A man faces murder charges after investigators found 2 bodies southwest of des moines in union county. 37yearold Jerry Dillinger now is charged with 2 counts of first degree murder. The Iowa Division of criminal investigation found the body of Loretta Dillinger in a pond near lorimor last week. Investigators believe she was the suspects ex sisterinlaw. They also found another body yesterday this time near a house in thayer. Cedar Rapids Police say a standoff that lasted hours near Taylor Elementary school is over. Officers responded to a person was barricaded inside at a home at 538 eighth street sw around 3 30 this afternoon. Officers had their weapons visible and had closed off at least 3 blocks. Viewers living in the area said that police had told them to stay inside. Police say the person walked out and was taken in dubuque, police say someone damaged portions of the dubuque Veterans Memorial plaza on schmitt island. Police believe a vehicle drove into the memorial sometime between 7 last night and 1 pm today. The damage includes one bench and a pillar, which was overturned. Police say whoever is responsible caused about 15,000 worth of damage. We want to remind you that when you see news, call newsline nine. That number is 3193659999. You can also send us pictures and videos to newsroom at kcrg dot com. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders spent all of his weekend traveling around eastern iowa. The vermont senator made 8 stops including today in mount vernon at cornell college. Sanders enjoyed bursts of momentum to start his campaign but can he recapture that in time for the Iowa Caucuses in 7 weeks . Tvnines brea love reports. Sanders filled every seat here night all in effort to give his supporters a future to believe in. He entered to a standing ovation, which continued on as he touched on many of his campaign issues. Sanders discussed the economy, education, the working class, and made a special note about veterans. Before he spoke to the crowd, he met with more than a dozen iowa veterans, giving them the chance to share their stories. I am the former chairman of the Us Senate Committee on veteran affairs and if elected president i will make certain that every veteran in this country gets the Quality Health care that they deserve and benefits they need in a timely fashion. Sanders also made it a point to share his opposition against the war on iraq, and his plans to defeat isis. In my view, isis must be destroyed but we must do it in a way that is sensible and that does not lead to unintended consequences. Sanders says the only way to bring change is for millions to stand up, and demand a difference. He says working with the 11 hundred in attendance and other supporters across the country, they together can transform the nation. In mount in recent weeks, texas senator ted cruz has gradually edged up the polls of Iowa Republicans. A Major Development for his campaign over the weekend as cruz is on top of the republican field in the last 3 polls of iowans. A 10point lead in the registers iowa poll from saturday and a lead in a fox news poll that came out today. The fox poll of more than 400 respondents has cruz with a 2point lead, 28 to 26 over trump. Florida senator marco rubio is third at 13 and retired neurosurgeo n ben carson is fourth at falls off quickly. Former Florida Governor jeb bush and kentucky senator rand paul received 5 . No one after that was higher than 2 . The fox poll now marks the 3rd straight poll of Iowa Republicans where cruz came out on top. Before that, trump and carson had been either first or second in iowa polls going back to august. On friday, trump attacked cruz on Energy Policy during his Campaign Stop at the state fairgrounds in des moines. Today, trump told cnn that cruzs lead in iowa will be shortlived. He also said that people should vote for him over cruz because he says hes more capable of being a leader. I like him. Hes been so nice to me. I can say anything and hed say, i agree, i agree. but i think the time will come to an end pretty soon it sounds like. More president ial debates are coming up this week. The republicans on tuesday at the venetian in las vegas. As with previous debates to accommodate the 13candidate field it will be split into two one at 5 pm and the pm. That will air on cnn. On the democratic side, the three candidates meet in 6 days, on december 19th, in manchester, new hampshire. That will air on abc. Tomorrow, Governor Terry branstad will enter the record books, as the longest serving governor in the american history. It will be his 7,642nd day as governor. Thats just shy of 21 years in office. Governor branstad will pass former new york governor George Clinton who, like branstad, was a governor across 2 different tenures, only clintons started in 1777. Branstad will hold an official celebration tomorrow night at the state fairgrounds. After years of trying to figure out the best future for waterloo schools, the district may look at setting a formal bond issue tomorrow for a vote in february. The waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reports the board of education will look at a 47 Million Dollar bond issue that would focus on career and technical education. This has been a conversation point with waterloo schools for years. The new programs would be inside a new, to central middle school. Waterloo east and waterloo west high schools would also receive 6 million for renovations. The vote would be held on february 2nd. Dozens of hawkeye fans celebrated the teams upcoming rose bowl game tonight in coralville. Rose bowl officials threw a party at 30 hop, equipped with games, a live dj and a chance to win a set of tickets to the game. Fans were also able to take pictures with the rose bowl trophy. Iowa meets up with stanford on new years day to try and bring the trophy back here for the First Time Since 1959. After the championship game there was probably a little bit of let down and the team was little disappointed. When they heard the invitation to come to rose bowl they were really excited again but the fans didnt get to together and celebrate so thats whats fun to have a little bit of a pep rally rose bowl officials plan to meet with different departments within the university of iowa tomorrow to finalize plans for events surrounding the game. Its the time of year when many people are decorating their christmas trees. One eastern iowa folk artist helps them by personalizing glass ornaments. Marj nejdl paints names on ornaments at the National Czech Slovak Museum library in cedar rapids. What started as a fundraiser decades ago grew into a annual tradition marj looks forward to. We thought, as a fundraiser we should personalize ornaments. I think it was about 1975, 76, and weve been doing it ever since. Marj says shell continue to personalize ornaments for as long as she can see and hold a paintbrush. It all started as a way to get rid of items lying around the home. In our show you care spotlight, meet two women who launched a group that encourages people donate things they no longer need. And a welcome back to a former roughrider turned nhl star who was inducted into the riders hall of fame this weekend. Two dubuque area women say to help other peoe pay it forward has helped dozens of families. In tonights show you care spotlight, kcrg tv9s bureau chief Katie Wiedemann shows us how that facebook based group is helping people to both give and receive. It all started as a way for paula dominy to get rid of some stuff she no longer needed. Tragedy had hit home for us at one time. And i realized it doesnt take a lot to look around and see there are a lot of people in need in our community. So she launched a Facebook Page called pay it forward. People just post a need that they have right now and our hope is that someone will read that and have what they need. Her new friend, tracey lee got on board to help. And suddenly. I get 30 to 40 messages per day for help and for donating. We have this. Thats new right now theyre helping fill requests for christmas presents for small children. This is brand new but on the other side of the computer screen, betty clark and her young Adult Children have received several much needed larger items. Silverware, plates. The toddler bed over there. Rugs, towels. And with my son they helped him get his microwave. When their financial situation improved, clark knew it was her turn to give. Ive donated food. Ive donated new items that i didnt need if for christmas. Meahwhile paula and tracey use their own homes to store donated items. And use their cars to deliver everything. They say thats the easy part. Its the community thats making the donations. Its not coming from me. Its not coming from tracey. Were the bridge. And while theyve only been helping pay it forward for about 5 months. They dont plan to stop anytime soon. It has made my heart bloom so much. Its unreal and i cant stop doing it. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9. Steady rain will continue through the night, possibly heavy at times. By sunrise, showers will become more scattered as the system begins to move away from the area. Additional rainfall amounts tonight will total 12 by the morning. Far Northern Areas may experience a brief period of snow mixing in before showers completely end by monday afternoon. Temperatures will remain steady in the upper 50s the evening, then fall into the 40s through the overnight. Temperatures for most of monday will be in the 40s, and slowly fall into the 30s for monday night. Tonight rain, possibly heavy low 4349 winds ese 1525 alo 45 dbq 48 iow 48tomorrow chance of showers high 4450 winds wsw 1525 alo 45 dbq night mostly cloudy low 3137 winds w 1020 alo 33 dbq 35 iow 35tuesday mostly cloudy high 46 low 34 wednesday chance of rain snow high 43 low 38 thursday mostly cloudy high 33 low 26 friday mostly cloudy high 29 low 21 saturday mostly sunny high 30 low 17 sunday partly cloudy thanks chris. Josh joins us now, iowa state with a come from behind win on thursday. Looking to keep things rolling. Theyre playing with a thin that could change once big 12 play happens, but cyclones keep getting things done. Highlights are next. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Into todays game against arkansaspine bluff without one of its starters, naz long. Taking his place was matt thomas and he was on fire from threepoint range. Shoots this one from highway 30. Matt finished with 17 points, including five threes. The threes kept on falling, crosscourt kickout to monte morris crosscourt kickout to hallice cook for three. Bingo. He had 11 points off the bench. Cyclones lead 1811. Then its another crosscourt pass, this time to morris in the corner. He had 12 points and 11 assists. The cyclones hit 12 3pointers tonight, Georges Niang had one of them. Iowa state led 3930 at halftime. 2nd half, thomas lobs it down low to jameel mckay who finishes with the flush. Later, the alleyoop to mackay for two of his teamhigh 18 points. Iowa state moves to 90 with the 7864 win hosting arkansaspine bluff. Freshman Bridget Carleton was on fire from threepoint land. 16 carelton 3 ball corner pocket. Good. 2nd quarter action, seanna for two of 2521. Carleton was still dialed in from long distance. She hits a three from the other corner. She had career high six 3pointers. Iowa state wins 7041. The uni Womens Basketball team was in moline today taking on akron. Amber sorenson was also feeling it from behind the arc. Hits that one from the top of the key. Then she comes right back on the near side, nothing but net. She had 22 points and six threepointers. It was a tough shooting night for the panthers, just 26 percent. Stephanie davison fakes, spins and gets the deuce. Uni still wins 5949. On saturday, former roughrider Justin Abdelkader returned to cedar rapids for the first time in 11 years. He became the first player Roughriders Hall of fame. I caught up with him for this spotlight. Justin, whats it like to be back in cedar rapids with this honor . Its obviously a huge honor. Its great to come back. Im really grateful i have an opportunity before the season to come back here and to be able to win us a game, see a lot of fans. A lot of fans i recognize, even 11 years ago when i was here last. Its an honor to be back and remember most about cedar rapids and has it changed much . No, it hasnt changed. Just how the friendly the people are here, how and my family, made it like a second home when i came. Great to see the fans, a lot of the supporters that still here when i was here. Its exciting. You guys won the clark cup in 2005. What amazes me is you had you, teddy purcell, Alec Martinez and stalock. All 4 of you guys are nhl players. Do you remember at that time that you guys had the talent to win the clark cup . I knew we had a whether we could get it done, a lot of things can happen, injuries can come into play. But we just a great team that worked hard. We were good throughout the regular season and found a way in the playoffs to put it all together and win it all. Whats it mean to you to not just win the clark cup, but also an ncaa championship and the stanley cup . Its truly remarkable. When i talked to the players earlier, first thing when i say cedar rapids, i say we were clark cup champs. Which is Something Special and no one can ever take away from us. Then to go on and win the ncaa championship and to be apart of the stanley cup championship in 2008 was very special and very fortunate to be apart of. Earlier this year, you signed a 7year extension with the red wings. Whats it like to continue your career in your home state . Its something i dreamed of to truly an honor, original six franchise thats been so successful. Playing my whole career in the state of michigan, except the one year here, its something that im very lucky to have and dont take for granted at all. You opened the season with a hat trick, what was that like . Yea, it was really exciting. It was against my former coach, mike babcock. In the Season Opener you mainly want to score and play well, but to score a hat trick is pretty unique. I was fortunate to be on the right end on a few breaks and the puck just seem to find me that night. Do you feel youre growing more and more comfortable this year . Yea, last year was a huge year for me scoring 23 goals and was coming on more offensively. This year coming in, i was confident. I have a more leadership role and know that i can contribute offensively also. Coming up after the break, i have some highlights of a few local nfl many accolaincluding the jim thorpe award on thursday. Today, king was named a firstTeam Allamerican by the associated press. Hes 2nd in the nation with 8 interceptions. Its also tied for a school record. His teammate and williamsburg native Austin Blythe was named third Team Allamerican by the a. P. Iowa plays stanford in on new years day. To the nfl, falcons and the panthers. Former Hawkeye Jonathan Babineaux fights off the one of the season for babineaux. But carolina wins 380. Titans and the jets. 3rd quarter, former Hawkeye Karl Klug goes straight up the gut and wraps up Ryan Fitzpatrick for the sack. He has 3. 5 on the season. The jets win though, 308. Back to the falcons and panthers. Former cyclone a. J. Klein. Look out goes unblocked on that sack. First one of the season for him, and as i mentioned earlier, carolina wins 380 to stay unbeaten. And tomorrow for on iowa live, former hawkeye jess settles will join us to break down the iowaiowa state game on thursday. Plus, we have the lisbon wrestling team as well. Thanks josh. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t chris havely for your final forecast. Steady rain will continue through the night, possibly heavy at times. By sunrise, showers will become more scattered as the system begins from the area. Additional rainfall amounts tonight will total 12 by the morning. Far Northern Areas may experience a brief period of snow mixing in before showers completely end by monday afternoon. Temperatures will remain steady in the upper 50s and low 60s for most, through the evening, then fall into the 40s through the overnight. Temperatures for most of monday will be in the 40s, and slowly fall into the 30s for monday night. 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