on local five news at 10... police on the look out for an armed and dangerous man who may be roaming the streets of fort dodge tonight. nikki plus... a body found in a lake, then a skeleton unearthed in a home. two murders in one month has small town iowa in shock tonight. "it's just hard to believe it would happen in .... or in a small town you just don't hear of it here. " nikki we've got the latest details in the union co. death investigation coming up. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: good evening. i'm nikki davidson. tonight--local 5 heads to south west iowa where residents are in shock following the news of two murders in their small town. nikki: a woman's body was found in a farm pond earlier this month in union county. police identified her as loretta dillinger of thayer. during the investigation, skeletal remains were found in a home in thayer. last night officers arrested dillinger's ex- brother in law. tonight, local 5 went to thayer and neighboring towns. residents are shocked, telling us murders don't happen in small towns like this.. nikki: local 5's jacob peklo joins in studio with more, jacob? jacob/bam: nikki, as you'd imagine, a lot of shock in the communities today. this investigation went on for nearly a week and a half. even in the small towns, some people hadn't heard of the dillingers, but of those who had... more people seemed familiar with had... more people seemed familiar with jerry. and after learning about the two deaths, people in town are realizing deadly violence can happen anywhere. tommy stoner, arispe resident: "i've been happen anywhere. you don't have to be a big city. so, this proves it." investigators labeled loretta dillinger's death as suspicious, and began searching her old home and another one in thayer. michael motsinger, special agent: "following that, law enforcement did discover another set of skeletal remains during those search warrants." with the help of and dogs, their just up the hill from 401 4th street, near a michael motsinger, special agent: "we can't get into the specifics of what through that started on the second sheriff's office, which obviously led us to the arrest." later that afternoon, police made a traffic stop in union county, and arrested jerry ex brother in law. resident: "it's just would ever happen in lorimor, small town. telling us, but through that investigation that we started on the second with the union county sheriff's office, which obviously led us to the arrest." later that afternoon, police made a traffic stop in union county, and arrested jerry ray dillinger, loretta's ex brother in law. wayne tucker, lorimor resident: "it's just hard to believe that it would ever happen in lorimor, small town. you just don't have it here. we don't have any kind of violence here." kevyn mumaw, lorimor resident: "it's just crazy. i mean, you just, i would never think anything like that would happen around here." patrick strange, pretty close to where i live and i've got two small kids, so i guess, it's just....everybody's got to watch it. you don't know what anybody's capable of, i guess." local 5 met with family members at the community center. they declined to go on camera because of pending litigation. i asked if anyone wanted to say anything positive about jerry dillinger, and the response was "no." folks from around town that knew the family say jerry dillinger's behavior has always been erratic. patrick strange, lorimor resident: "not from him, i'm not surprised. i don't know, it's just a good thing that he's where he's at now, and i hope he stays there." jacob/bam: jerry ray dillinger has been charged with two counts of murder and is being held in the union county jail, pending further investigation. live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. nikki: the skeletal remains have yet to be identified, police are waiting for the autopsy to be completed. stay with local 5 for the latest. nikki/lam: fort dodge police are busy tonight, searching for an armed man, and looking into the cause of a suspicious death. police got a call that someone noticed a unknown adult white man lying on the ground between two houses on north 8th street... nikki: ems responded... and the man was pronounced dead on scene... the manner of death is being ruled suspicious... an autospy will be conducted in the coming days... the identity of the man is not being released at this time. nikki: and the search continues tonight in fort dodge for a man who fired shots inside a bar early this morning. a fight broke out inside dodger tap bar around two a-m. witnesses say thats when 23 year old jordan foy pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots. no one was struck by a bullet... but several charges will be filed against foy for the incident, as soon as he is found. "at this time we dont have any information that would say he is a danger to anybody else we believe he is still in the area but we're not 100 percent postive on that. " nikki: foy faces several charges including a felony count of intimidation with a weapon... as well as reckless use of a firearm and felon in possession of a weapon. anyone who knows of his whereabouts to contact them. nikki/ots: lots of rain around the metro after lastni ts storms. that storm caused big problems fro a popular holiday spectacle... organizers announced this afternoon that jolly holiday lights out at water works has to close for the season.... park was closed down last night, but power outages kept the lights off again today. they say the light display must now close for the rest of the season due to high rainfall and the city's projections that the rivers will crest above flood stage this week... nikki: and the closures don't stop there. walnut creek is at 6 feet tonight, and projected to get as high as 10 and a half feet. because of this, the clive greenbelt park and trail are closed. stay with local 5 for more closures and for when these areas are back open. nikki: here's a look at the national weather service's forecast for rivers in the metro. the raccoon river near fluer drive could see water as high as 17 feet before it crests--that's 5 feet above the flood stage. they also project the moderate flooding near racoon river park in west des moines and in van meter. nikki: the gloves are coming off in your local election headquarters tonight. nikki: senator ted cruz is trumping trump in iowa. trump taking aim at the man picking up those crucial points. cruz now with a ten point lead in one poll - up to 31-percent to trump's 21. but trump was quick to blast the new numbers - tweeting overnight "don't trust des moines register poll" - saying it's biased. meanwhile, dr. ben carson has fallen to third place... (dr. ben carson/ (r) presidential candidate) "well you know, poll numbers go up and down. i wasn't excited when they were up, i'm not excited when they're down. um, you know, this is a very fluid contest and it's the reason that we have it nikki: appearing on abc today, unphased. he also doubled down on his threat to leave the republican party - if party leaders tried to manipulate the nominaton process using what he calls "back room deals." it's critical campaign time with just seven and just two days until the next g-o-p debate. nikki: and here's your first look at the stage for tuesday's final republican presidential primary debate of 2015. there are nine podiums for the prime-time debate-- donald trump is front and center, flanked by his newest, closest rival ted cruz and also ben carson. look for coverage of this debate tuesday night on local 5 news at 10. nikki: not much changing on the democratic side of the race. hillary still holding strong here in iowa, with 54 percent in the latest fox news poll. sanders comes in with 36 and o'malley with just 6 percent. nikki: bernie looking to close the gap between him and clinton--wrappin g up a two day tour through iowa today. part of which included a nice sunday service in waterloo this morning. from there he held a town hall in mount vernon iowa. iowa. nikki: still to come on local 5 news at 10... a young girl's strength and spirit are gaining her praise throughout her community. hear her story in tonight's iowans nikki: and...reindeer don't just live at the north pole. meet a special lady who calls iowa home and helps spread the christmas spirit around central iowa. nikki: james: and i'll have your forecast ahead " monday on good morning iowa... the countdown to christmas is on... and if you have some last minute shopping to do, we have a few tips. don't let deals that may be too good to be true distract you this holiday season. plus... a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa!" "now, we are iowa's meteorologist james peterson. certified by weatherrate the experts" james/wx wall weather adlib: temperatures will begin to drop off a little sunday night, parts of western iowa could see a changeover to snow with snow totals between a half to two inches possible. rain showers will be and clouds with very windy conditions will stick around for the afternoon. expect to see wind gusts of 30mph. highs monday will top out in the 30s and 40s. thirties for highs return to central iowa by mid- week and linger through the rest of the work week with welcome back december. james: (wraps up nikki: thanks james. nikki: 15 months in the hospital can be difficult for anyone.... especially for a ten year old that's what life has been like for an ankeny girl.. ... but its not her health problems that are making her name known throughout her community... its her spirit and personality that makes her this week's iowan to know. " " place many would choose to spend a holiday season... but for 10 year old lelani it's been her home for more than year... shes suffering a condition that causes her heart to grow faster than her body... and complications have kept her doctors busy... 1:25:35 she has gotten told a few times shes kinda like a cat, because she has 9 lives... others have said more like 30. recently she got a heart transplant... now shes waiting on a kidney transplant before she can go home... its great news for lelani... but family says she's more concerned with helping others... worried about younger kids she mets in the hospital. she would say if i stay here forever can they just go home? its her giving nature that captured the communities heart.... lelani has three brothers...and her medical stay has put a strain on her family... friends say recently they noticed the family needed help.. 1:37:19 we're going through cupboard after cupboard in the kitchen, and on oh no. we're in bad bad trouble. so they got together... and held a benefit in her honor to support 1:37:48 i'll bet we can get people in our community to help out, and low and behold we made it happen. and although lelani couldn't be here physically... technology reminded her shes far from alone... (theres daryl) making this holiday hospital stay (laugh) a reminder that it can be wonderful life. 1:33;42 shes amazing, incredible we are grateful for it. nikki: lelani is in the hospital in iowa city... money raised from that benefit helped the family with medical costs and travel costs... nikki: know someone who should be our next iowans to know? email us at: news at we are iowa dot com. or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555. we're on facebook "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. nikki: coming up on local 5 news at ten... one iowa farmer got her unusual livestock in an even more unusual way, here her story in nikki: next....local 5 gives back to the community. see why stephanie was out wrapping presents this weekend. next.... in the sprit of the holidays local 5 is giving back to the nikki: local 5's stephanie angleson was out spreading some holiday cheer today--wrapping gifts for holiday shoppers at merle hay mall. all the proceeds go to the puppy jake foundation... "our money that we get that is donated goes to the millitary veterens and providing the dogs to help them live their regular lives " nikki: the gift wrapping station will be open at merle hay mall next weekend, too. they're open from 11am to 9pm friday, 10-8 on saturday and 11- 7pm on sunday. nikki: members of the local 5 news team were out at fareway friday, collecting no parishable food for those in need. many iowans helped can hunger with us all the food was donated to help iowans through the dmarc food pantry. nikki: now like we mentioned, christmas is inching closer and closer ... and for those of you who think reindeer only live in the north pole...there are a few farmers who raise reindeer right here in our state.. local 5's claire powell has the story in this week's farm to family. on jane bethard's "go in and why don't you feed" but as you follow the fence. the unusual start to appear... "they say no really are they real, i say no they're cattle we put antlers on" no that's not rudolph, that's rebecca and holly. "she's the one that wants to go visit everybody" -me in shot and 7 month old woody.. four years ago, jane had an odd christmas exchange that started her love for reindeer. "i asked if she'd be willing to trade reindeer for cats, for 1 kitten and 200 dollars" "little short legged cats started us in our reindeer" since then, the reindeer bussiness has elijah and isiah- are there everyday "im coming in!" leading them along. her for a minute?" - "they're here a lot of the time, walk them, help feed"- moving because every year around christmas time, rebecca's calendar starts to fill up. "they go to a lot of the shows with us and they like to help out with reindeer " "shes going to get you a bell real quick..." one event after the other, after the other "what do you say? thank you and merry christmas" it takes a toll on the star of the show who will be cutting back next year... but not before making the kid in all of us ... "kids come running up to them because they're magic, they fly, they're santa's reindeer nikki: do you have a special farm to family story to share with us? local 5's claire powell is always looking for more stories to share with central iowa. send us your ideas on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear from you. the contact nikki jon is with us now-- and top 5 plays are back? jon: yeah nikki some great plays to show off tonight including one from this guy jameel mckay we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. back... you're watching local five news at 10. " now, local 5 sports are iowa sports" jordan: welcome back. the last couple of weeks we took a hiatus from the local 5 top 5 plays of the week. but don't worry-- the cyhawk showdown helped us bring it back. but this week wasn't all hoops-- we had some great hockey plays maybe one snuck in there for you so let's find out... it's that time again folks. time for you to sit back relax and let us show you the best of the best from the week that was! let's check out our top 5 plays of the week all made by local athletes. play number five... brought to you courtesy of the morris-mckay connection. monte morris the alley-- jameel mckay the oop. let's be honest it sounds like a great attorney's office-- morris- mckay-- attorneys at law well they may want to help get brady ellingson into witness protection after watching mckay abuse the rim in such a manner. it wasn't his only one of the night-- but it definitely screamed style and swag for showtime. jameel mckay the play of the week. play number four we head to des moines' east side-- the scarlets anthony arroyo spotting up from the corner-- hits the three as the buzzer sounds to end the third quarter. this kid's new nickname needs to be icy arroyo-- the kid called for it-- and buried it. that cut the huskies lead to 7. east would fall-- but anthony "icy" arroyo showing the ice in his veins with that triple. this would make steph curry proud-- and then the stare down at the end of it, this six foot two junior may be getting more looks from downtown if he keeps raining threes like that. play number three .. back up to hilton for the cyhawk game. this time it's jarrod uthoff. clemmons the dish-- uthoff the tomahawk jam. uthoff wasn't part of the team in the first half-- he was the team thursday night. yes he hit numerous threes and had another dunk on top of this one. but i mean the cedar rapids product has done nothing but good for the hawkeyes. look at the elevation-- alright it's not clipping a chin on silence hilton hire uthoff. he's the number one hitman when you're looking for crowd killers. iowa just forgot pay him for the second half. even with 30 points in the first half-- iowa couldn't win... time to find batman a robin in iowa city. play number two takes us to the buccaneer arena in urbandale. pavlechev centers to ty pelton-byce who unloads a snipe. folks-- no goalie will make that save-- let's slow it down for you-- pelton byce-- top shelf where grandma hides the cookies. and no cookie is safe with a shot like that-- no water bottle either with that yeah his last name may be a mouthful-- maybe we should just change it to snipe-- celly... umass has a lot to look forward to when ty gets to amherst. finally play number one back to ames-- monte morris doing what monte morris does best-- breaking hearts. the floater over anthony clemmons falls with 8 seconds left to clinch a victory for the cyclones over iowa 83 to 82. monte morris might be disguising himself as a basketball player-- but i he really is... super man. need i remind you of the big 12 tourney last year? texas.. nuff said. monte morris is so quick-- he makes clark kent look like he's crawling. morris's twitter name big game-- well you don't get much bigger this time of year than the cy-hawk game for these two. maybe he should change it to captain clutch... one more time the floater-- by morris-- game set match. monte morris number 11 in your programs, number one in our hearts! in our local 5 top five plays of the week! jon: (jon wraps up sports) nikki: thanks jon still to come on local 5 news at 10, iowans looking to learn more about muslim culture are greeted with open arms in the quad cities. nikki: and....after three days of searching...the fbi has yet to find anything incriminating in a neighborhood lake. the latest in the search for more insight into the san berna-rdino terrorists. nikki: next....tornadoes hit one texas town. nearly 50 homes destroyed right before the holidays. we'll be right back... you're watching local "your watching local 5 nikki/lam: welcome back. tonight, the fbi says there've still haven't found anything related to the san bernardino mass shooting in the lake they've been searching for three days. meanwhile, the fact that one of the terrorists, tashfeen malik, was able to get a visa to enter the country despite social media postings supporting violent jihad, is prompting calls tonight for a wider mandatory vetting process. sot sen. chuck schumer (d) new york: "i'm asking to immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas to see if they are using words and taking about things like jihad, explosives, mass shootings. it's outrageous that this isn't already done." nikki: president barack obama will visit the pentagon and the national counterterroris it's part of an showcase his strategy. nikki/lam: dangerous slamming texas reported tornadoes touching down, homes-- abc's kendis gibson has more nats - storm chaser - sirens "tornado on the ground?" overnight - severe storms bearing down on more than 18 million southern plains nats - social video - "whoa that's a tornado" nats - social video - "tornado just hit my neighborhood in [gfx locator - lindale, tx] 2 reported tornadoes and wind gusts up to 64 mph - one of them destroying 50 homes ripping up trees - tossing debris - shredding rooftops - leaving only a path of destruction across eastern texas nats -social video -wow i think that's a tornado sot - i had gone inside maybe about two minutes, and it was so quick and so fast all of about 10 seconds?. this scene captured near houston [nat pop] - downed power lines and overturned vehicles are whats left?. sot - lt brady fitzgerald - montgomery county "our biggest challenge right now is downed power lines on the roadway, power company working on those" [nat pop] this comes as yet working on those" [nat pop] this comes as yet another band of heavy rain and flooding plague the pacific northwest [gfx] according to the national weather service, the pacific northwest have reported more than two feet of total rainfall so far this month nikki: meteorologist james peterson joins us now with a quick look at the forecast. and james when is this rain going to end? james thanks james. moving to western iowa, hundreds met in the quad cities this weekend to meet their muslim neighbors. the islamic center of the quad cities located in moline illinois held an open house for anyone wanting to ask questions and learn more about islam. there were tours of the mosque, art displays, informational booths, and food. mosque leaders say, they regularly have open houses...but usual. (diana chan) " i think that it's important peole understand what the islamic faith is really about and that we're all friends. " (rabbi jeffrey lipschultz) "here today, seeing the community faith together showing support, especially for our community that's feeling a little stress right now...makes me feel that the ability of faith in religion can bring good into this world." nikki: more than 300 people from many different faiths came to learn and show support for the quad cities muslim community. nikki: the muslims faith continues to be a hot topic on the campaign trail, especially after donald trump released a plan to ban all muslims from coming into the united states if he was elected president. this comes after the recent attacks in paris and in california with ties to isis. but during his rally here in the metro, trump decided to focus on attacking another competitor insted. despite that rhetroic taking a back seat, other politicans are talking about the possibility of this plan. nikki: new tonight at ten, secretary of state john kerry weighs in. "let me be very direct. i believe that that kind of a ban is contrary to american values, it's contrary to our constitution. but i also think it's a very dangerous foreign policy. it's exploitable, whether he intended it or not. and it allows for recruitment, it allows for america to seem like it is indeed discriminatory against islam, against muslims, and it's highly discriminating against many americans and others who are muslim. nikki: in other political news, monday will mark an historic moment for governor terry brandstad...as he becomes the longest-serving governor in american history... preparations are underway the celebration, as december 14th will mark his seven thousand 640th day of service to the state of iowa. the event has even been recognized in washington, senator chuck grassley recognized the governor's milestone on the senate floor. " the state of iowa comes first for him, iowans are well aquainted with terry branstad's accomplishments and work ethic. it's those attributes get written on a national scale and in the history books. he has earned his place in history." nikki: now two events scheduled for monday will mark branstad's big honor. during the day, an open house will be held at the governor's formal office in the state capitol. then monday evening, a milestone dinner will be held at the state fairgrounds. tickets to the dinner are 50 dollars a person, with proceeds going to the governor branstad iowa history fund. nikki: coming up on the weekend buzz....cold winter weather got you down? don't worry national hot chocolate day is sure to warm you up! we'll be right back with that story and more, you're watching local five news at 10. while there isn't any snow on the ground, it's still pretty cold outside and the rain isn't helping. one way to keep yourself warm is hot chocolate. guys, you might notice that there are mugs on the table. nikki: nikki: that's because today is national cocoa day! according to the national day calendar, it is believed the first chocolate beverage was created by the mayas. cocoa is made from the dried, fermented seeds of the cacao tree--and used to make cocoa nikki: now coming up this week is opening day for the newest star wars movie. and it's got people of all ages excited. but there's one star wars fan who's got more reason to celebrate than most...check this out. nikki: a "star wars" toy produced almost 40 years ago has sold at auction for 25-thousand dollars! one lucky fan now owns this very rare luke skywalker action figure. its so rare because luke's lightsaber broke easily, and they pulled the toys from stores. nikki: the auction was deliberately deliberately timed to coincide with the newest movie, "the force awakens" -- opening next week. are you guys planning on watching the movie this week? james the rain just down, i'll have your forecase next. "now, we are iowa's peterson. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" james weather adlib: temperatures will begin to drop off a little sunday night, parts of western iowa with snow totals between a half to two inches possible. rain showers will be ending monday by midday in central iowa and clouds with very windy conditions will stick around for the afternoon. expect to see wind gusts of 30mph. highs monday will top out in the 30s and 40s. thirties for highs return to week and linger through the rest of the work week with few chances of any precipitation falling. welcome back december. nikki: iowa state hot off of a win over iowa in mens basketball jordan yeah nikki 8 games this season-- 8 wins. coming up in sports the cyclones go after number 9 against arkansas pine bluff we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. jon: welcome back-- we saw earlier in the show-- the down iowa thursday night. well it's a quick turnaround for the cyclones-- who took on arkansas pine bluff tonight in ames. tough getting a team motivated-- but matt thomas playing like a man on a mission from beyond the arc opens the scoring with a three ball. then he drains another from downtown again-- thomas just carrying over his performance. hallice cooke getting in on the three ball action-- from the wing knocks it down. isu living by the 20 foot 9 inch shot in the first half. morris joins the club his three pointer stretches the lead to 8. then georges niang caps it off with a triple of his own-- iowa state with 8-- three pointers in the first half. second half let's get the big man involved thomas to jameel mckay-- mckay the two handed flush. lead up to 11. now check out the passing by the cyclones-- morris- to niang-- up top to mckay-- the alley oop jam. but not the prettiest game on defense today-- iowa state up 8 then matt thomas makes it 11 from the wing. late second half-- isu sealing this one with a big kiss from mckay-- monte this one in doubt-- but not as big a victory as you'd hope 78-64 the final now the women also taking on pine-bluff iowa state down a few points in the first quarter-- but bridgette carlton heats up from beyond the arc tie game 16 all. how about from the left corner-- she puts the cyclones up 3. now seanna johnson getting it on the wing-- drives the lane-- and banks it in isu up 4. we go back to carlton-- from the other corner-- no doubt about it. she wasn't done another three for the cyclone freshman stretching the lead to 16. carlton with a team high 22 points in today's game. third quarter-- meredith burkhall with a midrange jumper-- knocks it down cyclones up 17. staying in the third frame-- claire rickets gets it down low-- nice reverse lay in and isu continues to stretch their lead. now in transition-- johnson going to work drives and lays it in . bry fernstrom just inside the arc-- the lefty knocks down a long two-- she day. cyclones get the win 70 to 41-- bill fennelly applauding the effort by his freshmen today. jon: the iowa wild struggles are not fun to watch. they've lost 16 out of their last 17 games coming into today. the wild have had one win since october 31st. tonight was star wars night-- maybe some jedi mind tricks could help out the squad as they take on grand rapids. first period wild with pressure rob bordson with the rebound goal puts the wild up 1-0. mike reilly 4:57 into the second bringing the wild to a 2-0 lead as he speeds by the defender and puts in the wrap around goal wild looking solid. just minutes later zack mitchell picks up the loose puck that took a funky hop and buries it increasing the wild's lead to 3-0. but grand rapids' not going away mitch callahan finds the back of the net with 5:40 remaining in the second cutting the lead to 2. callahan going five hole on smith to get the griffins on the board now 3-2 under a minute to play mark zengerie with the equalizer on the rebound with 38 remaining in the third, tying the game at 3-3. we head to overtime where xavier ouellet redirects the shot from the point past jeremy smith and grand rapids hands the wild another loss. the game ends 4-3 in overtime . jon: we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. james weather adlib: temperatures will parts of wcould see a changeover to snow with snow totals between a half to two inches possible. rain showers will be ending monday by midday in central iowa and clouds with very windy conditions will stick around for the afternoon. expect to see wind gusts of 30mph. highs monday will top out in the 30s and 40s. thirties for highs return to central iowa by mid- week and linger through the rest of the work week with few chances of any precipitation falling. welcome back december. nikki thanks for watching abc five news at 10... you can find all the latest news and weather on our website... we are iowa dot com.