Latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina a standoff lasting four hours on highway 141 has ended the search for Michael Wanchanic the man wanted for questioning in mondays double homicide. Officials got a tip about wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward once Police Responded a chase ensued. But his van died on highway 141 in wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias local five sat down with the brother of Heather Belieu, one of the victims in that double homicide. Belieus brother ryan told us he met Michael Wanchanic last week when he came to the same house where the double homicide happened. Ryan told us wanchanic seemed quiet and didnt stay long. His family cant understand what happened or why. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina angry protests in chicago over the killing of a black teenager by a white police officer. The incident has the illinois attorney general asking the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police department. The citys mayor, rahm emanuel called for the resignation of Chicagos Police superintendent. Elias number four. Elias elias less than a month until iowas new medicaid privatization plan rolls out, and questions still remain over changes for child serve. Which helps 3thousand families every year. Many parents are asking questions, and child serve is doing the best they can to answer them. Sabrina and finally in the top five. Sabrina the iowa hawkeyes will take the field saturday in the big ten championship while being lead by the big tens coach of the year. Head coach kirk ferentz swept both the coaches and media vote to earn the honors. The game will also determine if iowa or Michigan State makes it into the College Football playoffs. Elias the former casey city clerk accused of mai l fraud and arson spent tuesday in accused of mail fraud and arson spent tuesday in the courtroom. Dorothy dillinger has been accused of burning down city hall to cover years of fraud while city clerk. She entered a not guilty plea during the arraignment yesterday, and her trial will begin on february first. Dillinger faces federal charges that she used city funds for down the city hall the night before state auditors were set to investigate. Sabrina metro drivers experienced the new diverging diamond interchange on interstate 80 tuesday. The new intersection opened up to traffic yesterday at noon. Engineers say its a much safer way to manage traffic. Developers say it will relieve traffic on major roads like jordan creek parkway, university and hickman. Work began two years ago, and cost 50 Million Dollars. Heres what drivers are saying. Luke miller driver i was just testing it. So i came south to get on and head east. That was pretty easy. I mean, theres two stoplights, but its pretty smooth. Sabrina the new interchange is also part of a much bigger development project. Called kettlestone thats being built along Grand Prairie parkway in waukee. Elias were back with meterologist james peterson. James james adlibs james weather adlib wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days elias our big story this morning is the end to a standoff on highway 141, and the capture of Michael Wanchanic. Elias wanchanic had been sought for questioning in mondays double homicide. Officials got a tip about Michael Wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward once Police Responded a chase ensued. But his van died on highway 141 in bouton, starting the standoff. The road was before he surrendered peacefully. The Dallas CountySheriffs Office says he was alone and was armed with a handgun we had the vehicle lit up pretty good so you could see what he was doing, he was crawling back and forth over the seats doing a lot of stuff, we could see the gun a lot elias wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. Sabrina local five had the chance to speak with the brother of Heather Belieu. One of the victims in mondays double homicide. Ryan belieu told us he met Michael Wanchanic, the person of interest, last week at the same house where the double homicide happened. He tells us belieu had been dating the other victim, bryon howard for years, and the two had just had a baby in march. Both were remembered during a candlelight vigil held last night on the Center Street bridge. I just love that they got so much love and support out here it just doesnt make any sense to leave two babies like that without any parents sabrina how they died, or a motive as to why. Police also removed two children from inside. Heathers family confirmed all four of her children are currently staying with family and are ok. Elias local five will continue to follow this story, look for more information throughout today. At time check well take a short break, but have more good morning iow ahead. Sabrina coming up, with a chance at the College Football playoffs on the line, we get a preview of saturdays big ten championship game. Ten championship game. Elias but first. For those traveling into polk those traveling into polk county. Be safe this morning. The Sheriffs Office has automated Traffic Enforcement vehicles at two locations. One at the. 13 hundred block of northwest 66th avenue. And a second at the. 88hundred block of northeast 29th street. So take care on the roads today. Sabrina lets also get a quick look at this is i235 at valley west. [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this your wathcing good your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. James weather adlib wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days elias when they take saturday, the iowa hawkeyes will be lead by this years big ten coach of the year. Sabrina but coach ferentz and the hawkeyes will be gearing up for their toughest opponent of the year. Alex giamio has more from iowa city. alex giaimo the goal from day one for the hawkeyes has been winning a big ten championship. Now theyll get their chance on saturday against Michigan State in indianapolis. Two teams that pretty much match up dead even on paper. kirk ferentz in a lot of peoples eyes we werent supposed to be here right now so you know, but it is, you know, i say that tongue and cheek because it is important to us. Its not like we are out there just winging it. Uh, we are probably the team thats not supposed to be there so you know, what the heck, lets go cut it loose and see what happens. giaimo ferentz will take his chances against a team with striking similarities to his own. Both dead even in turnover ratio. henry kreigercoble top to bottom they are super experienced and the guys they have out there. I mean they are big guys, i mean they look like an nfl dline, they are just huge, atheltic, and explosive guys, so thats what makes them good. Austin Blythe yea theyve got a lot of good athletes up front and they work to finish plays and we got to get after them to, you know, kind of neutralize that. giaimo ferentz and his hawkeyes know that its not a matter of stopping the spartans but more a matter of containing them. cj beathard its hard to play a perfect game but we are going to have to play well and execute. We cant make many mistakes you know they are a good team but i think we are a good team, as well. kirk ferentz they are going to make plays. They are going to make plays offensively, defensively, special teams. And how we respond to those things really is going to dictate the success that we have or not. alex giaimo this will be iowas first big ten championship appearance. Kickoff at indianapolias will be at 7 17. In iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, local 5 sports we are iowa. Sabrina a lot of excitment for saturdays big ten championship, with the winner between iowa and Michigan State securing their spot in the College Football playoffs. We have you covered for the big ten championship all this week. Local fives jordan furbee will be in indianpolis starting on thursday for coverage of the game. Friday well be bringing you a special 30 minute big ten championship preview, hosted by sports director jon schaeffer. All reax elias we have lots more good elias we have lots more good morning iowa ahead. But first heres abcs Kendis Gibson and reena ninan with tech bytes. Tech bytes in todays tech bytes. Kids Technology Toy maker vtech has been hey there in todays think twice before hanging up those christmas light zblgs a british watchdog warnings that the holiday lights can slow down the wifi in the home. Nokia has revealed its new Virtual Reality camera. It allows users to capture and feed 360degree views but the price tag is 60,000. Ouch. And instagram is apparently inspiring baby names. The most popular names of 2015, a new trend naming babies after instagram filters. Lux is up 25 . Ludwig is jumping 42 on the boys list. By the way, top on the list jackson for boys. And sofia for girls. Those are your techbytes. Have a great day. At ally bank no branches equals great rates. Equals pretending to know wine. Forecast with meteorologist james peterson. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts james wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and in the next 10 days james toss back. Sabrina in take a look at this today. Sabrina some middle School Computer programming students in sioux city are showing lights display. The lights are synced to music ranging from the star wars theme to dont stop believing by journey. The students used more than 81thousand lights and 20 miles of wires for the display. All reax Sabrina Elias well time now for another short break. But when we come back. Before you go hanging up your light displays, before you go hanging up your light displays, make sure to light displays, make sure to check out our tips to help save time and frustration. But first heres what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live. Youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Elias on your money now elias time to do your best Clark Griswold impression and hang the holiday lights. But before you bring out the decorations, we have a few tips. First lets talk sure to throw away any lights that have damaged sockets, and loose or bare wires. Plus, never overload an electrical outlet. And make sure not to connect more than three strands at a time. As for money, consider upgrading your as for money, consider upgrading your lights to le ds. Theyll use less energy and run cooler than traditional incandescent lights. Elias elias the sales statistics for the 2015 fiscal year from the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division shows an increase from last year. More than 329 Million Dollars was generated from the sales of liquor products. Thats an increase of almost five and a half percent. And the drinks of choice . Whiskey and vodka were responsible for the majority of sales. Morning. The break. Sams in with central iowas most accurate forecast. But first. Time for a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at euclid. Look at traffic. This is i235 at euclid. [current conditions] youre watching good moring iowa in hd. We are iowas most accurate weather team. Good morning iowa starts now sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, im Sabrina Ahmed. Elias and im elias johnson. Elias weather is always first on good morning iowa. In with central iowas most accurate forecast. adlib toss james weather adlib wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days elias on to our top story this morning, a Police Standoff connected to mondays double homicide. Elias Des Moines Police found bryon howard and Heather Belieu dead monday. Which lead to a search for Michael Wanchanic for questioning. Sabrina last night authorities received a tip about the where abouts of wanchanic. Whic h lead to a police chase. However, wanchanics van however, wanchanics van standoff with iowa state patrol and Dallas County deputies. Local fives kattey ortiz has more on this story. A standoff lasting more than four hours here on highway 141 ends the hunt for a person of interested wanted in mondays double homicide in des moines. State troopers were diverting traffic tuesday night in bouton while Law Enforcement were negotiating with a man in a standoff down the road. very big relief we had about 30 officers on scene officials got a tip about Michael Wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward once Police Responded a chase ensued. Thats when he ran out of luck the van died, trapping him on 141. The Dallas CountySheriffs Office says he was alone and had a handgun never pointing it at officers, but himself threatening suicide. We had the vehicle lit up pretty good so you could see what he was doing, he was crawling back and forth over after four hours of negotiations surrendered peacefully. Mother Nature played a big part in it. His van wasnt running, he got cold, he finally gave himself up. the Dallas CountySheriffs Office says local charges. Wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. In Bouton Kattey Ortiz local five news we are iowa sabrina the brother of heather beleiu spoke with local five yesterday about the tragedy his family is suffering. Ryan belieu says he actually met Michael Wanchanic, the person of interest, last week. He says wanchanic came to the same house where the double homicide happened. But seemed quiet and didnt stay long. Meanwhile, he confirms his sister and bryon howard had been dating for years, and just had a baby in march. While flipping through family photos, no one or why. Cause anybody that did knows that they got the chanec to know her, she was a blessing. She was a really special person and shed do anything for anybody she could sabrina police still have not released how they died, or a motive as to why. Police also removed two children from inside. Heathers family confirmed all four of her children are currently staying with family and are ok. Elias now, this case stretched into story county as well. Sheriffs deputies were asked by Des Moines Police to conduct a welfare check in connection to the double homicide. On monday, they checked a home on the 100 block of 1st avenue in slater for peggy reed. Reeds familys confirmed she is the exwife of monday evening by the suspect just an hour after police discovered the double homicide. The Dallas County sheriff tells us that reed was returned home safe sometime last night before wanchanic was involved in the police chase and ensuing standoff. Sabrina were back with meterologist james peterson. James james adlibs james weather adlib wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days less than a month until iowa rolls out its new medicaid plan. As it stands right now, 4 outofstate companies will be taking it over, but there are some Major Concerns. The medicaid change means big changes for child serve. Its an agency that helps children with special health care needs. They help 3 thousand families every year, about 75 percent of the families use medicaid to help pay for services. Many parents are asking questions, and child serve is doing the best they can to answer them. Lloyd 20 54 56 everybody wants to know whats happening, some of those questions we dont know what the answers are going to be yet. Elias three Major Concerns with the change from medicaid include concerns with the change from medicaid include that january 1 implementation date. Also, an law judges recommendation to throw out one of the states managed care contracts wellcare. Out of 40 thousand health care providers, the department of Human Services has not released how many of them thousand health care providers, the department of Human Services has not released how many of them have signed contracts with the new companies. Sabrina at time check well take a at time check well take a short break, but have a heartwarming story coming up. Caught on dashcam video. Elias Johnston Police help a gentleman create a very unique marriage proposal. And well sahre their story. Sabrina but before we go. As you get ready to start your day. Be safe out on the roads. Des Moines Police will have mobile radar set police will have mobile radar set up at two locations. One at the. Fourhundred block of southwest 42nd, northbound and a second at the. Three hundred block of east mckinley eastbound so use caution while driving. Elias while were at it. A quick look at traffic. This is i235 atmlk. [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this after this your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. This is good morning iowa. James wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days elias elias star wars excitement is everywhere as excitement is everywhere as the new movie gets closer. But some of the badguys from the film decided to do a good deed. Over the weekend, a Missouri Family began setting up their christmas tree. Using Storm TrooperAction Figures as tree. Using Storm TrooperAction Figures as tree. Using Storm TrooperAction Figures as helpers. The figures were placed in various stages, making it look as though they assembled the tree. The video was posted to facebook, received more posted to facebook, received more than 700 thousand likes. All reax reax sabrina we have more good morning iowa coming up right after the break. But first heres whats coming up on good morning america. On good morning america. America. Youre watching good morning iowa in hd. We are iowa. Sabrina okay ladies, there are boring marriage proposals. And there are creative marriage proposals. We can agree on that, right . Elias we can agree on that, right . Elias well, we have a really creative one that happened really creative one that happened thanksgiving day in johnston. It was such a crazy idea the cops even had to get involved. Local fives jack miller explains nats cop asking for id jeff schulte is really in trouble this time. Hes pulled over by Johnston Police for the second time in a year. Except this time, youre looking at a setup. This Police Body Cam video captures a very clever plan between jeff and Johnston Police. Nats more interaction between jeff and officer a year ago at thanksgiving time it was for real. Jeff was actually ticketed for right in front of his girlfriends parents house when he was going to meet them for the first time. Her whole family saw it. Jeff was embarrassed. So a year later, when jeff decided to propose to jenna, he figured johnston p. D. Might do him a favor. Sb jeff wanted to do something crazy. A lot of timing involved, i was nervous. He and officer matt chiles, the same guy who gave him the real ticket a year earlier, worked it all out. Nats you were doing 46 in a 35 a bogus speeding violation. Jeff was even pretend handcuffed behind his car. And jenna was finally asked to get out of the car too. Nats from cop would you get out and check this merchandise to see if its stolen. He has a theft warrant. The look on jennas face proves she has no moments are priceless. Nats will you marry me . Her reaction up until they hug sb it took my emotions to the extreme. I was in shock for a long long time and it was a Welcome Break from the difficult work of real policing for officer matt chiles. Sb just a nice break to be able to do something fun like this. All reax elias short break. But before we go lets get a quick look at traffic. This is i235 at west mixmaster [current conditions] sam says . . . Hes in with central iowas most accurate forecast next. Good morning now, we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist james peterson. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts james weather adlib put script here in green wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days sam Sabrina Elias a final look at the top five. All the news you need to know before you head out the door. Right after this. Look at your top five. Sabrina a standoff lasting four hours on highway 141 has ended the search for Michael Wanchanic the man wanted for questioning in mondays double homicide. Officials got a tip about wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward once Police Responded a chase ensued. But his van died on highway 141 in bouton, starting after interviewing him, this morning Des Moines Police charged wachanic with two counts of first degree murder. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias local five sat down with the brother of Heather Belieu, one of the victims in that double homicide. Belieus brother ryan told us he met Michael Wanchanic last week when he came to the same house where the double homicide happened. Ryan told us wanchanic seemed quiet and didnt stay long. His family cant understand what happened or why. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina angry protests in chicago over the killing of a black teenager by a white police officer. The incident has the illinois attorney general asking the federal government to investigate the Chicago Police department. The citys mayor, rahm emanuel called for the resignation of Chicagos Police superintendent. Elias number four. Elias less than a month until iowas new medicaid privatization plan rolls out, and questions still remain over the new plan. It means big changes for child serve. Which helps 3thousand families every year. Many parents are asking questions, and child serve is doing the best they can to answer them. And finally. Youll want to know about this story in the big five. Sabrina the iowa hawkeyes will take the field saturday in the big ten championship while being lead by the big tens coach of the year. Head coach kirk ferentz swept both the coaches and media vote to earn the honors. The game will also determine if iowa or Michigan State makes it into the College Football playoffs. Sabrina elias james has a final look at central iowas most accurate forecast. James final weather adlib wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time especially in western iowa in the afternoon. It will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. Expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. Little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thsday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun good morning, america