Nikki and more security coming to Des Moines Court avenue. We zoom in and focus on the new cameras coming to downtown. Nikki and we brave the cold and head out on the ice to catch up with some anglers out on the ice. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki good evening. Welcome to local 5 news im nikki davidson. Glad youre with us tonight. U. S. Officals say north korea has launched a long range missile into space. Nikki the action has been immideately condemned by u. S. Leaders as destablizing and provocative north korea has said it planned to put a satellite into orbit. But the launch is being viewed by many as a front for a missile test. A Senior Defense official has said that the rocket based on its direction does not pose a threat to the u. S or our allies. But there has been an emergency u. N. Security Council Meeting planned for sunday. Nikki that launch became a major topic at tonights republican president al debate. Candidates squared off tonight in the debate r
Local election tonight. The news starts in 30 seconds. Youre watching local are iowas most accurate weatheryour forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib it was nice to see the sunshine today, but we still had to deal with those cold nw winds. Thankfully they will be coming down this evening, but this will also mean a very cold night for all of iowa. Skies will be clear early tonight with a few clouds coming in later. Winds will drop to 510 mph later tonight as temps drop into the 0s and 0s. Clouds will likely be back to greet us for wednesday along with a chance for some light snow. Central and western iowa are most likely to see about 1 of snow after home in the evening. At least the winds will not be blowing this little snow around like monday. More cold air will be with us right into the weekend with the sun returning for saturday, but highs will only be in the teens for central iowa. There will be another system coming through sunday that could bring us several inches of snow, so
Brad wx wall today turned out very nice with all that afternoon sunshine and temps reaching the 40s in all of central iowa. And we for a warm, but at in fact, we are likely to see our warmest temperatures so far this year saturday afternoon tonight will be mainly clear with light sw winds of 510 mph keeping our temps in the 30s most of the night. With ample sunshine and those winds increasing to 1520 mph saturday afternoon, we will quickly warm up into the 50s by midday and then push into the 60s for afternoon highs. Saturday night will be breezy and very mild with temps in the 50s most of the night. A cold front will reach iowa sunday morning with some clouds and maybe a few rain showers for mainly Northern Iowa. Clouds will be around from time to time all day sunday, but also some periods of sunshine. The big story sunday will be with winds coming in from the nw behind this front at 2030 mph. Our temps will hold pretty steady in the low to mid 50s most of the day. Next week will be s
Two people are under arrest. Charged after a body was found in taylors last month. Deputies tell 7 news that dale elroy mathis. And Davia Nicole Smith are charged with murder. And several other crimes. Our breaking news crew was on the scene january 29th after investigators say a hunter found the body off burrell road near taylors. The body was later identified as jamie howard. Well let you know what else develops in this investigation. A missing Spartanburg County teen found dead. Just 24hours later. After she disappeared. Investigators. Say all signs point to a murder. Nineteen year old rayne hunts death comes as a shock to people who knew her. Many say the teen had a Bright Future ahead. Seven News Reporter brianna smith. Has been following the story all day and has more. As snow blanketed the area where autumn hunt took her last breath. Neighbors in the area started to worry about the Police Presence in a normally quiet area. Chris mcleod lives near scene im just like whats going o
Steve new at 5 00 a pleasant , hill man is now in the polk county jail charged with 2 counts of lascivious acts with a child. Court documents show that 18yearold kyle calvert used a social media app to communicate with someone he knew was a minor. Calvert asked the victim to perform sex acts with other Young Children and record it. His bond is set at 40,000. Stacey the South Carolina deputy who slammed a student on the floor and tossed her several feet is out of a job. Kevin cooney is following that right now. Kevin stacy, this is deputy benfields. Deputy been fields. He has been fired after this video of a Violent Arrest quickly went viral and sparked national outrage. The Richland County sheriff says the student was being disruptive and refused to leave the classroom. But he says what happened with the deputy was not acceptable. It continues to upset me when i see that video. Its the fact that he picked that student up, and he threw the student across the room. Thatats not a proper t