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
Carolina. The latest polling shows clinton with a lead of 25 points or more in south carolina. What we know about the results so far is. That there was a large African American turnout. Stick with local 5 for updates. Nikki otsl looking ahead. Both parties are eyeing super tuesday. And on the republican side, things got intense in the last gop debate. Cnns Victor Blackwell has more. sen. Marco rubio r president ial candidate friends do not let friends vote for con artists. donald trump r president ial candidate he was so scared like a little frightened puppy. The rowdy republican cnn debate spills onto the campaign trail. And marco rubio comes out swinging. Taking aim at Donald Trumps tweets. sen. Marco rubio r president ial candidate and i only reach two conclusions. Number one, thats how they spell those words at the Wharton School of business where he went. Or number two, just like trump tower, he must have hired a Foreign Worker to do his own tweets. Then a former trump rival hits
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
Chance is most likely afternoon, and it should fall all as rain since temperatures look to stay in the 40s for most of next week. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias a busy day ahead at the statehouse, as iowa lawmakers work to get any bills they want to be kept alive through the full body of either the senate or house of representatives and into a committee on the other side. Today marks the end of the first funnel week, where any bills that have not been passed on will end up dead for the current legislative session. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina the Collins Maxwell School District begins superintendent after the resignation last night of jason ellingson. Earlier this week a report was filed against ellingson, who joined the district in 2006. The district had placed him on administrative leave pending an investigation. Elias the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Elias saturday will bring the latest contests in the 2016
Are iowas most Accurate Weather Team and we start with your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib this is going to be a rather uneventful week weatherwise. No big temperature swings or weather systems are heading our way until the weekend. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a few snow rain showers possible later for mainly northern counties. This slight chance will carry into tuesday as well with mostly cloudy skies expected to stick around. Temperatures will start out close to 30 tuesday and reach up into the low to mid 40s depending on how get. Wednesday will be sunnier, but also cooler and windier with northerly winds picking up to 1525 mph. We stay chilly into thursday with highs only in the 30s. By friday we should have some Better Weather with sunny skies and milder temperatures returning. Right now, the best day of the week is looking like saturday with plenty of sunshine and southwesterly winds warming us into the 50s sunday will be a transition day with a chance for a win