Taken on massive flooding. Approximately 45 members and 20 vehicles will leave from cedar rapids, and be in high ridge, missouri by tomorrow thats about 30 miles southwest of st. Louis. Theyll provide Water Purification and transportation services. Missouri asked for help from iowa after extensive flooding contaminated one of high ridges Water Treatment plants. More than 10 inches of rain fell just this week, causing rivers and streams in the region to swell to levels not seen since the epic 1993 flood. But the missouri, meramec and mississippi rivers are starting to crest. In johnson county, emergency crews rescued a man who fell through ice this morning while hunting in the hawkeye wildlife area. The countys joint emergency communication s center says around 10 30 this morning, 25 year old Jared Bushell of hills got stuck in the ice and was water suits pulled him from the water. He was cold and wet, but uninjured. The allegiant passengers on a diverted flight are in thats after a plane traveling from orlando, florida to the Eastern Iowa Airport had engine trouble. About 45 minutes into the flight, passengers say they heard a noise that sounded like something was dropping from the plane. So the pilot decided to land in chattanooga, tennessee. Allegiant says the plane did have a problem with its right engine. Kcrg tv nines Dave Franzman is at the Eastern Iowa Airport tonight. Dave, did any of those allegiant passengers seem shaken up . Chris, no more than you might expect for someone going through an experience when a loud noise shook the plane and the crew made a precautionary landing less than 10 minutes later. Passengers on that cedar rapidsbound flight say the landing in chattanooga was a bit rougher than usual. But all praised the pilots and crew for keeping people informed of what was aircraft and made the return to cedar rapids with a landing just a few minutes after two oclock this afternoon. That was about six hours behind schedule so the returnees were more weary than worried. Being stuck in chattanooga, its smaller than this airport, like being in disneyland had to wait an hour for a sandwich. Didnt get to ride anything. Allegiant airlines offered all the inconvenienced passengers a 100dollar voucher for a future trip or a refund if they decided not to continue the flight. Several passengers said there were just a handful of empty seats on the replacement aircraft. Several passengers also told me some people saw flames shooting from the back of one of the two engines on the aircraft. The that tennessee airport something done out of an abundance of caution. Live in cedar rapids, dave cancelled flights are causing problems for some dubuque families trying to make it to the rose bowl. Kcrg tv nines Dubuque Bureau chief Katie Wiedemann met some who say theyll make it to the game, no matter what. As thousands of hawkeye fans crowded the Eastern Iowa Airport ready to watch their beloved hawkeyes try their luck against stanford. Some travelers from dubuque werent so lucky. Our flight was scheduled out of dubuque to chicago. Chicago to lax. To leave yesterday on the 30th. But we got a call on the 29th at 11 p. M. The call said our flight from chicago to lax has been cancelled due to no crew for the plane. The webber family scrambled to find other flights, but with no luck, they decided to hop in their car and make the 27 hour drive from dubuque, all the way to pasadena. Yes it will be worth it. It will be worth it to be part of history. You know being back there 25 that same cancelled flight put hawkeye fans mike and Shannon Giese in a bind. I got a call from American Airlines saying that they were cancelling our flight and rebooked us on a friday flight, which the game is friday. Instead the couple drove from dubuque to chicago ohare in the middle of the night. They found another flight to phoenix, then finally to la. At the times i was like, thats. Crap no i cant do that. Illegal there should be some sort of government investigation so i can get to pasadena for the rose bowl. Both families say they were willing to do whatever they had to do to make it to the game. Youve gotta go to the rose bowl. Its been 25 years all for the love of the hawkeyes. In dubuque Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. The webber family says they were supposed to be at yesterdays hawkeye huddle and todays rally at the uss iowa, but theyll be there tomorrow just in time to a fire in a dubai 63story hotel and Apartment Building injured 14 people. But most of those injuries are minor. The fire started at about 10 pm dubai time at a luxury building near the worlds tallest sky scraper. That was two hours before a Fireworks Show in the area for new years eve. People had gathered in the street near the building and the fireworks went off, despite the massive fire. Investigators have not figured out the cause. In chicago, protestors against gun violence marched down Michigan Avenue today. They were marching in response to Police Shooting and killing a 55 year old woman and a teenager, both african american, during a saturday call. This comes on the same day Police Released emails from the days after officer Jason Van Dyke shot 17 year old Laquan Mcdonald 16 times in 2014. The emails were about video of that shooting and were between police, the Mayors Office and the independent Police Review authority. The emails reveal close coordination between the shooting. Ever leave a job and look forward to that unused vacation pay in the final check . The cedar falls city administrator will get a hefty check for his last pay period. Thats because longtime administrator Dick Mcalister didnt use quite a bit of his paid sick leave time. Over 4 decades on the job, he accumulated 440 sick days. That equals 94,000 after taxes that he will apply toward health care expenses. Hes also able to receive a payout of more than 38,000 dollars for unused vacation time. If youre spending this new years eve taking down your holiday decorations and pondering throwing away old Christmas Lights they can be recycled. But with some extra effort. According to the dubuque metropolitan area solid waste agency, parts of those lights can be recycled. But experts say, dont put them in your recycling bin because theyll mess up the recycling intake machines. Instead take them to your local landfill. Crews there can recycle them, piece by piece, just like any other electronic. Even pasadena tonight and tomorrow should expect more security checks. Even as these cities take precautions, they say there are no Credible Threats to the areas. Stay with tv9. Seasonably chilly weather is 2016. Temperatures will be in the teens at midnight with wind chills in the single digits. Well start new years day with lows around 10, then climb to the lower 20s under a mostly sunny sky. The weekend is looking just fine with a partly to mostly sunny sky and highs in the upper second half of next week when a slight chance of a wintry mix returns to the area. Until then, enjoy a quiet start to the new year. Tonight partly cloudy low 713 winds w 515 alo 8 dbq 9 iow 12 tomorrow mostly sunny high 2026 winds w 1020 alo 22 dbq 22 iow 25 tomorrow night mostly clear low 713 winds w 515 alo 10 dbq 9 iow 12 saturday mostly sunny high 29 low 10 sunday partly sunny high 28 low 14 monday partly cloudy high 26 low 13 tuesday partly cloudy high 32 low 18 wednesday slight chance of rain snow high 33 low 24 thursday slight chance of rain snow high 34 low 24 it was a day of celebrating all things iowa in la today. Some hawkeye fans climbed aboard the uss iowa for a pep rally leading up to tomorrows rose bowl game. Its been a long time coming, but workers are about half way finished with a new rec center for a neighborhood that saw heavy flooding in 2008. Stay with your 24 hour news source, kcrgtv9. Recreation center for cedar summer. After months of construction, the progress is more and more apparent. This comes after years of planning and holding talks about where the city should build it after the flood damaged the old one. Kcrgtv9s Jill Kasparie takes us there. A few people are hard at work inside and as you can see behind me, a lot of changes here since work began. The building is going up here next to Harrison Elementary school in cedar rapids. Lift 8 01 10 whats been exciting the last couple of weeks is the walls and ceiling are pretty much done construction crews are about halfway finished with the Northwest Recreation Center project. A mix of fema, city and School District money is paying for the 4. 3 Million Dollar project. The 16,000 square foot building will have a full size gymnasium, a social room and a multipurpose room. While construction is going on here, others are hard at work gathering ideas for programming. Many people have been waiting a long time to see this back to the neighborhood. 8 08 00 why did it take so long, it just took some case it was fema, some cases it was agreement and finding support for the right location, some cases it was the amount of land available. But its here. Its coming. The city has an anticipated opening time frame of sometime this august. Crews expect to have programming for people of all ages from youngsters to seniors. In cedar rapids, Jill Kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Black and gold filled the uss iowa today. It was all to get hawkeye fans excited for tomorrows game. The cedar rapids rampage soccer Team Provided a way for kids to celebrate new years eve a little early, so their parents dont have to stay up late with them. Stay with your 24 hour 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. Plus 400 in promo cards. Now that were at less than 23 bowl game, an appropriate place in Southern California to hold fan day for the hawkeye fans. The uss iowa. Kcrgtv 9s Scott Westerberg takes us on board. Were here at the uss iowa and they knew there would be a big crowd, but i dont think anyone expected this. It just goes on and on for blocks around the corner. Youve already been on the battleship . Yes i have. How long did you have to wait . We were like number 50 in line so we moved along pretty smoothly. How early did you get here to be number 50 in line . About 99 30. Its incredible the amount of people isnt it. Theyre saying 5 to 7 thousand people here. They said the record is 8 thousand and i think they could beat that today. Are you surprised at the amount of people here . Its kind of nuts, isnt it . Its amazing. Everywhere we go its tons of hawkeye people. Its great. Can you believe the support . This is a long way for there are people everywhere. Its awesome. Everywhere we go its hawkeye people. How long have you been waiting in line. About an hour and a half. Its incredible how many hawkeye fans are here, isnt it . Its absurd. Its insane. They travel well. What made you want to come to the uss iowa . It looked like fun. Weve toured the North Carolina and wanted to see how this was different but also just wanted to be part of the pep rally. From the uss iowa, Scott Westerberg kcrgtv9 news. The rose bowl game is tomorrow with kick off shortly after 4 pm, iowa time on espn. The 121 hawkeyes meet the 112 stanford cardinal. And dont miss tv 9s countdown to kickoff earlier in the day. The hourlong special airs at 9 am, right here on kcrgtv9. Pasadena and rose bowl Officials Say people going to the rose bowl or tournament of roses parade tomorrow should not be International Terrorist threats and arrests in the last few weeks. Pasadena police chief Phillip Sanchez said in a statement there are no known Credible Threats to pasadena or either event. The fbi released a similar statement. It said in part quote we continue to take proactive steps to ensure personnel and resources are in place to ensure the safety and security of our communities. But the fbi reminds people to stay alert for anything. Unusual. Cities across the globe are scaling back new years eve celebrations amid concerns about terrorism. Munich police are asking people to stay away from the citys main train station and a second train station because of a terror attack threat in germany. Festivities are cancelled in the belgian capital brussels where investigators say they broke up a holiday terror plot. A threat from overseas is causing new york city to scale back events and increase security tonight. The fbi found that threat is not credible. Despite these concerns, a Million People are expected to fill times square tonight. Right now. Nearly 6,000 Police Officers will patrol times square, some in civilian clothes and many armed. People are already starting to fill the area. The first partygoers arrived at sunrise and are expected to be camped out at their spots until after the ball drops at midnight. Kids throughout eastern iowa got an early start on the celebration with scores of noon years eve parties. One of the more elaborate events took place before the cedar rapids rampage soccer game at the us cellular center. Kids got in free to have fun on the field as long as an adult had a ticket to the game. Organizers say more than a thousand people took part in the pregame events. And out of all the attractions, there was one clear favorite. The trackless train. Obviously its fun and the kids get to ride around the whole arena. Thats kind of a unique attraction kids really like it and adults can go on with the kids another more new years everelated event was a balloon the soccer game. The team owner hopes kids who came for the big top balloon drop will leave as soccer fans and return soon. Now heres a look at whats coming up at 5 30 on abcs world news. Lets go back to justin now for well look at whats now in the books. And at this time tomorrow the hawkeyes will be playing in the rose bowl. And while drew ott may not be on the field, well see how hes still a big part of this team. Tonights forecast. Seasonably chilly weather is here to begin 2016. Temperatures will be in the teens at midnight with wind chills in the single digits. Well start new years day with lows around 10, then climb to the lower 20s under a mostly sunny sky. The weekend is looking just fine with a partly to mostly sunny sky and highs in the upper 20s. Uneventful weather rolls on until the second half of next week when a slight chance of a wintry mix returns to the area. Until then, enjoy a quiet start to the new year. Tonight partly cloudy low 713 winds w 515 alo 8 dbq 9 iow 12 chris . Thank you, justin, and thank you for joining us for kcrgtv9 news at 5. Now we go to new york for abcs world news with david muir. Breaking news tonight