Winds ne 1525 alo 22 dbq 27 iow 26 tomorrow mostly cloudy high 2430 winds alo 25 dbq 28 iow 29 thanks kaj. Authorities are warning people in Southeastern New Mexico to stay off the roads this morning. This comes as the governor issues a state of emergency. All because of a massive snowstorm that covered the state. Some places reported 21 inches of snow. Officials say more than ten thousand homes are without power in eastern new mexico. Emergency crews are busy with several high rise in missouri. There have been more than 1hundred water rescues over the weekend. Floodwaters swept away cars killing six in two different accidents. Emergency managers say they expect more rain and additional flooding through monday. City leaders in waterloo want to stop City Council Members from leaking confidentiaiainformation from closos sessions. Councilman Pat Morrissey of waterloos 3rd ward wants the council to adopt the policy. The m asure would result in a formal and public condemnation of a member w
Cyclones fans have grown tired of the hawkeyes this year. We have friends that go to iowa and their favorite thing is say we are bad at football but we just say wait and we will blow you out of the water. Now the isu fans are standing proud behind their unbeaten team. I lost track of football season after game 2 it is what it is but its basketball season now and we are going undefeated. With minds still set on a rose bowl bid, iowa fans arent satisfied will reigning supreme just on the gridiron. That was great but now we are onto basketball and i wanna see the same game we se here all the time. I was in indy that was great but this is entirely different. The anticipation has been so high that iowa state students have been camping cy hawk game. Its fun its like a big party we just walk around and meet new people and everything. It just shows how tight of a community we are, we all come love the cyclones. Many staying busy with music. Games and the ultimate tailgate item. Weve got a lot
Well give you a live look at Road Conditions in just a moment. But first, an ongoing situation in des moines. Where police are investigating the citys 21st homicide of 2015. Officers were called to 5201 shooting. That was around eleven last night. They found two people with gunshot wounds inside the apartment building. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. While the woman was taken to a hospital to be treated. Police say theyre interviewing witnesses. But havent made any arrests yet. More information is expected to be released later this morning. Now to our other top story. A messy morning on iowa roads. Flakes began to fall just in time for the commute to work. And drivers will likely still feel the effects on their return home. Channel 13s Reid Chandler is keeping a close eye on the situation. Along interstate 235. Reid, what are des moines crews hope their pre planning will ease some travel pains. Were fortunate that this is only our second snow event; we had an earlier event, e
Be wet with rain starting to move across the state by saturday night. On sunday, a strong storm system will pass through the midwest, bringing heavy rain to central and eastern iowa. An inch or rain will be possible, especially in eastern iowa where the highest totals will be possible. Temperatures will remain in the 40s to start next week, but will dip back into the 30s by this time next week. We begin tonight in Webster County where the courthouse is closed. But the government is still open. Vandals broke into the building early Tuesday Morning and damaged it with fire extinguishers. But a hectic 24 hours later the county is back open for business. Roger riley has the story from fort dodge. 50 00 this is vandalism and somewhat considered a disaster vandals sprayed fire extinguishers inside the iconic Webster County courthouse early tuesday, causing the building and cointy government to close. 1700 Tuesday Morning there was some vandalism at the court house we started brining up essen
Channel 13s Jodi Whitworth is back from the revenue estimating conference. She joins us with more. Dan if youre not into numbers. This story may be hard to get excited about. But the state revenue is important to all iowans. The data released today will help governor branstad plan the upcoming budget its estimated the state will bring in about 7 point zero four billion dollars this fiscal year. That may seem a lot. But that number is nine Million Dollars less than originally estimated. The department of managements director says. Record yields and falling corn and Soybean Prices play a big part in this. But he says right now the numbers arent a huge concern 321329 it sounds like a lot of money when you talk about 10 , 20 Million Dollars but out of a 7. 2 billion dollar budget its way less than half of a percent on a good year. Revenue would grow by an average of 5 or 6 but estimates show revenue will grow by 4 percent in 2017. The growth is a little bit misleading. Because the overall