Elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias theres been an indictment in a local case weve been following. Elias after a year of questions surrounding a fire that burned down city hall in casey. And all the citys records with it. Former casey city clerk Dorothy Dillinger is being federally charged with five counts of mail fraud and one count of arson. This fire at the city hall and Community Building happened just hours before a state audit was scheduled. Days later, dillinger admitted to investigators that she spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on personal expenses. In total nearly 300 thousand was misused. All along, people in casey thought funds were being mispent. Thats why 150 people filed a petition for the audit and today they have their answer. A year for us to know she admitted to it and all this time we took the flack for ratting her out and here she had admitted it, clear back then elias new details into that deadly crash
Expected across our forecast area, prompting a winter storm watch for much of central and northern iowa. The timing on snow looks to start in the late morning in western iowa, and it should really get going through central iowa in the Late Afternoon through the evening. Snow totals have been steadily increasing with the metro now expected to get between 3 and 5 inches of snow and the highway 20 to 30 corridor to get around 4 to 7 inches. The winds will be picking up through the afternoon and morning. Sabrina theres been an indictment stemming from a fire that burned down city hall in casey, taking all the citys records down with it. After a year of questions former casey city clerk Dorothy Dillinger is being federally charged with five counts of mail fraud and one count of arson. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias we have the latest on the paris terror attacks. French Officials Say the suspected leader of the attack and a fugitive who was wanted over the deadly rampage we
And good morning, americica. What a special morning here in times square. Look upstairs. We got a gma hall of fame upstairs, joan, charlie, diane walking in this morning. Thats not all. Theres sam and spencer. Whats wonderful, theyre excited to see each other. Were excited to see them. Everybody up in the green room. We were almost late getetting down here to the set. We got a lot of fun to look ford but like every morning for the last 40 we have to start with the news. Lots of new developments in europe. We begin with that breaking news. The dramatic video from paris, our first look thihis morninat one of those attacks on a restaurant. Dailymail. Com obtaining the Surveillance Footage andnd abcs matt gutman ststarts us f with that in paris. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. I want you to see how many bullets blasted through the facade of this restaurant. Right across the street a second People Killed there. What that chilling video allows us to see is exactly how these
Between 3 and 5 inches of snow and the highway 20 to 30 corridor to get around 4 to 7 inches. The winds will be picking up through the afternoon and especially overnight so blowing snow will make travel conditions deteriorate especially as the afternoon and evening continue. Here in central and southern iowa we will see the snow start as a wintry mix, but it should turn into all snow fairly quickly, and while the warm ground temps will be melting the snow at first, it will likely start to accumulate on the roads during the rush hour driving home friday night. We should dry out on saturday and sunday but it will be very cold with highs falling into the 20s and 30s. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina theres been an indictment stemming from a fire that burned down city hall in casey, taking all the citys records down with it. After a year of questions former casey city clerk Dorothy Dillinger is being federally charged with fi
With Highway Patrol says this has been a difficult case for troopers. 11 32 06 this is one of those unfortunate cases were inexperience played a factor. And say theres no solid advice to give other parents when it comes to determining when a young driver is ready for the high speed, busy interstate. 11 32 46 we dont know what the mom was telling her daughter, she could have driven on the interstate multiple times before this or been a great driver on a secondary road. His best advice. Ease a new driver into new situations. And minimize the amount of distractions and other people inside the vehicle. 11 33 13 take your time, theres no rush. Nikki hospital officals at iowa methodist tell us that the driver, and her younger sister are listed in good condition. In the studio, Nikki Davidson local five news we are iowa. Stephanie nikki, thanks. The crash is still under investigation we do know that the two children in the backseat were not wearing seatbelts. Officers say there is potential f