escape a correctional facility in newton, and tonight some say they now exactly why it happened. local 5 news at 10 is next. "you're watching local 5 news at 10 in hd .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecasaccurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." brad/wx wall weather adlib: it was nice while it lasted! we had a nice stretch of warmer than average temps, but now winter is making a comeback especially for northern iowa. there northern iowa tonight with mostly some snow expected there. one to three inches is likely north of hwy 30 overnight while areas south are expected to get less than 1". temperatures will continue you to get colder tonight with 20s excted by tuesday morning. tuesday will be a wintry day with quite a few clouds, cold northerly winds of 10-20 mph and temps staying mostly in the 20s all day. we will try to recover a bit on wednesday, but another weather system will be coming through wed. evening with another chance for more rain/snow mix. again, the metro should not see much if any accumulation. we will see some nicer weather by the weekend with sunnier skies saturday and much warmer temps expected for sunday. our timing has been pretty lucky lately when it comes to our weekend! stephanie: day five in the alexander fazzino trial today. the prosection is done, and the defense in underway. now, with alex fazzino's family taking the stand. jack: turns out the third time is not the charm. why grand view university let one of its star wrestlers go today. stephanie: it's super tuesday eve! we'll take a look at the campaign trail and what to expect leading into one of the biggest milestones on the way to white house. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" stephanie/2shot good evening. welcome to local 5 news. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i'm jack miller. on tonight for two men who escaped from the newton correctional release facility stephanie: officers discovered saturday night during a routine count that michael amodeo was missing... and during a second count... it became apparent a second inmate... jessy foley was also gone. and tonight... a local organization says they know why these inmates got away.... budget cuts... local fives nikki davidson explains. nikki/bam: right the union that represents the employees at the department of corrections says theres simply not enough staffing at the facilities... they're not surprised these two men were able to escape... and they even expect more inmates will get away in the future... it wasn't long ago that danny homan was a employee for the department of corrections... he says for that reason he knows all too well what obstacles the men and women who work here face... as the current president of asfcme... the union that represents the workers...he says there are glaring problems with the system. 10:16 the department of corrections mission is to protect the public and staff, and they failed. he says a guard vehicle used to circle the perimeter of this facility.... but due to there was not guard vehicle out here saturday when the men escaped. 13:55:21 i don't know if stopped the escape, found out about it sooner. he also says the public might be shocked at how few guards are inside some of these facilities. 8:50:27 one to 150, one to 100... it is just not a safe ratio... and thats what staff work with. both of the inmates were serving time for drug offenses... but homan says that doesn't lessen the severity of this escape... should still be on alert 9:45:27 they are on the run, what will they do to make sure they don't get caught? how hard will they fight when they get caught? and believes more problems are in store... unless something is done at a statelevel... to increase funding for the department of corrections -- and make sure that money is spent on additional staff. 6:50:03 somebody may get hurt. mabye not. i hope thats the way this turns out but everyone should be concerned. nikki/bam: now i did ask the about hese claims... but they did not return my request for comment. in the studio nikki davidson local five news we are iowa. stephanie: once again if you know anything about the whereabouts of michael amodeo or jessy foley ... you are asked to call 911 jack: it's a story you first saw here on local 5, and there's a new development tonight. jack/2shot: grand view university's star wrestler andrew long was dismissed today. school leaders say he violated a code of conduct contract. stephanie: it's strange timing, because last night here at local five we aired a lengthy piece about long's unlikely addition to the vikings' roster. he had previously wrestled for iowa state and penn state, but was kicked off because of legal problems off the mat. while at penn state, he was accused of guilty to indecent assault and served nine months in prison. but the grand agreed to give him another chance. but with some strict rules about his behavior. today we've learned he violated those. local five's elias johnson picks up our coverage in the digital media center. elias johnson what a difference a weekend can make - before andrew long ever laced up his wrestling shoes and put on his viking singlet on - school administrators gave andrew long a third chance with restrictions. he wasn't campus because is is a registered sex offender - and he was abide by a code of conduct that held him to a high standard head coach nick mitchell outlined that contract recently andrews admission college there's been a process some expectations you have that are pretty straight forward. what were some of the things you had to do to make sure everybody was happy, what was signed, what does he understand the expectations are? nick mtichell - head coach there was a lot of people, i mean our campus counselor, our vice president for student life. all these people had time to meet with him, talk to of came up with a contract and sign and it really was what we call a last chance agreement and its really nothing totally unique to what i expect out of most of the wrestlers but its just something for his that its relay clear what the expectations are and you stick to this and we wont have any issues. andrew wasn't arrested - but regardless, the code on conduct clearly stated he was not to consume alcohol while a student at grand view. he violated that agreement saturday evening. nick mitchell said he was made aware of the drinking and when confronted, andrew admitted to the violation. the vikings will continue their quest for a fifth straight national title this weekend at the national tournament in topeka kansas without their top ranked wrestler andrew long. - he was also set to graduate after this semester. jack/1shot: after airing also reached out to the iowa coalition against sexual assault. they say no matter what happened with long on the mat, there will always be a victim that shouldn't be forgotten in this story. they remind everyone there are a number of professionals across iowa who've been trained to help survivors of sexual assault and trauma. the iowa sexual abuse hotline offers confidential and immediate phone counseling and referrals 24/7. you can call them at 800-284- 7821. jack: and we want to keep getting feedback on this story. you can watch it on we are iowa dot com. on facebook and twitter to share your thoughts. stephanie: today in court, it was day five in the alexander fazzino trial. stephanie/ram: fazzino was arrested for first degree murder in 2013. after his wife, emily, was found dead in the couple's bathroom in 2012. this morning, the prosecution rested its case. they ended with two d-c-i agents who noted emily did not overdose the day she died. then the defense took over this afternoon, bringing the fazzino's house keeper and family to the stand. alex fazzino's mother, aunt and sister all testified they saw emily under the influence countless times. "slurring speech, disoriented, she was kind of staggering and i was so concerned i wanted to take her ot the hospital- did she go? she would not go" stephanie: the trial continues tomorrow with more defense continues tomorrow with more defense witnesses to take the stand. be sure to stay with local 5 as cover the case. stephanie: coming up on local 5 news at 10... it's is a milestone day in presidential politics. we'll take a look at who we might be one step closer to the white house...by this time tomorrow. jack: then iowa state tries to send its 3 seniors out win at hilton coliseum. highlights and sports. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) it was nice while it lasted! we had a nice stretch of warmer than average temps, but now winter is making a comeback especially for northern iowa. there is a winter weather advisory posted for northern iowa tonight with mostly some snow expected there. one to three inches is likely north of hwy 30 overnight while areas south are expected to get less than 1". temperatures will continue you to get colder tonight with 20s expected by tuesday morning. tuesday will be a wintry day with quite a few clouds, cold northerly winds of 10-20 mph and temps staying mostly in the 20s all day. take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... a small town now in the national spotlight... the documentary "making a murderer" brought a lot of attention to manitowoc county wisconsin... we'll look at how the community is handling the reaction to the netlfix series and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa! "your watching local 5 meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: it was nice while it lasted! we had a nice stretch of warmer than average temps, but now winter is making a comeback especially for northern iowa. there with mostly some snow expected there. one to three inches is likely north of hwy 30 overnight while areas south are expected to get less than 1". temperatures will continue you to get colder tonight with 20s expected by tuesday morning. tuesday will be a wintry day with quite a few clouds, cold northerly winds of 10-20 mph and temps staying mostly in the 20s all day. we will try to recover a bit on wednesday, but another weather system will be coming through wed. evening with another chance for more rain/snow mix. again, the metro should not see much if any accumulation. we will see some nicer weather by the weekend with sunnier skies saturday and much warmer temps expected for sunday. our timing has been pretty lucky lately when it comes to our weekend! brad jack: jack: we're on the eve in american politics. super tuesday trump is in the driver's seat. jack: a new cnn with 49 percent of republican voter support. marco rubio has 16 percent, ted cruz - 15 percent, ben carson - 10 and john kasich 595 delegates are up for grabs for republicans tomorrow in super tuesday contests across the country. and as the window to campaign narrows, the rhetoric among the top republican candidates keeps intensifying. " nationally, 65% of republicans recognize that donald trump is not the best candidate for us to nominate against hillary clinton that if donald trump is the nominee, hillary clinton in all likelihood wins." stephanie/ram: and on the democratic side, hillary clinton -- boosted by her huge win in south carolina on saturday -- is hoping to start locking out her democratic rival bernie sanders. sanders and clinton are facing off for 865 delegates in super tuesday states tomorrow. about 24- hundred are needed to win the democratic race. stephanie: jack: jordan's in now and a very special night up in ames... jordan: hard to believe but georges niang, jameel mckay and abdel nader have all played their last game at hilton. but the good thing is they went out with a coming up on local 5 sports, highlights and reaction from senior night at hilton coliseum... " now, local 5 sports with jordan furbee. we jordan: the great boyz ii men said it best. it's so hard to say goodbye! tonight iowa state fans saw georges niang, abdel nader and jameel mckay play one last time inside the friendly confines of hilton coliseum. and there's better way to send out those three than with a win. cyclones welcoming in oklahoma state... first half. abdel nader showed up big tonight. the steal and the highlight reel slam puts the clones up 2. then it's niang over to matt thomas, he gives it right back to georges who lays it in for two. he finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds in his final game at hilton. more from the one they call darth nader! the two handed throwdown!! he led all but it wasn't just the seniors in on the action tonight. matty ice from on the court. buries the triple! then it's all three seniors here. nader to niang up to mckay for good to see that back again. cyclones up 27-25 at the break. would go up 18. but the cowboys down to 6! then check out this weird play. jameel mckay with the slam, off the defnders head. refs tho, call it didn't matter, isu would not falter in this one. they send the seniors out on top, 58-50 the final. dan corey has more from ames. "there's certain program where you're just required to do certain things. and i've been blessed to coach at a couple programs like that. you gotta be awesome in the community, you gotta shake hands, you gotta sign autographs, you gotta impact people. you gotta win. but if you do all that, then you have moments like that." "the support, the love, the real love that i felt here. i was afraid for that to happen one last time. and you know i think i've put my all into this place and i'm content with closing the chapter at hilton, because i left everything i had out there." "you can't thank cyclone nation appreciate them every day, especially with traveling on the roads and seeing what other teams' crowds may look like, you just appreciate it every day." "especially with these two guys right here i've built such a strong relationship with them in the past three years since i've been here and just the energy and the positivity that's around this place, it's a hell of a place and i'm gonna miss it." the final game of the regular season is all set. iowa state travels down to take on the 12- champion and new #1 kansas jayhawks. isu can knock off its 2nd #1 of the year and become the first big 12 team to sweep ku since 2001! game set for saturday at 3pm on espn. jordan: stick around, plenty more to cover...when we come back... we've got highlights and reaction from day one of the girls state basketball tournament! to senior night in ames, is also the beginning of the girls state basketball tournament. this morning in also hitting the floor. and that's where we start. #8 central on #1 western 1st quarter. raegan booth splashes it in to but western from long range. they drained 5 first quarter 3's. at halftime. 4th quarter, back. masters back and in. central decatur pulls within 6. but the away down the stretch. western ends the cards season "...played more aggressively and got back into it." down to 1a from this morning. mount ayr taking on #1 turkey valley. raiderettes down as much as 10 in the 2nd half. 4th quarter, kelcie shields pulls them within 2! then megan warin with a chance to tie it, but it's no good. and on the other end. shelby reicks with the hoop and the hack. tv's would go up to 7 with a minute to go. but mount ayr fights back. sheilds again, the bucket cuts it to one! she had 25 points and 10 boards today. but the raiderettes can't complete the rally. they fall to still unbeaten turkey valley 55-51, but pick up great experience for a young team. "our girls did a great job of handling the pressure and making it close at the end and putting themselves in that situation and yup keirston, but our starting five is back and we've got some good young kids coming up through the ranks, so you know success breeds success and hopefully they wanna be back." the defending champs from newell-fonda underdogs today versus unbeaten exira/e-h-k. mustangs shot only 23 percent in the first half, but thanks to 17 offensive rebounds, they led it by 1 at the break. 2nd half, back come the spartans. maggie rasmussen the hoop and the hack, ehk up by 3! but the mustangs press was suffocating. newell-fonda forces 29 turnovers, thanks to 23 steals! that went along with 22 offensive rebounds! mustangs are on to the semis with the 53-42 win! "...pleased by their effort and intensity today." action coming up tomorrow. in 2a, manson nw webster and 24-0 iowa city regina finish up action at 10 am. then things pick up in 3a, as #1 and unbeaten pocahontas area mount vernon. then in the evening. the defending champs from nevada take on pm. followed by a good one between #4 ballard and #5 keokuk to cap off the night at 830! : jordan/3shot state qualifiers in boys 3a... stephanie: jack: we'll be right back... you're stephanie: the world members to the leaplings club unity point us some video of babies born today in des moines. wyatt was the first leap day baby and zane was the first baby for his parents nik and ashley. congrats to their families ((ad lib)) brad: weather adlib: it was nice while it lasted! we had a nice stretch of warmer than average temps, but now winter is making a comeback especially for northern iowa. there is a winter weather advisory posted for northern iowa tonight with mostly some snow expected there. one to three inches is likely north of hwy 30 overnight while areas south are expected to get less than 1". temperatures will continue you to get 20s expected by and now abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight andy samberg. from "zootopia," ginnifer goodwin. and music from the strumbellas. with cleto and the cletones. and reserve and now, glory be