Ottumwa is waking up to a gorgeous 49 degrees. Youre getting those kiddos all dressed up for school today, they are going to need coats. They will need an umbrella early this morning. Headed fororighs close to 40. Eric breaking news right now. A missing person search underway in West Des Moines. Police tell us 20yearold Erica Johnson was discovered missing early this morning from 4600 she is four feet 10 she is four foot 10 and 100 pounds. If you see her call West Des Moines police at 5152223321. Elizabeth happening right now, students in nashua, New Hampshire, are being told to stay home from class today after the district received threats of violence specifically at the two public high schools. Police are working to determine if the threats are credible and district schools today. The closure will affect 17 city schools and more than 11,000 students. And in Las Vegas Police are investigating a deadly car crash that happened on one of the busiest parts of the strip. It looked like she
Vanessa soon after he came to madrid in 1987, the tigers started winning. He would get things out of athletes and his fellow coaches that they didnt necessarily believe they were capable of giving. Vanessa hinkel is one of 12 coaches to surpass 300 career wins. Tony, are you going to play or not . Randy was two people, two people. He had to be. He was the loud, hard on the kids on the football field, but a softie inside, he would do anything for any of the kids anybody in the community. , everybody found a little more than what you thought you had. I am proud. Vanessa but what hes going to be remembered for the most goes beyond his larger than life persona and the gridiron. Its not just about the program, its about the guy and taking boys and making them into he was a very important guy to me, a father figure and helped me acheive my goals and i really looked up to him. Hes a legend and heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Vanessa hinkel was also a history teacher and a track
Than life personality to the sidelines in madrid for 29 years. And tonight, the Small Community is feeling the loss of their longtime coach. Jim mertz 13 48 50 it s not just a colleague, its not stings the most is the friendship we shared over the years 00 those closet to him are finding comfort in remembering all of the good times they shared on and off the field. Jim bingman14 03 30 on the sidelines, hes strict, really hard on the kids and thats not randy. Randy cares and i dont want to say a pussy cat, but its pretty close but the 58 year old track and football coach is best known for his winning ways. Taking the tigers to the playoffs 25 of the past 26 seasons. Hes only the 11th coach in iowa history to reach 300 wins. Don lincoln 14 09 23 hes had a lot of success three state titles in track and all of the football playoffs and all of that, but his real success is all of his how are you going to perform when you get uncomfortable. He used that in football and you can use it in life
Chance for rain through the day. By early thursday morning there is a chance for some rain snow mix. Even a chance for all snow early thursday morning. But the warmer temperatures will not allow for a white christmas. Temperatures Christmas Eve through christmas and the Holiday Weekend will be in the lower to middle 40s. There will be more chances for rain late saturday into sunday. We begin this afternoon with the for president. Today Lindsey Graham explained the reason for his early exit. Why are you getting out of the race . South carolina well, because ive hit a wall here. My campaign has come to a point where i need to think the South Carolina senator never made it out of the bottom of the polls. Placing in the lower stage in each of the president ial debates. Todays announcement comes on the same day as the deadline for the republican to remove his name from his states primary ballot. The Madrid Community is mourning the loss of a local legend. 58 year old randy hinkle died from
Today. The students who played for hinkel had semester tests. One player tells us it was hard to come to school today, but he knows thats what coach would have wanted. People in spencer are leaning on each other to deal with a personal tragedy that struck over the weekend. High School Senior Austin Roberts collapsed during a wrestling tournament saturday and later clark has more. S gwen kardell, Sacred Heart Catholic Church 00 11 i really dont know what happened. It looked like things were going ok and then all of a sudden he was on there left to give like he was completely worn out. Match, Austin Roberts collapsed. Medical personnel rushed him to Spencer Community hospital, where he here at spencer high school, the front steps are already filling up with flowers and balloons all for Austin Roberts. This closeknit to mourn. This morning there were a lot those type of things, but there were also some laughs talking about stories about austin. Austin was a student life in many ways. Whil