digits. clouds will slowly thin. we will break free to some sunshine later in the day with a degrees. stacey: let s take a live look at road conditions from across that state from the iowa dot. this is from 511ia.org. the areas you see in blue are partially snow covered roads. pinknkre completely covered. recommended. interstate 35 from ames to clear lake is closed because of the winter weather and the number of accidents along that stretch of road. semi-trucks jackknifed in the southbound lanes and numerous vehicles lined the ditches kcci s laura terrell has checked out the driving conditions north of des moines. laura: we were just up north, where there were major blizzard conditions at this time, at this time. problems were off 35 toward highway 20 heading toward fort dodge. our news truck actually got stuck at mile marker 151. state troopers told us that probably 40 or 50 cars were backed up and stuck for probably close to two hours. if you are thinking about going in t
highway 20 on the way to fort dodge. we had a few cars that were slowing down because of the ice and wind and the blowing wind conditions and were stopped. a semi actually came up and struck a vehicle and the semi then got stuck. laura: the jackknifed semi caused 40 to 50 drivers to be stuck at a standstill for up to two hours. drivers like tristan obe. the 40 mile and hour wind was so loud we could barely hear him as we talked. the howling wind and slick spots were so bad even our news car got stuck. i couldn t see two feet in front of my car. laura: the dot eventually shut down i-35 from ames to clear lake forcing drivers to take dangerous back road detours. and on the back roads there were huge drifts about three feet high and if you weren t going 40 miles and hour you weren t going to get through them. laura: state patrol says the best thing to do it just stay home if you can. if you go out you are going to risk your life. you are going to risk your family s life
does crash data tell you on those roads,the roadway geometrics will they allow for an increase in speed limits. hoye says it is not for him to advocate on what is better a five mile an hour increase,a $10 mile an hour increase or the two lane rural road speed limit staying at 55 miles and hour. he says when all is said and done public safety is tasked to enforce the law and that is what they will do. whatever the legislature after they have done their investigation whatever they deem appropriate obviously law enforcement will enforcement any law they pass through. reporter: the dot tells us it has concerns because research shows fatalities and the severity of crashes go up with an increase in speed. next week is the first funnel week so if this bill does not get out of committee by friday the 19th it will not move forward this session. steve: iowa lawmakers are also looking changes to keep those we told you 2-years ago about a little known state law that made it a offense t
live in the drake neighborhood, kim st. onge, kcci 8 news, iowa s news leader. steve: powdery snow falling across the metro this morning and afternoon. a little under two inches at the des moines international airport. we could see some more tonight. kurtis, it sure got slick out there. kurtis: it really did. no doubt about that, especially on the sidewalks and secondary roadways. here in the metro, 1.9 inches. it was a little more in jefferson and polk city. if you are out in it, you noticed how big the flex work. very fluffy. air space in between. right now, the band of snow is very light from southern story county through jasper county. not expecting any additional accumulations out there. going to be a cold one tonight. clouds of slowly decrease at the not a tremendous amount of wind, but enough for the windchill of three below early on. highs tomorrow 23 degrees. 8 day forecast has two snow chances and a warm-up. details, coming up. stacey: des moines authorities are ide
stacey: six weeks ago, an entire kids triathlon company disappeared. thieves stole a trailer parked in south des moines, taking all the equipment owned by a one-man kid sports organization called rip roar of events. tonight, kcci s mark tauscheck has an update. mark: to the surprise of the company s owner and law enforcement, the trailer with most of its contents, has been found almost 6 weeks after it disppeared. but returning the trailer is proving to be a bigger challenge than anyone expected. michael zimmerman hadn t seen his trailer since december, on surveillance video as he watched the thieves drive off into the night. inside was everything he purchased to start a kids triathlon series in the midwest last summer. bike racks, barricades, fencing, cones, audio equipment. all gone. it s safe to say zimmerman did not expect to see his trailer again. wow. savings on still inside. i don t know, there is a lot of relief. mark: the thieves took what they could sell. gen