nikki: nikki: you're watching local five news midday. we'll be back after this. nikki: about the arl - about arl about the arl - about arl the animal rescue league of iowa (arl) is iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. the arl serves people and pets programs, which include pet adoption, humane education, pet behavior training, spay/neuter, animal cruelty intervention and much more. history the arl has grown dramatically since its founding in 1926 - expanding its programs that serve both people and homeless animals across iowa. the most obvious growth is the number of animals the arl provides shelter and care for each year. intakes have increased from a few thousand animals a decade ago to more than 15,000 animals in 2013. through our proactive community outreach and spay/neuter programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for, but our work is far from over. other areas of growth include the arl's programs designed specifically to address the reasons animals end up

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. tonight, some good news from the iowa state patrol. the number of deadly crashes dropped again in 20-15. they're down, nearly twenty percent since 20-10, and the lowest since world war two. nikki: local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more in tonight's big story. jacob? jacob if it wasn't for a deadly crash on new year's eve, the state of iowa would have had its lowest fatality total since 19-44. just a decade ago, there were 450 deadly crashes. in 20-15, it was 3- 17. patrollers say a number of factors have patrollers say a number of factors have brought the numbers down, but they say there are still several things drivers can do to improve. natural sound of car shifting into gear the first weekend of the year for iowa state trooper michael clyde has been a busy one. natural sound of light radar now, that the holidays roadways for trooper michael clyde, iowa state patrol: "when people see cops they tend to slow down a lot more. so, speed is one of the biggest factors in crashes.

nikkis pick nikki: adlib toss to i'll have your forecase next. "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast certified by bree: weather adlib: a blizzard warning and winter weather advisory are posted for parts of central and northern iowa. they will be in effect from 7pm sunday to 6pm monday. lots of sunshine through the day here in central iowa, but deteriorating conditions are on the way. the snow is beginning to work into western iowa and will make its way to the metro late this evening. accumulations are expected to stay under an inch in the metro and areas south despite the low snow totals, visibility on the roadways will be significantly reduced with winds howling from the northwest and gusting over 35 mph at times. lows tonight will be in the teens to the north and low 20s in central and southern iowa. the scattered snow showers will linger through the monday morning hours and the effects of blowing snow will be felt throughout the day. the commute tomorrow morning will be slow going with visibility issues continuing. winds will be very stro

the group nikki considers family. >> what's up, nikki? >> what's up? >> i love you. >> i love you, too. >> i almost got arrested. >> reporter: if the drag rats miare a , davis nikki's big brother. >> first time i met her, she didn't have a sleeping bag or blanket or nothing. i have been looking out for her and her for me for about a year and a half. >> nobody is going to look at a guy like me and say, hey, you want to come to my house? come on over. so we are all we have, is each other. so we got to look out for each other, otherwise, no one else will. i love this guy. >> i love my big brothers out here. they always take care of me. being a female on the streets is definitely harder than being a guy. there's obvious reasons. my big brothers are protective of me. hey, guys, see you later. >> reporter: nikki seems to spend most of her time with dave and gage. not with her boyfriend, ak. >> we try to hang out as much as we can but we are always on different missions. we have different agendas and different sets of friends. cops are right around the corner

>> absolutely nikki is one of the lucky ones. >> reporter: after nikki's release, chris grover's mother part i don't have much to comment on because everyone is pro-nikki and no one knows about the truth. i don't have more to say because i love my grandkids, and i get to see my grandkids, and i am very grateful for that. they are my world. how do you feel about where things stand with the grovers? obviously they're still in pain. they've lost their son. >> i never want to add more pain to their life. i care about them deeply, and i have a good relationship with them for the sake of the kids. i admire the way that all of us have handled this. >> reporter: michelle says that for them, healing is not a straight line, but that working on behalf of other criminalized survivors is part of it. >> she has said she didn't go through all of this to stay silent, you know. when she is ready and she has some time to process and is on her own terms, i know she has a really powerful story to tell that's going to help a lot of people. >> juju: the book, "dear sister" is on sale now. and if you or someo

we are iowa" nikki/lam: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. if you're a bicyclist, this weekend was a good time to shake off the rust and hit the roadways. and after some progress during funnel week, a bill dedicated to bike safety is closer to becoming reality. nikki: the bill would require drivers to change lanes in order to safely pass a bike. the driver wouldn't be allowed to return to the right side of the road until safely passing the cyclist. the idea is to prevent accidents and injuries on the roads. nikki: local 5's jacob peklo joins us now with more in tonight's big story. jacob/bam nikki, according to the insurance institute for highway safety, it's a bit of a dangerous time to be a cyclist. nationally, around 2 percent of all deadly crashes involve bikes every year. and it's why bikers in iowa are hoping this proposal gains enough traction to become a law. natural sound of bike rustling renewal inside this bike show, as the signs of winter slowly melt away. forrest ridgeway, bike world owner: "we have a

but i'm a pessimist, so i'm sorry i'm not as enthusiastic about nikki haley as nikki haley is. >> mikeesident biden's campaign was essentially dead until south carolina, so the calls for her to get out now seem premature. >> if i were to respond to that -- >> i didn't know who you are asking. >> i didn't know, either. but i wouldn't say it's premature at all. considering the fact that it's a two-person race. we are talking about joe biden and his multiple candidates in that particular primary. so, given the fact that so many other candidates have dropped out of the race, i think this is clear that this is a two-person race and the second person, nikki haley, has lost each race. i know a lot of her donors, some have said even on our network yesterday that, if haley didn't outright win this primary contest, that they were going to stop supporting her and they would put their dollars behind donald trump. i think you will see a coalescing of donors around donald trump. there are people who may not like his personality and some of the things he said, but he let his policy, and therefore the

jacob: nikki, .... we're looking at jacob: nikki, .... we're looking at quite a storm out here, although the winds have died down a little bit. as you can see right now, the heavy winds have picked up and there's a lot of snow that's blowing across the roadways. if you're going to work today after caucusing last night, you probably wish you didn't have to go in. we're on westown parkway right now. the snow, at this point is kind of packy. if you want to build a fort in your back yard, now is the time to do it. i'd say there's at least four inches down right now. nikki: conditions are not the only thing being affected by the incoming storm today... nikki: as schools announce closings ....today's snowfall has also prompted a delay for some special elections. secretary of state paul pate announced that the polls in these 17 counties will not open at seven a-m like planned. due to the weather, polling sites in these counties will open up at noon. the secretary of state's office says they will send out another notice if they need to delay anym

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: a massive winter storm out east has left about a 100 students from iowa stranded on the pennyslvania turnpike... buses full of high school students were on their way home from washington d.c when they got stuck middle of the snowstorm... they've been on the bus for 20 hours and counting now. we know about 25 are students from dowling catholic... they had traveled to washington d.c. with the iowa right for life group for the march for life demonstration in we spoke to a dowling science teacher who is with the students now... she says the buses had actually refueled right before they got accident on the students have warm with no problems. and earlier something you seen before... outside of the stranded buses of snow, six priests it was incrediable. went to mass today in the snow, in a foot of snow. " nikki/ots: they are not the only ones being affected by this massive storm. theres already thousands of car crashes due to the snow with several deaths.

nikki: (nikki adlibs about her resolutions) nikki: central iowans looking to have more fun in 20-16 filled the iowa events center today. monster jam returned to des moines this weekend. this afternoon's show was sold out, and the arena had to open up some extra seats for the overflow crowd. those who stopped by got to see some old favorites like grave digger, and some new ones like scooby doo, show off their skills behind families say the excitement of destruction is something they can all get on "i've never been to one so we're doing it together for our first time but he loves everything mechainical trucks lots of loud noises so i think he's going to get a real good kick out of it " nikki: if you still want to see the show, there's another one coming up at 7-30 tonight. nikki/2wxhang meteorologist bre sullivan is here now... james: i'll have your forecast next "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast certified by experts" will be mostly clear overnight tonight allowing temperatures to plunge into the teens with wind chills in the single digits across the state. clouds will work back int

what on earth had happened to nikki pietz? >> turns out, nikki had a troubled past.hose troubles finally caught up with her? or was it something else? coming up -- >> did you think something was wrong, something more was wrong from the beginning. >> yes. >> when dateline continues. >> nicole pietz, a woman just shy of her 33rd birthday, reported missing by her husband. >> we just want to know she's safe. >> david pietz told reporters how he waited with her with friends at a saturday night dinner party. she was a no-show. >> she was not there. they haven't heard from her. they haven't been able to contact her. >> david appeal to the public to keep an eye out for her. >> we want them to know we love her very much. >> nicki's mom was by his side. >> she's not somebody who wouldn't come home. she somebody that, if she's ten minutes late, she would call. >> did you think something was wrong? did you think something was more was wrong right from the beginning? >> yes, because nicki wouldn't have gone away without telling me. >> if nicki could've called somebody, she would'

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: people across central iowa... are just trying to stay warm tonight... the temperature is already below zero in some places.... and the wind chill is making it feel like negative fourty... it's not looking any better for tonight, so we are handing it over to meterologist james peterson... james what can we expect ? nikki: an early morning house fire has taken the lives house fire has taken the lives of four people in boxholm... officials have young mother... amber sorenson and her three children... riley, autumn and brayden... around 1 a.m. boxholm firefighters fought the blaze at the home on beech street, with the help of nine nearby departments... crews searched the home, but were not able to get to the victims in time... the preliminary investigation found that a space heater may have caused the fire in the back of the house.... crews worked on scene for hours and say cold temperatures made extinguishing the flames difficult. dave huffman, boxholm

>> yeah -- on the video >> he's like come on nikki, come on nikki.e back to the bar, we will bring you home. she just started hitting him. she told him let me be. let me go. and he said okay. >> at first neither angela, nor anyone else could figure out what had just happened. >> i'm like why did she go running? is it something i said? >> so she was more upset than what she was letting on in the by. she must have been to be running out like that. >> so not too far from here is where the mystery began? >> the mystery began when she left here, just a few feet from where we're standing. >> to try and solve the mystery, detective slinger reviewed all the text messages between nikki and dug on doug's phone. -- what kind of things where she? writing >> trust issues that she had with him. maybe that he was out with them other girls. >> nikki roe wow, what's flooded you with because none of your friends know? you hurt me all the time. >> when angela learned just how angry nikki was with doug, she couldn't help but feel like she may have contributed to the cou

we are iowa" nikki/lam: good evening. i'm nikki davidson. six lucky numbers could change someone's life tonight. the powerball jackpot is at a historic high tonight at nine hundred million dollars. and with that 900 million dollar jackpot at stake.... iowans are spending their weekend loading up on tickets.. and, as you might suspect, the most popular what folks would do with the winnings are take a long vacation or pay off looming debt. "9 figures i could figure out something""probably florida or carribean or some place to get out of this weather""pay off all my bills and help my family members out" nikki: sales for the jackpot closed at 8:59 tonight. officials say if no one wins the jackpot..... wednesday's drawing could top one-point three billion dollars. nikki: we know that in tonight's drawing is atleast 75 percent of all number combinations have been selected... so it is likely there will be a winner. here's a look at those six winning numbers.... 16, 19, so far there has not been a winner announced, we'll update you throughout the sh

bree/wxhang: nikki/wxhang: adlib nikki: we love to see your weather photos! we love to see your weather photos! if you capture any good photos! if you capture any good pictures make sure to post them at we are iowa dot com. just click on the share it tab! nikki: in your local election headquarters now-- nikki/bam: the candidates were off the trail for the holiday, but the campaign heats up again tomorrow with the clock ticking down to the first two big battles of the presidential race. abc's devin dwyer has the story from the white house. " on the night before christmas, not a candidate was stirring except for donald trump?. arriving with his secret service detail to this florida episcopal church. mos/ andrew ciascai, parishoner 01;06;03 trump is a member here. we see him occasionally, but not recently. but he's here today. the candidates took a break from the campaign trail on christmas to spend time with their families. some, tweeting these holiday portraits. [see campaign dl note with images from candidates with their families] just 5 weeks from the first

i'm tonight's sub, nikki glaser.d former dope queen who launched a brand-new book imprint called "tiny reparations books" and starting next month, you can listen to her new podcast "black frasier." please welcome phoebe robinson. hi, phoebe. >> nikki, hi, queen! >> nikki: i'm reading your book right now, so i feel like i've been talking to you like every day. so it's so good to talk to you. i want to quickly ask. you're friends with a lot of famous people, phoebe. little bit. i just interviewed paris hilton, and i really want to become friends with her, how do i go about doing that? how do you take it to the next level? >> i am very loosely friends with michelle obama, which is truly wild to me. the keys to that are don't be thirsty and hold in every single fart when you are around them. i have engaged my core so much when i'm around, it's wild. >> nikki: do you, like how are you friends with her? what is the friendship? how often do you guys talk? >> every few months we'll check in. we have each other's phone number

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. we're less than a month away from the iowa caucuses. it's a time where candidates are working to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. nikki: local five's jacob peklo has more on how two democratic candidates are fighting for the attention of voters. jacob peklo, studio "the campaign trail for martin o'malley is focusing once again on iowa. he made the first and western parts of the state this weekend. though he's not even on the ballot in a noted key battleground state, he's still hoping that getting hot in iowa will propel him to victory." (natural sound of applause) martin o'malley started his 2016 campaigning at the west des moines public library. martin o'malley, d- presidential candidate: "i was very, very elated to see a crowd like this on such short notice here. so, i do think that people are tuning in and i do think that people want an alternative." o'malley has struggled recently to reach double digits in several polls, but believes a strong push before the caucus c

>> nikki haley. >> can i ask why?she has the best chance of going against joe biden. >> what made you switch your support? >> looking for youth. >> any attributes specific to haley that you really like about her or things you dislike after having voted for trump in the past? >> i'm just not sure -- i think it's time for a change. military you have to retire at 65. surgeons don't operate at that age. i think it's time for a younger generation. >> what immediate you change your mind away from trump to haley? >> trump brings a lot of chaos. i think i'm just kind of tired of it. >> so you can see there both of these voters different reasons for switching their support from donald trump. one was about age being a concern. the other saying that trump brings chaos. i think those interviews, it's interesting. it highlights just what new hampshire is like. it's a very different state. there's a lot of independent voters here. people are changing their minds. past trump supporters are not necessarily trump supporters today. so

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to i'm nikki davidson. you may have an influx of roads are more congested, parking lots are full.... nikki: part of that is because it's the last weekend before christmas.... nikki: local 5 stopped by both valley west and jordan creek malls today, and as you can see...there were plenty of people out and about looking for the perfect loved ones. just 5 days away, hours are quickly slipping away to get a gift before the big day. and some shoppers are treating the day like a business trip, while others are going with the flow of buying what they see. "it's been an entire weekend gameplan we were at jordan creek yesterday and now out here at valley west my wife and daughter are actualy up shopping and my son and i are kind of just chilling on the couch here " nikki: join us at ten, and we'll share some tips from other holiday shoppers on how to make the most of your last minute shopping. we'll also show you what stores are doing to accommodate the holiday rush. nikki: a fire starts when nobody is at a home in m

i think nikki haley's going to do what's best for nikki haley and preserving her options. and the republican party. and in her political future, let me bring you shermichael singleton and get his reaction as well just yesterday. sure. michael trump was tearing into nikki haley calling her crazy and a very angry person. listen to this >> she's gone crazy. >> and i've >> never seen anything like that. she holds up a piece of paper which is false, tells a lot of false things. she is, she's gone haywire. she had as it lost too many elections, i guess and she's getting nowhere. she's actually going down. her numbers are going down, so she's a very angry person. so we'll see if she straightens out. maybe she will >> what do you think what's your reaction to all of that shermichael? >> i mean, look, wolf, i think that the former president would be smart why strategically speaking, to lessen the negative rhetoric against a two-term governor, former un ambassador, who served in his cabinet position. >> one >> of the good things that i think occurred with nikki haley staying in this

nikki and.. camping out for mass. why one group of iowa state students is waiting out for church instead of cyclone hoops. nikki plus.. it's a great day to hit the links not only outside...but inside. we head to a golf competition inside the des moines skywalk... " local 5 news at 6 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us. we start tonight on the political trail as the race for south carolina is on between democratic presidental candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. polls were open for twelve hours today and just closed a few minutes ago carolina. the latest polling shows clinton with a lead of 25 points or more in south carolina.... what we know about the results so far is.... that there was a large african american turnout. stick with local 5 for updates. nikki/otsl: looking ahead. both parties are eyeing super tuesday.... and on the republican side, things got intense in the last g-o-p debate. cnn's victor blackwell has more. " (s

nikki: thanks bre.... nikki: we love to see your weather photos! sure to post them at we are iowa dot com. just click on the share it tab! nikki: coming up on local 5 news at 10... the winner of this trophy is often the best college football player of the season. find out who recieved that honor later in sports. nikki: next.... iowa families spent time remembering veterans with a special ceremony... we'll bring you there after the break. "your watching local 5 nikki: welcome back....a crazy story to share tonight...take a look at this! nikki: a giant piece of metal crashes through this s- u-v and the driver walks away safely. the accident happened in california yesterday. firefighters say a metal ramp fell off of a truck and crashed into him on the interstate. he walked away with just a scratch. nikki: somehting you wont see until the new year--a woman's face on the 10-dollar bill. earlier this year, the u-s treasury and asked for the public's opinon on who's face should be on it. among the popular contenders are harriet tubman, first lady eleanor

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. two teenagers are recovering after they were shot outside of a mcdonald's. nikki: it happened last night at the restaurant on southwest state street at about 10:30 in ankeny. a des moines man is accused of shooting two young men after a dispute over poor behavior at the restaurant. police were called to a report of shots fired. when they arrived, they found 18 year olds nicholas culver and justin (phong-sav-von) phongsavanh with gunshot wounds to their arms. they were taken to a des moines hospital... culver was released this afternoon. phongsavanh is still in serious but stable.. condition. the suspect took off in his car with a woman.. about a half hour later, 36 year old gabriel coco turned himself in to police, he was released from the polk county jail, but faces two felony counts of willful injury. the investigation is ongoing. nikki: a jasper county inmate has taken his own life while in jail... it happened yesterday evening...inmates in the man's pod noticed 23 year old michael

we are iowa" nikki/lam: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki/lam a group of central iowa students stranded for nearly 24 hours in charter buses stuck on the pennsylvania turnpike are finally making their way home tonight... they got swept into the massive snowstorm as they made their way home from anti-abortion rally in washington d.c. the way they kept busy on the side of the interstate this it's tonight's big story. hour 13 of being stranded... still 0 mph per hour it's not your typical busstop.... the pennsylania turnpike was the long way home for 100 iowa students... they were with the group iowans for life... just coming back from the march for life in washington d.c. 1:05:15 we did cut the trip short as soon as the snow started friday, we went right on the bus. the group left early... but their buses came to a halt friday night after there was an accident in front of them... that stop... turned into a long wait..... almost an entire day in the same place on the road. 1:04:30 overall a lot of people have

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. it's a story we've been following all day . nikki: a man has been shot and killed by an urbandale police officer... nikki: it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. police officers first went to the hotel, because of a tip about drugs... but the suspects fought the officers when they arrived. local five's with more. jacob peklo, weareiowa.com: "investigators spent all morning and most of the afternoon, searching for clues inside a holiday inn in urbandale. their search stems from a late night scuffle that took place inside the hotel lobby, that involved multiple officers and three suspects." sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after 4 this morning, our officers were tripped to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road on a drug complaint." but when police arrived, two women and a man started fighting with the officers near the main entrance. sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after they got there, a scuffle

enjoy your sunday nikki: iowa just keeps nikki: iowa just keeps rolling on the hardwood... jordan 9 wins in a row and 13 straight in the big dating back to last year... up next, alex giaimo has more after the hawks season sweep of purdue we'll be right back... you're watching local five news at 10. " now, local 5 sports with jordan furbee. we are iowa sports" hawkeyes entered today winners of 8 in a entered today winners of 8 in a row including a win over then #1 michigan state. but in my opinion, it was the game at #14 purdue that really showed the true potential of this squad, down as many as 19, before rallying for a 70-63 win... this afternoon the two met, in the rematch! hawks down 2 at the break. but they jump out quick in the 2nd. anthony clemmons comes up with the steal and finishes with the bucket. then it's mike gesell, his first score of the game is a three. then who else, but jarrod uthoff seeing triple! you like that?! but uthoff wasn't done, on the drive. dunk you very much! hawks make it it 9 straight and 13 big ten wins in a 83-71. alex giaimo has more from

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we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: shots fired outside of a bar in fort dodge leaves one person in the hospital.... and police in fort dodge still searching for the suspect in an attempted around 2-am friday, police found 25 year old damal clayton shot several times, laying in a bar parking lot. he was taken to a local hospital where he is in stable, but serious condition. after investigating, police are looking for 22 year old torre mosley. they issued search warrants then found guns and drugs in connection to him -- but mosley was no where to be found. he is wanted on felony warrants -- including attempted murder and criminal gang participation. mosley is considered armed and dangerous. if you know where he is, contact fort dodge crime stoppers at the number on your screen. nikki: an elderly woman is still recovering after she was rescued from a house fire friday... around 2-30 p-m , crews were called to the 15- 00 block on 43rd street, right across from perkins elementary. des moi

nikki: and.. families with special needs are giving back....and making holiday wishes come true for kids around the globe. james: and i'll have your forecast ahead " " "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with most accurate forecast with meteorologist james peterson. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" james/wx wall it looks like we have bottomed out on our coldest temps, and out sunny and cold, but the melting will really start on tuesday as highs move back into the 40s. 50s will quickly follow mid week, along with rain showers for thanksgiving...yes rain, not snow! making those holiday travel plans a lot less stressful. average highs and lows will the weekend. have a great sunday! plus... coming up plus... coming up on local 5 news at ten high school students in ames are going above and beyond to help the hungry just in time for thanksgiving. nikki: next.... in this week's farm to family this farm was tucked away in story county and has been in the works for nearly fo

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>> you must be nikki. >> hi. can't believe i'm on a date with mark paul gossler right now. >> that you're calling this a date, that's so cute. >> that's what this is. i'm speed dating with people. >> wait, this isn't a charity thing? cause -- >> no. >> the producer said that by doing this i was granting a wish to a very sick woman, is that not what this is? >> um, well, yeah, i guess in a way that's exactly, that's exactly what this is. thanks. ♪ >> we've got a good show for you tonight. paris hilton is here. phoebe robinson is with us. and also my house band tonight literally live from their house in st. louis are my parents ej and julie glaser. play us out, guys. >> a one, two. ♪ yeah, yeah, oh, yeah, my condition, my condition was in ♪ ♪ i woke up this morning with the sundown ♪ ♪ pouring in >> dicky: abc's "jimmy kimmel live," brought to you by progressive. so, what are some key takeaways from this commercial? did any of you hear the "bundle your home and auto" part? -i like that, just not when it comes out o

nikki moved on to date a local richmond man named steven johnston.the couple soon had a daughter together named peyton. >> if i was smarter, she'd still be here and we'd still be together. >> their relationship was filled with turmoil. >> i wasn't good to her. i wasn't at all. i cheated, i was abusive. >> and nikki never forgot her first love, bobby. the feeling was mutual. when the two reconnected a few years later. >> we were together for about three and a half years before i moved to california, and then i came back. we got back together. the minute i got back, it seemed from california and it went on from there. >> and soon they'd be married. nikki was all smiles when she stopped by her sister's house. >> she did her laundry every sunday, right down the street from my house. she would have just been sitting at my house waiting for her laundry to get done. we just hung out. that's what we did. >> but on the day nikki went missing, she mentioned something suspicious. >> she said they just won't leave me alone. >> nikki tells her family she's gettin

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: we start tonight on the campaign trail. a big day in the political world... the results from south carolina and nevada are in.... donald trump secured a big win tonight in south carolina.... thats following his victory in new finish right here in iowa.... that gives him good momentum as he heads to neveda for the republican caucus " " nikki: the battle for second place is between florida senator marco rubio....and texas senator ted cruz.. rubio told his supporters that tonight's results prove the gop nominee pick is really a three man race. nikki/ots: on the democratic side. hillary clinton came out ahead in the nevada caucus.. clinton and her rival bernie sanders were in a dead heat this past week... it is said that clinton relied on a strong turnout from latino voters to secure her victory.. this win could ease concerns about her ability to secure the party's "(hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) i am so, so thrilled and so grateful to all

nikki and cold weather? no problem for thousands of runners the snow didn't stop them from getting out and running six miles at living history farms today... nikki and... a fire breaks out this afternoon at an earlham home. we have the details on what happened. " local 5 news at 6 in hd starts now. we are iowa" nikki/ram good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. big news today out of cedar falls for panthers fans.... the university of northern iowa men's basketball team is making national headlines ... after they defeated number one ranked university of north carolina... lets to go the local five sports team jon and jordan with more... you guys know a lot of fans, myself included happy about this tonight... jon: nikki this is maybe the biggest upset win in school history at least since helped upset kansas in the ncaa tournament. jordan: yeah jon-- but today's game was in front of the panther faithful at the mcloed center-- and meant to be a homecoming for north c

brad nikki: nikki snap a cool weather photo? post it to we are share it tab! iowa dot com. just click on the share it tab! nikki: coming up on local 5 news at ten, we see how one little girl's hard work has helped her reach a goal that will bring joy to many others. nikki: before we go we have a quick programming reminder for christmas day... tomorrow good morning iowa, the midday show, and local five news at five and six, will not air. instead, here is a look at the line up of shows that we will be showing on christmas day here on local five... you can still get caught up on the latest news tomorrow night on local five news at ten., nikki: and don't forget to visit local 5 on the web. we are iowa dot com is your home ministries finidhed up its last minute preparations, before beginning its christmas outreach. people dropped off food donations throughout the day to be be used for tomorrow's deliver 18- hundred meals all across the metro. the food service staff has been working for weeks to make sure they'll have everything ready in time. it's also a time where they can spre

-nikki: okay. lemonis: mike and nikki and i met.e made a deal for me to invest $300,000 into the business, and we talked about all of the issues that exist here. does everybody know why i was asked to come here? why, sandy? sandy: to hopefully give us the resources to go further. lemonis: where i got hung up is this notion of how some people don't get paid but they write checks and they invest. and so, out of that $300,000, $50,000 is gonna go towards giving josh his money back. out of everybody in this room, including them, you've written the biggest check in the room. did you know that? -josh: i didn't know. lemonis: and you work here and you don't get paid. and so, i think that level of dedication is the reason that i came back today. sandy, i feel like you should have some equity in the business. -sandy: thank you. -lemonis: you're full time. you're a department manager. and so is chris. you're also a department manager. and so, the idea was $300,000 for 40%. out of that 40%, you're getting 5%, you're getting 5%, and you're gett

nikki and.. an early morning house fire in west des moines has left one firefighter in the hospital..the latest on his condition. nikki also.. wedding goers take in a bridal shower blitz.. "local 5 news at 5:30 in hd starts now. we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki/ots: a local fire fighter is in the hospital after being injured in an early morning house fire.. west des moines firefighters were called to 65-31 bradford drive around 3:30 there the house was engulfed in flames.. the house started to collapse and the firefighter was injured when an exterior wall fell and struck him.. the injured firefighter was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.. the firefighters also had to battle the cold temperatures.. katie nguyen, neighbor: "they were in our garage and warming up. everyone was freezing cold and guys were coming over with icicles hanging off their mustaches and their equipment and everythin

today is about justice. justice for nikki _ nikki allan in 1996.stice. justice for nikki allan and herfamily. she was her family. she was a seven—year—old girl who was much—loved by all who knew her. she had her whole life ahead of her. but on the evening of october seven, 1992, ahead of her. but on the evening of 0ctoberseven, 1992, her ahead of her. but on the evening of october seven, 1992, herfuture was 0ctober seven, 1992, herfuture was taken away from her. we thank nikki's family for their patience and strength over the last 30 years. and our thoughts are very much with them and we continue to be so. david boyd hid his crime. lying about his involvement and prolonging the family's suffering, knowing all along that he had taken the life of their little girl. the investigation into nicky's murder has been one of the most complex and comprehensive ever conducted by northumbria police. i am extremely proud of the investigative team and all those who have played their part in securing this conviction today. i further hope this sends a strong messa

nikki: cruz wasnt the only one campaigning in iowa. nikki: . candidates are all over the hawkeye state today, trying to convince undecided voters they should be in the white house one year from now. abc's brandi hitt is in des moines with the latest. " sot donald trump: "ted has a big problem. other people have different problems. me, i have no problems." it's down to the wire in iowa -- sot - cruz: "if you see a candidate who washington embraces, run and hide." with republicans ted cruz and marco rubio -- now clashing - before monday's caucuses. sot - rubio: "he's decided to run a very deceitful campaign at the end on some things he's saying. people see through that." rubio even deciding -- to run a half-hour t-v special in iowa this weekend... as the other g-o-p candidates criss cross the state. sot - christie "they've never been through a crisis." nats - (hillary hugging chelsea) for the democrats... hillary clinton is bringing out the big guns... sot - "excellent... excellent." her entire family -- out on the campaign trail. you fight to th

we are iowa " nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: a 71 year old woman has been found dead in her des moines home... her death is being investigated as a homicide... local five's jacob peklo has the latest details in tonights big story.... jacob peklo, reporting: "the des moines police department has been investigating this scene since 4:30 sunday morning. initially, they came out here after a minutes later they determined they were investigating the city's first homicide of 2016." sgt. paul parizek, des moines police department: "right now, anything that's here that doesn't look like it belongs here is evidence. so, we've started a long process of identifying things that just seem out of place. we're just looking for anything that wasn't here before." police say they got a call from inside the home at 1413 pioneer road to check on 71- year-old norma jean mcneeley in the middle of the night. officers say a relative made the call after hearing a cry out from mcneeley's downstairs bedroom. sgt. paul p

we are iowa" nikki: good evening. welcome to local 5 news, i'm nikki davidson. glad you're with us tonight. nikki: today's big story. a man has been shot and killed police officer... nikki/1 shot: it happened inside an urbandale hotel early this morning. police officers hotel, because drugs... but the suspects the officers when they arrived. local five's jacob peklo has more.... jacob peklo, reporting: "investigators spent all morning and part of the afternoon, urbandale . the hotel lobby between multiple officers and three suspects." sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after 4 this morning, our officers were tripped to the holiday inn at 4800 merle hay road on a drug complaint." but when police arrived, two women and a man started fighting with the officers near the main entrance. sgt. gary lang, urbandale police department: "shortly after they got there, a scuffle started out with a male subject. he ended up firing off one round during the scuffle and our officers returned fire." police say that man died at the scene. and during the scuffle,

nikki realizes it. i think she's helped made it a much better position, if you want to know the truth. i think it's become maybe a more glamorous position than it was two years ago. i wonder why, but it is. i mean, she's made it a glamorous position. she's made it a more important, more importantly, a more important position. so we have -- i can almost say many people that want to do it, and they're very good people. i'll be talking also to nikki about that and to the general about that and to my staff. but we have many people that are very, very much interested in doing it. >> you saw secretary pompeo, are you frustrated by the lack of announcements? >> not only am i not frustrated, i think it's incredible what's happening. you're talking about north korea. it's amazing how the media -- who are you with? >> with france. >> it's amazing the media says for 80 years they couldn't do a thing, and what are we, in three months of negotiation, it's ridiculous. as i said about 1,000 times, you have no rockets

nikki: nikki: how low will gasoline prices go this year? triple-a puts today's national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas at a dollar-96. folks in ten southern states are paying a dollar-75 or less. usa today dot com reports in some states, a gallon of regular has dropped to a dollar-42! the price of gas could drop to a dollar a gallon in some areas. that hasn't happened since 19-99. nikki: and 20-15 was a strong year for the the u-s jobs market. american employers added more than two and a half million jobs. 292-thousand of those jobs were added in december. it was the second best year for jobs gains since 19-99. americans saw their paychecks go up as well. wages grew 2- point-5 percent in december. it matched the gains in october-- which were the best in six years. nikki: but that good news didn't transfer over to the gaming industry in nevada. casinos in the silver state lost 662 million dollars in 20-15. straight year in the red for casinos in las vegas, reno, and elsewhere statewide. a nevada gaming control board membe

he was sort of overshadowing nikki haley. also overshadowed john bolton, and the president loves him because pompeo is so tough on iran. so that voice, that viewpoint, is going to grow stronger. >> okay. >> no question. we have richard roth at the u.n. of course, ambassador haley's home base for a couple years now. speak about moderating influences. also confidence building influence that nikki haley gave to u.s. allies. >> look, she presented a very good look politically or otherwise for the united states at the u.n. and when she guided president trump around the u.n. two weeks ago at the special general assembly, it was like presenting him with look at where you are. they scheduled extra meetings almost as if to say to president trump, the u.n. is not so bad. there's a meeting we're going to do on drugs you care about and the opioid epidemic and a meeting on iran, but we're not going to call it about iran. we're going to broaden it out. also in the streets of new york and elsewhere, nikki haley was one of the few people in

nikki: and.. warmer temperatures made it the perfect decemeber day to go for a little run in costume.. we've got some highlights of the jingle bell run. james: and i'll have your forecast ahead "monday on good morning iowa... a police force turns to the dark side... we'll see how they are taking a unique approach to recruitment it's a video that will make a sith lord proud. and we get a fresh look at the forecast. ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on weatherrate the independent weather experts" bree/wx wall skies are very slowly clearing from west to east across the state and will continue to do so overnight. temperatures will settle into the 20s in western iowa where skies clear out first and 30s for eastern iowa where clouds morning hours. fog will begin to develop late night tonight into early tomorrow morning. once the fog clears, sunshine coupled with a southerly breeze at 5 to 15 mph will take over and warm us back into the 50s in central and southern iowa with northern iowa getting into the

nikki: iowa hawkeyes nikki: just keep on winning... jordan the streak is now up 7 since their loss to iowa state a month ago... up next, hear more from the hawks after their big win over michigan.. you're watching local five news at 10. " now, local 5 sports jordan: perhaps no team in the country is hotter than the iowa hawkeyes right now! since a december 10th loss to iowa state the hawkeyes have won six straight, are now ranked 16th in the ap, 4th in the kenpom power poll. and more importantly find themselves at the top of the big ten hawks going for 7 in a row versus michigan... and they start out on fire! jarrod uthoff nails the step back three. hawks start the game on an 11-0 run... then it's adam woodbury the steal and the slam for the big man! hawks up 38-33 at the break... 2nd half, wolverines pull ahead. zak irvin, count the bucket and the foul. maize and blue up 2. but the hawks answer. and in a big way... peter jok the step back three, then it's uthoff seeing triple!! part of 7 second half threes. hawks win their 11th straig