Utilities board has learned about the Bakken Pipeline proposal. Its a story weve been following for you. Nikki the pipeline would carry crude oil from northwest north dakota and end in illinois. So far, 87 percent of the groups that need to sign off on the pipeline have done so. The utility board will make the final decision that determines whether the project moves forward. Many local companies are already working under the assumption that the pipeline will be approved. Pipe is being stored near newton and some labor unions have already begun training for the project. Tomorrow, the discuss their findings from the months of hearings and other testimony about the pipleine. That starts at 1 p. M. Pipeline Officials Say a decision could be announced at these meetings, but it could also come much later. Nikki new tonight at 10. Nikki one person is dead after a Council Bluffs house fire saturday evening. Neighbors say that two men lived in the home but hadnt seen anyone leave the house for
Temps recovering briefly into the 20s. The temperature rollercoaster continues again on tuesday as temps plummet to the near singledigit high category. We then bounce way back up close to 40 on thursday, which should help melt any new and remaining snow. The work week currently looks dry with precip chances going up towards next weekend. Nikki also coming up on local five news at 10. After a year of battling illness, the ag community is preparing for a new virus to hit hog farmers. But this time, researchers are working on preventative measures ahead of the outbreak. Nikki then. An Early Morning house fire in West Des Moines puts one firefighter in the hospital. Nikki but first. A democratic candidate living in the metro says hes been pushed out of the upcoming brown and black forum. Why he says he should be allowed in. And why Party Members local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki good evening. Im nikki davidson. Glad youre with us tonight. One of the longest running for
The wrong winner of the Iowa Caucuses mitt romney was announced the winner, by 8 votes. But once everything was recounted. Rick santorum actually won by more than 30 votes. Determined to not let anything go wrong this time, both the republican and democratic parties are turning to some new technology. Local fives digital news editor lucas casey shows us. Thats right, in 2016, Iowa Democrats and teamed up with app that will be used at caucus night to results. Jeff kaufman, chair of the Iowa Republican party, said it will vastly improve the reporting process. Sot Jeff Kauffman its the latest technology and its going to allow us to report the results in a more transparent way, and so the media is going to love this, everyday iowans are going to love this, the nation thats waiting to hear our opinions out here in this state are going to like this because of the transparency. Its going to be a more accurate way of reporting and, hopefully, barring an extremely close race, its going to allow
Morning commute a little slowgoing. You can see here visibility on i235 was not too bad, but downtown, even the Capitol Building was a little hard to spot. Local 5 meteorolgist sam schreier is here with us now on what to expect for your travels later today. Sam . Sam weather adlib today is going to be our last warm day because from the afternoon through sunday morning temperatures will be in a fairly steady free fall. Highs today are going to stay fairly mild for this time of year with temps hovering in the mid 30s through most of the day. Our large supply of moisture from this system bringing us the rain hasnt been flushed out yet so fog will be thick and heavy the day. We are going light and scattered showers through the afternoon with Northern Iowa seeing as temps start falling this afternoon well see our rain become a bit of a wintry mix late in the afternoon and evening with a few possible across with limited accumulation. Tonight the winds will really north and temperatures will
With limited accumulation. Tonight the winds will really pick up out of the north and temperatures will be falling fast. Saturday is going to be dry but windy and very cold. Wind chills during the day saturday will be in the low teens, but that night the coldest air of the year will arrive and we will see deep sub zero wind chill values. Sunday will be dry and cold with the morning. Sabrina a pump Maintenance Man found a credit card skimmer inside of a gas pump at the git n go station off of east euclid avenue yesterday. The device takes card information and relays it back to a thief. Authorities arent sure how long the skimmer was in place. Police say its important to look for broken seals or other signs the pump could be tampered with. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina as the standoff at a federal wildlife refuge in oregon continues, the local sheriff will meet with the protestors today to try and bring a peaceful end to the standoff. The nearby Community Held a me