Leading us to a very chilly night with lows dropping into the low single digits. Wednesday there is a quick clipper that will swing through the and early afternoon that should give us a ranging from a couple inches. Were still cold the rest of the week but we will warm back to the 20s by thursday and friday. Valentines day as of now still looks to be fairly cold with snow possible, but luckily next week we are still expecting a warming trend. Elias lets get into the morning. Elias the Winter Weather hitting north and central iowa forced the Iowa Department of transportation and state patrol to close down interstate 35 between ames and clear lake. As we can see this morning. This is looking at the northbound lanes of the interstate. High winds and snowy weather left visibility poor, leading to Car Accidents. The roadway some stranded in ames, and officials have also warned against using sections of highway 69, which runs parallel to the interstate. Sabrina in the number two spot this mo
Conditions and hazardous travel were widespread. Some likely still impact roads since the strong winds will stay in place and that light snow hasnt been able today will be very the mid to upper teens and wind chills below zero for most of the day. Overnight tonight well see a lot less cloud cover and wind leading us to a very chilly night with lows single digits. Wednesday there is a quick clipper that will swing through the state in the morning and early afternoon that should give us a light snow with totals ranging from a couple tenths to about 2 inches. Were still cold the rest of the week but we will warm back to the 20s by thursday and friday. Valentines day as of now still looks to be fairly cold with snow possible, but luckily next week we are still expecting a warming trend. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. The winter north and forced the Iowa Department of and state patrol to close down interstate 35 between ames and clear lake. As we can see this morning. This i
Enforcement officials have to say, coming up. Sabrina tonight is the first in the nation primary. Well take a look at the president ial race now thats its moved on to the Granite State. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new at midday today, an unexpected fire this morning, left one man dead. Sabrina it happened shortly after midnight on the 25 hundred block of 59th street in des moines. Authorities were called to the residence twice last night following noise disturbance complaints officials evetually tried to make contact with a man inside the residence, when they saw a fire erupt within the home. The man refused to leave, and fire crews were forced out by the fire and smoke. The male resident died investigations show the fire was intentionally started. We will be sure to keep you updated on this investigation as we receive any new information. Sabrina story. Wintry weathe
A law enforcer in nebraska is hero after he jumped into a moving semi. Ktiv us92s mike flood has the story from norfolk. Stated. Several more deputies and state troopers joined the pursuit hoping to stop the driver. As we got closer to norfolk, the vehicle began to slow down and we were coming in on highway 81 past the airport, said sgt. Volk. As the tractor trailer barreled towards norfolk, police in the city were already making plans in the event the truck went over the viaduct into the citys biggest intersection. It was at that point, right before the river bridge that deputy volk knew something needed to be done. As he came by, i could see the drivers head slumped down and felt he was not conscious and it popped in my head that we need to get this vehicle stopped. At that point in time, the truck was traveling about 20 mph, i jumped back in my patrol vehicle, punched it and got up in front and jumped out and jumped up and grabbed the hand railing and the mirror on the breaks. When
Sioux city police will have to use new avenues to find addresses for south dakota drivers caught by speed cameras. sheila on wednesday, south dakota governor Dennis Daugaards office sent down a block on their database. Ktivs Michelle Schoening found out what this action means for Sioux City Police. Sioux city officials will no longer get the addresses civil laws in iowa. A 2014 south dakota law bars sharing driver information when collecting a civil fine for redlight and speeding violations caught on camera. But, a policy advisor to Governor Dennis Daugaard says this doesnt absolve south dakotans from paying fines in iowa. This is an attempt from the administration to properly carry out the legistlators intent when they passed this law. If a citizen of south dakota gets one of these tickets, they need to speak with their attorney to determine what their liability is as it relates to that ticket in the processes, said matt konenkamp, policy advisor to s. D. s governor. The move protects