The fund provides assistance to veterans that really need it. Things like dental care and eyeglasses. Thank you for what you provide to the iowa veterans. Its huge, and without this stream of money, it probably wouldnt be possible. Vanessa then the rest of the proceeds go to the state general fund, which funds public education, agricultural programs, Law Enforcement programs. I buy a ticket because i think it helps out the state. Vanessa last year, the fund saw 74. 5 million. Of course, lottery Officials Say this year, itll be a lot more than that. Live in des moines, vanessa peng, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Mark the only thing being snapped up as fast as powerball tickets today are wild rumors about tonights drying. The iowa lottery says one rumor is that tonights powerball drawing has been cancelled. Thats not true. The drawing is tonight at 9 59. The other rumor is that the iowa that is also not true. Tickets for the drawing are going ahead as scheduled. Stacey millions of powerball players will be waiting for the winning numbers. Just make sure they are the right numbers before you start to celebrate. Powerball 17 yeah stacey this is after saturdays powerball drawing. Employees at a new jersey restaurant pooled their money to buy tickets. When they read the numbers off a website, they had all the matching numbers. Problem is, the website they were looking at still had the numbers from the previous drawing. So no jackpot, just a lot of dashed dreams. I realized that something that was desperately, seriously wrong. You guys had been steve harveyd. Yes, we had. Stacey so dont be fooled. Watch for the actual drawing live tonight at here on kcci. 9 59 p. M. , right before kcci 8 news at 10 00. Mark Des Moines Police looking for the gunman who shot a driver shooting happened at 1100 19th street just north of 235. ,the shooting happened just before 2 00 this morning. The Victim Told Police he got lost leaving a friend zone and started following another vehicle thinking that driver knew the way out. That driver stopped, got out and , started shooting. The victim was hit in the shoulder. Hes being treated at a des moines hospital. Stacey the first degree murder trial of joe lopez came to an abrupt halt, after lopezs girlfriend said something on the witness stand noone expected. Kim, what did she say . Kim the judge says her statement on the witness stand is prejudicial, meaning it would unfairly sway the jury, so there was no way they could continue hearing the case. 7 words throws out more than 2 days of testimony. He would force sexual intercourse with me. On on nisa alvarez caught on orange Kim Nisa Alvarez caught everyone off guard when prosecutors asked about her relationship with lopez. Hes accused of murdering her i am declaring a mistrial. Counsel for the parties [applause] no more outbursts or i will clear the courtroom. Onkim lopezs defense mistrial, but say this means a wasted. Drake legal expert bob rigg says the case doesnt go away, it just starts over. I can anticipate that the defense is going to file what we can a motion eliminy that would prohibit the mother from talking about any type of Sexual Assault that occured. Kim prosecutors can file new charges based on nisas new allegations. No word yet on whether that will happen. Lopezs next trial is expected to start in may. Mark . Mark new information about a boone apartment fire. Investigators say fireplace ashes placed in a Cardboard Box started a fire that spread along the building monday. The tenant who put the ashes in the box thought they were cool. The fire spread to the apartments attic. The building is considered a thankfully all the tenants got , out safely. Stacey charges dropped against two people in connection with a fight in glenwood that injured a High School Principal and resulted in charges against a former isu basketball player. Mills county prosecutors say theres no evidence showing 19yearold denver cook and 21yearold Colton Mcdaniel were the primary aggressors in the fight. Both were charged after a fight september 27 outside the home of glenwood High School Principal, richard hutchinson. Hutchinson was knocked out in the fight. Mcdaniel was shot in the leg. Hutchinsons step son, former iowa state basketball player hurl beechum, goes on trial next week for intimidation, willful injury, and other charges connected with the fight. Melcherdallas city leaders meeting tonight after the communitys police force abruptly resigned. Radio station knia reports the four fulltime members of the force resigned monday during a city council meeting. The officers would not give reasons for the resignations. The Marion County sheriffs officer will provide Law Enforcement there until the city lls those jobs. Mark a lot warmer today than it has been but will it hang around . Kurtis one more instore today. 40 from creston off to the west. Temperatures dropping already. We will see a few clouds roll in a little later tonight, maybe even some patchy fog. Some slick spots. High temperature, 45 degrees. That is going to be quite a contrast compared to what we have been experiencing. 29 friday, and then the bottom falls out. How cold will lows be . Details coming up. Promising start to the iowa state basketball season and a onetime number 4 ranking nationally has taken some steps back. Last nights loss to texas, the teams second loss in a row, drops their record to 1 and 3 in the big 12. It could push them out of out of the top 25. Kccis Marcus Mcintosh is live in ames. Marcus, are isu hoops fans worried . Marcus we spoke to fans and isu students who say it is disappointing to see the team go down in defeat. However, they say a total of four losses by a total of 14 points has them far from panic mode. Between classes at iowa state university, students hurry to their next class, but pause when asked to talk about their Mens Basketball Team and its 4 close losses. I think it is what happens it happens. It is really not a big deal to lose a few games. Marcus the losses, to university of Northern Iowa by points, baylor by 5 points, and texas by 3 points. Iowa state grad and longtime booster tom randall agrees there are still more than a dozen games left. The team still has plenty of time to build momentum. Relax. I think everybody kind of got hyped up on the high rankings and forgot that the big 12 is full of potholes. You have lots of good teams and they are really good at home. Marcus it maybe more than a tough big 12 conference. Team chemistry and Senior Leadership took a hit when naz long could not fully recover from surgery on both hips and opted for a redshirt season after playing only 8 games this year. But fans are confident the cyclones can overcome the loss of long on the way to a season that meets expectations. I think the teams knows they need to step it up for the fans, and i think they know they sould not get discouraged by this i think weve still got a good season ahead of us. Cyclones will take the court for the next home game coming up monday. That is against oklahoma, a team they lost three weeks ago by 4 points. Mark a new poll shows the gap widening between ted cruz and donald trump and the rest of the , republican field for president. The des moines registers iowa poll now shows ted cruz leading donald trump among likely caucus goers by 3 age points. Marco rubio is in third with 12 . Ben carson is in 4th with 11 . No other republican candidate gets double digit support. Jeb bush has only 4 in this poll. The former Florida Governor campaigning in ankeny this morning. This is video from that event. Speaking to reporters afterwards, bush says he was not too concerned with the poll numbers. Mr. Bush every time he has had a chance, he has pushed down people who agree with them, and he always has the strongest if you are against the iranian agreement, you are a warmonger. The president said we would try to find Common Ground and stand on principle, but never at first divide us. Stacey a look at the major issues in iowas courtrooms today. Chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court mark cady gave his state of the judiciary address. He called for efforts to protect children in juvenile courts, and to end Racial Disparities by training judges to recognize biases. Cady also wants resources to fight Human Trafficking which he called a dark underworld in the state. There is no justice when children are abused and exploited. A prompt, comprehensive, and coordinated effort is needed to identify victims of Human Trafficking and provide the services and protection they need. Stacey cady also called for more resources in juvenile courts to provide Young Offenders treatment and tools for success, so they dont end mark i was surprised that number one Michigan State in iowa city last month. Now, preparing for a rematch. Stacey and, see why this drink is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you always know where he stands. Right to rise usa announcer this is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news at 6 00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, chief meteorologist john mclaughlin, and sports director andy garman. Oh danny boy the pipes are calling mark a partnership through drake bridging the gap between younger and older generations. Stacey one Drake University senior has an unusual housing assignment this semester. Mark emmy victor shows us her new place and how her vocals will play a large part of her stay there. Emmy not even close to a typical dorm hall. The living room is twice the size of my last living room. The bedroom is twice the size of my last bedroom. Emmy 21yearold Haley Jenkins is the youngest Senior Living haley was studying abroad last fall and did not have housing for this semester. I was in ireland, and i wasnt going to stress about it until the month of january. Emmy until a unique offer at deer field Retirement Center came to the table, one that this Drake University music major couldnt resist. I sent in my resume and a cover letter explaining why i would love this opportunity and this job. From glen to glen emmy for two scheduled performances a month, she will get free room and board in return. Im taking her downstairs to our bar. And we are going to have a drink. Emmy though that is one less spot for a senior resident, deer field says its worth the investment. Music really brings out both aspects of social health and emotional health, and that is going to be part of our efforts emmy intergenerational living is said to enhance the lives of both older and young adults. Having 13 grandchildren, and one first great grand dollar greatgranddaughter having haley , will feel like part of the family. Mark her first scheduled performance for her new neighbors will be tomorrow at 4 30 p. M. Stacey you know it has been cold when you are excited about temperatures above 30 degrees. Kurtis i was out in a tshirt for a day. Temperatures climbed to 40 degrees. An absolutely gorgeous day. Southwest winds at seven. There were 40s from the metro all down into southwestern iowa. Clouds slowly increase. We will see some refreeze as we dipped down below the freezing mark. Late tonight, we will see some patchy fog form. Look where we are headed tomorrow. By noon, up to 40. I think afternoon highs around 45 degrees. Here are those clouds that are going to slowly increase. Not a lot of precipitation anywhere except for the lakeeffect snows in michigan. 50s in kansas city. Chicago, 37. We head into the warm sector as it is called. This system will slide through and slowly introduce us to some much colder air. A few clouds overnight. They move northeast. By midmorning, we will see watch how the clouds increase on friday. The clouds hang around for the rest of the day. Temperatures tonight dipping down to 29. Definitely not as cold as the past couple of nights. Tomorrow, after some morning fog , we break free from sunshine. 45 degrees, southwest winds at 515. Friday, the colder air filters and. Saturday, cold winds. Even colder on sunday, the morning low at six below. When chills at 1530 degrees below zero. It stays very cold on monday, a high of just 12. We slowly moderate into the 20s and 30s next week. That is a tragic thing i mark a waukee family is grieving the loss of their son after he took his own life. Today, they summoned the strength to hold a press conference at the hospital. Tonight at 10 00 Laura Terrell , explains the message of hope they have for other teenagers and families out there struggling. Stacey sports director andy garman joins us now. Andy we have a story of great the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. Nothing more, nothing less. So we got the sirloin, the chuck and the plate. No fillers; thats it. All prized cuts, all wellmarbled for richness and flavor. This is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. You can just tell that blend is working in there. And we sear them, and that seals in the juices of the burger. And thats the culvers butterburger. Announcer from iowas sports leader, this is kcci 8 sports. Andy a month ago, iowa state Mens Basketball Team was ranked number two in the country by the coaches. The cyclones dont look like that during their recent funk. The early Conference Season struggles showed up again last night. When isu gave up 49 points in the first half at texas and ended up losing in overtime to the longhorns. Isu is now 13 in league play. Certainly not where anyone expected them to be. Steve prohm says everyone is right place, i know that. We have a group of guys that are committed to doing right, and you have good character, you are going to get there. Andy cyclones certainly miss naz long. They have the pieces but look at this gauntlet. Kstate, and that number one kansas. Iowa has made a statement by upsetting Michigan State. The spartans will look for payback tomorrow night in east lansing. It is a stadium where the hawkeyes havent won in their last 18 trips. They are well rested, having not played a game since last tuesday night. It gives you time. You can work on your offense of eurozone attack. Not necessarily locking into the next opponent. I think we made the most of it. As players, you would rather get think we made the most of it. Andy hawks and spartans tomorrow night at 6 00. Loss last month. Senior wrestler Austin Roberts collapsed after wrestling at a turn it, and died. The cause of death has not been determined, but his death left a hole in the town, the school and , in the lineup. Last week spencer held their , first home meet since austins death. Spencer forfeited his weight class and then Something Special happened. The wrestler that was supposed shabbos, force it stacey marco rubio. He ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty. Then he flipped, and worked with liberal Chuck Schumer to coauthor the path to citizenship bill. He threatened to vote against it. And then voted for it. He supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. Marco rubio. Just another washington politician you cant trust. Jeb bush. Hes a leader, so you aays know where he stands. Right to rise usa