And is basically from highway 30 woke up to a winter wonderland. Wintry weather swept into colorado overnight, bringing snow to denver and blizzardlike conditions to some parts of the state. The snow has buried a number of roads and highways in the city. Dozens of flights at Denver International airport are canceled because of the weather. Up to four inches of snow are expected for denver when all is said and done. In several kansas counties a blizzard warning is in effect. Thissis the scene i i northwest kansas. The National Weather service says snow and high winds could create zero visibility situations in the region. Up to five inces of snow is pbrts of kansas. Several kansas schhol districts due to closer to homeas we get ready for winter be prepared to pa upif you dont move your car during a ow emmgency. Last night the Iowa City Council raised the citys snow emergency parking fee from fifteen dollars to fifty dollars. The city is hoping the higher fine will enoourage more people t
The university of iowa campus. The first hawk alert coming this morning, then many more this afternoon. Kwwls Olivia Mancino has the latest. Yeah guys multiple reports of sexual assaults happening in less than 24 hours and campus less than 24 hours is a little alarming alarming that in the middle of the day, a man is campus. A lot of my friends were shocked we were talking about it in a group chat today, saying how scary it was the reports coming in near the University Hospital and main Library Tuesday afternoon was the second hawk alert of the day, the first coming in the morning. Ashley meade, a Nursing Student at the University Says she often stays at the library until one in the morning. Shes afraid to walk alone. I feel like no matter how many girls you walk with, you never responsible for all the reported sexual assaults although campus spokesperson tom moore says its unclear whether the man, described to be in his 30s, is a student. But as night falls on campus, his actions stil
National Hurrican Center says patricia is heading for potentially catastrophic landfall in southwester mexico. The storm has a maximum sustained winds of 190 miles an hour. The Mexican Government is making a series of emergency declarations. Heres a picture of Hurricane Patricia from the International Space station. Nasa astronaut scott kelly snapped the picture which shows the massive size of the storm. The attack chopper overlooking a local Veterans Memorial is getting a facelift. The cobra helicopter at dubuques veteran Memorial Plaza being repainted to mirror how one actually looked during the vietnam war. Kwwls brad hanson speaking with the woman who did all the paint work today. He joins us live now from the Veterans Memorial plaza in dubuque with the story. Jennifer luedtke has spent quite a bit of time getting this chopper to while her work honors veterans, her connection to this project goes much deeper. This is no ordinary paint job for jennifer luedtke. jennifer luedtke, hel
Back on top in iowa among likely Democratic Caucus goers. Thats according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. The survey show clinton now leads sanders by 11 points. The last quinnipiac poll in september had sanders one point ahead of clinton in iowa. Gop president ial candidate ben carson pushes past donald trump in a second iowa poll. Kwwls Macleod Hageman joins us live in the newsroom with reaction. Mac what is ben carson saying about the new lead . Amanda ben carson says hes gratified by the support his campaign is seeing. Doctor carson briefly spoke during a packed book signing near kansas city. Carson is now leading the republican president ial field in two iowa polls. The recent Des Moines Register bloomberg poll out today has carson leading donald trump by 9 points 28 to 19 percent. Well you know i feel the same paying attention to what im saying because none of the things. They are very logical things and if people really sat down and thought about them,
Ahead. Good morning everyone and welcome back on this tuesday december 15. Im elizabeth klinge. Eric im eric hanson. Their most important thing today, no rain in the forecast, right metinka . Metinka the weather is so much better today. This morning we are expecting a little bit of patchy fog, especially across western iowa. It is quiet. No rain to drive through. 36 in des moines. Sunrise coming in at 7 34 here it visibility just 7 34. Visibility is not all that bad. It is good to stay kind of cool here it grabbed warmer coats. We will have a brisk wind coming in from the south east. We warm back up as we head toward the start of christmas week. Eric well get right to todays big stories. Right now parts of the metro are still dealing with the heavy rain and flooding. It is now from mlk to bell avenue that is closed. Thats a major link between downtown and the airport thousands of cars travel it every day so you will need to find a different route until the water goes down. Flood waters