recovering tonight- after firefighters rescue them from their burning home. it happened just before 11:45 last night in cedar falls, at a mobile home park in the 2500 block of union road. firefighters rescued a five- year-old girl, a three-year-old boy and their mother from the home. they had to head back to the scene around four this morning when the fire picked up again. kwwl's lauren moss speaking with firefighters today she joins us now with the latest- they say the 3 and 5 year old are in good condition tonight- while the mother, ashley calfee is at the university of iowa hospitals and clinics for smoke inhalation. meanwhile- crews had to deal with extreme conditions- both from shows a terrifying sight. a fire traps a mother and her 5 and three year old hear their voices inside...calling out for help as they tried to put out the flames with air foam. within minutes- cedar falls fire department arrived on scene. "firefighters got in there and rescued the children. the children were in the back of the trailer from what i understand and they had to crawl through the doorway which was on fire when they went through the doorway and i understand one adult was rescued out the front window." as the sun came out...you can clearly see the damage here. "it's pretty well destroyed now." firefighters say it was a large fire with a lot of smoke...but that's not the only thing they battled.. "it was a long day for us." the wind and the cold fire started up a second time overnight. "we had some things that were starting to freeze up to rotate out personnel because their air mask started to freeze how bad this story could have been. firefighters say they are just glad they got the mother and her two young children out when they did. i spoke with police chief jeff olson, who said everyone was conscious when they got out of the home- again the mother especially took in a lot of smoke though. so she is being treated down in iowa city for the night. we've got you covered, lauren moss kwwl news. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a family loses their home and four pets in a devastating house fire. the cause of the fire remains under investigation, however, strong winds caused the fire to spread quickly at the home in saint charles. blizzard conditions made it control the blaze. the house is a total loss. an online fundraiser is set up to help the family. authorities are also investigating a weekend house fire that left one man dead in southeast iowa. officials with the fairfield police department say fire crews found the body of 56-year-old richard hendershot while responding to a sunday house fire in fairfield. the investigation is still ongoing. three people were sent to the hospital today after a multiple car accident. it happened on university avenue in cedar falls around noon. it even shut down university avenue for some time. five cars were involved and three people were sent to the hopsital with minor injuries. fire crews say poor visibility due to blowing snow is believed to have been the cause of the accident. a semi flips over in dubuque -- right off of highway 20. it happened today shortly before noon. police say the driver of this semi -- was going too fast while exiting street ramp. the driver told police, his brakes were acting up. there also was a passenger inside. one of them was take to an area hospital for minor injuries. icy road conditions are to blame for an accident that killed three people. platini ndongala, ndickson mandiki and michka kabeya died in the crash, all three men were in their thirties. kwwl's kristin rogers spoke with the vice president of the men were from congo, kristin joins us live from the cedar rapids newsroom. three losses at once in the congolese community obviously means three funerals, he tells me the funeral date depends on the finances available. this video is from a tragic scene where three people were killed, (nats) four vehicles were impacted and multiple people were sent to the hospital. out of the 9 people travelling in this mini way to work from the cedar rapids area, to the tama area at the time of the accident. now a community wants to give those killed a proper funeral, but they're the expenses. the three men who died were from congo, and the local congolese community says anything will help. the vice president of the congolese community in iowa tells me the hope is to have the three funerals all in one day. (cg: kristin rogers) "he says they pplan on sewtting up with that account number people will be able to donate to help with the cost of funerals to remember three men lost so young. the hope was to get that account made today, once i am given the information i will put it on our website for those wishing to help. we've got you covered live kristin rogers...kwwl news. we are told all three of the men had recently moved to the cedar a fiery single- vehicle accident others injured. the iowa state patrol says bret schaebauer was driving near eldridge early sunday when his vehicle left the road and entered a ditch. the car struck a culvert and then burst into flames. a passenger, 18- year-old mitchell hayes, died in the crash. the driver and another passenger, nathaniel johnson, were injured and taken to a nearby hospital. continuing coverage... big news coming out of coralville today. william the missing research goat is back in custody. this was the tweet the coralville police department tweeted out this evening. william was recovered near the intersection of 1st avenue and auburn east lane, between coralville and north liberty around 3:30 today. the police tell us the goat is back at the research center safe and sound. william escaped from the university a photo of a good deed is being shared across the cedar valley... check this out-- waterloo police officer lt. lisa campbell is being recognized for helping out a man in a wheelchair who couldnt get across snowy sidewalks this is a big problem for people who use wheelchairs the winter can be stressful because they're not able to easily transport themselves kwwls olivia mancino joins us live with more details weve had so many snow storms here in eastern iowa just in 20-16 so far the sidewalks are not only sippery, but can get bumpy when snow packs in check this out -- packed on snow makes it hard for this man to get around snow mounds grow at the ends of sidewalks too, making it impossible for people in wheelchairs to get over this is a problem rehab specialist jason pilcher has seen for years... he says although the americans with disabilities act has made sidewalk standards better, done. "you know they're budnled up too but they're exerting so much effort, they get tired, you know they're just trying to get out in the community" pilcher compares wheelchairs in the snow to cars-- if you get a car stuck, the wheels keep spinning but the car doesnt move he says wheelchairs are the same way most cities have 24 hour blowing snow today also-- people in wheelchairs have a hard time shoveling their driveways and sidewalks-- so be mindful of that and help a neighbor coming up on kwwl, after several accidents occured at a dangerous intersection, changes are on the basketball a-p poll is released. find out where the hawkeyes landed. storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. meteorologist mark schnackenberg "now your storm track 7 from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the scattered light snow showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at some though.the scattered light snow showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold week...no big storms though.the scattered light snow showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at some light snow through early next week...no big storms remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at some light snow through early next week...no big storms though.the scattered light snow showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have week...no big storms though.the scattered light snow showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at some leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold with highs in the teens. we have a couple of chances at showers taper off this evening leaving a few flurries overnight. wind gusts tonight remain around 30-35 mph as temperatures drop into the single digits by morning. tuesday and wednesday are going to be the coldest days of the week with highs near 10 degrees. the gusty northwest wind tuesday becomes much lighter wednesday. thursday through saturday remain cold 20...after numerous accidents have occured at a dangerous intersection. that intersection is along highway 20 and swiss valley road in dubuque county. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in dubuque with the well, the multi- million dollar project will be done in three phases. the first phase doesn't start until 20-19, but planning is people living near a dangerous intersection on "we knew it was gonna come...because it is a dangerous place." that place is along highway 20 and swiss valley road. between 20-10 and 20- 15...thirty-four accidents have happened along this curve. merlin bartels, who lives right off of the think is causing the accidents?" "probably speed...they don't slow up." "and a few years ago, the iowa d.o.t installed signs with the d.o.t plans on reconstructing two miles of highway 20's westbound lane -- east of cottingham road streching east of swiss valley road in hopes of residents will have to give up their land. "really haven't gotten too much input, some favorable some objections. it's both ways...it affects everybody, one way or another." d.o.t's district planner says they'll start looking at buying give up their land. "really haven't gotten too much input, some favorable some objections. it's both ways...it affects everybody, one way or another." d.o.t's district planner says they'll start looking at buying land...this summer. now once the first phase of the project begins...i'm told it'll take about one year to complete. we've got you covered live in dubuque...shirley descorbeth... ...kwwl news. the total cost of phase one of the project will cost 26 million dollars. some of it is being funded by the road use tax fund, also federal dollars. coming up... the iowa hawkeyes make some moves in the latest national rankings... and the surging uni panthers talk about the keys to their second you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in scott, sumner, one day after beating illlinois beating illlinois 77-65 and moving into sole possession of first place in the big ten...the iowa hawkeyes not only move up in the associated press colege basketball rankings. the hawks also get some first place votes. villanova is the new number one followed by maryland at number two. oklahoma falls from number one to number three.. the hawks which recieved 11 first place votes is ranked fourth while xavier rounds out the to ten. kansas is number six..viriginia falls to nine..while west virginia is number ten. iowa state falls one spot to number fourteen..purdue is number eighteen...baylor is number 21...texas is 24th and wichita state rounds out just three days after tweeting that his suspension would only last one game...it appears iowa state starting center jameel mckay will miss a second straight game. today at his weekly press conference cyclone head coach steve prohm said mckay would not play wednesday at texas tech but he would practice with the team. mckay who is averaging 12 point 4 points and 9 rebounds a game was suspended indefintely for something that happended during a practice last week. the surging northern iowa men's basketball team will be seeking its fifth straight victory when the panthers play host to missouri state...that game tips off wednesday night at 7 o'clock at the mcleod center. the panthers which handled drake 82-66 on saturday has a chance to a tie for fifth place in the missouri valley conference. coach ben jacoboson talked about uni's improved play. our offense is moving better guys if the panthers beat missouri state---they would match their moving better guys are taking better if the panthers beat missouri state---they would match their longest winning streak of the season. bear officially has a name: it's nora! the name was chosen in a public online vote, which attracted participants from 115 counties. nora is a combination of nanuq and aurora, her parents' names. from sony pictures studios, it's america's game! wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show -- pat sajak and vanna white! 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