It is going to be wet and windy today. Rain will be steady and heavy at times this morning with around 1 possible. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s through the morning but will begin to drop back to the 30s late this afternoon and evening. Some of the rain lingering in northwest iowa may transition briefly to snow this evening. A cold front will pass through on Christmas Eve morning. This may also bring a few light snow showers to parts of central iowa early thursday morning, but no accumulation is expected. The weather will be quiet Christmas Eve through christmas day. More active weather returns this weekend with rain chances on saturday morning and possibly some snow by monday. First on 13. A black lab in from severe burns this morning. And Authorities Say one of the owners intentionally tortured the dog. Channel 13s Justin Surrency tells us how the other owner is seeking justice. It just makes me sick while still healing. The pain inflicted to bob, an 11 year Old Black Lab is unimaginable. Dogs cant speak they cant tell us and thats just horrible. In mid november, the Webster CountyAttorneys Office says 52 year old gary wilson allegedly threw hot grease on the dog. Burns to your face, skull, nose around the eyes with no relief. It went untreated until chasity came to pick up bob, who she coowns with gary. Bob looks at me and i was like what happened and he said i poured hot grease on him. Matter of factly, just like that. After filing an arrest warrant early tuesday the Webster CountySheriffs Office arrested gary in the evening on the charge of animal torture an aggravated misdemeanor offense under iowa law the only way to have a more serious offense is if you have a repeat offender. Currentl y going through a divorce and separated for over a year chasity says its not his first violent act, just first to an animal. A history of Domestic Violence in hand. We are going to get justice for this, i dont intend to stop. The road to recovery will be long for bob he gets a little better everyday, his spirits are still a little down. But not without hope. Dear santa i want you to help poor bobby because hes in so much pain because my dad poured hot grease on him and he has 3rd degree burns so can you please help him so he does not suffer anymore. From santa to devyn. Deputies say wilson has posted bail. But he could face up to two years in jail and a fine of more than six thousand dollars. Two people are dead after two separate crashes on iowa roads. The first happened along highway one 46. North of grinnell. Around 4 yesterday afternoon. Troopers say 45 year old james harris. Of tama. Was driving when his truck crossed the center line and struck an oncoming semi. Harris died at the scene. The crash remains under the same goes for another crash. In rural walcott. Around five30 last night. Officials say the driver went into a ditch off of 220th street. Near the iowa 80 truck stop. The vehicle rolled several times. The driver died at the hospital. No names have been released. The man accused of vandalizing a courthouse is about to return to the crime scene. 30 year old daniel swick is charged with felony burglary and criminal mischief. The case will be tried in Webster County court. Where police say he sprayed extinguishers throughout the second and third floors. Officers had to shut down the building for six days to clean it all up. Swick also faces charges in a separate, but similar incident that happened last week. There are some new developments inside an old Downtown Des Moines hotel. The Kirkwood Hotel was built back in 1930. Over time it was converted to apartments. Now its getting ready for another conversion. Into dozens of condos. Tim schutte is project. He says the first units hit the market in just a few days. And thats keeping crews busy. Theres about 6 to 8 vacancies right now that were trying to get painted and ready for the market to hit that beginning of january the units start out at more than 150 thousand dollars. Not every project in Downtown Des Moines is going as smoothly. This was supposed to be an aquatic center. The project at the well mark ymca is stalled because of a lack of funding. Sporters are now turning to the city. Polk county. And donors to finish it. Today the prairie meadows board will consider donating another 200 thousand dollars. Thats in addition to the one million the the Madrid Community will gather to remember a legendary football coach. Randy hinkel died of a heart attack over the weekend. Hes been a fixture on the madrid sidelines for the past 26 years. Making the playoffs nearly all of them. A visitation will take place in the high school gym. From four to seven tonight. Hinkels family is asking everyone to dress in tiger orange and black. Iowa state wins again on the court after an upset over the weekend. The cyclones challenged number 22 cincinnati on the road last night. The team took an early lead. And held it well into the second half. But with 15 seconds to go. Georges niang sinks a three pointer. Bringing isu up by two. Final score. 81 to 79. And the coach merry christmas. Im just really proud of our guys. Obviously we suffered a tough loss saturday. Obviously they showed a lot of grit and you come on the road especially here in this environment then lead until the last three minutes, lose the lead, and its almost like you wanted that to happen to find out the resolve of our team. The cyclones are back at Hilton Coliseum next week. For a game against coppin state. Tip time is set for 7 pm. Meanwhile iowa outscores another opponent on the court. The hawkeyes took on Tennessee Tech at home last night. It was a back and forth battle for most of the game. But ended up a runaway. Thats partly because freshman Nicholas Baer pitched in 19 points. Final score. 85 to 63. The hawks play at home again next week. Against michigan state. Tip off is at 8 pm. A Clinton Company is making sure ad craft print wear is making thousands of shirts for the rose bowl. On top of that. Its making shirts for the coaches to wear on game day. The Family Business has been working around the clock to finish everything. Employees say itll be worth it. When they see their products on national television. Were working hard to get it all done. And then its time to relax and watch the game. Its neat to see what youve done on the field. We pause the tv at certain spots to see if we can see any fans wearing our gear. The company will also be ready to make a special victory shirt. If the hawkeyes win the rose bowl. Winter break can be full of fun. And learning. For students in the metro. The Des Moines Public Library is hosting a variety of activities over break. Organizers say students can always find crafts, legos, and story times at the library. There are also specialized programs. Like winter survival. Which brings in a naturalist from polk county conservation to discuss how animals settle in for the winter. But if theyd prefer some peace theres always books. Books and books. Read with your child, read to your child, let your child read to you. We even have a therapy dog, percy, whos coming in for kids to read to. Thats a lot of fun for quiet kids. Thats a lot of fun for them to read to a therapy dog. Most Library Locations are open every day. Besides holidays. For more information visit dmpl dot org. Find out how to give the gift of life this Christmas Eve. And what youll get in return. 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, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Why let someone else have all the fun . The sometimes haphazard, the why cant it smell like this all the time fun. The learning the virtue of sharing fun. Why let someone else have all the fun . Thats no fun. Unleash the power of dough. It is going to be wet and windy today. Rain will be steady and heavy at times this morning with around 1 possible. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 40s through the morning but will begin to drop back to the 30s late this afternoon and evening. Some of the rain lingering in northwest iowa may transition briefly to snow this evening. A cold front will pass through on Christmas Eve morning. This may also bring a few light snow showers to parts of central iowa early thursday morning, but no accumulation is expected. The weather will be quiet Christmas Eve through christmas day. More active weather returns this weekend with rain chances on saturday morning and possibly some snow by monday. Meet a girl winning her battle against the disease while paving a way to help on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporations write their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, a higher minimum wage, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Our top story. A fort dodge man is facing charges after police say he threw hot grease on his dog. It happened back in november. And they say the dog went days without care for his burns. Deputies filed an arrest warrant for gary wilson yesterday. And arrested him just after. Hes charged with animal torture. An aggravated misdemeanor. He could face up to two years in jail and a fine of more than six thousand dollars. The Madrid Community with gather to remember a legendary football coach. Randy hinkel died of a heart attack over the weekend. Hes been a fixture on the madrid sidelines for the past 26 years. Making the playoffs nearly all of them. A visitation will take place in the high school gym. From four to seven tonight. Hinkels family is asking everyone to this morning were taking a look at what could be a huge leap forward in the battle against cancer. Its a treatment that changes the genetic makeup of your cells. And turns them into cancer fighting weapons. Rehema ellis has the story. Emily is like most 5th graders. Full of energy but, this 10 year old is also a pioneer. We first met emily 3 years ago, when she was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia. The cancer was growing out of control and doctors were out of options. Desperate, her parents turned to an experimental treatment that had only shown promise in a few adults. How sick was she . Was she so sick that you were frightened . At one point the doctor came in and said, you need to call your family, you know, because emilys not gonna be here tomorrow. But emily fought hard. Becoming the first child in the world to test a revolutionary technique. Changing a Cancer Patients own dna. It started with doctors at the university of pennsylvania and Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. I think if you asked people back in 2000 and 2002, some of this would have sounded a little bit like science fiction. Looking at the slides. Heres how it works. Own immune cells are separated out, and then injected with a deactivated version of hiv. The virus genetically changes the cells. Turning them into super fighters that hunt out and destroy cancer cells. Shes cancer free. And i couldnt believe it. I thought it was a dream. Today more than 3 years after emilys groundbreaking treatment doctors have seen a 90 percent success rate in kids like her. The fact that it works was absolutely miraculous and gives help to so many other people. And now early Clinical Trials are underway testing this approach on other kinds of cancers. Like pancreatic and ovarian. Family with the text book. Emilys story is now, literally, the text book example. If someone were to come to you and say emily, how can we feel hopeful about our child going through cancer, what would you say . To never give up. One little girl winning her battle against cancer, paving the way for so many others to win theirs too. Rehema ellis, nbc news, the American Cancer Society says leukemia is the most common cancer found in kids and teens. It accounts for almost one out of three cancers. You can give the gift of life this holiday season. Life Serve Blood Center is calling for Blood Donations. Officials say they are currently in need of o negative and b negative you can give blood at a drive tomorrow from nine am to noon at the grimes library. You can also make a donation appointment online. Or call the number on the screen. The Donor Centers in urbandale and des moines will be open from seven to two thirty tomorrow. Donors will get a ten dollar pork coupon for donating there tomorrow. Just one Blood Donation can help save the lives of up to three different praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, principled, and effective leader. Building a future to believe in. You see them at parks and lakes. But geese can also be a unwelcome visitors at some places. Coming up. A New Invention thats keeping them away from areas that