Kurtis 12 degrees below zero in mason city. Currently, wind chill above zero at 2. Wind chill advisory write through 8 a. M. Saturday morning, along and north of highways dirty, wind chill is 30below zero. Outside, the wind chills still get 20 degrees below zero. So youre better than i come a cold air filtering on in. Overnight low in des moines at four below zero. Our 7 00 a. M. Wind is 16 below. Tomorrow, we start with some sunshine greeted by the clouds moved in, and a High Temperature at 15. In looks like snow will arrive after 8 00 on saturday. Then continue on and off for sunday, i think ending by around 2 p. M. Temperatures on sunday, 32. I will have the latest on futurecast and some of those snowfall totals, coming up. Stacey a woman is dead after a it happened around noon today in the 6900 block of northeast 29th street. The Polk County Sheriffs Office says a child was flown to a metro hospital. And that crash remains under investigation. And there are new details about that d
Yesterday police were able to finally talk to the suspect. Thats because 47yearold Barney Fraaken has been in the hospital since the shootings from selfinflicted gun ones. He now faces two counts of firstdegree murder in the deaths of his wife amy and her 16yearold daughter amber. They were found shot and killed inside their home on whole avenue after a reported to mastic domestic dispute. His stepson says any plan to leave her husband shortly before her death. Barney fraaken is being held in the polk county jail. We want you to stay with kcci as we follow more about whats going on on air and online. We know he could make his First Court Appearance today and well have more on that later. Eric testimony continues in the murder trial of alex fazzino. He was accused of killing his on wednesday, prosecutors called police and paramedics to testify. One officer who responded the night of emilys death told jurors alex would start sobbing when someone new arrived are called but would return to
Winter, with above average snowfall keeping those roads slick. As kccis Cynthia Fodor shows us, thats keeping body shops so busy, theyre almost working nonstop. 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 3648 hours periods. A lot of front end, rear end hits. All hands on deck. That is our goto word. Cynthia at scottys auto body, its 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 weve 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, were already nearly 3 inches above a
Digits. Clouds will slowly thin. We will break free to some sunshine later in the day with a degrees. Stacey lets 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. Semitrucks jackknifed in the southbound lanes and numerous vehicles lined the ditches kccis 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 that area, you ca
Finding it more difficult to navigate between wells fargo and downtown businesses. Kccis ryan smith is live to explain the big change. Ryan fans, parents, and wrestlers here at the turn it all know that you can run into some downtime. The skywalk has always been an easy accessible way to connect , them to downtown shops and dining. But this year, you can see, construction is causing some inconvenience. Wrestling fans from iowas four corners and everywhere in between are in town. Just gets super exciting, everybody just comes and watches. Johnston senior Austin Garcia needed to kill a couple hours before his match. But during his walk downtown for food, he noticed a big detour. We would eat at fongs or royal mile then walk up through the skywalk. Dealing with a disconnect between the arena and downtown. We wanted to get some starbucks and we couldnt get any because the skywalk was closed. Mark ryan construction on the new 300room Convention Center hotel is now underway shutting down a m