iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." sam we are keeping our warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! today is going to be a cloudy day with a few light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolated sprinkles possible and highs in the upper 30s. wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps reaching near 60! we fall back into the 40s over the weekend with rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast, but it does look like we may get some snow next week. hopefully we can keep it around for awhile! sabrina: also coming up on local five news midday.... donald trump making a bold statement now that he wants to place a ban preventing all muslims from entering the united states. sabrina: many are in mourning in woodward, after a high school student collapsed at his basketball practice last week. we'll take a look inside how the family and community are coping. sabrina: new changes to come to the state's medicaid plan.

changes you can expect, coming up. "local 5 news midday in hd starts now. we are iowa" sabrina good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. sabrina: new this morning, the iowa d-c-i joins a suspicious death investigation in union county. sabrina: the investigation began with the discovery of a decomposed body near the county line with madison county. authorities say a hunter found the body of 37- year-old loretta dillinger in a farm pond off of redwood avenue last week. an autopsy has since been conducted by the state medical examiner. due to the ongoing investigation, the cause and manner of death have not been released at this time. local five will continue to follow this story and bring you any new details as they are made available. sabrina: residents in a monroe county town will need to begin boiling there water this morning... sabrina: a planned boil advisory goes into effect beginning today for the city of lovilla.

will begin completion of a water main project later this morning, requiring the city's water supply to be shut down for a few hours. the project is the result of a leaking underground storage tank. officials expect the advisory to remain in place unti two sets of bacteria samples can be completed showing that the water is safe. sabrina: and a developing sabrina: and a developing story out of newton, where police found a suspicious device monday afternoon. leading police to take two people into custody... officers searched a home on first avenue monday afternoon and found a device they think could be a bomb. the discovery forced an nearby homes in state fire marshal's office was called in to assist. the device was rendered safe and authorities took david and jennifer kelso into custody. the device is still under investigation, and charges are pending in the case. sabrina: our top story this morning, iowans turn out to try and get answers about medicaid program. sabrina::

the capitol monday...all hoping to get the information they need before the rollout of the new plan next month.. iowans came from across the state to be part of yesterday's hearing... state lawmakers joined the crowds in demanding answers, but say they're not getting any. a big concern is the january first deadline to change over the state's medicaid system to four private out of state companies. "senator ragan 23:17:23 my hospital isn't signed up with anybody, my doctor's not signed up with anybody. what do i do? good question." sabrina: one of the senators at the oversight one of the senators at the oversight hearing asked that the deadline for the rollout be moved to july first of 20-16. meanwhile, the federal government still has to give it's approval before any of this can happen. sabrina: local five has received a lot of your feedback local five has received a lot of your feedback on this issue....some feeling its a bad plan, but all still having lots of questions about

healthcare. sabrina: and we want to keep hearing from you... let us know what concerns you have, and how you feel about the new plan. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . the contact information is on your screen. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! today is going to be a cloudy day with a few light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolated sprinkles possible and highs in the upper 30s. wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps reaching near 60! we fall back into the 40s

rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast, but it does look like we may get some snow next week. hopefully we can keep it around for awhile! sabrina: now to some sad news out of now to some sad news out of woodward... a high school student... fighting for his life after he collapsed at basketball practice last week has died. doctors say his heart stopped and after days in the hospital... they couldn't save him. now the community is coming forward in a big way to help... family of 16 year old drew jacobson only asked for thoughts and prayers from the community when he had to

but that hasn't hundreds of people coming pay off medical and funeral a go fund me in his name has raised 20 thousand dollars in less than a day. people who knew the teen said he gave 110 percent of his effort to everything in life. "drew would get disapointed when the team would lose a game or something like that, his dad would if you gave your best can hold your head up that's all anyone can ask of you. thats what the hospital, he gave his best and we are all proud of him." sabrina: we'll have a link to that gofundme site, and funeral vistation information on our website... we are iowa. dot com. sabrina: for college football teams, there's not much bigger than the rose bowl thanks to its history, pagentry and of course...traditio n... and hawkeye fans

saturday's big ten loss to michigan state were cheered up sunday afternoon as the hawks were invited to the granddaddy of them all. people sometimes forget, the rose bowl is the bowl all others judge themselves by and is the game that coined the term "bowl game." the hawkeyes will make their first trip to pasadena since 1991...and describe just what makes this game so special... "you think about the rose bowl, you think about tradition and you always play a tremendous opponent and that certainly will be the case this year. it is one of those games. i remember jimmy stewart being the grand marshall and i'm going way back now and everything about it is really significant and special for a lot of different reasons, a lot of different parties, not just football fans as well. but to take it all in the stadium, the scenery outside the stadium all the stuff that goes on, it's fantastic. so i'm really excited about going back and i don't wanna make it about me, but i think i speak for everyone in our program, it's going to be a great experience." "ya it's exciting, we're blessed and honored to have an opportunity

it's the granddaddy of them all, the rose bowl's a big game and we're excited to play in it. " sabrina: three weeks from friday the 102nd rose bowl game kicks off between iowa and pac 12 champ stanford. things get underway at 4 pm new years day on espn. stanford is an early six and a half point favorite. look for much more here on local five leading up to that big game. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... republican presidential candidate donald trump is in the hot seat again now proposing a ban on all muslims entering the united states. sabrina: and... oil prices are nearing an all- time low since before the recession. which could be good news if you're hitting the roads this holiday season. sabrina: also.... some big changes coming to target shoppers this

find out how the superstore chain is trying to compete against the online retail market. but next, we have ballet des moines on with us to talk about their upcoming production of the nutcracker, premiering this

"your watching local 5 news midday in hd with sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast. this is local 5 midday. we are iowa" sabrina the nutcracker, dec. 10-13 at hoyt sherman place west des moines, iowa -ballet des moines is pleased to present its 14th annual production of the nutcracker, at hoyt sherman place, dec. 10-13, 2015. tickets to the nutcracker are available now at the hoyt sherman place box office, 1501

moines, or online at www.hoytsherm an.org. tickets are $25.50 to $71.50. prices reflect all applicable fees for tickets purchased at hoyt sherman place. ballet des moines' the nutcracker is based on the 1892 classic and provides more than 340 local student dancers an opportunity to perform alongside ballet des moines' professional dancers. with choreography by artistic director serkan usta and ballet mistress lori grooters, the nutcracker remains one of the most beloved holiday classics at ballet companies worldwide. showtimes are as follows: thursday, dec. 10 at 7 p.m.; friday, dec. 11 at 7 p.m.; saturday, dec. 12 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and sunday, dec. 13 at 1 p.m. this is ballet des moines' fourth season as a resident ballet company. peter pan, in collaboration with the des moines community orchestra, will complete the 2015-16 season on march 26, 2015 at the des moines civic center. about ballet des

organization based in west des moines, iowa. direction of serkan launched its first professional ballet company in 2012, offering additional for young dancers performance season. exists to enrich lives in the greater des moines area by and providing the highest level of dance education in the region. visit balletdesmoines.org, "like" us on facebook or follow us on twitter at @balletdm to learn more. "now, we are iowa's

most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday!

sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolated sprinkles possible and highs in the upper 30s. wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps fall back into the 40s over the weekend with rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast, but it does look like we may get some snow next week. hopefully we can keep it around for awhile! sam: sabrina:

damage in parts of oregon. landslides, heavy flooding and road closures the national weather service has issued a flood watch for the northwest section of the state and neighboring washington. although the watch is set to expire on wednesday, local forecasters say the rains should continue throughout the rest of the week. sabrina

sabrina still to come on local five news midday... the des moines choral society is on to talk about their upcoming christmas concert.

leslie behaunek, vice board of directors des moines choral society for the christmas concert being held on december 12th. the one you come back for, year after year...join us at 7:30 p.m. on saturday, december 12, 2015, at st. ambrose cathedral for an inspiring program of great works and seasonal favorites, all in celebration of the christmas spirit. together with chamber orchestra, piano, organ, and soloists, the des moines choral society will fill the cathedral with the joy of the

buy tickets buy season tickets $30 preferred seating (adult) $25 general seating (adult) $15 preferred seating (child/student) $10 general seating (child/student) st ambrose cathedral is located at 607 high street in des moines. parking is available north of the church and on watson powell jr. drive. due to construction downtown, the easiest way to access parking north of the church is to arrive via 7th street from the interstate, turn east at watson powell jr. drive, and make a quick right into the church alley that leads to st. ambrose parking.

" you're watching local 5 news midday in hd. we are iowa" : sabrina on your money now keurig green mountain has been sold to an investor group led by j-a-b holding. the group will pay 13-point-9 billion dollars for the k-cup maker. the investor group that bought keurig green mountain also owns peet's coffee and tea, stumptown coffee roasters and caribou coffee. j-a-b holding also owns jimmy choo and perfume maker coty. sabrina: meanwhile, g-e has scrapped a multi-billion

appliance business to swedish company electrolux. the deal had been opposed by u-s regulators due to competition concerns. the company says it will continue to run the business as it looks for other options. the department of justice had sued to stop the deal in july, saying it would have eliminated a major competitor and left electrolux and whirlpool as the only big cooking appliance companies in the u.s. sabrina: oil prices are nearing pre- great recession levels. the price for a barrel of oil fell five percent monday to just below 38- dollars. that's the second-lowest level since early 2009. just a year-and- a-half ago, oil was selling at nearly 108 dollars a barrel. falling oil prices should be good news for u-s drivers, who will likely see gas prices continue to drop. sabrina: and finally...lebron james' nick-name is 'king james'.....and as far as nike is concerned, he's king for life. the company confirmed its

believed to be nike's first-ever lifetime guarantee. nike wouldn't say how much the deal was worth, but a source close to the deal told e-s-p-n it's nike's athlete guarantee ever. sabrina: the future of shopping. soaring this and that's shopping experience. abc's rebecca jarvis is here with that " this morning - a retail revolution. with foot traffic down, and online sales up 14% this holiday - retailers are reimaging the in- store experience. nats target inviting us in for an exclusive first look at their latest concept standup: is this the future of retail? let's go shopping!! target wonderland: a temporary pop-up shop in new york city, opening tomorrow... instead of a shopping cart? customers walk around with these? r- f-i-d enabled keys - technology that lets you tap what you want to buy, and automatically transmits it to a digital shopping basket sot jeff jones -011433 i hope when you are walking into a target store in future it as inspiring to shop as it is here. and easy to

scanning your token? the new interactive experience also including a mega-etch a sketch? nats interactive video games? nats and a visit with santa nats via satellite at the north pole? all meant to keep customers in stores - and shopping up a storm sot jeff jones, target tbd - 011400 we are testing different things all around the country. target isn't the only retailer reinventing the in-store experience? from ralph lauren and rebecca minkoff's adding interactive mirrors to some of their stores? nats that's cute add to my room to monitors inside mega-makeup chain sephora stores - where you can get personalized skincare and fragrance reccomendations at the touch of button sot ashley lutz - 194813 target has to improve in-store experience because otherwise people would just shop online. 80% of online shopping carts are abandoned before checkout. shopping in stores means customers are

purchases. sot ashley lutz - 195045 rfid technology will definitely take off. sabrina: coming up on local 5 news midday... an ohio man is receving some criticism for his unusual nativity scene. sabrina: and.... donald trump is receiving backlash now from both sides of aisle for his proposed ban preventing muslims from entering the united states.

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joining us for local 5 news midday...i'm sabrina ahmed. in your local now-- sabrina: donald trump took his plan for tightening the nation's borders to a new level, calling for a "total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states." the proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting all adherents of islam who want to come to the u.s. trump's plan both parties, and even the republican speaker of the house paul ryan. abc's lana zak has more. "a stunning proposal from republican presidential front- runner donald trump--a ban of all muslims coming into america. 19:36:00 trump: donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states on good morning america trump today trump was not backing down from that stunning proposal. sot (phone)until our politicians can figure out what is going on we have no choice but

brought together--for perhaps the first time in this divisive campaign --republicans and democrats in universal condemnation. jeb bush called him "unhinged." chris christie called it "ridiculous." sot-radio/christie this is the kind of thing that people say when they have no experience and don't know what they're talking about, gfx: and in a rare move -- the republican chairs of three major campaign states -- iowa, new hampshire and south carolina -- all slamming trump's proposal. hillary clinton tweeting "this is reprehensible, prejudiced and divisive. donald trump you don't get it. this makes us less safe." even dick cheney agreed saying, this whole notion...goes against everything we stand for and believe in. trump's campaign said the ban would apply to "every" muslim coming into the united states... tag: there are some who support trump-there was no shortage of enthusiastic applause for his proposal at trump's rally last night. but one muslim-

trump "sounds more like a leader of a lynch mob" lana zak, abcn, washington sabrina: this morning, i had the chance to hear from one republican presidential candidate first hand--carly fiorina. here's what she had to say in response to mr trumps harsh words. " donald trumps over reaction is as dangerous as barack obama's under reaction. barack obama, because he does not know how to fix the government or respond adequately to isis, is prepared to run over the constitution. so is donald trump. when we ignore the constitution, basically, donald trump is saying i don't know how to fix this. it's dangerous." fiorina continued to say fiorina continued to say trump's statements are in direct response to ted cruz doing so well in the recent polls... because he needed the spotlight back on him.. and he'll say anything to get it. sabrina: speaking of..

this week. it shows some changes to the line up for republican presidential candidates....with a new number one here in iowa according to monmouth univeristy. texas senator runner, surpassing donald trump by 5 points and taking his first lead in any primary state this cycle. trump's next with 19 percent and marco rubio next at 17 percent. monmouth university pollsters say ben carson has fallen fast, and that ted cruz has picked up most of those voters. cruz said a few months ago that he would give more time and attention to iowa, and he has been hosting events nearly every week. another poll out yesterday keeps trump at the top... with cruz in second place. the samples for the two polls are different... so of course it's important to so of course it's important to keep that in mind when looking at the numbers. sabrina: we also want to hear what you think about trump's bold statement and the newly released poll numbers....

your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook. or send us an email or give us a call . we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. sabrina meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! today is going to be a cloudy day with a few light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies sprinkles possible and wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps reaching near 60! we fall back into the 40s over the weekend with rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast, but it does look like

we can keep it around for awhile! an ohio man is an ohio man is refusing to back even though local officials very unique nativity scene. has the story: set up his zombie mission. it was the haunted house he sets up, "13 rooms of brought it back because it was such a people like blaise found it offensive. sycamore township told jasen dixon last because he didn't have a permit. so this year, dixon says he worked with township officials when he

submitted the application, he received a letter saying his application was denied because the zoning code doesn't allow an accessory structure in a front yard. dixon's not buying it. dixon believes his zombie should stay for the holidays. dixon was told he could be fined 500 dollars a day. and on december 3rd he received his first 500- dollar fine. and that could be the first of many. sycamore township officials said the problem isn't with the zombies. the problem is with the wooden shelter above them that violates the zoning code it's not hurting anything, i mean it's not even here for not even a month." all: (reax) sabrina:

a way for you to help right here at home this holiday season. we hope you'll help us "can hunger." on friday, december 11th.. come to the fareway store on 86th and meredith from 8 am until close at 9pm. we'll be collecting all food donations to help our neediest right here in central iowa for christmas and well into 2016. we are iowa and we give back to the community. sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... sam has the central iowa's most accurate forecast next.

meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! today is going to be a cloudy day with a few light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolated sprinkles possible and highs in the upper 30s. wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps reaching near 60! we fall back into the 40s over the weekend with rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast,

next week. hopefully we can keep it around for awhile! sam:

sabrina: for college footba teall, there isn't a game much bigger than the rose bowl and hawkeye fans disappointed by saturday's big ten loss to michigan state were cheered up sunday afternoon as the hawks were invited to the granddaddy of them all. people sometimes forget, the rose bowl is the bowl all others judge themselves by and is the game that coined the term "bowl game." the hawkeyes will make their first trip to pasadena since 1991... sabrina:

at this ... sabrina: the rose bowl wouldn't be complete without the roses....and in this case 43- hundred of them.. hy-vee delivered the yellow roses to the iowa hawkeyes football team to celebrate their selection for the new year's day bowl game. overseeing the order was floral manager and die-hard hawkeye fan laurel hollopeter, who will be travelling to pasadena to work on the dole food company float for the rose bowl parade. sabrina you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. local five news midday. we'll be back after this. after this. sabrina

amy barth, dementia subject matter expert and administrator at arbor springs, cell phone

the holidays hold lots of opportunity for people who may have family members with dementia - especially undiagnosed dementia. if you don't see your parents or older relatives all the time but are going to be with them over the holidays - now is the time to look for these signs of dementia. amy will focus on these top three signed out of the ten available on the checklist difficulty finding the right words, apathy being repetitive questions for amy 1. we have posted a list of ten signs you suggest might indicate a person is starting to experience dementia. how many of these does a person need to exhibit before they get help? 2. what should we be looking for when we are trying to determine if friends and loved ones might be experiencing early signs of dementia? 3. if you haven't seen someone for a while or aren't around them all the time, are you more likely to be able to

4. what should you do if you believe someone you care about has changed enough since you last saw them to warrant checking out a dementia diagnosis? about amy barth barth received her b.a. from the university of northern iowa majoring in family services with a certificate in gerontology. she began her career in long-term care working as a certified nursing assistant as a summer job. while attending college she worked at a long-term care facility, which had a separate dementia unit. barth found her passion for not only working with the elderly but more specifically with those who have alzheimer's or another form of dementia. barth has extensive healthcare experience in the arenas of hospice, assisted living, hospitals as well as long-term care. since 1998, she has been a licensed nursing home administrator and has held assisted living management certification since 2008. she is a certified

well as a certified dementia practitioner. barth has been a part of the west des moines arbor springs team since 2008. barth lives the mission of striving each day to enhance the quality of life for those living and working in all areas of dementia care. about arbor springs arbor springs is an award-winning facility devoted entirely to

the west des moi sabrina: it's national brownie day! the sweet treat is a rich cross between a cookie and a cake... the first variety of these turned up in the 1800s in chicago...and had walnuts. according to the calendar, a chef first created them for a ladies and today, there of recipes.

weather adlib: we are keeping out warm stretch going with more 50s in the forecast and possibly even a 60 by thursday! today is going to be a cloudy day with a few light showers or sprinkles possible across the state. temperatures today will still be able to climb in to the low 50s with the help of a breezy southwest wind. overnight tonight with mostly to partly cloudy skies with isolated sprinkles possible and highs in the upper 30s. wednesday is going to be warm and cloudy again with highs in the mid 50s but dry conditions. thursday should be amazing for december with mostly to partly cloudy skies and high temps over the weekend with rain returning to the forecast. it's still a ways out for a christmas forecast, but it does look like we may get some snow next week. hopefully we can keep it around for awhile! sabrina thanks for watching... you can view today's top watching... you can view today's top stories and an updated weather forecast online at we are iowa dot com.