Say goodbye to the snow and hello to much warmer are going to see 40s, and even 50s by the weekend. More heat is set up for much of next week. It may not look like christmas, but for preholiday travel and busy shopping time, it will be great. Dry weather is expected through the seven day. This afternoon were still circumstances surrounding a double homicide in des moines. The investigation came to an end late last night. Following a standoff in the middle of a highway. 39year old Michael Wanchanic is in the polk county jail tonight. Charged with two counts of first degree murder. His arrest came after a four hour standoff in the middle of highway 141. Justin surrency joins us now with more on this developing story. Sonya this all began on monday afternoon. With a grim discovery inside a home along i235 on the west side of des moines. Inside this home in the 39hundred block of Center Street police found the bodies of a man and a woman. Along with two small children who were unharmed. We
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This nativity scene was built in 1945 by German prisoners being held at the POW Camp near Algona. It has been preserved and available for the public to view each year since - until this year when it was forced to be closed due to the pandemic.
ALGONA – The baby Jesus; his mother, Mary, father, Joseph and others that make up the Christmas story are often displayed in nativity scenes.
Although nativity scenes are a popular decoration at Christmastime, there is nothing like the one in Algona.
This one- of- a kind recreation of that blessed day 2,020 years ago, was created by German prisoners of war during World War II who were being held at the Prisoner of War (POW) Camp near Algona.