Brad wx wall weather adlib well, our Holiday Weekend is starting of mild and dry early this evening, but that will be changing pretty quickly. Temperatures will be in the 50s most of this evening for central iowa, as rain showers begin to increase over iowa. A cold front will be pushing in from the west and causing temps to drop into early thursday stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie and im jack tonight a car wedged Martin Luther king junior overpass. Traffic on i235 was at a near stop for more than half a mile. Jack jacob peklo was at the scene and with more. Jacob. Jacob driving down the interstate your eyes on the you, you might crash. Signs warned drivers that traffic was shut down more than a mile away from the actual site. And its still that a car could go where this one did. Jacob around 545 tonight, neighbors tell me they heard a loud bang, near the Martin Luther king overpass. Fire crews rushed to the scene. Officials say they had to cut open the car to rescue the three
In the upper teens on near 20 on friday. We should warm back into the 30s by the end of the weekend and into early next week with another snow possible around next tuesday. Sam weather adlib sam tags on cam alright sam and lets get into the top five stories this morning. Elias and the weather is our top story. Bad roads, slipping and sliding and digging out. Road conditions were not great after a halffoot of snow falls. Well check back in with sam in a bit for more details. Elias number two is. Were not great after a halffoot of snow falls. Well check back in with sam in a bit for more details. Elias number two is. What public works crews are doing about it. The city of des moines has 700 miles of residential streets to plow. Once snow routes were done, they were moving onto residential streets which is still happening now. Elias the third thing walk out the know before you walk out the door. There could be a rush at the des moines airport today. Many flights out of the Des Moines Inte
Piercy was originally cleared of any wrong doing. That changed when a Second Special prosecutor was assigned to the case. The charges were announced today. Ive filed the charge of Involuntary Manslaughter against Anthony Piercy today 20 28 5920 29 08 Anthony Piercy deserves what hes getting and hell have his day in court but he knows what he did wrong. 20 30 5220 31 05 i think we are getting somewhere now so hopefully i think brendans smiling down on us and appreciates what we are doing and we are not going to quit until we get justice. Craig ellingson tells us hes relieved at finally getting at shot at justice for his son after two years of fighting. Trooper piercy was put on unpaid leave after the charges were announced. Prosecutors say the case was reopened because of new evidence. But they havent said what that evidence involves. The original special from witnesses. Responding officers. And that recording of trooper piercy we showed. With in days of reviewing the evidence. She deci
Off duty yesterday and is expected to turn himself in to Moniteau County custody sometime today. The family is still Going Forward with two lawsuits against the Missouri State patrol and Morgan County Coroners Office in connection with their sons death. Authorities say the state medical Examiners Office performed an autopsy on 17yearold sammy kemp today. The results are still pending. And the Polk County Sheriffs Office is hoping to release more information in the case early next week. Kemps body was pulled from a pond near a rural granger home yesterday. The teen was reported missing on sunday after he was last seen attending a party on the property the night before. Investigators are still trying to figure out what led to kemps death. Marshalltown authorities are investigating a suspicious fire. Responded to seven north 11th street on a garage fire last night after 10 30. Crews say fire was coming from the back of a detached garage. The resident at the home called it in as he was lea
Its a good thing but its been coming for a long time. New information aims to overturn Missouri State trooper Anthony Piercys innocence in the may 2014 drowning of Brandon Ellingson. Ive filed the charge of Involuntary Manslaughter against Anthony Piercy today for the ellingsons, a death clouded in mystery is beginning to surface. Anthony piercy deserves what hes getting and hell have his day in court but he knows what he did wrong. In may brandon was arrested by the Missouri State patrol for allegedly boating while intoxicated. Witnesses say a handcuffed ellingson was wearing a life jacket that wasnt fitted properly by trooper piercy when he fell out of the boat and drowned. I have charged him with wrecklessly causing death. Four months after brandons death. Trooper piercy claimed he had never been taught how to use life jackets and a its tough to live everyday because i have to walk by his room everyday and see hes not there. During the investigation, allegations of a coverup between