Gifts surrounded b b loved ones. But just having him there was the biggest present any of them couldve received. Nats what do you wanna watch . Boof boof . Yeah its a beautiful sight for liam was originally taken to the hospital a few months ago, and eventually airlifted to iowa city, where he would lose his fingers and toes. His condition was a to be here with us for christmas with him. They let him come home for the holidayy they et another ununxpected twistbut this one, so much better than the last. Its one of the greatest things ever. I mean, its almost just if not better. Its awesome. And although the gifts given to liam may go unnoticed next to his ipadthe support is not going unnoticed by chris and his family. Its just been outstanding. Today alone he got a couple of packages in the mail, some fro green bay, lacrosse area. People that w wdont even know, have never even met, and theyre sending him gifts and cards and its awesome knowing that theres people out there that will do that. Its amazing. As for liams futurechris says hes scheduled to go back to the hopital on the 28th, and has another surgery on the 29th. Weve got you covered live from the th media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. And if youd like to learn how you can support liam and his family this holiday seaso, you can find more information on our website at kwwl dot com. Some rain moving in lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg now whos tracking i all. From the kwwl stormtrack information. Here is additional forecast information from thhkwwl stormtrack 7 weather team we are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round to light snow between 610 pm. Rain amounts range from 0. 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Precipitation will be here saturday with there is a large storm forecast the storm might come across model guidance has been back and forth betten rain anddsnow. We will continue to track the storm potential for monday. New details tonight as were learning the new york detective killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan is from here in eastern iowa. 45yearold jospeh lemm grew up in dubuque county. He was one of six americans killed in the bombing earlier this week. Detective lemm was with the in the he leaves behind a wife and two children. Police responding to a report of a woman bleeding from an injury to the neck. It happened in the 13hundred block of grand avenue in marion during the Early Morning hours. 50yearold David Merrifield was taken into custody and charged with willful injury and Domestic Assault with a weapon which police say was a knife. 42yearold teresa plein suffered serious butnonlife threatening injuriis in the incident. Police arrest a man accused of abusing a baby who suffered at least 20 fractures. 21yearold rodney weatherwax, of council bluffs, is charged with childd endangerment and assault. According to Court Records he injured the baby at least three seperate times between septemb and november. The child was born in lat july. Weatatrwax remains in the Pottawattamie County jail. Authorities are searching for a local man accused of throwing hot grease on his dog and burning him, the warrant is issued for fort dodge. They say the alleged abuse caused second and third degree burns to the dogs head and face. The dog received Veterinary Care anan is now being t tken care of by another person. A truck on its way to iowa carrying more than twothousand piglets overturns on the highway. Take a look at the truck on itss side in north carolina. Animal control officers working to contain the piglets as crews put the truck back up right. Authorities say some of the pigs were seriously injured in t te crash. One person is killed after after a headon collision with a semi. The iowa state patrol says jospeh harris crossed the center line on highway 146 north of grinnell and it the semi. Harris was killed in the crash which remains under investigation. One man is in the hospital after a house fire on the west side of davenport. Three other adults and four children were able to get out of the home unharmed. The victims name has not been released but he was transferred to university of iowa hospitals and clinics. The cause of the fire is under an eastern iowa man is being featured on a popular hunting show. Nearly five years after a treestand accident puts him in this is aaron heying and his wife maelyn, taken whihi they were in new mexico, filming the show brotherhood outdoors although heying is in a wheelchair. He doesnt let anything hold him back kwwls Olivia Mancino sat down joins us now live it was only one week after their wedding aaron and maelyn went on this hunting trtrp of a lifetime in w mexico. They called it an improptu honey moon. Tonight we talked not just about the show. But how the heyings still manage to pursue their passions despite their circumstances. Do you wann scrambled eegs . Its up to you. You make them for me meet aaron and maelyn heying this recently married couple just returned from a special k knd of honeyymoon. Aaron is a member of local union 838 and is also an avid outdoorsmen after sending in an application to the hunting show maelyn were e elected to beeon their show, hunting black bears in new mexico. It was all new and it was super exciting, ive never done anything but hunt in iowa it was five years ago. Heying took maelyn onona hunting trip inniowa. E both went hhnting together, and it was actually my first time up in a tree stand aaron after being in the tree stand for hours, he fell. The fall damaged his spinal cord. And doctors only gave him a three percent chance of ever watking again. Id walk out of his h hspital but hed bbjoking around or laughing, i said if he can put a smile on his face you better be fast forward five years and theyre married. Spenning thee honey moon n n the woodssof new mexico. The hosts of the show, they actually carried me on their backs, and i believe i weighed just as much as they do more challenging task nowadays. But aaron says his passion for it is stronger than ever, hell continue to do what he loves for asslong as he can. And maelyn will continue to be right by his side. If youd like to catch the heyings on brotherhood outdoors, their show will premiere on january third on thehesportsman chaanel weve got you covered live in waterloo olivia macnino kwwl news decision 2016 coverage Hillary Clinton stopping by a local gh school todada. All thanks to the efforts of a few students. Keota High School Students megan adam. Abby schulte. And kylea tinnes asked clinton during previous iowa visits to come to their school as part of a sociology class project. They started writing letters asking multiple candidates to speak at their school. But after having the opportunity to Hillary Clinton democratic president ial cannidate they wereeat another event, holding abby schulte Keota High School student when we started community, state and nation, so we wanted president ial candidates to coem to our townwnand talk abbt their plans for doing so. So we all wrote to different candidates. We really wanted to be bipartisan, so we wanted to invite democrats and republicans. Clinton is the first candidate to respond to the three students. The girls say one of the best things about the the process of bringing clinton to their school was the support from their town. Even from registered republicans. Political advertising spending now topping 111 Million Dollars so far this year much higher than it was at this point four years ago when it was at 35million. According t t ad tracking data from nbc news a third of that spending coming from jeb bush and his allies 38 million alone from bush. The smallest advertiser thus far happens to be the republican spending a mere 217thousand dollars. A civil rights activist in dubuque will now be remembered, thanks to the dubuque city council. The Council Voting last night to rename the Multicultural Family center to the ruby sutton building. Sutton was an instrumental figure in dubuque during the civil rights movement. She died earlier this year. lynn sutton, ruby suttons daughter that her memory will its just a symbol of what she stood for. She would not have wanted all this, she was very job done. The building will officially be renamed early next year during a dedication ceremony. Coming up on kwwl. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl appearing in court today for his arraignment. Plus. Something falls from the sky down the mountain. 7 live doppler radar. Storm track sevens chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up. Now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to theepresidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team we are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round arrives late tonight early wednesday morning. Rain begins between 46 am then transition to light snow between 610 pm. Rain amounts range from 0. 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Or flurries are possible. Then a dry friday. The next chance of precipitation willbe here saturray with there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snow and windy conditions. The track of have a huge impact on precipitation type. At this time model guidance has been back and forth between rain and snow. We will continue to track the storm potential for monday. We are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round arrives late toniggt early wednessay morning. Rain begins between 46 am then transition to light snow between 610 pm. Rain amounts range from 0. 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Thursday a light snow shower or flurries are possible. Then a dry friday. The next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snow and windy conditions. The track of hhe a huge impact on precipitation type. At this time model guidance has been back and forth between rain and snow. We will continue to track the storm potential for monday. We are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round arrives late tonight early wednesday am then transition to light snow between 610 pm. Rain amounts range from 0. 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Thursday a llht snow shooer or flurries are possible. Then a dry friday. The next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with chance of rain and snow. Amounts of either will be light. There is a large storm forecast to move acroos the midwestst monday ith rain , snow and at this point. The track will have a huge impact on precipitation type. At this time model guidance has been back and forth between rain and snow. We will continue to track the ststm potential r monday. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team we are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round arrives late tonight early wednesday morning. Rain begins between 46 am then transition to light snow between 610 pm. Rainnamounts range from 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Thursday a light snow shower or flurries are possible. Then a dry friday. The next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with chance of rain and snow. Amounts of either will be lightt windy conditions. The track of the storm might come across iowa. Exactly where is unknown at this point. The track will have a huge impact on precipitation type. At this time continue to track thh storm potential for monday. We are tracking Three Chances of precipitation through early next week. The first round arrives late tonight early wednesday morning. Rain begins between 46 am then transition to light now between 610 pm. Rainn amounts range from 0. 50 to 1. 00. The snow amounts will be up to 0. 5. Thursday a light snow shower will be hire saturday with chance of rain and ssw. Amounts of either will be light. There is a large storm forecast model guidance has been back and of either will be light. Potential for monday. A local seven yearold is using we will conttue to track t t storm potential for monday. A local seven yearold is using more than a year to buy gifts for eterans this holiday season. Isabel westercamp is a second grader in cedar rapids. Shes been using the money to buy 100 handsoaps which play patriotic music when pumpd. These gifts will b b delivered to the veteran Affairs Hospital in iowa city. She also has 100 handwritten letters to go along with the soap. Dear veteran, thanks for your military service for america, love isabel. Isabel says she wanted to show her appreciation for veterans becaus veterans because they sacrifice for our freedom. Her father says two of her great grandfathers and her great grandma served in world war two. Coming up on kwwl. A recall from one major motor brand due Sergeant Bowe bergd for lynns family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drurucosts for aidan. N. For other families its higher deductibles, premiums and copays that keep adding up. Thats why weve got to crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family carolina. He is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy 2009. Bergdahl walked off a base and was held by the taliban for five years before being releaed in 2014 in exchange for five detainees in guantanamo baa. He rejejcted a plea deel until his next Court Appearance next month. Life in prison. A scary moment for a skier as hes nearly hit by a drone falling out of the sky. You can see the four time defending World Champion skiing here in italy. As hes heading down the mountain a drone comes flying out of he sky just missing the skier by a matter of seconds. He says he was so focused on his run he didnt even find out about the crash until he made it all the way down the hill. Ford announcing a recall on some of its older model sedans. Crown victorias and mercury gran marquis made between 2003 and 2005 are being recalled due to a problem with headlights. Several drivers reporting their lights suddenly shutting off. One report saying a driver ran off the road due to he problem. Dealers will be replacing the lighting at no cost. Coming up. Lots of College Basketball tonight as both the cyclones and the hawkeyes playyn their first game and while there will be plenty of fan fare going on in pasadena zach grant joins us next on kwwl. Good evening, im zach grant the Iowa State Cyclones were looking to rebound from there first loss of the season against the uni panthers. But it wouldnt be easy as tonight the travel to cincinnnatti to take on the 22nd ranked Bearcats Steve prohms team taking on 22nd ranked cincinnatti finds a wide open monte morris for three. Clones up 70 second half now mckay dishing it out again. Matt thomas hes nearly automatic from here isu up ten cincy sticking around though Kevin Johnson step inside the arc. Nails it. Bearcats up one and they werent done troy copain a huge three its starting to look like isu might drop two in a row. But that hilton magic travels well abdel nader in the corner drains the three ball isu is up 2 with 11 seconds to go. One final shot for cincy. Well three final shots really the final one here right before time expires. It wont go iowa state survives winning 8179 hawkeyes looking to move to 6 and oh at home hosting Tennessee Tech and getting some good production out of nnolas baer in the early gets the inside 2 hawks down 3 of 4 for 6 points in the first half iowa jumps up by 2 and theyd heat up from downtown late in the half peter jok from the wing splashes it home next time down the court its Anthony Clemmons from the corner rattles in another triple iowa up 17 and they just kept pushing hands iowa rolls easily in the end 8563 hawkeye women hosting drake in an instate battle in carver earlier in the night iowa in control in the second half thats Megan Gustafson on the inside uses the glass 62 to 42 hawks minutes later ally disterhoff drives hard to the hole 20 in the game for disterhoff but the bulldogs would make it close lizzy wendell count the bucket she had 35 bulldogs within 9 but iowa finishes it Whitney Jennings with the easy inside 2 hawks take down the bulldogs 89, switching sports on ya well talk getting ready for that matchup with stanford. The hawks resumed practice last week following a short break for finals. The hawks are scheduled to leave for know this is a business trip. Yea were gonna enjoy the trip obviously we put ourselves in business trip were out there for one reason and its to win the you gotta enjoy the fesitvites but at the end of the day we gotta make sure were doing the things we need to do to win the game. No one wants to end the season with a loss especially the season we had going 121. I dont want to end that type of season on a loss so this would be a huge win for our program. Thanks rick. By taking their money. Sanders over 2 million contributions have been made to the only campaign that rejects a corrupt Campaign Finance system. You cant level the Playing Field with wall street banks and billionaires by taking their money. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. A final look at your forecast. Thanks for watching the kwwl today in iowa starts at four