Today will be pretty similar to yesterday, temperatures will stay pretty steady with clouds in overhead. It will be cool with highs in the mid to upper 30s area wide. Temperatures will clear some tonight and lows will be in authorities are still trying into a central iowa walmart. Three people were killed and two others were sent to the hospital including the driver. It happened in pella authorities tell us that an older man was behind the wheel of a pickup truck when it slammed into the buildings entrance. Police there say the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed and they do believe the crash was an accident at this point. Two of the people who were killed worked at the walmart store. Pellas police chief says everyone is rattled by what happened. You have a number of people come to walmart shopping, Grocery Shopping Christmas Shopping and have a tragedy like this happen right in the midst of the Holiday Season is just a terrible thing. The store was closed for the rest of the d
Dont feel it every single day along with them, so i just want the court and anybody else listening that i really, truly am sorry for what happened. But that apology didnt register for donalds family. Family. This defendant will no longer have a name to me as i cannot bring myself to utter his name. Lynnseys dad wowod only refer to luerkens as murderer. Saying luerkens was selfish and calculated when he took the life of his daughter. Daughter. When he tracked her down, he even considered that he would have to potentially y kill her son, my grandson. Because of that fact, they were inseparable. He says his hurt is deep. Deep. I never knew grief could cut even harder than the 32 times he cut her. But it doesnt compare to what lynnseys seven year old son has to live with every day. Day. Lynnseys son ashton will need counseling, will have nightmares, he will need intense carereand extensive guidance for the rest of his life. Lynnseys grandmother but the after effects that will stay with her
Jury, but an investigative report later revealed that ellingson was standing on the boat in handcuffs when he fell over as it was traveling 40 mph. Trooper piercy had said ellingngn was sitting and the boat was going only 10mph. Based on what he did to my son, with his reckless abadondonment and gross negligence, what he did to brandon obviously shows the type of human being he was and what he thought of my son sonthe Us Justice Department is also looking into the case. A National Inquiry into a lottery rigging scandal isis expandndg. Eddie tipton was convicted of fraud back in july after attempting to claim a 16 and a half Million Dollar prize in iowa. State lotteries in colorado, wisconsin anan oklahoma have all confirmed theyve paid jackpots worth 8 Million Dollars to tipton associates. Tipton is a former multistate lottery security as were just about 6 weeks away bwayfrom the Iowa Caucuses on february first, president ial candidates from both parties are making a push through iowa
Cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridors top stories. Stories. A Missouri State trooper is now charged in the death of an iowa native. Native. Brandon ellingson drowned at the lake of the ozarks in may 2014 while in custody. Hed been arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated, but then, somehow fell off the boat. Now, the trooper who arrested him, anthony piercy, faces a charge involuntary manslaughter. Piercy originally was cleared of wrongdoing by a jury, but an investigative report later revealed that ellingson was standing on the boat in handcuffs when he fell over as it was traveling 40 miles per hour. Trooper piercy previously said ellingson was sitting and the boat was going only 10miles per hour. With that incident, and the death of freddie gray in police custody, arrest protocol is under the microscope everywhere. As a result, some local departments are taking proactive steps to not only protect themselves, but those in their custody. Custody. Cbs
Brandon First Responders say they checked a few houses and nearby barns. At this hour there are no new leads. Now lets check in with storm track seven meteorologist kyle kiel for your first forecast. Any chance of a White Christmas 7 weather team. See the screen information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team its not looking likely that we will see a White Christmas. Well show you that in the storm track 7 day forecast here in just a few minutes. Temperatures have been pretty seasonable today. We started out in the upper Single Digits and lower teens. Now we are up in the 20s and 30s. Temperatures wont be dropping too much tonight. Right now winds our out of the south from 5 to 10 miles per hour, but will be picking up tonight. That will help keep our temperatures from falling too much. Heres the storm track 7 Live Weather Network camera across eastern iowa. Its a heres the satellite and radar. No rain, but clouds are increasing and there is the chance for areas of drizzle tomorrow