First on 13. Recent violence along court avenue has lead to calls for more security in the area. But Des Moines Police say their funding for an increased officer presence has run dry. Channel 13s Justin Surrency spoke with a woman whos urging the city to take action. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are not around. That concern is amplified now that the well of offDuty Officers working the court avenue district has gone dry. The funding for the offDuty Officers has been exhausted, weve always had officers assigned to those beats, friday and saturday they step up patrols and thats not going to change. The lack of an extra presence now worries a mother who wishes to remain anonymous. We cant ignore it, kids need friend were brutally beaten near court avenue in february. His physical wounds have healed but mentally, i think its something that will be with him the rest of his life. And just days after thanksgiving one man was shot and killed, anothe
First on 13. There is no shortage of battles for the president ial candidates. From isis to cyber attacks. But Hillary Clinton is thinking more personally. Shes in iowa to detail her plan to fight the sixth leading killer in the us. By 2025, the Democratic Front runner wants a cure for alzheimers disease. And shes willing to put serious money into it. Clinton is announcing her new initiative during a Campaign Stop in fairfield this evening. In it, she vows to dedicate two billion each year to alzheimers research. And she wants to keep that money flowing over the next decade. Leaders for the Alzheimers Impact Movement say for families battling the disease. Its a money issue as well. A recent study shows families out of pocket spending in the last five years of life is 80 percent higher than any other disease. 6 28 6 35 so this is a pocketbook issue for millions of americans and it also is for our nation. Direct costs of alzheimers totaled over 200 billion this thats expected to grow to
Has lead to calls for more security in the area. But Des Moines Police say their funding for an increased officer presence has run dry. Channel 13s Justin Surrency spoke with a woman whos urging the city to take action. Out of sight out of mind, if people dont see us often times they think we are not around. That concern is amplified now that the well of offDuty Officers working the court avenue district has gone dry. The funding for the offDuty Officers has been exhausted, weve always had officers assigned to those beats, friday and saturday they thats not going to change. The lack of an extra presence now worries a mother who wishes to remain anonymous. We cant ignore it, kids need to be aware. Her son along with his friend were brutally beaten near court avenue in february. His physical wounds have healed but mentally, i think its something that will be with him the rest of his life. And just days after thanksgiving one man was shot and killed, another sent to the hospital. Its just
Timothy 14 40 38 we did bet the farm on this. Part of the reason i moved in more millennials and empty nesters moving downtown will likely lead to even more construction matt 14 46 04 were just kind of building on this momentum and theres not a whole lot of end in sight right now 08 those 15 hundred or so new housing spaces for rent or sale wont all come on the market at once. The projects are spaced out so theyll be move in ready throughout the new year and into 2017. And Downtown Des Moines will be extra busy leading up to the iowa caucuses. Fox news announced it will host its second gop primary debate next month in des moines. The two hour event will take place on january 28th at the iowa events center. Coverages starts at 8 pm. This is the last Republican Debate heading into the february 1st iowa caucuses. Donald trumps lead is shrinking. Thats according to the latest quinnipiac poll released this morning. It has the business mogul with 28 percent support among republicans. With 24
Feels like the single digits. This time yesterday we were in the 40s, and then the temperature fell through the day. Of course, it kept falling. Lets take a look at the big weather stories. Weve got more snow on the way for tonight. Were not done. That snow is going to come in overnight, and it is going to hang around through tomorrow mornings commute and even now at 6 00 on your monday, were tracking some snowshowers. A lot of cloudiness out there. We have a few spits of snow inland, but most of it is out over lake erie, and some of it is clipping lake county here. Fairport harbor, painesville north of mentor into north perry and along the lakeshore it picks up in intensity. Most of is out on the lake. If this holds together, it will move inland. We will keep a close eye on that. Of course, roads already snowcovered in many of those areas. To the south Medina County with a little line of snowshowers Cuyahoga County we saw light snow there. Of course, big story for us is that windchill