And rain. A thudnerstorm warning was issued for parts of washington county, but so far no reports of serious damage. The storms might have been responsible for this semi crash on i380. The semi was knocked over north of boyson road, backing up traffic in both directions while crews cleared the scene. So far theres no word on any injuries in this crash. Fortuantely, the threat for Severe Weather for the corridor is over. Over. For more on what to expect tonight, we turn to Marissa Scott in for chief meteorologist terry swails with your weather first forecast, marissa . Heres a look outside. Doppler radar shows some light rain east of cedar rapids and some light snow showers mainly in our evening. Well see cloudy skies through the remainder of the night with some gradual clearing. Some gradual clearing. Reduced visibilities in northeast iowa but for the most part we are seeing improvements on the roads. However some roads are still wet and slick, in fact some icy roads are in central iow
3 president obama begins a major push today to tackle gun violence during his final year in office. Part of the president s plan includes action to close the socalled gunshow loophole. The topic is becoming a major focus for candidates vying for the white house. Brian webb has the latest on the president ial campaign from new york. 3 nats vo Hillary Clinton keene nh Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton is praising president obama for executive actions he intends to unveil this week that would strengthen background checks on gun purchases sot clinton if Congress Wont act we have to do something about the fact 33thousand people a year die from guns. Bernie sanders, whos trailing clinton in the polls, also backed the president s moves. On sunday, the vermont senator criticized republicans for on the issue. sot sanders i would prefer that we could have bipartisan support, but the truth is republicans are not interested in doing anything about gun safety. Republican president ial contend
I got the news, i was shocked and didnt know what to do. I couldnt believe it would happen to someone like him, hes so strong t we had a lot of fun, hes the type of guy that just from friendship youre fortunate to have in we had a feeling hed be a great fit in madrid, he ended up being one of my best friends for a long time jim well remember him forever and he left his mark here and hes a true legend. Never forget him. Ending . T opportunity to work with him and we are just doing what we can to help everybody got through this tough time, said terry hemann, Spencer Community schools superintendent. Jack its not yet known why he died. The School District is unaware of any pre existing conditions that may have contributed to austins death. A gofund me account has been set up to help the roberts family. Jack the deadline to start rolling out the new state Medicaid Privatization Program is quickly approaching, jack ots and governor branstad remains confident the system will improve the live
Are likely coming back in the middle of next week. Sabrina lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina thirteen items will get the axe at West Des Moines schools. Includi ng the Foreign Language program for first through third graders. The cuts will first through third graders. The cuts will save West Des Moines schools nearly 600 thousand dollars. The district originally had a goal of saving 800thousand. Its not clear if more cuts are ahead. Sabrina elias in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina madrid is mourning the loss of head football coach rand hinkel. Despite leading his teams to 25 of the last 26 state playoffs, his winning record will not be the only thing remembered most by the community. 30 years ive seen him take boys make them into men, better citizens, fathers and husbands sabrina you could also feel the love for hinkel during our blitz game day live during football season where fans held signs of the beloved coachs head. Sabrina the third thing you need to know
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 our top story. Madrid mourns the sudden death of long time coach randy hinkel the beloved coach has a name that became synonymous with winner. Sabrina the beloved coach has a name that became synonymous with winner. Randy hinkel was known for winning on the football field in madrid. But it was away from the gridiron where he may have left his biggest impact. Local fives Claire Powell has the story wanted to go to sleep wake up and realize it was a bad dream. It wasnt just a bad dreamd we were looking for a football coach. And a teacher, he impressed us most as a teacher j first to chew your butt when you got it coming,but first to put his arm around you when you had that coming too he had that unique ability of making everybody important, had a role i got the news, i was shocked and didnt know what to do. I couldnt believe it would happen t