Will be still receiving rain from wednesday night and that rain should last through around 5pm. Cold and freezing air will be slamming into northwest iowa, so during the Early Morning hours rain will turn into a wintry mix to even freezing rain by 6 or 7am. It will continue to fall as freezing rain to a wintry mix still around 9 or 10am, but we will also start seeing a transition over into snow in that same area. Accumulations in northwest iowa will be ranging from 1 to 3 inches mainly centered from the sac city to storm lake areas. Because of the snow and blowing winds, a winter storm watch is in place for much of northwest iowa, so if you are traveling north during the holidays, it may not be a bad idea to leave either tonight or in the very early hours of tomorrow morning. The metro will likely see our rain turn into some freezing rain to a wintry mix from around 6pm to 9 or 10pm, but we should stay too warm for any snow accumulation. The weekend is looking cold and for the most par
Sabrina and iowa state has a new head football coach we;ll take a look at what coach campbell had to say at his announcement yesterday in the heart of cyclone country. 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 details this morning in a des moines Death Investigation sabrina police have identified the two people found dead inside of a home monday on the 39hundred block of center street. Investigators found 36year old bryon howard and 31 yearold Heather Belieu dead. Right now they do have a person of interest. They want to interview 39 yearold Michael John Wanchanic we have local 5s Claire Powell is on the scene claire authorities removed two children from a home monday, after the discovery of two people dead inside the house. A 911 call of someone being shot, sent Des Moines Police to the who the 911 caller was or how the children are related to the people found dead. Those chil
Sunday being central iowas best chance for more showers. Next week well fall back to the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances. Sabrina lets get into the top five this lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina we begin with a breaking overnight story out of woodward. Whe re just before two am this morning local authorities were able to bring a standoff to a peaceful end. The Woodward Police chief said that they had negotiated with the driver of a vehicle for just over an hour, and that the person did have a weapon. We are still working on more details on this story, look for more ahead on local five news and online at we are iowa dot com. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Girls basketball coach and special Education Teacher is in jail this morning. Charge d with felony sex abuse of a student. Des Moines Police say 46 year old gerald tig johnson turned himself in yesterday afternoon. A warrant had been placed for his arrest over the charges. The school has
Good morning, america. Here we go. Awaward seas is cking off this morning with the golden globe nominations on the road to the oscars and, michael, do you have your speech ready for magic mike. Im getting m my outfit together. Maybe with that movie i dont need an outfit. May be about that. That might guarantee the nomination. Guarantee a lot of things, george, that we really dont want to go into. Okay. Wellll, well t to that in a little bit. Right now donald trump still dominating the headlines. Wewe have hirival candidate marco rubio standing by live. We begin with the fbis intense search for answers in that terror attack. The head of the agency says the killers were radicalized before they even me now the feds trying to u unlock the secrets on their phones and computers. Abcs matt gutman starts us off in San Bernardino, good morning, reporter were learning the couple had Encryption Software on its devices making it difficult to determine whether they were inspired by isis or directed
Ultimately led to the surgery. Which i will share with you. Breaking news this morning. The major earthquake in afghanistan and felt in neighboring countries. Well get to that in a moment. But first, the deadly whalewatchihing accidt in canada. At least five people killed. After the boat sank. Neal karlinsky has the latest from vancouver. Good morning, neal. Reporter george, good morning. A horrific scene. Out on the waters here. Whalewatching is very popular here. Normally perfectly safe. Why no one can understand what brought the ship down on what seemed like a perfectly normal fall afternoon. This new video shows the last moments after cruise off Vancouver Island turned into a horrifying struggle for survival. The5foot ship all but submerged. Just the bow visible upside down and partially sticking out of the 55degree water. Officials s say 27 pple were on board the tour boat. The cause of the capsizing is presently unr investigation. Reporter this morning, at least five are confirme