Elizabeth it is 6 00 on thursday, february 11th. We have another cold start. Metinka eight degrees in des moines, starting off with wind chills anywhere from zero to 10 below zero. But at least it is not snowing yet. The snow will arise mid to Late Afternoon and probably will be affecting the evening commute. 23 degrees will be the high temperature. At least we will not have wind to make it worse. Cold conditions as we head toward the weekend, less more snow is on the way saturday night into sunday. Next week we will get a chance to melt some of it as highs back in the 40s. Morning new developments , overnight in the rancher standoff in oregon. Shaina humphries is following this right now, and shaina, the shaina the fbi has been negotiating with the four remaining occupiers, who say they will turn themselves in but it is unclear as to when this. This video shows fbi vehicles surrounding the refuge overnight. The standoff has been going on for the last 40 days. We also learned cliven bu
Right now in des moines we have a brisk wind at 12 Miles Per Hour. That is producing wind chills below zero at we have a few more snow flurries early this morning. The skies will be clearing out and staying cold with highs close to 16 degrees. Eric the latest check of 511ia. Org shows i35 from ames to clear lake, is still closed this morning. Thats the red line and red circles there. High winds and blowing snow made conditions dangerous there monday. Roads in other parts of the state are ok though. Blue means partially covered in snow and ice and pink means completely covered. White out conditions made driving nearly impossible north of ames monday. A jackknifed semi caused a standstill on highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. 40 to 50 drivers were stuck there for nearly two hours. Fortunately no one was seriously snow eventually forced the dot to close down i35 from ames to clear lake. If you dont need to go out. Stay home. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going t
Republican obstructionism from day one. Todd funeral arrangements for scalia have not yet been announced. Eric while both sides of the political aisle are bracing for a political battle over justice many remembering his legacy. Elizabeth kccis grace provenzano talked with one of our states most prominent legal experts with some firsthand knowledge of the high court justice. Grace the a. G. Argued a case in front of the nations highest court during scalias tenure on the bench. It was the prairie meadows case. At question was whether it was constitutional for the legislature to have a different tax for the landbased casinos as with riverboat casinos. I was terrified. This was the first time i was arguing a case before the u. S. Supreme court. Justices sometimes rather than trying to challenge you, they try to help you because theyre trying to make an argument to other members of the court. Justice scalia and Justice Breyer did that in my case. Grace senator Chuck Grassley joined other pr
On friday, the doctor who performed emilys autopsy said emily had bruises on her forehead, arm, thigh, and neck, as well as more bruising on the inside of her throat which she said could have been from strangulation. Well have more on this trial as it unfolds in decorah, stick with kcci on air and online for the very latest. More big stories, a boil advisory this morning for prairie city in jasper county. The city administrator says the water tower lost pressure this weekend, leaving some homes without water. City leaders say the boil advisory is precautionary but residents should be cautious until they receive test results on the water back tomorrow. Happening today, johnston and grimes residents should expect detours on a major metro road. Sections of northwest 70th avenue are closing around 100th and 107th streets for construction. The road is being widened as part of a larger project to improve the area of the new johnston high school. The closures and detours start commute should
Highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. We had a few cars that were slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. A semi actually came up and struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. Laura the jackknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to two hours. Drivers like tristan obe. The 40 mile and hour wind was so loud we could barely hear him as we talked. The howling wind and slick spots were so bad even our news car got stuck. I couldnt see two feet in front of my car. Laura the dot eventually shut down i35 from ames to clear lake forcing drivers to take dangerous back road detours. And on the back roads there were huge drifts about three feet high and if you werent going 40 miles and hour you werent going to get through them. Laura state patrol says the best thing to do it just stay home if you can. If you go out you are going to risk your life. You are going to risk your familys life and you can actually risk