iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on wednesday december second elias: good to have everyone with us! and it's great to have central iowa's most accurate forecast with meterologist james peterson! hey james! james: (james adlibs) james: (james adlibs) james: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to

maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! sabrina: let's get into the top five this let's get into the top five this morning.... sabrina: a standoff lasting four hours on

ended the search for michael wanchanic -- the man wanted for questioning in monday's double homicide. officials got a tip about wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward -- once police responded -- a chase ensued. but his van died on highway 141 in bouton, starting the standoff. wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: local five sat down with the brother of heather belieu, one of the victims in that double homicide. belieu's brother ryan told us he met michael wanchanic last week when he came to the same house where the double homicide happened. ryan told us wanchanic seemed quiet and didn't stay long. his family can't understand what happened or why. sabrina: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: angry protests in chicago over the killing of a black teenager by a white police officer. the incident has the illinois attorney general asking the illinois attorney general asking

investigate the chicago police department. the city's mayor, rahm emanuel called for the resignation of chicago's police superintendent. elias: number four... elias: less than a month until iowa's new medicaid privatization plan rolls out, and questions still remain over the new plan. it means big changes for child serve...which helps 3-thousand families every year. many parents are asking questions, and child serve is doing the best they can to answer them. sabrina: and finally in the top five... sabrina: the iowa hawkeyes will take the field saturday in the big ten championship while being lead by the big ten's coach of the year. head coach kirk ferentz swept both the coaches and media vote to earn the honors. the game will also determine if iowa or michigan state makes it into the college football playoffs. elias: the former casey city clerk accused of mail fraud and arson spent tuesday in the courtroom.. dorothy dillinger has been accused of burning down city hall to cover years of

clerk. she entered a not guilty plea during the arraignment yesterday, and her trial will begin on february first. dillinger faces federal charges that she used city funds for personal use and then burned down the city hall the night before state auditors were set to investigate. sabrina: metro drivers experienced the new diverging diamond interchange on interstate 80 diamond interchange on interstate 80 tuesday... the new intersection opened up to traffic yesterday at noon...engineers say its a much safer way to manage traffic. developers say it will relieve traffic on major roads like jordan creek parkway, university and hickman. work began two years ago, and cost 50 million dollars. here's what drivers are saying. luke miller driver "i was just testing it. so i came south to get on and head east. that was pretty easy. i mean, there's two stoplights, but it's pretty smooth." sabrina: the new interchange is also part of a

project... called "kettlestone" that's being built along grand prairie parkway in waukee. elias: we're back with meterologist james peterson... james: (james adlibs) james: james: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with

many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! elias: our big story this morning is the end to a standoff on highway 141, and the capture of michael wanchanic... elias: wanchanic had been sought for questioning in monday's double homicide... officials got a tip about michael wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward -- once police responded -- a chase ensued. but his van died on highway 141 in

the road was blocked for four hours before he surrendered peacefully. the dallas county sheriff's office says he was alone and was armed with a handgun ""we had the vehicle lit up pretty good so you could see what he was doing, he was crawling back and forth over the seats doing a lot of stuff, we could see the gun a lot" elias: wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. sabrina: local five had the chance to speak with the brother of heather belieu...one of the victims in monday's double homicide.... ryan belieu told us he met michael wanchanic, the person of interest, last week at the same house where the double homicide happened. he tells us belieu had been house where the double homicide happened. he tells us belieu had been dating the other victim, bryon howard for years, and the two had just had a baby in march. both were remembered during a candlelight vigil held last night on the center street bridge. i just love that they

just doesnt make any sense to leave two babies like that without any parents sabrina: police still have not released how they died, or a motive as to why. police also removed two children from inside. heather's family confirmed all four of her children are currently staying with family and are ok. elias: local five will continue to follow this story, look for more information throughout today... at ((time check)) we'll take a short break, but have more good morning iow ahead.. sabrina: coming up, with a chance at the college football playoffs on the line, we get a preview of saturday's big ten championship game. elias: but first...for those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement

locations.... one at the ...13- hundred block of northwest 66th avenue. and a second at the ...88-hundred block of northeast 29th street. so take care on the roads today... sabrina: let's also get a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this!

morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa."

weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days!

when they take the field saturday, the iowa hawkeyes will be lead by this year's big ten coach of the year. sabrina: but coach ferentz and the hawkeyes will be gearing up for their toughest opponent of the year. alex giamio has more from iowa city. "(alex giaimo) the goal from day one for the hawkeyes has been winning a big ten championship. now they'll get their chance on saturday against michigan state in indianapolis. two teams that pretty much match up dead even on paper. (kirk ferentz) in a lot of people's eyes we weren't supposed to be here right now so

know, i say that tongue and cheek because it is important to us. it's not like we are out there just winging it. uh, we are probably the team that's not supposed to be there so you know, what the heck, let's go cut it loose and see what happens. (giaimo) ferentz will take his chances against a team with striking similarities to his own. both averaging about 33 points per game and dead even in turnover ratio. (henry kreiger-coble) top to bottom they are super experienced and the guys they have out there. i mean they are big guys, i mean they look like an nfl d-line, they are just huge, atheltic, and explosive guys, so that's what makes them good. (austin blythe) yea they've got a lot of good athletes up front and they work to finish plays and we got to get after them to, you know, kind of neutralize that. (giaimo) ferentz and his hawkeyes know that it's not a matter of stopping the spartans but more a matter of containing them. (cj beathard) it's hard to play a perfect game but we are going to have to play well and execute. we can't make many mistakes you know they are a good team but i think we are a good team, as well. (kirk ferentz) they are

plays offensively, defensively, special teams. and how we respond to those things really is going to dictate the success that we have or not. (alex giaimo) this will be iowa's first big ten championship appearance. kickoff at indianapolias will be at 7:17. in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, local 5 sports we are iowa. sabrina: saturday's b1g championship game is set for 7:17. the winner will secure their spot in the college football playoffs. elias: and don't forget we have you covered for the big ten championship all this week. local five's jordan furbee will be in indianpolis starting on thursday for coverage of the game. friday we'll be bringing you a special 30 minute big ten championship preview, hosted by sports director jon schaeffer.

elias: time for another short break...but when we come back we'll explain the story behind the festive light display right here in iowa.

most accurate forecast with meteorologist james peterson. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" james: weather adlib: put script here in green wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the

mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! james: toss back. sabrina:

this today... sabrina: some middle school computer programming students in sioux city are showing off their skills with this festive lights display. the lights are synced to music ranging from the "star wars" theme to "don't stop believing'" by journey. the students used more than 81-thousand lights and 20 miles of wires for the display. all: (reax)

elias: well time now for another short break... but when we come back... before you go hanging up your light displays, hanging up your light displays, make sure to check out our tips to help save time and frustration. ...but first here's what happened last night on jimmy kimmel live.

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." elias: on your money now elias: time to do your best clark griswold impression and hang the holiday lights...but before you bring out the decorations, we have a few tips... first let's talk safety....make sure to throw away any lights that have damaged sockets, and loose or bare wires. plus, never overload an electrical outlet...and make sure not to connect more than three strands at a time. connect more than three strands at a time. as for money, consider

lights to l-e- d's....they'll use less energy and run cooler than traditional incandescent lights. elias: elias: the sales statistics for the 20-15 fiscal year from the iowa alcoholic beverage division shows an increase from last year. more than 329- million dollars was generated from the sales of liquor products. that's an increase of almost five and a half percent. and the drinks of choice? whiskey and vodka were responsible for the majority of sales. elias: and finally, becoming the test out delivery service... its partnering with "door-dash" to bring donuts and coffee to their customers, with a promise to have your order to you in 45 minutes or less. doughnut giant is rolling out "dunkin' delivery" in five major

elias: that's a look at your money this morning... coming up after the break... sam's in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... but first... time for a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at euclid... [current conditions] good morning iowa returns after this.

moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " sabrina thanks for joining us on your [day of week] morning, i'm sabrina ahmed. elias: and i'm elias johnson... elias: weather is always first on good morning

in with central iowa's most accurate forecast... meteorologist james peterson. james: (adlib toss) james: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs

50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! elias: on to our top story this morning, a police standoff connected to monday's double homicide. elias: des moines police found bryon howard and heather belieu dead monday...which lead to a search for michael wanchanic for questioning. sabrina: last night authorities received a tip about the where abouts of wanchanic...whic h lead to a police chase. however, wanchanic's van died turning the chase into a standoff with iowa state patrol and dallas county deputies... local five's kattey ortiz has deputies... local five's kattey ortiz has more on this story. " " a standoff lasting more than four hours here on highway 141

person of interested wanted in monday's double homicide in des moines. -- state troopers were diverting traffic tuesday night in bouton while law enforcement were negotiating with a man in a standoff down the road. (very big relief we had about 30 officers on scene) officials got a tip about michael wanchanic being at a caseys in woodward -- once police responded -- a chase ensued. that's when he ran out of luck -- the van died, trapping him on 141. the dallas county sheriff's office says he was alone and had a handgun -- never pointing it at officers, but himself -- threatening suicide. "we had the vehicle lit up pretty good so you could see what he was doing, he was crawling back and forth over the seats doing a lot of stuff, we could see the gun a lot." after four hours of negotiations -- wanchanic surrendered peacefully.

wasn't running, he got cold, he finally gave himself up.) -- the dallas county sheriff's office says there wont be any local charges. wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. in bouton kattey ortiz local five news we are iowa sabrina: the brother of heather beleiu spoke with local five yesterday about the tragedy his family is suffering... ryan belieu says he actually met michael wanchanic, the person of interest, last week. he says wanchanic came to the same house where the double homicide happened....but seemed quiet and didn't stay long. meanwhile, he confirms his sister and bryon howard had been dating for years, and just had a baby in march. while flipping through family photos, no one can understand what happened or why. "cause anybody that did knows that they got the chanec to know her, she was a blessing. she was a really special person and she'd do anything

could" " sabrina: police still have not released how they died, or a motive as to why. police also removed two children from inside. heather's family confirmed all four of her children are currently staying with family and are ok. elias: now, this case stretched into story county as well. sheriff's deputies were asked by des moines police to conduct a welfare check in connection to the double homicide. on monday, they checked a home on the 100 block of 1st avenue in slater for peggy reed. reed's familys confirmed she is the ex-wife of wanchanic...and was picked up monday evening by the suspect just an hour after police discovered the double homicide. the dallas county sheriff tells us that reed was returned home safe sometime last night before wanchanic was involved in the police chase and ensuing standoff. sabrina: we're back with

(james adlibs) james:: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will

southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! elias: less than a month until iowa rolls out it's new medicaid plan. as it stands right now, 4 out-of-state companies will

but there are some major concerns. . the medicaid change means big changes for child serve. it's an agency that helps children with special health care needs. they help 3- thousand families every year, about 75 percent of the families use medicaid to help pay for services. many parents are asking questions, and child serve is doing the best they can to answer them. lloyd 20:54:56 everybody wants to know what's happening, some of those questions we don't know what the answers are going to be yet. elias: three major concerns with the change from medicaid include that january 1 implementation date... also, an administrative law judge's recommendation to throw out one of the state's managed care contracts - well-care. out of 40- thousand health care providers, the department of human services has not released how many of them have signed contracts with the new companies. sabrina

short break, but have a heartwarming story coming up...caught on dashcam video... elias: johnston police help a gentleman create a very unique marriage proposal...and we'll sahre their story. sabrina: but before we go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moines police will have mobile radar set up at two locations... one at the ....four-hundred block of southwest 42nd, northbound and a second at the....three- hundred block of east mc-kinley eastbound so use caution while driving.. elias: while we're at it... a quick look at traffic... this is i-235 at mlk...

good morning iowa continues after this!

"your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." james: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay cold and breezy, but mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds

doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! sabrina: okay -- ladies, there are boring marriage proposals. and there are creative marriage

elias: well, we have a really creative one that happened thanksgiving it was such a crazy idea -- the cops even had to get involved. local five's jack miller explains nats - cop asking for id jeff schulte is really in trouble this time. he's pulled over by johnston police for the second time in a year. except this time, you're looking at a set-up. this police body cam video captures a very clever plan between jeff and johnston police. nats - more interaction between jeff and officer a year ago at thanksgiving time it was for real. jeff was actually ticketed for speeding right in front of his girlfriend's parent's house when he was going to meet them for

family saw it. jeff was embarrassed. so a year later, when jeff decided to propose to jenna, he figured johnston p.d. might do him a favor. sb jeff "wanted to do something crazy." "a lot of timing involved, i was nervous." he and officer matt chiles, the same guy who gave him the real ticket a year earlier, worked it all out. nats - you were doing 46 in a 35 a bogus speeding violation. jeff was even pretend handcuffed behind his car. and jenna was finally asked to get out of the car too. nats from cop -- would you get out and check this merchandise to see if it's stolen. he has a theft warrant. the look on jenna's face proves she has no

moments are priceless. nats - will you marry me? her reaction up until they hug sb - it took my emotions to the extreme. i was in shock for a long long time and it was a welcome break from the difficult work of real policing for officer matt chiles. sb -- just a nice break to be able to do something fun like this. sabrina: just like last year, jenna's family saw the

again. they were all gathered in the garage, on purpose this time, watching the engagement happen. jeff and jenna are getting married in july, here in iowa. congratulations ! all: (reax) elias: we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's aditi roy and kendis gibson with america's money. america's money: good morning. topping "america's money"... a record- setting cyber monday. analysts say shoppers spen good morning. topping "america's money" -- a huge month to the car lot. >> black friday promotions helped push auto sales to near record sales. >> the volkswagen saw the biggest decline.

black friday also busy for one federal agency, the fbi processed a record number of gun background checks. >> the previous three black fridays also saw record numbers of background checks. finally, another new experiment being tried at mcdonald's. customers at restaurants across southern california getting the option of table service. >> they'll order at the counter and an employee will serve their food at a table. >> what's next? >> linen table cloths. >> fast food done fancy.

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snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will mean even colder temperatures wednesday night with lows in the 20s for many locations. a nice warm-up will begin thursday with lots of sunshine and southwesterly winds pushing our temps into the 40s. but the fun doesn't stop there! friday should be even warmer with highs in the upper 40s to the lower 50s with mostly sunny skies! there will be some clouds coming in saturday pm, but i still think we can get another mild day in the 50s. even next week is looking pretty mild for us now with highs mainly in the 40s and 50s and very little precipitation expected in the next 10 days! james: toss back. elias:

elias: trending now... elias: star wars excitement is everywhere as the new movie gets closer....but the new movie gets closer....but

the film decided to do a good deed. over the weekend, a missouri family began setting up their christmas tree...using storm trooper action figures as helpers.. the figures were placed in various stages, making it look as though they assembled the tree... the video was posted to facebook, received more than 700- thousand likes. all: (reax) sabrina time for another short break here on good time for another short break here on good morning iowa .... a quick look outside as you get ready to

day....when we return, a look at the top stories in our morning return, a look at the top stories in our morning refresh. elias: : do you have a story for us...or a comment you do you have a story for us...or a comment you want to share? well be sure to contact us. you can email us or call our newsroom... we're also on or call our newsroom... we're also on facebook.... "we are iowa local 5 news" and twitter "we are iowa 5 news" if you see news break... let us know. we are iowa and we want to cover the stories that are important to

"you're watching good morning iowa in hd. we are iowa." sabrina: welcome back everyone....as we wrap up our first hour, let's take a quick look at the top stories... elias: we recap your headlines...in the morning refresh...

interest in monday's double homicide leads to a police chase and standoff in dallas county last night. sabrina: meanwhile the families of the victims look for answers in the tragic loss of their loved ones. elias: plus, this weekend the hawkeyes prepare for their biggest game, but have the big ten's coach of the year leading them sabrina time now for another short break... but when we come back... a former city clerk will prepare to defend herself against arson and fraud charges. elias: plus james is in with a look at your morning forecast! another full hour of good morning iowa... is right after this.

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