blame.. valentines for victims. it s an event for people whose hearts have been broken by violence. how the families of crime victims come together every year to offer each other support. from who h-d iowa s high definition leader..this is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. i m lynn melling. thank you for joining us tonight. the water crisis in flint, michigan may seem distant to many living here in iowa but a local college basketball star is dealing with it everyday. justin surrency explains how it s motivating monte morris and how you can help. i know how rough and tough flint is so i just try to play with that edge. for iowa state point guard monte ellis.home is where the heart is. everytime i lace up here i m respresenting flint. right now his family and hometown are experiencing heartache. it s rough right now. the water are using bottled water. in april of 20-14 under the control of a state appointed emergency manager the city temporarily began drawi
followed their tracks in the fresh snow and arrested them soon after. drivers will have to avoid an intersection, as des moines water works crews fix a pipe that broke again. crews were called to the area of watrous and southwest 12th street around 5-30 this morning. a pipe broke nearby last week. they say the intersection will and plan to reopen the roads by this evening s commute. it s time now to get a first look at the forecast. let s head down to amber alexander at the science center. ad lib wx quick a bill that would make it more to the game after receiving a concussion.is moving forward in the state senate. but some high school athletic directors have their reservations about the idea. channel 13 s jodi whitworth the iowa high school athletic should allow other licensed health care providers and coaches to make the call to put athletes back in the game, when an athletic trainer is not available. the bill will advance to committee next week. in the race for the white h
deputies found the car on its side. the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. a young child was also found inside the car. paramedics took the child to the hospital to be checked out - we don t have the child s condition. the names of those involved are not being released. a fight at a des moines school landed a teenage boy in the hospital this week. and his family says the school didn t do enough to prevent it from happening during tuesdays lunch period at merill middle school john brillant says his son got into a fight in the bathroom. ever since he s remained hospitalized for a severe concussion and injuries to his arm and leg. doctors say he will need several weeks of therapy. according to witnesses both boys were in a play fight a few weeks ago.and tuesday s fight was a rematch. the victim s father was aware of issues between the boys. but says the school should have never let it go this far. 380107 - how many staff members or teachers would over see the cafeter
deadly crash. it happened just before noon. .at the 69-hundred block of northeast 29th street in ankeny. callers reported a single vehicle rollover accident. first responders found a car pinned between two trees. the female driver was pronounced dead at the scene. a young child who was a passenger was taken to a des moines hospital. none of their names are being released at the hour. two men are in jail after leading police on a high speed a chase overnight. des moines police arrested 31 year old zeferino padilla and 33 year old felipe padilla. both men are facing felon in possession of a firearm, felony attempted burglary as well as traffic violation charges.. it all started when officers responded to an attempted burglary in the 600 block of park avenue just after midnight. when they got there, two men sped off in a car. officers say the chase reached so they put down stop sticks. that caused the car to spin out in a ditch at 63rd and park. the two suspects then ran away i
fight with another student at merill middle school in the bathroom over the lunch hour.. that child then punched my son one time, my son when to return a punch. that kid ducked it and this child hit my son again then swooped down onto the ground and took my sons legs out from underneath him the fight landing john junior in the hospital, with a severe concussion and injures to his arm and leg. according to police the boys were involved in a play fight a few weeks ago.. and tuesday s fight was a rematch.. witnesses say the fight the was mutual the victim s father knew the boys were having trouble getting along. but claims emotions ultimately spilled over due to lack of adult supervision in the cafeteria.. 380107 - how many staff members or teachers would over see the cafeteria at the time, it seems like that you have a lot of kids there at once how many people on things. they told me three and in the same sentence there is only three is because they are understaffed. john