And 6 yr old daughter, its a challenge for me to decide how much contact i want them to have personally, im very involved from West Des Moines Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa Stephanie Ram the senate bill will be debated in subcommittee on monday afternoon to see if it will continue to the senate floor. We want to know what you think. Should athletic trainers have to be at every varsity sporting event . Let us know by calling, on facebook or sending an email. Jack a horrible car crash in rural ankeny around noon today. The driver was traveling along northeast 29th street, when she lost control of her vehicle and skidded off the road. Into a ditch and violently hit a tree. A child in the passengers seat was taken by helicopter to the hospital. Investigators were trying to reconstruct the accident this afternoonbecau se no one actually saw it happen. Sgt. Brandon bracelin, Polk County Sheriffs Department we had some witnesses in the area thatve seen the vehicle travel down ne 29th
Likely to slide over us by next thursday and friday. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. After a week of iowa utilities board still decision on the bakken pipeline. They have been they learned during months of hearings and sworn testimony. The board has asked its legal team to put together a pros the project. Next friday. Elias morning. Elias state john kerry says major world powers have agreed to a ceasefire in wartorn provide the country. Diplomats hope the ceasefire can be fully implemented in just one week. However, the agreement does not apply to any Terror Organization operating in syria. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina missouri officer Anthony Piercy waived his arraignment thursday. He faces an Involuntary Manslaughter death of brandon ellingson. Arrested ellingson for driving drunk on a boat in 20 14. Ellingson fell overboard and drowned 14. Ellingson fell overboard and drowned while handcuffed. And drowned a jury tria
Of 36 will be possible north and east of us. Most of the snow should be done by noon sunday. Sunday afternoon is looking dry and mostly cloudy with highs close to average in the low 30s. It should be a nice enough afternoon for the kids to go out and play in the newly fallen snow warmer weather will finally start to take shape over the midwest and iowa next week with jack 2shot good evening. Welcome to local 5 news, home of we are iowa dot com. Im jack miller. Stephanie 2shot and im stephanie angleson. Glad youre with us tonight. Stephanie concussions they are showing up more and more in pro athletes, as well as in players at the high school level. Now iowa state lawmakers are getting involved to make sure schools are watching for concussions very closely. Jack a bill will be introduced on monday that will require an athletic trainer to be on hand for any varsity football, soccer, or wrestling event. Its up for a vote before the Senate Education committee. Stephanie thats one side of t
Local 5 news midday. Im amanda krenz. Our top story, its week of hearings on the bakken pipeline. Iowa remains the final state still almost four project. The week revealing what theyve learned over the past several months through hearings. Despite no decision, some as though it would be approved. But even now Board Members are getting more both sides of the issue. Making the decision even more difficult. Geri huser, iowa utilities board its a struggle. I dont like that part of this process. Amanda Board Members say, regardless of their decision, these companies will want to transport crude oil. Those local five has spoken with say the board is being very deliberate throughout this whole process. Includi ng taking the right steps to come to a decision. Don tormey, iub spokesman it sounds like the board is trying to really narrow down the issues that they need to address and theyre asking before their the pipeline next friday. The boards legal team has been together a pros from this week
In from our northwest tonight with a mix of rain and snow. It looks like conditions will be mild enough before midnight for mainly rain showers in western iowa. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Downtown des moines is looking to host some big events this year. But changes could make it tricky for those looking to use the skywalk system to get around. Construction of the Convention Center hotel has closed down parts of the skywalk until 2018. Stephanie tonight, just days away from the start of the state wrestling tournament. Construction concerns are going to cost them a lot of money. Stephanie local fives Nikki Davidson joins us live from downtown with more in tonights big story. Nikki . Nikki right during these cold winter months. Coming down the warm skywalk can be like heaven. But lately. Youre going to run alot of this. Parts that are blocked off and closed. An inconvience for some. B