And 6 yr old daughter, its a challenge for me to decide how much contact i want them to have personally, im very involved from West Des Moines Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa Stephanie Ram the senate bill will be debated in subcommittee on monday afternoon to see if it will continue to the senate floor. We want to know what you think. Should athletic trainers have to be at every varsity sporting event . Let us know by calling, on facebook or sending an email. Jack a horrible car crash in rural ankeny around noon today. The driver was traveling along northeast 29th street, when she lost control of her vehicle and skidded off the road. Into a ditch and violently hit a tree. A child in the passengers seat was taken by helicopter to the hospital. Investigators were trying to reconstruct the accident this afternoonbecau se no one actually saw it happen. Sgt. Brandon bracelin, Polk County Sheriffs Department we had some witnesses in the area thatve seen the vehicle travel down ne 29th
Urbandale hotel where a Police Officer fired his gun. Nikki and a Supreme Court justice dies. We take a look back on the career of antonin ska leea scalia. Nikki teaming up to feed the hungry. How local volunteers are lending a helping hand right before valentines day. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki good evening. Welcome to local 5 news im nikki davidson. Glad youre with us tonight. Its a story weve been following all day. Nikki a man has been shot and killed by an urbandale Police Officer. Nikki it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. Police officers first went to the hotel, because of a tip about drugs. But the suspects fought the officers when they arrived. Local fives with more. Jacob peklo, weareiowa. Com investigators spent all morning and most of the afternoon, searching for clues inside a holiday inn in urbandale. Their search stems from a late night scuffle that took place inside the hotel lobby, that involved multiple officers and thr
March first. Liz mathis 4 56 37 which ones have they said are completed to them . Mikki stier 4 57 15 0 4. 5. 6. 7 is a network, of those one theyre monitoring is 5. The development of our network. That one of the biggest concerns of these lawmakers, the network. Will the 560thousand iowans on medicaid have the Health Care Providers they need within a reasonable distance. Republican senator David Johnson who represents one of the most conservative districts in the state says the whole plan needs to be revisited. 5 15 10 why was the legislature left out of this last year . Why . I really feel like we were just left out. Amanda bam a couple of other important notes. We keep talking about march 1st but theres a deadline coming up tomorrow february 17th. Day for individuals on which of the three managed Care Companies they want for their health coverage. Also, still no word from cms on whether this is all a go for march 1st. Many expect to hear from cms in the near future. Live in the stud
In from our northwest tonight with a mix of rain and snow. It looks like conditions will be mild enough before midnight for mainly rain showers in western iowa. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. Downtown des moines is looking to host some big events this year. But changes could make it tricky for those looking to use the skywalk system to get around. Construction of the Convention Center hotel has closed down parts of the skywalk until 2018. Stephanie tonight, just days away from the start of the state wrestling tournament. Construction concerns are going to cost them a lot of money. Stephanie local fives Nikki Davidson joins us live from downtown with more in tonights big story. Nikki . Nikki right during these cold winter months. Coming down the warm skywalk can be like heaven. But lately. Youre going to run alot of this. Parts that are blocked off and closed. An inconvience for some. B
Hotel lobby between multiple officers and three suspects. Sgt. Gary lang, Urbandale Police department shortly after 4 this morning, our officers were tripped to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road on a drug complaint. But when police arrived, two women and a man started fighting with the officers near the main entrance. Sgt. Gary lang, Urbandale Police department shortly after they got there, a scuffle started out with a male subject. He ended up firing off one round during the scuffle and our officers returned fire. Police say that man died at the scene. And during the scuffle, two women ran away. Several other Police Departments were called as backup, and helped arrest the women about half a mile down the road. Sgt. Gary lang, Urbandale Police Department Everything happened really fast. Authorities say its going to be an extensive investigation, which includes dci, the polk county medical examiner, and Attorneys Office and Urbandale Police detectives. Sgt. Gary lang, Urbandale Pol