The holiday inn just before 4 00 this morning. We are maybe blocks away from i35 80 between Hoover High School and urbandale high school. The police are here from urbandale and the dci as well. Right now, when i mentioned earlier, Police Called just after 4 00 this morning on the report of a drug complaint. Whether that was use or a possible sale, we are not sure. Three people met the officers in the lobby, a fight ensued, and one suspect pulled out a gun. That is when Urbandale Police returned fire. Two women are currently in custody. Urbandale Police Responded very quickly and now dci is on the scene. We are being told this investigation could take some time, and we are expecting a press conference at some point a details if and when that does happen. Marcus mcintosh live in urbandale. Alyx turning to commitment news, as the republican president ial field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in South Carolina, ahead of tonights debate. The gop primary is almost a
When you factor in i tama is at i tama is that four below. You are definitely going to need to bundle up today. 9 00 a. M. Temperature, just five degrees. More clouds this afternoon, 14 degrees, and we will watch some snow role in tonight. Alyx as the republican president ial field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in South Carolina, ahead of tonights the gop primary is almost a week away. The democrats next contest is nevada. The next two states are more diverse and candidates hope to win over more voters before next weekend. Candidates are looking for the support of africanamericans and latinos, and theyre also counting on christian voters. Diverse electorate will change things to some degree. That christian or evangelical vote is very important in South Carolina. Its traditionally a state that has been hospitable to kind of electorate. Alyx you can watch the debate tonight at 8 00 right here on kcci. A man fired gun shots into the air near a des moines busine
Barney fraaken on two counts of 1stdegree murder yesterday. Police e y fraaken shot his wife amy and daughter amber in november last year. Fraaken also shot himself that day. Police arrested him shortly after he was released from the hospital. Last year, fraakens stepson told kccitv he believes the shooting came from marital problems. Places all along the east coast are cleaning up after some dangerous storms rolled through. A tornado damaged prwperty outside of Richmond Virginia overnight. The storm overturned trucks and toppled trees throughout essex county. One man who witnessed it l says the storm was devastating to his entire neighborhood. We was sitting in the middle of the house when it came through and it just demolished everything through this, couple houses that are gone completely, the church is gone, and a lot of people hurting now, there are like 3 or 4 people harvey says his neighbors quickly came together to clear debris from the road so emergency crews could get through
But referred us to a recent article in the register. 6 24. In that article, it said that des moines had reached out to waterloo and a principal and a teacher had given a positive reference. But in the article, Waterloo School leaders say they never received a formal reference request from des moines. At the time, districts were not required to conduct criminal background checks of new hires. That changed in 2014. But the iowa board of educational examiners which licenses teachers in the state cant legally share criminal backgrounds with districts. And the board only revokes s aching licenses for certain criminal convictions, which is why madson was able to still teach after pleading guilty to trespassing. Thats why referevce checks are so vital. Waterloo schools provided kcrgtv9 with its twopage document for how administrator s screen potential candidates. But few districts are willing to talk about such a sensitive topic. I thinkhwhere weve seen problems, in education in general and,
First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on a day similar to yesterday with lots of clouds in the sky. By afternoon, a few more breaks may occur, but itll be chilly regardless. Plan on highs in the mid30s. Tomorrow, clouds should scattered out some more with highs rebounding back to around 40. Theres no doubt some excitement about the weekend warmth, and for good reason. Plan on highs to go well into the 50s both days th sunny sky on saturday and partly cloudy sky on sunday. A cold front will move through on sunday evening, but precipitation chances are extremely low at this time. The takeaway message for the weekend is this itll be fabulous. Another area of low pressure may affect the area around march 1st. Have a great day today turning partly cloudy high ` 3339 winds nw 1525 alo 35 dbq 34 iow 37tonight partly cloudy low 2430 winds nw 515 alo 25 dbq 26 partly sunny high 3743 winds w 510 alo 40 dbq 38 iow 42tomorrow night mostly clear low 2632 iow 30 to