Leading us to a very chilly night with lows dropping into the low single digits. Wednesday there is a quick clipper that will swing through the and early afternoon that should give us a ranging from a couple inches. Were still cold the rest of the week but we will warm back to the 20s by thursday and friday. Valentines day as of now still looks to be fairly cold with snow possible, but luckily next week we are still expecting a warming trend. Elias lets get into the morning. Elias the Winter Weather hitting north and central iowa forced the Iowa Department of transportation and state patrol to close down interstate 35 between ames and clear lake. As we can see this morning. This is looking at the northbound lanes of the interstate. High winds and snowy weather left visibility poor, leading to Car Accidents. The roadway some stranded in ames, and officials have also warned against using sections of highway 69, which runs parallel to the interstate. Sabrina in the number two spot this mo
Your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib very strong winds have caused a lot of travel problems in Northern Iowa today. Gradual improvement will take place tonight, but it will still be cold and windy throughout the night. Skies will remain mostly cloudy with a few flurries or snow showers possible tonight. The nw winds that were 2040 mph will be more like 1525 mph overnight. Blowing snow will not be much of a problem for most areas, but wind chill values will be dropping below zero into tuesday morning. Tuesday will bring us another cold and windy day with increasing sunshine. 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. Less than a month away from when iowa is supposed to switch over to privatized medicaid. Some iowa senators are pushing a bill that would repeal that plan. Stephanie this, as Govenor Branstad lashes out at democrats. Clai healthcare all about politics. Stephanie local fives
Crosshairs this morning. That massive cruise ship close to disaster. Hurricaneforce winds and massive swells thousands onboard. How terrifying was it and calls for the government to investigate. An abc news exclusive. Teresa guidice speaks out for the First Time Since her release from federal prison. It was nothing like being on the real housewives of new jersey, let me tell you. What shes revealing about life as an inmate. Her toughest moments behind bars. Teresa guidice oneonone with amy. Shes here live this morning. And we do say good morning, america. And what a big day it is. We are live all across the state of New Hampshire and this is a polling station there in New Hampshire. And george is in manchester for all the test in the race for the white house. Good morning to you, george. Right here on the scene. A little snow out here. Just some flurries but thats not going to stop the voters and theyre expecting a record turnout here in New Hampshire today and theyve already started v
Conditions and hazardous travel were widespread. Some likely still impact roads since the strong winds will stay in place and that light snow hasnt been able today will be very the mid to upper teens and wind chills below zero for most of the day. Overnight tonight well see a lot less cloud cover and wind leading us to a very chilly night with lows single digits. Wednesday there is a quick clipper that will swing through the state in the morning and early afternoon that should give us a light snow with totals ranging from a couple tenths to about 2 inches. Were still cold the rest of the week but we will warm back to the 20s by thursday and friday. Valentines day as of now still looks to be fairly cold with snow possible, but luckily next week we are still expecting a warming trend. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. The winter north and forced the Iowa Department of and state patrol to close down interstate 35 between ames and clear lake. As we can see this morning. This i
Enforcement officials have to say, coming up. Sabrina tonight is the first in the nation primary. Well take a look at the president ial race now thats its moved on to the Granite State. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina new at midday today, an unexpected fire this morning, left one man dead. Sabrina it happened shortly after midnight on the 25 hundred block of 59th street in des moines. Authorities were called to the residence twice last night following noise disturbance complaints officials evetually tried to make contact with a man inside the residence, when they saw a fire erupt within the home. The man refused to leave, and fire crews were forced out by the fire and smoke. The male resident died investigations show the fire was intentionally started. We will be sure to keep you updated on this investigation as we receive any new information. Sabrina story. Wintry weathe