winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. as kcci s cynthia fodor shows us, that s keeping body shops so busy, they re almost working non-stop. cynthia: this entire garage is full of wrecked cars are lined up, waiting to be worked on. with so many accidents this winter, the auto body business is booming. seems like coming in every 36-48 hours periods. a lot of front end, rear end hits. all hands on deck. that is our go-to word. cynthia: at scotty s auto body, it s one of the busiest times ever. four snowfalls in two weeks means a steady stream of bended fenders, broken bumpers, and dented doors. kurtis mayfield blames the timing of the blizzards. kurtis: it is literally happening around 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon, and people are trapped, having to get out in cynthia: and we ve had smaller amounts of snow more often. so far, this month? 7.9 inches, only 12 days in, which is the average february snowfall for the entire month. this winter, we re alr
snow arrives later in the week in grade but it will be very, very chilly great already, the wind chill feels like 17 below. currently in des moines, four below. ames is 12 below zero. there is a wind chill advisory to the north, 20-30 below later tonight. brutally cold, in effect until 8 a.m. saturday. along and north of highway 30. going to be cold across the north. here is your planner for the evening hours. early on, around four degrees that is in the metro. colder to the north. around 15 degrees. we see sunshine and early clouds increasing, with a wind chill at one. saturday, teens on the way. best chance for snow looks why did fix up on sunday, looks like light snow likely throughout the day, should end around 1 p.m. a high of 32 degrees. we have been futurecast, expecting snowfall totals, coming up. stacey: new at 10:00, the university of iowa is under fire tonight for alleged gender bias in the athletic department. steve: kcci s steffani nolte is live in the newsroom t
the holiday inn just before 4:00 this morning. we are maybe blocks away from i-35/80 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 presidential field narrows, the remaining candidates are now courting voters in south carolina, ahead of tonight s debate. the gop primary
and said what s going on? i need to know information it s an officer safety thing. i don t care who wants to do a search in fonda but it s dangerous not to let the locals know, said leu. in an interview with the pilot tribune, lampe says leu s part-time officer was notified of the investigation. in that same interview lampe says the entire conflict stems from a question of leu stepping outside of his jurisdiction back in 2014. his issue with my practice was i would hear a call it may be domestic but i would start driving toward the call.that s it, said alex leu. leu says he has two voicemails from lampe that he has no intention in listening to. leu adds he will work with lampe as a professional but says he will not accept an apology. in the newspaper interview lampe admits to blowing up at leu on the phone. we reached out to lampe for couldn t comment because of possible litigation. fonda mayor don wolf said in a statement that the county needs to work together with al
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