County courthouse tonight. Mark video is disturbing to watch. Hard for anyone to see, so you can imagine what it imagine how hard it must of been for the parents of these three very young children. An emotional scene at the courthouse this morning as the parents of these children came facetoface with ms. Williamson. This is video of christina williamson, on one day, with one baby girl that she treats like a rag doll. We are not showing the worst of the abuse. It is very hard to watch. She wasnt injured of the nature , of the abuse, this is williamson pushing the babies face into the carpet to stop her from crying. Stepping on her head, stuffing a cloth into her mouth, aggressively flipping her over. It is impossibly cruel. Today, she was sentenced to 5 years in prison after agreeing to a deal, pleading guilty to one felony and one aggravated misdemeanor child endangerment im a human being too, and i have kids, and watching that film was just sickening, how you treated those babies. Mar
Elizabeth if you do business with the city of des moines, get ready for some big changes. A 5 million renovation will close city hall this spring and now the city revealed where you can find the new temporary city hall. Todd magel reports. Todd after more than a century, the citys crown jewel on the Des Moines River is ready for an update. And that means for the First Time Since the floods of 1993, its shutting down until sometime in 2018. I think this is a very big deal. Todd . Deputy city manager carl metzger says the thousands of people who pay parking tickets and conduct other government business here will have to head to the citys away at 400 east court. City leaders just approved a nearly Million Dollar budget to move. Workers wont be able to stay in renovations. The logistics of that, as you monumental. Todd among the many changes heat boiler deep in the buildings basement. Crews will also install a new heating and air conditioning system and a new sprinkler updates. Even though
Clouds rolling in but no fog to worry about. Yesterday and it was slow but we are tracking sprinkles from south dakota and nebraska. If they hold together, they will be affecting the northern half of the state today. Mainly sprinkles is all we are expecting. Temperatures from the most part starting out above freezing. 35 in des moines. That is where we should be for the afternoon highs today. Things are looking really nice. Clouds will continue to run in this morning. Temperatures in the low 50s with the few sprinkles during the afternoon. Eric the big stories this morning. Union county officials are trying to figure out how a woman ended up in a farmers pond. Lastly, they pulled 37yearold Loretto Dillinger from the water. A criminal investigation is now into the case. A hunter found the body partially submerged in a remote pond northwest that is invisible we are treating it as a suspicious death. There are no homes around the area. Eric an autopsy is underway. The body had been in the
Good morning and welcome back. Eric we are starting another day with nice temperatures. Today will be better than yesterday and it keeps getting better. Metinka thats a nice trend when temperatures head up with. Starting on the right foot with readings above freezing. 36 degrees and knoxville and these are close to the seasonal high. There are cycles coming sprinkles coming from sioux falls. This should be later toward the noon hour. It is looking like a great day for outdoor recess except for light rain later today. 40 degreessish five the first bell. Unseasonably warm in the 50s with record highs possible by thursday. Eric first to big stories this morning. Union county officials are trying to figure how a woman ended up in a farmers pond. 37yearold Loretta Dillinger of thayer from the water. The Iowa Division of criminal investigation is looking into the case. A hunter found the body rtially submerged in a remote pond northwest of lorimor that isnt visible from the roadway. Spec. Ag
Raise my kids. Lupe gomez got emotional when i asked her about her son. 30 yearold orlando rodriguez. 5 32 58 he hit me. Rodriguez was arrested and charged with assault with intent to inflict serious injury. Released from prison a year ago, rodriguez showed up at his mothers home yesterday, which violated a protective order from 2008. Rodriguez had reportedly been snorting his meds, and he allegedly got violent. 15 29 4952 its not the first time. He gets these outbursts quite a bit. 15 29 2128 hes bipolar, trying to seek help for him for his mental to help me. rodriguez served five years in prison for vehicular homicide. In september of 2009, rodriguez and his brother stole gas from a away, their van hit and killed 48 yearold bruce mundy. Mundy had a nearly 30 year military career, including time with the air force and the iowa air he also was deployed to iraq. Bruces loved ones are not surprised by this latest development involving rodriguez. 15 43 4615 44 05 all he does is make poor