Of course they are concerned about safety. The class 4a, class 2a, and class 1a games will now be played monday. They wont be televised. And the reason is a lack of hotel rooms to keep staff in cedar falls for the weekend. It also has to do with contractual agreements. But you can still watch the games on ihssn dot com. Jack Jordan Creek Town Center is making some holiday cancellations tonight. This evening was supposed to be their Tree Lighting ceremony. But because of the weather thats been cancelled. Santa, however, still still arrive at the mall about an hour ago. So hes available for visits now. Jack but the storm isnt stopping the east village holiday celebrations tonight. Local fives kattey ortiz has the full details. Its beginning to look a lot like winter here in des moines east village. This is actually the first year that the holiday promenade is dealing with weather conditions like these, so there will be some minor changes to tonights celebration. Weve had really great wea
Joining us for local 5 news midday. Im amanda krenz. Amanda most of the state is still under a winter storm warning. Many transportation officials have been prepping for several inches of snow. Local 5s Claire Powell is at West Des Moines public works and is joining us live with more. Claire tvu script amanda with the snow amanda with the snow approaching, the Des Moines Police department has a few tips to stay safe out on the roads today if you have to head out on the road, make sure to drive slowly and keep a safe distance between cars, and of course, have enough gas for wherever you are planning on going to and once you reach your destination, keep an eye out for any parking restrictions. Make sure you follow us throughout the day here at local 5 to stay updated on snowfall and Winter Weather we may not have seen any snow yet here in the metro, but fort dodge is already seeing white. Take a look at this picture. This is just the beginning of whats to come. Theyre expected to get 7 t
Need prayer nad assistance. No mother should have to bury their child, no ones ever prepared for that jack the 17 year old was a junior at scavo high school. A Memorial Fund is being set up for the family. You can find that information on our website thats we are iowa dot com jack the new deadline here in iowa. Jack thousands of iowans. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services delayed the privitization of iowas medicaid by two months. But they did approve governor branstads plan. Local 5s Political Correspondent amanda krenz joins me now. And amanda, what does this new deadlines mean for metro hospitals and iowans who rely on medicaid healthcare . Amanda the biggest take away from this announcement today jack, is government did approve the a from staterun medicaid to managed care. State meets certain criteria. The feds say point blank iowa has not met the requirements to provide high quality, accessible care recipients for a start date. Things the feds are not satisfied they say
Maybe on your car if its outside. Grab the scraper. Clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. A nice warmup will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. But the fun doesnt stop there friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. Even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days sabrina lets get into the top five this lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina a standoff lasting four hours on ended the search for Michael Wanchanic the man wanted for questioning in mondays double homicide. Officials got a tip about wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward once Police Responded a chase ensued. But his van died on highw
The body has been sent to the Examiners Office stay with local 5 this investigation. Sabrina accused of yearold grandmother to death appeared in court wednesday. A pretrial conference was held for noah lamprei at the polk county surveillance night of the incident, shows the teen acting his family says this is not the young man they know. The courts will try laprei as an adult even family didnt want that. What happened that night in october is c. Katie 49 this is so noah. Hes a gentle, kind, loving kid. I didnt believe it myself when i sabrina lapreis Court Appearance was a few minutes. Several in the family and friends showing his trial date was set for may 16th. Sabrina new this sabrina according to iowa Courts Online two people have filed one lawsuit against the city of des moines and gatso usa, the provider of the citys speed cameras. The exact details of the lawsuit are still undisclosed, but we will be sure to keep you updated as they are released. Sabrina and the downtown winter