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Stacey a man is arrested after West Des Moines police say he intentionally set a woman on fire. Kccis Mark Tauscheck just back from West Des Moines. Mark true, this is hard to believe. 58yearold john moore, jr. Is charged with willful injury causing bodily injury. Officers say they were called to 127 8th street around 6 20 this morning in West Des Moines on a report of a person who had been burned. They say they found 54yearold Jackie Gilbert with burns on her upper body. She apparently waited almost 24 hours to report this. Gilbert told police she had been arguing with moore thursday morning,...

Really not that cool. Keeping some of the heating from the day yesterday towards the ground but the wind is a little stiff from the northwest, currently at 15 miles per hour. 8 00 a. M. Temperature holding in the mid50s. It will be a slow warm up and we will not warm up much. Low 60s by 4 00 with mostly sunny skies. It will be a great day to be outside as long as you can stand that wind. Alyx thanks, frank. Getting right to commitment 2016, the Democratic Party may be down to only 3 candidates, but as many as 7000 democrats are expected to gather in des moines tonight for political rallies and...

Crashed into an Apartment Building in akron, ohio. That building and an adjacent home were engulfed in flames. Police say best they can tell, no one was inside either building but survivers from the plane are unlikely. Were going to go to our transportation correspondent kris van cleave who is following this. Kris. Reporter scott, local police say it was a twin engine hawker business jet that went down. At least two people on board are dead, and that number is expected to rise. There are reports up to nine people may have been traveling on that small plane. Investigators say no one on the grou...

Of iowas next president. Stacey dr. Subhash sahai, a regent from webster city, says he and the board made a mistake in how they selected bruce harreld. Kccis vanessa peng is live in our ames bureau to show us why he says hes angry and sad. Its new at 6 00. Vanessa doctor sahai says the whole hiring process was a sham. And he wants the board of regents to be more transparent. Bruce harreld will become the university of iowas president on november 2, despite an uproar from students and faculty about his appointment and lack of Higher Education experience. The iowa board of regents unanimously vo...

Metinka stay whether aware especially this afternoon. Early we will watch showers and thundershowers lift through the for Severe Weather about noon 7 00 this evening. Possible including tornadoes. We do have a few showers developing across southwest iowa from corning toward creston and a drizzle near osceola. 52 degrees with clouds, notice showers drifting to the area followed by Severe Weather this afternoon. Highs will be warm, it is side of 60 degrees as the storms move out. Expect extreme wind to build in. Elizabeth and right now the Severe Weather is already hitting parts of colorado. Thi...