Noticeable difference when it came to clearing snow and ice off the highways. There werent as many drivers out on the roaoa for the morning traffic to the snow faster. Another factor was the temperature. During the early hours of the storm and that meant ice melting materials worked better. With the temperatures Holding Around that 30 degree mark. As soso as this precipitation lets up itll let that material work that much quicker and itll take us a lot less rounds to get it cleaned up. Its about five weeks since many eastern iowans had to fire up the snowblowers or push the shovels. And warmerthanusual temperatures mighgh have left some wondering where winter went. But several out shoveling today told us they werent fooled, they knew the snow and ice would be back a number of eastern iowa communities also declared d snow emergencies today through midday tomorrow. That means staying off the marked snow routes so the plows can work. Meteorologist chris havely has been driving around linn county checking out the road meteorologt chris havely is driving around l ln county checking out the Road Conditions in the tv9 weather lab. Snow and sleet will end around midnight with cooler weather to follow the rest of the wewe. Todays weather forced Airlines Cancel or delay hundds of flights all across the nation. And that couou cause problems for travelers trying to get out early to pasadena for fridays rose bowl. Airlines cancelled 14 hundred flights and delayed an additional 26 hundred, according to the flighttracking service flightaware. Somemef those flights s re coming frfr the Eastern Iowa Airport in cedar rapids. We caught up with some travelers who had a busy day of trying to figure out travel plans. Were just hoping things would work out, and that we en up in la tonight by about eight or nine oclock la time. Butt together 12 45 39 its all worth it for the hawkeyes. 12 45 40 we planned a trip to sydney, australia and our flight was cancelled this afternoon and we cant get out of cedar rapids until janunuy 1. So now we have to drive down to dallasfort worth and get to sydney that half of the cancellations were at chicagos two main airports. Many dallasfort tornadoes touch down on saturday. We usually remind people to stay off the roads in weather like this, but theres one occupation that actually requires more driving in these conditions. And thats people mamaing deliveries. Delivery drivers might be some of the busiest people except for road crews during a winter storm. Milios on first avenue in cedar rapids says its drivers delivered dozens of sandwichesesn lele than five hours. Anan management just advises them to be cautious. Were going to to get out and try to deliver to everyone as possible. If the weather gets too bad then well pull the drivers off the road, but until that happens were going to keep trigging thrhrgh and just keep going. Tonight on t nine news at 10, talks with one driver about how major storms like these affect her work day. Weve been getting calls in the newsroom all day from pfople wondering about delays and cancellations. Were showing most of those at the bottom of your screen. For a full list, you can always go to kcrg dot com. In a tv nine follow upup. A judge hahasentenced one of the prison workers at the anamosa state penitentiary. 29yearold ethan darrow will spend 17 months in prison on a federal charge of being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Three other former guards have pleaded guilty to charges ranging from extortion to using drugs while having a firearm. Dubuque will start cutting down ash trees in january to try y stop the spread of the emerald ash borer. 30 workers will start by taking down trees in flora park that are already in poor condition. The city discovered thax the insect had infested some trees last august. Machines today. Business is picking up today at places that depend on snow to make their living after a mild start to the winte stay with tv9. Im rose winkel from a Regional Medical center in germany. I would like to wish my parents mary ellen and vincent lenners a very mey christmas. I lov you and hope to see you soon. That depend on snow and ice, all because of the unusually mild weather weve d. That all changed when the snow started falling this morning. Kcrgtv9s brady smith is live outside our downtown studios. Brady, business had been slow for stores that t pend on bad weaeaer until today. Yes, and they finally got it. Theyre getting lots of customers who waited until the last minute to get their snowowowers serviced, or buy the things they need to clear their front steps off. Its tale of two winters last year, a polar blast. This y yr, the polar opposite, except the one november snowfall. It was pretty early last year, with a lot of snowfall right away. That is, until mondays storm rolled in. Ben burns had a lot of people coming into the sled shed to get their snowblowers serviced. Thats after several weeks of warm weather. It slowed way down for us; the pretty small. Burns says stale fuel has been a common issue. But many other customers were coming in to buy brand new machines, and that had him assembling g re of them to fill in gaps on their showroom floor. It seems like we just end up with a lot of people that are not ready. Ron conrad says his store is ready. A a t of shovels, a lot of sand, salt in particular, we have a large supply of salt available for our customers. Their shelves are still fullystocked with shovels and ice melt despite an overnight rush, ecause people simply hadnt been buying any earlier this month. With the warm weather, business has really been lax. The only thing they are running short on is traction sand, which they planano restock later this week. Customers usually wait until the last minute, just like christmas. This storm may be an even bigger moneymaker have been emptier than they usually are this time of year. We normally run 150, 200 cars a day, and a lot of days we were getting 50 or 60 cars when the weather was nice and nobody was washing cars then. But with all this new salt and slush on the streets, thats likelelto change soon. Well probably get up into the 300s if it warms up a little bit. Sudz was closed for some repairs today, but they expected to be back open tomorrow. My guess would be, there will be lots of people wanting to wash the grime off their cars. Live in cedar rapids, ady smith, kcrgtv9 news. Stay with your 24 hour news continue through the evening and first part of the night. Widespread totals of four to eight inches are lily with some locally higher amounts west and lower amounts south. Much of this activity will taper off by dnight. Winds will remain gusty, going as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy skies continue tomorrow with lighter winds and highs in the 20s. Some possible tomorrow night into wednesday but accumulation s look very minor. The week will end on a colder note with highs in the upper teens. Tonight snow sleet end low 2228 winds n 1530 alo 23 dbq 25 iow 26 2430 winds w 515 alo 26 dbq 27 iow 28 tomorrow night chance w 510 alo 16 dbq 18 iow 19 wednesday chance of light snow high 27 low 18 friday mostly sunny high 19 low 5 saturday mostly sunny high 25 low 8 sunday mostly cloudy high 28 low 12 monday mostly cloudy high 24 receiver on tMatt Vandeberg has become mr. Reliable for thiowa hawkeyes this season. Scott saville has josh we are hanging out in holleywood today home of the movie stars. One of the stars for the hawkwyes this year has Matt Vandeberg but i wouldnt exactly call him holleywood. Coach ferentz said Matt Vandeberg looked like a stick when he first showed up on campus 3 years ago. He originally committed as a grey shirt out of brandon south dakota. Originally i was supposed to grayshirt and d en five days before camp they told a scholarship had opened up and i needed to be on campus. It was an exciting opportunity. It was nerveracking, but at the same e me it was exciting. He make not look like an allbig 10 receiver at 185 pounds but vandeberg does most or his work over the middle where the tough guys roam`it is a oncentratio n . Allou see is the ball, you hear nothingsee nothing . Thats a pretty good way to put it. The balls the most important thing on the field and i need to make sure its mine. He understands where the spots are. I think c. J. Has a lot of confidence in him, especially on third down sitittions. Hes a tough guy. I think all hes a trustworthy g5y out there and i can count him being time and making on bigiglay when he needs to make it. Because of wiry build and toughness vandeberg has been given the nickname mercat my lanky frame probably helped with that my freshman year. Anytime i got hit, i popped right up so coach kennedy said i looked like one of the guys in the lion king, and the mercat just stuck. This has been a breakout junior year for matt leading the team with 61 catches forr39 yards. When i me here, i committed to a 48 team. Weve been able to change the culture and change the way iowa footballs presented on the football field. Maybe if vandeberg catches a few touchdown passes in the rose bowl he will get a star right next liciell ball. Or maybe in downtown brandon south dakota. Back to you josh. Its monday, time for another edition of Caleb Gilmore of monticello kicks off our rose bowl edition of big ol fish. He caught the rainbow at sny magill stream. Taylor gukeisen of dubuque shows here brother isaac the great bluegill she nailed. Adam despard has a firm grasp of the five pound channel cat he caught and released near clarksville. How about this mr whiskers. Mackenzie lang landed it while fishing with4her grandparents in minnesota. Jack abel hit the jackpot in northern wiwionsin. Big muskie audrey bunten is all smiles with the northern she caught. And not to be outdone, owen abel caught the brotehrhrf audreys big ol fifi. Young Maddox Drummond of donahue landed his first fish at uncle dicks pond. Kaizer dyer of coralville nailed this rod bended at the coralville rez. And way to go buddies ro. Stacie and kalebebane with some ice cats from the neighbors pond. With all my fishing friends, this is John Campbell reporting. Normally on mondays, wed be at the first aven but because of the weather, the show has been moved to tomorrow night at 6 30. Our guests include gavin mcgrath, josh oglesby and the iowa city west Boys Basketball team. Thanks josh. But first, heres a look at todays top web stories on kcrg dot com. Stay with your 24hour in the tv nine mobile weather lab for more on Road Conditions. Chris, where are you . Heres a live look at Road Conditions from the tv nine mobile weather lab. Justin will have a final look at your first alert forecast, next. Snow, occasionally mixed with sleet, will continue through the evening and first part of the night. W wespread totals of four to eight inches are likely with some locally higher amounts west and lower amounts of this activity will taper off by midnighgh winds will remain gusty, going as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy ies continue tomorrowith lighter winds and highs in the 20s. Some light snow is possible tomorrowowight into wednesday but accumulation s look very minor. The week will end on a colder note upper teens. Tonight snow sleet and the next wedding gift is. A gravy boat. Ooh, one gravy boat. Thats from sheldon. He told me he had it engraved. In the e ent of a divorce, please return to sheldon cooper. One inappropriate, yet i wish i thought of that gravy boat. When i get married im going to register at the ucla cadaver lab. Ew, why . cause ive always wanted a whole human skeleton and they are really spendy. So, you actually see you and sheldon getting married someday . Not just someday. In exactly four years