medics took him to the hospital...but austin died. the school canceled a youth wrestling tournament today. instead grief counselors came in to help those struggling with austin's death. hundreds of students and staff came to the high school to share memories of austin. the school's superintendent says the community is doing what it can to help austin's classmates and family. "this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, a large young man 220-pound student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in...good kid," friends have set up a go fund me site to help austin's family with medical and funeral expenses. donors have raised nearly 20-thousand dollars so far. des moines police continue to shot a private investigator this weekend. michael narin of ankeny says he was following an individual into prospect park late friday night. narin says as he got out of hi

medics took him to the hospital...but austin died. the school canceled a youth wrestling tournament today. instead grief counselors came in to help those struggling with austin's death. hundreds of students and staff came to the high school to share memories of austin. the school's superintendent says the community is doing what it can to help austin's classmates and "this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, a large young man 220-pound student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in...good kid," friends have set up a go fund me site to help austin's family with medical and funeral expenses. donors have raised nearly 17-thousand dollars so far. des moines police continue to look for the person they say shot a private investigator this weekend. michael narin of ankeny says he was following an individual into prospect park late friday night. narin say

"not only was austin an accomplished athlete, austin was a good kid and a good classmate and the type of student that wouldn't hurt a flea but was a fierce competitor as well. we are all hurting for austin and his family and for his classmates and for the staff that had an oppounity to work with him and we are just doing what we through this tough time," said terry hemann, spencer community schools superintendent. deborah: hemann says the cause of death is not yet known.... and the school district is unaware of any pre-existing conditions that may have contributed to austin's death. a go-fund me account was set up to help the roberts family....and already has rasied over 13 thousand dollars. if you would like to help, visit our website deborah: ....siouxland- matters-dot-com for a link to that go fund me account.. deborah: a family who nearly lost everything in a fire that destroyed their home is starting to piece their lives back together. abc 9's bria bell brings us more. bria: the palmersheim's house caught fire the day before thanksgiving and they almost lost their entire house. t

this was a young austin will live on. the stories will live on," said sacred heart catholic church director of faith formation and youth >> a gofundme page has been set up to help austin's family. to donate just visit our website and the link will be inside the story. community memebers are also invited to drop off food and water at the high school this week. at least one person is dead, this morning, after a woman drove her car on the sidewalk of the las vegas strip, mowing down more than two dozen people. in critical condition. andrew spencer reports investigators think the driver may have done it on purpose. << ( deputy chief brett zimmerman / lvmpd ) "we have determined that this is an intentional act." a woman driving down the las vegas strip in a 1996 oldsmobile leaves the road and drives down the sidewalk, crashing through more than two dozen pedestrians. ( sofie kitteroed / witness ) "like, it literally looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she was just sitting there, like, just looking straight forw

"not only was austin accomplished hlete, austin was a a good kid and a good clasase and the type of student that wouldn't hurt a flea but was a fierce eompetitor as well. we are a hurting for austin and his family and for his classmates a for the staff that had an opportunity to work with him and we are just doing what we can to help everybody got through this tough time," said terry hemann, spencer community schools superintendent. deborah: hemann says the cause of death is not yet known.... and the school district is unaware of any pre-existing conditions that may have contributed toaustin's death. a go-fund me account set up to help the roberts family has raised over 13 thousand dollars. if you would like to help, visit our website siouxland- matters-dot-com. deborah: last night during the final democratic debate of the year the candidates discussed a lot of topics..including their opinions on donald trump firing back. is in washington with more. " (abc this week) sot - donald trump / (r) presidential candidate "knowing the clintons and knowing hillary, but there's no -- there's nobody -

match, austin roberts collapsed. medical personnel rushed him to spencer community hospital, where he "here at spencer high school, the front steps are already filling up with flowers and balloons all for austin roberts. this close-knit to mourn." "this morning there were a lot those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student life in many ways." while students awaited the news of austin's condition, they called a local stepped up. "plus adults, counselors from the school, mr. hemann the superintendent, the wrestling coaches. i mean everyone was here just kind of giving each other support." and that support continued sunday just proud of them. this is a heartache for them. this was man that was loved by all and austin live on." will live on. the stories will live on." a "go-fund-me" page has been set up to help austin's family. people are also invited to drop off food and water at the high school this week. a short cut for two deer hunters turned out not to

in the middle of championship match, austin roberts collapsed. medical personnel rushed him to spencer community hospital, where he died. "here at spencer high school, front steps are already filling up with flowers and balloons all for austin roberts. this close-knit community is now mourn." "this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways," said spencer community schools superintendent, terry while students awaited the news of austin's condition, they called a local church for help. sacred heart stepped up. "plus adults, counselors from the school, mr. hemann the superintendent, the wrestling coaches. i mean everyone was here just kind of giving eachother support," said sacred heart catholic church pastor, father bill schreiber. and that support continued sunday morning - despite the pain... "i'm just proud of them. this is a heartache for them. this was devestating. this was a

in the middle of championship match, austin roberts collapsed. medical personnel rushed him to spencer community hospital, where he died. "here at spencer high school, the front steps are already filling up with flowererand balloons all fofo austin roberts. this close-knit community is now coming together to mourn." "this morning there were a lot of tears, things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways," said spencer community schools superintendent, terry hemann. while students awaited the news of austin's condition, they called a local church for help. sacred heart stepped up. "plus adults, counselors from the school, mr. hemann the superintendent, the wrestling coaches. i mean everyone was here just kind of giving eachother support," said sacred heart catholic church pastor, father bill schreiber. and that support continued sunday morning - despite the pain... "i'm just proud of them. this is a heartache for them. this was devestating. this was a

austin died saturday after collapsing at a wrestling meet. today, our bria bell talked to some of his teammates about how they'd descri their friend. "a lot of little kids and middle school kids looked up to him," said hurst. "he was kind of the center of the whole team," said mclaury. "he would stick out in a crowd that's for sure...big guy. everybody else said that he was really nice, but that's because they meant it. he was probably the nicest guy i've ever known," said bartley. austin roberts was a 220 pound, two-sport athlete for spencer high school in iowa, lettering in both football and wrestling. on saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at spencer hospital of natural causes. friends, teammates and coaches say that austin was one of a kind...a person that anyone could depend on and was growing up to be a special young man. "he was always next to me in the room...next to me at the meets," said hill-anderson. "you could call him for just wanting to hang out to my car is broke, come help me," that he had within just

austin also keeps a catalogue of therapeutic products in his store. he helps families figurere out what kind of tools might work best for their child, and then orders them to the store. students at a sioux city middle school have designed their own holiday light display. the sixth through eighth grade computerer programming students created the light display and synced it to music. the proct uses more than 81-thousd lights and 20 miles of wires. the display is on the west middle school building in sioux city. now here's a look at what's coming up at 5:30 on abc's world news the town of tiffin decides whether to accept johnson county's new minimum wage of ten-ten an hour. and find out where the hawkeyes rank in the latest college football playoff poll. that's tonight on t-v nine news at six. hey! this holiliy, u.s. cellular's giving you 50% more data than verizon and at&t for the same price. but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? nono u.s. cellulalasized data. good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the

austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways" ways"austin was popular in the community.more than seven hundred people have raised more than 36-thousand dollars for austin's family on a go-fund-me page-- today, alone. applications are now open for a new confidentiality program in iowa.the aim is assisting survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse and human trafficking.those with the "safe at home" program say the whole intention is to help *victims become *survivors and give those in abusive situations a way out.a full launch of the program is set for january first.we put more information on cbs two iowa dot com. driving on interstate 3-80 - you've likely noticed the skyline is changing. changing.today, the final structural beam was hoisted into place at the brand new c-r-s-t center, officially "topping out" the new eleven storey, 37-million dollar project.construction workers even strapped a go-pro camera onto the beam to capture the event.those involved with the project took a moment to sign the beam - forever adding their names to the project. "one of the more fun thing

bria: austin was a kind help others and able to get along anyone. at 10, we'll bring teammates and coaches who share more insight of who austin roberts was as an athlete and friend. live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna: thanan bria. austin r rert's autopsy was performed earlier today at the iowa state medical examiner's office. however, from their office the results are pending further investigation. earlier this week the clay county medical examiner said that roberts likely died of natural causes. jenna: those wishing to donate to austin robert's memorial fund can do so by visiting a gofundme page that's been set up for his family. since it started on monday the page has already raised more than 43 thousand dollar so far over 800 people have donated to the fund from all over the midwest. funds have also been setup locally at some spencer businesses. for more information ont& how you can help, just head to our website at siouxlandmatters dot com. jenna: and austin's funeral is planned for 10:30 monday morning at spencer high school gym. there

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austin roberts passed away saturday. abc9 news reporter bria bell spoke to some of his teammates about their loss. "a lot of little kidid and middle school kids looked up to him," said hurst. "he was kind of the ceceer of the whole team," said mclaury. "he wowod stick out in a crowd that's for sure...big guy. everybody else said that he was really nice, but that's because they meant it. he was probably the nicest guy i've ever known," said bartley. austin roberts was a 220 pound, two-sport athlete for spencer high school in iowa, lettering in both football and wrestling. on saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at spencer hospital of natural causes. friends, teammates and coaches say that austin was one of a kind...a person that anyone could depend on and was growing up to be a special young man. room...next me at the meets," said hill-anderson. "you could call him for just wanting to hang out to my car is broke, come help me," said mclaury. "it was pretty neat to see the growth that he had within

austin grew to be a dominant player on the football field as well. ironically it came down to stanford and iowa. "community has always been important to him and family. to be close and having the blessing of being able to do that this close to home is really what the determining factor was. so, it's been fantastic." "playing football is what i really love to do just because 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 u

officials say austin roberts collapsed during a championship match at a tournament. he was taken to the hospital... where he later died... but there's still no word what happened to him. roberts was ranked sixth in class 3-a at 220 pounds... he placed eighth at the state meet in february. the senior also played on the offensive and defensive lines for the football team. the superintendent says his death has been tough on his classmates... there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young man, 220- pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him a go fund me page has been set family. the page has already raised more than 26 thousand dollars. the madrid community is remembering a legend this morning... football and track coach randy hinkel died over the weekend. "k-w-b-g radio" reports the cause was an apparent heart attack. two years ago hinkel became the 11th high school coach in state histo

austin robert collapsed during a wrestling "he was kind of the team," said mclaury. in a crowd that's for sure...big guy. that he was really nice, but that's because they meant it. he was probably the nicest guy i've bartley. austin roberts was a 220 pound, two-sport athletetfor spencer high school in iowa, football and on saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at spencer hospital of natural causes. friends, teammates and coaches say that austin was one of a kind...a person that anyone could depend on and was growing up to be a special young man. "he was always next to me in the room...next to me at the meets," said hill-anderson. "you could call him for just wanting to hang out to my car is broke, come help me," said mclaury. "it was pretty neat to see the growth that he had within just the few years that we had him. it was pretty neat to see and we're going to miss that," said pratt. spencer's wrestling team say that they will remember him for the good guy that he was and how he was able to bring positive energy to the team. "he was a good man

austin's brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. >> to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. >> to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. >> and there were five placed on the arch in the '80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped on to webbing to attach to the five anchor points. >> they're taking every precaution but it's still a risky endeavor. a bolt could break, a bolt might come loose. or a slight misstep could land someone over the edge on to the unforgiving rocks below. >> if i would have slid maybe another foot and a half, it's 150 feet straight down. >> it's a close call. >> i got careless, i wasn't thinking, and i made a mistake. lucky i just brought brand new climbing shoes with rubber on the bottom. i was able to recover like a boss and live to do the rope swing. >> everything is in place for the moment of truth, with devon's cameras po

it has more than 20,000 mployees and is still headquartered in austin, minnesota. history tv ican noll discusses his between about the bible 1492 and 1783. e argues that americans frequently relied on the bible to support and oppose political ideas. hosted this nter 90-minute program. > it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoon's speak mark noll thessor professor of history at dame.rsity of notre he's the author of many books ncluding "god and race in american politics, a short history" published in 2008. theologicalr and

see if the midshipman could withstand a pitt comeback.and austin roberts was laid to rest in spencer today. see how athletes, family and friends gathered to remember the phenomenal siouxland athlete. chris is 3 "sports, with sports 3 sports director chris neyenhouse." 3 3 the funeral for spencer tigers senior wrestler, austin roberts was held today at the high school. as you may recall a week ago saturday at the spencer invitational the 18-year old collapsed on the wrestling mat and later died at the spencer community hospital. i was at the funeral today and obviously with respect to the family did not bring a camera inside. i'll do my best to describe and do justice to what was an absolutely beautiful ceremony today. 3 as we take a look at video of family and friends entering a packed field house in spencer the song hall of fame by the script played as we all entered. from my vantage point it looked like most any attempt to maintain a dry eye was absolutely futile. austin's wrestling coaches and his football coach eulagized the young man knicknamed jaws loved for his goofy antics an

"austin was just family. and just the past few days we were all a family and there's no better way to get over a loss than just to be with the family and the people you 3 so many amazing stories from these kids. we'll have more from them at 10. the wrestling team wanted to make a big point to thank everyone who has supported them and espcially those who have donated to the go fund me account to help pay for the funeral costs. that account is now up to 37- thousand dollars... we have a link on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 3 news dot com.siouxland our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 drainage districts in three northwest iowa counties are asking a federal judge to throw out most a lawsuit against them.the des moines water works is suing those drainage districts in sac... calhoun... and buena vista counties... claiming they're allowing excess nitrate runoff from farm fields to pollute the raccoon river...where des moines gets its drinking water. attorneys representing the drainage district are as

officials say austin roberts collapsed during a championship match at a tournament. he was taken to the hospital... where he later died... but there's still no word what happened to him. roberts was ranked sixth in class 3-a at 220 pounds... he placed eighth at the state meet in february. the senior also played on the offensive and defensive lines for the football team. the superintendent says his death has been tough on his classmates... there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young man, 220- pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. good kid! a go fund me page has been set up to support the roberts family. the page has already raised more the madrid community is remembering a legend this morning... football and track coach randy hinkel died over the weekend. "k-w-b-g radio" reports the cause was an apparent heart attack. two years ago hinkel became the 11th high school coach

"not only was austin an accomplished athlete, austin was a good kid and a good classmate and the type of student that wouldn't hurt a flea but was a fierce competitor as well. we are all hurting for austin and his family and for his classmates and for opportunity to work with him and we are just doing what we can to help everybody got through this tough time," said terry hemann, spencer community schools superintendent. jack: it's not yet known why he died. the school district is unaware of any pre existing conditions that may have contributed to austin's death. a go-fund me account has been set up to help the roberts family. jack: the deadline to start rolling out the new state medicaid privatization program is quickly approaching, jack/ots: and governor branstad remains confident the system will improve the lives of iowans. federal administrators were at the capitol last week to look over the program, and recommended the state wait at least 60 days before implementing it. "the medicaid patients will be able to stay on thepresent day system for the 60 day period, then it depends if y

services for austin will begin sunday with a visitation in the spencer high school gym. that's sunday from 3 to 5 pm. his funeral will be held monday at 10-30 in the morning, also at the high school. an overwhelming amount of people have already shown their support for austin robert's family, donating to a "go fund me" page set up in their honor. over 44 thousand dollars has been raised by over 850 different people and organizations across the midwest. many of those coming from fellow wrestling groups and programs. if you're interested, we have a link to the page at siouxland matters dot com. deborah we're learning more about a disturbibng discovery in rural northeast nebraska. authorities have revealed that the remains of two people were found in a truck near pierce. authorities got the call after a vehicle was spotted on fire in a field about 10 miles outside of town monday afternoon. after putting out the fire, investigators say they discovered the remains of two people in the cab of the charred pick-up truck. investigators are now working to determine their identitie

water skiing route, austin went barefoot. they both zoomed up and down the cedar river, taking advantage of the (austin jensen, water skier) "cause a lot of years there's heard of past stories of people doing it on christmas, so i thought it would be a good opportunity to try." as you can see here, austin sporting the santa top while doing his thing today. they told me the river temps here about 33 degrees today--certainly not jealous they were in the water. we've got you covered live here in cedar falls, brad hanson...kwwl news. thanks brad -- and we'll hear more from the family coming up tonight at ten o-clock. mark woodley brings us the top plays of the year. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in burr oak, what cheer, grace hill and "now, kwwl moments in sports. we've already counted down numbers 12 through 7. now it's east state champion kyven gadson finished his career at iowa using a move dubbed "the gadson" put ohio state's kyle snyder on his back - winning his first --ice cream-- at number 5 we step back to a

officials say austin roberts collapsed during a championship match at a tournament saturday. medics took him to the hospital... where he later died. the senior ranked sixth in class 3-a at 220 pounds and placed eighth at the state meet in february. the superintendent says his death has been tough on his classmates... there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those types of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about austin. student that was bigger than man, 220- pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. good kid! officials say there is still no collapse. a go fund me page has been set family. people in madrid are remembering community. football and track coach randy hinkel died over the weekend. "k-w-b-g radio" reports he died from an apparent heart attack. two years ago hinkel became the 11th high school coach in state history to win 300 games. he coached at madrid for 29 years. the doors are closing for good at a polk county nightclub...this comes after a deadly shooting. "evolution nightclub" in des moines lost its liq

"not only was austin an accomplished athlete, austin was a good kid and a good classmate and the type of student that wouldn't hurt a flea but was a fierce competitor as well. we are all hurting for austin and his family and for his classmates and for the staff that had an opportunity to work with him and we are just doing what we can to help everybody got through this tough time," said terry hemann, spencer community schools superintendent. jessica rae: not yet known.... and the school district is unaware of any pre-existing conditions that may have contributed to austin's death. a go-fund me account has been set up to help the roberts family if you would like to help, visit our website siouxland- matters-dot-com. breaking a bottle over the ships jessica rae: susie buffett - daughter of berkshire hathaway chairman, warren buffett... helped chrissen the u-s-s omaha yesterday. about 500 people, including 20 nebraskans, attended the pier-side ceremony. the event took place at the austal u-s-a shipyard in mobile alabama. the u.s.s. omaha is the fourth ship to be christened at the facilit

if there's anyone who's been at the center of oklahoma's earthquake debate - it's austin holland, the head seismologist. >> this is unprecedented in the geological sciences. we're looking at something well beyond the scale of anything we understand or have seen in the past. >> even though the u.s. geological survey had drawn a connection between earthquakes and wastewater disposal by 2012, the state's scientists lagged behind. >> so then when did you get the science finally? >> 2013 was basically when we started goin', "oh, there's just no way". and so by early 2014... fits hitting the shan, you know, we're done talking about any of this being natural. there are still naturally-occurring earthquakes in oklahoma. but they're so few and far between we don't even need to talk about those. so this is one of these areas where current science meets political and social realms, very similar to climate change. >> in 2013 the oklahoma geological survey issued a joint statement with federal scientists at the u.s. geological survey, linking the earthquakes to injection wells. shortly thereafter,

investigation shows austin roberts died of natural causes. he was a senior at spencer high school. the case has been turned over to the state medical examiner. austin's father told nbc news that his son had never collapsed before and they don't understand what happened. one minute he was competing for the championship and was doing fine. the third period started and he just went down and never got back up. the high school was open yesterday for grief counseling. roberts placed eighth at the class 2a state tournament last year. he planned on wrestling and playing football at iowa central community college in fort dodge. we'll let you know when funeral arraignment have been set. the cause of a deadly fire in spencer has been determined. investigators determined that the fire was caused by combustibles located too close to a space heater. firefighters responded to a a trailer home at 317 w. 18th around 1:30 saturday afternoon, just off of highway 71. after putting out the flames, firefighters found the person who lived there dead. investigators say, it appears the fire started acciden

seniors on the team are sticking together to lift each other's spirits in honor of austin. coaches say it hasn't been easy for the boys emotionally, but they're depending on one another to help make it through. ""they're together in this and nobody else knows what they're going through other than each other. and it's created a little bit of a bond in our already tight family. they've seen the support that's come from the state, the country, the messages and things like that," jack: teammates of austin say he was a kind soul, willing to help others and able to get along with just about anyone. jack: the search is on for a fort dodge man suspected of animal torture. gary wilson allegedly threw hot grease on his dog last month, causing second and third degree burns to the dog's face and head. the dog isn't living with wilson now, anyone with information on wilson should contact the webster county sheriff's office. jack: coming up on local 5 news at six... we take a look inside a classroom that's doing something special to reach kids with their cultural lessons. jack: and.... h

this was austin's first time doing this on christmas day. i asked him if he would do it again next year if there was no ice--he said, probably not. we've got you covered live in the newsroom -- brad hanson, kwwl news. thanks bradd volunteer firefighters and emergency crews battle the flames of an early morning christmas fire. authorities say the fire started in the barn -- located in the 2-thousann block of ivanhoe street outside denver. first responders and bremer county sheriff's deputies responded around two o-clock this morning all that's left of an old barn is a since it was used for storage -- owners say it wasn't a big loss -- but the flames could have easily spread to the family's nearbyby home aad buildings. but thanks to a man named mike from missouri who was driving by at the time -- he was able to alert the family -- who had no idea th fire was buring yards away from where they wewee sleeping. meanwhile -- waterloo firefighters douse an apartment fire this morning. authorities responded to ravenwood circle after seven o- clock. e

austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways. a large young man, 220 pounder student, with a laugh as big as . >> anchor: austin's high school start started offering grief counseling yesterday. a tiger is recovering after neighborhood. two kids started shooting it e ehigh school football player jut a few blocks from his school. relatives rushed him to the emergency room and doctors told them they could not believe he was still breathing. >>> we just hopely reso he can get back to i ain will alive. it's the holiday, christmas, family is the most important thing to us. so that's our biggest rare right now . >> anchor: the teen's father says his son transferred high schools just a few weeks ago. the family doesn't know why he was targeted. >> anchor: a cruel crime caught on camera. this one is going to have you hanging your head of a one targeted by a thief at a funeral funeral. police say the robber smashed her window and took her purse. and this whole thing happened during a burial ceremony at that cement. well, now police say the

this is pulling the cold air down right into the austin -- boston area. walking, handrails. phil: some blue line service is suspended. they say a piece of metal has come loose, and it is not clear how long these repairs will take. j.c.: happy to see the snow, more than six inches in plymouth , and it made it a great day for those doing being and snowboarding. >> we are glad to finally have >> winter is my favorite season. >> winter weather. j.c.: temperatures are expected to stay in the low 30' s, making for another good day. phil: another fire. take a look at this picture sent to us why a neighbor. this woman was being rescued. she is still in good condition at this hour. those officers that ran into the building are being called heroes tonight. >> you just go into that react mode. reporter: a phone call came yesterday afternoon, a higher tearing through an apartment. -- a fire tearing through an apartment. >> when something like that happens, it is awful. reporter: they learned there were still people inside, and they carried the elderly woman and helped others get out saf

and was iowa all-big 10 center austin blythe almost a stanford cardinal? stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrg-tv9. the hawkeyes might be facing the heisman trophy winner in the rose bowl. stanford sophomore christian mccaffery broke barry sanders all time record for all purpose yards in a season with 3,250. mccaffery who had 461 yards against usc is one of three finalist for the heisman trophy which will be awarded this saturday night.. even though he is receiving a lot attention mccaffery is trying to stay grounded. he we have so many goals ahead of us we still have a huge game against iowa at the rose bowl in pasadena so as great as it is i am extremely humbled to have thisbut we are focused on winning this next game. humble the young man is such team oriented proud of him he has worked so hard to get were he is and he is that good. he has anyone that has played college football. it's not a conference record or just a really good year this is historic year he did something that know one has ever done better than anyone who has ever won a hiesman. :43

austin was a student that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young pounder student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. good kid! a go fund me page has been set up to support the roberts family. the page has already raised more than 26 thousand dollars. the madrid community is remembering a legend this morning... football and track coach randy hinkel died over he weekend. "k-w-b-gadi" reorts the cause was an apparent heart attack. two years ago hinkel became the 11th high school coach in state history to win 300 games. he coached at madrid for 29 years... and once led his team to a state championship. authorities are investigating the cause of a marshalltown house fire... it happened in the seven hundred block of 4th avenue saturday night. crews arrived to find smoke billowing out of the home... but were able to quickly get the flames under control. they say the fire started somewhere in the kitchen area. damage is estimated to be around 's te las day t wigh on the iowa d-n-r'sproposed alcohol policy... the department says it's fielding a growing number of complai

austin roberts collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at a hospital. some of austin's teammates took time to share their memories and to celebrate a young man who they describe as their brother. coaches say it hasn't been easy for the boys emotionally, but they're depending on one another to help get through it. sabrina: seniors from spencer high's wrestling team said austin roberts knew how to use his size to his advantage on the wrestling mat, the day was a giant teddy bear with an enormous heart. local 5's bria bell has more. "a lot of little kids and middle school kids looked up to him," said hurst. "he was kind of the center of the whole team," said mclaury. "he would stick out in a crowd that's for sure...big guy. everybody else said that he was really nice, but that's because they meant it. he was probably the nicest guy i've ever known," said bartley. austin roberts was a 220 pound, two-sport athlete for spencer high school in iowa, lettering in both football and wrestling. on saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at spen

austin roberts collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at a hospital. some of austin's teammates took time to share their memories and to celebrate a young man who they describe as their brother. coaches say it hasn't been easy for the boys emotionally, but they're depending on one another to help get through it. sabrina: seniors from spencer high's wrestling team said austin roberts knew how to use his size to his advantage on the wrestling mat, but at the end of the day was a giant teddy bear with an enormous heart. local 5's bria "a lot of little kids and middle school kids looked up to him," said hurst. "he was kind of the center of the whole team," said mclaury. "he would stick out in a crowd that's for sure...big guy. everybody else said that he was really nice, but that's because they meant it. he was probably the nicest guy i've ever known," said bartley. austin roberts was a 220 pound, two-sport athlete for spencer high school in iowa, lettering in both football and wrestling. on saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at s

austin also keeps a catalogue of therapeutic products in his store. he helps families figure out what kind of tools might work best for their child, store. the african american museum of iowa is giving people in cedar rapids a way to experience kwanzaa. the museum has put up a micro exhibit in its lobby. kwanzaa is celebrated during the week between christmas and new year's. the holiday focuses on seven principles including unity, self- determination, and faith. objects like corn and fruit in the display represent these principles. "we still wanted to have a way honor the holiday and talk about it and share its history and what it's all about with our visitors. " the exhibit is open until january 1st. cedar rapids is getting into the holiday spirit this morning. businesses around the city are lighting up the streets for christmas watch for some scattered snow showers out there, primarily during the morning hours. while most main roads will remain wet, lesser travelled roads, bridges will be slick in spots this morning. be cautious of changing road con

senior austin roberts collapsed and died at a wrestling tournament... s/ gwen kardell, sacred heart catholic church :00 - :11 "i really don't know what happened. it looked like things were going ok and then all of a sudden he was on the floor like there was nothing there left to give like he was completely worn out." witnesses say roberts struggled to catch his breath during the match... and eventually collapsed. he was rushed to the hospital where he died. students are now leaning on eachother trying to cope with the loss. "this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways." a make-shift memorial honoring roberts is growing outside his high school. the school also has counselors on hand to help students who need it. police in cedar rapids are fire... the mobile home caught fire just after seven last night... police say the back half of the home was already in flames when they arrived. fi

"austin was just family. and just the past few days we were all a family and there's no better way to get over a loss than just to be with the family and the people you 3 skies dominated today, and with breezes, our highs stayed in the lower 30s. we won't see much change tonight and may even see a little patchy fog by morning. look for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40s for tuesday, but a cold front will come through wednesday afternoon limiting highs into the upper 30s before the colder air settles in. once we hit wednesday night we will start to see several systems enter the area. these systems are still evolving and changing, so nothing is set in stone. around 40 for most of the week.

senior austin roberts went to spencer high school in spencer, iowa a small town of about 11-thousand... this tragedy happened at the tournamennon saturday ---- kwwl'ssristin rogers has been digging into this today, kristin what do we know? amanda many people are obviously shaken up by thiseath the news has been trending on facebook nearly all day... we know spencer high school opened up at ten this morning to offer grief counceling during this time... according to the spencer high school facebook page senior austin roberts collapsed on the mat and later died at spencer hospipial. berts placed eigth in the 2a state wrestling tournament last season. the athlete is also listed on the school's football roster. following the death, a youth wrestling tournament was cancelled in spencer today due a go fund me page is now set up to support the family... we talked about the outpour of support... the go fund me page set up for the family had recieveddore than 15 thouand dollars as of an hour ago.... we've got you covered, kristin rogers ...kwl news. we are unsure of the exact cause of austin ro

the spencer community in mourning following the sudden death of austin roberts. grief counselors were on hand sunday at the school, as students and family remembered the teen. there's still no word on what caused roberts to collapse. sabrina: number four... sabrina: a popular gift this christmas will be drones, and those planning to fly them will need to register with the u-s government. starting today new f-a-a guidelines go into effect regarding the use and piloting of drones. the flying machines have become a headache for law enforcement. all drones will be given a tracking number that will help the f-a-a keep tabs in a database. sabrina: and finally in the top five... sabrina: from questions about a recent data breach.... to the hot topic of national security... the candidates for the democratic presidential nomination faced off in their third debate of the 20-16 race saturday night. the debate comes as the increasingly shifts toward national security and terrorism they have one more debate befor ethe iowa caucus. sabrina: this morning west des moines police

austin grew to be a dominant player on the football field as well. ironically it came down to stanford and iowa. "community has always been important to him and family. to be close and having the blessing of being g le to do that this close to home is really what the determining factor was. so, it's been fantastic." "playing foball is what i really love to do just because of the team aspect of f it. i knewewhe kind of coaches and the kind was a no brainer at the end of the day." austin has been 4 year for hawkwyes has developed into one of the top lineman in college e 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 yououre today. as a aenior, 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 thls team to where we are now." .....he iowa football team announced today that senior tight end jake duzey will not play i

robert, here at spencer high school balloons and flowers are already being set out for austin roberts. this close-knit community spent last night and today mourning together. this morning grief counseling was held at the spencer high school for students. hundreds of students and staff filled this high school to talk and share memories they shared with roberts. a crisis team will be handling the next couple of days before their christmas break begins on wednesday. i spoke with spencer school's superintenden t, terry hemann, who says the community is doing everything they can to help each other get through this difficult time. "this morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some about austin. austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways, a large young man 220- pound student, with a laugh as big as any room you can put him in...good kid," said spencer community schools superintendent, terry hemann i also spoke with the pastor of sacred heart catholic church where hundreds of students came together last night af