Court avenue security. Violence near the court avenue Business District has raised security concerns recently. What the city is planing to do about it. Remembering austin. In the middle of a championship match, a Spencer High School wrestler collapses and dies later at the hospital. How the community is honoring austin roberts. Madrid remembers. He was a larger than life figure who put his community on the map when it comes to athletics. How the community of madrid os reacting to the sudden death of randy hinkel. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Tonight. Recent violence has brought safety concerns to light near downtowns court avenue Business District. In the past, offduty Police Officers have provided an extra safety net while patrolling late at night. Justin surrency explains why that wont be happening over the forward. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are not around. That concern is offduty officers working the court avenue district has gone dry. The funding for the offduty officers has been exhausted, weve always had officers assigned to those beats, friday and saturday they step up patrols and thats not going to change. The worries a mother who wishes to remain anonymous. We cant ignore it, kids need to be aware. Her son along with his friend were brutally beaten near court avenue in february. His physical wounds have healed but mentally, i think its something that will be with him the rest of his life. And just days after thanksgiving one sent to the hospital. Its just a shame and shouldnt have to happen to anyone else, its just set cr businesses along court av to pitch in and ie through this and nonte foquit ntinue those and eifh a ths pakig oo shoudn havtwry i ie lkonyboeig. Tnli och. 58ested inmart mtrt aon. Nda i coch iowa history to win 300 wins. Hinkel also left his mar clssom. As a social sties teacher. Today. The students who played for hinkel had semester tet one player said it was hard to come to school today, but he coach would have wanted. Cmuty in northwestern iowa is mourning a High School Wrestler fgtn fra championship title. Fcl syati rbt collapsed during a championship match at a tournament in spencer saturday. He later dil,bt hrs still no word on the cause of death. Roberwsompeing in the 220pound weight category. A School Superintendent says hidt is a shock to his classmates. this morning there were a lot o ys of things, but there were also some laughs, talking about stories about auin as stt that was bigger than life in many ways, a large young a 20pune sue, wih a laugh as big as any room you can put him in. Good kid csita s offering grief counseling at Spencer High School this wee a short cut for two deer hunters turned out not to be a good idea on ny. 49 year old terry garvey, and his 13 year old son, both from cdni were deer hunting in the Willow SloughGame Management area on the shore they broke thru a little bit of ice to make their way across, eventually the two were waste high in cold water, and experiencing some crampin. Su res rom red oak, malvern, glenwood, and emmerson helpedge hear tusngres. They were taken to a couilblfhspta fr treatment. Enhough the temperatures have been unseasonably warm so far this year that water is still pretty colda ytm or immersed in that ouretve uikyto someone. Even though this pair of hunters meant to break out the ice while walking the dnr cautions against walking on any ice in this warrthn usual december weather. Its the last day to weigh in on the iowa drs rpoe alcohol policy. Right now. Beer and wine are allowed in state parks and recreation areas. But the dnr says its considering the ban afterseeing ptten of excessive drinking at several state beaches. And theyre akn fofeback from the public. A similar ban was proposed fiveyears ago, but it didnt go anywhere. Winter officially begins tonight. Butyu oudt knw t rom the weather outside. Meteorologist ed wilson jois us now with a quick look at the forecast. Hi ed. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is ao chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the wr oil 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. And Sexual Assault have a new tool to help keep themselves safe. Every iowan. Find them. Safe at home is an address Confidentiality Program for victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, stalking and other violent crimes. The Program Gives survivors a substitute address to use. Their legal, certified mail, prescriptions and government packages arrive at a substitute address and are then forwarded to the confidential addresses. It prevents the participants addresses from appearing on public records. The program goes into effect january first. Theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up next. Christmas is just around the corner, but it certainly does not feel like it. What some people are thinking about adding to their christmas list this year. Then later. At 930. International instability. A suicideboming kills where it happened and whos taking responsibility. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. Youre watching the with temperatures in the 40s and 50s, its hard for many to get into the christmas spirit. And this unseasonably warm weather is even reaching up into minnesota. Courtney godfrey is in minneapolis where the temperatures are up and some residents say. Theyre hoping for a white christmas. Where theres usually a crunch of snow under your feet. And a symphony of blades on the lake. Is a warming hut that sits on a bed of green grass. And an ice rink that still shows signs of summer. Martin says im usually ice skating on lake of the isles. But instead. 9yearold Campbell Brown is spending christmas break rolling instead of gliding. Martin says id love to have a white christmas, but i dont think were going to have one. With the minneapolis found in store windows and street decorations. Kirkpatrick says we all want the christmas tingleys around christmas time and snow does that for me. So it dampens the spirit a little bit. Even the transplants. Who usually fear the snow. Say the lack of it. Esquire says theres no snow. This is crazy, i expected a blizzard. Just isnt right. Esquire says i feel like im back in california, because this is exactly how it is in california. And while hennepin avenue channels its inner rodeo drive. The elves get used to grass under their sleds. Kirkpatrick says i believe in christmas miracles and i believe snow might happen. Because shoppers know its not christmas list. Ed ad lib weather tease on set tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for do you know the secret to a happy home in these modern times . Its a housewife whos in control of the finances. Actually, any wife, husband, or human person can use progressives name your price tool to take control of their budget. And while the men do the hard work of making money, she can get all the Car Insurance options her little heart desires. Or the women might do the hard work of making money. [ chuckling ] women dont have jobs. Is this guy for real . Modernizing Car Insurance with thats enough out of you the name your price tool, only from progressive. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into a young girls hard work is making a difference. And she does it one hair bow at a time. I just wanted to make sure other kids wouldnt have to lose their friend like i did. How much anja gjullin is helping hopes help others. This is the season of giving, and one 7th Grade Student gave a lot this year, in honor of her best friend. Megan reuther has her story. 55 11 everyone is really thought through. Each hairbow is made with love. 54 26 these take a little more time to do gjullin. 51 52 these are some of the smaller ones that you can come in for christmas season. The twelve year old started making the bows in march. 54 46 i started then realized her hardwork could make a difference. 44 29 i was inspired by my best friend erin, who passed away two years ago. Anja makes and sells the bows at farmers markets and at her moms store, the walnut street gallery in uptown ankeny. She donates a third of her sales to help kids fighting cancer at blank Childrens Hospital. 47 14 we met in 3rd grade, and we played together at recess and everything. I went to all her birthday parties, and we had a lot of fun together. And then in 4th grade she got diagnosed with leukemia. 47 55 its been a few years, and last year when i started it was about 18 months, so i didnt really do anything, and it took me a while to understand. Standup 9 22 and this year, blank Childrens Hospital is trying to help more young kids raise money for the hospital, as well as recognize them through the new shining stars program. Brenna 3 51 we get a lot of calls from students doing a campaign in their school or even a Lemonade Stand on their block, so we wanted to help support them in that. We created some poster templates, fun facts about blank, there are photos launched the shining stars Philanthropy Program in may. So far, student donors have raised ten thousand dollars. They are listed on the digital donor wall in blanks lobby and on its website. Brenna 5 04 it makes a huge difference. We say every dollar makes a big difference, but collectively kids in our community are making a huge impact. 51 27 well, this is the one i wore to donate the money. Anja brought a thousand dollar check to blank Childrens Hospital this fall. She hopes one day there wont be a need to help kids fight cancer. 48 21 thats what i really want to happen, and i think that science can do it. And, i want to be a doctor when i grow up, so maybe ill help that too. For now, shell make a difference with these hairbows. 51 37 as you can see it has these cancer ribbons on it. Theres still much more to come just ahead deadly crash. Whos been arrested. For crashing her car into a crowd on the las vegas strip. And who was killed. Coming up in sports. Iowa state drops in the polls, and an honor for a hawkeye walk on. Suicideboming kills halfdozen [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. American soldiers. Where it happened and whos taking responsibility. Defiant president. Amid the unease across the country about the ongoing battle against isis. What he told National Public radio. About the terror groups threat to the homeland. Water rights. A long awaited deal between two groups normally on opposites of the argument. Why the deal may soon go down the drain. Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 the taliban says it is behind the deadly suicide bombing that has taken the lives of a halfdozen american soldiers and wounded two others. Steve rappoport has more from new york. American troops targeted once again by the taliban in afghanistan. Six American Service members killed monday by a suicide bomber near bagram air base. The taliban ramming a motorcycle packed with explosives into american troops on foot patrol with their afghan counterparts. 2 other americans were wounded, as well as 1 interpreter. Defense secretary ash carter saying in a statement, quote, our troops are working diligently alongside our afghan partners to build a Brighter Future for the afghan people. Their dedicated efforts will continue despite this tragic event. But the optimism of his message isnt reflected by recent reports from afghanistan. Lawmakers on capitol hill now putting pressure on the obama risk losing the country to the taliban. Corker says were continuing to lose territory, lose momentum, the status in afghanistan today is were moving in a very negative direction on the ground. Those fears compounded by the fragile situation in helmand province. Where afghan troops are fighting back after the taliban took the weekend. Helmand is a key prize because its taliban for years. Afghan forces now vowing to stop the insurgency before it can grow. Ibrahim says we are fighting to remove taliban from this area, therefore, we need support from the afghan army to stay here and help us. Right now the area is controlled by the taliban. there are some 9800 american troops currently stationed in afghanistan. Mondays attack brings the us death toll this year to 20. In new york, steve rappoport, fox news president obama insists his but. He concedes he has not done a good job of communicating about it. Kevin corke is traveling with the president and reports tonight from honolulu. Obama says i think that there is a legitimate criticism of what ive been doing. President obama. Telling National Public radio. That his administrations lack of messaging about the fight against isis. Not its policies. Are behind growing anxiety about the terror group. Obama says we havent, you kn, on a regular basis i think described all the work that weve been doing for more than a year now to defeat isil. But lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say theres much more to whats worrying americans than just faulty white house messaging. Mcconnell says without American Leadership nothing is going to happen. The president of the United States needs to step up and say, ok, here is the plan. Schiff says while the broad outlines of what the president wants to do i think are the right ones, its not going fast enough, the pace is not going fast enough. Graphics fox poll this as 27 of americans in our latest fox news survey now rank terrorism the most important issue dramatically since august. With the president s much talked about climate change. Far, far down the list at just 6 percent. Obama says this is not a huge Industrial Power that can pose great risks to us institutionally or in a systematic way. But they can hurt us. And hurt us they have. Including the recent attack on san bernardino. A sobering reminder of the impact and reach of isis and those they inspire. A threat. Seemingly downplayed by the president. The commanderinchief says this latest strategy targets isis where theyre most active in iraq and syria. With increased airstrikes. More special forces operators. More intelligence sharing with strategic partners, targeting isis financing and a ramped up effort to combat its online messaging. To little affect. Say critics who accuse the president of being tone deaf on the issue of terror. Sununu says this president continues to fiddle while the middle east burns. New details are emerging in the deadly crash on the las vegas strip. The Clark County District Attorneys Office says the 24 year old driver, Lakeisha Holloway will be charged with one count of murder. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says holloway deliberately drove her car onto a sidewalk and repeatedly plowed into a group of pedestrians killing one and injuring over thirty others. It happened sunday right in front of the paris hotel and casino. Deputies say holloway then drove to a nearby hotel, told the valet what she did and asked them to call police. 481 05we tested blood. We recovered blood subsequent to her arrest. She did not demonstrate signs of being under the influence of alcohol but we had a drug recognition expert respond to the scene and determined that he belief she was on some sort of stimulant. Three year old child in the car at the time of the incident. The child was not injured. So far there is no word on a motive. The District Attorney says more charges could be filed. Lindsey graham is ending his campaign for president. The republican senator from South Carolina told cnns kate bolduan in his words quote ive hit a wall here. Well, my campaign, im going to suspend my campaign. Im not going to suspend my desire to help the country. Graham made the official announcement in an email to supporters and a Youtube Video posted this morning. The decision comes just days after the cnn republican president ial debate in las vegas. Graham was widely viewed as dominating the undercard debate. Clean energy is one of the issues in play in oregon as residents fight over how best to use one of the regions primary resources. Dan springer has the story. Potato packinga packing plant near Klamath Falls in Southern Oregon is preparing to ship the remainder of this years potato harvest. The worry here is that it could be the the problem is water and a congress that for 5 years has failed to give its approval to a hard fought deal that shares the resource between farmers and fish. And expires december 31st. Lambert says i never could have imagined that a bipertisan, locally driven solution to one of the most challenging Natural Resources in the country would fail to see congressional action. The Sticking Point in washingtonis dam removal. The agreement calls for 4 dams on the Klamath River to be torn down. 400 feet of concrete and 145 megawatts of clean power. It would be the largest dam breach in u. S history. Topping the removal of washington states elwha dam in 2012. Surrounding county governments dollars in tax revenue and more. Mallams says this does show a significant amount of taming the our Natural Resources for the betterment of mankind, not just for fish. Basin have done a 180 on the water. And specifically the agreement with environmentalists. Compromise gave them certainty, but now with the deal chaos. We want water. Hundreds protested in 2001 when the federal government shut the endangered sucker fish. Since then courts senior water right. Leading to more shutoffs. The tribes say if the dams dont go and the water deal expires. Gentry says all the gloves come off. Yes, there will definitely be shut offs to the ag community. Walden says we know its going to be the National WeatherService Today issued a winter storm warning for parts of northern california. Forecasters say strong storm systems will bring heavy mountain snow this week. Snow rates of more than one inch per hour are expected tonight. Lower elevations could see accumulation of up to 14inches, with more than twofeet of new snow at higher elevations. See temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances this is the channel 13 news at tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Expect clearing skies by tuesday morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. Therchance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. Ad lib weather toss back and iowa state was playing with fire, it caught up to them on saturday. The loss to uni drops the cyclones 6 spots in the latest ap poll. Isu now ranked 11th, first time outside the top 10 this year. Cyclones are still 9 and 1, after losing to the panthers in the big 4 classic, and still plenty of games left. No need to hit the panic button. It doesnt get any easier for iowa state. Tomorrow night the first true road test of the season. At number 22 cincinnati heres the latest top 10. Michigan state still number 1 followed by kansas, oklahoma, maryland and virginia. Xavier is 6th followed by north carolina, arizona, butler and providence. Iowa and uni are both receiving votes. Wes washpun loves the big stage and it showed against iowa state. The Panther Point guard is named the Missouri Valley player of the week, washpun scored a career high 28 points on 8 of 10 shooting. Also dished out 11 assists and grabbed 7 rebounds. The senior can do it all. The hard work in the offseason is paying off. Panthers now head to the diamond head classic iowas mvp at the big 4 classic was a walkon from bettendorf. Nicholas baer, not even on scholarship, named big 10 freshman of the week. Baer had a Breakout Game against drake 13 points, 7 rebounds 6 blocks Fran Mccaffery says baer will but right now the walkon is earning every minute of playing time. Baer and the hawks back in action tomorrow night at home against tennessee tech. After a 12 win rebuilding season last year north Boys Basketball is back. Polar bears are off to a 6 and 1 start and have loads of talent this year. A couple incoming transfers, a star freshman point guard, and experience. The goals are lofty, and as always they want to prove the doubters wrong. Polar bears dont play again till hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for just 70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards yes switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see temperatures just into the 20s. Morning. There will be much warmer temperatures tuesday. Highs will zip back to the upper 40s. The extra sunshine and warm sw wind will help warm us up. Wednesday will be wet. There is a good chance for rain through the day. 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