5 news at 10 in hd .we are iowa's most accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." brad/wx wall weather adlib: well, today was a good day to dig out from our latest snowstorm. most areas were blanketed with 4 to 10" of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw.

this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. however, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the single digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. the good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average- which is about to freezing! next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or snow. jack: she was headed to celebrate the new year with her boyfriend in chicago. how it ended tragically for one des moines family. jack: plus... an ugly christmas day discovery. a cow shot, butchered and taken right out of a farmers field. jack: and the hawkeyes are fining tuning their gameplan in california. we'll talk about what the team did today, as they prepare for their showdown with stanford on friday. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" jack/1shot good evening. welcome to local 5 news, home of we are iowa dot com. i'm jack miller. stephanie has the night off. though the weather is settled down now, there could be still more snow ahead. chief meterologist brad edwards is here to give us the latest information for tomorrow. brad/wxcenter: well, today was a good

our latest snowstorm. most areas were blanketed with 4 to 10" of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw. right now it looks like this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. however, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the single digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. the good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average- which is about to freezing! next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or snow. jack: family and friends are mourning the will have another family and mourning the loss of a college student this after the was riding in monday crashed just fifteen minutes away from its destination. tonight, they tell local five's they plan to keep her spirit alive by giving back to someone else -- nikki?

right jack.. nicole underwood was a senior at university of iowa studying to become a social worker... now those close to her are determined to do something good for someone else in school to keep her memory alive. less than a week after christmas... nicole underwoods friends and relatives are remembering the time they spent with her for the holidays... 18:56:05 we were spending the few days we did have together because she was going to chicago. 18:56:12 the little things, hanging out and playing games... and the last pictures they took... moments that will stand still forever... 18:49:23 we saw each other over thanksgiving, we went ice skating. we had our time i guess. those closest to her say nicole underwood had a spirit and passion for life that she didn't hide. 18:50:07 she was lively, brought energy and made people smile 18:52;04 just being alive, she was happy just about being alive. the east high school graduate was home here in des moines for the holidays with her family... they saw her off at the bus stop monday morning. she was headed to spend time with a new boyfriend for new years... 18:56;41 when they called her bus, she was excited. she was first in line, she hopped on the bus, gave her a hug and said love you. she said she would call once her bus got in... but ... that never came. 6:40 am monday... her

construction sign on interstate 55... officals say the bus driver told them he was trying to avoid hitting a pickup truck that had moved into the buses lane. underwood was killed in the collison. her loved ones say they want to make something good of this tragedy... 18:52:14 she doesn't want us crying over her, she wouldn't want that. she would want the energy to keep going. so they're hoping to raise money to create a 10 thousand dollar scholarship for a university of iowa human services student in nicoles honor... she loved school...and helping others.. they believe this scholarship would keep her love for life alive in someone else. 19:02:58 if she could help someone meet their dreams and share that passion, that would be what she would defintely want to happen. nikki/bam: underwood was planning on

next year... the bus crash is still under investigation... four other people were hurt in the collision... in the studio, nikki davidson local five news, we are iowa. jack: developing now -- warrants are issued for two people connected to a missing girl. jack: investigators have been asking for help to locate 12-year- old charlene brown, missing out of newton. she's believed to be traveling with her mother, misty shaver, and her mother's boyfriend kevin carlton. now they do say that charlene is traveling of her own free will and do not believe her mom misty to be dangerous. however, what's called a " material witness warrant" has been issued for her mother, and an arrest warrant for child stealing issued for the boyfriend. they may be traveling together, trying to get to spring, texas. anyone with information should contact the newton police department. jack: we have an update to a story we brought you this weekend about an illegal

jack the sheriff says he believes several people were involved in the killing and butchering of a cow just north of menlo. that's about 40 miles west of des moines. : on christmas morning, the guthrie county sheriff was investigating an attempted robbery north of menlo. after realizing nothing was taken, they scanned other nearby farms as well. that's when they found a carcass, tire tracks and a blood trail leading them to the butchered cow. as a warning, some of the photos and video we're about to show are graphic. jack: we've blurred out a lot of this. the four year old, pregnant cow was first shot, then be- headed, then sawed in half. the back half was dragged out of the field and taken away. the sheriff believes several people trespassed onto the property, then used saws and knives to carve up the cow. they found two sets of tire tracks -- one from a car, the other from a pick up truck. they say the attempted robbery they were investigating and this butchering

want the public's help. " well it wasnt pretty, but i guess im used to unfortunate things like that... i just dont know why would have to go shoot one. if they were hungry"" the u-s-d-a is aware of the situation, in case the meat were attempted to be illegally sold. anyone with information should call guthrie county sheriffs office. jack/ots: the new year brings good news in the recovery from iowa's avian flu outbreak. a statewide ban on exhibitions using live chickens and turkeys will be lifted. the iowa department of agriculture says the ban will come to an end on january first. under the ban all live bird exhitions at county fairs, auctions, and other gatherings had been prohibited in the effort to stop the spread of the avian flu. the outbreak ended up affecting more than 31 million birds in 18

county fairs and the iowa state fair. no new cases of the avian flu have been reported since june, and officials say iowa is now considered free of the illness. jack: in pella, an arrest in connection with a string of summer burglaries at local golf clubs. police first started investigating a burglary at the bos landen golf club's pro shop in july, where someone vandalized the place and stole several items. the bos landen burglary was other golf club burglaries. and on monday, pella police, help of the jasper county sheriff's office, arrested scott johnson. johnson is being held in the jasper county jail on burglary and theft charges. jack: severe weather across the country has led to the deaths of more than 45 people over the past week. and the extreme weather continues. record rain and flooding in the midwest has now claimed more

as the mississippi river breaches its banks causing mass evacuations and closing major roads. the river is expected to crest in areas of missouri higher than it has in 22 years. " governor nixon: we've got a lot more water coming. we're trying to stay out in front of this as best we can. today is tuesday, we're looking at thursday night or friday morning for that crest. so we have 36-48 hours to get ready for it to top." jack: in missouri four visiting soldiers swept away in a car were killed. and in illinois this school bus - carrying a girls high school basketball team skidded off the road into floodwaters. no one was hurt in that incident. all this--- while the first major snowful of the season is hitting the northeast. sleet and freezing rain delaying departures for dozens of planes at boston logan and other east coast airports. jack: so -- you're still

from yesterday's snow. we asked doctors at mercy to see what's the best way to be safe as you use snow blowers out in the cold. " snow lbowers are def risk for hand injury, most come snowblowers with some tool of some sort to clear jams from the blades so people hopefully arent as tempted to clear those out" jack: chief meteorologist brad edwards here now... brad ((ad lib weather toss)) jack: coming up... donald trump and jeb bush are trading blows again, this time over campaign money. and hillary clinton isn't clear from trump's fire either. take sot "

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director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." " screams from sledding" jack: with no school in session, today was a good day with no school in session, today was a good day to hit the newly formed slopes around the metro. monday's snow left plenty of good spots to sled, like here on capitol hill. word has it we may be in for a little be more snow tomorrow. but surely not as much as we saw monday. stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: well, today was a good

our latest snowstorm. most areas were blanketed with 4 to 10" of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw. right now it looks like this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. however, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the single digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. the good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average- which is about to freezing! next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or

brad jack: of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw. right now it looks like this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. however, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the single digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. the good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average- which is about to freezing! next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or snow.

of snow with the heaviest amounts generally hitting areas north and east of the metro. we could see a little more snow with a small system coming our way late tonight. however, we will be dry and quiet early tonight with mostly cloudy skies. temps will fall back into the 10s for most areas. after 3 am we will have a chance for some light snow to move in from the sw. right now it looks like this snow will be gone 8 or 9 am with less than a inch expected for most areas. even so, it might be just enough to slow drivers down for the morning commute. at least the winds will be light all day wednesday around 5-10 mph from the wnw. we may not see much of the sun wednesday afternoon, but we have a good chance of some sunshine by friday. however, it is going to be a very cold day with temps starting in the single digits and only reaching the upper 10s and low 20s. the good news is that the weekend is looking sunnier and milder with highs back close to average- which is about to freezing! next week is looking pretty quiet until tuesday night or wednesday when we will have another chance for a mix or snow. brad jack:

news in hd. home of weareiowa.com " jack/lam: in the race for the white house tonight, donald trump goes after jeb, and also promises to increase his ad spending. and he's not backing down from his new feud with the clintons. abc's bazi kanani is in washington with the latest.

good evening. trump hasn't had to spend much to get lots of air time, but with some polls showing other candidates gaining ground, the trump campaign isn't taking chances in these final weeks before the first primaries. script: donald trump announces via (gfx) twitter his first major advertising blitz in three early voting states, then, (gfx) pounces in a follow up tweet: "i have spent almost nothing on my run for president and am in 1st place. jeb bush has spent $59 million and done." bush, possibly arousing trump's anger when asked on fox news about trump's recent attacks on bill clinton. (sot bush) first of all, i think donald trump voted for him. he was a democrat during that time, supported hillary clinton's campaign, the clinton foundation. he musmore about the clintons than the republicans do. once friendly with the clintons-- trump is now going after both. tweeting: "if hillary thinks she can unleash her husband, with his terrible record of women abuse, while playing the women's card on me, she's wrong!" (nats) in new hampshire monday, trump again defended his use of the vulgar term that started this feud... when describing hillary clinton's loss to barack obama in 2008. (sot trump) "can i say the word? it's a common word in new york. it means badly beaten." (nats clinton rally today) back on the trail today, clinton is shrugging

words. her campaign, insisting she will not be bullied or distracted. (sot clinton today) this will be a consequential election is so many ways, because we have work to do! meanwhile, republican marco rubio picks up a big endorsement? campaigning in iowa this week with benghazi committee chair trey gowdy. jack: iowa caucus goers got the chance to see trump earlier tonight in council bluffs. the gop front runner held a rally there, keeping on pace of his promise to make iowa a priority leading up to the caucuses. jack: coming up in sports... we'll take you out live to pasadena, california where the iowa hawkeyes are just days away from stepping onto the rose bowl

with jon schaeffer. we are iowa sports" jon: welcome back-- well after a cancelled flight-- a snow storm and rebooking today-- i've finally made it to los angeles. alex giaimo has held down the fort for me. now this week is probably flying by for the hawkeyes. day after day killing time, practicing, meeting with media, and enjoying los angeles. as we found out today, this team knows how to stay focused but also likes to have a little fun while they're at it.

after day, iowa has been working to new years day for the rose bowl. we've been talking about it for this whole month and we're really chomping at the bit to get to stanford to play this game. with the end of this football season drawing to a close, so go the beards that have fully grown and blossomed, or in cj bether's case, have been trimmed back. i don't know, i'll probably shave it after the game but um during the season it got pretty long and then we lost and i was gonna keep it going and then we finally lost and so i shaved it off and it was getting a little bit long again, but um, i'll probably cut it after the game. i'll probably cut it after the game, i'll shave it, just becaue i haven't seen my faec since august. so yeah, it's kind of been just a season thing just to go for it this season, i've never had a beard like this so, maybe after the rose bowl i'll do it. and maybe while they're here in los angeles they could run in to a celebrity crush. celebrity crush? might be miley cyrus. christina millian. jennifer lopez. or they may already have a

may be a budding roaster, at least he took it to the comedy club last night. yeah, yeah, i got on jordan kenzy i said he an orthapedic shoes and like he has some heelies on and what was he doing wearing campflauge sleeves in california. hopefully the hawkeyes will be having as much fun friday as they did today. we'll hear from coach faranz tomorrow of this stout stanford team. jon: ferentz has his press conference at 8 am tomorrow morning. we'll also visit the u.s.s. iowa in the afternoon-- that battleship is now a museum docked here in los angeles. swithing now to basketball... the iowa hawkeyes are hosting one of the top teams in the country. michigan state has looked solid all season long-- and iowa couldn't open big ten play with a

here's a look at the first half highlights... " michigan st taking on iowa in iowa city.. 1st half.. michigan st trails 14-11... alvin ellis iii (mst) misses the three.. deyonta davis (mst) finishes with the put- back slam score: michigan st trials by 1 ================= ================= ================= ================= time: item: later in the 1st... iowa leads 21-17 anthony clemmons (i) misses the jumper... nicholas baer (i) fights for the rebound baer (i) launches the three... it's good score: iowa leads 24-17 ================= ================= ================= ================= time: item: later.. iowa leads 28-17 anthony clemmons (i) anthony clemmons (i) passes it to dom uhl (i) uhl (i) banks in the three from the top of the coach mccaffery

coach mccaffery thank you for spending your time with us tonight.