Our flashback to summer temperatures continues. Were starting off really warm out there. Metinka it is 64 degrees. Feeling great. 61 in ames. We have a nice day coming in from the south. We are watching this complex of thundershowers just north of kansas city and moving northeast. It looks like if it holds together, it will be affecting the lamoni area and a couple of hours. We have a few spotty showers developing but it is not enough to get rainfall on everybodys rain gauge today. A better chance for more widespread soaking rain arise arrives on friday. Eric big stories today in central Iowa Des Moines Police chief dana wingert is expected to release more information today explaining why the department cleared Senior Police officer Vanessa Miller after she shot an unarmed man in june. Kcci was the first to bring you the breaking news last night. Determined officer miller did not violate policy when she shot , 28yearold Ryan Bolinger. Officials tell us officer miller shot bolinger june
Best chance of seeing widespread rainfall. Keep the umbrellas handy. Keep the jackets handy. It is going to be a chilly rain today. Temps will not be changing much at all. Highs near 55. Elizabeth new this morning, a single car crash shut down i35 for several hours overnight. The crash happened just after 11 00 south of mills civic , parkway. Authorities say they had to shut down the interstate to clean it up. No word yet on what caused the crash or how serious it was. According to the dot i35 is back open this morning. Eric also happening this morning, the city of ames is under a boil water alert for the areas of town on the map. The city tells us 157 homes and 100 commercial and Industrial Properties are affected. Ames residents in those areas are encouraged to use bottled water as a precaution. City officials expect the water will be safe to drink again later today. Keep an eye on kcci for updates on this. And this morning were waiting to hear back from the Polk County Health depart
Ship it was heading down fourth and mlk swerving. It ended here with the apprehension of the suspect right here on the corner of southeast fourth and mlk. The suspect was swerving trying to avoid the police. They deployed those stop sticks. They blew the tire of the vehicle. It has zero traction left. That is when the suspect took off on foot. When the suspect took off, they had officers holdback and send out the k9 units that were able to track down the suspect. He was wearing a pretty thick jacket but did have a dog bite with very small abrasions. They did taken to the hospital after the apprehension as protocol to check him out. A little bit more background on the suspect. They say he was swerving through traffic. He blocked intersections police blocked intersections to keep the public safe. Officers did a great job as far as maintaining the safety of the community, as well as the streets. They did a great job of blocking intersections. Maintaining safety to public. Alyx police tell
A better chance of rain arrives for thanksgiving day. Temperatures falling on thursday. By late in the afternoon, we have a wintry mix to deal with and some light accumulations. To the north. Temperatures falling back into the 30s. Elizabeth getting to the big stores this money. A domestic fight led to the deaths up 42yearold amy frra aaken and her 15yearold daughter. This was not fair. This is not justified. This was not appropriate. This was just straight up ignorance. Elizabeth Des Moines Police say 47yearold Barney Fraaken shot them and try to shoot himself. His stepson greg lane told us it is not think his stepmother had been abusive to his mother in the past but was nervous when he bought several guns. Fraaken is in Police Custody in the hospital where he is being treated for selfinflicted gunshot wounds. Amy fraaken announce you wanted to leave her husband before he shot and killed her. Police say Domestic Violence cases are one of their most frequent calls. One in four women wi
36 in ames and in des moines were at 39 with most locations across the state are already above freezing. In a more typical december morning, temperatures would only be near 20 degrees so this is a huge improvement over average. And its going to be an above average day, too. We are expecting sunshine by noon, close to 50 degrees, headed for highs today right around 55. The weather stays quiet the next couple days and it also stays warm. But weve got some change coming in the forecast and well need to pull out those warmer coats as we head towards the weekend. Eric todays big stories now, theres new information this morning on a roosevelt basketball coach arrested for sex charges. 46yearold gerald tig johnson turned himself into Police Tuesday facing charges of assault with the intention to commit a sex act and Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. The varsity basketball coach returned to roosevelt after a few stints with other schools. The district says it is cooperating with invest