this weather is imparitive. . . and instructors use accidents like "i can't say what happened in that trailer is comming off the hawkeye community college - - today's high winds were the first time they experienced that added danger. "you could be going down the road just fine, one minute and experience -- marty kroenecke's best advice to his students . . . be prepared for the unexpected. "you never know when that next gust is going to come, when its going to go down." riding along - - i could try handling a semi in 50 mile wasn't easy. hartman "it only took a few minutes of driving the simulator eight hours." "its not only mentally, but its because you are constantly making corrections on the tractor trailer." on days like these - - semi drivers are trained to take it slower. and as drivers sharing the road - - its important we give semis even more room than normal around them . . . so they can react to those sudden gusts of wind. we've got you covered live in waterloo ...jessica hartman kwwl news. the instructors at hawkeye saying these winds are hard to handle - - but with winter approaching - - had snow been added to the mix it would have made driving semis impossible today. meanwhile, cleanup efforts are in full swing in parts of dubuque this damage done to a farm near balltown--owners there saying it's the worst wind damage they've ever had. you can see a shed knocked down, toys blown all over--luckily, they say no cows were injured. but they aren't the only ones dealing with extensive wind damage today. kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now--and brad, you talked to the principal of one local elementary school who saw parts of the roof blown off. principal andy ferguson says he got the call late last night that part of the roof of his school was gone, and water was dripping into a few rooms of the school. they decided it was safe for students today, so they held class as usual. here you can see some of the damage done--the rubberized roof blowing off in last night's workers have been here all day replacing that roof, stopping when students first arrived this morning. inside, water damage heavily affected the gym area, and the art room. both staff and parents going through those rooms today to find out what was damaged and normal as possible. we made a decision last night when we determined that kids could be here safely, that we could have school. we've had to cancel our pe, art and music classes because those are unusable at this point." the gym also doubles as the school's lunchroom--so they served sack lunches that students ate in their classrooms. and we showed you some of the we've got you covered here in dubuque, brad hanson...kwwl news. and no final word on the amount of damage done to the school, but early estimates put the damage in the tens of thousands of dollars range. state officials in des moines are working to understand what caused the new alert iowa weather system to malfunction during last night's storm. nearly 23- thousand calls went out last night at five -- and more continued for nearly three hours -- long after the threat of severe weather passed. black hawk county emergency services coordinator lorie glover says the new system is more cost effective for taxpayers -- and provides a resource for counties without an alert system. "it is kind of frustrating. we want to do the best we can for when their phones are ringing off the hook, and we don't like for that to happen." the new alert iowa system was put in place in the spring. glover says it cost 400-thousand dollars for state taxpayers -- compared to the old system at nearly 48-thousand dollars for black in continuing coverage... teachers of a missing waterloo student are organizing another search. moe sed was last seen at his home on october 22nd. he is a refugee from burma. sed is currently a student at west high school. his teachers are organizing another search for this saturday. they will meet at the embarc office starting at ten. his teachers say this search will concentrate in parks and trails. a man shot by police during a car chase a week and a half ago is still in the hospital. 24-year-old brandon seeley was wanted on a drug- related probation violation out of jones county when he was shot by police. gun shot nats this video is from the police chase and officer-inolved shooting back on november third... seeley hasn't been charged tied to the incident yet. a home is robbed at gun point by three men near the university of iowa campus. it happpened around one o clock this morning. six people were in the house at the time including the four who live there.. kwwl's kristin rogers stopped by the home today she talked to the students living inside kristin how are they doing? they're shaken up. they didn't even want to answer the door when i first knocked because they said the three men who broke in this morning also knocked before busting through their front door... take a look at this damage. you can still see a footprint on the so hard it broke the wooden trim off of the door. two doors upstairs were also damaged including this bathroom door that was kicked in while a woman was trying to hide inside, hitting her in the head and causing this welt... one of the men had a gun, "one of them, he ended up stay here, don't do anything." i'm told the men took some cash and an old cell phone that was not in use anymore... they also had this cell phone, belonging to one of the i'm told the men took some cash and an old cell phone that was not in use anymore... they also had this cell phone, residents then used to call the police... the woman with the welt was checked out by an ambulance and did not need treatment. no one else was hurt, and not a lot was taken as you heard there, the more valuable cell phone was even given back.... but certainly a scary situation the residents say was random. we've got you covered live in iowa city, kristin rogers...kwwl news. iowa city police say the situation is under investigation crime stoppers is offering up to a thousand dollars cash reward for any information that leads to an arrest. the man with the gun is described as a 6 foot tall slender black man in his early twenties wearing dark pants and a gray hooded sweatshirt. the other two men were both described as 5 foot 10 to 6 foot in dark clothing. coming up... president obama bestows the nation's highest military honor to a soldier for his heroic deeds in afghanistan... while governor brandstad honors two firefighters from cedar falls for their heroism... that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. --------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a ry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet weee rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a and wet week. rain chances start leat thursday. coming up... the wrestling mats upcoming grapple on the gridiron... and - what the university of iowa ticket office is saying about tickets for this week's sold out football game... you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in ely, --------- possible. retired army captain florent grobergy recieved the medal of honor for tackling a suicide bomber in afghanist in 2012... three of his fellow soldiers died in the attack - and he received a leg injury that resulted in 33 surgeries. captain groberg is the ten living american solider to receive the prestigous award for valor. governor branstad honors two firefighters for their valor at a ceremony in iowa... cedar falls firefighters eric jensen and kyle bovy pulled an unconscious man from a home in high heat and zero visibility back in 2014. they were awaded the honor during the sullivan brothers' award of valor this morning. the man they saved was flown to the university of iowa and has we now know the name of a teenager hit and killed by a semi. 17-year-old johann krstine gingerich-feil from lisbon was hit by the semi as she was walking along highway 30 in linn county last night. the semi driver 28-year-old michael o'brien wasn't hurt... the shshriff's office says they're continuing to investigate. a driver is okay, but his passenger is hurt after a police chase ends in a crash. waterloo police say the chase started shortly before five this morning at during a traffic stop... officers say jason wilson sped off and carshed on west mullan avenue... then ran from the car. officers arrested him shortly thereafter. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... the game ball for this saturday's hawkeye game is getting run for miles from and... what you need to know if you still plan on buying tickets to the sod out hawkeye football game saturddy night. --------- --------- --------- --------- (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying your next one. if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030. so, what are we waiting for? ball is making its way to iowa city...thanks to the university of iowa the group is walking from minneapolis to iowa city. they started the trek sunday morning at ten a-m. kwwl's nikki newbrough joins us. nikki this issall for a good cause. that's right. they are walking to raise awareness for all of the veterans who commit suicide. if you were around the waterloo area during the lunch hour you may have noticed these guys walking on the side of the road. the univristy of iowg veterans association decided to carry the game ball ffm minnesota to iowa city. each group walked 15 to 20 miles. it was a tough, windy walk today...but they're walking for awareness of veteran suicide. "i guess i've been wearing a uniform for over 20 years as a lot of people who went with us. i mean veterans have chosen to serve their nation, we need to make sure we do the best we can for him." the packs they are carrying each holds 22 pounds. we're told it's for the 22 veterans who the distance is 286 miles long. they plan to be in iowa city on saturday. we've got you covered nikki newbrough kwwl news. watch out for fake tickets if you're going to the football game this weekend. the university f iowa's ticket office says, because of such a high demand for tickets, the likelihood of counterfeit tickets is high... the game is sold out -- and what tickets are getting put up on stubhub's fan-to-fan marketplace are starting at 160 bucks a pop. kinnick looks aalittle differentty today -- the grapple on the grid iron mats are set up and ready to go... here's video from the university of iowa showing the ats getting rolled out r rght onto the field... the mats were rolled out on the endzone -- and they're all set up and in place for saturday's wrestling match against oklaholma state. we'll be right back. --------- --------- storm track seven ief the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the workrk of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in c cgress, he stood up for working familili and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! 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