brad/wx wall weather adlib: it really felt like spring today with much of central iowa reaching the 40s while locations to our south reached the 50s! well, don't get too comfortable because

will be fairly mild early with partly cloudy skies. later tonight the winds will turn more to the nw and it will become mostly cloudy. temperatures by morning will be in the mid to upper 20s and should be steady or falling through the day friday. there could also be a few flurries or snow showers mainly in the morning hours. jack: also coming up, education spending is back in the spotlight as iowa lawmakers pick back up on last year's intense funding debate in the new session. stephanie: plus, tonight it was all about separating themselves from the pack. the highlights from the gop presidential debate. jack: then, what caused four central iowa cops with the same department to all hand in their badges at the same time. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" stephanie/2ram good evening. i'm stephanie angleson. jack/2ram and i'm jack miller. tonight, the top republican candidates met on the debate stage once again. it was an all out effort to separate themselves from the still

jack: seven candidates were on the stage tonight, chris christie, donald trump, john kasich, ben carson, marco rubio, jeb bush and ted cruz. jack/2ram the elephant om the room tonight was the big fued between trump and cruz. stephanie/2ram as soon as ted cruz jumped ahead in the polls, trump started to question the texas senator's citizenship. you see, cruz was born in canada. and was a dual citizen for many years. "cruz 28-48 " stephanie/2ram: and after the candidates stopped attacking each other and they took aim at the democrats instead, specifically president obama. jack: donald trump

president out for not taking isis and terror threats seriously enough. trump "it's not fear and terror, it's reality, you look at indonesia...bombings all over, you look at california, and you look frankly atparis...and you see what happens" marco "when i'm president of the united states, we will win this war against isis. jack: the next gop debate will be hosted by fox news and held at the iowa events center here in des moines on january 28th, four days before the iowa caucus. the next democratic debate is this sunday in south carolina. these will be the last debates before the iowa caucuses. stephanie: the city of is still working four of their five police officers resigned this week. it's a story we first brought

marion county sheriff's department is the slack, but affecting the rest of the county they have well? local 5's jacob now with more in story. jacob: stephanie, since dallas and melcher merged into one town in they've always had their own police presence. four members of turned in their resignations. complete shock, but now they've got some big decisions to make. the city of melcher- hundred people. nats of car driving by on monday, four of its five police officers resigned at the city council meeting. so now, the marion county sheriff's office leaders sort through their options. jason sandholdt, marion county sheriff: "when they make those decisions, they have to amount of dollars from our city resources or are we that." monitors the area as part of their regular patrols, but now the city must decide if it wants to put a full- time or part-time staff with the county. because of an iowa law, the city must have

force. jason sandholdt, marion county sheriff: "there are still some small towns that have police departments that do a very good job, and then also you see a lot of towns that do contract with the county to do their law enforcement service." the city will meet with sheriff sandholdt to determine what options make the sense. sandholdt's recommendation... would be to contract, which would mean certified officers stationed in town and always on call, ready to handle any type of investigation. jason sandholdt, marion county sheriff: "let's say it's 40 hours a month, that deputy is there in the town at least 40 hours, but that's a bare minimum. obviously, if we contract them for law enforcement, we're there whenever they need us." jacob: city leaders have formed a task force to look at the different options for the city. they tell me they'd like to have something in place, by the time council meets again early next month. live in the studio, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. stephanie: the mayor also told us that people in the town have already shown a willingness to help out. she says they've

from people who would like to police chief. jack: new tonight at ten, a teenager is missing and pella are asking for your help. jack: 15-year-old mallory lanser has been missing for five days the pella connections in polk, jasper, poweshiek, mahaska and marion counties. police ask that if you have any information regarding mallory please contact your local police department or pella police. stephanie: say education is a top statehouse matter this session--this week they're already working on next year's budget. stephanie: a house subcommittee looked at the senate file from last year that proposed a four percent increase for schools. an amended version passed out of committee. a republican majority on that committee changed it to a 2 percent increase. that's even less than what governor branstad has proposed. branstad 9:46 i'm recommending 2.45%, that's the same number i recommended last year. mark smith :45 we're glad the republicans are starting to move on the issue of school

to point out they are 336 days late. stephanie: democrats say republicans aren't following iowa law because education funding is supposed to be decided on two years at a time, and last year's education funding increase was only good for one year. jack: new details tonight out of the webster county courthouse. jack: county assessor jeanette thanupakorn was fired last night. this comes after she was accused of returning to her office during paid administrative leave to delete files off her computer. the iowa attorney general is now investigating. however, the dismissal is unrelated to that. county officials say thanupakorn is being dismissed because she improperly handled a state assessment. now thanupakorn is suing the county for wrongful termination. stephanie: a strange shooting wednesday morning landed a man in the hospital. the man said he got lost coming home from a friend's house and followed another car in the area. he says the driver of the

out and started shooting at him near 22nd and university. the victim stopped at a git and go gas station to change a tire -- and that's when he realized he'd been shot. des moines police are now investigating. stephanie: then...fire crews had a hard time reaching a west des moines home that was on fire today. the two story home is surrounded by a wooded area and far from a fire hydrant. the fire started on the second floor of the house. the cause is not clear yet. two people were inside at the time, but they got out before the fire took over. no injuries were reported, but the home suffered significant damage. jack: and folks in johnston watch out, there's a possible scam happening there. johnston police say that an elderly resident recieved a phone call from someone claiming to work with the iowa caucuses, the first tip off was that the caller had the wrong date for the caucus. they claim there's a lot of paperwork to fill out before you attend the caucus ... and ask for your home address to set up a meeting. johnston police say if you're contacted by someone with this story, please contact

police. stephanie: more positive news now.. every thursday in des moines... there's a place that makes three hundred-to-four hundred burritos.. and it's not a mexican resturant.. it's at capital hill lutheran church where the urban bicycle food ministry of des moines meets up.. the "burrito slingers" as their known..make the food.. and then hand- deliver them to the homeless in des moines.. u-b-f-m also gives out blankets and p-b-j sandwiches they bike during the summer..and use their vehicles in the winter.. serving..."one burrito at a time".. joe laslo,urban bicyle food ministry of des moines, "we're making an impact. we're taking a lot of goods out there to keep them warm, to keep them fed, but mainly just to build that relationship." brian struve, volunteer, "i was only homeless for a week, but when you go three days with no food, you've expeirenced it. you know what they're going through and it's a life struggle that i never want to go through again. and if i can ease their pain, that's why i'm in here doing it." stephanie: to find out more about their organization, head to our website, that's we are iowa dot

jack: coming up on local 5 news at 10... no one in iowa got a piece of the powerball jackpot. but that doesn't mean we don't have a new multimilionaire. we'll introduce you. stephanie: then--upset number two for the iowa hawks. they get another big win over michigan state, what this means for hawkeye basketball this season. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it's friday...so local five heads to the movies.. this week we get a look at the latest from director michael bay.. he takes on the story of soldiers defending the u-s embassy in benghazi...during an islamic attack and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on the all-new good morning iowa! "your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie

meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." stephanie: jack: brad brad: weather adlib: it really felt like spring today with much

locations to our south reached the 50s! well, don't get too comfortable because much colder air is on its way again. tonight will be fairly mild early with partly cloudy skies. later tonight the winds will turn more to the nw and it will become mostly cloudy. temperatures by morning will be in the mid to upper 20s and should be steady or falling through the day friday. there could also be a few flurries or snow showers mainly in the morning hours. saturday will be even colder even with a

in the 0s in the morning and only get to the 10s in the afternoon. it is looking like a chance for some snow saturday night with maybe 1-2" possible for mainly sw iowa. after through, sunday will with some areas staying below zero all day! there will also be enough wind to push wind chill values into the -10s and -20s! next week is also looking pretty cold with a another chance for snow by tuesday. brad stephanie: jack:

coming up on

ten, there's no way the iowa hawkeyes could beat the number four ranked michigan spartans again -- is there? we haven't beat them in michigan in 23 years, after all. stephanie: next.... as the powerball dust settles...we're learning that iowa didn't go away empty handed. meet the state's two newest millionaire. "your watching local 5 news in hd. home of

the jackpot frenzy is dying down now after winners are taking home hundreds of dollars. stephanie: california are tickets were purchased. and the store owners who sold those are just as happy. even though no big billion there were still winners. seven across the state fifty thousand dollar prizes. all the way up to a two million dollar ticket. the nner of the two million stepped forward today. bryon stewart and his girlfriend taylor say they're going to split the money. they were one number away from winning the 1.5 billion. they said they were surprised to win at all but have a plan for the money. "first thing is paying loans off, any type of bill get that out of the way. want to inviest. im only 23 gotta think of the future" stephanie: the onawa casey's general the onawa

his ticket also gets a two thousand dollar bonus. just for selling the winning ticket. stephanie: three one hundred thousand dollar winners in walnut, mason city and west des moines three fifty thousand dollar winners in davenport cedar rapids and polk city. none of those tickets have been publicly claimed yet. jack: trending now, oscar nominations are out. did your favorite movie or actor make the cut? jack: it could be a big year for "the revenant." the movie leads the way with 12 nominations including best picture and leonardo dicaprio getting nominated for best actor. room's brie larson is a favorite for best actress. the new star wars movie and mad max: fury road are also up for multiple awards. watch local 5 for the oscars february 28th. jack: and the entertainment world lost a big star to cancer today. british actor alan rickman passed away at the age of 69. rickman was best known for playing the villain hans

in the "harry potter" series. rickman was one of film and admired actors, signature baritone voice. jon is here now iowa trying to upset michigan state for the second time this season yeah jack-- the iowa hawkeyes making a statement iowa hawkeyes making a statement tonight

jon: hawkeyes are taking on the michigan state second time this season. the hawkeyes handed the spartans their only loss so far and are looking to do it again tonight but this time in east lansing where they haven't won since 1993. and boy did they come out on fire. down one peter jok puts iowa up with the open look for three. that was just a sign of what was to come. anthony clemmons spotting up for the triple stretches the twine. but michigan state hanging around. eron harris drives baseline and whammmyyy the one handed slam over woodbury back

game. then iowa lights up the scoreboard. uthoff the three makes it an 8 point game. how about another from nba distance-- no one on him-- why not that's a 16 point lead for iowa. the hawkeyes made 9 of their 15 three point attempts in the first half! dom uhl adding his own from the top of the arc... iowa on cruise control. then right before halftime the intercepted pass leads to a peter jok 2 handed flush-- putting the exclamation point on the first frame. iowa up 22 points heading into the break. second half we go gesell the dish to woodbury inside-- the big man from sioux city with the bucket iowa up 20. back come the spartans trying to chip away deyonta davis with a floater. but iowa able to salt this one away. jok off the pick and pop-- the valley grad leading iowa tonight with 23 points. then the dagger with just over 5 to play-- uthoff the jumper finds nothing but net-- iowa rolls over number 4 michigan state for the sweep of the spartans 76 to 59 the final and iowa showing the nation why

overlooked. izzo calling the hawkeyes the tougher team tonight. jon: #2 south east polk is taking on unranked ankeny tonight. the rams will bring 3 defending state champion wrestlers to the mat and will be looking to keep their undefeated record alive as a team in duel meets. we start off in the 170 weight class with ankeny wrestler nick schmidt vs southeast polks cody wonderlick. wonderlick lands the take down early in the first period. he'd land a pin putting the first points on the board for southeast polk. on to 195 ryan gordon from ankeny taking on eric pingel from southeast polk. pingel taking down gordon late in the 2nd period. pingel eventual winning by fall for south east polk. and finally the 220 class featuring taylor bain from ankeny and 2015 state champion ethan anderson from southeast polk, anderson finishes it off with the pin on taylor making this the third pin of the night for southeast polk. the rams roll over ankeny 62-6 jon: an overtime loss jon: an overtime loss tuesday night to texas confirmed this iowa state team needs some improvements on the defensive end of the floor. while everyone

program may be letting doubt creep into their minds. the same isn't true for this team. but they're not afraid to admit how important a win saturday is to getting them back on course for the remainder of the season. " we've got a good group and obviously everybody's down right now. i'm not that's not my job to get down it's not these kids job to get down. it's our job is to go and play this game the best we possibly can. believe me it's hurts me more than anybody. i understand the expecations i understand who i'm replacing i understand what everybody wants here and believe me it bothers me more than anybody." "guys are all positive i mean this isn't the first thing of adversity thing of adversity that we've faced so you know we're we're ready to fight back and keep climbing. there's no quitters in this locker room nobody thinks that we can't do this each other. or else we so i think you guys are going to be in for a surprise." "just trying correct ourselves of what we know with our previous losses "yeah i deleted twitter and facebook just just cause i don't need em. my focus needs to be on george niang. my

monte. on jameel on abdul nader. that's what i'm focus needs to be on." "you play to win the game so you know we're obviously this game is crucial you want to win everybody wants to win in this locker room. nobody wants to lose so this game is crucial. we want to win this game." "the world isn't over. we lost two games. you know we've lost four games by like 10 points you know. we've got a good basketball team. " jon iowa state takes on kansas state with a 3 pm tip off on saturday. the game will air on espnu. last season the wildcats beat iowa state by one point in manhattan. jon/3shot (wrap sports) stephanie: jack: we'll be right

cute story we brought you yesterday. stephanie: kids at an elementary school in minnesota sent

vikings' kicker blair walsh. today, blair walsh showed up to northpoint elementary school to say thank you. the first-grade class sent letters and sympathy cards to walsh, after he missed what likely would have been a game-winning field goal against the seattle seahawks sunday. it was part of a lesson on empathy for the kids. weather adlib: it really felt like spring today with much reaching the 40s while locations to our south reached the 50s! comfortable because much colder air is on will be fairly mild early with partly cloudy skies. later tonight the winds will turn more to the nw and it will become mostly cloudy. temperatures by morning will be in the mid to upper 20s and should be steady or falling through the day friday. there could also be a few flurries or snow showers mainly in the morning hours. saturday will be even

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