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In the trial of a man accused of a heinous crime. Joe lopez is charged with first degree murder and child endangerment causing death. Prosecutors say lopez assaulted his girlfriends daughter in november of 2014. The 1 year fracture and broken ribs. The little girl later died at the hospital. He says she fell from her high chair. But prosecutors say her injuries arent consistent with an accident. In waukee, the first man accused of murder in forty years appeared in court today. Brendan mcguinness appeared at his Pretrial Hearing in Dallas County this morning. Police say he shot and killed a man...

Starting the deadly fire. Police say on march fifth, yenger got into a fight at a party messer and anderson were having, then was kicked off the property. By 6 30 the following morning, neighbors said the house was up in flames. Anderson and messer, who were sleeping on the second floor, never made it out. Just goes to show when people think they get away with murder, were always there and look at things both messer and andersons family said theyre heartbroken by the news and to hear what actually happened all those years ago. Glad this case is going the direction it is. Its about real closure...

Good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias our top story. The latest on the death of star hawkeye athlete tyler sash. Elias after sashs death in september, his family donated his brain to science. The football star was found inside of his oskaloosa home. His death attributed to an accidental mixture of two painkillers. Researchers looked for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte. A degenerative brain disease cauased by repeated trauma to the head thats been found in dozens of former nfl players. Elias according to a New York Times diagnos...

With highs falling back into the low 40s. There is still a large snow storm expected to impact iowa late monday through wednesday morning. The energy from this system still has to cross the entire Pacific Ocean so its still too early for reliable snowfall totals, but it is safe to say heavy accumulating snow is a possibility on tuesday. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias to the statehouse. Whe re the back and forth over Education Funding has been sent to a special conference committee. Thats where the issue ended up years session, before legislators made a final decision. Mea...

State have already issued tow bans. This is a current look at those bans from the iowa dot. Tow bans are in effect for most of the state north of highway 20. Theres also a tow ban parts of soututrn iowa like mahaska, keokuk, wapello and washington counties. Texas senator ted cruz was the clear winner from last nights iowa republic caucuses capturing more than a quarter of the caucus goers. While cruz took home 27 , donald trump who had been leading in nearly all of the iowa polling for the last two weeks finished second at 24 . Florida senator marco rubio captured a very third place at 23 perc...