the hosptial in serious condition.... after a crash around 8 this morning on highway 63 about 3 the sheriff's office says a car tried to pass a semi... lost control and hit a truck going the other way. authorities say both a man in the car and a man in the truck were taken to the hospital. the names of those two men have not yet been released. hudson fire and police... along with state patrol and the black haw on scene.. a helicopter flew in... but no one was air- lifted to the hospital. live.. amanda gilbert.. news 7 kwwl. thank you amanda, stay with kwwl as this story we also know of an accident in east dubuque. police say the julien dubuque bridge back open after a 5-vehicle crash on the bridge. at this point, we're unsure about the extent of any damage.

let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. partly today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a weather-maker that could bring a few flurries overnight...there most likely will not be

it happened early this morning on highway 20. according to the black hawk county sheriff's office -- someone hit the officer's squad car. we also talked to the waterloo fire chief -- he says no one got hurt. seatbelts save lives. over the weekend -- cedar rapids police officers responded to this crash on i-380. their s-u-v got hit when another driver lost control. the people in that car died. the officers had to be taken to the hospital. they've since been released. the department posted these on facebook... saying they quote "have two police officers alive today because they had their seatbelts on" they're encouraging others to take time to buckle up every time you're in a car. a plane carrying a soccer team from brazil crashes this morning. 81 people were on the flight that went down in colombia. we're now getting reports saying 6 people survived -- everyone else died in that crash. the team was on its way

had been hit hard by heavy rain and thunderstorms. wildfires are forcing people out of their homes -- and also away from a popular tourist spot. there are at least 14 fires burning around gatlinburg, tennessee. roughly 100 homes have been damaged. several roads and trails through great smoky mountain national park have been closed. wind gusts keep bringing down trees -- which is helping the they'll ever know the cause of a thanksgiving day fire. iowa gold distributing destroyed in the fire -- and investigators say there's so much damage they don't think they'll be able to find the cause. the oil recycling business burned for several hours thursday before it was able to be controlled -- even injuring a fire fighter. he was treated and released from the hospital. digging deeper -- some eastern iowa firefighters

for many years... they say they've felt left out of major decisions that impacts them. kwwl's amanda gilbert has our story. when moments like this felt left in the dark.... standup: "cedar falls firefighters recently found out from the media... who the finalists for their next fire chief would be... and that this location near greenhill road and south main street might be where "those are fairly momentous things tha happen within a fire disconnect between our leaders improve communication between the city and the firefighters. ., mayor brown recently met with jim cook . head of the important, and we need them to be there when they do their job." jim- "the mayor and i we

this... it's for the health of the city and our citizens." and there should be more meetings in the future... both agreeing communication will improve slowly... "there is a culture in built for quite a while, so that culture needed to be changed a little bit. it's going to take some time." falls fire chief should be chosen sometime in december. preventing drug overdoses may get easier in iowa. governor branstad says pharmacists can give an overdose reversal drug to people at risk. before -- a prescription was needed from a doctor or a health care professional. the effort is in response to what lieutenant governor kim reynolds calls an "opioid epidemic." nearly 30 other states have also expanded access to drugs that

has added to his cabinet-- today he chose claine chao for transportation secretary. chao served as secretary of labor under president george w. bush and deputy secretary of transportation under president george h- w bush. lots of talk about trump's tweets--last night the presidential elect tweeted -- nobody should be allowed to burn the flag-- and if they do -- there must be consequences. -- perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! still on the way today-- more y announcements from the trump nats donald trump is human services. rep. tom price/(r) georgia: destructive to their healthcare." and after this teaser from vice president elect mike pence monday evening-- mike pence/vice president-

tomorrow." more announcements could be in the pipeline today.... but on one of the thorniest issues - who will fill the coveted position of secretary of state? slated to dine with mitt romney tonight - a signal the 2012 republican protests of some of trump's top betrayed to think that governor romney would get the most prominent cabinet post after he went so far out of his way to senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. and after meeting with "was very impressed." gen. david petraeus/u.s. army (ret.): "very good conversation and national security and defense slots - could be a problematic pick. while trump continually classified information-- donald trump/(r) president- elect "she deleted the e-mails, she has to go to jail!" petraeus comes with his own baggage. he stepped down in 2012 as c-i-a director amid fallout

and was convicted of a misdemeanor for sharing classified information with his mistress. he's currently on probation in that case. we've learned the second candidate in the running to a familiar face on campus jim wohlpart has been serving as interim president since bill ruud left earlier this year. he's the second of three finalists. neil theobald is on campus today. he served as president of temple from 20-12 until august of this year. there's a public forum this afternoon -- beginning at 2-30 in the old central ballroom of maucker union. we'll learn the third candidate tomorrow morning. the board of regents meets next week to pick the new president.

cedar falls. the cedar falls school board voted to name it bess streeter aldrich elementary. she's an author who was born in cedar falls in 1881. she went to iowa state normal school -- which we now call the university of northern iowa. coming up.. this may be news to you.. you need a permit if you want to and, an important recall in place once again-- for dehumidifiers-- due to sparking up

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meteorologist now for your forecast forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: behind the cold front yesty, mild in comparison. partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a weather-maker that could bring a

flurries overnight...there most likely will not be any accumulation by sunrise on wednesday. wednesday brings the potential for a light rain/snow mix across eastern iowa. the best chance would be in our northern counties but won't rule out seeing a mix toward the south. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler - low 40s for all. pressure tracks in but sunshine might not return until friday. weekend outlook: we will have mainly sunny skies for saturday but computer models are not in agreement about sunday. we will watch it carefully. behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. partly

continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a weather-maker that could bring a few flurries overnight...there most l wednesday. wednesday brings the potential for a light rain/snow mix across eastern iowa. the best

funnel cloud stirring up in the sky yesterday. and, viewers spotted hail during the

severe weather rolled through eastern iowa yesterday. this video was sent to us from a viewer near parkersburg, with a funnel forming above butler county. butler county emergency management says -- fortunately -- the county escaped with very little damage. some roof damage, a small shed blown off its foundation and some tree limbs down. more video -- this out of grundy center. there were at least six reports of tornadoes yesterday in iowa. it's unusual for this time of year... but certainly has iowa during the month of november since 1980. the storms also brought hail -- here are a few pictures of the build-up sent to us from the parkersburg area. coming up if you have the golden can you're golden to attend the super bowl for years! and, a recall dehumidifier is in place again due to people ignoring it.

effect-- following hundreds of fires --

property damage. the recall by manufacturer "gree" involves dehumidifiers sold under 13 different brands... including "frigidaire," "g-e," and "kenmore." the company first announced the recall in 2013. it's been both updated and expanded since then. but -- people are still using the units, so the company is "re- announcing" the recall. you can log on to "gree dehumidifier recall dot com" to see if yours is covered in the recall and to get a refund. do you have the golden can? bud light is offering one lucky fan...super bowl tickets for life if you find a golden bud light can! when you find one--take a picture with the can and post it on social media with the hashtag s-b tix for life six winners will will be chosen per week... to get a pair of season tickets to the their favorite team. then from that group, the big winner will be picked during the week of january sixteenth.

food test kitchen.... today- howie is whipping up some corn pudding! but first, a look at your latest numbers from wall street and the

you like best, as well as to see if there are any specific recipes that you'd like us to come up with. one that many of you have asked for is a corn pudding that'll go great with your christmas ham or with any of your weeknight favorites. so here's a with. all we do is combine a can of cream style corn, a splash of milk, a can of whole couple of beaten eggs. to bind this together we toss in some into a casserole dish and top it minutes or so until it sort of puffs up and the top gets all that's so quick to throw together you almost feel guilty when you start getting

inside a dubuque business when a car rams into the front plus, uber drivers upset with their pay and are taking to the streets in protest. and, a massive blaze in flordia. a

good afternoon and thank you for joining us for kwwl news at noon.. i'm ally crutcher let's go to storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel now for your first forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather am today will be mild in comparison. partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. weather-maker that could bring a few flurries overnight...there most likely will not be any accumulation by sunrise on wednesday. wednesday brings the

driver crashes into a building...startling the people inside. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in east dubuque with more. this happened just after 7:30 this morning. an suv stricking the door, here at driver crashed into the front door here...shattering the glass, and breaking off some police tell me a woman was driving down montgomery ave...when her brakes went out. she ended up crossing both lanes of traffic here...then crashing into mulgrew's. i'm told about seven people were inside...some having breakfast. a man who lives right above the business heard the crash. he tells me it sounded like a cannon went off... it actually woke him out of shaken. and seemed to have some

as for those who were inside...none of them injured. but some of the glass from the door -- did hit them. in east dubuque -- shirley descorbeth, news 7 kwwl. the owners of mulgrew's say the back door. students are back in class today at ohio state after several were attacked yesterday... emergency? caller: hi, i'm at ohio state, right outside of watts hall and there is a guy who crashed his car into a bunch of people and ran out with a knife chasing down people." 11 were hurt -- including one person who has critical injuries. the attacker -- an ohio state student -- posted a rant before he plowed his car into a crowd. he wrote on what appears to be his facebook page -- that he reached a boiling point -- and made a reference to a lone wolf attack. investigators are looking into

columbus. (nats) ohio state university attacker. a u.s official telling cnn artan was a legal permanent resident originally from somalia who came to the u.s in 2014 via pakistan. authorities now looking into posts he made on his facebook page -- expressing grievances aboucrt esim against muslims posted moments before the attack -- saying quote: " back in august o-s-u's campus newspaper quoted artan in muslim. investigators are looking into possible motives police: we're always aware that that's the potential, and we're going to continue to look at that. police say just before 10 am monday morning artan

chief craig stone, osu police: he exited the vehicle and used a butcher knife to start cutting (nats) the guy ran a car through a crowd of students, he did it purposely. (nats) i'm at ohio state right a knife. (nats) we need an ambulance here fast. a minute into the attack o-s-u police officer alan horujko arrived on the scene -- confronting a knife wielding artan -- shooting him three times -- killing him. monica moll, dir. publet the officer engaged the suspect and fired shots and used deadly force to stop the threat. 11 people wounded in the attack. all are expected to survive. as the attack unfolded, students barricaded doorways to avoid becoming a victim. the campus on lock down for an hour and a half. gov. john kasich, (r) ohio: ohio state will be stronger

a prayer vigil held on campus last night. eleven people got hurt, one critically. a campus officer shot the suspect. a passenger on a plane pulls open the emergency exit door and jumps out. it happened right as the plane landed in houston. in airport surveillance video, she can be seen running across the tarmac toward the terminal. shows the aftermath, and the missing door in the emergency row. it's still unclear why the woman jumped out of the plane. she's since been taken into custody. delta airlines bans a passenger for life -- after he was caught on video insulting fellow passengers who voted for hillary clinton. the cell phone video did not capture the events that led up to the incident. delta's c-e-o apologized monday... and offered refunds to customers on board. stuck in the snow for more than

rural mountains over the weekend. family members say they were when they sent a text that they were stuck in the snow. crews found them yesterday. "we weren't planning on being started to panic a little bit today. tomorrow was gonna be burn the tire, burn the tire day. but they showed up, and we're just like, 'we're so glad to be out of there.' i just want to shower." fine. a lay's potato chip truck... burns to a crisp. this video is out of florida. no injuries were reported at the scene. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. uber drivers on strike. according to the group fight for 16 uber drivers around the country are expected to strike today to push for a 15-dollar minimum wage. uber has said in the past

markets actually average more than 19-dollars an hour. but drivers complain of aggressive fare cuts and no accounting for expenses like gas, repairs and insurance. uber does operate in some iowa cities -- but its unclear if workers here will aprticipate in the better get a permit! a man's been wearing a t-shirt reading "free hugs" and offering them to people at subway stations in canada. last week -- he said a transit officer asked him to show a his activity. he didn't have one. he says the officer flipped through his bylaw booklet until he figured this very station and i met a sharing that great moment with her, and she was talking to me what was happening to her at that moment, so it wasn't something

authority later withdrew the fine and issued a warning instead. but the man is still warned to stop offering free hugs in the subway system. coming up.. rudolph may soon deliver pizza in one country. a festive publicity stunt that's gaining a lot of attention. back with your storm track seven

"now your storm track 7

meteorologist now for your forecast forecast. from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: behind the cold front yesterday, today will be cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a

likely will not be any accumulation by sunrise on wednesday. wednesday brings the potential for a light rain/snow mix across eastern iowa. the best chance would be in our northern counties but won't rule out seeing a mix toward the south. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler - low 40s for all. pressure tracks in but sunshine might not return until friday. weekend outlook: we will have mainly sunny skies for saturday but computer models are not in agreement about sunday. we will watch it carefully. behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. partly

highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the north and low 50s to the south. winds could be a little breezy at times but for the most part won't be an issue. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a weather-maker that could bring a few flurries overnight...there most likely will not be wednesday. wednesday brings the potential for a light rain/snow mix across eastern iowa. the best chance would be in our northern counties but won't rule out seeing a mix toward the south. temperatures tomorrow will be cooler. we dry out late week as high pressure tracks in but sunshine might not return

mainly sunny skies for saturday but computer holiday weekend of shopping and deals -- today -- is giving tuesday. it's the day people are encouraged to volunteer or donate to charity. the one-day charitable giving promotion launched in 2012. coming up ... speaking of giving -- next we

marathon. dance marathon is a national movement involving over 300 colleges and universities. we raise money and awareness for children's miracle network hospitals and for the 48 miracle kiddos we support and in

money for university of iowa stead family children's hospital in iowa city. last year as an organization, we raised $370,000. we do this through various events during the year and peer-to-peer fundraising. all of the events throughout the year lead up to our big event in march which is twelve hours of dancing and hanging out with our kiddos. that involves around 1200 students." "this week, we're embarking on our annual for the kids week. we have different ways students can get involved on campus such as a de-stress event and also a talent show where many of our members embarrass themselves and auction off a date or some type

told you yesterday how the pizza delievery guy may be sporting festive publicity stunt of the season. domino's pizza in japan, appearing to get in the holiday spirit. cnn's jeanne moos reports on the possibility that the pizza delivery guy may be sporting antlers. --reporter pkg-as follows--

so bright to deliver presents when they can deliver pizza. domino's in japan says it's training reindeer at a driving school to deliver pizza in one of japan's "if a reindeer runs properly, it can go as fast as 80 kilometers per hour. it's especially fast with snow shoes." yeah well if reindeer ever deliver pizza at 50 miles an hour, domino's should expect lawsuits. nats: ho ho grandma watch out! the trainers... seemed to be having trouble reining in their pizza delivery reindeer, which would be equipped with gps devices so customers can check on their progress. (jeanne moos) "so how do you say publicity stunt in japanese?" publicity stunt--senden coy. domino's is no stranger to marketing ploys. take the edible box domino's uk dreamed up for april fools. just last month domino's in new zealand demonstrated... the pizza delivery drone. it flew to the appointed address and lowered a pizza. company officials in new zealand say that in the next couple of years drones could make up 25 percent of deliveries. and before the

nats: the big day arrived the pizza delivery robot. with a top speed of about 12 miles per hour, it can't take to the highway, but it can chat with customers and dodge obstacles. from high tech... to low tech...is that tomato sauce making rudolph's nose red? jeanne moos cnn ny obstacles. from high tech... to low tech...is that tomato sauce making rudolph's

noon. our next newscast is tonight at five.

>> victor: only reason we have that damn cranberry concoction is because sonny likes it, and he doesn't even show up. >> maggie: his mother is facing a major life decision. and depending on said decision, his parents might reconcile, so he decided to stay with them instead of his grumpy great-uncle. the lout. >> vicr: earth-changing decision. 's a no-brainer. it's like trying to choose between beirut and the bahamas for a fun weekend. >> maggie: victor just loves thanksgiving. it always brings out the best in him. >> philip: it's easier to be mad at sonny than scared about brady. >> victor: oh, don't try and analyze me. >> maggie: even if he's right? i'm worried too. >> victor: he should be with his family. he's grieving.