in hopes to reduce the amount of layoffs potentially coming with the merger. " " see some more loss of jobs in short term. but over long term we believe they'll do research activities here in johnston, employment numbers will go back up again, possibly higher than what we have currently" " claire/bam: dupont pioneer currently has 26-hundred employees. and the merger between dow and dupont pioneer is expected to be finalized in the second half of this year. reporting live claire powell local 5 news we are iowa. stephanie: thanks, claire. and with this big change coming to johnston. here are some numbers that show how the local community will be affected by the move. the city council reported visitors to the dupont pioneer headquarters in 20-13 spent nearly 3 million dollars, staying at hotels and eating at local restaurants. dupont pioneer makes up almost 40 percent of taxabale commerical value in johnston and 9 percent of all taxable value for the city.

city council said it is vitally important to keep the company in johnston. jack/lam: governor branstad released a statement today about the move, saying quote we are proud that dow dupont's leadership has selected iowa as its global business center for its newly formed agriculture company. for the past few months, we've had the pleasure of showing them what iowa has to offer a world-class biosciences company. stephanie/2shot: the waiting game continues for the iowa utilities board decision on the bakken pipeline. jack/2shot: today, the board resumed its discussions about any and all conditions several concerned groups have expressed about the pipeline. jack and stephanie, it's been a very deliberate process... but the board appears to be getting closer and closer to a decision. the talk today was about timing, easements and overall communication with land owners while no one on the board has given an indication of

attendance today, seem to think the pipeline will happen. chad carter, business engineers: "i do believe, i think everyone agent for operating i think everyone around, especially labor is feeling good about it, but we haven't gotten the go ahead yet." all important little they're being that land owners and groups have been raising them, but come on, we need to spend more time on the huge stuff that's going to affect everybody." the board finished today's meeting with a session. they'll meet again on march 9th and 10th. it's looking increasingly likely that they could make an announcement one of those days. jack: there are two big events for presidential there are two big events for presidential candidates coming up this presidential candidates coming up this weekend. saturday takes the 20-16 presidential nomination process...to south carolina and nevada. for republicans,

carolina primary.. a wall street journal poll released earlier today shows donald trump with only a five point lead over texas senator ted cruz, compared with a 16 point lead in a c-n-n poll released last week. for the pair of democrats, they will face-off in the nevada caucus. based on the latest c-n-n poll, it's likely to be a much closer race, with just one point separating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. today, local 5 chief political correspondent amanda krenz spoke with abc news political director rick klein about how some recent comments from the pope could affect donald trump's numbers this weekend. "that's what brought donald trump prominence in the first place " stephanie/1shot the weather sure has been stephanie/1shot the weather

sure has been nice! around the metro were now that people to clean their cars after all the snow we've gotten. let's check in with cheif brad edwards at the warm and forecast. there is windy, then has been the latter to 60 mph in the metro! diminishing the rest of today and into the evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild tonight. with mainly our temps will drop back into the upper 30s to lower 40s across shaping up to be a sunny skies most of the day, mild much lighter winds! highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but the metro could reach 60 again. the winds will be mainly less than 10 mph most of the day. .some clouds will come in late saturday and especially saturday night, but we should stay dry through the weekend. sunday will be cooler and cloudier with highs in the 40s, but that is still going to be about 10 will not be that strong sunday either. .next week is looking decent with just slightly above average temps and slight chances for some light precipitation on tuesday and thursday. jack:

six... we'll check in with local 5's jordan furbee, live at the state wrestling tournament downtown at wells fargo arena, with a mat-side look at the quarter-final and sem-final competitions. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie

edwards, and local 5 sports with sports

local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: in your local news-- tomorrow is bacon fest! jack/lam: chef enosh from bistro montage allowed the local 5 team to get a sneak taste his own version of a classic canadian dish for the 20-16 bacon fest. bacon poutine! "we have our bacon crisped up, we have got some of our delicious veel gravy fortified with herbs and spices. throw in our wisconsin white cheddar cheese curds and let those melt up a little bit. a few ounces of fresh fries. now the veel gravy with a little bacon in there and cheese curds all melty. yah, look at that!" stephanie: thanks again to chef enosh kelly for this...i had a

good. remember, bacon fest starts at 10 tomorrow...it's taste and it is so good. remember, bacon fest starts at 10 tomorrow...it's at the iowa events center... tickets are still available. stephanie/2shot: take a look at this. the strong winds that were wipping across iowa today made dangerous to over in linn see at least two semis that were blown over because of the gusts earlier today. stephanie/wxcdl: jack/wxcdl chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl (

brad:wxcdl ( coming up next. there is windy, then has been the latter with winds gusting up well, the winds will be evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild tonight. with mainly our temps will drop to lower 40s across iowa. saturday is shaping up to be a really nice day with sunny skies most of the day, mild temperatures and much lighter winds! highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but

experts" brad/wxc: welcome back. i'm local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: let's take a look at we are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: weather adlib: there is windy, then

has been the latter with winds gusting up to 60 mph in the metro! well, the winds will be diminishing the rest of today and into the evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild tonight. with mainly clear skies tonight our temps will drop back into the upper 30s to lower 40s across iowa. saturday is shaping up to be a really nice day with sunny skies most of the day, mild temperatures and much lighter winds! highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but the metro could reach 60 again. the winds will be mainly less than 10 mph most of the day. .some clouds will come in late saturday and especially saturday night, but we should stay dry through the weekend. sunday will be cooler and cloudier with highs in the 40s, but that is still going to be about 10 degrees above average. and winds will not be that strong sunday either. .next week is looking decent with just slightly above average temps and slight chances for some light precipitation on tuesday and thursday. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for well, the winds will be diminishing the rest of today and into the evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild tonight. with mainly clear skies tonight our temps will drop

iowa. saturday is shaping up to be a really nice day with sunny skies most of the day, mild temperatures and much lighter winds! highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but the metro could reach 60 again. the winds will be mainly less than 10 mph most of the day. .some clouds will come in late saturday and night, but we should stay dry through the weekend. sunday will be cooler and cloudier with highs in the 40s, but that is still degrees above average. and winds will not be that strong sunday either. .next week is looking decent with just slightly above average temps and slight chances for some light precipitation on tuesday and thursday. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for the latest in weather well, the winds will be diminishing the rest of today and into the evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild tonight. with mainly clear skies tonight our temps will drop back into the upper 30s to lower 40s across iowa. saturday is shaping up to be a really nice day with sunny skies most of the day, mild

highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but the metro could reach 60 again. the winds will be mainly less than 10 mph most of the day. .some clouds will come in late saturday and especially saturday night, but we should stay dry through the weekend. sunday will be cooler and cloudier with highs in the 40s, but that is still going to be about 10 degrees above average. and winds will not be that strong sunday either. .next week is looking decent with just slightly above average temps and slight chances for some light precipitation on tuesday and thursday. brad/2wx: that's all for my forecast. check out weareiowa.com for the latest in weather . stephanie/2wx: thanks brad.

i'm here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon another day closer to the biggest night of some wrestler's careers jon/2bam: yeah jack-- today it's quarterfinals and semis. coming up on local 5 sports we'll show you the early action from the day and check in with jordan furbee out at the well.

welcome back-- it's day two of the individual tournament-- one day closer to saturday night's championship matches. today wrestlers have to survive both two more rounds to punch their ticket to the title bouts. with that we start with the 3a quarterfinal action from this morning. "113 pounds brody teske of fort dodge gets the 2 point take down on gauge perrien of southeast polk--teske moves on with a major decision. 120 waukee's jakob allison would lose by tech fall to defending champ jack wagner of bettendorf. 126 southeast polk's nathan lendt moves on with a 6-2 decision. 132 pounds zane mulder for dallas center grimes with a take down on ethan siazek moulder moves on with an 8-3 win. 160 pounds jack koethe for valley with a takedown-- he's the top ranked 3a wrestler in and back down to 145 michael zachary going beast mode-- and cayd lara runs into the top seed and zachary wins by tech fall-- and he's on the prowl for back to back state titles. sot " to the 2a quarterfinals. at 120 pounds-- zach

6-3 decision he's on to the semis. gee-suh veer- knee- bee-zee of perry at 126 with a late take down to claim a win by decision. with the takedown and 6-3 decision he's on to the semis. gee-suh veer- knee- bee-zee of perry at 126 with a late take down to claim a win by decision. sot 138 pounds wyatt thompson of creston orient macksburg with a take down he'd win by 8-3 decision for the panthers up to 152 blake lawless wrestling for albia he gets a two point take down and he's on to the semifinals with a win. up to 285 carter isley for the blue devils getting the take down here-- no pin today but he's moving on to defend his title. on the other side of the bracket-- webster

decision the show that he belongs with the top contenders in 2a. sot jon: now we head to jordan furbee jon: now we head to jordan furbee who is at wells fargo arena with this afternoon's early semifinal tilts. jordan. jordan: ad lib intro "we pick things up at 120, 2nd ranked brady kyner of se warren, graps the pin 3:39 in and is on to the finals "it's been a long year coming... ...finally got it." of moravia holds on for the 3-2 decision big difference from year ago and you can see it on his face.

year ago and you can see it on his face. "i've been holding back... ...tears of joy." 160 pounds, i-35's sal arzani racks up the points with the 14-3 major decision and is on to the final. 182, ogden's austin lentz moves to the championship with the 9-1 major decision! a great one up at 220, #1 rylan richardson of south central calhoun moves on to the finals with the 3-2 decision. "i've put in a lot of hours... ...i'm just so happy." and up to heavyweight, manson nw webster's tim butcher is just one win a way from a state title after the 3-2 decision...

jordan: jordan live tag standard toss back to 3 shot at desk. jon/sx3s desk. jon/sx3s stephanie/sx3s jack/sx3s we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at six.

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we are iowa dot com is your home for the latest in news, weather, and sports. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: there is windy, then with winds gusting up well, the winds will be today and into the evening. temperatures did manage to make it up to 60 in des moines and will stay mild clear skies tonight our temps will drop back into the upper 30s to lower 40s across iowa. saturday is shaping up to be a really nice day with sunny skies most of the day, mild temperatures and much lighter winds! highs will be mainly in the 50s saturday, but the metro could reach than 10 mph most of will come in late saturday and especially saturday night, but we should stay dry through the cloudier with highs in going to be about 10 will not be that .next week is looking slightly above average chances for some light precipitation on tuesday and thursday. stephanie/4shothang:

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