Joining us tonight im Jenna Rehnstrom tim has the night off. Marco rubio is stepping up his presence in iowa. With more than twodozeevents in the state over the pass couple months. Today. He launched a two da six stop bus tour. But still. Hes polling 3rd in iowa, ahead of the caucuses. Lukas voss tells us if his stop in sioux city tonight convinced any voters. Thank you jenna. It was a packed house for the g op candidate with more than 200 people in attendance at t e holiday inn. And in a town hall style session. Rubio took time to address some of the issues most pressing to voters wh a new supporter right by his side. Nats growly speaking. Conservative support from a prominent face in washington. Trey gowdy, republican from South Carolina and the chair of the investigation into the benghazi attacks marco rubio in his bid for the presidency. He has been campaigning with rubio throughout wa and was with him in sioux city tonight. Sot i have done my vetting i have reached my conclusion.
7167 on saturday for its first win over the nations no. 1 team. The panthers used a 298 stretch over 12 minutes of the second half to turn a 5034 deficit into a 6358 lead, and held on from paul jesperson. Justin jackson had 25 points for the tar heels 31 , who play in his home state. Paige didnt play because of a broken bone in his right hand. The tar heels could have used him, as paiges replacement, joel berry, had just five points on 2of7 panthers 21 , also beat the tar heels in of Northern Iowa Mens Basketball Team makes College Going into saturdays game, north Carolinas Team was ranked number 1 in college basketball. Wes washpun scored 21 points and saturday for its first win over half to turn a 5034 deficit from Matt Bohannon and 14 points from paul jesperson. Justin marcus paige could play in his the tar heels could have used 2422, after Kennedy Meeks scored the first eight points looking to improve to a school the first eight points for unc. Down in iowa city, the hawkeyes looki
Elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias family and friends mourn the loss of a College Student from des moines. This after the charter bus she was riding in monday crashed just fifteen minutes away from its chicago destination. Now they plan to Keep University of iowa senior nicole underwoods memory alive by giving back to someone else. She was studying to become a social worker and planned to attend grad school. Theyre hoping to raise money to create a 10 thousand dollar scholarship for a university of Iowa Human Services student in her honor. They believe the scholarship would keep her love for life alive in someone else. If she could help someone meet their dreams and share that passion, that would be what she would defintely want to happen. Elias the bus crash is still under investigation. Four other elias meanwhile warrants are issued for two people connected to a missing newton girl. Elias investigators have been asking for he
Meteorologist Jennifer Mcdermed joins us with a look forecast. Now jennifer without a doubt we will be expecting some refreeze tonight . The snowy weather has people but this time of the year can be tough for military members spending the holiday overseas the red cross is helping ease that pain though. Today it hosted the mail for heroes event in West Des Moines shoppers at Valley West Mall signed cars to send to active Duty Service Members and their families. The cards come as a pleasant surprise to Service Members. And citizens like taking part in it too. 481422 people are very troops and what they do and so its kind of easy for us. Were not dragging them into anything. They like it last year close to 6 thousand Service Members received a card. Seven republican president ial hopefuls were in town last night for the family forum event. And many of them are hanging around the state tonight to continue campaigning. Florida senator marco rubio is holding a rally in West Des Moines starti
The mid 20s. Tonight we will fall into the coldest air of the season so far with lows in the low teens and Single Digits across the state. Thursday should be a dry but very cold day with highs only in the low 20s. The weekend is starting to look a bit nicer with highs climbing back into the lower 30s and we should see the sun again next week well start warmer in the 30s with a few small snow chances through the week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Lets get into the top five this morning. Elias flooding along the Mississippi River continues to get worse. Preparations are underway in saint louis for what could be the worst flooding since 1993. Many communities in the area spent tens of thousands of sandbags. However, in some areas the rising waters have all but covered up whole towns. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias another sign that iowa has been freed of the avian flu outbreak. The state department of agriculture says that on january first the ban on po