Raise money for a good cause. Nearly 200 of them taking part in this years polar plunge. The frigid temps not stopping them from taking a quick dip in the mississippi river. Right now im pretty cold, i have to say. Other than thatn the water was a lot warmer, i think i might go back in there later, take another dip. At last check nearly 40thousand dollars was raised through the event to benefit the special olympic winter games. A burlington man accused of using a machete and skateboard to attack his 16year old girlfriend is convicted of kidnapping and without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors say he attacked his girlfriend back in march for moving out of his parents home. Court documents indicate he wouldnt let her leave so he punched and kicked her. Also using a machete and ash tray to beat her. Polands mother got in the the hospital. Police charge an indiana contractor accusing him of defraunding an iowa woman. 21year old shawn bolduc junior is accused of pressuring an elderly woman to give him several checks totalling nearly 50grand for home repairs. Police are looking for two other men connected to the crime. President elect donald trump filling dozens of positions for his upcoming administration. He met with potential candidates all weekeend at his golf course in new jersey. Today he met with mitt romney during the Campaign Romney was an outspoken critic calling trump a con man and a fraud. A few reports indicated todays meeting was about discussing the secretary of state position. Several more meetings are schedule for tomorrow with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. State republicans taking control of the house and senate. House district sixty representative walt rogers says hes never been in the minority before. And hes hopeful democrats and republicans can work together. Rogers says he wants to tell iowans hes focussed on clean wa transparent adding president elect donald trump has the expectations are pretty high but in some sense some poeples expactations are pretty low, so i think the biggest thing donald trump brings is change rogers says he thinks people will be looking to see if change happens after the beginning of the year. Some Loras College students the use of plastic carryout bags citing its bad for the environment. Kwwls Shirley Descorbeth reports. Some Loras College students want the city of the kind used at Grocery Stores. So the plastic bags get into waterways, animals consume them which generally causes death because they cant consume food after that. They say ia completely banning plastic bags, to charging a fee for using them. The fee. Somewhere between five and ten cents, were gonna leave fee would only apply to larger however in the past, this idea not recieved too well. The ban wasnt met with a lot of praise from a lot of theyll still have the option to take plastic bags, that people were trying to do. So this time around, theyre hoping for a compromise. They say, for the sake of the city and the mississippi river. In dubuque, Shirley Descorbeth, news 7 kwwl. Theyre proposing rules where fees wouldnt apply to eldery people or a portion of the money raised wouuld go to Grocery Stores and the rest of the city. The people proposing this idea will discuss plans during monday nights city council meeting. A heartwarming story tonight a marine shocks his family when he makes a surprise visit home for thanksgiving. Trey stinnett returned home for the first time in three years. His brother and mom were with other players and parents at the pep rally. When the blindfolds came off supposed to happen. I was told at the last second, yeah you can go home now and i was like. My mom already knows im not coming so i might well surprise her. His family says they were elated to see him. His mom even collapsed on the ground from crying. Coming up on kwwl whats in store for tonights thanksgiving edition of snl . Plus did fake news affect the election . We explain how social media and when you see news or you have pictures or video to share you can do that by going to our facebook page. You can also like our page to stay up to date on breaking but first heres a live look at the storm track seven live got you covered, with macleod now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl. Meteorologist kyle kiel joins us now with more. Kyle . 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 good evening im meteorologist kyle kiel. Welcome to november weather. It has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. The wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. Sunday, high temperatures will sunny sky. We keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. Our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. There may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the most part we all stay rain. The rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. Thanksgiving looks dry, with welcome to november weather. It has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. The wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. Sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. We keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. Our next storm bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. There may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the most part we all stay rain. The rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. Thanksgiving looks dry, with temperatures in the 40s. Welcome to november weather. It has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. The wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a the upper teens and lower 20s. Sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly sunny sky. We keep the mostly sunny sky for much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. Our next storm system tracks in on tuesday, bringing breezy conditions, as well as the chance for rain, especially later in the day. There may be a few snowflakes mixed in tuesday night, but for the rain will continue into the first part of wednesday. Thanksgiving looks dry, with temperatures in the 40s. Welcome to november weather. It has been a cold one today, with wind chills in the 20s. The wind calms down a bit tonight, and with a mostly clear sky our temperatures drop to the upper teens and lower 20s. Sunday, high temperatures will be closer to 40 with a mainly much of the day on monday, with highs reaching the lower to middle 40s. Our next storm system tracks in your storm track 7 Weather Forecast is Weather Forecast is about to get Weather Forecast is about to get better. The geostationary operational envirenmental satellite, or goesr satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral tonight. The launch was delayed for a short time because of a technical issue but launched without any weather problems. The goesr satellite is the first of four satellites being built to replace the aging United StatesWeather Satellite system. It will enhance satellite and we will have more updates, more often. Facebook is taking steps to prevent fake news stories from being shared on social media. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg announced the new measures last night. The move came after criticism that fake news may have affected the outcome of the president ial election. Organizers say they want to make it easier to report fake news. Factchecking organizations could be involved in the project as still to come on kwwl a quick preview of tonights new snl episode with kristin wiig making a quick comeback. Youre watching kwwl weve [ tower pinging ] [ whistling ] weve got a problem, friend. Half off any smartphone for anyone who switches . Blem . The naughty list shouldnt get deals yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. Even these . Yeah, any smartphone. Call the big guy [ bell dings ] santa . No, jingles. [ knuckles crack ] [ spits ] ooo. Ouch. [ neck cracks ] [ darien ] switch and get half off any smartphone. Thanksgiving episode later tonight. As mark barger reports former nats for an snl alum like like coming home. sot kristen wiig favorite part is that. I miss thtack jahammer. But its not just the power equipment. Wiigs also reunited with the array of characters she developed over seven years in studio 8h. sot michael che snl her, so its already great. Half the shows writtebn efore she walks in time three years ago. And that role was a very different experience. sot kristen wiig saturday night live host 3645 on camera 41 when youre in the cast or then theres the host, who goes New Territory to explore this week for wiig and company. The viral internet trend known as the mannequin challenge. sot kristen wiig saturday night live host 521 05 it. Elaborate and i making it seem just like old times. sot kristen wiig saturday night live host 1 081 13 it feels like riding a bike, its like i havent left. Some things. Nats jerry never change. Mark barger, nbc news. Of course you can catch that oclock show. Coming up on kwwl weve got highlights and reaction as uni looked to keep their playoff hopes alive as the regular season came to an end plus the hawks hit the field against illinois looking to ride the momentum from last weeks and today iowa looked to build on the momentum of last weeks win over second ranked michigan cj beathard and the hawks taking the field on a cold and windy day in champaign the iowa special teams set the tone in this one wahlert alum Riley Mccarron took the punt at his own 45 and motors his way 55 yards for the score hawks led 7, nothing at the half the defense strong today illiois qb wes lunt to the sideline but grab the pick hawks getting it done again then Leshun Daniels the hawkeye running back with a huge day 159 yards 2 scores this one went 50 yards 21, nothing iowa in control but just for good measure theyd add one more akrum wadley scores from the two iowa picks up their 7th win of the season in a shut out they leave champaign with a 28, nothing win the uni panthers needed a win today in their regular season final to have any shot left at the postss getting that however against tenth ranked south dakota state wouldnt be easy panthers needed to come from behind in this one down 14, 7 in the first half but jalen rima showing off that state track championship speed coast to coast on the return 99 yards his second touchdown of the game tied it up at 14 but it wouldnt stay that way jake wieneke fires it to Taryn Christion for the five yard score 21, 14 would kill unis chances late in the half eli dunne gets picked by dallas brown the second red zone turnover panthers trailed by four at half second half panthers down 11 Jveyon Browning gets in from the one uni still trailed 28 to 24 and the jackrabbits put it away down the stretch dunne gets hit loses it and it turns in to a pick six with a 45, 24 loss it hurts. Man it hurts. Thats the only way ia we had every one of these and we did not finish. Whether itd be self inflicted wounds or whatever it is, it was missed opportunities. Uni finishes at five and six cyclones hosting texas tech going after a second straight win first half the cyclones getting right after it joel lanning on the keeper from the 24 and there he goes iowa state quickly out to a 7, nothing lead the cyclone offense huge today from the 34 jacob park to Allen Lazard Lazard with an incredible 1handed grab for the touchdown iowa state looking impressive up 21 to 3 and the onslaught just kept on going lanning with his s rolled to a 45 to 3 halftime lead and joel lanning was the man today gets free again from the 31 this his fourth touchdown run of the game lanning feeling it and he had more in him this capped it a ten yard run for touchdown number five he had 171 rushing yards in the game the cyclones 66 points set a new all time isu mark in a conference i know were not going to a bowl game or anything like that, did that and we played a full 60 minute game and it was just good. I dont know if i scored more than 66 points in high school basketball, so 66 in football, thats kind of unheard of for the most part. Iowa state hosts West Virginia next saturday ten and oh coe opening the playoffs against monmounth kohawk alum longtime pro fred team coe down seven early Tyler Gunderson grabs the short pass from gavin glenn ties things at seven apiece and the kohawk defense was exceptional all game Andrew Johnson with the interception coe forced an incredible nine turnovers in the game this one led to points glenn to big daniel vega normally a dlineman but he loves playing o as well 14, seven kohawks and win theyre moving on 21, 14 the uni Volleyball Team wrapped up the regular season with a 3game sweep at indiana state the panthers have secured the number three seed for the Missouri Valley conference tournament uni is hosting this year theyll open on thursday night in the Mcleod Center iowa women hosting umass in hoops tonight and Alexa Kastanek with a big game 17 points 5 of 10 from the arc digits for the 82nd time in her career adding ten the hawks top umass 72 to 30 that 30 points ties a Carver Hawkeye best alltime defensive record mr. Trump . [ cheers and applause ] mr. Trump, are you ready for your first meeting . Kelly ann, what are people saying about my cabinet appointments . Do they love them