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your forecast first." weather adlib: see the sunshine thursday afternoon, and it looks like we will have more of it in the forecast! however, that really doesn't mean it is going to warm up real soon. tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with temps dropping into the low 20s while those winds keep wind chills into the 10s. friday will also bring us more sunshine, but also those chilly winds that could exceed 20 mph at times. temperatures will be about average which means the low to mid 30s for highs. saturday morning will be our coldest morning yet this month with lows in the 10s for most areas, but at least the winds will calm down. with lots of sunshine and southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a new weather system. the clouds will be increasing all day

by mid to late eastern iowa into the snow is expected with temperatures into mostly going to be in the 40s. there might be a slight chance for some snow showers christmas eve morning, but i wouldn't count on a white christmas at this point. but that travel conditions for jack/2shot good evening and welcome to local 5 news, home of we are iowa dot com. i'm jack miller. tonight, a teenager accused of killing his own grandmother is back in court. 17 year old noah laprei had his pre-trial conference today. he faces 1st degree murder charges after the murder in october. jack: you may remember this surveillance video we showed you video we showed you at the time from inside the git and go where laprei was arrested. this was after laprei allegedly beat his 79-year- old grandmother to death. this erratic young man is not the noah his family and friends say they love. they were at his pretrial conference today to show their support. jack: local five's amanda krenz has more in tonight's big story. 17-year-old noah laprei walked into a polk county courtroom wearing his orange marshall county jail jumpsuit. he smiled at the his family and friends that filled the courtroom before he took a seat. his aunt, katie johnson, was one of several in

support. 4:29 he is sweet and kind and loving, never violent. he babysat my girls. johnson says the video of her nephew at the gas station, and the murder he's accused of do not represent the southeast polk high school student that they know. :49 this is so uncharacteristic of noah, he's a gentle, kind , loving kid. i didn't believe it myself when i heard it. / noah laprei is being tried for murder as an adult, even though the family didn't want that. they've been paying regular visits to him in jail. 2:36 sometimes he's upset, crying, sometimes i can maybe get him to laugh. he goes back and forth with his emotions. after just a few minutes in the courtroom for his pretrial conference he was escorted out to the sound of support from his loved ones. 8:44 i love you noah, i love you...

at that pretrial conference jack: at that pretrial conference today, a trial date of may 6th was set. stay with local 5 for the latest in this case. jack: march first is the new deadline for the medicaid switch over here in iowa. jack this affects hundreds of thousands of iowans. the centers for medicare and medicaid services delayed the privitization of iowa's medicaid by two months, saying iowans need the time to change from state-run medicaid to managed care. but the feds will only approve the change if the state improves these areas of the program. they say the managed care provider networks are not fully developed. there are significant areas of the state that don't have many hospitals or doctors within a reasonable

distance. and the state call center for people with questions about their healthcare isn't adequate. jack: for a full list of the required changes to the medicaid program before it can be privatized here in iowa on march 1st, we have a copy up on our website. that's we are iowa dot com. jack: the search is over for a missing des moines teenager after police pull his body from a pond in granger this afternoon. police say 17 year old sam kemp left a party in granger on saturday night and was never seen or heard from again. his family reported him missing sunday. and after five days of searching, the metro star dive team found his body in a pond just outside of granger. his family positively identified his body at the scene. " "this familys going to need prayer nad assistance. no mother should have to bury their child, no ones ever prepared for that"" jack: there's a memorial fund

you'll find that on our website, we are iwoa dot com jack: a hunter out looking for deer found someone dead in the woods yesterday afternoon just north of oskaloosa officers are now trying to figure out who it is. they sent the body to the state medical examiner's office. stay with local 5 for the latest in this investigation. jack: now to a des moines family we all know well, but just haven't met. until tonight. it's the family that got caught up in an awful double murder two and a half weeks ago. heather belieu and bryon howard were shot inside their home by one of their roommates, who's since been caught. tonight in an exclusive interview, i sit down with not only heather's mom and grandmother. but we also got to meet heather's two children who were inside the home when it happened. it's a story you'll only see here on local 5. clip 0267 -- main interview 0294 clip josh watching two year old peyton play with toys, you'd have no idea of the horror she witnessed late

last month. her parents, both suddenly taken from her. and she was left with their bodies. she won't know for years what really happened. all she knows right now is she misses them. deanna 48:11 she has her times like now. she wants her mommy. especially when she's tired or gets hurt. she'll holler for her mommy or daddy. but other than that, she's doing good. 48:21 peyton sits on the lap of her grandmother deanna. and they're joined by her 7 week old brother brylee, on the lap of his great grandmother leanna. both children were inside the home when their parents were taken. both found covered with blood as investigators surrounded the house and ultimately took the kids out. now, these moms who've already raised their own kids are doing it all over again. 50:36 deanna we'll make it work. leanna i've got 15 great grandkids and i've raised quite a few of them. i think god's kept me here to raise my great grandkids. 50:44 and they're getting help from a man they call their angel. this

is josh dobson, a guy who was just looking to do a good holiday facebook his offer to help buy gifts for a family in need. 4:56 when i put that on facebook i definitely didn't think that this brought to me. but this is exactly what i was looking josh, who's a housing contractor, took the whole family on a big only for christmas presents, but grandmothers now needed to raise kids full-time. 5;32 you know what, we just started on the left side of the store and worked our way over. we hit every aisle. 5:38 the family was hesitant at first, after everything they've gone through. but they're glad he found them. deanna 47:27 and i sent him a thank you later letting him know that i thought he was my angel, our angel. 47:33 and angels are welcome in this family right now, just trying to get by with a very new reality. 51:19 the 6 year old, the 2 year old and the baby. my goal is to keep them together.

jack jack heather belieu had two more children who weren't at home that day when the shooting happened. her six year old son will be raised by the grandmas. her 11 year old son with another man will go to live with his dad. jack: more news now -- another arrest in the san bernadino terror attacks tops national headlines tonight. jack: syed farook's close friend, 24 year old enrique marquez, was arrested in california today. investigators say he bought the two assault rifles used in the attack earlier this month. he faces several charges -- including "conspiring to provide material support to terrorists." investigators say the two friends planned an attack at a southern california community college with pipe-bombs. they also had a plan to target drivers stuck in rush-hour traffic. sot -- brad garrett, former fbi special agent & abc news consultant jack: president obama

will visit san bernardino friday to meet privately with the victims and their families. jack: the u-s department of justice tonight is investigating the embattled chicago police department, this comes after the release of dashcam video showing the 2014 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white chicago police officer. chicago mayor rahm emanuel initially resisted the idea of a federal civil rights investigation, calling it "misguided." but he told reporters today he now welcomes the d-o-j's involvement. " we need, quote unquote, a fresh set of eyes like the department of justice to help us make the changes to both training, discipline, policy, oversight that we haven't had in the past or the efforts we've made have never really gotten at the core of this issue" jack:

look into the chicago police department's use of force, police accountability, and more. the d-o-j probe will likely last more than a year. jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10, star wars mania is in full swing. fans at one metro movie theater got to meet on of the movie's biggest stars. jack: and while des moines is all dried up, there are some parts of central iowa still dealing with december flooding. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot "

angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." jack: flooding in south central iowa tonight. you're looking

the south skunk these are and floating like buoys in fields along county road t14. brad brad: weather adlib: it was really nice to see the sunshine thursday afternoon, and it looks like we will have more of it in the forecast! however, that really doesn't mean it is going to warm up real soon. tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with temps dropping into the low 20s while those winds keep wind chills into the 10s. friday will also bring us more sunshine, but also those chilly

temperatures will be about average which means the low to mid saturday morning will be our coldest morning yet this month with lows in the 10s for most areas, but at least the winds will calm down. with lots of sunshine and southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a new weather system. the clouds will be increasing all day sunday with a chance for some rain showers by mid to late afternoon for mainly eastern iowa into the evening hours. no snow is expected with this system as it passes through iowa as temperatures into early next week are mostly going to be in the 40s. there might be a slight chance for some snow showers christmas eve morning, but i wouldn't count on a white christmas at this point. but that also means better

travel by sled! brad jack: the forecast! doesn't mean it is going to warm up real soon. tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with temps dropping into those winds keep wind chills into the 10s. friday will also bring us more sunshine, but winds that could exceed 20 mph at times. temperatures will be about average which means the low to mid 30s for highs. saturday morning will be our coldest morning yet this month with lows in the 10s for most areas, but at least the winds will calm down. with lots of sunshine and southerly winds saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a new weather system. the clouds will be increasing all day sunday with a chance for some rain showers by mid to late afternoon for mainly eastern iowa into the

snow is expected with this system as it passes temperatures into early next week are mostly going to be in the 40s. there might be a slight chance for some snow showers christmas eve morning, but i wouldn't count on a white christmas at this point. but that also means better travel conditions for those of us that don't travel by sled! brad jack:

jack: the force is it's a movie decades in the and tonight -- fans are getting their first look. jack: earliest show times in the 7 tonight, and shows will continue past midnight. the premiere at flix brewhouse at merle hay mall got a special treat during their wait. take a look. jack: a fully fuctioning r-2-d-2 made his way to the new brewery slash movie theater. he's one of the few characters who's in every one of the star wars movies. and did you know -- in the original star wars movie, an actor actually hid inside r-2 d-2. jack: local 5 meteorologist

out at jordan creek mall where fans were waiting all day long for the movie to start. we talked to some die-hard fans about the first time they remember watching star wars. my first memory of star wars was falling asleep right after darth vader came in that first scene at the drive in so i was about 4 or 5 then so to be able to share kind of that same experince with the kids this time is kind of cool jack: look for more from sam and other fans tomorrow morning on good morning iowa. jack: every where you go nowadays, you're sure to find star wars themed products. from toys, to clothing and even fruit. but one waukee man looked past those products in the store and made his own special star wars themed christmas topper. steve mosley is an engineer. he's made really creative projects all over his house. since the mosley family are huge star wars fans, he made this special death star tree topper complete with a revolving x-wing

"yeah, we've got some neighbors that have seen it and everybody thinks it's a lot of fun and with the movie coming out it's been a lot of fun for everybody. jack: steve's other projects inclued a motorized ping pong ball gun, a t-rex 3d puzzle and a kinetic marble track that circles his son's room. jack: jon is here now and high school hockey getting the spotlight tonight. jon: yah jack bitter rivals-- capitals and oak leafs both teams from des moines playing tonight coming up on local 5 sports it was a lopsided

affair-- wtonight the second chapter of the season is the des moines moines oak leafs high school the first meeting took overtime to it was the caps top. 13-0 so far this to land their 14th. the oak leafs the caps their season. but the capitals just under 10 minutes left in the first period jason noga going wide-- fires a shot-- that's an absolute sniper-- top shelf short caps. ben tinker

throwing one on net from the blue line-- it's deflected five hole-- 2 nothing. connor close not getting much help tonight in net-- but stands tall with the shot on the door step. still in the first blake ramsey buries the one timer from the slot-- 3 zip. then on the 2 on 2 noga to joe krueger- he buries one top shelf and caps up 4 nothing-- fun fact-- joe once coached me -- 9 plus years krueger with tonight for the as they top the oak leafs 7 to 1. iowa wild on the charlotte striking first michal jordan finds the back of shot from the charlotte. 2 - then jordan about three minutes later makes it 2-0 with a power play blast that trickles past irving. third period, wild defenseman dylan labbe a 2-1 game, with the shot from the faceoff win. 4- charlotte goal by drayson bowman, extends the checkers

5:49 left in regulation. 5 - less than a minute later, iowa makes it a 3-2 game, colton beck redirects the centering pass from mike reilly and we got a one-goal game with 4:58 left in the game. but the checkers hold on for the 3-2 win. jon: welcome back. the waukee girls basketball team is out to a perfect start to their season. they are coming off of a three point win over dowling-- as they try to defend their state title from last season. if you swing by practice-- you'll find an environment that breeds success while still enjoying the game itself. the waukee girls basketball was the best team in the state last year-- claiming the five-a championship. that put them in a national spotlight as usa today ranked them 23rd in their preseason poll coming into this season. "it's nice to have the recognition of the accomplishments of last year's team but that's a credit to the two seniors who left anna kollmorgan and ellie cavanaugh. and it's also a credit to our returners. if it were something in march it would mean a lot more than right now." still the warriors are ranked number one in 5-a. they'll get every team's best effort every night but the only expectations that matter come from within this waukee team. "i think the only pressure we have is the pressure we have on ourselves. anything from the outside can't be any more than what we're putting on ourselves to be successful and trying to get better everyday." "we want to keep that title, and keep the number one in the state but we can't

really pay attention to that." you'd think a team with such high standards would be on point-- and focused day in and day out. not the case for waukee-- who take an occassional juggle break, or dance session. it's all part of enjoying this experience-- and it pays off on the court. "like you saw we like to have a lot of fun and so we have that team chemistry and that really helps because if one girl is getting down we all pick her up we all know we're going to deliver for our teammates because we want to do good for our teammates because we have that good chemistry." "we are and we also have fun but we also get serious at times and we get what we need done." this waukee team may be having plenty of fun now-- but the most fun comes with another 5-a title at the end of the season. "we're really thankful and honored to have that recognition but we know that we have a lot of work to do and march is important." number one

centennial jaguars on friday night at high school. centennial season on valley. jon/2ram we'll be right watching local five news at 10. brad:

more of it in the forecast! however, that really doesn't mean it is going to warm up real soon. temps dropping into those winds keep wind friday will also bring winds that could temperatures will be means the low to mid saturday morning will morning yet this month for most areas, but at of sunshine and saturday, we will warm up to the upper 30s. those southerly winds will increase on sunday helping to push temps back up into the upper 40s ahead of a new weather system. the clouds will be increasing all day sunday with a chance for some rain showers by mid to late afternoon for mainly eastern iowa into the evening hours. no snow is expected with this system as it passes through iowa as temperatures into early next week are mostly going to be in the 40s. there might be a slight chance for some snow showers christmas eve morning, but i wouldn't count on a white christmas at time with us tonight.

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