Historic floods. Alot of rain in a little time. During an unusual time of year. How much fell across central iowa. And the impact its having. Tragic loss. A hit and run accident kills an iowa state student. The name of the victim. And the questions police are trying to answer. Making history. Governor branstad makes his mark on the us history books. The celebration marking the milestone. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 first came the rain. And now crews closed fleur drive this afternoon when the Raccoon River crept onto the roadway. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. Record rainfall is still impacting the state as river levels continue to rise. Closing down streets through out the state. Flooding will continue as waters rise through the next several hours. But fortunately, the rain is moving out. Chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us now with the latest. Hi ed the flooding will continue as waters rise throug
Friday, iowa dci investigators searched two homes in the small town of thayer in connection to the death. One home was the last known address of the 37yearold. Nikki inside the other home, police found skeletal remains. Investigators are still unsure whos remains those are. Following that discovery, Police Arrested this man. Jerry dillinger. Hes lorrettas exbrotherinaw. Union county officers arrested him during a routine traffic stop last night. Hes charged with two counts of first degree murder, one for lorretta. And one for the skeletal reamins. We had to use some eqeqpment and the use of a dog team to help us locate where the skeletal remains were located. The remains have been transported to the state medical Examiners Office in ankeny for identification and forensic examination nikki local 5s jacob peklo is down in thayer right now. Tonight at 10 hear from residents who y this incident is shocking to say the least. Grass of a fort dodge street has become a suspicious death investi
What to expect on your lunch commute. 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 were expecting new details this hour on an accident at hubbell avenue last night that killed a pedestrian trying to cross the street. It happened around 530 tuesday evening. At east 42nd and hubbell avenue. Des Moines Police say the pedestrian was crossing hubbell when a car hit the man. The victim was pronounced dead on scene. Police say they had to shut down the area for several hours to gather more evidence, and the crash is still under investigation. Elias meanwhile in ames, Police Continue to piece together mondays hit and run that left an isu student dead. 18 year old emmalee jacobs of urbana was died at the hospital after being hit by a car on the isu campus. She was found lying in the road at the intersection of lincoln way. The site has now become a memorial for jacobs with candles and messages wri
For months before they were found. What court papers and friends of the victim are telling us about a union county double murder. Plus. Are your eyes glazing over . This is what its like to be on the floor of the senate. People arguing over how many angels on the head of a pin by people whove never made a consequential decision. Jack Chris Christie pointing to the frustration felt by Many Americans as the republicans take on terrorism and Foreign Policy in tonights debate. Stephanie and then. He died crossing the road tonight Des Moines Police are trying to piece together how a man was hit walking across hubbell avenue. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot good evening. Welcome to home of we are iowa dot com. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Stephanie two bodies found in rural union county. One in pond. The other buried near a house. New tonight, through court documents, we are learning the two people were dead for months before they wer
First on 13. An unlikely obstacle this morning for december drivers. Des moines roadways arent flooded. Last nights surge of rainfall has already forced crews to put up barricades on george flagg parkway. Its now closed from southeast 30th to park avenue. Crews at Water Works Park are closely monitoring river levels as well. A problem they just arent accustomed to in december. 4 13 50 11 4 13 58 03 weve had the park close before, but its usually from an ice jam not too much water coming through the raccoon system coming to us. Water works park remains open right now. But bill stowe says they will close if the Raccoon River continues to rise. And it is expected to. The river is currently at 12. 14 feet. Flood stage is 12 feet. The National Weather service anticipates it will reach moderate flood stage. Cresting tuesday night just over 16 feet. The rain has already forced the clive greenbelt and trail system has been temporarily closed as flood waters have covered most of the trail. Near