There wasnt a crossing guard on duty yet. Parents say they hope that changes in the future. 8 47 44 whatever it takes, there needs to either be a policeman or crossing guard someone should be there. 8 47 35 its just too dangerous, someone can get hurt and that is not what we want to do. We want to protect our kids an earlier schedule is something School Officals say theyll be looking into. 8 34 28 this is a onetime incident for us but will need to examine the busy roads, to make sure with the increased traffic because of the growth in norwalk we are meeting needs. Even if that means spending more money. 8 33 15 we weigh safety versus costs in a situation like that. If this makes students safer we wont hestitate nikki Norwalk Police say luckily the child was wearing a helmet so he wasnt seriously injured. At this point, no charged have been filed in connection to the accident. In the studio, Nikki Davidson local five news we are iowa. Stephanie we want to know what you think of School Crosswalks and if youve ever had an incident at your school . Let us know for a chance to see your comments onair. You can post you thoughts on facebook and twitter. Or send us an email or give us a call. Wed love to hear what you think the Contact Information is on your screen. Jack iowas ag secretary bill northey visited with brubaker Elementary Students this morning. Northey honored the school for buying locally grown apples and classroom supplues as part of the states a is for apple program. Along with talking about the program, northey praised iowas high corn and soybean crop yields which are predicted to be some of the highest ever. Weve had really good crops around the state, we have spots around the state that got a lot of rain,but i talked to a lot of producers including looking at my own farm, where were harvesting a really good crop, if not the best crop, one of the best crops weve ever had jack with the large crop yields, farmers are having a hard time storing everything into grain elevators, leaving some producers to pile up their crops next to the elevators for the time being. Jack even though more than 100 people witnessed a shooting outside a des moines the weekend, police say no one has come any more details. It started with a fight early sunday morning Evolution Club that ended in the shooting death of dashwan smith. Three other people were injured in the shooting. Neighbors are upset about the shooting, and attention to the location the middle of a residential neighborhood. The county needs to whether or not a hip residential area stephanie meanwhile Des Moines Police say a teenager is responsible for a Fatal Shooting friday night. It happened at the intersection of 13th street and jefferson. When Police Arrived from a call of a shooting, they found the victim, jose lopez, dead on scene. Officers arrested 17 year old josue socop for the murder of lopez late saturday night. Jack theres been an update in the waukee homicide from the weekend. Jack 42year old brendan mcguinness, whos been charged with first degree murder in the death of 41yearold gino risola, was on drugs when police found him. Risola was found at a home on southeast carefree lane. Police say he was shot several times. He died at the hospital. This lead to a search for mcguinness. Who was found on the east side of des moines a few hours later. This is waukees first homicide in nearly 40 years. Stephanie des moines is adding on to an already recordbreaking year in Construction Costs with the approval of a new full Service Convention center hotel downtown. The project was approved by the city Council Earlier today, and itll come in at 100 Million Dollars. Construction costs through the end of october are at 586 Million Dollars in the metro. With two months left to go. Coming up tonight at 10, why one Downtown Business is skeptical that this project is worht the investment. Stephanie governor branstad is finally opening up about the recent medicaid privatization hearings at the state capitol. Theres been some backlash about how the four out of state companies were chosen to run the states program, hawki. The governor is defending his decision by saying 25 other states have made similar. This will affect more than 560 thousand iowans. Anytime theres big money at stake and a particular bidder doesnt get it, its not surprising they may try to go to court. Were not going to be fearful of that and we feel that the appropriate proceedures were followed. Stephanie branstad says the takeover will save the state money, streamline the process, and prevent confusion over prescriptions. Local 5 has been following the hearings and proposed changes, and we will continue to update you on them as the process moves forward. Jack three people are now charged with robbery in connection with a newton Armed Robbery at a caseys gas station last week. Heres a video snapshot of one of the hold up at the caseys last wednesday night. 16yearold gabriel crandall, 17 yearold talyor helton, and 24 yearold matthew bridges were found by Police Thanks to several tips from neighbors and witnesses. Jack all three are in the Jasper County jail. Jack and now an update on a case weve been following for more than a year about a little girl who died from a morphine overdose. Jack last october, five year old jayda canada died after overdosing on morphine in her mothers Downtown Des Moines apartment. Her mother and her then boyfriend deshaun trombone were both charged in jaydas death. Trombone is facing up to 65 years in prison. Today jaydas mother agreed to a plea deal. Jack 25 year old tionne bloodsaw agreed to a guilty plea on four charges, including child endangerment causing serious injury, neglect and a drug related charge. Bloodsaw could face a maximum of 40 years in prison. She could be eligible for parole after just 18 months in jail, depending on her behavior. Stephanie coming up on local 5 news at six. Its like the perfect storm of sporting events in iowa city. How the city is getting ready for football and wrestling. Jack plus, its the final home game of the season for iowa state and senior day. Well hear from the cyclones as they look to once again upset the cowboys. Your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. This is local 5 news at 6. We are iowa. Stephanie over 20 Million Dollars and up to 100thousand fans will pour into Kinnick Stadium this weekend for the firstever back to back hawkeye wrestling match and ui football game. It all starts with grapple on the gridiron when the ui wrestling team hosts Oklahoma State at 11 am on saturday, and then the hawkeye Football Team takes the field at 7 against minnesota. Officials at the University Say the huge sporting events will likely go down in history. Ive said, and i dont think its overstating it, saturday has the potential of being one of the greatest days in hawkeye history, to be able to witness a wrestling duel with 40 plusthousand of my closest wrestling pals, buddies, and then to be able to go tailgate for a little longer and then comeback and watch us beat the gofers, which would be a pretty special day. Stephanie local hotels have been booked for two months now for the weekend, so hopefully if youre going, you already reserved a room. Jack 146 veterans from boone county recently took the trip of a lifetime to washington dc. W 18 and line 98 the freedom flight gave veterans the opportunity to see the memorials dedicated to their service. For some of the vietnam veterans, the trip was the first time they were ever thanked for their time at war. That meant recalling old memories some vowed never to think about. See veterans take a walk to remember fellow vets and see how strangers rolled out the red carpet for the freedom flight. Elias johnson brings us part one of war stories tonight at ten. Jack if youd like to find all the events and activities g gng on in the metro on veterans day, visit our website we are iowa dot com. Jack you may be noticing that a few anchors and reporters around here are looking a little different lately. Thats because the local 5 news team is participating in no shave november here to give us an update on how the guys are doing is lucas casey in the Digital Media center. Lucas . Lucas thats right, jack. A few of us guys around here are looking a little scruffy lately. Including mysefl, but its for a good cause. Were letting our beards grow this november in an effort to raise money in the fight against cancer. Heres a look at the progress one week in, first brad edwards. Next, good morning iowa anchor elias johnson, heres a look at jordan furbee, and finally, me. You probably forgot what we all looked like clean shaven. You can check all of our progress online. Go to weareiowa. Com slash onlocal5 where periodic updates on going and how our lucas casey, local 5 stephanie wxcdl meteorologist local 5 weather is meteorologist brad edwards is local 5 weather is coming up next. Forecast with chief weatherrate the independent weather experts brad wxc welcome back. Im local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. Brad lets take a look at we are iowas most accurate forecast. Brad wxwall weather adlib put script here in green caulk up another nice, fall day out there today with sunny skies and mild temperatures tonight will be quiet and clear with temps dropping into the low and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a large, energetic system cranks up to our southwest. It will still be mild and dry tuesday though with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 for most locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for especially the southern half of iowa and in the afternoon wed. We will be keeping a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday and friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for the latest in weather tonight will be quiet and clear with temps dropping into the low and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a large, energetic system cranks up to our southwest. It will still be mild and dry tuesday though with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 for most locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for especially the southern half of iowa and in the afternoon wed. We will be keeping a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday d friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday brad 2wx forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for and clear with temps and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a system cranks up to our southwest. It will tuesday though with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 for most locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for southern half of iowa and in the afternoon a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday and friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday brad 2wx thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for tonight will be quiet and clear with temps dropping into the low and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a large, energetic system cranks up to our southwest. It will still be mild and dry tuesday though with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 for most locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for especially the southern half of iowa and in the afternoon wed. We will be keeping a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday and friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday brad 2wx thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for tonight will be quiet and clear with temps dropping into the low and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a large, energetic system cranks up to our southwest. It will still be mild and dry tuesday though with locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for especially the southern half of iowa and in the afternoon wed. We will be keeping a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday and friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday brad 2wx thats all for my forecast. Check out weareiowa. Com for the latest in weather. Stephanie 2wx thanks brad. Jack 2bam state with task this weekend. Jon 2bam opponent of the season and it day but chin up the team has position that coming up next. Jordan three games are thats left for iowa states 2015 regular season, two on the road and saturdays home finale, which is also senior day three more wins and the cyclones go bowling, but theyd love nothing more than to send their seniors out with a win. Its going to be an emotional day, going out there for the last time, its going to be emotional before the game and probably after the game, but during the game i think its going to be like any other. You know we all know that this is it for us, this is our last home game so definitely go out there and play with everything that we got. Iowa states brutal big 12 schedule continues this weekend as 5th ranked Oklahoma State comes to town. The cyclones hope to bring back some of the magic from 2011s upset win. Theres certainly a lot of similarities with the date of the game, with their high ranking and playoffs on the line for their Football Team. You know we counted yesterday, theres only 8 current members of our roster that were part of that team in 2011. Ive seen all the things that go along with that game and what happened with it. I didnt watch it personally in 2011, but ive seen the highlights and everything from that. I was actually at a friends house i remember, we were watching twilight, not by my choice. I kept flipping back to it and stuff, then finally in the 4th quarter, i was like alright i gotta watch the game. I just remember watching from the sidelines like, this is amazing. i wish i was out there and now i have a chance to repeat and make a big game again. Saturday is set for 2 30 pm and can be seen on isu is an early 14 point underdog. Jordan news, believe it or not basketball season officially begins on friday as the 7 cyclones take on colorado in sioux falls. And when they take the court at the pentagon, ya thats what the arena there is called. Theyll have an preseason ap allamerican on the team Senior ForwardGeorges Niang was honored by the ap as one of the best 5 players in america. He joins gonzagas kyle wiltjer, oklahomas buddy hield, providences kris dunn and ben simmons of lsu on the first team, kinda weird no duke, kansas, unc or kentucky player on the list niang is isus first preseason allamerican since Jamaal Tinsley back in 2000. Georges earned allamerican honors from the ap last season, averaging 15 points, 5 boards and 3 assists a game. Fridays game is set for 4 pm on espn2 finally, check this out. At this weekends university of st. Thomas football game, a small d3 school in minnesota. The team lined up for an extra point. What looked like a standard fake, the holder flings a nolook backward pass and it works check it out with some different angles. While it looks like an accident, the team actually play in practice the team was up pointer and went on to win 803 stephanie sx3s jack sx3s well be right back. Youre five news at six. The web. We are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. Jack wxhang now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. Brad weather adlib caulk up another nice, fall day out there today with sunny skies and mild temperatures tonight will be quiet and clear with temps dropping into the low and mid 30s. Tuesday will start off with sunshine, but probably wont end that way as a large, energetic system cranks up to our southwest. It will still be mild and dry tuesday though with highs in the upper 50s to near 60 for most locations. The rain from this large system will start rolling in wednesday am and could become stormy throughout the day. It looks like we will have a chance for some Severe Weather for especially the southern half of iowa and in the afternoon wed. We will be keeping a close eye on this powerful system to be sure in its wake, we will have some very chilly winds thursday and friday as temps stay in the 40s for most areas. We will rebound this weekend with mid 50s saturday and then low 60s in the metro sunday stephanie 4shothang thank you for spending your time with us tonight. Jack 4shothang time with us tonight. Jack 4shothang we are working hard on another great newscast for 10pm. Were proud to say we are iowa. Have a great with trump after snl. The divorce happened. I just stopped eating. Blake today on exmiranda and what is gwen saying about him . Plus, were with trump after snl. Big ratings, interesting reviews. Its whats coming up right now. On entertainment tonight. You used to call me on the cell phone i think it was a fantastic evening. He after par and the donalds kids. Im incredibly proud of him