Morning as well. Including sioux citys Public Schools and Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools with a two hour late start in the morning. A group of kids in dakota dunes even had scarves, clothes, and even wigs for their snowmen. Its clear by their rosey cheeks that they had been playing for hours. But the cold wasas going to stop them from enjoying their time off. 3 3 todays snowfall was just the second measurable snow of the season. And were already more than halfway to matching our total from all of last winter. Siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell joins us live now from the Southern Hills mall. Chad, whats up with all this snow before december even hits . 3 back into the mid to upper 30s by thursday. 3 its been all hands on deck city. Today the city had 50 pieces of snowplowing equipment on the streets. Tonight theyre expected to have 12 to 15 pieces of equipment out on the road. Make sure you get your cars and trucks especially off the main streets so they can be cleared. And it
3 the south Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted 2 to 1 to approve the construction permit. But that permit comes with conditions. Conditions that are unknown at this time. Plans call for the pipeline to originate in Bakken Oil Field of north dakota. Then through south dakota. Six counties in northwest iowa on its way to illinois. Many landowners in iowa are fighting to get the iowa utilities board to reject the pipeline. That board is currently Holding Hearings on the project. It isnt expected to make a decision until february. 3 3 it sounds like good news for the ethanol industry. 3 the Obama Administration is requiring more Renewable Fuels be used in the nations supply of gasoline next year. Refiners will be required to blend more than 18 billion gallons. Thats compared to about 17 and a half billion this year. But its far short of the 22 billion goal congress set when it enacted the renewable fuel standard in 2007. The increase is gasoline is being consumed 3 3 that decision is
Effect until midnight tuesday night Winter Weather advisory in effect for holt county from 6 am through tuesday 6 am of Winter Weather morning commutes wont contain much in the way of will likely contain some freezing drizzle that could lower visibility and make roads slick. ll see that transition to snow during the Morning Hours as it spreads from south to north and intensifies throughout the day. Lingering light snow remains possible for monday night and tuesday and when all is said and eastern siouxland could see as mumu as a fooooof snow with the majority of the viewing area expected to get at least 56 inches. The weather really begins to quiet down on wednesday as the sun returns with highs in the 30s the rest see graphics. Accidents. Heres the aermath of one that one of the iowa dot cameras caught this morning. This is interstate 29 northbound looking north at the highway 20 bypass. It appeared to involve a semi and another vehicle. There were apparently no injuries in this one.
Sabrina and iowa state has a new head football coach we;ll take a look at what coach campbell had to say at his announcement yesterday in the heart of cyclone country. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new details this morning in a des moines Death Investigation sabrina police have identified the two people found dead inside of a home monday on the 39hundred block of center street. Investigators found 36year old bryon howard and 31 yearold Heather Belieu dead. Right now they do have a person of interest. They want to interview 39 yearold Michael John Wanchanic we have local 5s Claire Powell is on the scene claire authorities removed two children from a home monday, after the discovery of two people dead inside the house. A 911 call of someone being shot, sent Des Moines Police to the who the 911 caller was or how the children are related to the people found dead. Those chil
Few snow showers mainly scattered across northern iowa. The metro should stay warm enough that if any moisture drifts over us we would see just a few isolated rain showers. Both rain and snow accumulations today will be very light and scattered, so travel impacts should be very low other than already slick roads from yesterday. Highs today are going to climb into the upper 30s with a strong wind out of the south. Overnight tonight there might be a few light snow showers left around, but accumulations should again be very small and scattered. Wednesday is going to be cold and windy with highs in the mid 30s. We will warm into the 40s starting on thursday and lasting well into the weekend where a few 50s come back elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias two children had to be removed from a des moines home after police also discover two people dead inside. A 911 call about someone being police to the home on the 39 hundred block of Center Street monday afternoon. Neighbors s