Court avenue security. Violence near the court avenue Business District has raised security concerns recently. What the city is planing to do about it. Remembering austin. In the middle of a championship match, a Spencer High School wrestler collapses and dies later at the hospital. How the community is honoring austin roberts. Madrid remembers. He was a larger than life figure who put his community on the map when it comes to athletics. How the community of madrid os reacting to the sudden death of randy hinkel. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Tonight. Recent violence has brought safety concerns to light near downtowns court avenue Business District. In the past, offduty Police Officers have provided an extra safety net while patrolling late at night. Justin surrency explains why that wont be happening over the forward. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are no
A lot of movement going on. Not too much rain. Jason no snow getting in your way. We have rain that is all over iowa. You can see out towards grimes we have the heavy stuff. Nobody has picked up more than 2 10 of one inch. It is a little bit pesky as you head out and about. Mainly central portions of the state. That is down and waterloo. Some locations through eastern portions of the state could see some thunderstorm activity. It is odd seeing as how we are in late december. So be it. Rainfall totals are rather light. Up in des moines, we are fractions of an inch across the entire state. We have a day to continue to pick up the rainfall which will eventually move over to a rain and snow mix. We will top out at 48 degrees. We hang onto that for a few days. We could get some light snow. Christmas day is at 43 degrees. Eric thank you. We are learning about a new lottery scam in central iowa this morning, an underage des moines man, scores a 100,000 dollar jackpot. The winning mega crosswo
First on 13. Recent violence along court avenue has lead to calls for more security in the area. But Des Moines Police say their funding for an increased officer presence has run dry. Channel 13s Justin Surrency spoke with a woman whos urging the city to take action. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are not around. That concern is amplified now that the well of offDuty Officers working the court avenue district has gone dry. The funding for the offDuty Officers has been exhausted, weve always had officers assigned to those beats, friday and saturday they step up patrols and thats not going to change. The lack of an extra presence now worries a mother who wishes to remain anonymous. We cant ignore it, kids need friend were brutally beaten near court avenue in february. His physical wounds have healed but mentally, i think its something that will be with him the rest of his life. And just days after thanksgiving one man was shot and killed, anothe
Pick up behind this storm and gust to 40 mph. Tomorrow we will see another chance for light snow in the morning and midday hours. This will be a weak system that will die out as it moves into eastern iowa tomorrow afternoon. Christmas day is looking dry. Highs will be in the lower 40s. Christmas night we will see a mix of rain and snow. The rain and mix will continue on saturday. Sunday will be mostly cloudy. Much cooler air moves in next week. Monday will be a messy day with rain changing to snow. Heavy snow is possible by monday evening. That snow will last through tuesday morning. Wednesday will be colder with mostly cloudy skies. The iowa state patrol says 2015 has been one of the safest in recent memory on iowa roads. Channel 13s jannay towne joins us with more on what you can to do to keep it that way. For the first time ever. More expected to travel between now and the new year. Most are getting behind the wheel. So get ready to share the road with more drivers on the way to you
Working the court avenue district has gone dry. The funding for the offDuty Officers has been exhausted, weve always had officers assigned to those beats, friday and saturday they step up patrols and thats not going to change. The lack of an extra presence now worries a mother who wishes to remain anonymous. We cant ignore it, kids need to be aware. Her son along with his friend were brutally beaten near court avenue in february. His physical wounds have healed but mentally, i think its something that will be with him the rest of his life. And just days after thanksgiving one man was shot and killed, another sent to the hospital. Its just a shame and shouldnt have to happen to anyone else, its just senseless. It caused several businesses along court avenue to pitch in and hire two off Duty Officers during weekend nights. We are hoping that as we go through this and into next season we will be fullforce. Police say the city and county are attempting to be proactive. Weve got some discus