3 new this morning a scary way to wakeup. For one family in riverview. A truck. Crashed right into a home and the driver. Didnt get away. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us live from the scene with the latest. 3 3 3 3 today in washington the head of the Us Department of Veterans Affairs will meet with usf president judy genshaft. To talk about veteran issues. 3 the secretarys interest in usf was sparked by the case of former student clay allred. He was expelled from the school after he got arrested for threatening a gas station clerk and firing a gun in the air. Allred is a former army green beret. And his attorneys argued that he suffers from ptsd and alcoholism. He was sentenced to two years of house arrest. But he only needed 17 credits to earn his bachelors degree. Judge gregory holder heads up a new veterans treatment court. He asked usf to give allred another chance. By taking online courses. 3 but the school says if a student is convicted of a felony they have to serve the entire se
Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias today 210 people will get the chance to voice their thoughts on the proposed Bakken Pipeline to the iowa utilities board. The pipeline, if approved, would cut across iowa. Carrying crude oil from north dakota to illinois. The hearing is going on right now at the Boone County Fairgrounds Community Building it started at 9 am and goes through to 5 pm. Will be split evenly between those for the project and those against it. Local 5s amanda krenz is at the hearing and joins us live with the very latest. Amanda, hows it going out there . Amanda live interviews with attendees live in Boone Amanda Krenz we are iowa. Elias expect more Team Coverage we are iowa. Later. Well have more tonight live on local 5 later. Well have more tonight live on local 5 news at 5 and 6. And you can always follow along on our website thats we are iowa dot website thats we are iowa dot com. Elias a very stormy afternoon for muc
5 news at 10 in hdteam and we start with your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib afternoon for much of central iowa with Severe Weather from all over the the most common report along with tornadoes were also afternoon across just north of the dsm airport around 3 30 pm. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are jack you dont expect to see these kind of images in the middle of november. Campers turned on their sides. Semis blown over. And tress in front of quiet suburban Elementary Schools knocked down in the parking lot. Thats only supposed to happen in the summer, right . Jack well, wrong central iowa was treated with a rare batch of november tornadoes, as well as heavy wind and rain. Stephanie definitely a wild day of weather across central iowa. Starting in the afternoon, stretching into the evening. We were on the air live as your Severe Weather headquarters through the whole system. And joining us now to recap the action is chief meteorologist brad edwards, live in the w
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