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WOI Local 5 News Midday February 22, 2016

Shooting spring saturday. And police are still investigating his motive. Sabrina hover board may be on their last chance, recalls and safety concerns emerging. Sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina des moines first homicide of 2016 now has an suspect that was killed by police. Incident happened early when police of a 71yearold woman during a welfare check. Norma jean found dead, in blood was front porch as well as down the street. Morning, ali yahia was identified the blood at the scene in mcneelys home. Yahia was shot and killed by urdandale police after opening investigation unrelated to mcneelys homicide. Sabrina taking a look at the courtroom today. A long awaited trial begins in county sabrina the nearlyfour case enters the courtroom this morning. Today marks the start of jury Alexander Fazzino is charged with his wifes 2012 death in boone. Prosecutors say he hit and killed Emily Fazzino in the familys bath tub. The trial was delayed five times since then. Local 5 will be in weinishiek county later this week to cover the trial. Stay with us for the latest developments. Sabrina arrested for a decade old crime also be in court today. In january, yenger and were arrested and charged with two counts of felony murder. They are accused starting a house fire that killed two people in 2006. Nathan messer and Seth Anderson died of smoke inhilation. Cause of the fire was undetermined. Police reopened the case in january after learning new information. Just goes to show when people think they get away with murder, were always there and look at things sabrina according to iowa courts online, both are expected to plead not guilty during the arraignment at the Wapello County courthouse. Sabrina new this morning. Iowa could have a big hole to fill. Sabrina with the Hawkeye State be heading toward a possible dentist shortage. University of iowa researchers say that the number of dentists in the state that are nearing retirment has doubled between 1997 and 2013. Data shows that during that time, the number of iowa dentists aged 55 and older went from 23 percent to 42 percent. The study also says that rural areas would be shortage. That are available in also seeing a trend from solo to group more Group Practices areas. Sabrina researchers didnt offer any fixes to the potential problem, but said their data simply suggests preparation is needed. They plan to share findings with the iowa dental association. Plus, help Rural Communities understand the data and in turn develop strategies for the future. Sabrina also new this morning, ames officials want to talk to citizens about a community program. Sabrina today will be the first of two Public Forums designed to educate those in ames about the Citys Community Development Block Grant Program the Program Funds projects aimed at Community Revitalization and economic development. City officials will also take time to gather feedback about its 20162017 annial action plan projects. The forums will be held in the City Council Chambers at city across the state, iowans are working to resolve an ongoing issue in the foster care system. Sabrina juvenile courts iowa kids net are coming together to deal with the e number of color in the foster care system. Foster Parents Center stage in finding a she currently children of her own, along with one adopted child and two foster children. Clark has joined others in trying to create change. Minds in our state are and there has been some progress, but its slow change. Anything kind of systemic changes takes a long time sabrina iowa kids net says the uneven number of children in the foster care system did improve from 2014 to 2015. And they want to keep that progress moving forward. Sabrina the warmer temperatures arent the only sign that winter is winding down in iowa. The deadline to remove any manmade ice state waters, fined by the dn r. Overall, the thickness of the ice has stayed the same. But the strength of the ice has deteroriated. Officials say if the ice near the shoreline is its usually a sign that its all the number of place to ice fish are quickly dwindling in central iowa. Matt bruner, state conservation officer when you get down to our area here in central iowa, its clear that the ice is deteriorated enough that we dont have ice fishermen out. We dont recommend that people being out ice skating or ice fishing on the lake, and farther south, its even worse. Sabrina for those still wanting to get in some late winter icefishing. The dnr suggests heading to northern iowa. Places like okoboji and clear lake still have stronger ice. Sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again your forecast. Sam weather adlib were coming off a very warm and beautiful weekend to a cooler and more overcast next few days. Today its going to be a mostly cloudy day with mild and calm conditions. Highs today are going to be able to climb into the mid 40s with our lows falling down to about 30 degrees. Tuesday were going to be partly sunny with a bit more of a breeze and highs still in the mid 40s. Well fall into the 30s starting wednesday and lasting into friday with a small snow chance early thursday morning. Well warm back up this weekend with a small rain snow mix chance. Turning to National Headlines and the latest in the cosby defamtion lawsuit. Sabrina today the comedians wife is scheduled to give her desposition in the defamation suit. The comedian has been figting to stop the lawsuit. Eight women sued cosby claiming he protrayed them as liars after they publicly accused him of sexually assaulting them. They are among the 50 women who have made such claims, which cosby has denied. Cosby faces separate criminal charges of sexual pennsylvania. Sabrina Supreme Court session time since the sudden death of justice antonin chief justice mention scalias bench prior to oral arguments getting underway this morning. Sabrina finally a man weekend shooting spree that left six people dead. Police say 45 dalton opened locations kalamazoo michigan. Dalton was an the company says background check and police say he has no criminal history. Dalton is now in custody investigate whether he picked up fares during the and a search for a motive. Abcs alex perez has the very latest from kalamazoo. This morning, the hunt for answers. What triggered an alleged rampage that led police to arrest uber driver jasons dalton . Grfx police radio broadcastify shots fired. We have one confirmed victim right now. The mayhem in kalamazoo beginning at 5 42 saturday evening. A woman shot several of this residential complexshe survives. Car dealership parking lot, a father and his 17year old son, shot and killed. Just 16 minutes later the gunman opens fire outside this Cracker Barrel restaurant, including former grfx police radio dispatch all units . Paul matyas undersheriff this is your worst nightmare. Grfx map by 12 40 sunday morningpolice spot the suspects vehicle and take him into custody without incident. The victims, investigators say apparently selected at random. Jeff getting prosecutor how do you go and tell the families of these victims that sigh they werent targeted for any reason authorities investigating whether the alleged gunman took uber fares in between shootings. 6 secs this man, who didnt want to be identified, says he was one of daltons passengers during the alleged rampage. Passenger i half heartedly joked at him and said youre not the shooter are you . And he said no and i said are you sure . And he said no, im just really tired. Matt mellen says he rode with dalton just 70 minutes before the first shooting. Telling Good Morning America he sat in the front seat because dalton had a dog in the backseatand that the ride started normally, but within a few minutes he had to find a way out of daltons car. Matt mellen driving through the lawn, speeding along and when we came to a stop, i jumped out the car and ran away. Mellen says he then called 911 and gave police daltons plate number, and later even provided officers with daltons name and picture from his uber account. Sabrina coming up on local 5 news sabrina coming up on local 5 news midday. Oh canada well take a look neighbors to the north are might be welcoming more americans november. And. Are still going head to Head Information locked on the phone of the San Bernadino shooter sayed farook. Sabrina but next. At why the community is one little girl off her bucket your wathcing local 5 news midday in hd with Sabrina Ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. This is local 5 midday. We are iowa sabrina were in that gap between winter and spring where a lot of us. Just want to go on vacation. Thats especially true for one fourteen Year Old Girl in manson. And theres a bittersweet reason her Community Wants to help check a lot of places off her travel bucketlist. Local fives Nikki Davidson has her story in this weeks iowans to know. ,. hotel looks cool when Alexis Meyers family plans their yearly summer trip. They go all in. think you can hike up there were talking hours around the computer screen. Scheduling every day carefully so they can see the most. San diego. snaps the grand canyon. Those are crossed off the list. A sightseeing bucket list. Thats different than any other. 4 04 20 were trying to get the most important things done now. Vacations. Most of the traveling 14 year old alexis has done. Is snaps doctors offices. Shes got a rare 4 08 27 after years of testing, doctors and travel and until we finally have answers. Neuropathy. Which means when she was younger she lost nearly 60 percent of her hearing. And had to get cocoulear implants. Now shes facing another crippling battle. Significant vision loss. 3 55 41 doctors say between 1618 shell be considered legally blind. Alexis is dealing with the diagnosis. By making a list. 3 41 15 im trying to go to places before i cant see anymore. And at the top . Paris. Germany. Irelan 3 45 20 its just kind of fun to go places. Her parents hope to make her dreams come true, but a trip like that. 4 01 06 were trying to figure out whats feasible, for a family of five its not the easiest to pick up and go. And alexis isnt the type to wait for a miracle. So shes gotten busy. Shes braiding. Baking. And stringing jewerly. Dog toys and dog treats to fund her dream trip. With her condition its careful art requires the use of all of her senses. 4 11 26 her senses are not where they are supposed to be. plastic 4 12 11 were trying to get her to do things everyday to keep her moving and active. Communities help. Four thousand this family says is all thanks to small town iowa. For the family and we live where we live. Sabrina the community has also started organizing a benefit for alexis. It gets better fort dodge and beyond will be holding a spaghetti supper in march. Theyre hoping to raise enough money to send alexis to paris. All reax sabrina sam is back now. Most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. Certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts sam weather adlib were coming off a very warm and cooler and more overcast next few to be a mostly cloudy conditions. Highs today are going to be able to climb into the mid 40s with our lows falling down to about 30 degrees. Tuesday were going to be partly sunny with a bit more of a breeze and highs still in the mid 40s. Well fall into the 30s starting wednesday and lasting into friday with a small snow chance early thursday morning. Weekend with a small rain snow mix chance. Sam sabrina the pacific will be under a state of emergency for the next month. After a deadly cyclone islands. Moving into clean up mode, being shut down for the week. Tropical cyclone with winds of milesanhour. Sabrina still to come on local five news midday. Hearthealthy National Heart month. Elias monday the 22nd. I saw one of hyvees segments online and noticed they send a lot more for the online portion. If you want, i included more text want to mess with it, caitlyn awareness maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle you can ensure your cholesterol, Blood Pressure and blood sugar remain low and help lower your overall risk of a heart attack and heart disease. It can be challenging to manage this day in and day out. The good news is that it doesnt need to be difficult or tedious to maintain, it just takes a few minor everyday adjustments. Lets dive into several heart Healthy Foods you can add to your daily routine to help maintain a Healthy Lifestyle and help lower your risk of heart disease. Whole grains whole grains offer additional fiber which can help lower your ldl bad cholesterol. The fiber in whole to keep you fuller longer. Fruit and veggies it is crucial to incorporate fruits into your day. Fruit is a great source of vitamins and minerals that support our overall heart health. Those who include a regular dose of fruit into their diet generally have a reduced risk of chronic diseases. Fruits and veggies are also packed with fiber which plays an Important Role lowering cholesterol and helping you stay full throughout the day. Fish one of the best foods to include in your hearthealthy diet is fish. Fish is a good source of lean protein and omega3 fatty acids. And it doesnt stop there for health benefits; most fish include a substantial dose of vitamins a, b and d. For more heart healthy tips and youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa sabrina on your money now sabrina hoverboard makers may soon get hit with recalls if they dont get their act together. Thats the warning from the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued to manufacturers, importers and retailers. Some models of the self balancing prone to catching fire and exploding. Several airlines have banned hoverboards. An d new york city has banned them altogether. Sabrina it seems lots of people still want to be an astronaut. After a call for applications, nasa says it has received a record 18 thousand300 applications for its astronaut candidate Training Program. Thats nearly three times the number the agency got in 2012 the most recent class. Before that, the previous record was set in 1978, when the agency got eight applications. However, of the thousands who apply, only between eight and 14 people will be chosen. Sabrina and some good news for coffee your chance of developing a type of liver disease. Researchers studying the effects of coffee say two cups a day could cut your chance to develop alcoholrelated cirrhosis by 44 but experts say out all negative affects of excess alcohol. Sabrina and finally. Take sabrina and finally. Take about a unique hair sale. A fourinch lock of beatles legend john lennon. Sold at auction over the weekend. For 35thousand dollars. Heritage auctions described it as the largest lock auctions described it as the largest lock of lennons hair ever offered at auction. A hair dresser on the set of how i won the war clipped the role in the war clipped the hair for lennons 1967. Sabrina midday. Apple is still refusing to release information off farooks phone, protestors across the country are decision. Sabrina next. Biking on the become even with a new state law potentially youre watching local 5 news midday in hd. We are iowa sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Sabrina Ahmed. Sabrina developing now sabrina a domestic dispute leads to fire. Saturday Evening Police were called to a home in the 1900 hundred block street. Found Lonnie Jackson burned from head to toe, fiance amy set him on fire. Investigating. Keep you updated develops. Sabrina des moines first homicide of 2016 now has an suspect that was the initial happened early when police found the body woman during a Norma Jean Mcneely was Norma Jean Mcneely was found dead, in her home. Blood was found on the front porch as well as down the street. Just this morning, ali yahia was identified asthe source of the blood at the scene in mcneelys home. On february 13, yahia was shot and killed by urdandale police after opening fire on them during an investigation unrelated to mcneelys homicide. Sabrina checking in with the statehouse. Iow a cyclists could see a new law in their favor. Sabrina a bill focused on road safety for bicycles has survived the first funnel week of the legislative session. The bill would require drivers to change lanes in order to safely pass a bike. That driver wouldnt be allowed to return to the right side of the road until safely passing the cyclist. The idea is to prevent accidents and injuries. Patrick wilson, des moines resident i mean it is a safety concern. Its concerning to ride down the road in fear of other people coming up behind you behind. Sabrina 37 other states currently have similar laws on the books. Currently the fine for improperly passing a cyclist is 250 dollars. Sabrina todays moral monday meeting will be focusing on gun safety in the Hawkeye State. The discussion will go over legislation from recent years aimed at broadening both gun rights and access to firearms. Sabrina hockey fans got a special treat sunday. As the Minnesota Wild took on the Chicago Blackhawks in an outdoor game. The rink was set up inside of the outdoor game. The rink was set up inside of the minnesota gophers stadium. Which only added to the enjoyment of the home team crowd. The wild able to get the win. Which puts them four and oh under new head coach john torchetti. Sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. Sam weather adlib were comin

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