sentenced.. how many years he'll spend behind bars. and what his victims had to say. local 5 news at 10 starts in 30 seconds. "you're watching local 5 news at 10 in hd .we are iowa's most accurate weather

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stephanie: good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack miller has the night off. tonight, plans to unite 4 metro fire departments. waukee, west des moines, clive and urbandale are already on the same dispatch network. now the cities are looking to take the next step toward improving response times. stephanie: local 5's jacob peklo joins us from the digital media center with tonight's big story. jacob? jacob stephanie--if you look at this map....you can see that the four cities have unusual boundaries. sometimes, two or three towns converge at one intersection. the proposed merger would allow any one of those cities to respond, depending on who's closest. jerry holt, urbandale fire chief: "nobody comes out when you have a fire or ambulance and looks at the side of the truck to see what name's on it. all they want is somebody to get there quickly and take care of the problem." fire departments around the growing metro have been bracing for change.

fire chief: "this station was pretty much the only building out here. and most of the houses that you see were corn fields, so it's just been explosive growth in the last 17 years." clive, urbandale, waukee and west des moines are looking at ways to streamline first responder operation and improve response times. clint robinson, waukee fire chief: "when you're talking about significant incidents, we're likely going to be going anyway, it just matters who is possibly getting there first." jacob peklo, reporting: "there are several streets right off of boston parkway that are split between clive and urbandale. as you can see behind me, anything moving forward is clive, anything moving that way is urbandale." sarah zinn-burggraaf, clive resident: "if it's my house, i want whoever's closest and can get here the fastest to be here. it doesn't matter to me if it's clive fire department or waukee or urbandale." arlene beauchamp, urbandale resident: "they manage to organize their calls. if they don't respond, i'm sure the other one will." urbandale fire chief jerry holt says his department is beating the recommended eight minute threshold ninety percent of the time, but it's when the incidents happen in the rural spaces, that department leaders agree more could be done to maximize

fire chief: "if waukee, all of a sudden, picks up a whole bunch of calls, that might burden, waukee might not be able to handle that. but we're a significant ways from that happening." jacob: the current plan is to install gps trackers into all the trucks, that way they can see who's closest, but as of right now, there is no set time for the cities to decide on a merger. stay with local 5 for the latest. in the digital media center, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa, stephanie: we want to know what you think? should other departments join this effort? is making this change necessary, or do you think the towns should just keep the same system in place?

a chance to see your comments on-air. 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. stephanie: a man accused of going on a shooting spree in pleasant hill last year is now going to prison. stephanie: pete polson- was found guilty on several charges-- including attempted murder -- stemming from a shooting in pleasant hill on november 17th of last year. today, he was sentenced to 55 years. he'll have to serve at least 27 and a half years. the shooting severly injured two people -- a third person was narrowly missed. polson said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and didn't remember much from the shooting. victims disagreed, saying he did it willingly and should pay for what he did. " " my kids were i that house, my kdis were in taht house. bullets went through the house you could ve killed my kids. you dont give a crap, you dont care,. you should get everything you deserve. theres a specail place in hell for guyws like you, hope you go to prison, you die in there and you go to hell. " stephanie: polsons attorney said he

courts within the next few days. stephanie: frustration mounting on the streets of chicago following an apology from the mayor... sorry for controversy in the police department. stephanie: protesters heading towards police headquarters tonight. they're demanding mayor rahm emmanuel step down. saying his apology is just not enough. this stems from a video released showing a black teenager being shot to death by an officer in 2014. the officer was charged with first degree murder, but critics say mayor emanuel kept those videos hidden until he was re-elected. in his appology, emanuel calls for reform of the police department and the city as a whole. one young man asked me a simple question that get to the core of what we're talking about: do you think the police would ever treat you the same way they treat me? and the answer is "no." and that's is wrong and that has to change

the justice department is investigating the chicago p-d. mayor emanuel has appointed his own task force to recommend police reforms. stephanie: new details about the couple behind last week's deadly san bernardino terror attack. in a hearing today on capitol hill fbi director james comey said syed farook and tashfeen malik - were radicalized before they started dating. and as early as 2013 were talking about jihad and martyrdom. sot - james comey jr. (fbi director) we also believe they were inspired by foreign terrorist organizations. we're working very hard to understand exactly their association and the source of their inspiration . stephanie this as gun charges loom against former neighbor, enrique marquez and farook's parents placed on the terror watch list. law enforcement also says they recovered images of other have been planning to attack from their cellphones and computers. stephanie: a metro coach was jail, charged with having an inappropriate

with a 16 year old. gerald "tig" johnson was arrested yesterday, but is out on bond. tonight.....new details into why he was charged. stephanie johnson faces one count of sexual exploitation by a school employee. he's also been ordered to not contact the victim... a student of his this school year. a newly released criminal complaint says he got access to her cell phone number using his position as a school employee and contacted her. she told him his behavior made her uncomfortable, and then he called her into his classroom and touched her inappropriately. the school district put him on administrative leave. stephanie: living history farms became a part of the campaign trail today for hillary clinton. the frontrunner talking like a general election candidate--barel y mentioning the other democrats in the race for president, but as local five's chief political correspondent amanda krenz explains, she made some jabs at republicans, too. here at living history farms, hillary clinton said economy would be her highest priority if elected. she said she'll make the middle class stronger by raising incomes for families. complimented iowa on climate change. said republicans are in

hillary clinton) "when we need to be doing everything we can with people across the world to fight radical jihadists, donald trump is supplying them with new propaganda. he's actually playing into their hands. he will become part of their recruitment efforts." disagreed with branstad about closing mental health facilities and changing medicaid. tag - made it clear shes running on her own...not her husband or president obama's third term, but her first term. amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa. stephanie: this was clinton's last

actor tony goldwyn - who plays the president on the abc show "scandal" - will be stumping on her behalf in this weekend. still to come on local 5 news at 10. "with our parcel, we normally sort between 20,000 - 30,000; at our peak we'll sort 100,000. " stephanie: time is running out if you plan to mail holiday gifts. tonight we go behind the scenes of the u-s postal service where they handle the overflow of holiday cheer. stephanie: then--there's less holiday spirit in ames. why christmas is going dark there this year.

and...the battle for the cy-hawk trophy heads to the court. we've got a preview of tomorrow's big basketball games later in sports. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... this isn't your average everyday holiday ride...a man trades in the sleigh for a decked out golf cart bringing lots of christmas cheer to his neighborhood... plus... a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa!

news at 10 in hd witforecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." brad: weather adlib: our crazy, mild december weather will continue a couple more days! typically, our highs are in the mid 30s and lows in the 10s, but tonight most areas will remain in the 40s overnight with a mild sw breeze. this will set the stage for a very mild, but windy, thursday as a strong system passes to our north. skies will be partly cloudy tonight and into thursday morning, but we should be sunnier in the afternoon hours. brad stephanie: jack: stephanie: coming up on

it's the christmas rush! we go inside the des moines post office to see how they are getting your presents to you in time. stephanie: next....the streets of downtown ames are dark tonight...see why their holiday lights wont be on this year. "your watching local 5

weareiow stephanie its the time of year to put up those holiday lights... but downtown ames will be a little darker this holiday season... they say the lights that lit up main street for 25 years are in no shape to be turned on. some are missing bulbs, other strands are hanging loose. downtown businesses are worried the new darker image could have an impact on how many people choose to celebrate in the area... they say people are noticing the area doesn't look the same... " they said are you going to turn the rest of the lights on? we'll we wish we could... but we can't. they're in bad shape. " it's an expensive fix -- $80,000 to pay for new led lights that they could also use year round... a fundraiser has started to help fund the new lights. for information on how to help out.. head to our website, we are iowa dot com. stephanie: christmas is just one of the holidays celebrated this

tonight brenton held a special night for chanukah. the jewish greater des moines is hosting many more throughout for more our website, that's we are iowa dot com. stephanie: one of the busiest times of the year for the post office. there's a whole center dedicated to the overflow of holiday tonight, local 5 ryan davidson takes us inside. nats postal service this is our main processing plant in des moines and we service a 116 mile the inbound collection mail comes in on our dock it gets divided between letters flats and parcells the letters go through a canceling process and make sure they're canceled they get lined up in order so they can run in our automation every year it seems like people are using us to ship their packages compaired to the same period last year our parcell volume is up 75 percent online shopping people going to the store to have it shipped mom and pop ebay all that stuff everybodies doing online and they're doing it through the mail we need to make sure we have the people on hand the machines to prep for it and we prepaire for it at least a couple months ahead of time there's nothing more satisfying than

getting the mail in timely out timely we know people all over the place are tracking the mail trying to see when their presents are going to get to the house its good to know you're helping to make sombody's christmas come true stephanie: now if you're still needing to send presents or cards out here's some deadlines you need to know about: if you're sending to the military, you'll want to send those out tomorrow. international gifts can wait until the 17th. and here in the u-s, if you want to send packages cheaply, the 15th is your last day. cards and letters must go out by the 19th and after that you're looking at extra fees for priority mail. stephanie: if you're looking for a way to lend a helping hand this holiday

news has a way for you to help right here in the metro. we hope you'll help us "can hunger." this friday, come to the fareway store on 86th and meredith from 8 am until 9 pm. 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. stephanie: sports director jon schaeffer joining me now and jon my bulldogs looking for a win tonight in basketball jon: yeah stephanie they're taking on depaul coming up on local 5 sports we'll show you if drake had enough in the tank to come away with a win

with jon schaeff jon: welcome back-- the drake bulldogs are experiencing the definition of an up and down start to their season. coming into tonight they're 4-4. the win some they lose some-- but they need to tune things up before missouri valley conference play starts in less than a month. tonight they take on depaul we head out to the knapp center-- drake trying to get above 500. start with reed timmer-- the young bulldog star drives gets the bucket and the foul-- he'd miss the free through drake down 2 early. but billy garret junior on the fast break gets a lay in of his own-- and one. blue demons up 7 after the free throw. but timmer puts his team on his back in the first half-- off the steal gets the lay in at the rim. and how bout some more this time from beyond the arc-- timmer for three--

of his teams first 20 points tonight. ori arugundade now lending a helping hand pulls up for a long two from the top of the key. cutting depaul's lead to two. down four again graham woodward goes to work-- hi drives the lane kisses it off the window and in for two-- gets the and 1 with it.... he'd end the night with 18 points-- but drake comes up short losing 74 to 71 at home tonight. jon: there's an in- state rivalry that needs to be settled on the basketball court this week. thursday night-- iowa state hosts iowa. alex giaimo has more from iowa city as the hawkeyes look for a little pay back after last year's loss at carver-hawkeye arena. " (alex giaimo) the hawkeyes head into ames for the annual cy-hawk battle as winners of their last four games. they are playing sound basketball right now but they know the task this thursday against the unbeaten and fourth ranked cyclones will be much harder. (fran mccaffery) yea you know we are playing the fourth ranked team in the country with a lot of experience, yea a lot tougher. (giaimo) iowa is looking to rebound from last year's blowout loss on their home court. (mike gessell) you know we had a really bad taste in our mouth after that game we felt we didn't play very

like that to an in-state rival it's not fun. (giaimo) the hawkeyes are hoping third time's a charm. in 2013 they went into hilton colliseum..eventually losing the lead during the last seconds of the game. (adam woodburry) obviously they got a very good team. they got us the last couple of years. last time we played there it was a tough loss. i think that anytime we step on the court we want to win. (jarrod uthoff) it was a good game it was a tough loss. we were up five with a minute to go and we are looking to get a little redemption.. (mike gessell) it's going to be uh a tough game. great atmosphere. i love playing there, you know, guys that we've played against before. it's going to be a great matchup another great opportunity for us to play one of the best teams in the country. (alex giaimo) tipoff on thursday will be just after 6:30. in iowa city with your hawkeye heaquarters report. alex giaimo, local 4 sports. " iowa and iowa

night from hilton coliseum. iowa state is currently ranked number 2 in the usa today coaches poll. jon: the saying goes to be the best you have to beat the best. well that's exactly what northern iowa is out to do this weekend when they take on 4 time defending champs north dakota state. these two teams met earlier in the season-- with the panthers losing on a late game touchdown pass from carson wentz to derius shephard with just 18 seconds left. this is a rivalry that has built up through the last couple of seasons. but uni hasn't had a shot at them in the post season since the bison started their streak of national championships. since their last meeting-- these two teams have changed-- mostly due to injury. ndsu will likely be without their star quarterback carson wentz-- who has participated in a practice or two this week but hasn't played since their loss week 6 to south dakota due to a broken bone in his wrist. the changes in both teams are worth noting-- especially to uni head coach mark farley. "i think they've got a different football team because they're playing with different people. i think we've got a different football team than what we played with so i don't know that we can compare the last game to this game that was two months ago. we're down four or five starters from a when we played them but to me that's the strength of our football team right now is that the next man that's coming in is playing very strong football for us and maybe a notch up from the person that they replaced. " jon/3shot (wrap sports)

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