Of sunshine by tomorrow morning. Well let you know how long that last in your storm team 4cast coming up. Shannon it was a sound that many many people heard in Sheboygan County during the storm. Even though there was no tornado threat. George seems the sirens were activated by accident. Pete zervakis asked the county how it happened. Reporter local be officials are staying tightli. Neighbors were briefly spooked. Sarah said it was 2 00 p. M. When she walked out and heard a tornado siren in the distance. I have a fear of being in a tornado. Never been in one. I have a huge fear. Oh, my gosh, is this really going to happen . She thinks it only lasted minutes. They are still talking about it tonight. Hope it doesnt happen again. It was a weird thing. Reporter Sheboygan County dispatch said it did activate according to the fire department, it happened during the thunderstorms. We asked how many sounded off, and how they were triggered, but were told by dispatch to check back tomorrow. Sara
Took off. Smetana says, at the familys request, police will only confirm the victim is a 35yearold man. Police say a witness described the van as a newer model dodge or chrysler. Its dark red or maroon and had tinted windows. Police believe the van would have at least some damage on the front drivers side. Smetana also believes theres a chance someone in the neighborhood may have recorded that van either before or after the collision. If people do have a home surveillance system, either along 80th or along cooper road, and any of those Surveillance Systems pick up a part of the road, id reallr they check that and get back to us if they have anything on there. The police chief says itd be even better if they heard from the driver. Somebody knows something. Were just asking somebody to come forward. Police say the victim was wearing a helmet. At last check, they say he was in serious condition. Live in the newsroom, a. J. Bayatpour, fox 6 news. Arrested after crashing a stolen car into a
Your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib very strong winds have caused a lot of travel problems in Northern Iowa today. Gradual improvement will take place tonight, but it will still be cold and windy throughout the night. Skies will remain mostly cloudy with a few flurries or snow showers possible tonight. The nw winds that were 2040 mph will be more like 1525 mph overnight. Blowing snow will not be much of a problem for most areas, but wind chill values will be dropping below zero into tuesday morning. Tuesday will bring us another cold and windy day with increasing sunshine. 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. Less than a month away from when iowa is supposed to switch over to privatized medicaid. Some iowa senators are pushing a bill that would repeal that plan. Stephanie this, as Govenor Branstad lashes out at democrats. Clai healthcare all about politics. Stephanie local fives
Conditions and hazardous travel were widespread. Some likely still impact roads since the strong winds will stay in place and that light snow hasnt been able today will be very the mid to upper teens and wind chills below zero for most of the day. Overnight tonight well see a lot less cloud cover and wind leading us to a very chilly night with lows single digits. Wednesday there is a quick clipper that will swing through the state in the morning and early afternoon that should give us a light snow with totals ranging from a couple tenths to about 2 inches. Were still cold the rest of the week but we will warm back to the 20s by thursday and friday. Valentines day as of now still looks to be fairly cold with snow possible, but luckily next week we are still expecting a warming trend. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. The winter north and forced the Iowa Department of and state patrol to close down interstate 35 between ames and clear lake. As we can see this morning. This i
Enforcement officials have to say, coming up. Sabrina tonight is the first in the nation primary. Well take a look at the president ial race now thats its moved on to the Granite State. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new at midday today, an unexpected fire this morning, left one man dead. Sabrina it happened shortly after midnight on the 25 hundred block of 59th street in des moines. Authorities were called to the residence twice last night following noise disturbance complaints officials evetually tried to make contact with a man inside the residence, when they saw a fire erupt within the home. The man refused to leave, and fire crews were forced out by the fire and smoke. The male resident died investigations show the fire was intentionally started. We will be sure to keep you updated on this investigation as we receive any new information. Sabrina story. Wintry weathe