Local 5 news at 10 starts in 30 seconds. Youre watching local 5 news at 10 in hd. We are your forecast first. Brad wx wall weather adlib our quiet, mild weather is about to change as we head into tonight and tomorrow. We had light winds and mild temperatures the past two days, but some northerly winds will be bringing us back down to closer to normal for late february. Look for our mostly cloudy skies to continue tonight with even a few light showers possible for mainly eastern counties early tonight. The winds will be increasing from the nnw at 1020 mph and stay with us the next two days. This will mean colder temperatures with mainly 30s the next two days for highs. We could see a little sunshine thursday afternoon, but a better chance for that on friday with our best looking day will be saturday with sunshine and milder sw winds helping to push us up into the 50s in central iowa with some areas reaching 60 our relatively warm weather will hold into early sunday, but then a cold front will bring colder air in sunday afternoon and evening with a chance for some light rain changing to a light wintry mix by monday morning. Next week could be more active too with larger storm system possibly taking shape for us by tuesday or wednesday that could bring us more rain snow. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa stephanie 2bam good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack 2bam and im jack miller. Tonight, iowa finally has federal approval to go forward with the governors plan to privatize medicaid. But the switch over date is being delayed. Jack its the update everyone was waiting for, as we continue local 5s countdown to coverage. Jack this afternoon, the federal centers for medicare and medicaid gave its approval for the change. Medicaid coverage in iowa will now switch hands from a staterun program to three private managed care companies. But the federal agency bumped back the start date from march 1st to april 1st. Stephanie the plan moves forward and those who use medicaid need to choose a provider. Stephanie bam this change affects every one and five iowansthats more than half a Million People who rely on medicaid care, right now. The deadline for them to sign up for a plan was last wednesday,but its not just iowans who have to sign up with the managed care companies. Jack the hospitals and doctors who provide the care have to sign contracts with these managed care companies, or mcos. The latest numbers show only 60 percent of providers have signed up with all three mcos. 70 percent have signed with two mcos. 90 percent have signed with just one of the mcos. Unless those numbers improve, many iowans could find their medical choices more limited than now. Stephanie meanwhile, medicaid is still a statehouse matter for senate democrats. Stephanie while the bill that would have repealed the governors plan has lost traction in the republican controlled house. There is a bill in the senate the calls for more oversight for the new medicaid system. Bill calls for oversight and accountability of the new system. It may never make it to the floor for debate because of power struggle. Jack a statement from governor branstad shows he still stands by his plan. It says iowa is ready for a new system that provides access through more doctors and will create a more Sustainable Medicaid Program for taxpayers. Jack stay with local 5 for the latest on this hot topic. Stephanie you can find all of our medicaid coverage on our website thats we are iowa dot com. Jack its day one of the long awaited fazzino trail. Jack Alexander Fazzino is charged with his wifes death in boone back in 2012. Hes accused of drowning Emily Fazzino in the familys bath tub while their children were home. The trial has been delayed five times since then. Local 5s Claire Powell is in decorah with a wrapup of todays events. The first day of the Alexander Fazzino trial here in Winneshiek County was an emotional one. With jury selection witnesses to take the stand and started off the day with a chilling 911 call please help oh god, shes dead. Shes dead. Shes purple . Ok after brief Opening Statements by prosecution and defense, the first witness was called the 911 dispatcher. Oh god shes dead, do you want to try cpr yes bringing Emily Fazzinos family, Alexander Fazzinos family. And even alex fazzino himself to tears. Evidence continued showing paramedics arriving body cameras rolling on a frantic fazzino. Fazzino suggests she was trying to get clean from addiction how long shes been in here . I dont know she was taking a bath made some comment, emily has potentially abused prescription drugs why i went into the bathroom to look for pills the next two witnesses, boone polic officers who noted to prosecutors the dead end search for more of emilys pills and fazzinos calm then frantic changing behavior she couldve taken anythign in here they told attorneys when they asked about the bruising on emilys body. Fazzino said he wasnt sure. It happened when she was taken out of the bath tub trial set to begin with more witnesses tomorrow morning at 8 30. Judge said the trial could take two even three weeks to be finished. From Winneshiek County, Claire Powell local 5 news we are iowa stephanie ots waukee students of every age will stephanie ots waukee students of every age will be asked to say the pledge of allegiance in class starting soon. The school board decided to extend saying the pledge to 10th, 11th and 12th graders. A district spokesperson says students will be asked to say the pledge, but not required. An important point, says the aclu of iowa. Students rights to free speech are protected by the first ammendment and the first ammendment protects students rights to say and do certain things. It also protects their right to not be forced to say and do certain things. Stephanie we want to know your thoughts should saying the pledge of allegiance be part of every students day in waukee . How you can connect with us on facebook and twitter to share your thoughts. Send us an email to news at we are iowa dot com or call us in the newsroom 1 8008585555 wed love to hear what you think about this story or any other. Jack gop candidates awaiting the results of the nevada caucus tonight. Jack nevada is the second state to caucus, right after iowa. Unlike iowa, the two parties caucus on different nights. Nevada was moved up in the caucus schedule a decade ago as a way to add more diversity to the early voting calendar. About one quarter of nevadans are hispanic. Jack the polls dont close until 11 00 our time. Well have updated results pouring in from nevada on our website, thats we are iowa dot com. Stephanie new at ten, if youre going to crash into someone, make sure its not a officer. Stephanie thats what happened to a young woman just outside of bagley iowa this afternoon. Kylee sheeder was driving up quail road and failed to stop at the stop sign to get onto highway 141 and county deputy. You can see sheeders car here. She refused medical help at the scene, the deputy was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Sheeder is charged with failure to stop at a stop sign and jack an amazing rescue story out of des moines tonight. A truck driver who had a heart attack while driving on highway five sunday. Is alive against some pretty long odds. His heroes say. It was just good timing. Local fives Nikki Davidson explains. Nikki bam paramedics and emts save lives everyday. But tonight were telling you about a story that surprised even them. One of the resucers says. It had to have been fate. Since the 90s paramedic jason kling has started his work day off with uncertainity. Never knowing that his shift would bring couldnt imagine doing anything else at all alot of his time with partner, emt kayla schark is repetitve. Like their typical trip back to the Indianola Fire Department from the hospital in des moines. Nikki the ambulance did something unusal on sunday. They took nat 4 56 22 i took a right out of the hospital, idk why but i just did. They ended up on highway five. 4 56 29 we never go that way its a little out of the way. 5 01 01 maybe you want to call it fate, mabye divine intervention. When passing sw9th street. They came across something huge. 4 57 23 it appeared this accident just happened. A semi trailer. Pulled off the road, into the mud and the median inside the vehicle. 57 year old jeff rohnek. Bystanders who got there first were able to get him out of the truck. And realized he needed cpr. Kling says. It was jeffs heart. 4 58 36 he had an irregular rythum. Not conducive with life. The patient had no pulse. Not breathing. But the paramedic and emt had something on their side they dont usually time. 5 00 16 fire and ems are never there that quickly. 4 59 27 for us to get there that early, that soon, its the only thing that saved him. It took six electrical shocks before he regained consciencous. And the eventual outcome was something even jason kling cant beleive. Got to the hospital, he was sitting up, telling us who he was. 5 00 53 hes a lucky guy, a lucky guy. He says hes never seen anything like it. But he hopes to again someday. 5 04 31 its a special story, but we could do it again tomorrow the next day. Its what we do nikki bam now jeff wasnt feeling up to an on camera interview, but he did release a statement from the hospital about his rescue. In part he said quote i knew i was gone and these guys brought me back. They didnt have to stop but they did. If they hadnt i wouldnt be here. And im alive because they stopped, and then they didnt stop trying until they could get my heart going again. In the studio Nikki Davidson local five news we are iowa. Jack the Indianola Fire Department say that rescue was so successful thanks to those bystanders who also jumped into action. They say this is an example of why everyone should be stephanie coming up on local 5 news at 10. Thinking outside the textbooks and challenging studesnt won two iowa teachers a big check. See why theyre our one classroom at a time grant recipients this month. Jack then lots of 4a Girls Basketball action happening tonight as metro teams look to advance to state. Jons in with whos moving on later in sports. Brad ad lib weather toss take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa. Were in the middle of tax season. And when it comes to getting a refund, there are a lot of ways to use it. Well see how most of you plan to spend that check from uncle sam. And sam has a look at your forecast 04 wx adlib thats tomorrow on the allnew good morning iowa iller, stephanie angleson, we are iowas most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. This is local 5 news at 10. We are iowa. Brad weather adlib our quiet, mild weather is about to change as we head into tonight and tomorrow. We had light winds and some northerly winds will be bringing us back down to closer to normal for late february. Look for our mostly cloudy skies to continue tonight with even a few light showers possible for mainly eastern counties early tonight. The winds will be increasing from the nnw at 1020 mph and stay with us the next two days. This will mean colder temperatures with mainly 30s the next two days for highs. We could see a little sunshine thursday afternoon, but a better chance for that on friday with milder 40s returning for afternoon highs. Our best looking day winds helping to push us up into the 50s in central iowa with some areas reaching 60 our relatively warm weather will hold into early sunday, but then a cold front will bring colder air in sunday afternoon and evening with a chance for some light rain changing to a light wintry mix by monday morning. Next week could be more active too with larger storm system possibly taking shape for us by tuesday or wednesday that could bring us more rain snow. Brad Stephanie Jack mild temperatures the will be bringing us back down to closer to normal for late february. Look for our mostly cloudy skies to continue tonight with even a few light showers possible for mainly eastern counties early tonight. The winds will be increasing from the nnw at 1020 mph and stay with us the next two days. This will mean colder temperatures with mainly 30s the next two days for highs. We could see a little sunshine thursday afternoon, but a better chance for that on friday with milder 40s returning for afternoon highs. Our best looking day will be saturday with sunshine and milder sw winds helping to push us up into the 50s in central iowa with some areas reaching 60 our relatively warm weather will hold into early sunday, but then a cold front will bring colder air in sunday afternoon and evening with a chance for some light rain changing to a light wintry mix by monday morning. Next week could be more active too with larger storm system possibly taking shape for us by tuesday or wednesday that could bring us more rain snow. Brad Stephanie Jack stephanie coming up on local 5 news at ten, teaching the importance of science, technology, stem stars are this month one classroom at a time grant recipients. Constantly trying to keep boredom out of their classrooms. At Gilbert High School ,theyre thinking outside the textbooks to challenge students and put them on track to fill the jobs of the future. Its a project local five and Bankers Trust are proud to support with this months one classroom at a time thousand dollar grant. The honors biology students at Gilbert High School are about to take their own education to the next level. 1 16 15 Bonnie Miller edd gilbert gifted faclitator very different than when i went to high school. We were doing the frog and pig dissection, and thats it. No, they have, cause thats where our world is going, our cisiculum, our core is getting more difficult. And thats just the basic common core the frog and pig dissection, and thats it. No, they have, cause thats where our world is going, our cisiculum, our core is getting more difficult. And thats just the basic common core youve probably heard advanced. And with this grant, their teacher, Carolyn Miller, will put together labs that go beyond dissections, right down to the molecular level. Think taking apart dna and putting it back together again. 1 18 43 Carolyn Miller gilbert biology teacher the old way of doing things things was. Heres your lab. Follow this step by step. Now the reality is all about discovery. What do you think may happen here or how might this interact with tis chemical whatever we are using at the time. If you think the expectations of students are changing, youre right. Theres a nationwide and iowa based push to make students ready for those stem jobs. Its more rigorous than ever. And the skills built around these microscopes arent as specific as they may sound. 1 20 47 Carolyn Miller gilbert biology teacher if they continue to go into science, theyll probably be using the equipment again. If they dont, theyre still using the skills in terms of working together. So being able to have the money to create other opportunitieslike different labs, is pretty great. Today theyre working on osmosis and diffusion. Soon itll be cell structures and dissections. With every lab comes through trial and error. At the end of the day, theres usually discovery. And that, above all else, is what their Teachers Want for them 1 16 52 bonnie may edd gifted facilitator that they enjoy and that theyre stretched and they go i want to know more and to take them there. Stephanie congratulations to Gilbert High School. And if youre a teacher who could use some money for a special project, go to our website, we are iowa dot com to apply for the one classroom at a time grant. Jack jon joins us now and a busy night of Girls Basketball teams looking to punch their tickets to state next week. Jon yeah jack some great games tonight exactly what you look for coming up on local 5 sports see who is moving on and whose season came to a close when we come back now, local 5 sports jon 24 of the 40 spots for the girls state basketball tournament have already been claimed. Tonight 16 teams from classes 4a and 5a would punch their ticket to the well we start in 5a. 5th ranked indianola hosting 14 valley. This one attracting some College Coaches attention. Indians up 8 in the 3rd, but valley rallies heading into the fourth as jackie feldt beats the buzzer to tie it at 42. 4th quarter, tigers take the lead as the freshman, zoe young picks the it in. But indianola would retake the lead. Maddie glascock nails the corner three then its glascock finding grace berg for two. Indians up 3. But valley would rally again, shea fullers three ties it up at 50. But indianola was on a mission. Maggie mcgraw on the drive and in for two, the freshman led the way with 19 indianola is on to state, 7364. Waukee looking for a trip back to state theyd have to go through the women of troy. Wed get started with a three from karlie littlefield a sign of things to come. Lauren zacharias answers with a three of her own for west. Then Paige Beckner adds to it with an open three look of her own women of troy up 2 early. Maddie huinker with another trey lead up to 5. But back come the warriors. Mollie deskin from the corner rings around the triple its like two heavyweights throwing hay from the other corner puts the warriors up 1. The rebutle comes from Rachel Saunders in the far corner for three back and forth they went. Waukee needing overtime but the defending champs are heading to the well next week with a 70 to 68 victory. Cedar rapids washington visiting johnston in region 2. Dragons up three in the Third Quarter but Caitlin Riley cuts the lead to one with that basket underneath. Back come the dragons elle brown was told to attack the hoop at half she does and lays it in. More brown she goes to work checkout the crossover and pull up jumper with a hand in her face lead now 7 for johnston. Mom is liking it now brown on defense the steal the dish and paige sieren with the finish for a pair johnston now up 9. Anne visser though keeping her team in it drives and lays it in lead back to 7. But sieren has the dagger with this three and johnston is heading to state next week at wells fargo the final 66 to 54 2 city high hosting 9 southeast polk. Early 2nd quarter. Anna zelenovich ahead to allee ira for the bucket. Rams up 1. In the third, ira spots up at the top of the key and drills one from downtown. 2825 sep. City high rallies to take a 3533 lead on this drive by kenya earl, whose dad a. C. Is a former hawkeye. But the night belonged to the rams. Shiloh mccool with the layin as southeast polk beats city high 5956. 6th straight trip to the state tournament. Out to linnmar hosting dowling. Linnmar, marion out to a blazing hot start. Kamryn finley hits the three. Amanda ollinger with back to back threes there. Then megan murphy with a heat check yes shes on fire back to back threes for her. Lexi freese now attack she gets the floater to fall in linn mar then dowling would have to play catch up. Josie filer kisses it off the window and in. Emma gaber feeling it from beyond the arc buries the triple. Now becca hitner attacking she opens the bank and in for a pair. But dowling falls short. 61 to 49 Linn Mar Ankeny centennial hosting sioux city west. Wolverines actually jump out to a five nothing lead. Then the jaguars wake up. First quarter, tasha vipond gets the feed inside. Cant score it the first time. But she does the second go round. Hoop and the hack for the senior. Centennial keeps it rolling. Keanna williams drives in. The sophomore gets the Old Fashioned three point play. Jags start pulling away. And they do it from deep. Kylee macke hits the three right in front of the west bench. Right after that. Meg brandt kicks it to sydney wycoff in the corner for the trifecta. 6642 centennial 1st trip to state carlisle traveling up to ballard. Awesome atmoshpere in huxley. Bombers led by three at the it. Meredith ossian for three. Three of her teamhigh 17. Carlislie. Hailey brunsun drives it baseline and scores it. Back and forth. And then ballard starts to pull away. Jenna moody leading the break. Great pass to Madison Smith and the whistle. Attacking. This time in the half court offense. Taylor larson with the great find to emma ray for two, ballard sensing a return to state. But back claw the wildcats. Agatha beier to gabby schnathorst. But ballard makes its free throws to seal up its Third Straight trip to state. Bombers win it 43 to 37. Heres a look at other 4a area teams who were playing for a trip to state. Pella is heading to state with a 50 to 31 win over boone and lewis central tops adm 50 to 33. Grinnells season comes to a close with a tight 4 point loss and 2time defending champ harlan tops spencer 55 to 32. Jon 3shot wrap sports Stephanie Jack well be right back. Youre watching local five news at 10. Brad o days, but some northerly winds will be bringing us back down to closer to normal for late february. Look for our mostly cloudy skies to continue tonight with even a dicky from hollywoodits Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight ellen pompeo, from the walking dead, norman reedus, and music from yo gotti featuring travis barker, with cleto and the cletones
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