Whats waiting for you at the festival of trees and lights. Landmark revival. A century old bridge in the metro is getting a makeover. Well tell you about the long road to funding the project. Crash questions. Police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash in des moines. Hear how the drivers story stacks up to the investigation. Patchy fog is showing up in reach 50 degrees under sunny skies this afternoon. Rain chances will increase Late Wednesday night and will carry over to thanksgiving day. The rain will be heavy at times. By late thursday evening, some of the rain may transition back to a mix of freezing precipitation and light snow, but this will not last long and should not cause any major travel hassles. The best chance for 13 of snow by early friday will be in the nw corner of the state. Friday will be cloudy and cooler with highs in the 30s. First on 13. Des Moines Police are investigating a crash that killed one person. Police are looking into speed and possible impairment as causes. But the drivers family thinks theres Something Else to blame. They waved a gun. He stepped on the gas to get away from them. And they hit the back of the car and made him lose control of the car. Renna mure says her son. 24 year old troy mure. Was being chased before he crashed into a utility pole along 35th street. She says he told her the the was responsible for an unsolved murder at evolution nightclub. Authorities wont say whether hes considered a suspect in the case. Meanwhile hes recovering from minor injuries from the crash. His passenger. 22 year old scalicity perez. Who also goes by scalicity boyd. Was killed. Her aunt tells us she leaves behind 4 children. You got those four babies without their mommy. We dont know whats gonna happen next. It happened too suddenly. I just saw her. A go fund me account has been set up to help the family pay for final expenses. There is a link to it on our website. Who tv dot com. Two teenagers who survived a car crash are receiving support from their schools. The crashed happened along interstate 80. Near newton. Last week. 14 year old Bryneisha Watkins was driving. When she lost control. And went into the ditch. Her mother and younger sister were killed. She and her 13 year old sister. Natasha. Were hurt. The Des Moines Public School district is hosting an online fundraiser for the watkins. Thats according to the des moines register. In addition. Weeks middle School Students will have opportunities to donate today. Des Moines Police say a husband and father is facing murder charges. 47 year old Barney Fraaken is accused of shooting and killing his wife. Amy. And daughter. Amber over the weekend. Police say he then turned the gun on himself. But survived. They think the murders stemmed from a domestic dispute. Neighbors say theres no making sense of what happened. Thats tough. I mean, i have three girls and i would think what would happen if i lost one of them and now you have to live with yourself the rest of your life that you did Something Like that fraaken is in Police Custody at the hospital. As he recovers. The Ankeny Police department is adding a four legged officer to its ranks. And hes ready to meet the community. The police chief is introducing the dog. And his handler. At the department this afternoon. The k 9 unit will be used to detect drugs. And track lost children or alzheimers patients. The department launched a crowd Funding Campaign last summer to help pay for the unit. A century old landmark in des moines could reopen next year. The jackson street bridge was closed in 20 13 for safety reasons. The bridge was facing the threat of demolition. But it will now be revived for use by pedestrians and cyclists. The City Council Approved the reconstruction last night. It comes after a group of preservationists raised 2 point 3 Million Dollars for the cause. The city plans to receive a bid on the project next month. With construction beginning in early 20 16. Drivers in ames may need a little extra time to get around tonight. The city is closing the intersection of university boulevard and airport road at 8 30. Itll allow crews to complete Pavement Markings on the east side of the roundabout. Officials say itll reopen to traffic after the paint dries. No later than tomorrow morning. There is one game left in the paul rhoads era at iowa state. That news had the coach looking back, yesterday. My Opening Press conference. First team meeting. Today. The opening rhoads learned he wouldnt be coming back for an 8th football season over the weekend. Athletics director, jamie pollard, made the decision following saturdays loss to kansas state. Rhoads has taken the team to 3 bowl games. But this was his 6th straight losing season. Most fans think the coaching change is the right call. But its never easy to fire a nice guy whos worked so hard at his job. 16 50 0617 coach rhodes was a great coach. Hes passionate about iowa state athletics, so im sad to see him go, but on the other hand you know its an exciting opportunity to maybe do something great next year with the football team. Rhoads will lead the cyclones onto the field for the final time this saturday. The cyclones kick off against West Virginia at 11 a m. This week you can walk through a winter wonderland. For a good cause. The 32nd annual festival of trees and lights begins today. The event is the main fundraiser for blank childrens hospital. Dozens of decorated trees. Entertainment. And food will fill Veterans Memorial in des moines. Organizers say there will also be a few special visitors. I was just over there and getting his whole set up. You can get a picture with santa and get a present. We will also have some zoo animals down there for kids to see. The event runs through sunday. Its 5 dollars at the door. And free for patchy fog is showing up in spots this morning. We will reach 50 degrees under sunny skies this afternoon. Rain chances will increase Late Wednesday night and will carry over to thanksgiving day. The rain will be heavy at times. By late thursday evening, some of the rain may transition back to a mix of freezing precipitation and light snow, but this will not last long and should not cause any major travel hassles. The best chance for 13 of snow by early friday will be in the nw corner of the state. Friday will be cloudy and nothing tastes better than a Grilled Cheese on a cold day. Well show you how you shouldnt be making it. And the Australian National anthem doesnt usually have hiccups in it. But you should hear a recent version that does. All that. And more. Coming welcome back. If you want to impress your co workers with some pop culture knowledge. Keep listening. Thats right. Were talking about what everyone else is talking about. And you can, too theres an 8 legged problem in one tennessee town. Its infested with thousands. Possibly millions. Of spiders. The spiders live in a half mile long web. But residents say theyre making their way into homes. Luckily. Isnt a dangerous one. Its part of ballooning. Where young spiders float away. In this case, landing in the same area. Then youre going to put your bread in the toaster with the cheese on the bottom piece of bread. Grilled cheese. Its so much work. All that exhausting flipping. No wonder the internet came up with a life hack to make it easier. By flipping a toaster on its side. But authorities warn the method could actually toast the toaster instead of the Grilled Cheese. When a toaster is turned sideways. The crumbs on the bottom can fall onto heating elements. And poof. Ignite. Google is getting into the star wars spirit with a new feature. You can choose a side. The slash star wars. After that. Youll start to find hidden gems throughout the site. For example. The play bar on youtube will be a light saber. Or the street view on google maps will be a storm trooper. Star wars the force awakens hits theaters on december 18th. A seat in the Mississippi House of representatives was determined by literally drawing straws. Two candidates were tied for votes. And the law says whoever draws the longest straw wins. The democratic incumbent drew the longer green straw. While his republican challenger got a short red one. Critics want the law changed. The new argentine president just couldnt help himself. He had to bust a move at an event with supporters over the weekend. He danced to the and he had reason to celebrate. He defeated the former president s hand picked successor in a run off vote. Singing, hiccup singing the National Anthem in front of a crowd is hard enough. But singing it with hiccups is terrifying just ask this 7 year old from australia. He hiccuped his way through the Australian National anthem at a baseball game. But at the end of the performance. The heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular on black friday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8 00 a. M. Till noon three state champions were crowd at the uni dome yesterday. And in class 4 1. It wasnt even close. See how Dowling Catholic walked off the field and into the maroon machine. Dowling state championship. Well give you a look at what happened on the field. New numbers. The latest poll of Iowa Republicans is out this morning. Well tell you which candidate has the most support. And whos making the most gains. Crash questions. Police are trying to figure out what caused a deadly crash in des moines. Hear how the drivers story stacks up to the investigation. Its tuesday, november 24th. Today in iowa starts now. Patchy fog is showing up in spots this morning. We will reach 50 degrees under sunny skies this afternoon. Rain chances will increase Late Wednesday night and will carry over to thanksgiving day. The rain will be heavy at times. By late thursday evening, some of the rain may transition back to a mix of freezing precipitation and light snow, but this will not last long and should not cause any major travel hassles. The best chance for 13 of snow by early friday will be in the nw corner of the state. Friday will be cloudy and cooler with first on 13. Des Moines Police are investigating a crash that killed one person. And injured another. Police are looking into speed and possible impairment as causes. But the drivers family thinks theres Something Else to blame. They waved a gun. He stepped on the gas to get away from them. And they hit the back of the car and made him lose control of the car. Renna mure says her son. 24 year old troy mure. Was being chased before he crashed into a utility pole along 35th street. She says he told her the the people chasing him believed he was responsible for an unsolved murder at evolution nightclub. Authorities wont say whether hes considered a suspect in the case. Meanwhile hes recovering from minor injuries from the crash. His passenger. 22 year old scalicity perez. Who also goes by scalicity boyd. Was killed. Her aunt tells us she leaves behind 4 children. You got those four babies without their mommy. We dont know whats gonna happen next. It happened too suddenly. I just saw her. A go fund me account has been set up to help the family pay for final expenses. There is a link to it on our website. Who tv dot com. Des Moines Police say a husband and father is in custody. Awaiting murder charges. 47 year old Barney Fraaken is accused of shooting and killing his wife. Amy. And daughter. Amber over the weekend. Police say he then turned the gun on himself. But survived. They think the murders stemmed from a domestic dispute. Anonymous donors are boosting the reward for a missing hampton man. 22 year old Ethan Kazmerzak disappeared following a party in september of 20 13. The car he was driving. A 2006 volkswagon jetta. Is also missing. A group of donors is offering 100 thousand dollars for information to kazmerzaks location or safe return. A johnston bus driver. Charged with assaulting a student. Has resigned. Stop stop cell phone video of Robert Scarbrough surfaced last month. Police say it shows him pushing a 15 year old boy. With special needs. On the bus. Scarbrough has been on administrative leave since the incident. District leaders approved his resignation at last nights school board meeting. A warplane. Possibly russian. Has crashed on the syrian side of the boarder. Officials say the plane was brought down by fire from the ground. But they say was repeatedly warned that it was violating turkish airspace. The pilots ejected before the crash. But Officials Say at least one person is dead. Authorities are investigating the exact cause. The president will discuss the fight against isis with his french counterpart. This is a nation thats concerned about the security situation inside their country, and they can and should take a lot of solace in knowing that the most powerful country in the world has their back president obama is scheduled to meet president Francois Hollande this morning. Hollande is trying to put together an International Coalition to go after isis. The Terror Group Claims Responsibility for the attacks in paris that left 130 people dead. France has been stepping up its airstrikes against the group since them. Social media use is considered one of the most alarming capabilities of isis. And republican president ial hopeful marco rubio says the u s should follow their lead. I believe we should be carrying out attacks against sunni leadershipnodes, videotaping the whole thing and putting it up on youtube so the whole world can see that these people are not invincible. I want the world to see how these isis leaders cry like babies when theyre captured. Rubio also added the u s will have to embed special forces alongside Sunni Muslim Arab forces. That will allow them to impart tactical knowledge and skills. A new poll of Iowa Republicans shows donald trump losing his lead in the state. The quinnipiac poll shows trump with 25 percent of the vote. Ted cruz comes in at a close second. With 23 percent support. Thats double the support he had 4 weeks ago. Ben carson received 18 percent support. And marco rubio had 13 percent. No other candidate received above 5 percent support. Talk about a lucky streak in southeast iowa. A burlington woman. And a winfield man. Are now millionaires. Betty downs and mike hartman were both honored with their winnings today in clive. Downs. Who bought her ticket almost two weeks ago. Didnt know she won until she recently checked her ticket. She wants to use her money to help her great granddaughter with college expenses. Hartman. A marine corps veteran. Won the big prize in fridays drawing. He plans to retire. The Dowling Catholic maroons are waking up 3 time state football champions. The team defended its title against cedar rapids kennedy at the uni dome last night. The maroons jumped to a 13 0 lead in the first quarter. And never really let the cougars in the game. Final score. 41 10. Dowling is the first school in class 4 a to three peat. The players say it comes with mixed emotions. I couldnt be more happier than anyone else in this room or out in the dome stil. L im kind of a little sad because im done playing football. But im also happy because its started a legacy that the rest of my teammates and generations to come can try to meet. Dowling has lost one football patchy fog is showing up in spots this morning. We will reach 50 degrees under sunny skies this afternoon. Rain chances will increase Late Wednesday night and will carry over to thanksgiving day. The rain will be heavy at times. By late thursday evening, some of the rain may transition back to a mix of freezing precipitation and light snow, but this will not last long and should not cause any major travel hassles. The best chance for 13 of snow by early friday will be in the nw corner of the state. Friday will be cloudy and cooler with Metro LocationsMetro Locations 3400 block of grand avenue eastbound 7000 block of fleur drive northbound polk county locations 3900 northeast 108th street south of mitchellville heres a penny just for you. Thats no penny. Thats a galaxy s 6 at u. S. Cellular on black friday. Whoa, thanks, grandma youre welcome. You can also get an lg g4 or an lg g pad f 8. 0 with that penny. Nice isnt that just delightful . Pennies for everyone get penny doorbuster deals on great devices this black friday from 8 00 a. M. Till noon our top story. Des Moines Police are investigating a deadly crash. It happened yesterday morning. Along 35th street. Police say 24 year old troy mure was driving. And crashed into a utility pole. The passenger. 22 year old scalicity perez. Otherwise known as scalicity boy. Was killed. Muer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Police are looking into speed and possible impairment as factors in the crash. But mure told his mother he was being chased. Causing him to lose control. The Dowling Catholic maroons are waking up 3 time state football champions. The team defended its title against cedar rapids kennedy at the uni dome last night. The maroons jumped to a 13 0 lead in the first quarter. And never really let the cougars in the game. Final score. 41 10. Dowling is the first school in class 4 a to three peat. The team has only lost one Football Game in the past 3 years. Bragging rights are on the line this friday in nebraska. And so much more. The hawkeyes are trying to make it a perfect 12 0. Trying to keep their hopes of making the College Football playoff alive. And there should be plenty of black and gold in the stands to see it. The Iowa Ticket Office says it sold out of the 23 hundred tickets it ordered. Other hawkeye fans are likely trying to pry tickets away from nebraska fans. That wont be easy. They have a home sellout streak that dates back to 19 62. Either way. Kickoff is set for iowa state football coach paul rhoads is technically out of a job, but hes not yet out of the season. Im no quitter, i wouldnt give up the opportunity to coach these kids one more game. Rhoads learned he wouldnt be coming back for an 8th season over the weekend. Athletics director, jamie pollard, made the decision following saturdays loss at kansas state. Rhoads has taken the team to 3 bowl games. But this was his sixthstraight losing season. Most fans think the coaching change is the right call. But that doesnt make it any easier. Its terrible that we lose a guy with that much passion for our program, that much passion for our school and the fan base was totally behind him, but at the end of the day theres an expectation. We have to win. We have to win games and that wasnt happening. Rhoads will lead the cyclones onto the field for the final the cyclones kick off against West Virginia at 11 a m. Iowa state fans need look no farther than Hilton Coliseum for relief. The cyclone Mens Basketball Team is now ranked fourth in the country. Thats their highest ranking since 1996. They havent been ranked higher than that since 1957 another sold out crowd as iowa state hosts a Chattanooga Team that has already taken down both illinois and georgia. The cyclones come on strong. Good, unselfish basketball all night. Inside out to georges niang. Cyclones up 5. Then to naz mitroulong for three. Got it naz nets 24 points. Isu up ten. More coming. Monte morris steal. To jameel mckay. Great job finding the shooter. Hallice cooke buries three. Cyclones up 16. And iowa state cruises to an easy 8363 win. Next up, theyll face Virginia Tech down in florida on friday. A century old landmark in des the jackson street bridge was closed in 20 13 for safety reasons. The bridge was facing the threat of demolition. But it will now be revived for use by pedestrians and cyclists. The City Council Approved the reconstruction last night. It comes after a group of preservationists raised 2 point 3 Million Dollars for the cause. The city plans to receive a bid on the project next month. With construction beginning in early 20 16. This week you can walk through a winter wonderland. For a good cause. The 32nd annual festival of trees and lights begins today. The event is the main fundraiser for blank childrens hospital. Dozens of decorated trees. Entertainment. And food will fill Veterans Memorial in des moines. Organizers say there will also be a few special visitors. I was just over there and getting his whole set up. You can get a picture with santa and get a present. We will also have some zoo animals down there for kids to see. The event runs through sunday. Kids younger than 2. A quad cities home is getting dressed up for the holidays in a big way. Scott hildebrands yard contains more than 100 christmas inflatables. The newest addition. A 33 foot tall santa claus. Joining another 20 foot santa. Hildebrand says he spent at least 80 hours setting everything up. And hes not done yet. He says he just loves spreading cheer to those who pass by. Now heres matt lauer with a