Morning and midday hours. This will be a weak system that will die out as it moves into eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon. Christmas day is looking dry. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Christmas night we will see a mix of rain and snow. The rain and mix will continue on saturday. Sunday will be mostly cloudy. Much cooler air moves in next week. Monday will be a messy day with rain changing to snow. Heavy snow is possible by monday evening. That snow will last through tuesday morning. Wednesday will be colder with mostly cloudy skies. We always have the Road Conditions available to you at whotvdotcom. As a matter of fact, the iowa state patrol says 2015 has been one of the safest in recent memory. Way, as a record 100million americans plan to travel this holiday. 23 51 58 its kind of heavy. Im from leon, iowa and theres not a whole lot of traffic down there. We got one stop light. 03 23 53 03 we have beautiful weather yesterday and today its making up for it 07 the biggest factor convincing people to travel right now is low gas prices. Well under two dollars a gallon in iowa. The state patrol will have extra troopers on the road this week to help keep you safe. So far, this years death toll of 310 on iowa roads is the lowest since 2010. Troopers hope they can make it to 2016 without another fatality. 23 48 48 safe holiday for everybody. Like i say, look ahead to where youre going, slow down, wear your seat belt, watch for distracted driving and if you chose to drink, get a sober driver 58 besides low gas prices, cheap airfare led to more people traveling. We checked des moines internationals website just a few minutes ago. It looks like there are a few delays on flights coming in tonight from thousands of iowans are traveling to pasadena. And hopefully they got cheap flights because rose bowl tickets come with record breaking prices. Stub hub lists the average at 5 hundred dollars. A piece thats 3hundred bucks more than the average of the next most expensive ticket for a college bowl game. Tickets to the National Championship are going for over 12 hundred dollars. One local company is cashing in on demand for the hawkeyes historic rose bowl appearance. Channel 13s Justin Surrency shows us how theyve been able to keep iowa fans happy. And why you might be surprised by where theyre doing it. With each tshirt design sigler makes, hawkeyes fans are buying them just as fast. As soon as we get them into the stores they are selling out which is great and we are going back on press to get more stock to the stores. Demand at some of their large accounts like hyvee and walgreens has everybody is buying their hyvee shirt and ive got my shirt. Just the sheer volume we are talking 29 to 30,000 shirts that weve printed for the bowl. Naturally they are capitalizing on the iowa hawkeyes historical rose bowl game against stanford. People want them as a Christmas Gift and they want to show their support. Its giving hawkeye fans joy from one of the most unlikely of places. We are in the middle of cyclone nation right here in ames but we are producing hawkeye apparell. Employees have been working 12 hour shifts just to keep up and pumping out 3,000 rosebowl shirts a day. We have been in the Screen Printing business for 10 years and no this is the biggest weve had that has gone on week after week. The design isnt the only thing causing customers are piling up on merchandise. Theyre beautiful, i might even buy one. Ticket resale prices have reached outrageous levels. 50,000 people wanted to go, they picked 23,000 an tickets 1500 dollars a piece. Luckily for glenda guiberson dittmar shes been there and done that. Ive been to one when i was younger and in my prime. The rose is so beautiful because of course its the grand daddy. She saw iowa play ucla in 1986 our hawkeyes didnt win but it didnt matter. And this time around sigler employees are ready for a different result, one that puts them back to work the minute they win we will start producing tshirts. If it happens you might here a phrase rarely uttered in ames. Go hawks. Sigler president beth cross believes championship rose bowl shirts could be available at stores like hyvee and walgreens as early as monday january 4th. A man best known for his impact tonight for the way he impacted young lives. And with more laughter, than tears. More than a thousand people attended tonights Memorial Service for Madrid High School football coach randy hinkel. He died suddenly this past weekend. He coached the Tiger Football Team to 25 playoff appearances. And a state title. He also coached track and taught school. Randy hinkel was 58yearsold. West Des Moines Police are asking for help in finding two for prescription fraud. They say there are several cases involving this pair. Authorities are offering 1thousand dollars for information that leads to their arrests. They say the women may be driving this maroon suv or a white minivan. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers of central iowa at 515 2231400. A body found next to a set of Railroad Tracks in Mahaska County has been identified. An autopsy revealed it was 34 year old jefferey allen versteegh. He was reported missing back in july. A hunter found skeletal remains along a set of tracks north of oskaloosa this month. The cause of death hasnt been determined. Two former iowa soldiers are being honored for their acts of bravery. Former Sergeant Justin schmitt and former specialist Brian Swedberg are recognized for fighting under heavy combat, and forcing the enemy to retreat. Both men were team leaders in afghanistan in 2011. Tonight, in waterloo, they received the Army Commendation medal for valor. A veteran in milwaukee got a Laura Langemo has the story. Its a simple gesture to spread Holiday Cheer and to say thanks. Each year, through a nomination process, christmas decor by Swimming Pool services selects two military families who will have their homes decorated for free. This year al runingens family was chosen. Runingen served in vietnam. He earned a purple heart after a bullet grazed his head during an ambush. To honor runingen. Decorators runingen watches the decorators in awe. And relief. He will avoid the ladder this year. Because of this act of kindness. With the holidays. Most of the president ial hopefuls are taking some time off. Coming up. See how far out in front the latest National Poll puts donald trump. Plus, whos sneaking in visits to iowa, between christmas and new years. Plus, eds full holiday praised as one of americas best mayors who governed 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. Building a future to believe in. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Another day. A new poll. The same republican with a huge lead of the rest of the pack. It shows him with more support than three of his closest rivals combined. Sunlen serfaty has the story. Donald trump dominating the gop field. A new cnn orc poll shows. Trump on top with 39 percent support. More than double his next closest opponent, ted cruz. Trumps lead is even more definitive. When measured by the depth of his support on issue after issue. On handling the economy. Immigrati on. And isis. Voters all deem trump the best equipped candidate. By commanding margins. Natsot trump she was favored to lost, i mean she lost. The frontrunner. Thou gh. Still in the storm. Caused by his latest controversy. President ial candidate im watching the debate, and she disappeared go . I know where she went, its disgusting, i dont want to talk about it. And now, Hillary Clinton for the first time. Responding directly to trumps vulgar rhetoric about her president ial candidate i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people. Clinton saying she thinks trump has a penchant for sexism. President ial candidate i dont know that he has any boundaries at all. His bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. Trump hitting back. Tweeting be careful hillary as you play the war on women or women being degraded card. Meanwhile. As they battle it out. Natsot cruz leave our kids alone. Ted cruz takes on the Washington Post. For this cartoon depicting president ial candidate when i saw that cartoon, not much ticks me off. But making fun of my girls, thatll do it. This came after cruz. Daughters appeared in a tv ad natsot cruz ad i know just what ill do she said with a snicker, ill use my own server and no one will be the wiser. Kids are generally considered off limits in politics. Cruz. Now using the cartoon to raise money. And the opportunity to take on his favorite foe president ial candidate everyone expects the Mainstream Media to be liberal and biased, folks want to attack me, knock yourself out. Thats part of the process, i signed up for that, thats fine. But my girls didnt sign up for that. The Washington Post later pulled that cartoon saying it should not have been published. Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders made stops in western iowa this afternoon. Other candidates will travel to iowa after the holidays. Martin omalley heads to the metro on sunday. Hell be at the des moines social club. For a Foreign Policy forum at a tornado watch issued earlier for se iowa has been canceled. Now we are watching the snow from the same system move through the central iowa area. Heavier snow was reported this afternoon in boone and dallas counties as thundersnow kicked up heavier totals. There will be some slick roads this evening in western and northern iowa. The snow will end tonight. The west wind will pick up behind this storm and gust to 40 mph. Tomorrow we will see another chance for light snow in the morning and midday hours. This will be a weak system that will die out as it moves into eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon. Christmas day is looking dry. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Mix of r on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. A tornado watch issued earlier are watching the snow from the same system move through the central iowa area. Heavier snow was reported this afternoon in boone and dallas counties as thundersnow kicked up heavier totals. There will be some slick roads this evening in western and northern iowa. The snow will end tonight. The west wind will pick up behind this storm and gust to 40 mph. Tomorrow we will see another chance for light snow in the morning and midday hours. This will be a weak system that will die out as it moves into eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon. Christmas day is looking dry. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Christmas night we will see a mix of rain and snow. The rain and mix will saturday. Sunday will be mostly cloudy. Much cooler air moves in next week. Monday will be a messy day with rain changing to snow. 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The big horns comeback, arseneault junior wins in his return to iowa 127111. Jordan canzeris career has been slowed by injuries. He wont let his latest injury keep him from a highlight moment. Canzeri is hobbled by another sprained ankle. Canzeri and the hawkeyes go head tohead with the ap player of the year, Christian Mccaffery and the stanford cardinal. Team coverage from pasadena starts monday. The majority of rose bowl tickets purchased are from iowa. Going to be a lot of black and gold in southern california. Iowas Nicholas Baer was named big ten freshman of the week. His follow up act, better. The walkon can do it all. Last night it was a career high 19 points on 10 shots. Baer is iowa opens big 10 conference with the spartans on tuesday. The day isnt done. Uni and Washington State at 10 30. Finally tonight. One family in new york will have a merrier christmas thanks to the kindness of one man. Police officer aaron page saved christmas after one familys gifts were stolen. He took the family shopping to replace most of the gifts. Through tears. The father says if it wasnt for officer page. His kids wouldnt have anything for christmas. He woke me up that morning and have before, hope. The generous gift by officer page was made possible through the a page he made to honor his brother who a tornado watch issued earlier for se iowa has been canceled. Now we are watching the snow from the same system move through the central iowa area. Heavier snow was reported this afternoon in boone and dallas counties as thundersnow kicked up heavier totals. There will be some slick roads this evening in western and northhrn iowa. The snow will end tonight. The west wind will pick up behind this storm and gust to 40 mph. Tomorrow we will see another chance for light snow in the morning and midday hours. This will be a eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon. Christmas day is looking dry. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Christmas night we will see a mix of rain and snow. 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