporter brynne whittaker shows us... the baby is cute beyond belief. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- this furry fluff-ball took in its first few hours of life in the calm waters of the monterey bay aquarium's open ocean tide-poolnthe otter baby quickly became the center of attention.it was cuteness overload(logan phares, aquarium visitor): "the otter like is so cute and lovely and all that kind of stuff and its just so good."(brooke rosenstein, aquariuiuvisitor): cuddly ball" after the birth- -mommy otter spent her morning feeding the pup and grooming it...aquarium trainers say the mom's priority is puffing up the baby's fur so that it will float.(dan albro, aquarium trainer): "she wants to make sure it's got lots of air in that fur, the ba

branstad says the iowa department of human services will contact people enrolled in wellcare to inform them about the remaining companies. jessica rae: the city of norfolk is trying to address a controversial communication tower here's paul hughes with the latest. " a controversial neighborhood will be allowed to remain in place, but a subcommittee is being formed to look at the issue of tower placement. at monday night's meeting, the city council voted unanimously to affirm the conditional use permit for a telebeep tower at 2208 elmer's lane, but to shorten the term of the permit to only two years while the city looks at zoning issues related to towers. nebraska gov. pete ricketts has announced that jessica flanagain will join his office as a special adviser to the governor for external affairs. flanagain, formerly jessica moenning and formerly of norfolk, worked as a privately paid consultant helping the governor with longer-term policy issues. flanagain will focus on communications, strategic planning and coalition building. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lit

wellcare says the state has assigned about 125- thousand iowans to receive coverage through the company, starting march 1st. the state plans to re- assign those patients over the next couple of weeks. iowa's population grew to about 3-million-120- thousand this year. the u-s census bureau releasas new estimates todaa showing population as of july 1st. that's an increase from last year when the state had about 3- million-110 thousand people. that's about a point-5 percent increase, which isisslightly less than the national rate. a dubuque man and his service dog are back together after the dog vanished last week. curt curiel has multiple sclerosis and depends on his dog sassy to help him throughout this day. up until a few weeks ago, the two were homeless week, sassy disasaeared while they were waiting for a bus. curiel's friends at the rescue mission posted information about the missing dog on facebook. and someone found sassy humane society. "we made all the connections and here, belong to curt, so we did what we could to help them find each other and be reunited. " staff at the dubuqu

issues it had managing medicaid in other states during the bidding process.the company in question, wellcare, says it will appeal. 3 3 the n-a-i-a national volleyball tournament is back in sioux city. hear how briar cliff is hoping to bring home a win for the home team. 3 and as for the visiting teams ... some of the players saw snow in perern for the first time ever! we talk to a player from a team in southern california. hear how their day 3 3 big things are hahaening in the naia this s week and the focus is squarely on sioux city. not only is the morningside football team, the number one seed hosting southern oregon in the national semifinals on saturday, but this week all the best *volleyball* teams converge on the tyson event center as well.24 of the best teams in the country vie for the right to be crownd national some video from last year. that will include siouxland's own dordt and briar cliff. pool play begins tomorrow where four teams play each other, each of the next three days. with the top two advancing to the first round. more than 17-thousand people are expected to attend the

the company in estion is called wellcare. it plans to appeal t ts. 3 a survey shows almost 20 percent of peace corps volunteers experienced some type of sexual assault during thier service. more than half of those say they pressure to change a culture of victim - blaming goes back years. but as reporter kris van cleave shows... some survrvors still claim they're blamed or punished. 3 pkg script(sot) (danae smith) (17 40 07)my initial thought was they're going to rape me. these men are going rape me. narr: 23 year old ace corps volunteer danae smith had been in the remote dominican republic town of los mosquitos- for eight monthswhen, in april, two men with machetes forced her off this-the village's main road. narr: smith got away and reported the assault to the peace corps. within a week the agency told her she was going home..(sot) (danae smith) (17 15 09) they also o ld me that t my attack had occurred because i had been walking in my site and as a volunteer it was my job to be more proactive in preventing it from happening

wellcare has signed up almost 41 percent. amerigroup now has contracts with 36 percent. amerihlth has just 11 percent. all four managed care groups have a good number of contracts with pharmacies with percentages ranging from 79 percent to 100 percent coverage. this is important information for medicaid recipients like michael chalupa and his friend colleen morrissey. both have serious medical conditions and need to see three or four specialists as well as family doctors. the two came to a d-h-s medicaid public hearing wednesday hoping to o arn how soon they can find out which doctors are signing up with which managed care companies. morrissey worried she would spend a lot of time this month talking to doctor's offices to see if they had signed any contracts yet. " if they have signed up, i providers are having such a terrible time getting the forms they're not getting anybody signed up. " however, the latest statistics from the iowa d-h-s do show the signup percentages are improving. medicaid clients in iowa will be assigneneone of the four managed care groups. if they

wellcare has signed up almost 41 percent. amerigroup now has contracts with 36 percent. amerihealth has just 11 percent. all four managed care groups have a good number of contracts with pharmacies with percentages ranging from 79 percent to 100 percent coverage. tts is important information for medicaid recipients like michael chalupa and his friend colleen morrissey. both have serious medical conditions and need to see three or four specialists as wewe as family doctors. the two came to a d-h-s medicaid public hearing wednesday hoping to learn how find ovt which doctors are signing up with which managed care companies. morrissey worried she would spend a lot of time this month talking to doctor's offices to see if they had signed any contracts yet. " if they have signed up, i think they would tell me but the providers are having such a terrible time getting the forms they're not getting anybody signed up. " howewer, the latest statisiscs frfr the iowa d-h-s do show the signup percentages are improving. medicaid clients in iowa will be assigned one of the four managed c

one of the four companies selected to run the private system.a ruling earlier this year determined wellcare should lose its contract because e an unfair bidding prpress.at this hour, it's unclear what that means for medicaid users that were assigned to wellcare.the governor wanted to launch the new medicaid system january first, but federal regulators ordered a 60-day delay. at his end of the year news conference today, president obama issued a reprieve for dozens of federal inmates. inmates.the president commuted the sentntces of re than 90- convictions.among them, a woman from fort madison who was arrested more than 12- years ago on meth charges.in a letter to gloria james, the president said quote ""i believe in your ability to prove the doubters wrong, and change your life for the better."it's all part of the president's effort to reform the crimimal justice system which carries harsh prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses.today's move now means president obama has commuted more prison sentences than the last five presidents combined.. after taking that action at the news confer

branstad says the iowa department of human services will contact people enrolled in wellcare to inform them about the remaining mpanies. " jessica rae: coming up in sports...the abc9 top plays takes us to the hardwood this morning. stay tuned for the best of the best from the last week up ahead. scott: warmer today, christmas forecast high school football coach passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. and, as his students and fellow coaches in madrid ( mad-rid) say it was off the gridiron where he may have left his biggest impact. reporter claire powell has the story " "wanted to go to sleep wake up and realize it was a bad dream. it wasnt just a bad dream"d "we were looking for a football coach... <"1,2,3 defense, there you go!" > and a teacher, he impressed us most as a teacher" j "first to chew your butt when you got it coming,but first to put his arm around you when you had that coming too" <"tahts a great job" hinkel to coach> "he had that unique ability of making everybody important, makign them see they had a role" <"if we can do this, i g

now the department of human services will contact the people who chose wellcare. it will re-assign them equally among the three remaining managed care companies. the whole privatization effort has been delayed for two months. governor branstad says he is confident the medicaid program will be ready for private management by march first. he said the same about the original fans heading to the rose bowl game in pasadena, california, can expect some tight security for the game and the tournament of roses parade. people from the city of pasadena and the department of homeland security will hold a news conference today with more details about the game and the parade are boosting security, after the recent terrorist attacks in nearby san bernadino and at an athletic stadium in paris, france. and now here's your first alert forecast. plan on clouds to hang on this morning, followed by partial clearing this afternoon. afternoon highs will range from the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. plan on more clouds to come in tonight, leading to another good rain chance out rain

branstad says the iowa department of human services will contact people enrolled in wellcare to inform them about the remaining companies. " jessica rae: when we come back.... we'll hear from friends, family and students of an iowa coach who suddenly passed away a few days ago. stay tuned for more on coach hinkel's impact on their lives. warmer today, christmas forecast with rain/snow chances.. next. "you're watching abc9 news this morning... with ... jessica rae... and meteorologist scott larson.. this is abc9 news this in the mid 40s. tomorrow, we could start our morning with light showers east, otherwise cooler and mostly cloudy. christmas eve, we could see some light passing snow, christmas day a light mix is possible. both days in the mid 30s. after that, a mix lingers saturday, and we're keeping an eye on monday, could bring more significant snow. scott: today, temperatures in the mid 40s. tomorrow, we could start our morning with light showers east, otherwise cooler and mostly cloudy. christmas eve, we could see some light passing snow, christmas day a light mix is possible. bot

now the department of human services will be contact the people who h h been enrolled with wellcare, and d will re- assign them equally among the three remaining managed care companies. more news later here on tv9. >>> good morning, i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> winter's opening act is set to disrupt travel plans for millions of americans days before christmas. at least a dozen states are under winter weather alerts as heavy snows slammed the western states. full details straight ahead. >>> army sergeant bowe bergdahl held captive by the taliban for five years after he walked away from his p/st will be arraigned today. he's chargeded with desertion and prison for life. >> bill cosby has sued former super model beverly johnson over her claims that he tried to drug and sexually assault her. johnson responded to the suit that abusers often try to intimidate and weaken their victims. >> and christmas coming early for the clintons as chelsea clinton shares the happy news. shshs pregnant with