team and we start with your forecast first." james/wxcenter weather adlib: stephanie/1shot: the black friday rush interrupted by a fire. good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. breaking news tonight at the west glen towncenter super target. stephanie: firefighters have been on scene for at least an hour. they tell us flames were coming from a fryer in a kitchen area for employees ... but most of it was put out by the time they got there. the entire store filled with smoke though . so all the holiday shoppers and employees had to go outside. luckily there were no injuries and no one needed to be treated for any smoke inhilation. " " stephanie: the store is closed right now. there is no word yet on when it will reopen. stephanie/1shot we've been watching it as it rained all day. now it's urning to some slick spots in central iowa. meterologist james peterson is in with the latest...and james... i was just outside ... our news cars are now covered in ice... to freeze. james/wxcenter stephanie/1shot few winter travel safety tips. buckle up . make sure your tire pressure is good. have at least a half a tank of gas to help prevent gas line freeze-up. never use cruise control on icy roads. watch local 5 weather reports and let others know your route in case something happens. and it's a good idea to keep a winter weather kit in your vehicle. make sure it includes things like a shovel, flashlight, blankets, water and a first aid kit. stephanie:/ots hopefully hawkeye fans kept all that in mind as they headed west to tomorrow's heroes game against nebraska. the road to lincoln was paved with wintry weather...especi ally in western iowa and around omaha. but loyal fans still hit the road... in fact you could see lots of hawkeye flags flying from cars heading down i- 80. stephanie: and if you are planning on going to the there early. that's the word police. security will be game...they are closing a few ask people to open their jackets at the university of nebraska says there is no specific threat, being more thorough. stephanie/cam or you can watch it from the comfort of your home. local 5 's coverage of the heroes game kicks off with an hour long pre game show at 10. then tomorrow night at 6:30 we'll recap all of the action from the heroes game-- breaking down video and playoff hopes. what a loss or hopefully a win can do for the hawkeyes moving forward. stephanie/lam this thanksgiving, america is extra alert...just two weeks after the terror attcks in paris. but as you can see that didn't stop people from taking in one of the iconic traditions of this holiday. amid a record number of police officers... giant balloons took to the sky over midtown manhattan for the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. the event in its 89th year included marching bands and floats to go along with hello kitty, snoopy, thomas the steam engine and other characters. sot de blasio: "the people of this city are voting with their feet, we're gonig to see millions of people here today. stephanie: meanwhile, american astronauts aboard the international space station celebrated the holiday with some candied yams. the secretary of the department of homeland security told new yorkers that terrorism can't prevail if people refuse to be terrorized. stephanie:1shot and a terrorism scare in belgium today. it all stemmed from a stange package that showed up at a mosque in brussels. eleven people hod to undergo precautionary decontamination, while a special crew tested a powdery substance found in the package. it took police six hours to analyze the powder, but it was concluded that it was not dangerous. stephanie:lam protests continued overnight and into today in chicago in relation to a chicago police officer charged for shooting 17 chicago police officer jason van dyke's dash cam video of the moments leading up to mcdonald's deadly interaction with was finally yesterday. you can see here van dyke pursuing mcdonald before the shooting. van dyke is first degree he's being held now. webpage set up by the officer's wife to raise 80 thousand dollars has been taken down. stephanie/ots it's what the holiday is all about..giving thanks. and a colfax family is doing that in a big way...after their therapy horse who went missing last week...finally made it home. stephanie/ots it's what the stephanie/ots it's what the holiday is all about..giving thanks. and a colfax family is doing that in a big way...after their therapy horse who went missing last week...finally made it home. local 5's kattey ortiz first brought you this story on tuesday...now she shares this holiday miracle in tonight's big story. "animals are unpredictable at any given time." when buddy didn't come up to the barn for his morning grain last friday ... his owners knew something was wrong. it was just one week after denise and her family first welcomed buddy into their home when the horse suddenly was nowhere to be found. the kids spread out for a search all over the neighborhood with no luck. but once people heard buddy was a therapy horse for kids .... others were stepping up to the plate. "so many people reached out to us, told us they were going to keep an eye out." volunteers were ready to drop their turkey and stuffing today ... determined to bring buddy home. "people to give up their holiday for us? i feel very blessed." but the executive director of the animal rescue league of iowa wasted no time. he traveled to colfax on wednesday and set out on his own. then came the call denise was anxiously waiting for. "i don't know how he did it, but he found him in a field. he had to use binoculars to see him and it took me even a while to see him." he found buddy just a mile away from the barn in good health. "he wasn't tired, he wasn't wet, he wasn't thirsty. we don't know if someone actually had him and let him loose by us, or if he's been there this whole time" no one knows for sure where buddy traveled for five days. back home ... safe and sound. "it's the best thanksgiving present ever. one more thing to be thankful for." stephanie: denise says they haven't let buddy out of the barn yet and wont for a while. especially as it gets colder. the jasper county sheriff's office also stepped in to help look for buddy. stephanie/ots though it's not technically black friday yet, bargin hunters were not about to miss out on the chance to power shop. a handfull of stores around the metro opened earlier this evening. local 5 talked to a shoppers who went from the thanksgiving dinner table to the checkout line. tari gaulke, shopper: "kind of crazy, and i know that a lot of people don't like it, and i hate that people have to work on this day, it's called black friday ... but stores are opening their doors earlier and earlier. "usually we have thanksgiving on thanksgiving...so it's different." iowans are turning in their turkey dinners for big savings since more retailers are welcoming shoppers on the holiday, but you know, i could stop, but everybody's still going to be out here. you can look and as the rain set in, the lines moved inside as well. a much calmer black friday than most, and as long as they were shopping with the ones they loved "i'd rather shop on friday, but because i get to do it with family, its worth it." ...black friday, on thrusday wasn't so bad. stephanie: local 5's amanda krenz braved the early black friday shopping today--here she is a little scared of how crazy it was at best buy. she'll be back in tomorrow morning on good morning iowa, with some of the best deals in the metro... and look for more interviews with shoppers as they brave the wintry weather for black friday frenzy in the morning. stephanie: we want to know what you're doing for black friday?? you shopping...or staying home? you can connect with us on facebook and twitter. send us an email to: "news at we are iowa dot com" or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555 we'd love to hear what you think about this story or any other. stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at 10... a throwback thursday of thanksgiving porportions. the special celebration even the governor couldn't miss. stephanie: then--hawkeye nation has a lot to be thankful for--a perfect record so far has them looking for a big ten championship. later in sports, fans share what they're thankful for this year. stephanie: and... a meal where everyone is a special guest. how an iowa restaurant made this holiday one to remember. james ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot elias: tomorrow on good morning iowa... it's friday, which means we head to theaters to check out the new releases...which includes a retelling of a classic monster story and a family film focusing on a bond between a human and a dinosaur. sam: some good movies coming out... in the weather it gets a little better. we're done snowing, raining, freezing rain, all of that. elias: he's got the good news, all new on good morning iowa. jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are forecast with chief edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: james weather adlib: james stephanie: going to see rain becoming freezing rain this evening, then snow into the freezing rain and snow in western and northwest iowa will finally come to end an end later this evening. rain will likely change over into a wintry mix after 6pm here in the that, but it will have trouble sticking to the roads with how warm our pavement will be. regardless even travel in the metro might be difficult after 8pm tonight. friday will be dry but very cold and windy with a few more wintry mix and snow sunday and lasting thanksgiving everyone! james stephanie: jack: stephanie: and to stay up to date with the head to our website, we are iowa dot com or download our app, available for both apple and andriod devices. stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at ten, hawkeye thanks. hear from more fans, plus we tomorrow's game in lincoln. next.... for thanksgiving dinner? we go inside a meal that's good for the soul. stephanie: governor branstad joined members of the plymouth congregational united church of christ earlier today to deliver a proclamation. branstad was surrounded by the clergy, deacons, and choir members who dressed in authentic pilgrim costumes to celebrate thanksgiving day. "thanksgiving day is a time for us to gather as friends and family and express our apperceation for the challenges that we have met and the many blessings that are families communities and state have experinced " stephanie: church members start thanksgiving every year with this annual special congregation. stephanie: and at hope ministries -- more than two hundred people served and delivered thanksgiving meals today. volunteers boxed up the turkey and all the traditional fixings, before delivering them to 22-hundred families in need across the metro. on top of that, they served 400 meals in their own cafeteria. long-time volunteers say this tradition is a win-win. bob myers, volunteer: "it's kind of a fulfilling, satisfaction when you go out and help people, and they're going up to you and you're kind of making their day, and they don't realize how much they're actually making your day." stephanie: hope ministries is celebrating its one hundredth year. they expect to be servng even more people as winter sets in., stephanie: at a sioux city restaurant -- a family gave up their holiday today to help others. you may remember, last week , we told you how rebos restaurant was raising money to serve thanksgiving dinner to people who needed a meal. well today, the there was lots of conversation number of people who were purely thankful. "it is a breath of fresh can sit with multiple being mean to one another. i think that it's a blessing all together," said "i knew that it would but just walking around and talking to the families and seeing the kids...it's just stephanie: now donations collected weeks event not only went to food, but to provide attendees with hats, gloves, and toiletry bags too. jack/2bam: i'm here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon. iowa fans with plenty to be happy about this time of year jon/2bam: yeah stephanie coming up on local 5 sports we'll hear from hawkeye fans from around iowa city on what they're thankful for this season. are iowa sports" jon: the iowa hawkeyes mens basketball team has gotten back on track since their loss to division two augustana. tonight they're playing at the advocare invitational in orlando-- where earlier today wichita state was upset by usc. the hawkeyes taking on dayton. first half dale jones spotting up from way downtown-- he tickles the twine for the triple-- four. 39-35 dayton now attacking john crosby the nifty finger roll off the window and in... the flyers trying to stretch their lead kyle davis from the corner knocks down the three flyers up 7. but anthony clemmons wont' go quietly into halftime-- sees a line drives and lays it in hawkeys down 6 clemmons trying to spark his team out of the break-- another drive-- kiss and in high off the glass. dom uhl wanting in on the action hawkeyes climbing back into it-- the very long two-- rattles down 12 point game. iowa down three-- more clemmons from the wing-- sir may i have some more-- yes-- three pointer. 10 point lead for dayton. clemmons not afraid to step inside either-- drives step back jay-- what do you say-- hey hey hey another two . iowa trailing by 10.... they come all the way back but come up just short 82 to 77 the final from orlando. jon: last year at this time-- iowa hawkeye fans may not have had much to be thankful for when it came to their football team. jake rudock was underwhelming. they were under achieving-- and there wasn't much hope in the future at least at the time. but alex giaimo shows us-- this year is a totally different story for hawks fans. "(alex giaimo) thanksgiving is a holiday that we all share and love.and often the tradition of football and thanksgiving go hand in hand. the iowa hawkeyes have already clinched the big ten west and are heading to indianapolis for a chance at a championship. so in the spirit of giving thanks, let's see what hawkeye nation is thankful for this season. (marcus abbott) i'm glad this was our year and we had a lot of upsets and a lot of good times. i'm glad ferentz and the team is coming through, and everybody is happy, and it's coming around thanksgiving time and we can all be thankful for it. (brett jeffries) kirk ferentz finally getting it right...and cj...i mean best of luck to ruddock and all but i'm glad we're still sticking with cj. (ana barrett) this year was the first time that i had seen a hawkeye win in person so it's pretty amazing to go my first two years never seeing a win and now we are undefeated so that's pretty awesome. (nate meyer) i'm just greatful for the fact that you know ferentz finally decided to go with beathard at quarterback, making a change, you know i know it's not an easy thing to do. it's just awesome you know noone here has seen us do this awesome in the regular season before. i've been from iowa my whole life so it's just awesome to see the team finally have a shot to go someplace big. (alex giaimo) and with the hawkeyes controling their own destiny with a chance at the college good right now in hawkeye nation. with your hawkeye headquarters report i'm alex giaimo. " iowa and nebraska play at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon here on local 5. iowa trying to lock up the most wins in a season in program history. jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s we'll be right back... you're rain. the metro is going to see rain becoming freezing rain this evening, then snow into the overnight. the freezing rain and snow in western and northwest iowa will finally come to end an end later this evening. rain will likely change over into a wintry mix after 6pm here in the metro and even some freezing rain after that, but it will have trouble sticking to the roads with how warm our pavement will be. regardless even travel in the metro might be difficult after 8pm tonight. friday will be dry but very cold and windy with a few more wintry mix and snow chances starting sunday and lasting into early next week. have a happy thanksgiving everyone! stephanie: jack: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. and now, abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood - it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight --

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