Top five this morning. Elias the storm may be gone, but a record amount of snow remains on top of the east coast. Authorities are still cautioning against unnecessary driving, with Airline Schedules still in disarray. The snow keeping schools and government offices closed in baltimore and washington dc. At least 28 weatherrelated deaths were reported from the storm. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias Des Moines Police investigating the first homicide of 2016 for the city. Sunday morening officers found the body of 71 yearold Norma Jean Mcneeley at a home on pioneer road. At this time there are no suspects, but police do have leads in the suspicious death. More details are expected from investigators later today. Elias the third thing you need to know before you elias with exactly one week until the iowa caucuses, democratic and republican president ial candidates will be ramping up their appearances in iowa. Tonight, cnn will hold a town hall for the three democrats will
Morning. Elias the storm may be gone, but a record amount of snow remains on top of the east coast. Authorities are still cautioning against unnecessary driving, with Airline Schedules still in disarray. The snow keeping schools and government offices closed in baltimore and washington dc. At least 28 weatherrelated deaths were reported from the storm. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias Des Moines Police investigating the first homicide of 2016 for the city. Sunday morening officers found the body of 71 yearold Norma Jean Mcneeley at a home on pioneer road. At this time there are no suspects, but police do have leads in the suspicious death. More details are expected from investigators later today. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias with exactly one week until the Iowa Caucuses, democratic and republican president ial be ramping up their appearances in iowa. Tonight, cnn will hold a town hall for the three democrats at drake univers
The qualifying matchups that lead the panthers and the broncos to their big wins. Elias snowzilla slammed the east coast over the weekend. Well take a look at how cities are dealing with the aftermath. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias our top story this morning. Des moines begins its first Homicide Investigation of 2016 elias Early Sunday Morning Police found the body of a 71yearold woman during a welfare check of a 71yearold woman during a welfare check Authorities Say the death was not normal, but had been very violent. At this time, they dont have any suspects, but have developed some solid leads about the death. Police say theres a lot of work to be done. Sgt. Paul parizek, Des Moines Police department its a large crime scene. Evidence that we first saw at the home, we were able to follow quite a distance from the home. So, as they processed the scene, it took them to an a
20s. Winter weather advisory in effect 6am monday until 12am tuesday for portions of west and north iowa. The advisory does not include polk county. The overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation tomorrow as highs top out in the lowtomid 30s. Nikki also coming up on local five news at 10. Snowzilla is leaving the country, but not before it dropped record setting snow. Up and down the east coast. Nikki then. Video of a special needs student pressed up against the windows of a Des Moines Public School bus. A bus driver and an assistant fired after the incident. Nikki but first, a metro woman found dead in her home early this morning. Now police are ruling it a homicide. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki dead in her des moines home early this morning. Tonight, police are investigating it as a homicide. Good evening. Im nikki davidson. This is the metros the first homicide of the year. And while there arent many details on what happened right now, police are
What you think. Our phone lines are open. Host you can catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. Host a very good Tuesday Morning to you. That hobby lobby case is the subject of many articles and editorials and Opinion Pieces in todays papers. Go through a few of them for you this morning. Here is the wall street journal. Contraceptive case skews ideological lines. The lead editorial in the dont openn, pandoras box. Discrimination is likely to extend far beyond simple access to contraception. And usa today, hobby lobby case fuels bigotry. We want to start by reading a bit from an opinion piece from over the weekend on this case from pastor rick warren. His piece appeared in the Washington Post. Does our constitution guarantee the freedom of religion or does it merely allow a more limited freedom to worship . The freedom tove place our beliefs and ethics at the center of our Business Practices or must we ignore them when we form a company . Hobbytcome of sebelius v lobby