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
With highs in the low 50s and they will likely stick around through saturday elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died. The 79yearold passed away in his sleep during a hunting trip in texas. Justice scalia was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in 1986. Developing a reputation as a reliable conservative voice on the high court. His death has sparked what will be a Major Political battle. As Republican Leaders call for the appointment of his successor to be made by the next president. While president obama makes plans to nominate an time. In the number morning. Sabrina Urbandale Police investigating a drug tip sunday results in a man killed by an officer. Tip sent the officers to a around 4am when they arrived, a fight broke out with suspects. One of him shot at police. Officers returned fire, killing the man. Elias the third thing know before you door. Elias accused of killing an isu student is expected in court later today cyr
Average with highs in the low 30s and more cloudy skies. The big warm up is going to start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day we look to here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. Next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Few snow chances. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina on the east coast, a mix of snow, ice, and heavy rain continues to hit states fromg georgia to maine. The dangerous conditions have lead to hundreds of Car Accidents, with air travel virtually shut down in some areas monday. Some Southern States will be on clean up today, after tornadoes downed trees and flattened homes. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias just days away from the state wrestling tournament in downtown, and some businesses are concerned about possible losses. Thats because construction of the Convention Center hotel has close
But with most of it coming as rain snow totals should be fairly low. Well warm up to a high in the mid 30s today so the roads and sidewalks will likely remain wet through the day. Overnight were going to drop below freezing with temps in the low 20s and wet spots refreezing. Wednesday is going to be about average with highs in the low 30s and more cloudy skies. The big warm up is going to start on thursday with highs climbing into the low 50s fairly late in the day we look to warm up right near 60 here in the metro on friday and saturday should stay in the 50s. Next week we look to fall back towards average with only a few snow chances. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina on the east coast, a mix of snow, ice, and heavy rain continues to hit states fromg georgia to maine. The dangerous conditions have lead to hundreds of car accidents, with air travel virtually shut areas monday. Some Southern States will be on clean up today, after tornadoes downed trees and flatt
Her husband turned over to police hasnt been released yet. Williamson is out on bond until her sentencing on december 8th. In the studio kattey ortiz for local five news we are iowa. Stephanie 2shot Christina Williamson faces up to seven years in prison. Jack 2shot and were still waiting for a verdict in the trial of pete polson. As we continue to look at news from the courtroom. Jack prosecutors say polson went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, seriously injuring two people and nearly missing a third. He faces three attempted murder charges, two willful injury charges on top of other drug and weapons charges. Just the attempted murder charges could bring 75 years behind bars. Jack through the five day trial, weve seen 40 witnesses 37 of them coming from the prosecution. That included special agents, Pleasant Hill police officers, and shooting victims themselves whove taken the stand, tell jurors they were inches away from losing their lives. I cant say its been Clair