The qualifying matchups that lead the panthers and the broncos to their big wins. Elias snowzilla slammed the east coast over the weekend. Well take a look at how cities are dealing with the aftermath. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im Elias Johnson. Elias our top story this morning. Des moines begins its first Homicide Investigation of 2016 elias Early Sunday Morning Police found the body of a 71yearold woman during a welfare check of a 71yearold woman during a welfare check Authorities Say the death was not normal, but had been very violent. At this time, they dont have any suspects, but have developed some solid leads about the death. Police say theres a lot of work to be done. Sgt. Paul parizek, Des Moines Police department its a large crime scene. Evidence that we first saw at the home, we were able to follow quite a distance from the home. So, as they processed the scene, it took them to an a
Strong winds and colder temps to the area. Windy conditions will continue on sunday and we will see a cool down to the mid 50s, along with cloudy skies. Mountain snow will start around lunch time and rain is expected to spread into the valley in hours. Chances for rain will continue into the late night,overnight monday. By monday high temps will drop around 50 degrees and the winds will be Even Stronger with gusts to about 45 miles per hour. Up to ten inches of snow is expected to fall tomorrow on officials are asking drivers headed to the mountain. To please drive carefully. The Mount Charleston Winter Alliance will be posting uptodate driving conditions, chain requirements and road closures online. You can find a link to their website at ktnv. Com. Action news is your weather authority. Well have continued coverage of the storm headed our way later this half hour. And dont forget, you can follow ktnv on facebook and twitter for immediate updates all day long. Developing now. One pers
Around 50 degrees and the winds will be Even Stronger with gusts to about 45 miles per hour. Expect mostly cloudy skies on monday, up to ten inches of snow is expected to fall tomorrow on Mount Charleston. Officials are asking drivers headed to the mountain. To please drive carefully. The Mount Charleston Winter Alliance will post uptodate driving conditions, chain requirements and road closures online. You can find a link to their website at ktnv. Com. Action news is your weather well have continued coverage of the storm headed our way later this half hour. And follow ktnv on facebook and twitter for immediate updates all night long. New details on a deadly shooting we reported as breaking news early this morning. Family and friends tell us this is denise gray. Police say she was shot and killed at her front door around 2 30, near chayanne and las vegas boulevard. Action News Reporter Michael Burton spoke with neighbors who think they know why this happened. She was saying help me im
Thanks bree. Switching to politics now. Nikki as monday night the final push to sway voters their way. We had a chance to sit down with one of those candidates. Local 5s Sabrina Ahmed spoke with ted cruz. Sabrina today we are just a few days away from the iowa caucuses, so we had the opportunity to sit down with senator ted cruz on his very large bus, talked to him about what its going to take to win iowa, his likeability factor, plus what some voters are saying to him on the trail. Senator ted cruz we are two days away, all the time for the media attacks, all the noise, all of that has passed. This is all about the men and women of iowa. The men and women of iowa making a decision and what were focusing every waking moment on is asking for the support of the men and women of iowa, building and mobilizing our grassroots team. Weve got over two hundred thousand volunteers nationwide. Weve got over Twelve Thousand volunteers on the ground here in iowa. But, the great thing is the men and
We are now less than 48 hours away from the iowa caucus. Hear the candidates last pitch to voters. No nat nikki and on the fence when it comes to who to vote for . We have some caucus fun with an old sport. Nikki plus, students put robotics to the test. We head out to a contest where kids show off their skills. No nat local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki good evening. Welcome to local 5 news im nikki davidson. Glad youre with us tonight. Nikki weve had beautiful Winter Weather the last few days. But its not going to last. Meterologist Bree Sullivan is tracking a winter storm that may hit early next week. Bree how does it look so far. Nikki thanks bree. Nikki the countdown is on in iowa. By this time monday night. Well start to have an idea of who iowans are voting for. And today, candidates pitched their ideas hoping to sway voters their way. Abcs brandi hitt has more. Nats sanders rally tonight the count down in iowa. Is getting ugly. Sot trump ted cruz, who was not