The iowa state patrol has some driving tips to avoid a sticky situation in the snow. First. Troopers say you should check your headlights and tire tread before heading out. And when you are out. Keep a light foot on the pedal. And avoid using cruise control. Finally. Be sure to pack a car charger. Blanket. And water. In case you get stuck along the road. A chase through des moines left a squad car damaged. And a suspect on the run. It started in the one thousand block of southeast king avenue. Around 3 am. Officers tried to pull over a van. But it sped off. At times topping 70 miles per hour. During the pursuit. A squad car struck a utility pole. The officer was not injured. Police later found the van abandoned at 2nd avenue and center street. Police say theyre following up a few leads. But no arrests have been made. Des Moines Police are looking for a driver who crashed into a home. Then took off. This happened in the 29 hundred block of east grand avenue. Around 2 this morning. Police say the vehicle went off the road. Hit a fire hydrant. Then plowed into the home. No one was hurt. The driver took off on foot. No arrests have been made. One man is behind bars after a drug bust in fort dodge. Officers searched a home in the 2 thousand block of 5th avenue north today. As part of an ongoing investigation. They say they found a large amount of narcotics and a loaded gun. Police took 19 year old Jerique Bryson into custody. Bryson faces several felony charges for possession of drugs and firearms. Hes being held in the Webster County jail. Republican president ial candidate ted cruz is back on the campaign trail in iowa. Cruz spoke to a large crowd at briar cliff university. In sioux city. This morning. Afterwards. He weighed in on Donald Trumps suggestion that american muslims be tracked as part of a national registry. Uh, the First Amendment protects religious liberty and ive spent the past several decades defending the religious liberty of every american. What i do think is important is that the federal government be far more vigorous going after cruz went on to say the us wont defeat radical islamic terrorism. Quote. As long as we have a president whos unwilling to utter the words radical islamic terrorist. Ted cruz will join 7 other candidates in the metro tonight. The president ial Family Forum Kicks off at 630. Its being held at the Community ChoiceCredit Union Convention center. Ticket sales end at 6. But they are still available. Cruz. Ben carson. Carly fiorina. Mike huckabee. Rand paul. Marco rubio. And Rick Santorum will participate. All of the republican candidates were invited. The red cross wants you to put pen to paper for Service Members this season. Volunteers will have holiday cards available at Valley West Mall tomorrow. Shoppers can sign them or write personal messages on them from 9 am to 3 pm. The cards will then be sent to troops. Veterans. And their families. Its part of the holiday mail for heroes program. Last year. It distributed one point 8 million cards. Its a sound that signals the start of the holiday season. And its coming to a store near you. Coming up. Well tell you how much the Red Kettle Campaign hopes to raise. And how you can help. But first. Its the last home game of an unprecedented season for the hawkeyes. Well tell you if the fans plan on braving the Winter Weather could have a hand in another iowa Hawkeye Record this season but will it be one that the fans even want to be a part of . Many College Football fans are still pondering if the storm will prevent them from seeing their Favorite Football Team saturday. 13s Justin Surrency spoke to a few iowa fans that say their braving the weather just to see the hawkeyes finish undefeated at home. With a win against purdue, the hawkeyes would be an alltime high 110. We gotta cheer on those boys theyre undefeated,but theres another record that could be broken. Awesome group of seniors they really turned things around this year, hopefully people will get over to support them. Not counting the windchill. Iowas 2013 kickoff against michigan was the coldest ever at 18 degrees. Joe chmelke, president of the polk county iclub remembers it well. I remember watching the 1st absolutely freezing. The second coldest, 23 degrees during a 1926 game against northwestern. This saturday is expected to be in the 20s. Its been cold its been snowy sometimes those are the most fun games to go to. Once you get in kinnick your blood starts pumping and you are rolling. But add a projected 8 inches of snow hitting the area before 6 am and many fans are shying away from the final home game of the season. Dwindling a little bit but lets not talk about the fair weather fans. We normally have 75 to 100 at our tailgate, well see, i expect we will have 50. But for many like kendra daly of West Des Moines the show must go on. This is what real hawkeye fans do ya bundle up and ya go and chmelke also says rain, sleet, hail or snow, he plans to roll in style we are going weve got a hawkeye nation. Com rv, weve got 12 14 people going and heading over there. Those making the trip say they are taking the added precautions on roads and at the game. We might wait an hour or so and surrency channel 13 news the field crew plans to plow the snow inside and around the stadium. But because of the gates opening up to fans at 9 30 am there could still be snow in the stadium seats. High School Football fans wont have to face the roads tonight. The Iowa High SchoolAthletic Association postponed the 1a, 2a, and 4a championship games yesterday. The decision was made to prevent fans from driving to and from cedar falls in the thick of the storm. The games will now be played on monday. And follow the original schedule. Tickets already sold will be some mitchellville students spent the day with police. But they werent in trouble. After the break. Hear why a trip to the store resulted in a Lesson Learned by all. Americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like climate change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. My dad, my mom, my brother some students started checking off their Holiday Shopping lists this morning. And they were in good company. Mitchellville Police Officers accompanied the students to the store. The Police Department teamed up with mitchellville elementary for the shop with a cop event. Several students were given money to spend on gifts for their family. The Community Donates the money. And this year, the program raised about 25 hundred dollars. That worked out to about 20 dollars per student. And their principal says they put it to good use. This is a high impact day. The smiles on kids faces tell us everything we need to know. Youll hear a familiar sound at some stores today. Ringing the Salvation Armys Red Kettle Campaign is officially underway. There are 62 kettles placed throughout the metro. With a goal of raising one point one Million Dollars before christmas eve. And the organization is looking for volunteers to ring those bells. You can sign up at ring des moines dot org. You can also donate money at Salvation Army dash des moines dot org. Stick around. Well get another look at your jeb bush leadership meansyouve got to be all in. Its not about yappin. Its not about talking. Its about doing. I know how to do this becausei was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. And we turned the systems upsidedown that werent working. 1. 3 million new jobs were created. We cut taxes every year. Income rose in peoples pockets. People were lifted out of poverty. Children started to learn. As president of the unitedstates, i pledge to you that i will solve problems. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible for the breaking news tonight. At the Hotel Hostage siege. A new terror attack leaves at least 20 dead, including an american. Other americans rescued as islamic militants storm a