County courthouse tonight. Mark video is disturbing to watch. Hard for anyone to see, so you can imagine what it imagine how hard it must of been for the parents of these three very young children. An emotional scene at the courthouse this morning as the parents of these children came facetoface with ms. Williamson. This is video of christina williamson, on one day, with one baby girl that she treats like a rag doll. We are not showing the worst of the abuse. It is very hard to watch. She wasnt injured of the nature , of the abuse, this is williamson pushing the babies face into the carpet to stop her from crying. Stepping on her head, stuffing a cloth into her mouth, aggressively flipping her over. It is impossibly cruel. Today, she was sentenced to 5 years in prison after agreeing to a deal, pleading guilty to one felony and one aggravated misdemeanor child endangerment im a human being too, and i have kids, and watching that film was just sickening, how you treated those babies. Mar
Story. Andy tig johnsons name is very big among Girls Basketball teams because he had a tremendous run. He took over the rough Rider Program in 2001 and led them to state five straight seasons. A 4day state championship in 2006 a 4a championship in 2006. He returned to roosevelt just this year. We will have more on this as the story develops. Stacey in your neighborhood is on edge tonight after suspects are released from jail. Steve less than one day after authorities found a bomb in a home. They found that bomb in a home on monday just a few blocks west of the town square. Kim this all started because of within dozens of people were 20 minutes of finding that ball evacuated. , the whole neighborhood was told to move out. Kim barb poole lives a stones throw away from the home federal officials raided monday afternoon, searching for drugs. Shes one of dozens of people within a 4 block radius forced to evacuate for several hours after authorities discovered a bomb. Weve got handicap peop
Elizabeth if you do business with the city of des moines, get ready for some big changes. A 5 million renovation will close city hall this spring and now the city revealed where you can find the new temporary city hall. Todd magel reports. Todd after more than a century, the citys crown jewel on the Des Moines River is ready for an update. And that means for the First Time Since the floods of 1993, its shutting down until sometime in 2018. I think this is a very big deal. Todd . Deputy city manager carl metzger says the thousands of people who pay parking tickets and conduct other government business here will have to head to the citys away at 400 east court. City leaders just approved a nearly Million Dollar budget to move. Workers wont be able to stay in renovations. The logistics of that, as you monumental. Todd among the many changes heat boiler deep in the buildings basement. Crews will also install a new heating and air conditioning system and a new sprinkler updates. Even though
Popular guy and we all knew him and got along with him and then now, you know, just happened and now were all shocked. Ryan what do people think about tig johnson at roosevelt . Hes nice, caring, dedicated. Ryan is this a surprise to you guys . Very, big surprise. Ryan the School District was alerted to a criminal complaint filed with police yesterday. As Police Issued a arrest warrant today, roosevelt principal kevin biggs sent a voicemail to parents. Kevin well have a teacher assigned to his classroom duties and an assistant coach will be leading the Girls Basketball team at this time. The police are taking the lead on the investigation, the school and district are cooperating with them on that. And, you know, well see where that leads. Ryan roosevelt parents at the game refusing to comment but some voiced support for the coach who turned himself in to police. Elizabeth johnson is on administrative leave and well learn more information on this will be made public. Eric the courtroom
Clouds rolling in but no fog to worry about. Yesterday and it was slow but we are tracking sprinkles from south dakota and nebraska. If they hold together, they will be affecting the northern half of the state today. Mainly sprinkles is all we are expecting. Temperatures from the most part starting out above freezing. 35 in des moines. That is where we should be for the afternoon highs today. Things are looking really nice. Clouds will continue to run in this morning. Temperatures in the low 50s with the few sprinkles during the afternoon. Eric the big stories this morning. Union county officials are trying to figure out how a woman ended up in a farmers pond. Lastly, they pulled 37yearold Loretto Dillinger from the water. A criminal investigation is now into the case. A hunter found the body partially submerged in a remote pond northwest that is invisible we are treating it as a suspicious death. There are no homes around the area. Eric an autopsy is underway. The body had been in the