First on 13. Iowans are dusting off their Winter Driving skills before the snowflakes fly. And crews are preparing to make sure drivers stay safe during their channel 13s josh nguyen is in west des moines. At the citys public works department. And josh. They have a big day ahead of them. The warmer weather has saved the dept. 50,000 so far. That is the equivalent of 2 days of snow removal. They have spent just under 1000 on treating the roads. The warmer weather helps apply the treatment and does a better job of deicing when the first snow falls. They will plow if 1 inch of snow falls. The annual budget for snow removal is 3. 2 mil. Theis says that while this time helps it will probably get used sometime this year. She also said that she has seen this before and it doesnt mean it will be a warm rest of the winter. This extra time has given the dept more time to complete Construction Projects and fill potholes. Her dept. Is looking forward to first snow. It helps everyone get back into the habit of dealing with it. Also, she said this will help drivers it may be easier for cars and snow plows to share the road this winter. The Iowa Department of transportation is launching the blue light project. Its installing blue, flashing lights on more than 200 plows across the state. Officials say the lights will make them more visible to drivers in extreme the plow parts are pretty expensive to replace, if we knock a spinner or brine out, it puts the truck out of service for a little bit the department chose the color blue. So the lights will be distinguishable from those on cars. Authorities think an inexperienced driver may have contributed to a deadly crash. It happened along interstate 80. Near the newton exit. Tuesday afternoon. Troopers say a 14 year old driver lost control while passing a semi. And rolled the car into a ditch. The teens mother and sister were killed. She and another sibling are hospitalized. In iowa. 14 year olds can drive legally as long as they have an instructional permit. A Family Member over the age of 21 is also required to be in the car. An ames man is guilty of Second Degree murder. But almost got away with it. A jury convicted leigh lepon tuesday night. He was arrested in february of death of devlin lockman. Police originally ruled the shooting an accident. But they re opened the case based on additional evidence and witness statements. Lepon faces up to 50 years in prison when hes sentenced next month. A former des moines cop will answer to theft charges in court today. Tarry pote resigned from the Police Department in january. Police say he was caught spying on a female officer showering in the police gym. Investigators also say he took at least 10 thousand dollars from the gym fund. They say he had access to the funds. Because the gym is run by officers. Potes arraignment is set for this morning. The former city clerk of casey has been indicted on federal charges. Dorothy dillinger faces five counts of mail fraud. And one count of malicious use of fire. Investigators say she spent nearly 300 thousand dollars using a city credit card. Then torched city up in august of last year. Years of financial records were destroyed in the fire. They were scheduled to be audited the following day. Something one resident had been pushing for. Every step of the way, you know . Every month we would go to the Council Meetings and say what about the audit and there was always an excuse. It was like they just didnt want it to happen. Dillinger is scheduled to appear in federal court november 30th. Last year she issued a written statement apologizing for her actions. The third. And final. Iowa Forum Takes Place today. Donald trump will join channel 13s dave price to talk about job creation. The event will take place at the dmacc campus in newton. From 4 to 5 pm. Reserved seating is already filled. But there will be an anyone else who wants to attend. You dont need a ticket for that room. An iowa city family has gained 30 more fingers and 30 more toes. We have a two year old. We were happy with one, and then two was exciting, but we didnt picture a family of six Bridget Hogan delivered healthy, identical triplets on november 3rd. Doctors say the odds of that happening without fertility drugs are extremely slim. Ive seen numbers from 1 in 70,000 to 1 in a million. Theyre very high risk pregnancies. A lot of things can go wrong. You cant do anything to prevent some of the complications. In this case we were blessed and got to 35 and a half weeks. Mom and the babies are all i owe about 68,000. I owe 44,000 in student loans. My plan, the new collegecompact, says you should not have toborrow money to pay tuition if you go to a publiccollege or university. And you ought to be able torefinance student debt. And i dont believe the federalgovernment should be who are borrowing to be able toget their education. We have got to make collegeaffordable. Im Hillary Clinton and iapprove this message. Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 50 more data than verizon and at t for the same price. But i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . No. U. S. Cellular sized data. 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 50 more data than verizon and at t. Plus 400 per line. The chill in the air is motivation enough to skip walking. And take the bus. But if you need any extra motivation. Theres a very convincing music video. Come on ride the bus its a cool, cool thing. You heard them. Ride the dart a couple of dart employees came up with the lyrics. Based off a song by the quad city djs. And the video has become a hit. Its been viewed more than 11 thousand times on darts Facebook Page the tunes dont stop there. Holiday music is starting to take over des moines. Well tell you where you can hear some of your favorites. With a unique twist. You can also catch the sights of the season in the metro. Well tell you where to see the lights go up in a tree. With there are some big events bringing people to the metro this weekend. Addison bratvold from the Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau is here to tell us all about them. Event transsiberian orchestra date thursday, november 19 time 7 30 p. M. Location Wells Fargo Arena admission tickets start at 34. 99 description follow the enchanted tale of the ghosts of Christmas Eve performed by the famous trans siberian orchestra. The show will include favorite holiday songs like this Christmas Day and o come all ye faithful with a rock opera twist. This unique holiday performance will be something the whole family will enjoy. Event winter Farmers Market date friday, november 20 saturday, november, 21 time 9 1 p. M. Both days location Capital Square kaleidoscope at the hub admission free description if you love the downtown Farmers Market catch the winter Farmers Market grab items for holiday meals and parties. With more 130 vendors you will find meat, late season greenhouse produce, as well as homemade products. Find the perfect Holiday Gifts or decorations for your home. Event east village holiday promenade date friday, november 20 time 5 p. M. 9 p. M. Location historic east village admission free description kickoff the Holiday Season with the 14th annual east village holiday promenade catch the lighting of the Brenton Plaza tree at 6 10 before visiting santa at lifeserve blood center. Start Holiday Shopping with special deals from east Village Shops and restaurants. Event iowa wild date friday, november 20 time 7 p. M. Location Wells Fargo Arena admission tickets start at 10 description catch the iowa wild in action against the lake erie monsters cheer on the wild and support the iowa food bank. Bring canned goods and receive ready roads. The salt is stocked. And city crews say theyre ready for the snowflakes to fall. How the recent warm weather has targeted. A new video threatens a terrorist attack in new york city. Why Officials Say the city isnt intimidated. Refugee crisis. Leaders are up in arms over whether to welcome refugees to the country. Why one man says his past as a refugee is building his future in iowa. Its thursday, november 19th. First on 13. Iowans are dusting off their Winter Driving skills before the snowflakes fly. And crews are preparing to make sure drivers stay safe during their cold commutes. Channel 13s josh nguyen is in west des moines. At the citys public works department. And josh. They have a big day ahead of them. The warmer weather has saved the dept. 50,000 so far. That is the equivalent of 2 days of snow removal. They have roads. The warmer weather helps apply the treatment and does a better job of deicing when the first snow falls. They will plow if 1 inch of snow falls. The annual budget for snow removal is 3. 2 mil. Theis says that while this time helps it will probably get used sometime this year. She also said that she has seen this before and it doesnt mean it will be a warm rest of the winter. This extra time has given the dept more time to complete Construction Projects and fill potholes. Her dept. Is looking forward to first snow. It helps everyone get back into the habit of dealing with it. Also, she said this will help drivers a discount grocer wont build in windsor heights. For now. The citys board of adjustment voted to deny aldi a special use permit last night. It needed the permit to build an 18 thousand square foot store. At 73rd and university avenue. The zoning for that space doesnt allow for food Stores Larger than 10 thousand square feet. The Des Moines Register reports the grocer can appeal the boards decision. But hasnt decided if it will. Some Board Members say aldi would make for onetoomany big box stores. The former subway spokesman will be sentenced today. Jared fogle pleaded guilty to child sex and pornography charges. The prosecution is seeking a 12 and a half year prison sentence. Fogle has agreed to serve at least 5 years. And Court Records show hes also willing to pay his 14 victims a total of 1 point 4 million dollars. New york authorities are on high alert after isis threatened an attack. The people of new york city will not be intimidated. We understand it is the goal of terrorists to intimidate and disrupt our democratic society. The terror Group Released a video specifically threatening new york city. It showed images of times square. And what appears to be a bomb being tucked beneath a jacket. Officials arent ignoring the video. But theyre being careful about how seriously they take it. Being quite frank with you, there is nothing new about that video. New york obviously remains one of the top terrorist targets in the world. Major cities across the us have also stepped up security in the aftermath of the attacks in paris. Which killed 129 people. One of the attackers was found with a syrian passport. Which allowed him to get into france. That has some Republican Leaders pushing back against efforts to bring Syrian Refugees to the u s. They drafted a bill that would require additional security checks before refugees can resettle in the country. The house will vote on the measure today. But the president vows to veto it. Saying additional security isnt necessary. 31 governors. Including branstad. Disagree with the president. So do the american people. A bloomberg poll found 53 percent of people want to halt the refugee program. Just 28 percent want to continue with the president s plan to bring 10 thousand syrians to the u s. Iowa has a history of welcoming refugees. And many are making a difference here. Samir dzaferagic left war torn bosnia back in 19 92. He resettled in iowa. And has been working for the johnston Police Department for a decade. And recently. He became the first bosnian sergeant in the state. He says hes thankful for the opportunity to call iowa home. But wont go into detail about the current refugee crisis. Its a touchy subject, i think its a subject that got politicized. All i can say is that, im grateful that i was given an opportunity to come to the United States and make a positive impact he says its frustrating to watch people try to use religion to justify terrorism. The paris attacks will not keep Drake University students from studying abroad. At this point, using our rubric and using our standard Risk Assessment processes, we have no changes in place for the upcoming trips that were sending students on in january. More than 450 drake students travel abroad each year. Two are currently in paris. And were not harmed in the attacks. But Officials Say there are protocols in place in case they need to be evacuated. And they say the university can suspend any trip up until the minute it departs. In case the safety situation changes. Kids across iowa will participate in a mock caucus today. Its part of a new initiative by democrats. Republicans. And the iowa secretary of states office. The mock caucus has taken place in polk county in the past. But this year. Its expanding to about 2 dozen counties. 16 of the president ial candidates have agreed to send a video message for the kids. The secretary of state will tally the votes and put the results online. Uber will do than give you a lift today. You may also be able to use the app to call for a flu shot. Des moines is one of 35 cities where the service is available today. The fee is 10 dollars. A nurse will travel to homes or offices to administer the vaccine. Uber expects to deliver about 10 Metro Locations 4400 block of south union street northbound 4900 block of hickman road westbound polk county locations 9000 northeast 94th avenue near bondurant 3100 northeast 46th avenue americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. So, what are we waiting for . Hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 50 more data than verizon and at t for the same price. But i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . No. U. S. Cellular sized data. 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 50 more data than verizon and at t. Plus 400 per line. The third. And final. Iowa Forum Takes Place today. Donald trump will join channel 13s dave price to talk about job creation. The event will take place at the dmacc campus in newton. From 4 to 5 pm. Reserved seating is already filled. But there will be an overflow room for anyone else who wants to attend. You dont need a ticket for that room. Authorities have confirmed the mastermind of the french terror attacks is dead. Authorities launched a series of raids near paris targeting him yesterday. The french government says Abdelhamid Abaaoud planned and helped carry out the attack that killed 129 people. The former city clerk of casey has been indicted on federal charges. Dorothy dillinger faces five counts of mail fraud. And one count of malicious use of fire. Investigators say she spent nearly 300 thousand dollars using a city credit card. Then torched city hall to cover it up in august of last year. Years of financial records were destroyed in the fire. They were scheduled to be audited the following day. Dillinger is scheduled to appear in federal court november 30th. Some people are putting their golf clubs away. And courses are taking note. Waveland and grandview golf courses. In des moines. Close today. But theyll be open for sledding when theres at least 4 inches of snow on the ground. Blank stays open year round. And itll welcome golfers when temperatures and wind chill are the chicago cubs have collected another piece of hardware to help reflect on what a great season 2015 was. Jake arrieta wins the cy young as the National Leagues top pitcher. The former iowa cub beat out the dodgers zack greinke and Clayton Kershaw arrieta finished the season 22 6. With a 1. 77 era. He also posted 3 complete game shutouts. And struck out 236 batters. Speaking of outstanding seasons. Iowas desmond king is now one of 15 semi finalists for the walter camp player of the year award. The junior leads the nation with 8 interceptions. That ties him with nile kinnick and lou king for the most interceptions in a single season in school history. King and the hawkeyes look to clinch the big 10 west with a win over purdue this saturday. Kickoff is at 11 am. Tickets are still available. The title of state champion is the class 8 finals kick off this morning at 10 am. Don bosco, gilbertville takes on Marcus Meriden cleghorn. Then at 130 pm. Class a takes the field. Thats Akron Westfield versus gladbrook reinbeck. And class 3 a rounds out the day at 7 p m. Norwalk and pella will go head good morning