For those who do have to travel tomorrow. The citys snow removal crews are already working ahead of the storm. Reid chandler has the story. 15 10 36 were expecting the worst and hoping for the best. Chuck burrell des moines public works at last, iowa seems to be getting the Winter Weather its used to seeing. With snow and ice expected monday morning, des moines public works is out sunday making sure the street are good to go. 15 10 11 we have 17 snow routes, so were covering them right now with salt brine. The salt brine is a material that we put down, to sort of make sure the snow comes. It makes the snow come up easier. Weve taken care of all of our snow routes, and were also taking care of our 40 districts. Were doing all of our hills and all the town. Chuck burrell des moines public works that salt brine should keep most of the snow and ice from sticking to the expected to hit around 5 am. Snow plows will be out in full force a couple hours later. 15 12 11 so tomorrow morning, 7 fr
Indictment against a small town iowa city clerk. How much shes accused of embezzling. And how she tried to cover it up. Refugee crisis. They fled wartorn bosnia. Finding safety and a new life in iowa. Where refugees from bosnia stand on the debate over whether to allow sryian refugees into the state. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 a former casey city clerk now faces federal charges. Accused of torching city hall to hide thement of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. The indictment is the result of a joint investigation by the fbi, the Iowa Department of public safety, the Guthrie County Sheriffs Office and a number of other agencies. It all started with a complaint from one woman. Aaron brilbeck has the story. I mean i feel like its over, we have the answers and we waited so longcasey hairstylist Judi Zimmerline proves you can take on city hall and win. For years, she had bee
Elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias family and friends mourn the loss of a College Student from des moines. This after the charter bus she was riding in monday crashed just fifteen minutes away from its chicago destination. Now they plan to Keep University of iowa senior nicole underwoods memory alive by giving back to someone else. She was studying to become a social worker and planned to attend grad school. Theyre hoping to raise money to create a 10 thousand dollar scholarship for a university of Iowa Human Services student in her honor. They believe the scholarship would keep her love for life alive in someone else. If she could help someone meet their dreams and share that passion, that would be what she would defintely want to happen. Elias the bus crash is still under investigation. Four other elias meanwhile warrants are issued for two people connected to a missing newton girl. Elias investigators have been asking for he
Claire bam jack, while investigating that attempted robbery, Guthrie County deputies checked other nearby farms for clues. Thats when they noticed a carcass on the side of the road. Then tire tracks. Then a blood trail leading to the butchered cow. And as warning, some of the photos and video were about to show are graphic. On Christmas Morning, Keith Partlow was doing chores getting ready for family christmas. Until his phone rang. We got a call from the Sheriffs Office Christmas Morning saying they found a gate open the Guthrie County sheriff had been investigating a nearby robbery when off the road they noticed an open gate, a blood trail, then this. One of partlows cows. Shot, beheaded, sawed in half. Ive never seen this with only the front half left behind. Struck by lightening and pasture oculdnt find. This is the first time for a butcher thats taken place in a pasture partlow, who raises cattle with his family, says 40 years ago he remembers an incident like this. But not today.
Flood waters has covered most of the trail. Walnut creek has reached the level of 6 feet at interstate 3580. The National Weather service says it could crest up to 10 point 5 feet. When the flood water recedes the city will reopen the trail. Weve had so much rain so fast. That its flooded out a popular des moines holiday tradition. Channel 13s Reid Chandler shows us how the rains meant lights out for a big metro fundraiser. Very different weather day from what we normally expect in middecember. Bill stowe Des Moines Water Works in the midst of december, iowans are preparing for a wet christmas, rather than a white one. 4 19 20 obviously, rain and electricity dont mix, so it has produced a little bit of a challenge for us. We did have to unfortunately have to close last night, due to that and a transformer going out. Because obviously, without electricity, its hard to have lights on. Chris voggesser president ceo, makeawish iowa Chris Voggesser with makeawish iowa is working around the