Transcripts For WOI Local 5 News At Six 20151029

To some brave students who flagged down a deputy for help. Around 12 20 this afternoon at the 3600 block of southeast glenstone in grimes. Kids from Johnston Middle School were on their way home. Police say scarbrough got upset with that fifteen year old special needs student when he his assigned seat. The student allegedly said inflammatory comments back, was shoved floor. The bus caught it and they were able to flag down a deputy at the next stop. Students are stunned to see how aggressive the assault was. Oh wow. Thats terrifying. Thats earthshattering. Kattey tonight scarbrough is in polk county jail charged with assault causing injury and child endangerment. According to the school district. All bus drivers go through training to handle behavioral situations. In this incident they say he made a very poor choice. Scarbrough had only been with the district since the beginning of the school year. He passed a background check. As for the victim. He was treated and released at the scene. Live in Johnston Kattey Ortiz local five news we are iowa. Jack a perry couple is charged with child endangerment after police found four children living in unfit conditions. map police went to anthony arbuckles house in perry to serve an arrest warrant for him failing to pay child support. When officers went into the home so arbuckle could get a few belongings, they found the house was in complete disarray. There were piles of trash, rotten food, and cockroaches throughout the house, and four children and their mother were living there. Arbuckle and the mother of the children were each charged with four counts of child endangerment. Jack Des Moines Police are looking for a person who stole a dirt bike out of a familys garage last night. It happened on the 2thousandth block of east grand avenue last night. A woman says one of her children heard a noise in the middle of the night. And when they woke up, their dirtbike and four wheeler were missing from their unlocked garage. Police dont have any suspects right now. Stephanie governor branstad has a plan for outof state companies to take over iowas medicaid program. But its not going smoothly. Local fives chief political corresondent amanda krenz joins us now with more. Amanda the latest hiccup is this hearing. That involves a former state lawmaker. Amanda renee schultee is on the one on trial. In addition to being a state representative she also used to work for the department of human services. Shes defending herself against accusations that she may have used inside, confidenditial information to help get one of those outof state Companies Selected to take over iowas medicaid. The Iowa Hospital Association has been opposed to the governors plan from the start and says this trial is only one of many concerns. Greg 24 39 i think theres a lot of concern about the process thats been pursued and timelines tha thave been pursued, and ultimately whether its in the bst interest of iowans across the state. Amanda heres a comment from governor branstads office. He wouldnt talk about the trial thats underway, but said quote we are going to continue taking the necessary steps to modernize and improve medicaid in iowa that will improve Patient Outcomes while eliminating duplicative services. Amanda its important to note that branstads plan to privatize medicaid is not a done deal. The federal government still has to approve it, but this trial could totally sidetrack everything. Well keep you posted. As this affects 560 thousand iowans. Live int he studio, amanda krenz, local five news we are iowa. Stephanie people are still talking about what Chris Christie said during last nights republican debate. Especial ly what he said about iowa. Stephanie christie was asked about his National Energy plan if elected president. He bragged about his home state of new jerseys alternative Energy Policies and that he wants to work with the private sector to make solar energy more affordable. Christie also touted iowas energy programs. We need to make sure that we do everything we can for all kinds of energy, natural gas, oil. Absolutely. But also where its affordable, solar, wind in iowa has become very affordable and it makes sense. Thats the way we deal with global warming, Climate Change or any of those problems, not through government intervention, not through government taxes. And for gods sake, dont send washington another dime until they stop wasting the money theyre already sending there. Stephanie iowa bachelor chris soules is also weighing in on what he wants in a president ial candidate. Speci fically in terms of energy, soules posted on youtube this week, and says he has a few iowabased requirements for the next president. There is one special quality i am looking for in this person. Whoever i choose must support ethanol and the renewable fuel standard. Of course im talking about choosing a president ial candidate, what did you think i was talking about . Stephanie soules says in the video that its important for iowans to know which candidates support rfs so they can choose the right candidate on caucus night. Jack speaking of ethanol. Dupont is opening the Worlds Largest Cellulosic Ethanol plant in nevada tomorrow. Governor branstad and Lieutenant Governor reynolds will be at the opening of the new plant. Its expected to provide extra income to 500 local farmers who use the Cellulosic Ethanol. About 85 permanent jobs and 150 seasonal jobs will be created, along with hundreds of construction jobs needed to build the facility. Jack Midamerican Energy is rolling out a new car thats part of its green fleet. The new truck uses electric drive to cut down the amount of emissions and gas used while the car is idling. Midamerican says the electric battery inside the new car will save the company 1 to 2 gallons of gas per car per hour. In a normal day, its estimated that na operator would idle their truck 4 hours a day for a boom operation. When we roll out this new technology, they wont have to idle the truck at all for boom operation. Jack there will be 8 green fleet cars on the streets by the end of the year. Five will be in des moines while three will be by the end of the year. Five will be in des moines while three will be stationed in the quad cities. Stephanie coming up on local 5 news at six. What did president ial candidate Martin Omalley say in iowa today thats raising eyebrows . Jack and. Whats new about a bus driving around iowa . Your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. This is local 5 news at 6. We are iowa. Stephanie omalley met with the Des Moines Register Editorial Board earlier today and said that he would consider legalizing marijuana across the entire country. Somet hing he hasnt said on the campaign trail before now. The former governor of maryland said he is keeping an eye on how colorado and washington are handling the issue, but that he is open to the idea of federal stephanie on the republican side, candidate Rick Santorum is adding staff in iowa. Santorum told reporters after last nights debate that hes upping his ground game in iowa as some candidates, like jeb bush, are downsizing. Santorum is back in the state today for a five day campaign trip. Jack you may see a new iowathemed megabus driving around the state. Governor branstad helped honor a special, megabbusdot com bus today, called the hawkeye state, to show how much iowans business grow. Summer, megabus launched a campaign in each it serves, and iowans chose the name the but the bus a nice new name to brag about. Were giving people the option for clean, safe, affordable, environmentally friendly since we have 81 people on the bus as well. Stephanie wxcdl jack wxcdl chief meteorologist James Pearson is here now. James wxcdl local 5 weather is coming up next. James wxcdl local 5 weather is coming up next. Now, we are iowas most accurate experts james wxc welcome back. Im local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. James lets take a look at we are iowas most accurate forecast. James wxwall weather adlib put script here in green chilly temps overnight tonight, well get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. Friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds Building Back into iowa. We have a rain chance late friday night probably after 10pm for the metro through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters for the isu and iowa games will be in luck since the rain should be gone fairly early in the morning. Sunday is the start of a brief warming trend that should get us into the 70s by monday and last into next wednesday, so there is some light at the end of the tunnel thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for the latest in weather. Stephanie 2wx thanks james. Now you may notice that local 5s chief. Notice that local 5s chief now you may notice that local 5s chief meterologist brad edwards is out tonight. Hes receiving a special award from is u. Called the distinguished alumni award from the department of geological and atmospheric sciences. Everyone here at local 5 is proud jack 2bam im here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon after one game akrum wadley has burst onto the scene for iowa jon 2bam yeah jack and hes doing it by keeping the football high and tight like this. Coming up on local 5 sports well hear from wadley on the adjustment hes made to make sure the football doesnt pop free. Now, local 5 sports last nights playoff action we saw some nailbiters like ballard topping algona 2827. And we saw some blowouts as well dowling beating lincoln 64 nothing comes to mind. But second round action is set up to have some great battles. Heres a list of just some of the games that intrigue us on the blitz crew. In 4a the matchups to watch are southeast polk and dowling first time theyll play eachother this season. Valley and waukee in a rematch of week one. And centennial takes on johnston. Norwalk gilbert is a fun matchup both are 9 and 1 on the season. And then madrid visits van meter two totally different styles of offense there. Again these are just a few of the matchups to watch well have around a dozen games on blitz playoff edition monday night here on local 5. You can find a full list of matchups on the iahsaa website. Jon butterfingers slippery mitts just a couple of names you could have given akrum wadley last year. This season hes trying to change that narrative. Alex giaimo has more from iowa city. alex giaimo all season long the hawkeye mentality has been stepping up to to fill in when somebody else goes down. On saturday sophomore running back akrum wadley will get his first chance at starting this season wadley will get his first chance at starting this season with jordan canzeri sidelined with an ankle injury. akrum wadley ive been waiting for this moment and its come now i just got to step up the plate and deliver. giaimo in the first game this season wadley was tested but the chagrin of his head coach. akrum wadley when i fumbled the ball, i just layed down, i just went straight to the sideline because i knew i wasnt going to play for a couple of weeks. Alex Giaimo Wadley redeemed himself against northwestern, running for over 200 yards and getting into the end zone 4 times, but most importantly hanging on to the football. akrum wadley oh it was a huge confidence lift for me. It was just a matter of holding onto the ball, i had over 200 yards, and the most important thing for me is that i held onto the ball. giaimo with that said he has one main goal for saturdays game against maryland. akrum wadley all im focused on is protecting the ball. I can hear coach telling me high and tight. kirk ferentz uh i talked about akrum protecting the ball but he also did a good job blocking the other day and weve had a lot of time to practice since then too. giaimo and hes doing Everything Possible to be ready. akrum wadley i went to the trainer, he gave me a football, and i took it and now ive been carrying it around practice. If i go to class i got the ball in my hand, if i go home i sometimes i take naps with it. giaimo with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo. Iowa kicks off at 2 30 here on local 5 on saturday. Saturday. The iowa Mens Basketball Team hits the court tonight for an exhibition game against division two sioux falls. Iowa returns mike gesell Jarrod Uthoff Anthony Clemmons and Adam Woodbury around those four will seniors will have to shoulder the load for an otherwise young squad. Load for an otherwise young squad. I think this time of year everybody is excited to play another team. Weve been going at eachother since june weve got a lot of work to do with our Young Players to be able to get together and play another team look at different combinations see how far young guys have come see what our experienced guys are doing and put it together in front of our fans is something were all excited about. Jon sx3s stephanie sx3s jack sx3s well be right back. Youre than scary they could be dangerous. Stephanie most big attractions spend thousands of dollars to pass safety inspections and get approval from the city. But some still slip through the cracks, and safety Officials Say it could turn a night of fun into something serious. Tonight at ten, local 5s Nikki Davidson shows you what to know before you go and how to avoid a potential danger. Jack wxhang now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. James weather adlib chilly temps overnight tonight, well get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind oprah today on man the 35 seasons of leading the way in entertainment news. All month long e. T. Is celebrating the the stories, the moments that made history, broke our hearts, and