Stacey six weeks ago, an entire kids Triathlon Company disappeared. Thieves stole a trailer parked in south des moines, taking all the equipment owned by a oneman kid Sports Organization called rip roar of events. Tonight, kccis Mark Tauscheck has an update. Mark to the surprise of the companys owner and law enforcement, the trailer with most of its contents, has been found almost 6 weeks after it disppeared. But returning the trailer is proving to be a bigger challenge than anyone expected. Michael zimmerman hadnt seen his trailer since december, on Surveillance Video as he watched the thieves drive off into the night. Inside was everything he purchased to start a kids triathlon series in the midwest last summer. Bike racks, barricades, fencing, cones, audio equipment. All gone. Its safe to say zimmerman did not expect to see his trailer again. Wow. Savings on still inside. I dont know, there is a lot of relief. Mark the thieves took what they could sell. Generators are gone, it looks
They used to save his life, ahead this morning. Youre watching kcci eight news. There will be people along the way who try to undercut your success. Eric also this morning, taylor swift swipes back at the naysayers with her acceptance speech at last nights Grammy Awards. Who won, who lost, and who outdid themselves with their performances, ahead. Eric good morning and welcome back, it is tuesday, february 16. Elizabeth you might want to step carefully as you head out this morning. Rainy weather out there could make slick spots. Metinka we have rain and snow across central iowa tracking to the south and southeast. The back edge of the precipitation is back through ames and carol. It has just been a cold rain but we do have patches where we have snow mixing and and some freezing rain. Sidewalk, the parking lot, and maybe some gravel roads in the country will be slick early on today. All of this will be moving out by 9 00 or 10 00 a. M. Across des moines and closer to noon. Heading for hi
Im dave price. It was not whaa ralfml expected when they sat down to watch t. V. This evening. A loud crash. And then this police say 0yr ldivr and her passenger where traveling too fast when she tried to turn off east 27th street on to shady lane drive. The pt cruiser ran over the stop sign at the corner and slammed into the garage. Police say the driver and her passenger only had minor injuries. The husband and wife inside the house. Along with there son were not harmed. Charges against the driver are pendg it took an airlift from a helicopter to get a knoxville man the medical attention he needed afr a fire left him with third degree burns. The incident happened just after 1 pm. Fire crews say that the man, in his mid 50s, was working on his truck in the driveway when it suddenly caught coveralls which then lit the tops of his boots. His two adult sons came to quickly put out the fire. But not before the man suffered sever injuries to his legs. Despite the pain he was in fighters sa
Sever injuries to his legs. Despite the pain, firefighters say the man was able to walk to an ambulance. He was life flighted to a burn center in iowa city. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Thanks ben. We heard about new stats from the fbi that showed Violent Crime is down a lot across the country. And two iowa cities in particular are especially falling fast. But channel 13s Reid Chandler wanted to find out why. He joins us with more in the studio. Hey reid. Its new at five. If youre looking to live in a safe community, look no further than the state of iowa. Data analyzed by 247 wall street from the fbi between 2010 and 2014 shows dubuque and ames are the top two cities nationwide where Violent Crime is plummeting. 11 19 37 weve been pretty fortunate over the years to have a very low Violent Crime rate. And so, that affords us the opportunity to neighborhood and work on a lot of quality of life issues. Commander jason tuttle Ames Police Department for ames, the dat
After a cold and snowy weekend. The temperatures are warming up nicely this monday. This guy didnt stand much of a chance. And anything thats left of him today. Will surely be gone tomorrow. Good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. A weak disturbance will cross through central iowa late tonight between midnight and 7 am. It will bring a mix of rainsnow across the state. Temperatures will hover right around 32 degrees. By the commute in, the precipitation should be done but roads may be wet or slick in spots. We just learned with in the last half hour, the names off the suspect involved in a deadly shooting over the weekend. The shooting. Officers were called to the early man started fighting with an urbandale officer. Then fired at officers. An officer returned fire. Police said that suspect was 29year old ali yahia three officers were also named in the officer involved shooting. They are Sergeant Jeff casey, officer anthony brooks, and officer ju