Than life personality to the sidelines in madrid for 29 years. And tonight, the Small Community is feeling the loss of their longtime coach. Jim mertz 13 48 50 it s not just a colleague, its not stings the most is the friendship we shared over the years 00 those closet to him are finding comfort in remembering all of the good times they shared on and off the field. Jim bingman14 03 30 on the sidelines, hes strict, really hard on the kids and thats not randy. Randy cares and i dont want to say a pussy cat, but its pretty close but the 58 year old track and football coach is best known for his winning ways. Taking the tigers to the playoffs 25 of the past 26 seasons. Hes only the 11th coach in iowa history to reach 300 wins. Don lincoln 14 09 23 hes had a lot of success three state titles in track and all of the football playoffs and all of that, but his real success is all of his how are you going to perform when you get uncomfortable. He used that in football and you can use it in life and i will use it for the rest of my life are you going to throw in the towel or are you going to get passed it. 38 his players are now taking his words to heart. As they cope with the loss of not just a coach, but a friend. A man who in life was only a father to two, but became a father figure to countless others. Tanner 14 16 02 i wish i could go back and thank him for everything hes done, impact on everybodys lives including mine. Hell never be forgotten. 09 jim mertz 13 53 08 id thank him for the years that i got to know him and call him a friend 12 hinkel wore many hats. He was a social studies teacher and athletic director. He had recently retired from those two, but planned to keep the community of spencer is also dealing with tragedy. This weekend. Senior Austin Roberts collapsed and died at a wrestling tournament. S gwen kardell, Sacred Heart Catholic Church 00 11 i really dont know what happened. It looked like things were going ok and then all of a sudden he was on the floor like there was nothing there left to give like he was completely worn out. Witnesses say roberts struggled to catch his breath during the match. And eventually collapsed. He was rushed to the hospital where he died. Students are now leaning on eachother trying to cope with the loss. This morning there were a lot of tears, a lot of hugs and those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. Austin was a student that was a student bigger than life in many ways. A makeshift memorial honoring roberts is growing outside his high school. The school also has counselors on hand to help students who need it. Police in cedar rapids are fire. The mobile home caught fire just after seven last night. Police say the back half of the home was already in flames when they arrived. Firefighters rushed into the home and located an unconscious female. Police say the woman died of her injuries a short time later. Investigators are yet to determine the cause of the fire. The Missouri State trooper who sounded the alarm over the death of Brandon Ellingson thinks more charges should be filed. Ellingson drowned at the lake of the ozarks in may of 2014 while in police custody. Just last week a special prosecutor charged the arresting officer. Trooper Anthony Piercy with involuntary manslaughter. Piercy was originally cleared of any wrongdoing. Shortly after the drowning. Then patrol Sergeant Randy henry raised concerns about the training state troopers receive before being assigned to lake patrol. Henry was demoted and eventually retired from the patrol. When asked about the manslaughter charge. Henry think it went far enough, i would like to see some obstruction of Justice Charges against the command staff that orchestrated the cover up. Trooper piercy has bonded out of jail and is on unpaid leave. A pair of deer hunters made a nearly deadly decision this weekend. 49year old terry garvey and his 13 year old soon attempted to walk across a marshy area at Willow Slough wildlife area in mills county. The two ended up in waistdeep water. And called for help. Multiple agencies responded. And they used ropes to get the pair back to shore. They were checked out and released from a nearby hospital. Tomorrow is the first full day of winter. But dont expect it to look. Or feel like it. Chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us. 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 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 sunday. Governor branstad says the state will be ready to make the switch to a privatelymanaged medicaid system on march first. Recipients. Governor branstad hoped to make the switch on january first. The federal government ordered a 60day delay last week saying the state wasnt ready. Governor branstad says criticism of the change to private management has health care. 36 4037 11 when we get all well over 30 states. Best Healthcare Services to the citizens governor branstad expects the change will save the state 47million dollars in six. An upset loss for the cyclones. Find out how far they fell in the rankings. And why theyre next game wont be any easier. And the republican president ial race is down to a dozen. A little later. The latest candidate to call it quits. And the advice that he running. Just mowing though people. And people are flying and yelling at it. And the windows crashed out on the front of the car. And now police have identified the driver. The woman who repeatedly drove into a crowd of people in las vegas. Right after the break. The charges she faces. And a possible motive 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 money, hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. My personal opinion was she was very stoic at the time of the event. Police say 24year old Lakeisha Holloway showed no emotion shortly after driving into a crowd of people along the las vegas strip. One person was killed in the crash. And dozens others injured. Police say holloway swerved onto the sidewalk and into crowds of people several times last night. She was located a short time later at a nearby hotel. At this point police say they know very little about the woman other than that she is from the oregon area. We are having difficulty obtaining her background. She is believed to be from the oregon area and were going to do the best we can throughout the day to determine her background. In light of that, and not having those unknowns, were not 100 percent ruling out the possibility of terrorism. Court appeance tomorrow. Prosecutors say shell be charged with one count of murder and that additional charges are possible. The man charged in connection with the San Bernardino terror attack isnt getting out of prison. A federal judge denied bail to Enrique Marquez this morning. Hes charged with conspiring to provide Material Support to terrorism. Police say marquez bought two of the guns used in the San Bernardino attack that killed 14people. The candidate who made terrorism the focus of his campaign is out of the race. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham suspended his campaign today. And only appeared on the undercard debate stage. Throughout his Campaign Graham focused on National Security. Calling for the deployment of Ground Forces in the fight against isis. South carolina the fight continues. And, to those who are doing the fighting i am going to be your voice. To those in the republican party, who want to win check my plan help you where i can. I hope youre not. But, if you are, ill be there to help you win a war we cant afford to lose. Grahams decision to drop out still leaves 12republicans in the race. Unlike previous election cycles. Governor branstad thinks candidates who finish outside the top three in the caucuses could still have a chance. 43 59 i still think iowa will winnow the field. But maybe four or five gonna be more difficult going forward. 44 12 if there are five tickets out of iowa. These are the five they could go to. According to polling averages by realclearpolitics. Senator ted cruz is in front in iowa. Former Florida Governor jeb bush rounds out the top five with just over 5percent support. On the democratic side. Hillary clinton is bringing in who she hopes is a ringer. Clinton says her husband. Former president bill clinton a more visible roll in january. Bill clinton is expected to Campaign Mostly in New Hampshire where hillary says the two will quote, cover as much ground as they can. Tonight will be the coolest of the next several days. We will see 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 for r 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 . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible flooding in Waterworks Park now frozen 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. 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 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. Uni and iowa are both receiving votes in the latest poll. It doesnt get any easier for iowa state. Tomorrow night the first true road test of the season. At number 22 cincinnati 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, after his dominating performance. 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 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 eventually be on scholarship. But right now the walkon is 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 coming up next on the news at