Elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias family and friends mourn the loss of a College Student from des moines. This after the charter bus she was riding in monday crashed just fifteen minutes away from its chicago destination. Now they plan to Keep University of iowa senior nicole underwoods memory alive by giving back to someone else. She was studying to become a social worker and planned to attend grad school. Theyre hoping to raise money to create a 10 thousand dollar scholarship for a university of Iowa Human Services student in her honor. They believe the scholarship would keep her love for life alive in someone else. If she could help someone meet their dreams and share that passion, that would be what she would defintely want to happen. Elias the bus crash is still under investigation. Four other elias meanwhile warrants are issued for two people connected to a missing newton girl. Elias investigators have been asking for he
The mid 20s. Tonight we will fall into the coldest air of the season so far with lows in the low teens and Single Digits across the state. Thursday should be a dry but very cold day with highs only in the low 20s. The weekend is starting to look a bit nicer with highs climbing back into the lower 30s and we should see the sun again next week well start warmer in the 30s with a few small snow chances through the week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Lets get into the top five this morning. Elias flooding along the Mississippi River continues to get worse. Preparations are underway in saint louis for what could be the worst flooding since 1993. Many communities in the area spent tens of thousands of sandbags. However, in some areas the rising waters have all but covered up whole towns. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias another sign that iowa has been freed of the avian flu outbreak. The state department of agriculture says that on january first the ban on po
This snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. Even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. At least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 510 mph from the wnw. We may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. However, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the Single Digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. The good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average which is about to freezing next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or snow. Jack she was headed to celebrate the new year with her boyfriend in chicago. How it ended tragically for one des moines family. Jack plus. An ugly Christmas Day discovery. A cow shot, butchered and taken right out of a farmers field. Jack and the hawkeyes are fining tuning their gam
Na of a man who died after a rollover accident yesterday near macy. Authorities day 21year old noah parker was thrown from his vehicle after it rashed yesterday morning on highway 75 just outside of macy. Parker was alone in the vehicle. Authorities are still investigating the cause. Tim a family of eight has been hospitalized for Carbon Monoxide poisoning after an incident early this morning in newell. That happened at a home on South Madison street. Authorities say that a couple and their six children were asleep when the father woke up and recognized his symptoms. He called 911. The whole family was taken to Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in storm lake, most had to be carried out of the house. Police say that one of the causes of the Carbon Monoxide buildup was a furnace vent that was clogged with snow. Jenna a trial date has been set for an akron man accused of killing his mother nearly two years ago. 45yer old johnathan date is scheduled just last month, a Plymouth County jud
Plus. The billzard cleanup continues as siouxland digs out. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning siouxland and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. We begin this morning with the case ainst iconic comedian bill cosby. A pennsylvania judge ruled cosby will have to face a sexual assau charge. And the case against him will move forward. Reporter mary moloney brings us the very latest. The case dates back more than a decade. And it involves Andrea Constand who claims bill cosby drugged and assaulted her in 2004. Initially constand kept quiet. But a year after the alleged assault constand went to police. The prosecutor at the time did not file charges saying there wasnt enough credible and admissible evidence. Cosbys lawyers say the prosecutor made a promise never to criminally charge the comedian. If cosby agreed to testify in constands civil case. He did. And in sworn testimony cosby admitted to giving drugs to some women he wanted to have sex with. Settl