More than an hour. During that time, she told police she felt trapped when she claims johnson told her he wanted to have sex with her. Then kissed and touched her. News of johnsons arrest was quick to spread on social media. But students we talked to today arent so quick to judge the innocent until Proven Guilty teacher and coach. Aj rose 10 02 27 no one really knows what to believe or think because he was really a great guy. Everybody liked him, he was a good coach. I mean, he was a friendly teacher he was always there to help. 41 nathan riley 10 04 56 weve had a few practices together and shared courts with him. We just really never expected it because hes a really nice guy 02 the district says another teacher is covering johnsons duties in the classroom and another coach on the court. He bonded out of jail today, but is under a no contact order. Meaning he cant have any contact with the 16 year old student or go places where he might come in contact with children. The judge told him that rules polk county authorities are hoping you can help identify a burglar. Investigators say this person broke into the trails end auto salvage on northeast 44th avenue in des moines two weeks ago. Took a key. And then stole a vehicle. If you have an information that can help them. Contact Crime Stoppers at 5152231400. The Webster County courthouse is close. After vandals left it in disarray. This is why. Authorities say vandals broke in early Tuesday Morning and set of a number of fire extinguishers on the third and fourth floors. You can see the chemicals settled everywhere making a big mess. Officials are reschedule Court Hearing and moving other Office Business to other buildings around the city. The courthouse is expected to reopen until monday. He decision in a des moines homicide later this week. Ngor makuey is charged with first degree murder in the beating death of 97yearold rupert anderson. Police say makuey attacked anderson and his wife, harriet at their home last year. Harriet survived. The couple lives across the street from makuey and his family. This was a bench trial. So no jury was involved in determining the verdict. Strong words today from those who were targeted in a random shooting last year. Today a judge sentenced pete polson for nine charges including attempted murder for his crime spree in pleasant hill. But before polson heard his sentence. He listened to statements from those he hurt. Channel 13s Jodi Whitworth join us now with the story. Jodi . Dan it was emotional inside the court room today. Both the victims and their families sent pete polson off with lasting words. Words they hope he remembers as he prepares for decades behind polson who is now 32 will be 87 by the time he gets out of prison if he serves all 55 years. His Attorney Says he plans to appeal. An 18yearold killed in a car crash in iowa falls in 2007 will be remembered during the rose bowl parade. The family of Jesse Jorgensen donated his organs after the crash. Featured on the donate life float. Which will carry a floragraph of him. The Iowa Donor Network is sending jesses parents to california to watch the parade. In addition to donors. The float honors the millions of people touched by organ, eye and tissue donation. The parade starts at ten new years day. You can catch it live. Right here on channel 13. While some iowan are still focused on football. Others have already moved on to basketball. The big basketball cyhawk showdown is set for thursday night. This morning. There were already a handful of fans camping outside of hilton. But by the afternoon. The tents stretched a quarter of the way around the coliseum. The students are hoping to get the best seat to see the two teams battle it out. Those College Students didnt have to deal with typical december weather. But the prediction is that is could be even warmer tomorrow. Lets check in with meteorologist brett mcintrye for a first look at the forecast. Ed . Thursday will be the warmest day of the week with highs near 60. It will be more clouds return friday and temperatures will drop back to the 50s. Clouds will continue to increase into saturday, with a few stray showers possible. On sunday, a strong storm system will pass through the midwest, bringing a good chance for rain into central and eastern iowa. A quarter to a half of an inch of rain is possible, especially in eastern iowa where the highest totals will be possible. Temperatures will remain in the 40s to start next week, but will dip back into controversy surrounding a Government Program could cause developers of a Downtown Convention center hotel to switch gears with funding plans. The Iowa Events CenterHotel Corporation board of directors met today to discuss plans for a new 101Million Dollar hotel along 4th and park downtown. Board president Gerard Neugent says they were counting on nearly 20percent of funds from a program called ebfive. It requires foreign nationals to invest a minimum of 500 thousand dollars in a project in the United States in exchange for a green card. That program is set to expire on friday and is facing criticism, leaving Board Members to think its chances of renewal could be slim because of the people opposing it. Senator grassleys office and his committees are very involved and there have been some issues as to how it has been administered and some questions. We are going to have to seek some guarantees and the like but we have been working on those alternative plans. The project is also 3 Million Dollars over the 101 Million Dollar budget. The projects also 3 mlli llars over he 101 million llar budge. Anoher meting set for tesda decembr 15h wth t banesign revw bard. Tomorrow the governor will get an update on the funds he has to work with this legislative session. The revenue estimate conference meets at the statehouse at ten am. The small group meets three times a year to provide updates on the state budget. The december report helps the governor develop his budget recommendations to the legislature. The session begins january 11th. Hillary clinton is in iowa talking about her plans to fight isis and other terrorist organizations. She says instead of showing leadership some candidates are resorting to pinpointed donald trump. She says his statements earlier this week calling for a ban on all muslims entering the country are not only shameful. But dangerous. 16 19 2416 19 46 we need to be doing everything we can to fight radical. Donald trump is supplying them with new propaganda part of their recruitment effort. Clinton made those remark about half an hour ago at Living History Farms in urbandale. You can see shes still there answering questions from the crowd. Look for more in a live report from dave price. Coming up on the channel 13 news at six. Its the busy season for the us post office. Post office. From,cards to packages. Holiday cheer is being shipping around the nation. How the Des Moines Office is keeping things moving. Plus, get your calendar. The shipping deadlines thatll be here before you know it. Plus. Naughty or nice. Find out what central iowa kids are asking for this holiday season. Plus. Something is missing from downtown ames businesses. How the owners are teaming up to bring a little Holiday Cheer back 13 22 1513 22 19 right now our parcel volume in des moines is up 75 from last year. Working hard to get it all to you in time. The Des Moines Post Office say its made some changes to handle the increase. That includes additional seasonal employees and lobby assistants. The assistants make sure youre packages are ready to go. Before you reach the counter. It makes the shipping process easier. But postal workers say there are still a few key things you should check before getting in line. 13 26 0413 26 13 makes sure use good box, write legible, verify address. Always write your return address on it. Here are some deadlines to remember. If you want your letters and packages to arrive by christmas. You can send things first class until december 19th. You can use Priority Mail up to the 21st. And Priority Mail express up to the 23rd. Of course, the longer you wait. The more expensive it gets. The postal workers got a little elves. The elves got to work going through letters that area children sent to santa. After reading the nearly 300 letters that have arrived so far. The elves send a message back to the kids. Heres what a few kids says they want this year. 03 59 43 dear santa, may i please have a toy trailer, toy truck for my bob cat and a snow blade for my bob cat. 59 52 4 00 30 i would also like a nintendo ds xl, thats a game for the nintendo ds xl. 04 00 40 4 00 58 to santa, can i have three pet reindeer, thank you 4 01 03 if you havent got your letter in the mail yet. Dont worry. There is still time. The post office says the elves will be back several times before christmas to answer letters. Thursday will be the warmest day windy with a west wind up to 30 to 40 mph. More clouds return friday and temperatures will drop back to the 50s. Clouds will continue to increase into saturday, with a few stray showers possible. On sunday, a strong storm system will pass through the midwest, bringing a good chance for rain into central and eastern iowa. A quarter to a half of an inch of rain is possible, especially in eastern iowa where the highest totals will be possible. Temperature its called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. Most new wealth flows to the top 1 . Its a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. My campaign is powered by over a million small contributions, people like you who want to fight back. The truth is you cant change a corrupt system by taking its money. Im bernie sanders. I approve this message. Thursday will be the warmest day of the week with highs near 60. Windy with a west wind up to 30 to 40 mph. More clouds return friday and temperatures will drop back to the 50s. Clouds will continue to increase into saturday, with a few stray showers possible. On sunday, a strong storm system will pass through the midwest, bringing a good chance for rain into central and eastern iowa. A quarter to a half of an inch of rain is possible, especially in eastern iowa where the highest totals will be possible. Temperatures will remain in the 40s to start next week, but will dip back into coming up. The holiday lights are dark in downtown ames. Its just not as festive as in years past. Something is missing along main street in downtown ames this holiday season. And the retailer along main street say that something could make their season a lot brighter. Channel 13s Megan Reuther explains. The story is new at five. Its a busy time of year. 4 13 we love all the people coming in, browsing, shopping looking for the perfect holiday gifts. In downtown ames. 12 56 people are happy. The stores are decked out. The but if you look up, something is missing. 55 15 for the 2nd year in a row, we havent been able to turn on the lights that line the tops of the buildings in downtown ames. The lights lining the tops of the buildings on main street are nearly 25 years old. The main street cultural district is raising money for a modern system. 56 10 the goal is to raise 80 thousand dollars, which seems like a lot, but what were looking at is led lights. They change colors. Store owners say the lights would really help during the holiday season, its a project designed for the entire year. 56 25 we could use them on isu game day, we could have them all red. We could have them red, white and blue for the 4th of july holiday, and then just white or the rest of the time during the safety. The group of Downtown Business dollars Visitors Bureau and Community Members to chip in. 5 53 the money now is the most important thing so we can get the lights on by the next holiday season. 13 43 what is more festive than lights . And, we are trying to replace and update the lights and bring in more color. In hopes of bringing more people to town throughout the year. In ames, Megan Reuther, channel 13 news. The group chose Innovative Lighting in nearby roland to install the lights. The plan is to have the system up by march. We put information so you can make a tax deductible contribution on our website. Look for it at whotvdotcom under the on 13 tab. Next. Meet some of iowas finally tonight. The new star wars movie doesnt come out until later this month. Iowans are excited about it. 15 32 5015 32 58 its a light saber, whats on your head, yoda ears. And today it was the theme of a special craft day at the des moines library. Besides light sabers and yoda ears. The kids also made chewbacca and ewake puppets there was also a chance for the kids to take their photos with a darth vader