Yesterday. But its a much, much different story to our north. Roger riley shows how folks are still struggling to move around today. Sot it was tough. It was 100 wind, snow blowing. So bad you couldt see where you were going. This is what wendell shellenbarger encountered on his way from des moines to fort dodge. Shellenbarger is a volunteer for lifeserve blood center. And was taking blood for a patient in the hospital they told me if i got in trouble i could turn around and come bad until you get north of story city. People we talked to noticed going south past the randall exit mdash; roads got better almost instantly. Spent the night in the motel, as their over the road truck could not reach their home near stanhope. Sot gary 3946 waited till wind died down. Backed down the hill came to the motel kyle kruse and doug minteer were busy in the storm plowing out hog farms around the area. Sot 5620 pretty nasty slick roads we need the wind to die even though the blizzard had moved on this
Plus. The billzard cleanup continues as siouxland digs out. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning siouxland and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. We begin this morning with the case ainst iconic comedian bill cosby. A pennsylvania judge ruled cosby will have to face a sexual assau charge. And the case against him will move forward. Reporter mary moloney brings us the very latest. The case dates back more than a decade. And it involves Andrea Constand who claims bill cosby drugged and assaulted her in 2004. Initially constand kept quiet. But a year after the alleged assault constand went to police. The prosecutor at the time did not file charges saying there wasnt enough credible and admissible evidence. Cosbys lawyers say the prosecutor made a promise never to criminally charge the comedian. If cosby agreed to testify in constands civil case. He did. And in sworn testimony cosby admitted to giving drugs to some women he wanted to have sex with. Settl
Besser is on the right now nats carnival with millions of tourists in rio for the start of brazils carnival tomorrow drone video of rio stadium and millions more expected this summer for the olympic games, controlling the zika crisis here is more urgent than ever. Nats brazil president president saying the virus has gone from a distant nightmare keyable to a real threat. keyable . The government, scrambling to start developing a vaccine ready, she says, mosquito prevention is their best course of action. Ts fumigation now this morning some doubting whether brazil can get zika under control by this summer are calling for the rio olympics to be cancelled. Sot art caplan director of medical ethics, Nyu Langone Medical Center 132653 gfx the Us Olympic Committee tells abc news it is keeping a close eye on the situation and that team usa participants will be made aware of the cdcs recommendations regarding travel to brazil. end gfx nats phelps especially for olympic athletes like Michael Phe
Attorneys are also questioning the iowa lottery and multi state associations security and surveillance protocols. Theyre unsure if mr. Dawsons is the only case rigged by eddie tipton. This was a theft. This was a rigged game. There was no prize as lottery rules. Shouldnt have gone back and should go back now, should be reverted j ending claire bam the lawsuit says dawson is owed 10 million dollars, plus interest, and asks for a jury trial. We reached out to the iowa lottery for comment but havent heard back. Crawford said theyve been given copies of the petition, and are cooperating and are also in search for the truth. In the studio, claire powell, local five news. We are iowa. Jack ots so where is eddie tipton now . Not in prison, even though hes been sentenced to 10 years for free while hes appealing his conviction. Howver, he is being tried in another state in july of this year. Jack Des Moines Police put up a disturbing safety alert on their Facebook Page we wanted to show you. Th
Nw iowa. Tonight will be quieter, but also colder as those strong nw winds finally subside to less than 10 mph. Temperatures will start out in the 0s for Northern Iowa thursday morning, while we will be closer to 13 in the metro. We will have a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow, but it will be a pretty decent winter day with highs close to the average schools on lockdown after a shooting in waukee. Tonight , police have made arrests. Stephanie plus. The caucuses are over but the results are still causing waves on the campaign trail. See who called it quits after mondays results. Jack but firstnew developments in the hot lotto mystery that stumped iowans for years. This was a theft. This was a rigged game. There was no prize as lottery rules jack tonight, an iowa man says that prize should have gone to him instead of the hot lotto being reset. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. A year long hot