Noon today. Its a scary sight. But. The same thing happened in independence as well this picture posted to our facebook page. It shows a car stuck in the water at Veterans Memorial park street. So its very important to be alert and to look out for those warning signs. Weve got you covered, lauren moss. Kwwl news. Eastern iowa wasnt the only place dealing with flooding. Parts of central iowa are cleaning up after all the rain. This is a look yesterday at luther in boone county. Basements flooded and city park went under water. Crews were out trying to pump water out. With flooding becoming a problem lets go to storm track seven meteorologist Denice Pelster now for your first forecast. From the kwwl stormtrack here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team cloudy skies have stuck with eastern iowa all day but luckily warnings remain in effect for area rivers. While some rivers pressure system located out to our west is bringing snow totals over 7 inches to portions of nebraska and south dakota. While this low is expected to track into iowa, we will stay on the warm side. More rain is in our forecast for tonight into tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of above freezing. Winds will pick harreld is apologizing for a comment he made at a recent Staff Council meeting. Harrled apparently said teachers who arent prepared, should be shot. The kwwls Kristin Rogers has been digging into this all day kristin what do we know . The university has refused to comment but they did sent us an email between president harreld and an angry staff member following the remark. University librarian Lisa Gardinier spoke up after she heard resident Bruce Harreld say teachers who do not have their should be shot. She calls what he said replied i likely will never be able to live to your expectations, but i will try. The response was not good enough for gardinier who called president harreld out for not addressing why she wrote him in the first place. Harreld replied back saying it was an unfortunate and off the cuff remark, and he does not support gun violence in any way. He went on to say he has used the comment before many times and no one has objected it, thats when he apoligized. I spoke with Lisa Gardinier on the phone. She said she believes harrelds comment wasnt made seriously, but said its not something to joke about. Not just a staff member that was arent happy about it either. cg roseina britton student im studying counceling education and supervison so soon ill be standing in front of students and teaching myself so you know that wasnt very encouraging for me. Student gun violence is a very serious issue and so jokes about it shouldnt nessisarily be taken lightly. The student did tell me they appreciate the president s apology and feel like it was necessary. We did reach out to president harreld today, he didnt have room in his schedule to meet with us. Weve got you covered live in iowa city, Kristin Rogers. Kwwl news. We were only able to show you snippets of the email conversation between gardinier and president harreld, we will post the full exchange on police say a 10 yearold boy was hit by a car this morning. It happened at 20th and college streets in cedar falls. According to police, the boy stepped off the curb into traffic while he was walking towards the bus. Police tell kwwl the boy was taken to a hospital, but his injuries are not lifethreatening. And police are still looking for the driver who hit and killed an yesterday morning. University police found emmalee jacobs lying in the street near the intersection of lincoln way avenue. She was taken to the hospital where she later died. Police are asking for help to find the person who killed herl. The sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services held a Graduation Ceremony today for the eighth graduating class of District Department of Correctional Services held a Graduation Ceremony today for the eighth graduating class of the Johnson County drug Treatment Court. There were five graduates who celebrated their completion of the program. Kwwls Hillary Maglin was at the ceremony today and talked to what did they tell you hillary . Amanda ron. After months of hard work. Friends and family watched as graduates like dawn blaszcsyk took the next step to living a healthy and sober life. sot. Cg dawn blaszczyk Treatment Court graduate if it werent for the drug court people, i would not be here today. Its true. Five graduates lined up today to recieve their diploma for finishing drug Treatment Court in Johnson County. All graduates completed at least 15 months in the program to combat their Substance Abuse issues they say were ruining their lives. sot i have 7 felony possession charges. Yeah, thats program wasnt easy. Dawn blaszczyk and her significant other entered the program together. And were not allowed to communicate for 9 months. sot. Cg Hillary Maglin graduates say if they hadnt gotten involved in the program when they did, they know they sot oh, i would be in prison. Family and friends of graduates. And those still in the process of completeing the program were also in attendance. Graduates say they were glad to see them at the sot im really hoping that my story, because it is so awesome, will bring them to know. The Graduation Ceremony even included guest speakers who are past graduates of the Treatment Court program. Weve got you covered live in iowa city. Hillary maglin. Kwwl news. Graduates said even though the program is incredibly difficult. Its worth the struggle because it really works and changed their lives. Continues to decline. An Iowa State University survey says state Farmland Values have dropped by nearly 4 percent this year, marking a second Straight Year of decline. Farmland values dropped to an average of around 76 hundred dollars an acre, down from a recent 2013 peak of more than 87 hundred per acre. The survey also says Farmland Value may not rebound soon because of declining farm income and stagnant commodity prices. The Nations High SchoolGraduation Rate have reached a new high. The Education Department says the rate for the 20132014 school year was 82 percent the highest since it started using a new measuring system in 2010. Good news for iowans, across the country, iowa had the highest Graduation Rate, at 90 percent. The District Of Columbia was the lowest, at 61 percent. The day after the Iowa Caucuses big decision to make. Last night, the Waterloo School board decided to put a multimillion dollar referendum on the ballot for february second. The bond would is for a new career and technology center, which would offer 30 career choices for students. Supporters believe the Career Center will help reduce dropout rates. The proposed plan also includes renovations to east and west high schools. There will be plenty of hawkeye fans in california later this month when iowa makes an appearance in the rose bowl. A travel agency in dubuque says theyve sold about fifty travel packages for the trip, including air, hotel and tickets to the game. They say they wouldve sold more, but the charter flights they use out of cedar rapids and moline are completely sold out. Decision 2016. Heres a live look inside the venetian casino in las vegas final Republican Debate will be taking place. Two candidates to watch are donald trump and the rising ted cruz. Cruz is now challenging donald trump for the lead in the kickoff iowa caucus and casting himself as a more electable alternative who still shares the bombastic billionaires anti washington appeal. The main debate kicksoff at 7 30 p. M. And will be broadcasted on cnn. A grinch stole more than a set of laser lights from a waterloo woman. Laser lights are this seasons most popular christmas light display across the United States but they are also catching the attention of theives all across the United States. And here in eastern iowa. 75 year old Marilyn Walther is devastated that someone stole her lights she says her favorite time of year is christmas and Christmas Lights remind her of her late husband. One year we were on tv for the best lit up house and stuff did. Ill never be able to do it like he did but i at least thought this was a rememberance of him. Marilyn filed a report with Waterloo Police and they are looking into this. Coming up on kwwl, thousands of dollars is what one iowa county taxpayers will be paying in order for a road project to be and after having surgery, one iowa state basketball player is now your storm track 7 paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team a strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. The best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have that freezing. Winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. Highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. The best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A warm front will also be lifting north and that will keep our lows tonight above freezing. Winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. The tonight into tomorrow. Any rain have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A warm front will also be lifting north and that will keep our lows tonight above freezing. Winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our next chance of moisture tracking tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. The best chance of rain will be late tonight into tomorrow. Any rain have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A warm front will also be lifting north and that will keep our lows tonight above freezing. Winds will pick up from the southeast as the low tracks northeast. A temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks through. A few showers, even a few snowflakes, will be possible wednesday but no accumulation is expected. Temperatures will cool down for the rest of the week with our in monday. A strong low pressure system will be tracking through the midwest tonight. While snow is falling on the cold side of this low, we will remain on the warm side. Will be scattered in nature and little accumulation is expected. Our counties north of hwy 20 have the best chance to see any of this precipitation. A north and that will keep our lows cloudy, windy day is expected for wednesday. Highs will be reached in the morning and temperatures will gradually fall when the cold front tracks some eastern iowans say about a road project thats been suspended for a year. And now, that project is over budget. Costing thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to those in dubuque county. Kwwls Shirley Descorbeth is live in dubuque. Shirley you spoke to neighbors that are fed up about the farley road project. Well. I went doortodoor in farley. And neighbors say poor planning is to blame. One of them told me. Its like the some People Living in the area are describing farley road these construction. Which stretches nine miles from the towns of farley and cascade. Has been suspended for a year now. People in the area say theyre frustrated. And bad management is the cause. Yeah, thats what i heard. It was a mess to begin with. As far as the engineering on it. And three engineers later they say certain points are like grease lightning when it rains. Cars slipping all over the place. And this is the point where the paved road stops. By olde farley road. There are three miles going south. That needs to get done. Well its bumpy. Its hard to keep a gravel road that gets this much traffic. Have a lot of semis coming in and out of here too. Dubuque county officials admit. There were design issues from the start. The paved portion itll have to be narrowed to put in ditches. Allowing for and with the recent buyout of the construction contract this project which was already five hundredthousand dollars over budget. Now is another fourhundred thousand in the hole. People in the area. Say they just want it to be over. Itd be nice if it was paved. Again. Dubuque county supervisors say dollars was spent on materials that will be used for the undone three miles. People who live in the area say there really needs to be more in charge and the people in the area. Weve got you covered live in descorbeth. Kwwl news. And it doesnt seem Like Neighbors in the area will soon get any relief. Supervisors say its questionable when it will be done. Coming up. The iowa state Basketball Team suffers a big blow as one starter is done for the season and its another honor for unis Deiondre Hall as the panther now, kwwl sports. Iowa state sen anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible out the cyclones game against arkansaspine bluff at the time it was supposed to be just a one now his season has come to an end mitroulong who had surgery in april on his left hip had been experiencing discomfort for most season and decided to shut it down for the rest of the year he does plan on seeking a medical redshirt in the hopes of coming back to play next season the senior was averaging 12 points a game in the cyclones first 8 contests this season fifth ranked iowa state will take on uni on saturday in the big four classic in des moines one of the best defensive backs in uni history saw his panther career come to an end this past weekend but not without becoming an all american Deiondre Hall was named a statsfirst Team Allamerican today after racking up 82 tackles, a Missouri Valley high six interceptions and a pair of touchdowns hall who was already named the valleys defensive player of the year personfied the uni how he played and what he brought to the game being the played on defense. I thought it was excellent, as good of defense as weve ever played. Hall isnt quite done yet hell play in the reeses senior bowl january 30th iowas desmond king continues to rack up the awards this week today he was named to the first Team Allamerican squad by the sporting news making it the 7th different all american honor for the hawkeye senior this season king tied an alltime Hawkeye Record with 8 interceptions this season and last week won the jim thorpe award as the top santa claus took time out of hisschedule, visiting some students in the cedar valley the big man in red stopped by River Hills School in cedar falls. The school helps students with moderate, severe and profound developmental disablities. This is the 12th year for lunch with santa. Hosted by the covenant foundation. Students had the opportunity to take pictures and enjoy lunch with santa. Lets go to storm track seven meteorologist Denice Pelster for a last look at your forecast. A few stray showers will be