Clippings here are from the rosebowl in 1982. Now the florist will bring home even more memories from pasadena. Pasadena. Well were going to win the rose bowl first. The iowa city hyvee floral manager is no stranger to crafting beautiful arrangements for the hawkeyes like this assortment of yellow roses when the team came home from the big ten championship in indiana. Indiana. Laurel is one of the most respected floral managers in our entire company and as a hawkeye fan, hes probably one of the biggest fans ivet met. And for several years, the avid hawkeye fans also taken his artistic talents to colorado boulevard i guess i cant imagine not going and working on floats. Where thousands see e his creatitis in the rose parade. This year hes looking forward to more than just decorating the floats. Floats. A strong season gave him a gut feeling to prepare even earlier for the road to the roses. He booked his flight deal. I mean you cant even drive there for three hundred dollars. His passion will come alive both on the floats and the gridiron. Gridiron. This is the ultimate trip you figure theres going to be probably 80,000 iowa fans there, its just going to be. Its the dream season. Laurel says its always an Early Morning before they kick off the rose parade. They get up to finish the final touches at 4 30 a. M. Steffi lee, cbs 2 news ten at ten of course, were less than a week away from the hawkeyes taking on stanford in the rose wl. Be sure to tune in tobs 2 all next week for special reportrtfrom our own zach hanley and our sports team. And dont miss our 30minute road to the roses special which will air new years eve at 6 30 right here on cbs 2. It will air again new years day at 730 am on our Sister Police in waterloo are investigating two separate reports of shots fired. Police tell cbs 2 news, the first was a call from the 500 block of keystone street around 215 yesterday afternoon. They say someone in a car shot at another person, but nobody was actually hit. Officers say the man targeted is not cooperating later on just before Midnight Police were called to a home on lafayette street, after a window was shot out. There was also a car hit. Police say the witnesses at that scene are also not co operating. So far no arrests have been made in either case. In chicago, two people are dead after a policeinvolved shooti and Police Say One hit. It happeped early this morning near West Garfield Park on the citys west side, after Police Responded to what they described as a domestic disturbance. Officers say once they got there, they und quote a combative individual. They say an officer fired his weapon, at 19yearold quintonio legrier, was shot and killed. 55yearold Betttie Jones was also shot and killed, but in the last hour the Chicago Police department has released that her death was an accident. A woman told a local television station she was legriers mother. She described him as a College Student with mental challenges. He was having a mental situation, sometimes he gets a little loud, but not violent. I was just with my son on christmas. I talked to him and told him he has to control his temper. Temper. In the past couple hours, weve Learned Police were involved in another shooting on the far south critically wounded. Chicago police are already under intense scrutiny, after other officerinvolved shootings in recent months. The death toll from a series of tornadoes in the southeast that touched down wednesday has risen to 18. Two more bodies were found in mississippi, bringing the states total victims to 10. Eight more people died in two different states, including 6 in tennessee. Last night, a tornado touched down in birmingham, alabama, but fortunately there was not a lot of damama there. Meanwhile, the National Weather service is now confirming that tornadoes touched down in califorina this week. This is cell phone video take in Northern California near the fofoom area. The National Weather service says the tornado was an ef 1 and produced wind speeds up to 80 and 90 miles per hour. Folks ere are so dealing with a large brush fire that homes. The fire which shut down parts of the heavily used 101 freeway and a portion of the started christmas night. 600 firefighters are battling the massive blaze. Right now, crews dont know the cause of the fire. Officials say 60 percent of the fire is contained, and expect it will take several under control. In the race for the white house. House. Several president ial hopefuls will be in eastern iowa next week. Week. On monday new Jersey Governor Chris Christie will make a couple stops. The first will be in dubuque for a town hall at noon before ending his day in davenport. On tuesday the republican will be in the corridor. Christie will visit the hamburg inn down in iowa city and the fieldhouse in cedar rapids. Right now christie is in the middleof thepack in the gop race. Democrat Martin Omalley will also be in eastern iowa monday he will be stumping in waterloo and tama. The stops are a part of a fourday swing g through the Hawkeye State for the former marlyland governor. His first event in iowa is sunday in des moines. Omalley is in third among the three democrats running. Number two in that race Bernie Sanders will start a three day run in iowa, ending his year in the Hawkeye State. On tuesday, hes Holding Town Hall meetings in muscatine and davenport. Wednesday, hell hold more town halls in keokuk and ottumwa. And on new years eve, hes hosting a new years party in des moines. You can watch a recap of the busy year in politics with a special edition of iowa in focus, as cbs 2 news takes a look at one of the most crowded president ial races. It airs right here on cbs 2 at 1030 tomorrow morning. If you didnt get what you wanted under the tree its ok, take comfort in knowing, youre not alone. Consumer reports estimates around 40percent of americans try to return or exchange a gift they dont like. That definately was true here in cedar rapids. Anyone who drove down collins road could see lindale mall was packed. Some shoppers we talked to at best buy said it was hectic. Was a lot of people you had to weave and bob through the neighbors there to get to where you wanted to be. If you do decide to brave the lines today, experts say you should have a reciept if youre trying to take back a gift. You should also keep the item in the original package. If you use sprint or verizon, you could have some money coming your way, but youll have to act fast fastcustomers have until thursday, december 31st to claim refunds for unauthorized thirdparty messages. Charges for those texts for things like horoscopes or sports scores were then allegedly buried in bills. Investigators call this tactic cramming. Both wireless carriers agreed to pay 158million dollars to customers to settle claims with the government. Current and former subscribers who paid for unauthorized texts beginning july 1st, 2010 can file a request. Verizon and forms just remember, you have to fill it out, by december 31st. Still to come on ten at ten cord rain. The area facing major flooding this december, and why it could be some time, us monday morning at 5 right here on cbs 2. We begin our countdown to pies to that one dress we take a look back at some of 2015s most viral stories. Thats monday on cbs 2 this that tornado that touched down in alabama we told you about earlier, didnt cause much damage, but the storm is bringing another threat rain. Nearly 200 roads in the state are closed due to excessive flooding. In nearby mobile, they saw 4 inches of rain pour down, nearly doubling previous records. Alabamas governor is touring weatherdamaged areas, where hes declared a state of emergency. ve seen some rain ourselves, but we could be seeing Something Else this week. Week. Meteorolgist jeff kennedy is here now with your fox 28 hawkeyes were all smiles today in cali why today was nothing about the rose bowl for either team next on cbs 2 2cbs 2 news connects with you. Call us at 1800222kganemail us at news at kgan. Comconnect with us on facebook at facebook kgan cbs 2. 2. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo c cds yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. 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