Fighting for free time. Winter break wont mean a break from the books for students in ames this year. Hear from parents who say its unfair and could hurt their grades. Speed check. You may want to pump your breaks a little more as you head to work today. Well tell you where watchful eyes will be focused along your commute. Its thursday, february 25th. Today first on 13. A des moines double homicide case continues this morning. An arrest coming over three months after it happened. It all started back in november when officers were called to the 42 hundred block of hull avenue. Thats where we find channel 13s josh nguyen this morning. Its been a while since this case was in the headlines. Refresh our memories on the details . This was three months ago. The week of thanksgiving. This was a messy crime scene. Officers were called to this duplex in the 42hundred block of hull avenue shortly after seven pm. Police say 47 year old Barney Fraaken shot his wife, amy, and their 16year old daught
The light sw winds and the added sunshine this afternoon will make for some nice friday weather. By saturday winds will start to pick up from the southwest, but this will help to warm much of central iowa into the upper 50s and lower 60s. The winds will gust close to 40 mph. More Winter Weather is in the forecast by tuesday. Parts of the state have a chance to see first on 13. Were waking up to a tense situation in kansas this morning. Following a series of deadly shootings there yesterday evening. Overnight, police faced more tension as they investigated the suspects home. The whole situation started unfolding at around five last night. Officials say an attacker opened fire at a company in hesston, kansas thats near wichita. When it was over four people were killed including the gunman more than a dozen were wounded, many with critical injuries. The first officer to arrive single handily took the gunman down. Then overnight while investigating his home, early reports from neighbors le
Your dreams evolve, and with committed support, they thrive. American family insurance. New overnight. An evening chase lights up the streets of des moines. Hear what officers say started it all. And how they finally caught the driver. Py02fr 49 53 i witnessed him shoot the shots. I mean, that vivid, i can still see it. 1 00 1 03 he yelled hey, and then boom, boom, boom witnesses describe the awful kansas business. What we know this morning about the attack. Move over. Lawmakers want iowans to get way over to avoid twowheeled travelers. Well tell you what you may be expected to do next time you spot a biker ahead. Its friday. February 26th. Today in iowa 21st first on 13. Were waking up first on 13. Were waking up to a tense situation in kansas this morning. Following a series of deadly shootings there yesterday evening. Overnight, police faced more tension as they investigated the suspects home. The whole situation started unfolding at around five last night. Officials say an attacker
First on 13. Its that time of year again. The mats are down at Wells Fargo Arena and theyll stay put until saturday. After a good night of rest, wrestlers and fans are ready to flood into downtown for day two. Channel 13s josh nguyen joins us live now from where all action is taking place this week. And josh. Theres going to be a lot chaos not just inside, but outside wells fargo. Ishaa is expecting 80,000 fans to attend this years tournament. The event center will have more staff than normal to accommodate the larger crowd. The are not doing much for parking. Buses can park at principle park and cab will bring fans over but those fans will be responsible for paying. Im not sure in a lot of cases you see the amount of love for the sport that you see here. These fans are very knowledgeable. A lot of them actually wrestled. So they know if the kid is good or if the kids one day down, 3 more to go for state wrestlings biggest venue of the year. Today wrestlers fend for themselves but lets
First on 13. Were following a developing story authorities there are investigating a double shooting this morning. Police say it happened last night in the 100 block of north lucas in eagle grove. They say two people were involved. One, we know was flown to a des moines hospital by helicopter. No word on their condition this morning. Police have yet to name any suspects or say what led to the shooting. Were expecting to hear more on this later this morning. Governor Terry Branstad has ordered flags in iowa fly at half staff today. Its all to honor Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died over the weekend. The governor and his wife expressed condolences in a statement yesterday. It reads. Quote chris and i wish to extend our deepest condolences to the family of justice scalia. He was a brilliant constitutional scholar that adhered the original intent that the Founding Fathers had for our us constitution. Flags will remain at half staff today until sunset tonight. One name mentione