Chance for rain showers by evening and into the overnight. Theres a chance for light rain road today, specificially in bremer and northern black hawk counties. A semi truck jacknifing on highway 218 near waverly. The driver lost control because of the Road Conditions kwwls olviia mancino was on the scene for us today she joiis us now live back in our newsroom as our storm track seven team has advised before. When there are flurries like this, thats when the roads are most unsalted, it caused a lot of problems for lead to this accident on highway of his semi causing him to was light, which uade it easier for the driver to lose control. Car nat the roads were the worst in bremer and northern counties. Iowa stat patrol saying their deputies in were busy well into the evening, dealing with accidents now kyle rotz was out and about on the roads friday. I roads are pretty slick rotz works for the county plowing roads he says its imporant for people to take it slow. Snow like this causes a surprising number f accidents. Although its not snowing anymore there still is some black ice out there. So be careful, especially when slowing down at stoplights watch out for those slick spots weve got you covered live in the thanks olivia. Elsewhere, even more flurries flying todaybut these ones, n made the weather has finally cooperated enough for Sundown Mountain in dubuque to get their hills ready kwwls brad hanson joins us live now from sundown. And brad, those guns have been working pretty hard. They sure have beenthe general manager tells me theyve been running nonstop for virtually two days. All in an effort to finally get skiiers and snowboarders on the slopes. Skiiers and Sundown Mountain in dubuque are on at full blastcoating the slopes with the snow youve so desperately craved this year. mark gordon, general manager, Sundown Mountain the last couple of days have been fantastic. Particularly last night, we were able to make much more snow than we thought we would, so you can kinda see around us here its starting to turn white, which makes us very happy. Because Mother Nature hasnt been very cooperative, they hav to make almost all the snow themselves. Meltdown. And we pushed the the hill. All told, thats three to six feet on every part of the many others, too. Ive kinda been smiling all day. Nights, figuring out when we can get open. We can see that were going to be opening pretty soon, and that makes everybody happy. We wawat to get a goodd product for our cussmers, they want to come out, theyve been calling us, so were absolutely thrilled. As for their official opening tentatively planning to open on sunday. You can find a link that will give you the most up to date information on our website at kwwl. Com. Weve got you covered live here in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl sundown is also hosting a jingle jam event tomorrow, and theyll have a rail set up for those of you who just cant wait any longer. The state offiowa today terminated the medicaid contract of wellcare of iowa. Wellcarr is one of the four Companies Selected to manage iowas medicaid program. An iowa Administrative Law judge recommended the wellcare contract be terminated because of an unfair bidding process. Iowas department of Administrative Services director, janet phipps, agreed with the recommendation of an Administrative Law judge that the contract be tossed outt in addition, phipps said wellcare failed to disclose a corporate integrity agreement with the federal govenment, concerning 2014 fraud against three of its former executives, which brought 137 Million Dollars in fines against wellcare. Wellcare has 20 days to peal and says it will do so. Thousands of people coming out today for the 6th annual battle of waterloo wrestling tournament more than thirty High School Teams from around iowa all gathering in waterloo today and through the weekend to take part in this premier wrestling event this tournament has a huge Economic Impact on the city of waterloo bringing nearly 300thusands dollars in for the city as athletes and their families populate local hotels, restaurants and shops. The impact of just bringing this tournamenttill continue tomorrow. Well have full coverage of tonights brackets in our sports later in our newscase a man accused of killing his daughter makes a Court Appearance to try to block out statements he made to police. 62year old robert stern of dubuque is charged with first degree murger. Today stern walked into court with chains around his wrists and ankles. He allegedly admitted to police he killed his 27 yearold daughter, kkberly stern in their dubuque home on june 9 using three seperate guns to do it. Sterns attorneys claim he did not intelligently waive his miranda rights when he admitted to the crime. Because of his mental health. Was a form used in the process of informing mr. Stern of his miranda rights . No. His attorneys want certain to be excluded from next months trial. That date is set for january twenty sixth. A fire re through a hhuse in compton, california this afternoon. This aerial video shows the house fully engulfed. As the flames shot high into the sky. The fire reportedly started in a carport that involved five cars. There are no reports of injuries. Decision 2016. Gop president ial candidate Carly Fiorina in dubuque today. She spoke to more than 60 mcgraw hill education employees during a town hall meeting. During her talk, she touted her zerobased budget plan, and tried to strengthen her position as a washington outsider looking to washington. President ial candidate ben carson delivered a stump speech this morning that mostly dropped his recent references to Foreign Policy and National Security. Carson held a town hall in a college auditoriuu in storm lake. During his remarks. He denied any notion that he holds biases against islam. But argued immigrants must accept what he sees as classic American Values and principles. S dr. Ben carson r roosevelt had in 1907 where he our shores as long as they want to be americans, as long as they gone from carsons speech were references to his trip to jordan, combating isis, and preparing americans for terror attacks. Ideas he has focused on recently. The battleship iowa will be celebrating the hawkeyes trip to the rose bowl with a free pep rally. The event will be held in front of the battleship iowa on thursday, deccber 31 from 1212p. M. To 5 p. M in san pedro, california. The public is encouraged to show their support and wear their hawkeyes team colors of black and gold. And ii youre still looking for tickets to the grand daddy of them all, ticket prices on Third Party Sites such as stubhub have begun to decline. Tickets for upper level seats are now starting at around 200 dollars. The tickets for the lowwr level seats are running between 400 and 800 dollars. Coming up on kwwl. A ceo recently arrested, resigns from his position. And a woman is grief struck when she learns she lost the diamond from her wedding ring. For your complete weather anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsive and reckless, like donald trump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial National Security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio . Support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible t information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team good evening im meteorologist kyle kiel. We start you ouuwith some pictures of the snow that tracked through the kwwl viewing area earlier today. It wasnt a lot of snow, but it caused a lot of problems on area roadways and highways. Heres a look at the snow covering the ground and the roadways. Educed visibility at times across eastern iowa. Fortunately, the roadways have cleared up quite a bit across eastern iia. Threat tracker shows a mostly clear sky tonight. It will be quite cold with lows tomorrow will be mostly sunny. And we will see a windy day ahead of our next system on sunday, and there could be some afternoon drizzle and areas of showers leading into sunday night. Heres a look at the storm track 7 Live Weather Network cameras across the arere. Looks like Road Conditions have improved quite a bit. There may still be a few slick spots on the roadways late tonight into early tomorrow morning, so do be careful if you are doing any traveling. Heres the storm track7 live dopplererradar. The snow we had early today has tracked well off to the east. A wider view of satellite and radar shows that snow system producing some lake effect snow in michigan, but our eastern iowa. High pressure keeps our weather ququet for saturday. We will continue to see clouds decrease across the area overnight. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny. Maybe just a few passing clouds, but it will be much nicer than what the weather was today across eastern iowa. Saturday night clouds wiwi be on the increase as a warm front tracks through the area. Our overnight lows will be reached early, and then we will see rising temperatures into the day on sunday. For tonight, the snow will come to an end, with gradual decrease in the clouds overniniht. With temperatures below freezing there will be slicks spots on the roadways, so use caution. Here is the forecast temperatures back in the lower to middle 30s across the area. Winds will be south 5 to 10 miles perrhour with mostly sunny skies. Campaign for the Salvation Army continues tomorrow , as ally crutchr goes to the Coralville Walmart store. But tonight,t,a huge thank you to jeff gann and everyone at the main Street Social Club of cedar falls. For another big donation to the Salvation Army. A 250. 00 donation to my kettle, as they did last year. Over the years, theyve donated more than 79thousand dollars to various cedar valley causes. Thanks agai. Martin shkreli resigned from Turing Pharmaceuticals earlier today. His resignation comes after hes arrested accused of illegally taking stock from a firm he started to pay off other debts. Earlier this ear he sparkk National Outrage by increasing the price of a life saving drug by five thousand percent earlier this year. A lost wedding diamond is back in good hands tooght. After a will. After losing the diamond out of her less than two yearold ring. A gena woman got the surprise of her life. Reporter eamon omemera brings us the heartwarming story. Driving home from a i happened to glance at my hand and noticed that the entiri diamond out of my wedding band was mimiing. Immediateey panic set ii. Katie Swantek diamond owner 12 15 it was a moment of complete hysterical mess. The diamond is insured. But that wasnt the point for katie. Married in july of this year so i haven even had it f f two years but its such a huge part of my life already. She called each store she had been to. And posted a plea for help on facebook. Luckily for katie. Shirley echtenkamp at goodwill has a shshrp eye. shirley echtenkamp diamond the floor, you know just this diamond. shirley echtenkamp diamond finder 49 52 couldnt believe it, tha we actually found t. When she picked it up for words. Katie Swantek of people and so i scooted out of stand up eamon omeara reporting 1 031 14 katie originally thought the diamond must have fallen out in the parking lot of one of the many stores she had been to, meaning it would be almost impossible to find. Which made the phone call she got tuesday night alal the more surprising. Katie Swantek diamond owner 1 151 26 i never thought in a million that find it and turn it in. Everyone truly does care for everyone else. shirley echtenkamp diamond finder 1 271 29 im glad that i could help her out, ieally am. Katie says it wasnt just help. Katie Swantek diamond owner 1 311 33 its a christmas miracle, it really is. The night sessions continues at coming up next. And unis Deiondre Hall is named to another post season award list. Tournament got underwaa this morning. The meet features 32 teams from around the state its now well start with alburnett freshman Jaymus Wilson at 106 pounds wilson had a couple big sot wilson victories from izaakk shedenhlem at 195 and sam platt at 106 for the 4530 win over osage sot platt on to independence Hunter Crawford with the sot crawford but it wasnt enough iss the mustangs fall 4028 finally we get to new hampton who suffered three straight falls. To put them behind davenport assumption 2920 anan i want to makksure i get this across. I had to leave due to time after those three pins. New fye gets a pin at 120 pounds and the chickasaws take doww top ranked assumption 3829 some Girls High School basketball action tonight Dubuque Wahlert visiting waterloo west First Quarter grgrat cross couut pass finds alli osterberger. And alli finds the bottom of the net. Then its Charlotte Flynn off a steal. Pull jay from the free stripe. Banks it in Golden Eagles uu60 wahawks fighting back natracia ceasar off a rebound and shes gonna take it coast to coast for little contact and gets it to fall west down 84. Wahlert back on the attack though Krystal Tranel three balll is good. I zoomed in on the wrong player here sorry crystal eagles were up 114 at the end of one no word on a the post season awards continue to pile up for uni senior defensive back Deiondre Hall as it was announced today that he was named to the walter camp fcsall american team. The m mssouri valley conference defensive player of the year has been named to 5 different all paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big moy, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Frontrunner, donald trump will be holding a rallying in cedar rapids. The event begins two pm saturday and will be held at the veterans ssrm track sevenneteorologiss kyle kiel has a final look at your forecast. Heres the storm track 7 day forecast. We have warming temperatures on sunday, and we will keep those warmer temperatures through the work week. Winter starts on monday night. Christmas even and christmas look warmer than steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests channing tatum, john boyega, musical guests, young peoples chorus of new york city, and featating the legendary roots crew. 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