own." martrell--moving in with "lived with us for awhile and then him and my daughter had a baby so they have a five year father is gone. "she loves him a lot you know they're young but he was a good picked her up from daycare." marianah's mother--telling us --he loved her--his family--and his friends. "he had three best friends, keenan, demontrae and shaq who have been here for him through everything, they've been had--more than anything else. "i don't know what the investigations outcome is going to be of the accident but for the sake of his five-year-old i would like everybody to remember what kind of father he was to his daughter." a father--who made a promise--those close to him are hoping to fulfull. "he promised marianah a princess carriager car from walmart, that big hot item you know what i mean. he told her that that would be the only

often that her dads getting her that car so that is our number one goal to make sure she has that on christmas." they're plan --to sign the present---love dad. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. live in cedar rapids-- kristin friends and family are welcome to go to a candlelight vigil for martrell on thursday night at seven-- that address is on our website kwwl dot com. while you're there... you can hear from those who knew the other victim - 22-year-old kaitlyn hall... that story is also on our website. a driver now faces drunk driving

into a waterloo police officer's squad car it happened early this morning on highway 20. erick anderson was arrested after the crash officer nissen was hit head on...saying he saw anderson coming- but couldn't avoid the crash the lights and sirens were on at the time. no one is hurt. we now know the names of the two men seriously injured in a highway 63sh allegedly trying to pass a semi-tractor trailer around eight a-m. near hudson he apparently lost control and ran into a truck driven by 36 year old jeffrey salasek both men were taken to the hospital the driver of the semi-- robert irwin- was not taken to the hospital let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for the first look at your

it's sunny...a lot different than yesterday...any chance of snow in the forecast? from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl comparison. partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 40s to the part won't be an issue. tonight, overnight...there most likely will not be any accumulation by for a light rain/snow mix across eastern iowa. the best chance would be in our northern a business is damaged after a woman crashes right into it. it happened just after seven-30 this morning at mulgrew's tavern in east dubuque, illinois. police say the woman was driving down the street when her brakes went out. she ended up crossing both lanes of traffic...

happen. "it was just like a loud cannon going off. woke me up out of bar." the driver of the s-u-v suffered some injuries. she was taken to an area front door of the mulgrew's bar." the driver of the s-u-v suffered some injuries. she was taken to an area decision 20-16 coverage tongight.... two well-known names have been added to the ranks of president-eleal trump naming georgia congressman tom price as his health and human services secretary ... and former labor secretary elaine chao is expected to take over the department of transportation. trump also causing a stir today on social media after this tweet saying "nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag- if they do, there must be consequences- perhaps loss of citizenship or

and as trump continues electing people to his administration...a former presidential candidate is continuing to urge for recounts jill stein has filed a petition to recount presidential votes in pennsylvania. the former green party presidential candidate has also pushed for recounts in wisconsin and michigan. the wisconsin elections commission will start a recount later this week. stein speaking out on what she jill stein (g) former presidential candidate: "we have not said that we want to change this is going toth deserve to have confidence in our vote. we're not here to help one candidate or hurt the other. all recounts need to be completed by december thirteenth and... senator chuck grassley meeting with senator jeff sessions today in washington... sessions is trump's pick for u-s attorney general...and a republican from alabama grassley says they talked about a

criminal justice reform a kwwl follow-up tonight... a miraculous recovery has doctors in awe... a seven-year-old suffers a serious brain injury after being hit by a pickup truck in waterloo now...he's up, tossing a ball around take a look at video from the accident in october leighton pullin was flown to the university of iowa hospitals with life-threatening injuries... police say he crossed into west eleventh street in waterloo....and was hit by a truck. he had numerous brain surgeries..and was in a medically induced coma for weeks. now, things looking much brighter for little leighton kww'ls lauren moss has been following this story, since it broke she joins us now with his update, lauren... leighton strong- that's what his

covenant's rehab center. and after weeks of no response...leighton is now communicating with his hands as you can see his newest activity...stacking pegs on top of each other you can see how he picks up one...then places it back down i went to visit him today- he cant speak yet..but when his family asks him a question, he replys with either a thumbs up or a thumbs down. with some help, he's sitting up- and can even toss back a ball.. just unresponnsive..now his smile speaks a thousand words. his grandma is calling it nothing short of a miracle. we put it in god's hands and i cant tell you what it feels miracle. we never thought we would see this, just a week ago . his doctors and nurses are taking things day by day.. he has a long, long road a head of him..but he's fighting hard

by the way, leighton's family says he loves super heroes. i asked him about it today and got a big smile back today.. a very special moment. lauren moss, news seven, kwwl. the expenses have been a lot on the family, a family friend is asking for christmas gifts to send to leighton, if you are interested in helping visit our website kwwl.com fighting fires...now fighting for better communication and.... major wildfires...causing evacuations, destruction, and concern that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. and wn heyou see news - or if you have pictures or video to share... you can do that by going to our page on facebook. you can also "like" our page to

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--------- --------- --------- "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your full forecast. is there any snow in the forecast? from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. partly cloudy skies average in the mid 40s to the 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 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

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. some keep it sunny, others bring in some precipitation. we will watch it carefully. behind the cold front yesterday, today will be mild in comparison. partly cloudy skies will continue through daytime hours. highs today will be above average in the mid 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 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

pressure tracks in but sunshine might not return until friday. behind the cold front yesterday, 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. tonight, additional clouds begin to track in ahead of a weather-maker that could bring a few flurries overnight...there most likely 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. we dry out late week as high pressure tracks in but sunshine might not return until friday. weekend outlook: we will have mainly sunny skies for saturday but computer models

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eastern iowa firefighters are working with their city to address a concern they've had for many years... they feel they are being left out of important decisions made that impact them... and they don't know why. now, they're taking a ste kwwl's amanda gilbert has that when moments like this happen... the cedar falls firefighters are on the scene... here to protect ... standup: "cedar falls firefighters recently found out from the media... who the finalists for their next fire chief would be... and that this their new public safety building would be." jim- head of firefighter union "those are fairly momentous things tha happen within a fire department's life. a new building and a new chief. and to find out from the media, that and the staff of the

improve communication between the city and the firefighters. ., mayor brown recently met with jim cook . head of the cedar falls fire union. mayor: what they do is so important, and we need them to talked, we both want to improve this.. .we need to improve this... it's for the health of the city 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." cedar falls firefighters saying

department. and...another big decision coming soon.... mayor brown says the next cedar falls fire chief should be chosen sometime in december. still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... raging wildfires, evacuations, and destruction and.... a star football player...dies at age 65 --------- --------- ---------

all-american and iowa state football player...has died at 65 jerry moses was one of the biggest contributors to the success of the waterloo east football program in the sixties and seventies.... he had a seven yearea streak in the trojans...racking up 56 touchdowns moses continued his career at iowa state...but it was cut short by injuries investigators now saying the alleged ohio state attacker was influenced by isis police naming somali-native student abdul razak ali artan as

into a group of students... then proceeding to stab them with a knife authorities now looking into posts razak made on his facebook page -- expressing grievances against muslims moments before the attack the driver accused of intentionally crashing a school bus that killed six children...appears in court today johnthony walker faces five counts of vehicular homicide among other charges in the chattanooga crash likely please not guilty if indicted this was the second time in two months that walker was involved in an accident while driving a bus investigators have uncovered the black box of a plane that crashed in colombia...killing 75 people the black box may be used to find out exactly what caused the crash it wass carrying members of a brazlian soccer team.... six people survived... mangles wreckage is all that

according to authorities, the plane lost radar contact because of an electrical failure. southeastern wildfires threatening a popular resort town... overnight - hundreds of people ordered to leave their homes and hotels in tennessee over 30 homes and businesses burned to the ground you can see the roaring fires...smokey roads...and lava fire officials investigating the cause as arson rainfall is expected in that area...forecasters thinkha tt will help still to come on the k-w-w-l news at five... we're taking a trip back to the future...with these futuristic kicks --------- ---------

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