Said, we got to get out of here, and all of a sudden the not in a fema flood area and nearly a mile from the shell rock whelming especially with two young children. Alexyss 2 year old saw the damage. And afterwords she goes home to her grandma and says, my house has an owie. It fell down. It has a hole. It was very heart breaking to hear a two alexyss is smiling grateful her prayers were answered. Team rubicon a volunteer veterans organizations and others from the Community Spending the day digging out the basement. I that is what it is. After they have had such a blow like this, we like to come in and help them grateful her prayers were answered. Team rubicon a volunteer veterans organizations and others from the Community Spending the day digging out the basement. I say devestation because have had such a blow like this, we like to come in and help them get that smile back. Alexyss smiling nonstop this afternoon thanks to volunteers. However like many flood victims there is still a l
Still seeing 30s out there this morning. But a good 5 to 10 degrees above where we started yesterday morning south winds, while light, are helping. And they will pick up today. It will be pretty breezy this afternoon with gusts higher than 20 mph. Clear skies this morning will end up partly sunny for the afternoon as clouds track in ahead of the next cold front. Highs today will be in the 60s. And we will warm up even more for the weekend. But there is rain in the forecast. Ill have that for you in a few minutes. Breaking overnight. One person is dead after a car hits a tree. Waterloo police say a car caught fire after going off the road and into someones yard. Kwwls Amanda Gilbert joins us live in waterloo. You can tell us the latest on what happened. Ive been checking in with police this morning. They say shortly after midnight. A driver drove off the road and into the yard behind me. This is on the 500th block of newell street. The car ended up hitting a tree in the yard. And then c
Thanks to low gas prices. Its been the gift that keeps on giving all year. The National Average for gasoline has dropped below 2 dollars a gallon, triplea estimates drivers are saving about 550 dollars total this year. Experts attribute the current excess of crude oil and a fall in demand for the drop in fuel prices. Deborah if youve been procrastinating your Holiday Shopping, you may not be out of luck. Waiting until the last minute, could even benefit your bottom line. Mark ellwood, author bargain fever the sales this year are looking better are desperate to sell us things many stores are offering anywhere from 20 to 75 percent off already reduced prices today. Plus, because of the unseasonably warm sthe winter. Theres deep discounts on cold weather clothes and accessories. And if youve waited this long. Dont feel guilty. Only ten percent of americans have all of their Holiday Shopping done. Now, if you still need to ship gifts to your loved ones, be prepared to dig deep into your wa
On saturday he collapsed during a wrestling tournament and died at Spencer Hospital of natural causes. Friends, teammates and coaches say that austin was one of a kind. A person that anyone could depend on and was growing up to be a special young man. He was always next to me in the room. Next to me at the meets, said hillanderson. You could call him for just wanting to hang out to my car is broke, come help me, said mclaury. It was pretty neat to see the growth that he had within just the few years that we had him. It was pretty neat to see and were going to miss that, said pratt. Spencers wrestling team say that they will remember him for the good guy that he was and how he was able to Bring Positive Energy to the team. He was a good man, said bartley. He was such a teddy bear on the inside, said hurst. He was like the spark to the team and hes kind of what would get us all to come together and really Work Together as a unit, said nissen. Bria funeral for austin, visitation will be h
Eric we are getting close to christmas with a lot of people on the move. There could be snow but this morning its just rain. Jason we are ending december and have not seen much snow. We do have some in the forecast but will likely see much besides the rain. Reasonably heavy stuff in van meter all the way to the airport. You can see stuff from urbandale to around altoona. This will come in waves as we go through the morning. A bit of a taper down through the later afternoon hours. Still strong through a good portion of the state mainly in central portions. Have not registered a lot as far as rain totals go. We will likely do that as we go through the afternoon and see the wind switch around 1 00 p. M. From the southeast to the northwest. Temperature will be 43 degrees by 4 00 p. M. Down to 39 by 7 00 axing in mixing in. Upper 40s Christmas Day with a chance of light snow on Christmas Eve. Eric a rescan in central iowa. An underage des moines man scored 100,000 in a jackpot. The winning