When the trucks are out operating they naturally kick up a snow cloud around the truck so the amber and the blue and the white, that combination really cuts are that cloud. Vanessa the city of ames plans to run 24 hour shifts, dedicated workers with 11 trucks and 3 loaders. We have been getting prepared for it early this week and were ready to go right nowsome iowa ready to go. Vanessa right nowsome iowa state students are heading home for the holidays, earlier this year. My moms coming from minnesota so shes going to leave at like 5 00 a. M. To get down here at like 11 00 so then were going to go as soon as we can. Nonimportant classes in the afternoon are definitely probably going to be skipped. Im leaving early because of the storm and my dad thought it would be easier to get home tonight so theres not whole bunch of traffic and to keep away from snow. Eric the blue and white lights are a three year pilot project. All the trucks from district 1, here in central iowa, are equipped with the lights, and then at least two trucks in each of the other five iowa dot districts. Des moines city crews spent thursday putting antiicing solution on snow routes. The solution cut down on the amount of snow and ice that may stick to roads, making it easier for plows to remove it. You can see when the solution dries, it leaves white lines on the pavement. Drivers should allow extra distance because traction will be reduced. Elizabeth snow in the forecast typically means big crowds at the Grocery Store stocking up on lastminute necessities. Kccis Jason Rantala shows us how are central iowans getting ready. I am on a mission. I am always on a mission. Jason shoppers like kali ryan will be on a similar mission, over the next several hours. Hearing about weather was a very big surprise for me. Jason grabbing the necessities thats kind of the stock item you know in anticipation of the first snow of the season. Jason add to that the fact were expecting a half dozen inches of snow or more. Thats kind of why were here, but were not stocking upeven morning crowds seemed big for ryan. When we pulled into the parking lot i mentioned something about i was like theres a lot of people. Jason herescott benter at Price Chopper on ingersoll says crowds grow largest early afternoon and late evening the day before snow. After looking at the weather, benter says the decision was made to add more cashiers for thursday evening. Eric the Winter Weather threat is postponing the 1a, 2a and 4a High School Football state championship games, to monday. The Iowa High School Athletic Association says they were concerned about the teams traveling to and from the uni dome. Dowling catholic and cedar rapids kennedy will now play monday at 7 06. If you purchased a ticket for friday, it will be honored on monday. Count on kcci to keep you in the know as the storm hits this afternoon. Watch live radar and get weather and closing alerts on your smartphone with our kcci mobile elizabeth the time is 4 34, five minutes away. Metinka the snow will be rolling in mainly this afternoon. The system extends all the way back toward the rockies. Here is your snow trend for today. By about 3 00 or 4 00 we will have about an inch on the ground , and most of the accumulation will occur between about 6 00 p. M. And 9 00 p. M. Despite their surface temperatures still being around 40 degrees, but will be quickly cooling, and we will end up with of central iowa. Eric when will the new pool at the downtown wellmark ymca a lot of members at the y want who is debating whether to delay their next payment. Kccis Mark Tauscheck explains. Mark the pool at the downtown y was supposed to open this year, a lot of money is going to have to be raised quickly if its even going to open next year. Cracks they just want to know where its at. Mark prairie meadows ceo says Board Members were surprised to hear media reports about lagging Fundraising Efforts for the new pool at the downtown y currently some 6 million away from resuming construction. Cracks they just want to be informed whats going on so when theyre asked you spent a Million Dollars where did it go . and ours was naming rights for the pool. Have you been down there lately . Mark of that Million Dollars prairie meadows has paid 400,000 so far, but the board is discussing not paying another cent until they know what the plan is. It has been a challenge, i will be honest, and it hasnt moved as quickly as we would committed and its going to get done. Mark the ymca of greater des moines president and ceo tells kcci being denied for 6 million two years created the funding gap. I asked him about the frustration expressed by prairie meadows Board Members about being kept in the dark on the money problems. Weve communicated what weve known and we hope to be able to communicate good information in the future. Mark he says he is meeting with all of the ys major donors and asking them to help get the pool to the finish line. Palmer says his board is still 100 behind the project and believes they will keep their end of the Million Dollar deal. Weve had a lot of calls today. From downtown businesses about their concerns as well and the common theme is this project has to be finished, vd told me they wont restart construction until all the money has been raised, and at that Point Construction will take another 10 months to complete Mark Tauscheck, kcci 8 nene. Elizabeth new details about that former iowa lottery officer whos already been convicted of rigging a hot lotto game worth millions. Weve learned eddie tipton may be the mastermind for a lottery scam in oklahoma. A judge convicted tipton in july of fraud for a 2010 iowa hot lotto game. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but is appealing. Now investigators say he allegedly fixed a lottery game in oklahoma in 2011. The executive director of the Oklahoma Lottery says theyve been working with iowa officials since march about a suspicious ticket sold to an outofstate customer. We just suggested that they look at this particular one because the winner was from out of state, was actually from texas. Because of the particulars of the charges that were made at the time, it just seemed like it might be something that could be looked at. Its kind of a sad thing when people who are in trusted positions like this take advantage of these situations. Elizabeth at this point, no new tipton. This makes the 4th lottery game he is accused of fixing. Eric candidate clout. Gop front runner Donald Trump Bashing his opponents and gaining recognition for his work with Small Businesses here in iowa. When people have extremely expensive things its almost repulsive to me. Elizabeth hes iowas richest man, but youd never know it. Keys to success. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning with eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz and right now coverage with shaina humphries. Metinka it is quiet across central iowa but the snow is trying to work in across western iowa. This is going to be spreading to the east throughout the day. Snow is in the forecast. It is going to start out as may be a light rain snow mix. By noon, the snow will be moving in and we are expecting some pretty rapid accumulation. Likely by evening commute we could have one to three inches of snow on the ground already with more continuing at least until about midnight. The northern two thirds of the state is under a winter storm warning until 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Eric and commitment 2016 coverage new National Poll numbers show donald trump back on top in the republican race for president. Just 4 gop candidates receiving above 5 support. Donald trump is at the top of the pack with 26 . Ben carson down two points with ted cruz has 14 and marco rubio with 13 . Elizabeth the republican frontrunner was in newton thursday, holding a rally. Kccis chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor was there. Cynthia in a city that knows all about losing jobs, donald trump told newton hell be the president to bring back jobs. Whatever happened to maytag . Does anyone know . It just disappeared. I used to buy a lot of maytag products. I buy a lot of john deere products. We cannot let that happen to john deere. Cynthia the billionaire businessman is now giving work to a business here to put his logo on hats, shirts, and buttons. Im really happy hes running and really happy that we get to do a lot of products for him. Hes a super guy. Cynthia trump reached out to dave mcneer and several other struggling businesses here 5 years ago after he saw a 60 minutes story about the demise of maytag. Mr. Trump helped my cash flow a little bit. Cynthia he also helped the dominoes pizza owner then, who met him for the first time tonight. And he helped sales tonight, ordering 50 dominos pizzas for the crowd. Trump also reiterated he would not allow Syrian Refugees into this country and attacked rival ben carson, saying the doctor is in a freefall for his lack of knowledge about foreign policy. He signed autographs, even this president ial limousine model, and earned some votes. Hes the most entrepreneurial, he is the strongest minded of any of the candidates. Weve had 50 years of politicians. They have not gotten it right. Lets give a billionaire businessman and crack at this. Cynthia Cynthia Fodor, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Eric i235 and 2nd avenue shows you what it is like downtown in des moines. The weather is never more than five minutes away. Morning. Metinka it is not snowing in way. A light wintry mix trying to and it extends westward into south dakota and toward the rockies. It is going to be a longterm system, lasting through about midnight. This morning we are going to be overcoming the dryer air. Eventually we will have a light wintry mix. Across northern iowa, highway 20 two highway 30, you will see the snowflakes flying. The snow continues to track off to the southeast. By 3 00, transitioning to all snow pretty quickly for the metro area, and that will continue to increase in intensity at times between 5 00 and 6 00, bands of heavier snow, low visibility, and pretty quick accumulations. By midnight, we will still see a little bit of light snow across central iowa, and we are expecting most of the about 3 00 and 9 00 p. M. Lighter totals to the south, but we will have some pocket where we will pick up significant snowfall. A winter storm warning will go into effect for the central area at 2 00 p. M. , lasting overnight into early tomorrow morning. Tonight, just some clouds sneaking in, 29 degrees. The snow will be moving in around noon time and we may see a light entry next, but it will quickly transition to snow a light wintry mix, but it will quickly transition to snow. The weekend will be cold with highs only close to freezing. Elizabeth the road to the unidome began in august with thousands of High School Football players dreaming of making it to this point state championship week. Eric two central iowa rivals made it to the class 3a title kccis scott reister was there. Scott pella and norwalk both having their best season in history. Nobody wanted to budge. Norwalk slow down pella but could not stop this guy forever. Give that kid a dutch letter. 70 pella. Norwalk answered the bell. Late second quarter, grant field. Unbelievable play, tied at seven, and that is where they stood at the half. Third quarter, pella starts to play away. Pella brings it home, winning it 3117, back to back state champ. This is such a tremendous dedication that transfers over into our daily lives. We became accustomed to what it takes to win. It is exciting to see all their efforts and their work and the way they conduct themselves pay off. I am so happy for the team. Scott the party in pella lasted deep into the night. The top team at class three a. Eric the games scheduled to be played today are now moved to monday due to weather. Those are the class 1a, 2a, and 4a championships. Elizabeth a Windsor Heights city board says no to plans to t in another Grocery Store. What that means for the mall businesses. Metinka right now we just have some clouds, 29 degrees, no snow yet in the metro. Moving into central iowa by noon, with quick accumulations by mid to late afternoon. Most of most of central iowa will end up with half a foot of snow. A proposed aldi Grocery Store, may be no more. Elizabeth Windsor Heights officials shot down a permit request for the store at the old and university. Rose the Apple Valley Shopping Center in Windsor Heights sits vacant, awaiting demolition. In awaiting demolition. August, in august. , the City Council Approved the Property Managers site plan for the area to be renovated into midtown center. Stores, like fitness sports had to move out with just a few months notice. Any time you move a business i think its tough. Rose the first proposed store for the center . An aldi grocery. Sized at about 18,000 square feet, it needed city approval of a conditional use permit. On wednesday the board of adjustment unanimously voted to deny aldi the permit. The support for exceeding 10,000 square feet in a grocery , there was no seen Community Need or benefit to that. Rose residents spoke out against the grocery, with about 100 people signing an online petition. The overwhelming message we received was that they would like to see some new uses come into that area. Rose the aldi would have been the 4th Grocery Store in less than a mile, with hyvee, walmart and sams club just across the street. Disappointed by the board of adjustments decision, and we plan to evaluate our options in an effort to identify the best solution for our customers and our business. Now relocated to clive fitness sports is back up , and running. But the owner isopeful for the future of midtown center. I hope they get what the city really wants and i know, i just dont think the people of the city want another Grocery Store. Elizabeth kccis calls to the property manager, colby interests, were not returned. Forbes magazine says and adel man is the richest man in iowa. But there is much more to adel farmer harry stine than his 3 billion dollars fortune. Eric todd magel sat down oneonone with stine to find out how he became so successful. Todd inside this small Dallas County warehouse, these workers are counting soybean seeds, packing them into envelopes and shipping them to be planted in south america. These people are getting seed ready to send away to our winter nursery. Todd and boss, harry stine is watching over the entire process. After they grow into plants, new seeds will be harvested and shipped back to the Stine Seed Company in adel. Stine, who is most at home on his farm, will pick and chose the best ones to start the process all over again. The tiny seeds and the plants they become have made stine a very wealthy man. This is the most fun thing i know to do. Todd and why is that . Well, creating genetics here in corn and soybeans that are the best in the entire world , what can give you more of a high than that . Todd thanks to forbes magazine, stine is getting lots of attention. The magazine says his fortune is at least 3 and a half billion dollars. So whats he think about the revelation . We are better known in some of these Foreign Countries today frankly, because of that article, than we otherwise would be and it gives us credibility in those areas where people didnt know who we are, or what we are. Todd stine grew up right here in adel on a 180 family farm, now there are 15,000 acres here and he runs the largest private family seed company in the world. Whats it like to be a billionaire . Well, does it seem like it is any different than anything else . I guess i really dont think about that much. We just try do to what were doing and have fun doing it. Todd what makes his fortune all the more unusual is that hes dyslexic and a bit autistic. But hes got an almost savant like ability to absorb thousands of pages of hybrid soybean and corn seed data. Applying logic to genetics is something that is fairly easy for me, that seems to be more difficult for other people. Todd so what does stine do with his fortune . He drives a ford pickup and lives in modest house next to his seed company headquarters. When people have extremely expensive things its almost repulsive to me. Todd having fun, working hard and not spending money seems to be the secret to his success. Common sense and how badly you want to win, simple as that. Eric i guess you would say he is winning. Stine makes his money from selling and licensing his hyrbrid seeds to farmers and other companies. He say he collects fees from two thirds of all the soybeans states. Elizabeth we are following several breaking stories this morning in the next two full hours of kcci. De hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 50 more data than verizon and at t for the same price. But i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . No. U. S. Cellular sized data. Good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 50 more data than verizon and at t. Plus 0 per line. See ya soon. Elizabeth youre waking up to breaking news overnight. Chase, the search for a suspect and what happened to a Police Officer during the pursuit. Eric plus, another terror attack . 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