It will be here in a couple of hours . Metinka we are tracking it near the western part of the state and up to Guthrie County and through auburn county. All of that is moving this morning. What you see here may not be preaching the ground just yet but it will be reaching the ground later, light snow today. We have clouds in des moines with 16 degrees and a nearly called wind. It will be a gentle snow fall today. It will come down in the early afternoon hours. You can expect up to. 5one inches of snow. Elizabeth we want to get straight to the breaking news. Shots fired after a chase on the south side. Alyx sacks is on the scene right now. If the suspect in custody . The crime scene unit just left. There were officers here in the area about 10 minutes ago, still looking for evidence with the crime scene unit. Here is what happened while we were sleeping. At 2 20 this morning, authorities went to pull over a vehicle and it would not pull over. It led police on a highspeed chase, up to 80
At 511ia. Org, you can see a lot of purple on the map, meaning that travel is not advised. And some roads are actually highlighted in red, meaning those roads are currently impassable. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us on this monday. Were going to check in with frank in just a minute to find when the high winds will be easing up, but we begin with vanessa peng, who has been checking out the Hazardous Conditions all morning. Vanessa, where are you and what are the roads like at this hour . Vanessa molly, it is crazy out here. Im still in hamilton county. You mentioned the impassable portions on 511 ia. Org co. We were at one of the locations eastbound on highway 175. You can see how insane it is. When they say white out conditions, this is what they are talking about. Visibility is pretty much at zero. Because you do not know if there is something in front of you that you may smack into co. I spoke to a woman at the rest out there and she mentioned that she was heading southbound f
Fathers death. Tonight dozens of people watched as grays attorney Bruce Stoltze argued that shouldnt matter. Bruce stoltze everyday she lives without her father. There is no father around her to support her. There is no father to see her at her birthdays. Laura the lawsuit raises another important question when a person in iowa can bring a medical malpractice lawsuit. Current law says two years. Gray filed hers four years later, something baldis Attorney Says should not be allowed. Eric hoch we believe that the statute of limitations. Its not ambiguous. The court has been down thth road before with schultz, its an analysis that holds true. Laura when pressed by the justices, stoltze argued a discovery rule, meaning in death cases, he thinks the family should have two years after they discover possible malpractice to file a suit. 45 minutes of arguments later, all went as well as it could have gone. Dr. Daniel baldi i thought the questions that the justices were asking were very good an
But at least in those rare cases , where perhaps someone was an accomplice and they worked hard opportunity to apply and go before the parole board. The iowa board of parole still in control who is considered lowrisk to reenter society. Prisons on the send it does is because they have earned it. Eric iowas Public Safety board has weighed in on modifying robberies. Elizabeth the Board Recommends cutting the mandatory minimum for firstdegree robbery from 17 years to seven years served. And 7 to three years for seconddegree robbery. I can feel like just thinking about it just the hair from his face on my body. I can feel that. Eric a des moines woman says Family Member for 9 years. Iowa law prevents her from pressing charges. Elizabeth right now the statute of limitations for child sex Abuse Victims to press criminal charges is 10 years after their 18th birthday. That means if victims dont press charges by the time theyre 28 they cant do a thing. Eric kccis kim st. Onge tells us what one
Cardboard kurtis you can sees areas in darker blue, this extends all the way to northwestern iowa. Snow picking up in dallas county, up towards perry. West of bagley. This will move into the metro. It looks like the heavier snow will be off to the west and southwest. Already snowing in medicine and parts of a dare county. Generally light snowfall. Looking for around one inch in the metro. A bit lighter off to the north. There could be a band of an inch to two inches intersecting carol , ottoman, and maybe down into madison county. Temperatures in the 20s. Not a lot of win tonight. Wind tonight. Snow will and before midnight. It will have sunshine tomorrow wind chills in a single digits. Stacey a man convicted of two murders in southern iowa is found dead in prison. The Iowa Department of corrections says staffers at the iowa medical and Classification Center in coralville found 37yearold Jerry Ray Dillinger hanged himself late last night using a bed sheet. Dillinger pleaded guilty last