falling across central and northwest iowa, but that will turn into snow in northwest iowa by wednesday morning. northwest iowa will likely see accumulations ranging between 1 to 2 inches with totals increasing as you move towards south dakota. we are going to be dry but cold through the rest of the week as temperatures fall into the lower 30s and upper 20s. next week there will be a few rain chances early in the week and we will likely warm back into the 40s, so as of now still no white christmas in the forecast. sabrina: let's get into the top five this let's get into the top five this morning.... sabrina: the rains over the past few days have lead to flooding in the metro... rising waters forced parts of george flagg parkway, fleur drive, and southeast hartford to be closed to flooding at water works park even forced jolly holiday lights to cancel the rest of its season, a first in its 20- year history. sabrina: in the number two spot this morning... sabrina: a hit an run investigation on the iowa state campus. just after seven monday morning, isu police found emmalee jacobs at the i

morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: if you use sprint or verizon, you could have some money coming your way, but you'll have to act fast. customers have until thursday, december 31st to claim refunds for unauthorized third-party messages. charges for those texts -- for things like horoscopes or sports scores -- were then allegedly buried in bills. the activity is known as "cramming." both wireless to pay 158-million dollars to customers to settle claims with the government. verizon and sprint both have online claim forms. elias: no doubt you probably have at least one gift that you don't plan on holding on to...but before you return it or re- gift it, keep this in mind. make sure it isn't something that has been personalized. and be sure to read the fine print on those gift receipts. check the return window before you head to the store. and remember to bring an i- d....some retailers require it to protect against return fraud. elias: hopefully, this holiday season passed without breaking

good morning iowa starts now " sabrina: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on tuesday december 15th thanks for joining us! elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: we are finally done with rain here in the metro, at least for this afternoon! the metro was soaked with 3.78" falling from saturday night through monday making this the wettest december of all time not only for the metro but most of iowa. we should stay dry during the day today, but we are going to start the morning with patchy fog. skies will be cloudy through the day with a high in the low 40s and a breezy with lows in the mid 30s strong southerly winds. rain and a wintry mix will be falling across central and northwest iowa, but that will turn into snow in northwest iowa by wednesday morning. northwest iowa will likely see accumulations ranging between 1 to 2 inches with totals increasing as you move towards south dakota. we are going to

we are iowa." sabrina: in one classroom at a time, bankers trust and local 5 are excited to give a thousand dollar grant to a teacher who's trying to help his students learn a lesson that many adults struggle with... diversity and acceptance. he hopes to do that with the help of real people instead of just books. local five's stephanie angleson has the story. "i want to congratulate you. because you are the winner of this month's one classroom at a time grant sponsored by local 5 and bankers trust. so you can all clap... if you'd like to make some noise. chris covington teaches social studies at metro west learning academy. and a quick look around tells you this isn't your average school.. there are snakes....and other animals...even a dog...all here to help these students work through some of life's skills...diverse thinking, and trying to just think outside the box. accepting people. i try to do a lot with diversity and that kind of thing..tolerance. tolerance...it's not an easy thing to teach. b

we are iowa." sabrina for years, it's been a topic of conversation across the country...fundin g, or a lack thereof for public schools. the state legislature now has a pair of proposals to look over, which could help districts with some of their funding woes. local five's jacob peklo has more on the plan. dr. kevin fiene, interstate 35 superintendent: "what i've seen is having to do more with less, bottom line." the iowa association of school boards is working on a five-year plan that would eventually restock the funds for transportation across its school districts. galen howsare, deputy executive director for iasb: "it only seems fair to iowans that they should have fairness in their funding and then hold people accountable for the geared toward the rural schools. natural sound of dr. fiene speaking: "to bevington." interstate 35 is one of those, with its student population spread out across several cities. dr. kevin fiene, interstate 35 superintendent: "sometimes people talk about consolidation,

we are iowa." sabrina welcome back everyone, this week, good morning iowa is taking a look at some unique gift ideas for those still looking for last minute presents... this morning adam flack from the iowa events center joins us to talk about what they have to offer. - sports! iowa energy and iowa wild are in the midst of their 2015-2016 season right now iowa barnstormers february stuff great for the entire family! monster jam kicks off the new year jan 1-2 world's toughest rodeo - january 8-9 disney jr. live! mickey and minnie's doorway to magic - feb 7 harlem globetrotters - april 10 the music lover in your family jason aldean with thomas rhett and a thousand horses - january 21 fall out boy - march 14 justin bieber - june 22 journey and the doobie brothers - august 7 other great ideas blue ribbon bacon festival - february 20 yes, there are tickets available gift cards available as well to let them pick what they want to see as always, all information is available at iowaeventscenter.com . most

we are iowa." stephanie: welcome back-- we're getting some new details in breaking news we brought you off the top of local five news at five. a home invasion was reported right near drake university campus late this afternoon... in the 1300 block of 32nd street in des moines. police now saying nobody was injured and they are they are still suspects. it's just a block drake security was first on the scene. jack/lam: welcome back -- now. women have been arrested after four children in their custody tested positive for drug. this happened in the home they share in the 800 block of east 12th street north. 29 year old cristy clark and 28 year old somer speer are charged with child endangerment of a 2, 4, 6, and 9 year old. clark and speer also tested positive for meth and admitted to using it while caring for the kids. jack/lam: the man arrested for stabbing and killing his brother earlier this year has been sentenced. 33 year old frank turner took a plea deal after charges were dropped down to attempt

good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: a large winter storm is going to impact nearly all of iowa today warranting a state-wide winter storm warning. we are going to see a combination of snow, sleet and ice depending on the time of day and location across the state. the highest snow totals will likely fall across central and northeast iowa with 6 to 10 inches possible stretching from des moines past waterloo. ice and sleet will fall heaviest across southern and eastern iowa with ice accumulations of 0.1" to 0.5" possible. the change over between snow, sleet and ice will happen throughout the morning and early afternoon, but by the late afternoon and evening all of iowa should primarily be seeing snowfall, and this is also when the heaviest snow totals will start accumulating. on top off all of this the winds will be very strong today with gusts up to 40 mph possible causing blowing snow and low visibility. temps will hover in the low 30s during the day today, but after

iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm ???. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday, december 30th thanks for joining us! elias: weather is always first on good morning iowa... in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist sam schreier. sam: (adlib toss) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: light snow is back in iowa through the morning so we are going to see a slower again. the snow will relatively fast moving through the morning, be done snowing by 7 or 8am. accumulations from the morning snow should be between a tenth or two to an inch of snow across much of central iowa. we are going to stay cloudy and cold today with the mid 20s. tonight we will fall into the coldest air of the season so far with lows in the low teens and single digits across the state. thursday should be a dry but very cold day with highs only in the low 20s. the weekend is starting to look a bit nicer with highs climbing back into the lower 30s and we should see the sun again! next week we'll start warmer in the 30s with a few small snow chances thro

"good morning america "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: today marks a date die-hard star wars fans have been waiting years for....the release of "the force awakens" which not only brings back the characters from the original trilogy, but also sets up a new trilogy coming out over the next four years. elias: so it is no surprise that fans here in the metro were out in force last night...and that includes our own resident star wars fan meteorologist sam schreier. " hi everybody i'm meteroligst sam schreier here at the force awakens premiere at jordan creek mall theres been a lot of excited people we're going to talk to some star wars fans some dressed up lets see what they had to say i want to see the part part in it cause it never revealed it in the trailers the first one i saw in theaters was return of the jet eye and my dad took me to that when i was about 5 years old so thats what im excited about this time my son is 8 years old so it's pretty cool to take him to the movie do you think you're brave enough could you remeber to si

eastern iowa rain, and snow as the day progresses. winds will also be very strong at 15-25+mph, gusting to near 40mph at times. there is the potential for power outages with this storm, particularly in areas where ice accumulates on the power lines. possible snow totals with this system range from 5 to 8" in central iowa, so stay with local 5 for the latest. the system will start moving out late monday night with most of iowa remaining mainly dry for tuesday. beyond our winter storm, the weather quiets down with limited precip chances and cold temperatures through the extended nikki: thanks bree... and an important reminder... an emergency snow parking ban for snow removal has been issued. in west des moines it will begin at 6 am tomorrow. in waukee at 8 am tomorrow. and in johnston at 3 am tomorrow. the parking ban applies to all streets. the fine is $50 and / or towing. government for information on snow parking bans in your area... nikki: our big story -- back to 1shot: a tragic christmas morning crash has left a fort dodge communi

"you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina it's x:00 a-m on fourth elias: good to have and it's great to

we are iowa." elias: hawkeye fans have been heading west, getting ready for friday's big game between iowa and stanford. and local five is in pasadena as well. elias: local five sports director flight west tuesday, after monday's delay due to weather. now that he is in sunny california, he finds himself in the middle of rose bowl fever. jon caught up with the hawkeyes, and found out how they are feeling ahead of the big game. they are feeling ahead of the big game. jon schaeffer/ los angeles, ca : good morning guys i'm finally here. now this week is probably flying by for the hawkeyes. day after day killing time, practicing, meeting with media, and enjoying los angeles. as we found out today-- this team knows how to stay focused but also likes to have a little fun while they're at it. week after week day after day since december 5th iowa has bowl. macon klewa/iowa fullback :29-:34 ... really chomping at the bit here to get to game." with the end of this football season go the beards that have fully

live at the iowa state fairgrounds, amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa. (local 4 news, abc9 news) stephanie: this is a monumental event honoring governor terry branstad. here's what it took to become the nation's longest serving governor in history. he first took office in 1982 at the age of 36. he's never lost an election. his record is 19- and-0 when it comes to elections for any office he's ever run for. to achieve this recognition, he passed george clinton of new york, clinton served seven three-year terms starting in 1777. and finally, today marks governor branstad's 7,642nd day in office. stephanie: and for more archive video of and information on our longest- serving governor, be sure to check out our website. that's we are iowa dot com. jack: morning near the iowa state apparently hit by a car. young woman as 18 year old urbana resident and isu freshman emmalee jacobs. she was taken to the hospital this morning, but died injuries. police are still incident as a possible hit and run. ames police are anyone with them or story county crime the inform

we are iowa's most team. good morning iowa starts now " good morning iowa! i'm stephanie angleson it's x:00 a-m on thursday december 24th. thanks for joining us! stephanie: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist sam schreier! hey sam! sam: (sam adlibs) sam (sam adlibs) sam: weather adlib: a winter weather advisory is in place across western iowa through the end of the day today as snow is expected and lots of people will be on the road travelling. snow showers will move through western iowa during the morning hours and slowly fade out across central iowa during the afternoon. accumulations will generally be around 1 to 3" west of the metro, but we could still see an inch or so here in des moines. grassy areas will be affected the most, but with the freeze overnight roads in western iowa will likely get a bit slick under the fresh snow

elias: iowa's biggest rivalry heads to ames tonight, as iowa state hosts iowa on the basketball court. the hawkeyes are looking for payback after last year's loss at carver- hawkeye arena. but the cyclones will enter the showdown ranked fourth in the a-p polls. look for live coverage tonight on local five news at five, six, and ten. sabrina: we are learning more about the events leading up to the arrest of a roosevelt coach and teacher. sabrina: gerald johnson faces accusations of having an inappropriate relationship with a 16 year old. this morning johnson is out on bond after turning himself in to authorities on tuesday. johnson faces one count of sexual exploitation by a school employee. he's also been ordered to not contact the victim... criminal complaint it is a student of his from this school year... he's accused of using his position to get her phone number, and contacting her. she told him his behavior made her uncomfortable, and then he called her into his classroom and touched her inappropriately. the school district put him on administrative leave. elias: new this morning,

the ship is free to iowa residents with an iowa i-d year round. they've also made it free this week for non-resident university of iowa students. the rose bowl kicks off at 4-10 on friday afternoon. live in san pedro, california, brad hanson ktiv sports fource. brad -- have hawkeye fans taken over l-a yet? today was media day for the iowa stanford cardinal. it was the last time the players and coaches met with the press before friday's game. head coach kirk ferentz says he wants the players to enjoy the fun part of the rose bowl, before two final days of preparation. we'll have much more from rose bowl media day, tonight at ten. the men's and womemes basketball teams at morningside and briar cliff will each play two games over the next two days at the briar cliff holiday tournament. the chargers are playing tonight -- the mustangs had the afternoon games. the second-ranked morningside women taking on 1 and 11 waldorf, from forest city, iowa. mustangs up 20 at the half -- second half, lauren lemkuhl drops in one of morningside's 11 three's ----he l

the big four classic features iowa state, iowa, northern iowa and drake -- the cyclones are the only ranked team but they'll have their hands full. and, we'll hear from western christian, who is number-1 in the first statewide class 2a poll of the season. during the holiday season can be dangerous for your pets. we'll tell you what you should and shouldn't give to them this holiday season. and it's time to start making those new year's resolutions. we'll show you some financial lot to be happy about. the cyclones are undefeated and ranked fifth in the new a-p poll. but isu hasn't been sharp the last two weeks, with the big 4 classic coming up saturday. iowa state will face 6-3 northern iowa saturday -- who already has a win over north carolina this season. the cyclones are 9 and 0 after a lack-luster win over arkansas-pine bluff on sunday. uni has beaten iowa state in six of their last nine meetings. after beating iowa by one point -- the cyclones can win the mythical state championship but it's books before basketball. "new week, obviously finals week so biggest focus today, we're o

it was one heck of a comeback last night at the iowa-iowa state basketball game. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covererd in hedrick, ollie, bad news this morning for iowa hawkeye fans: iowa state claims the cy-hawk seriis for men's basketball. it wasn't an upset -- since iowa state ranks at number four in the nation -- but the cyclones were trailing the entire game -- until the very end. iowa state and iowa in the cy-hawk series--fran nd steve prohm facing off for the first time. the first half belonged to the hawkeyes. but after trailing by as many as 20, iowa state made a comeback, winning the game 83 to 82 meantime iowa ffotball player iowa player ever to win the jim thorpe award. it's the award given to the nation's top defensive back. king had eight intercepttns thhs yearr here's what he had to say when asked why quarterbacks keep throwing at him... "umm, to be honest, i honestly don't know, but if they keep doing it, they just gonna keep getting intercepted." hawkeye fans certainly hoping for at least e more out of king this year when iowa takes on stan

we are iowa and we want to cover the "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... elias: deadly flooding continues to wash away communities in the state of missouri elias: comedian bill cosby has been charged with sexual assault over a 2004 incident elias: plus, be aware, that their will be increased law enfocement out tonight, working increased law enfocement out tonight, working to keep you safe this new year's elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... iowa hawkeye gear flies off the shelves as the team prepares for tomorrow's rose bowl against stanford. plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this.

both from iowa, both went college in iowa, both have been coaching in iowa for 15 plus years. i asked coach just what makes coaching against lisa bluder fun and what makes it tough... "what's tough is they're always good, and what's fun is i don't know if there is anything fun about it. it's nice that we are parts of programs that have brought, i think, some pride, some dignity, some respect, some attention to our universities and it's our state. and we take it very seriously and i know they've done an amazing job there over the years and hopefully our fans and the people who follow women's basketball and even if you don't, look at both programs and say hey they've added some great things to our state and they're doing it with people leading them that have the affinity for this state that we do. and i think coach bluder and i share that and it's fun to be a part of it." hawkeyes and the cyclone women tip off friday evening at 7pm inside hilton. the game can be seen on cyclones dot tv... jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at

good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on ((day and date)) elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist bree sullivan! hey sam! bree: (bree adlibs) bree (bree adlibs) bree: weather adlib: it's going to be a frigid but not much is expected in the way of accumulation. the rest of central iowa will enjoy mostly sunny skies and another day of brisk winds becoming northwesterly through the day gusting close to 30mph. the sun won't do much in warming our temperatures however. we will be close to the freezing mark on the thermometer, but the wind chills will keep us feeling closer to teens and 20s. tonight the bottom falls out on our temperatures. the metro will see lows in the teens, while northern iowa will see their temperatures dip into the single digits. things do warm up for the weekend. sunshine and wind return for saturday with highs in the upper 30s. sunday the clouds will return to central iowa, but temp

iowa wish dot org. iowa wish dot org. sabrina:: on top of cancelling jolly holiday lights, the flooding is closing roads like george flagg parkway and many others. the rising waters also took over the clive greenbelt trail, targeting stores along making it difficult for drivers to get around. ""little cars start to surf board, and some people go really fast, then slow down to hit the water and it floods their engine-- we're insdie saying move, move, move " " sabrina: fleur drive is closed off to drivers, as well as southeast hartford avenue at southeast 30th court. go to we are iowa dot com for more updates on road closures. sabrina meteorologist sam schreier joins us again sam we are finally done metro, at least for metro was soaked with 3.78" falling from through monday making this the wettest december of all time not only for the metro but most of iowa. we should stay dry during the day today, but we are going to start the morning with patchy fog. skies will be cloudy through the day with a high in t

we are iowa" now to chicago - are once again under fire. two deadly police shooting - one of grandmother. police saying her death was an abc's alex perez morning with more. " this morning-the and college student demanding justice and answers from the chicago police department sot - jacqueline walker - friend of bettie jones why you got to shoot first and ask questions later?!!!! jones and legrier killed saturday after this two story home for a domestic disturbance nats dispatch "we got 2 people shot. shots fired by the confirm." were." legrier-on the top loved ones say 55 year the ground floor was opening the door for when she was caught in a spray of police bullets. sot - eugene roy/chief of detetives, cpd confronted by a chicago police saying jones was and extending condolences. sot - jahmal cole she should not have to come outside open the by a police officer. . legrier's mother says her 19-year old son- who studied engineering-had mental health issues but dreamed of a brighter future. sot - janet cooksey/victim's mom: he was a honr roll

we are iowa." james: weather adlib: since saturday, many places have seen at least 2 to 3 inches of rain, but a few reports have come in with totals as high as 6 to 7 inches! the rain has ended this afternoon and we will see a cold and breezy night as lows fall into the low 30s. tuesday looks mostly cloudy with dry and breezy conditions with highs back in the mid 40s. there is a chance we'll see a wintry mix to a few snow showers in northwest iowa tuesday night into week is looking dry but cold with highs in the low 30s going into friday. next week we warm up a bit again back towards the 40s, but as of now it's looking like we won't see that white christmas. james stephanie: jack: stephanie: snap a cool post it to we are iowa dot com. share it tab! here's a picture we received earlier today on flooding in winterset - that's supposed to be a farm field you're seeing, flooded from the weekend rain. jack: coming up on local 5 news at ten, the force awakens tonight...in hollywood! how are the actors fe

we are iowa and we want to "you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias:: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... sabrina: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh... sabrina: ames police look for the person responsible for monday's hit and run that left an iowa state student dead elias: and the government extends the deadline to get insurance coverage on january first for those need to enroll. sabrina: plus, the iowa department of natural resources gives iowans a chance to comment about the proposed bakken pipeline. elias: time now for another short break... but when we come back... last night the republican presidential candidates clashed once more in 20- 15....with one more chance for debate before the iowa caucuses. sabrina: plus sam's in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this. "you're watching good moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most

now on today in iowa... a university of iowa student is remembered by friends and family after she died d n a bus crashh plus... some cats in eastern iowa are fighting for their lives after they were rescued from a hoarder house. and all aboard the uss ioa. iowans get an up close look at a monumental piece of history. here's a live look at our good morning it's 6 a-m -- today i'm jejery gallagher. ally has the day off. storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel is here now with your storm track seven forecast. good wednesday morning. we are tracking light snow showers for the morning hours. the good news, no heavy snow is expected, but there could certaiiy be some slick spott on the roadways. storm track 7 live doppler radar shows the snow right now just to the west of the viewing area. this will continue to track to the northeast throughout the morning and will be scattered aboutt so your morning commute will likely be affected. here is the snowfall forecast se less than an inch of snow, with some areas gett

we are iowa." sabrina on your money now sabrina after decades of rivalry among budweiser, coors, and miller -- all three beer brands are about to be united. but not all believe its a good idea... together, the makers of budweiser and miller include eighteen of the world's forty most popular beers. if they merged they would control close to a third of the world's beer market... something that has smaller brewers worried. an iowa beer industry expert headed to washington to testify on why the deal should be stopped 1:24"people with deep senator chuck grassley invited wilson to testify at this senate judiciary subcommittee hearing. they're investigating any antitrust issues. it's still a "possible deal", which still needs regulator approval. sabrina: for girl scouts have have sold two and a half million boxes of cookies online this year. but the news is bittersweet. overall, sales were down and those iconic door-to-door and sidewalk sales are disappearing. the cookie program was originally designed to

look at iowa, and you ask, why iowa? iowa allowed me to grow. got in those communities. what we've done in iowa, we've given an opportunity to the best of that opportunity. >> brown and black forum, on january 11th. get on internet. you got to want to be there. we got the entire ticket there. we'll take a commercial break and be back with more on "roske we'll be back. >>> welcome back to "roske on politics." here with us is a very special guest. nina turner, thanks for chatting today. >> it's my pleasure. >> you're participating in iowa caucus television. and you supported and endorsed senator sanders. is that correct? >> have. i'm glad to be here because this is where it all begins. >> now, you have been involved with the clinton family in the past. you supported senator sanders. why are you supporting bernie? >> you know, senator sanders has a righteous indignation, regarding all of the things i when i peel back the layers and listening to what he has to say about working corps and middle class people. and access to the ballot box is the most important thing to me. i s

for the past 5 years, the iowa farm bureau and university of iowa athletics teamed up to donate more than 100 thousand dollars to feed hungry iowans-- that's 400 thousand meals for people across the state. brad- "it's one thing to raise corn, raise soybeans, and raise pigs. but to bring it from out farm to people in need is really special for us." brad is just one of the in iowa that participated in the initiative although a lot of progress has been made- the food bank still needs more help. cory exec direc.- "the struggle is there, we're seeing more people visiting food pantries. even though unemployment is down, we're distributing more food than ever before." in iowa, one in 5 children go hungry... in total-- 389 thousand people need help. edie davis knows the struggle first hand edie- "i ate from the food bank, i fed my kids from the foo bank today's ceremony was a chance for some farmers to get a first-hand look on the people they impact. brad-"as a farmer in to us to be able to provide to those situations to meet those hungry needs." and they say as an iowa farmer--giving is to

we are iowa." stephanie: jeb bush is finishing up his latest tour of iowa today. stephanie: still puts the republican presidential candidate at 5 percent of the vote, trailing trump, cruz, carson, and rubio. but in an interview today with local 5 ... he says he isn't worried about his poll numbers... that voters haven't made up their minds yet. local 5's sabrina ahmed has more.. " this mornign i sopke to jeb.. about trump, uniformed, take a listen of course we have to talk about trump, you said hes uninformed, why? listen to hjim talk.. as it relates to syria.. huge challege threats ofterrort thats a direct tjhreat to homeland let russians take out isis, let issi take out assad, keep assad there, we shouldnt have been going in, now its bomb the bleep out of isis, every week its a new policy hes completely uninvormd, he doesnt have the intellectual curiousity to learn from ppl who know wsomething abouta subject. i just dont think hes qualified to be cand chief and be the leader of the free world. isis is one of the things americans are concerned about.. pres said i

are iowa." sabrina: a former homeless man and his beloved dog are together again after the dog ran away. the dubuque humane society and friends at the dubuque rescue mission helped reunite the pair. they're making sure the two don't get separated again. katie wiedemann has the story. " they say dogs have a certain intuition about their owners. curt curiel has multiple sclerosis and epilepsy, he says his 12 year old dog, sassy, anticipates every move he makes. "right before i am getting ready to have a seizure she'll start whining and crying." curt recently fell on nursing home and he became homeless. so when his companion vanished from a bus stop, curt was devastated. "i had all the bus drivers out looking for him. and i figured if they couldn't find them, no one could. " but someone did. a good samaritan found sassy and took her to the dubuque humane society. meanwhile, curt's friends at the rescue mission posted information on facebook about this missing dog. that post was shared more than 300

we are iowa. stephanie/1shot staff members say residents should have all of their belongings back by monday. jack: conditions at the courthouse, and now a district judge is threatening to shut it down. in a letter last week, judge arthur gamble sited asbestos, sewer gas smell, a mice infestation, severe leaks and more throughout the court house. the county board of supervisors says renovating would cost 2.3 million dollars, and rebuilding would cost more. tonight, they're working to resolve as many of the issues as quickly as they can but know shutting down could happen. " neglected continually, judge gamble could make that determination his employees arentin a safe environment"" the judge and supervisors in warren county are working on a date to meet to go over resolving the issues. in order to build a new courthouse, a bond referendum would have to be approved. stephanie: san bernadino look at national headlines. stephanie: wife--tashfeen malik-- not only tried to destroy but encrypted well. who

so i'm going to iowa and then they're gonna vote. fiorina won't be back until after the holidays - but then iowans can expect to see her in iowa a lot through january until the caucus. fiorina wasn't the only republican candidate in dubuque today. today.marco rubio held a town hall meeting at a steel production facility where he spoke a lot about national security - butalso improving the us econony. he says some business regulations are necessary to make sure the presidents don't run the economy. congress doesn't run the economomat least it shouldn't. the economy is run by the private sector and the job of those of us in government is to put in places policies to be the easiest and the best place in the world for the private sector to succeed. rubio says that would allow businesses to create more and better paying jobs.-- that americans would need vocational skills to fil but, iowa democrats int out that some regulationonuld help worker's families live better lives livesprevailing wage in important to me because in iowa we don't happ

iowa pulls off the upset, 83-70. iowa takes down undefeated michigan state. we're counting down the minutes to the granddaddy of them all. iowa taking on stanford. sports director andy garman is in pasadena and joins us with more. andy: certainly an exciting start to the week for hawkeye fans, and now a chance to really write some history. iowa has not won a game in kirk ferentz's team hopes to change that this week. stanford is a formidable challenge, but the hawkeyes to this point have really not focused a time on the cardinals. they know it is obviously a huge challenge, but they also know, so far, they are adhered to have a little bit of fun. >> i think everyone needs to do a good job and focused on what is in front of us. >> everyone has been running around, flying around. we are on the track of putting ourselves in the best position to play against stanford. andy: jordan canzeri, i asked about his ankle, and he said he is ready to go. up to this point, they have been having a good time. scott: they have been having so much fun. cooper leading the charge

iowa leaves for the rose bowl on thursday. the second-ranked hawkeye wrestling team will compete at the prestigous midland championhips next week in evanston, illinois. iowa will send eight wrestlers to the event -- and seven of those men are ranked in the top ten in their weight class. last year, the hawks won four individual titles and won the event with a tournament record 189 points. head coach tom brands wants his guys to battle for every point. "the great satisfying thing about wrestling is there's a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, seventh and eighth," said brands. "so when you get knocked off before that championship, you gotta come back. you know who's tough and who's not." the midlands championships run next tuesday and wednesday. this is the 53rd year for the event. when the first iowa boys basketball poll of the season came out last week, eight siouxland teams were in the top ten -- in the four classes. the second poll was released this afternoon and the number of ranked northwest iowa teams has gone down. seven

they watched that iowa versus iowa state game from last week-- and know how dangerous the hakweyes are. but don't discount the bulldogs. a win for them puts them back in a good spot with just a couple of games left before missouri valley play. "10 freshmen and sophomores on this roster. it would go a long ways as far as confidence and understanding you know what it takes to beat a big ten team so i don't know if you can measure it. a win would be unbelievable i mean we're playing in front of 15-16 thousand people at wells fargo against a big ten team against iowa. that's what we want that's the games we want to so we're excited. " on the other end-- the iowa hawkeyes have won 4 of their last five games. the only loss in that span was to iowa state last thursday. fran mccaffery isn't taking this game lightly-- he has a lot of respect for what ray giocolletti has done with the bulldog program. but a statement win tomorrow would bring back quite a bit of confidence for the hawkeyes who need to move on from that loss to the cyclones. "i think it's a team that's been impressive they have a

we are iowa" sabrina and thanks for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina: new this days until the iowa's new plan...iowa lawmakers will discuss the program at the state capitol today. sabrina: the new program puts the state's providers, a move that has debated and concerns... the biggest being the time the transition. later this morning the joint health meet to discuss and receive some public input. the committee is made up of state and senators tasked with making recommendation s for improvements to iowa's medicaid managed care. an update on the implementation and status of the rollout will be delivered by the department of human services and the managed care organizations. the new program is set to take effect on january first. sabrina: hearing also getting underway this at the boone county fairgrounds... the iowa utilities board will continue its evidentiary public hearing on the proposed bakken pipeline. this is the final scheduled day for the for the hearings...once completed their is no set timeline board will make whether or not project. the hearing is scheduled to begin at eight

a new hotel will soon be taking shape in iowa city. city.today, kinseth hospitality broke ground on a new hilton garden inn.it's downtown iowa city near the iversity of iowa's new music building.those behind the project say it's an exciting addition with some unique features. "with not only the traveling publicicut also the local diners that will enjoy the rooftop sweeping views of the campus and the city, it's going to be a great hospitality location for all to enjoy." enjoy."the facility is expected to be completed in the summer of 20-17. an elderly corridor man is celebrating one of the "spirits" of the ason tonight. toght.the eo-owner of templeton rye made a surprise visit to life-long-fan, jerry stych of cedar rapids.stych's home was heavily damaged during the floods of '08 and templeton's keith kerkhoff - wanted%to surprise the 86-year-old before an appearance at the wilson avenue hy-vee. "oh i tell ya it's all about giving, you know? and it's the christmas holiday, and linda was nice enough to come in here and buy e of the just

eastern iowa felt the storm as well. kwwl's kristin rogers joins us live in hiawatha -- where a local gymnasium experienced extensive damage. kristen? that's right, it's the christmas gift no one wanted to recieve. there were more than 50 people inside this buiding for gymnastic classes, when the storm came through, they all took shelter strong winds threw heating units around like play toys, each of the units weighing about twelve hundred pounds. (cg: john mangold/ owner of twisters gymnastics) "i went to the back door and opened coming around the building it was pretty furocious." huge trees are snapped like twigs... (cg: john mangold) "i looked up at the ceiling and you ceiling was going to come off the building." (cg: kristin rogers) "i'm told these bleachers behind me blew across the parking lot damaging multiple cars." the owners car was one was pretty bad it busted out two windows and caved in the back of the truck." thousands of dollars minutes... (cg: john mangold) "by the time i ran from that side of the gym to

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 cost overall.. but we have to do this.." and he's not the only struggling... "we struggle trying to find a placc to pray... i usually going always easy..." right now this is the only s

the 2016 rose bowl is january 1st for iowa and stanford at 4 p-m iowa time on espn. the "big four" is a celebration of iowa men's college basketball... in the late game from des moines, the uni panthers take aim on taking down another nbeaten team -- this time iowa state....the full story in n another decemr, another set of college graduates are marking this saturday with celebrations of four years of hard work - perhaps 4 4nd a half years. kcrg-tv 9's brady smith met some of the university of iowa's nursing students- now graduates -- on what they hope awaits in the next stage. 64 g gduates of the u-i college of nursing lined their degrees. sarah armstrong already knows where she's going. 13:04-:07 "i'm going to head back to rochester, minnesota and work at mayo clinic." this is the field she's last of four kids to gradue filled with options. 13:35-:44 "a lot of us are going for more education, and then most of us would like to stay back at iowa, just because we know the program, and we know it's prestigious."t his is one of the last 64- student graduations for the c

on iowa farmland values. the results of a new iowa state university study are coming up... here on t-v nine. blow. moody's investors service has lowered its bond rating for the cit a bond rating affects a city's ability to borrow and the cost of borrowing. moody's has given coralville a b-a-a 3 rating. that's the lowest investment grade debt rating. moody's cited the city's high debt profifi and liabilities. those include ownership of arts center, officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. an iowa state university survey says farmland values have declined for a second year in a row. the survey shows iowa farmland values year. the report says farmlmld values dropped to a statewide average of about 76-hundred dollars an acre. that's down from,a peak of 87-hundred dollars per acre in 2013. the researcher says stagnant commodity ices and declining farm income means values soon. but he says they're still almost 14 percent highethan 2011 values. values dropped in all counties except allamakee, clayton, and dubuque. a temporary homeless shelter in iowa cit

we are iowa." james: weather adlib: the metro was soaked with 3.78" falling from saturday night through monday forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." james: weather adlib: the metro was soaked with 3.78" falling from saturday night through monday making this the wettest december of all time not only for the metro but most of iowa. tonight it will be cloudy again with lows in the mid 30s strong southerly winds. rain and a wintry mix will be falling across central and northwest iowa, but that will turn into snow in northwest iowa by wednesday morning. northwest iowa will likely see accumulations ranging between 1 to 2 inches with totals increasing as you move towards south dakota. we are going to be dry but cold through the rest of the week as temperatures fall into the lower 30s and upper 20s. next week there will be a few rain chances early in the week and we will likely warm back into the 40s,

we are iowa." stephanie: while jeb bush was in iowa today, we got on one. the big question on our mind-- is he going to gloss over iowa? here's local five's sabrina ahmed. this morning, i had the opportunity to speak with jeb bush... and we talked about his ground game in iowa. as you saw in that last poll.. he's not doing to hot. but is he worried? take a listen. lets talk iowa.. how are you doing? just spent 2.5 days doing well, great ground game.. 3 town hall meetings.. conencting converting 4% worry you? no because the candidates who were winning in year before election in iowa never win these are discerning voters who make up their mind late i think theyre going to want someone who has the leadership skills to face these complex challenges how important is iowa to win the country? iowas important.. all fevb states are... iowa at feb 1 makes it doubly imprtant so is nh.. you've spent more money, bigger staff, more effort? we're workign hard in all places, theyre unique some requre tv ads, orgs, i feel good about where we are, i really do less than 60 da

the iowa state patrol says 20-15 has been one of the safest in recent memory on iowa roads. channel 13's jannay towne joins us with more on what you can to do to keep it that way. for the first time ever.. more expected to travel between now and the new year. most are getting behind the wheel.. so get ready to share the road with more drivers on the way to your holiday destination. 23:51:58 it's kind of heavy.. i'm from leon, iowa and there's not a whole lot of traffic down there. we got one stop light.. 03 23:53:03 we have beautiful weather yesterday and today it's making up for it 07 those who hit the road this morning had to deal with the rain which was heavy at times. the biggest factor driving travel right now is low gas prices... well under two dollars in iowa. the state patrol will have extra troopers on the road this week to help keep you safe. so far, this year's death toll of 310 on iowa roads is the lowest since 20-10. troopers say it will stay that way if drivers remember this holiday travel checklist. 23:48:48 safe holiday for everybody. like i say, look ahead t

and mike says, yeah, this is iowa's ballgame. iowa does when it. becoming the floor general the hawkeyes need. fran: that is a thing i love about him. he will keep coming. he feels terrible about the game the other night, like a lot of people do. he will come back and go to work. we are going to keep attacking, making plays. clearly, that is the difference in the game. play -- scott: as far as those drake bulldogs conic got a great game from reed timmer, who played in his second big four classic. reed: i took it personal, and i had to come back and play the best of my ability. i think our team did a good job of not being, you know, scared or having the deer in headlights look. just trying to be physical and see what happens. scott: they certainly did. on the women's side, drake falls at northern iowa, 87-73. iowa women have won their 23rd street game. they knock out bradley, 60-53. rose bowl isn't until january 1st. but football fans at least have some appetizers, pretty much every day until then. lamarr jordan a 92-yard touchdown to delane hart-jo

good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson it's just after 6:00 a-m on december 29th... we appreciate you joining us. elias: if you didn't do it last night-- you're likely waking up to foot of snow to dig out from this morning. meterologist sam schreier joins us right the snowfall sam: (sam adlibs) sam sam: weather adlib: sam/tags on cam tonight it should be very chilly as temps fall into the upper iowa with a very calm are going to see some more snow showers move through in the morning with a quick one to two inches possible, so the morning commute could be a bit slower. we are going to fall extra cold by the end of the week with highs in the upper teens on thursday and a high near 20 on friday. we should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. elias: let's get into the top five stories this morning.... elias: and the weather is our top story... bad roads, slipping and sliding and digging out ... road conditions were not great

the iowa state so far. they topped number 23 iowa take on arkansas pine bluff riding sterak. have three non- games left before they get into their big 12 schedule- so it's tune things up. up to hilton coliseum we go- a few points in quarter-- but bridgette from beyond the all. how about from she puts the cyclones up 3. now seanna johnson getting it on the wing-- drives the lane-- and banks it in isu up 4. we go back to carlton-- from the other corner-- no doubt about it. she wasn't done another three for the cyclone freshman stretching the lead to 16. carlton with a team high 22 points in today's game. third quarter-- meredith burkhall with a midrange jumper-- knocks it down cyclones up 17. staying in the third frame-- claire rickets gets it down low-- nice reverse lay in and isu continues to stretch their lead. now in transition-- johnson going and lays it in . bry fernstrom just inside the arc-- the lefty knocks down a long two-- she finished with 8 points on the day. cyclones get the win 70 to 41-- bill fennelly applauding the effort by his freshmen today. "bridget played