"isabel plans to take the gifts from cedar rapids to the veteran affairs hospital in iowa city." seven-years-old and on a mission "love, isabel" to show her appreciation... (cg: isabel westercamp) "they protect our service and they sacrifice for our freedom." her love written on one card at a time and attached to soap, in hopes of brightening the day of many who have served. i spoke with he va hospitaa today where isabel is donating the gifts, they said gifts like this are a big deal to the veterans that recieve them. so far isabel has delivered 25 of the 100. we've got you covered live in cedar rapids, kristin rogers...kwwl news. isabel's father tells us two of her great grandfathers and her great grandma served in world war let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark some rain. from the kwwl ctormtrack for your complete weather information. herr is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: we late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain begins between 4-7 am and tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rain amounts range from 0.50" to 1.00". there might be enough cold air on the back end of the rain to get a short period of a rain/snow mix or light snow showers. nn more than a dusting of snow expected if any. thursday light snow or flurries and friday dry. the next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with chance of rain and snow. amounts of either will be light. there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snowand windy conditions. the track of the storm might cooe across iowa. exactll where is unknown at this point. the track will have a huge impact on precipitation guidance has been back and forth between rain and snow. will be constructing the first roundabouts on university avenue in cedar falls. the cedar falls city council approved plans for the first phase of consturction along university avenue. this includes three intersections near college square mall. kwwl's lauren moss speaking a councilman on this controversial issue- she joins us now with the details. roundabouts...has been going in circlcs for quite se time. some of the cctroversy surrounds arounn the dedeign..some say roundabouts are not the answer..but mark miller with the cedar falls city council disagrees. "it's no longer a state highway- according to the existing traffic and anticipated traffic in the coming years so i think we've got the right design." univererty avenue...which is estimated to be nearly 32.5 million dollars. but phase one focuses near the college square mall- lauren moss- "now from here until waterloo road, every other intersection is going to be a roundabout and the estimated million dollars." that is fununed from the transfer-of-jurisdiction, state funding- the city got 20 million covers that as well." local businesses are worried the construction process will hurt them- but miller says he believes it will pay off ...down the road. i think theeesign we've comm up with looks well into the future with being a progressive community. lauren moss kwwl news. january 13 fororreceiving aad opening bids on construction. decision 2016 coverage -- hillary clinton announced a two billi dollar annual l ffort to cure alzheimerrs by 2025. the democratic presidential front-runner says her plan will "prevent, effectively treat and $& make a cure possible". clinton will pay for her plan by closing tax loopholes, though her campaign did not specify which ones. mrs. clinton also stopping by a local high school today...all thanks to the effor of a few students.. megan adam... abby schulte... and kylea tinnes asked clinton during previous iowa visits to come to their school as part of a sociology classs project. they started by writing letters asking multiple candidates to speak at their school... but after having the opportunity to ask clinton in person... she said (abby schulte/keota high school student) "when we started and nation, so we wanted presidential candidates to coem to our town and talk about their plans for doing so. so we all we really wanted to be republicans." clinton is the first candidate to respond to the three students. the girls say one of the best things about the the process of bringing clinton to their school was the support from their town... even from registered republicans. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders campaigning in iowa -- trying to catch hillary clinton in the polls. sanders held a town hall meeting in storm lake this moning. anders went over multiple issues including climmte change, income inequality and college affordability. last night matt breen sat down with the vermont senator in sioux city. sanders w asked about staffers being suspended and fired after some members of his campaign accessed voter information complied by hillary clinton and if the democratic national committee failed to protect the@ information. "it's th, said sen. bernie sanders, (d) presidential candidate. "the probbm would not have happened in the nc's vendor had done their job he also talked about closing in on hillary clinton in iowa. "i want to thank the ppople of iowa very much for their we began this campaign, we weren't 5 or 10 points down, we were like 40 or 50 points down., so we've come a long, long way." after his event in storm lakee sanders for more town hall meetings. on the republican side, marco rubio says his relative youth doesn't mean he's not prepared to face down foreign policy challenges.. such as vladimir putin. rubio called the russian president "a thug and gangster" during a new hahashire town hall this morning. and he took an indirect swipe at donald trump.. with rubio asserting he wouldn't like it if putin threw praises his own way. senator rubio says he'll bring cold-eyed reality to u-s foreign policy. i know who vladimir putin is what he's all about. i've called him a thug and a gangster after being criticized in recent weeks for keeping a relatively light campaign schedule.. rubio has been holding multiple events, andtaking more questions, in both iowa and new hampshire in recent days. the warm weather has people enjoying christmas, even if there is no snow. but some people count on the cold weather. roger riley says the ice just cae in on cllar lake- and was almost a record for the latest arrival of around clear lake it's a big deal when the ice comes on goes.. sot paul fredriksen/ water supt. plant at the crazy minnow bait shop.. owner dan krauth notices the lack of ice.in that people aren't coming in for bait or equipment. sot dan krauth/ carzy minnow bait shop eveg when the ice comes..the question is..is it safe..kevan n aul is a professional fishing guide.. he knows being on ice can have some risks..so he goes prepared kevan paul /fishing guide kevin baskins iowa dnr standup two entries as the ice comes, and then it warms up and it comes back again..they hope that doesn't happen this year. dan krauth at the crazy minnow bait shsh is optomistic...he's put in an order for more bait...hoping the ice fishermen will be around after christmas mediacom plans to sue the city of iowa city unless the city reconsiders contracts with mediacom alleges the city's agreement with imo put it at a disaddantage. the city attorney says she can't comment because the lawsuit hasn't been filed yet. mediacom is giving the city until the end of the mnth to respond. three friends involved in buying tickets and claiming jackpots that were allegedly fixed by a lottery insider share a common hobby...hunting bigfoot. iowa prosecutors asked a judge monday to bar any discussion of bigfoot hunting at the upcoming trial of eddie tipton. tipton is the former lottery association security director who's accused of rigging jackpots in multiple states. tipton's attorney, says the state's "whole case is a bigfoot hunt," saying there is no evidence he tamper with lottery equipment. a 22year-old council bluffs man is accused of abusing a baby who suffered at least 20 fractures. rodney weatherwax is charged with child endangerment and two couts of assault. injuring the baby at least three times between september and vember. e child was born on july 26. and in marion, police responded to a report of a woman bleeding from the neck. it happend in the 1300 block of grand avenue early this morning. police arrested david merrifield and charged him with assault with a knife. the woman, teresa plein suffered serious, but non-life incident. comii up on kwwl,,teenage parents get a visit from santa claus who gives kids a christmas to remember. and - the hawkeyes get a big part of their offense back as they prepare for their showdown in pasadena. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. and when you see news - or if you have pictures or viio to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to stay up to date on breaking news you covered. with ron steele, praised as one o oamerica's beststayors who gogorned as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leaderer building a f fure to believe in. "now your storm track 7 for your complete weather week. the first round arrives late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain beeins bebeween 4-7 am ann tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rain amounts range from 0.50" to 1.00". there might be enough cold air on the back end of the rain to get a short period of a rain/s/sow mix or llht snow showers. no more than a the next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with chance of rain and snow. amounts of either will be light. there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwestt monday with rain , snow and windy conditions. the track of have a huge impact on precipitation type. at this time model guidance has been back and forth we will continue to track the storm potential for monday. we are tracking three chances arrives late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain begins between 4-7 am and tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending wess to east). rrin amounts range from 0.50" to 1.00". there might be enough cold air on the back end of the showers. no more than a dusting of snow expected if any. thursday light snow or flurries and friday dry. the next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest mondaa with rain , snow and at this point. the track will have a huge impact on precipitation type. at this time model guidance has been back and forth between rain and snow. we wll continue 4o track the storm potential for monday. we are tracking three chances of precipitation through early next week. the first round arrives late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain begins between 4-7 am and tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rain aounts range fro 0.50" rain/snow mix or light snow showerr. no more ttan a dusting of snow expected if any. thursday light snow or flurries and friday dry. the next chance of precipitation chance of rain and snow. amounts of either will be light. there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snow and have a huge impact on precipitation type. at this time model guidance has been ack and forrh beeeen rain and snow. we will continue to track the storm potential for monday. we are tracking three chances of precipitation through early next week. the first round arrives late tonight/early wednesday morning. rain begins between 4-7 am and tapers off between 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rain amounts range from 0.50" to 1.00". there might be enough cold air on the back end of the rain to get a short a dusting of snow expected if any. thursday light snow oror flurries and friday dry. the next chance of precipitation will be here saturday with chance of rain and snow. amounts of either will be light. there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snow and windy conditions. the track of at this point. the track will have a huge impact on precipitation type. at this time model guidance hasbeen back and forth between rain and snow. we will continne to track thehestorm potential for monday. we are tracking three chances of morning. rain begins between 4-7 3-6 pm (ending west to east). rajn amounts range from 0.50" to 1.00". there might be enough cold air on the back end of the rain to get a short period of a any. thursday light snow or flurries and friday dry. the next chance of precipitation will be here sattrday with chance of rain and snow. amounts of either will be light. there is a large storm forecast to move across the midwest monday with rain , snow and much needed gifts... those presents going to an area high school -- where the students are also moms and dads. teen parents from thehe alternative learning center received much needed gifts from santa. the center is a high school program that's part of dubuque community school district. today -- the teen parents got gifts such as diapers, clothes and educational toys for their children. despite the challenges of being a teen parent -- they're motivated to stay in school. "if i can show her that i can finish schoololwith a kid, then mom did it...i can do it." gifts were given to nineteen student's children. the hawkeyes get an early christmas present in the form of their leading rusher returning for the rose bowl and a former waterloo eaat star and iowa state national champion is one step closer to reaching the olympics....zach grant is next with sports you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in marion, decorah, cedar rapids and all of eastern iowa good evening im zac heart disease. asthma. diabetes. 7 out of 10 0 ericans take prescription drugs. but in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. hillary's going to take on the drug mpanies. require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. and cap monthly prescription costs for every american. the drug companies have been over chargrgg long enough. it's time to fight back. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. here in just a few days... departing on christmas eve and they've recived some good news as an early present. the iowa hawkeyes are set tooet leading rusher back senior canzier leads the hawkeyes in rushing with 976 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season. canzeri is looking to top 1000 yards for the first time in his career. canzeri has been injured on and off all season and his career for that matter. leshun daniels and akrum wadley have filled in admirably in his have three guys with over 400 yards rushing on the season and four guys with at least 6 rushing touchdowns. that is really a testament to the line's play. you can tell thh " it's definelty great to have him back at practice working hard we know jordan is a talented player and hes done plenty of us." " the mededcal staff wasasgreat with me they helped me along quick and thats all i wanted. i didnt want to go back to close too the gme i wanted to be able to go full go in practice and thats what ive been able to do so its been great to be back out there." vo cont canzeri and the hawkeyes head to cali in just a few days to take on standford january first. waterloo east alum and former iowa state national champion kyven gadson is continuing his wrestling career. gadson has qualified for thee olympic trials set to taae place in april for the 2016 olympics . kyven is wrestling at 213 pounds and won by tech fall 11-1. gadson who won the national title at by pinning his opponent at 197 pounds he then became an internet sensation when quoted saying he wanted some ice cream following his match. gadson will have the opoportunity to represent the county in the 2016 olympics in rio de announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on the bully... jeb bush: donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. that's not going to happen. (applause) announcer: one candidate tough enough to take on isis. jeb bush: the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. announcer:ested and proven adership matters. jeb bush. you may recall the mayor ooeast lansing challenged iowa city's mayor to a friendly wager. the wager was made before the hawkeyes took on the michigan state spartans for the big ten the loser would have to fly the opposing teams flag at city hall for 24 hours. since the hawkeyes unfortunately lost to the spartans, the city hall in iowa city paid their dues by flying the spartans by cheering extra loud for the hawkeyes when they play stanford in the rose bowl. let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg for a last look at yyur forecast. thank you for joining us for the k-w-w-l neww at six. we'll see you back here at ten paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot bebeought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's 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. he's a rock.