Billion dollars, and it is going to be bigger than that. Eric good morning, everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. Shaina it is 6 00 on thursday, january 7. Metinka this morning in des moines and ankeny, we have just been dealing with drizzle, but a long and north of highway 30 is where we have the potential to see a light glazing, ice mixing with snow toward jewel. Be cautious, especially in the northern part of the state where road surface temperatures are at freezing or close to it. Here in des moines, our road is just wet, but watch for slick spots to the north. A high of 38, we will have a cold rain moving in. More rain on the way tomorrow, followed by snow, followed by arctic air. Shaina taking a look now at the things are mostly clear and most of the state other than a few , areas of partially covered roads which you see here in blue. The sleet will affect the roads this morning here in the metro, so keep that in mind. As this weather system continues, cou
Roads are wet but traffic is moving normally. Now, lets look at Road Conditions on 511ia. Org. The areas in blue on the map show roads that are at least partially covered by ice or snow. The green areas are rated for normal driving conditions. Steve a boone man faces his 3rd owi charge following a crash in story county. But its who was in his car with him thats making is the charges even more serious. Kccis vanessa peng shows us what that happened. Vanessa steve, the Story County Sheriffs Office says Stuart Corson had his young daughter in the car while driving under the influence. It was at this intersection just outside of story city, where deputies say 28yearold Stuart Corson allegedly drove drunk with his 7yearold daughter inside the car. We take that very seriously and whenever we do come across , somebodys thats been operating a vehicle while intoxicated, if theres kids in the vehicle, theyre going to be charged with endangerment as well. Vanessa this is corsons third owi. Office
Showers may mix in with the rain showers before things wind down will be falling all day on saturday, with sunday seeing very cold of the state. Highs there on sunday will be in the single digits, with low teens around the des moines area. The Iowa Caucuses are less than there on sunday will be in the single digits, with low teens des moines area. A month away, and businesses across the metro are expecting to do from hotels to restaurants. Reid chandler explains the benefit of being firstinthenation. Eric wahrman general manager, hampton inn suites 18 24 greg edwards president ceo, Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau 44 54 Jessica Dunker president ceo, Iowa Restaurant Association 1 241 32 were pretty much going to make about double what we normally make in january, just this week alone. Eric wahrman general manager, hampton inn suites for the hampton inn and suites in Downtown Des Moines, this will be its first iowa caucus. General manager eric wahrman says the rates his
We have continued to see a light drizzle for most of the morning hours. At this transition its way northward, we will continue to see the moisture building. You can see the bucket of moisture just off to the south. You can see cooler air off to the northwest. Eventually, we will see some of this to the northwestern part of the state transition to snow. It could be accumulating snow. For now, staying relatively warm. Mid30s is what we are looking at. It is about as warm as we will be for a while. Story of the morning, the fog. Starting to see some structures reemerging. The fog will continue to disperse as we head throughout the day. Rain continues. I will have details coming up soon. We could see a steep cold out. You can count on kcci to keep you weatheraware. Download our kcci weather app to track the storm as it happens. Youll get live radar, traffic alerts and Road Conditions straight to your smartphone. Its available for free for both android and iphone. Police say weather does no
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