Prison policies. Union officials are examining a prisons policies after a fight broke out inside its walls. Find out what changes theyre calling for. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. Years of planning will be put to the test in three weeks when des moines hosts the ncaa mens basketball tournament. Justin surrency explains why the Basketball Court isnt the only place you can find a gameplan during march madness. The game plans for the ncaa tournament in des moines wont only be on the court. between logistics of transportation hotels, team functions, in arena aspects, its kind of been a collaborative efforts. the Police Department will be providing a large downtown assist. one of the Biggest Challenges we have with this being at wells fargo is we are bringing thousands and dense area downtown. scouting has been key. we did have a team that went down to omaha last year.
Recovering after being attacked by an inmate inside the mitchellville womens prison. The man was one of four Corrections Officers injured in the fight. It happened tuesday in the prisons dining hall. The Union Representing the officers says the incident could have been prevented if more staff been on duty. They also say officers should be able to carry pepper spray inside the prison. And here they got the pepper spray locked up in the captains office and ya gotta run back and get permission to get it and by the time thats don the incidents over. Somebody is an inmate could be dead. An officer could be killed. In a statement, the department committed to operating safe and secure facilities and will continue to work to improve our operations for the safety of all. However, officials declined to explain why Corrections Officers are not allowed to carry pepper spray. Des Moines Police are stabbing on the citys north side. Officers were called to the 27 hundred block of boston avenue just a
It comes to the bill for extra policing. you are going to see a lot officers waving people through lights. local businesses will largely take the charge. majority of it is wells fargo and area hotels. like a team ready for march, their also watching their minutes leading into the tournament weve actually used some alleviate overtime. Police Escorts will be its even included referrees theres some security escorts that i wouldnt expect a college team to need but when you look at the scale, its a national event. with the game plan in hand, the ball is in des moines court. its definitely been something we have been working on for a long time and we feel like we have a good plan in place. hoping to leave many with some highlights of their own. our officers we love interacting, we want to make sure everyone leaves des moines with a great impression and that includes the police while we still do not know which teams will be playing in des moines, the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors
Brad wx wall today turned out very nice with all that afternoon sunshine and temps reaching the 40s in all of central iowa. And we for a warm, but at in fact, we are likely to see our warmest temperatures so far this year saturday afternoon tonight will be mainly clear with light sw winds of 510 mph keeping our temps in the 30s most of the night. With ample sunshine and those winds increasing to 1520 mph saturday afternoon, we will quickly warm up into the 50s by midday and then push into the 60s for afternoon highs. Saturday night will be breezy and very mild with temps in the 50s most of the night. A cold front will reach iowa sunday morning with some clouds and maybe a few rain showers for mainly Northern Iowa. Clouds will be around from time to time all day sunday, but also some periods of sunshine. The big story sunday will be with winds coming in from the nw behind this front at 2030 mph. Our temps will hold pretty steady in the low to mid 50s most of the day. Next week will be s
See who got a big check. Local 5 news at 10 starts in 30 seconds. 5 news at 10 in hd. We are iowas most Accurate Weather Team and we start with your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib is everyone ready for a big warmup and the warmest temps reached so far this year . Well, we just have to get through one more seasonable day, then we begin the meltdown tonight will be quiet and dry early, but there will be a chance for some snow showers late tonight into early wednesday morning as small disturbance passes quickly through the local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2shot iowa heavy metal band slipknot is back in the spotlight tonight. Good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2shot and im jack miller. The fatal overdose of a famous musican could change the rules on wrongful death suits. Paul gray was found dead in des moines from an overdose in 2010. His wife was six months pregnant at the time, and now wants money for her child growing up without one of their