Flood duty before. Distributing water and first. Its my first time in the guard doing something besides training. And im really excited. It will be a good experience for me soldiers in this specialized unit say people take clean water for granted. Until its not there. Their job, for the next 10 days, is to make sure it is there for missouri residents until the water plant is back on line. Dave franzman, kcrg tv news. High ridge, missouri, where the iowa soldiers reported for duty today, produces water for approximately 65hundred people. The soldiers will also deliver water to the nearby community of murphy, missouri. 2016 got off to a sunny but cold start, justin . This weekends weather will be pretty typical for the beginning of january. Well have overnight the middle to upper 20s both saturday and sunday. The sky is going to be partly to mostly sunny each day as well. Slightly cooler air moves in on monday as temperatures drop a few degrees, but well climb right back and be in the lower 30s for the second half of next week. Theres a slight chance of rain and snow toward the end of next week. Until then, we have nothing but fairly quiet weather to start 2016. Tonight mostly clear low 1319 winds w 515 alo 14 dbq 14 iow 16 back to you. Its the day hawkeye fans have been waiting weeks for. The rose bowl. But it is all stanford so far. Leading 35 to nothing at halftime. Stanford scored 11 seconds in and hasnt looked back. Heisman trophy runnerup Christian Mccaffery has more than 200 yards of total offense and 2 touchdowns. Action so far with former hawkeye running back Lew Montgomery, a little later in this newscast. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders is live at fieldhouse in cedar rapids where fans are cheering on the hawkeyes. Forrest, how are hawk fans taking this lopsided game . This place was packed 20 minutes ago. Not a single open seat. Now, its emptying out as frustrated fans head home. Joing me is life long Hawkeye Whitney peterson. Before the rose bowl, the university of iowa marching band played in the annual tournament of roses parade. The u of i the parade. The float had four thousand flowers, mostly roses, as well as parsley, flax, oatmeal and corn. By rule, parade floats can only be decorated with natural items. All the flowers started going on the float wednesday night, so the float looks fresh. Hawkeye football coach kirk ferentz also tops the list of the highest paid state employees in fiscal year 2015. Its a list he has topped for several years. This Years College coach of the year took home nearly fourmillion dollars in salary and benefits up about three percent from last year. Iowa states former head basketbal coach fred hoiberg was second on the list at 2point1 million. Recently fired cyclone football coach, paul rhoads was third at 1 point85 million. The highest paid non coach was university of iowa hospitals ceo kenneth kates, who earned one pointsix million dollars. Police are looking for the suspect an officer shot at during a new years day shooting in waterloo. Police say someone fired a gun people in an alley near club 319 on east fourth street. A 31 yearold man was wounded in the leg and is expected to survive. As the group ran, an officer fired one shot at an armed suspect but missed. Police arrested several armed subjects in the area. 22 yearold kristopher spates junior faces several charges, including intimidation with a dangerous weapon and going armed with intent. A 16 yearold and 15 year old are also charged with misdemeanor carrying weapons. Police charged a davenport man with illegally selling a gun used in a shooting this past october. 40 yearold robert mayes used a pistol to fire shots at a Davenport Law Office where his estranged wife worked and another business in bettendorf. Mayes then shot and killed himself no one else was killed or even hurt. Police say 44 yearold lonnie long sold mayes the gun, even though mayes did not have a valid permit. The new year means a new baby for some eastern iowa families. And some eastern iowans started the new year with a hike as part of a statewide effort. Stay with tv9. The new year welcomed its first cedar rapids baby of the year. Nat crying everett werling was born at 6 46 this morning at unitypoint st. Lukes in cedar rapids. He weighed in at eight pounds seven and a half ounces. Dad, eric is a university of iowa police officer. He was supposed to be at the rose bowl for work but skipped it for the birth. He says its worth missing the hawkeye game. Yesterday was actually our wedding anniversary. We thought what better day to celebrate and have a party. We spent our anniversary together, laboring, then he decided to wait until the next day and have his own special day for his birthday. Born in eastern iowa. Tenley schares was born at 1 53 this morning at university of iowa hospitals and clinics to bridgette and justin schares of north liberty. Years resolutions to get outside more today. Its part of a state wide effort called the first hike, which encourages people to enjoy the outdoors during the winter. A group of about one hundred hikers at the mines of spain took a walk through that state park this afternoon. They got some exercise and a chance to see some wildlife. Because theres no vegetation, you can see the animals a lot easier. The white tail deer, turkey. Occasionally you might be a glimpse of red fox out there. Wood pecker. This was the fifth year in a row park rangers at the mines of spain led the first hike on new years day. A homeless shelter for men in dubuque received a donation from a unexpected person today. 9yearold avery heiar asked santa claus for a number of things for christmas. One of those items was money for the hundred dollar bill showed up under the tree on christmas morning, Avery Dubuque rescue hes been asking a lot lately about donating to the poor. He wants to earn money by shoveling sidewalks or doing something where he can get money to donate to the poor. Directors say they will use averys donation to serve 50 free meals to those in need. A former hawkeye running back weighs in on whether iowa can turn it around at the rose bowl. First, iowans at the rose bowl will have a cold homecoming, justin. Stay with your 24 hour news this weekends weather will be pretty typical for the beginning of january. Well have overnight lows in the teens and highs in the middle to upper 20s both saturday and sunday. The sky is going to be partly to mostly sunny each day as well. Slightly cooler air moves in on monday as temperatures drop a few degrees, but well climb right back and be in the lower 30s for the second half of next week. Theres a slight chance of rain and snow toward the end of next week. Until then, we have nothing but fairly quiet weather to start 1319 winds w 515 alo 14 dbq 14 iow 16 tomorrow mostly sunny high 2632 winds sw 515 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 30 tomorrow night mostly clear low 1420 winds nw 515 alo 15 dbq 14 iow 17 sunday partly sunny high 28 low 17 monday mostly sunny high 25 low 14 tuesday partly cloudy high 30 low 16 wednesday mostly cloudy high 33 low 20 thursday slight chance of rain snow high 34 low 26 friday chance of rain snow high 32 low 26 Josh Christensen is here now with a tough day right now for hawkeye fans. Yes, this wasnt what the hawkeyes were hoping have an update on the game with former hawkeye Lew Montgomery stanford in the rose bowl. Now because the game is still going we cant show highlights, but we can certainly talk about the game. Im joined by former hawkeye Lew Montgomery. Lew, you were with iowa the last time they went to the rose bowl in 1991. You were in a similar situation trailing 337. What was the feeling like at halftime . Its not pretty right now, iowa trails 35 to 0 at halftime. Christian mccaffrey is destroying it in so many ways. How is stanfords defense winning the battle up front . C. J. Beathard has faced constant pressure all game. Do we need a revote of the Heisman Trophy . Well see what the hawkeyes ccan do in the 2nd half. In other bowl games, former hawkeye quarterback jake rudock leading michigan in the citrus bowl against florida. 2nd quarter, rudock pumps and goes deep to jehu chesson whos wide open for the 31yard touchdown. 3rd quarter, rudock puts some zip on this ball to grant perry finished with 3 touchdown passes and 278 yards. Former hawkeye assistant coach Jack Harbaugh enjoying the game. Michigan wins 417. The iowa state Mens Basketball Team opens big 12 play tomorrow at 3rd oklahoma. The cyclones know theyll have to slow down buddy hield whos averaging almost 25 points a game. I think the biggest thing with him if you watch games, he gets a lot of easy buckets and open threes in transition. So thats one thing we really want to take away, and make him earn every bucket. Hes a good player and hell earn some buckets, but its hard to earn 30 points night in and night out. So, were going to make him earn every bucket he has to get. Trt 15 oc he has to get thanks josh. Now heres a look at todays top web stories news source, kcrg tv nine. Tonight at ten, well have live reports from the rose 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 cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Bowl and talk to a former hawkeye who played on the last iowa team to win the rose bowl. Thats tonight on the kcrg tv9 news at ten. And now to First Alert Storm Team meteorologis t Justin Gehrts for your final forecast. This weekends weather will be pretty typical for have overnight lows in the teens and highs in the middle to upper 20s both saturday and sunday. The sky is going to be partly to mostly sunny each day as well. Slightly cooler air moves in on monday as temperatures drop a few degrees, but well climb right back and be in the lower 30s for the second half of next week. Theres a slight chance of rain and snow toward the end of next week. Until then, we have nothing but fairly quiet weather to start 2016. Tonight mostly clear low 1319 winds w 515 alo 14 dbq 14 iow 16 thanks justin. Thanks for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 6. We hope youll be with us again tonight at ten. Have a great evening. disco music playing try to keep up, howard yeah, i wish we looked as cool dancing in clubs