rose heaphy has the story from altoona. of south west 5th street and southwest 3rd avenue where the two men called out for two young boys, just footsteps away from altoona elementary. jennifer duff is a mother of three. living in altoona, she never thought attempted child induction was something she had to worry about. >> when i first heard about it, i thought if it happens here, it could happen anywhere. rose: two children going home from altoona elementary. two men in a white truck started calling out to them. they offered voice candy and asked them to get in the truck. >> the elementary students did the right thing. they were a little frightened but they turned around and ran back to the school to report it. rose: the students told police both men had brown hair and wearing hats. one also had a goatee. the vehicle is an older white two-door style pickup. >> we get these incidents reported from time to time and rose: school leaders met with classes throughout the day to give students a reminder of safety. >> what with the

rose: two boys were going home from altoona elementary. at the intersection of south west 5th street and southwest 3rd avenue two men called out to them. they offer the boys candy and ask them to get in the truck. >> the students to the right thing. they ran back to the school to report it to an adult. rose: the students told police the man had brown hair and wearing hats. one had a goatee. the vehicle is a white two-door style pickup. >> we get these incidents reported from time to time and we take them seriously. rose: school leaders met with classes throughout the day to give them a reminder on stricter safety. >> seek help if necessary and work with friend and make sure they get home safely. rose: doug says she is happy to seriously but she will be on edge for a while. >> i will be more aware of my surroundings. rose: altoona police and school leaders are asking people to reach out to children to stay away of their surroundings. rose heavey, kcci 8 news. elizabeth: we want to check in with metinka, a cooler day. metinka: it will feel m

altoona police have increased patrols in the area and are asking people to report anything suspicious. residents at a duplex in des moines got an early wake up call this morning... those living in the 1-hundred block of mckinley woke up to smoke and flames around 4 this morning. two people inside got out safely.... and went to alert the neighbors. they say it started because they left a candle burning overnight. crews were able to keep the flames contained to one side of the duplex, but smoke did damage the other side. a metro family says they are lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping their home that was on fire. april ruby says she left her six and seven year old sons sleeping street to mothers house to pick up her other child. when she headed back towards her house... that's when she heard the smoke alarm. "i immediately got on the floor and started feeling around and screaming their names. and right about the front hallway into the livingroom area i found gabriel here. and i pulled him out and threw him...you know laid him on the front steps here." firefighters says the fire st

in altoona kattey ortiz local five news we are iowa. jack: driver had brown hair, goatee, black driver had brown hair, goatee, black hat. brown hair and hat. white two door s-10 stephanie: vice president joe biden has made his decision...he's out. here's local five's chief political correspondent amanda krenz with more. amanda the vp says he will not run for the white house in 2016-- for months, there has been speculation but today that ended today when he said he and his family were ready to jump in the race but it was just too late. late in the campaign game, still grieving the loss of his son...vice president joe biden says his time to jump into the 2016 race has passed. sot: biden what i have said time again to others that it may very well be that the process by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president. that it might close. i have concluded it has closed. he stood with the rose garden of the white house. about his decision, just a few months after his son beau sot: biden beau is ou

two students from altoona elementary school told police two men in a pick up approached them... offering them candy and a ride. the kids didn't listen to the men and reported the incident to police. the pick-up is described as a small.. white... older s-10 or ford ranger. altoona police have increased patrols in the area and are asking people to report anything suspicious. the pleasant hill police department needs your help identified this man... police believe he's a suspect in several recent vehicle burglaries. authorities say he's using stolen credit cards across the metro. surveillance video shows him in a red, 2002 chevy silverado truck with license plate bsf-277. if you have any information contact pleasant hill p-d. after a long stretch of dry weather we are finally getting some rain! let's check in with chief meteorologist ed wilson for a first look at the forecast...ed? the rain is gone, but the clouds are still holding on. rain totals were mainly less than a quarter inch around central iowa this morning. des moines received only 0.06". it will be mainly cloudy and cool

each year students of ectkd gather sponsors, to raise money hands food pantry in altoona. for every dollar donated to a student, that student in return performs 4 different exercises to 'earn' that dollar. the money donated to our fundraiser is used to purchase gift certificates good for a turkey dinner meal that feeds four, through hy-vee in altoona. these certificates are given to our friends at caring hands in altoona, and then distributed to those families that might not have a holiday meal over thanksgiving and christmas. over the last two years alone, we have raised enough to feed 104 families over the holidays. we have some more information from our past fundraisers at our website. http: teases are done! gaining ground polls show a new candidate leading teases are done! if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. america's most innovative companies are already moving to clean energy using existing technology to improve their bottom line. now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricit

if you have any information on this case, you're asked to call altoona police. steve: after a dry few weeks in central iowa, we've had a couple of days of rain. another shower moved through the metro area just as the morning commute was wrapping up. but can we expect some more rain tonight? let's go to meteorologist kurtis gertz for the answer. kurtis: we do have some beautiful pictures coming in from our schoolnet webcams. live picture out of pella. a little bit of light rain to extreme western iowa. 69 degrees. steve mentioned that morning rain. it didn't amounts to much. i will false, 2/10 of an inch. about 1800s in marshalltown. the rain could move in here later tonight. it is not going to a not -- not going to amount to just a sprinkler two. a cool 40 eight to start out your thursday. 59 by the noon hour. through the temperature in the mid-60's. temperatures in the 60's moving in. notice the cooldown. 60's for the weekend with some fixed -- with some 50's oblique next week. stacey: the university of iowa hopes to begin offering classes on the aib campus nex

an altoona family living in a flood plain are getting a buy out... the polk county board of supervisors approved the deal today. it part of a 340-thousand dollar deal to improve the watershed around mud creek in altoona... this is the home the county is buying. its assessed at more than 200-thousand dollars. county supervisors say the owners have made multiple flood- related claims with fema... and buying it will prevent future claims. 03:40:52-03:49:10 the timeline is pretty quick, approval today, then family move, wed go in demo over winter then in spring develop a plan to use the site. the board of supervisors say the long term goal is to buy 16-acres of adjacent property to further expand the watershed. plenty of wet weather but no today.. chief meteorologist ed wilson joins us... morning... iowa. we've already received just about a quarter inch of rain in des moines with more still falling. temperatures will hold in the upper 40s and low 50s this evening. the rain looks to begin to taper off after midnight. wednesday will be a brisk and cool day

sabrina: police will be patrolling near altoona elementary today, following a case of child enticement... two boys said a pair of men in a white truck drove up to them and tried to lure them into the vehicle with candy... the boys gave police a detailed description of the suspects. they are two white men -- both with brown hair and hats. one had a goatee. call the number information. elias: in the number two spot this morning... elias: the jury in the pete polson trial reached a verdict wednesday...findi ng him guilty on nine counts of varying degree... the counts include one attempted murder and two "assaults with intent to inflict serious injuries", polson's sentence hearing is set for december 9th. sabrina: the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door... sabrina: highly anticipated testimony today from democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. she will go before the select committee on benghazi, as part of an investigation into the 20-12 deadly attack on americans in libya. at the time of the attack she served as secretary of state for the obama administrat

elizabeth: increased police presence at altoona elementary school. two boys say two men offered them candy to get into their truck. the men drove off. shaina: a man in new mexico charged with killing a four-year-old girl in a road rage incident. tips led to police -- police to tony torrez. torres and lilly garcia's father exchanged words, when torres pulled out a gun and fired. lilly garcia was in the backseat and was hit in the head. police in albuquerque arrested a man after shooting an officer during a traffic stop. the officer was critically injured and police have not released many other details, in ohio, a man accused of taking two firefighters hostage while responding to a fire. the homeowner took them hostage with a rifle. the situation was resolved peacefully within a few hours. new video coming in from lubbock, texas. flash flooding overnight, they have gotten more than four inches. parts of the area are under a tornado watch. elizabeth: what a nice thing to do, that has been our reaction. they are happy, cubs fans, not so much. eric is one

in altoona, megan reuther, channel 13 news. the new homestead expansion is located on adventureland drive in altoona. the organization also has facilities in the quad cities, cedar rapids, and pleasant hill. still ahead on today in iowa sunday. thousands of runners are braving the marathon course today in des moines. but female athletes in paris aren't running in your average tennis shoes for their race. how they're putting their ankles to the in paris nearly 100 women strapped on their stilettos in a high heel race. the race was a relay which spanned almost 300 feet along a bright pink carpet. it featured eight teams of runners braving a course including both a sand pit and a paddling pool. the contestants were required to wear heels over three-inches in height. the prize...a ten-year supply of what else, aha! oof! weee! slurp. mmmmmm. cinnamon. milk. cinna-lk. cinnamon toast crunch. crunch! crave those crazy squares. on your mark, get set, go. thousands of athletes are running their way through downtown. where the route will

police in altoona are increasing surveillance after an incident involving a suspicious vehicle. officers were called to the 5th avenue southwest and 3rd street southwest. they say two students from altoona elementary school were approached by two men in the truck who offered them candy and a ride.. the suspects drove off after the students ignored them. they described the truck as an older, white s-10 or ford ranger. if you see anything suspicious you are asked to call police. the pleasant hill police department needs your help identified this man... police say he's a suspect in several recent vehicle burglaries. authorities also believe he's using stolen credit cards across the metro. surveillance video shows him in a red, 2002 chevy silverado truck with license plate bsf-277. if you have any information contact pleasant hill p-d. many people believed it was only president launched his third campaign for president. but afternoon joe biden announced that he will be staying out of the race "unfortunately i believe we're out of time, time necessary to mount a winning campaign for

the homestead children's autism center in altoona, held an open house in celebration of their recent grant. thanks to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donors, they received one hundred thousand dollars worth of new funds to expand their services. "started this clinic space 5 years ago with only four rooms, due to our community outreach and support we were able to expand our clinic three times the size and now we have 12 spaces to increase the ability to serve more children " jessica rae: the homestead in altoona has been serving children with autism since 20-10, but they quickly outgrew their space. they were originally designed to serve time. long wait lists but now this space for 24 more kids. the next time shoppers in orange city visit market for chops something will be missing from the meat case. cutting meat at the market... al woudstra ( is retiring. started the 19-25 after holland. over the years al has cut back on his hours... but this time he's knife for good. meat market very much but i'm thankful i'm still able to be around," jessica rae: al and his brother lee

if you have any information please call altoona police at 515-967-5132. stacey: a des moines mom is charged with child endangerment after an incident in a grocery store parking lot. 28-year-old shauna davis is being held in the polk county jail on $5,000 bond. police were called to the hy-vee on southeast 14th street monday night. davis told officers she lost her wallet and had been driving around the parking lot looking for it when an suv started to follow her. the driver accused her of hurting her son. officers at the scene said the child told them "mama hurt, mama , hurt." the child was taken to blank children's hospital with marks on him. that case is still under investigation. steve: a des moines police officer and motorcycle rider, crash during an overnight chase. it happened around 2:00 this morning in pleasant hill. police were pursuing the motorcycle when the rider lost control in a wooded area. the officer also crashed. nobody was seriously hurt. 29-year-old jordan young of west des moines is now in the polk county jail facing multiple charges,

the homestead, a children's autism center in altoona, is holding an open house right now in celebration of their recent grant. thanks to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donars, they have one hundred thousand dollars worth of new funds to expand their services. "started this clinic space 5 years ago with only four rooms, due to our community outreach and support we were able to expand our clinic three times the size and now we have 12 spaces to increase the ability to serve more children " stephanie: the homestead in altoona has been serving children with autism since 2010, but they quickly outgrew their space. they were originally designed to serve 12 children at a time. and that meant long wait lists fr other families. but now this grant is adding space for 24 more kids. "by pulling together community resources like the homestead, the school, his family who's so committed, he's been able to probably grow and learn in ways that will completely change his ability to be independent in life, his abilitiy to live alone, possibly hold a job. his family has dreams that he'll go t

there will be increased police patrols today at altoona elementary. pickup asked them to get in their truck and offered candy. about 500 protesters disrupted a meeting of the iowa board of regents. they want incoming university of iowa president bruce harreld to step aside in favor of a new presidential search. his hiring has sparked controversy, concerning his lack of experience in higher education. shaina: a man in new mexico is charged with killing a four-year-old girl during a road rage incident. tips led police to tony torrez, and officers say he has confessed to shooting lilly garcia. he and garcia's father exchanged words on albuquerque highly, eight year veteran officer was critically injured late last night and police have not released many other details, other than the do have a suspect in custody. the man has been arraigned in the shooting of a new york police officer. tyrone howard is accused of stealing a bike and shooting randolph holder fatally. howard is being charged with first-degree murder and robbery, and is being held without they

see what we caught on camera in altoona today. brad: ((ad lib weather toss)) tomorrow on good morning iowa... a small iowa town has a few open positions in town government,., and as it gets ready for election day, they have a small problem....empty ballots... plus... one ballot that seems pretty full...the republican presidential nomination... we'll have a recap of their latest debate that's tomorrow on the all-new good jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." "nats of sleet stephanie: no snow yet here in the metro, but something kind of like it fell on us during a shoot in altoona this afternoon! stephanie: and brad ..i was told by good that thi is actually called grauple? brad (adlibs into weather tease) brad: weather adlib: now it really feels like late octoberrrr! those cold northwesterly winds have exceeded 40 mph at times and will continue to blow through the nigh

tonight-- parents and kids in altoona on edge. this after police say two men drove up to two boys outside an elementary school ... trying to lure them into their truck with candy. stephanie: local 5's kattey ortiz has more in tonight's big story. kattey: of course those two boys were terrified ... but they were able to run away and tell the school crossing guard. the two men drove off -- tonight police are still looking for them. "it's just not something i expected to hear about right here." an unnerving scene just one block away from altoona elementary school. police say two boys were near 5th ave and 3rd street southwest around 3:45 tuesday afternoon. home from school when two men drove up to them yelling they had candy ... and "they were pretty parents arrived and they were pretty shaken up as well." the boys ran back guard who called police. james bissett's fifth the whole thing. "she just said a white van tried to get a little boy. the police showed up, they wouldn't let anyone 16 year old jason through the area to get to the

the homestead children's autism center in altoona, is holding an open house right now in celebration of their recent grant. thanks to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donars, they have one hundred thousand dollars worth of new funds to expand their services. "started this clinic space 5 years ago with only four rooms, due to our community outreach and support we were able to expand our clinic three times the size and now we have 12 spaces to increase the ability to serve more children " stephanie: the homestead in altoona has been serving children with autism since 2010, but they quickly outgrew their space. they were originally designed to serve 12 children at a time. and that meant long wait lists for other families. but now this grant is adding space for 24 more kids. tim: still to come... its not to late to get your flu shots, well have details in your health matters coming up after the break (fred) breezy winds will be seen tomorrow as a cold front moves in. temperatures will cool enough for frost. but the weekend looks nice! see you after the break for details! now.

stacey: back here at home, a touching tribute in altoona. bass pro shops is hosting a traveling memorial to the 95 iowans who have lost their lives during the war on terror. it's part of a national effort called "remembering our fallen." the goal is to put together similar exhibits in every state, before a national tour that will launch next year on memorial day. barb: to see all these young people that have given their life for our country, i find it really touching. acey: an employee at bass pro helped bring the display of fallen iowa military to the altoona store. it will be taken down monday. mark: a longtime halloween tradition in des moines is open for business. the haunted house at linn's supermarket in the highland park neighborhood has been terrifying visitors for 31 years now. generations of iowans have visited. it's a classic haunted house, focusing on darkness and surprises, instead of blood and guts. there are lots of actors, and it can take up to 20 minutes to get through the entire thing. merlyn: i mean, you can't see nothing

altoona police are monitoring areas around elementary schools. they advise parents to talk to their kids about safety. two officers were injured, and a west des moines man is facing a long list of charges following a pursuit. officers were chasing a motorcycle rider at around two a-m when their squad car crashed into a ditch on the northeast side of des moines. the officers suffered minor injuries. the suspect didn't make it very far though. his bike stalled just a few blocks away and he was quickly arrested. 29-year old jordan young is charged with theft, eluding and o-w-i ... amongst other charges. this isn't the first time young has made headlines. last year he was arrested after ramming a car driven by two bounty hunters who were trying to arrest him. young ran from the scene and jumped into the raccoon river ... then had to be rescued by police. he plead guilty to assault. a police chase in cedar rapids last night ended with the death of one person being pursued. police were trying to pull over a vehicle because they believed it was involved

a touching tribute in altoona, that's pro shops -- bass pro shops having a memorial for 95 iowans who have lost their lives in the war on terror. the goal is to put together similar exhibits in every state before the national launch next year on memorial day. >> to see all these young people that have given their life for our country, i find it really touching. alyx: an employee of bass pro shop helped bring the display of the following iowa military to the altoona store, and it will be taken down monday. go take a look while it is up this weekend. the week. metinka: a huge roller coaster this week for the temperatures. in des moines, we are only at 41 , and this is one of the warmest greetings across the state. the state. -- readings across the state. mason city, only in the low 20's to start with. we are headed for a beautiful afternoon. temperatures will recover into the 50's and low 60's off to the looks fabulous. headed for near 70 tomorrow and near 80 on monday. alyx: if you're looking to get out and do something for halloween, a longtime tradition is open for business. the haun

altoona police are stepping up patrols around elementary schools after children reported an attempted abduction. it happened near the corner of 5th avenue southwest and 3rd street southwest. two children walking home from school told police they were approached by two white men in a white, older pickup... possibly an s-10 or ford ranger. the children said the men asked them if they wanted some candy and a ride. parents are being asked to talk police if they notice anything out of the ordinary. like it or not flu season is underway in iowa... and doctors say it isn't too late to get vaccinated. channel 13's josh nguyen is covering the story this morning. he joins us now from west des moines. they have given out over 6000 flu shots during flu season so far, that's up significantly from last year. last year was a tough flu season... they believe that's why more are getting shots this year. no deaths have been reported in iowa yet the mist version is in high demand this year. already, many places are sold out of it. clinics only got 1/3 of the amount they requested because of the manufact

more than 16 - hundred people in pleasant hill and altoona were without power this afternoon. according to mid - american energy there are about one - hundred customers still without it. they say an underground equipment issue is to blame and should be fixed within the next couple of hours. hundreds of kids had their chance to run this morning in a modified race for the des moines marathon but tomorrow it's the adults turn... 041800 - by far the bulk of our marathon , thats the most popular distance. thats a trend we see nationwide more than 8 - thousand runners are expected to run either 13 point 1 miles or the full marathon at 26 point 2 miles. both races begin at eight, sunday morning... locust street bridge downtown. but before the race, athletes could visit the scheels sports and fitness expo at the iowa events center. a runner from the east coast traveled to des moines to run the race with his family... he hopes his training will pay off 094617 - its perfect environment, i live in floridia and so ive been training in 80 - 85 degree weather and high humity this for me is

from the polk county sheriff's office, both in altoona. elizabeth: news to go is a last and what to presidential eric: news to go is your last blast of news. elizabeth: former state senator stand again two hours from now in the trial of two former ron paul 2012 campaign aides. jesse benton and dmitri kesari are accused of making hidden payments to sorenson to switch from michelle bachmann to ron paul's campaign. pete polson's attorney could call more witnesses to the stand. his trial also resumes at 9:00 a.m. polson testified thursday, apologizing to the victims he shot in pleasant hill last november. he said he remembered nothing about the shootings because he was high on methamphetamine at the time. the jury will have to decide whether polson was too intoxicated to have the intent to kill. shaina: some dramatic images of mudslides in california. severe thunderstorms pounded a remote area just north of los angeles. although much of the state has been experiencing a severe drought this year, yesterday's heavy rain fell too hard and too fas

theyre down to about 730 customers without power in the pleasanthill and altoona area. midamerican says the outages started around 1:30 this afternoon and were caused by underground equipment malfunctions. they are currently switching customers to different power circuits and are working on repairs. they say about 300 customers will continue to be without power for the next few hours. nikki: at the governor's mansion more than a dozen of protestors gathered right outside branstad's home. govenor branstad has been under pressure from iowa republicans to elminate all government funding for planned parenthood... but the govenor says he doesn't have legal authority to strip planned parenthood of taxpayer funding... an effort to do so could lead to a lawsuit... this group doesn't agree. "we do not want our iowa tax payer dollars being taken out of our pockets and given to planned parenthood to support the slaughter of the next generation of iowa " nikki: the governor says that according to the iowa attorney general's office... planned parenthood hasn't violated their respons

children will be trick-or-treating in altoona, ames, ankeny, clive, des moines, johnston, norwalk, urbandale, waukee, west des moines, and windsor heights, among others. we have a complete list of beggars' night and halloween activities on our kcci app and on kcci.com. those halloween parties can run a little later than usual tomorrow night. in most of the country, it's the night people set clocks back an hour at 2 a.m., meaning an extra hour of sleep. daylight saving time returns march 13. steve: the downtown des moines farmers' market ends for the season this weekend. folks, saturday is the last chance to shop for your favorite fall produce and products. children will be able to trick-or-treat at participating vendors. the market is open from 8 a.m. to noon. the winter market will be held november 20-21 and december 18-19 inside at capital square. next at 5:00, boots on the ground in syria. the announcement today that u.s. special operations forces will be deployed to that war-torn country. how the white house is describing the mission. stacey: plus, prisoner release. why 6000 federal pris

stephanie: altoona called in thinks " the children's behavior was than the bus driver, and that those kids should be commended for standing up to him." a woman from ankeny who asked us to not use her name told us, " obviously the driver's behavior is appalling, but we need to look at the bigger issue of why children are becoming increasingly more disrespectful to adults and what can be done about it. jack: the number one attack target from wednesday night's republican debate on cnbc wasn't democrats or other republicans -- it was the moderators. jack: now-- republicans, angry about the questions asked wednesday, are taking action. jack: the republican national committee is changing the channel for its february debate. in a letter to nbc, the r-n-c says, quote, the questions were inaccurate or downright offensive." specifically referenced was the first question directed to donald trump, asking if he was running a comic book version of a presidential campaign. nbc was set to hold the gop debate on february 26th with both telemundo and the national review. the republican national committ

that property is to remove the structures and turn it into education location beause of proximity to altoona and pleasant hill and southeast polk school district . kids can see creek and watershed and use it as an education center. the estimated cost is 335- fema is paying for most of it...but state and county dollars are also being used. fema is paying for most of it...but state and county dollars are also being used. the long term goal is to also buy 16-acres of adjacent property... to expand the watershed project. southwest airlines is changing one of its routes beginning in april. the airliner will fly twice daily to the st. louis international airport. the des moines airport says several businesses in central iowa have strong connections in st. louis and this will help fill that need. southwest will end services to chicago midway from des moines when the st. louis service begins. the governor is celebrating the in fort dodge that's expected to spur major development in the area... political director dave price is just back from fort dodge and joins us now with more...dave? if you drive

after hearing of president obama's decision to maintain 9,800 troops in afghanistan until early 20-17 altoona resident isaac rittman who served a tour in afghanistan in 20-10 believed it was the right decision but he'd go as far as keeping any withdrawal date a secret... basically it shows the taliban if they wait it out long enough once we leave they can come in and take back over and it depletes everything we ever did there. so it's important to maintain a strong presence...and for the iowa national guard... " we will be ready when called upon" officials say they already plan to provide that presence... "we have several units previously planned and scheduled to tour afghanistan in 2016 and 2017, nothing's changed in that respect but i think the longer our presence remains, that could down the road have an effect on our organizationin fact...colonel greg hapgood of the iowa national guard says statistically they are more ready now than ever before...18:32:06-18:32:17"we are the most combat ready we have ever been...we have more than 45% of our forces here in iowa that are combat veterans whi

picking up downtown to the south side, and then rain from altoona over to mitchellville. this is leftover moisture, some of it, from that hurricane patricia that is being pulled from the golf as the system slides to the west. some light snow in wyoming and colorado. this area of low pressure will move northeast. this front drive through. winds get strong later tonight. gusts over 30 miles an hour as we head into wednesday. rain heading out by the morning our. watch what happens here. light snow possible in extreme northern iowa. could mix in with some rain. tonight, that low down to 48. strong winds tomorrow, just 53 degrees. those winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. if you're headed to your local playoff game, blustery with wind chills in the 30's. games should -- 42 degrees. 8 day forecast, thursday 51. friday, 56 degrees. it will be fairly pleasant compared to wednesday. 6 p.m., 54. last year we were in the 50's. as we head to saturday, most will be 58. tt0w!tx#(g!!%4@-[$@ tt0w!tx#(g!!el@-q#, tt0w!tx#(g!!ed@-w!h tt0w!tx#(g%!)8h-7_4 tt0w!tx#(g%!kzh-*0h tt0w!tx#(g%!n-h

jack: a possible phone scam in altoona tonight. the police department issued a notice about a scammer posing as a mid american energy employee. the caller threatens to turn off your power and provides this number to call. if you do have questions about your billing, go to the mid american energy website or call these numbers. jack: to iowa city now, where a woman is arrested after claiming she's a fictional character and then threatening the white house. last friday, 20- year-old kelsey cousins is accused of making a call to 911 claiming to be olivia pope, the main character in the abc drama, scandal, and claiming there was a car with a bomb heading toward the white house. cousins was charged for her 911 call and public intox. jack: coming up on local 5 news at six.. how does iowa state plan to forge ahead in its difficult big 12 schedule. stephanie: next..one candidate flips the q & a onto the crowd.. the other plays up their contacts overseas. we've got all the details in your local election headquarters. "your watching local 5 n

altoona police are stepping up patrols around elementary schools... after children reported an attempted abduction... it happened near the corner of 5th avenue southwest and 3rd street southwest yesterday. two kids told police they were walking home from school... when they were approached by two white men in a white pick up. they said the men asked them if they wanted some candy and a ride. parents are being asked to talk to their kids about safety. authorities are investigating a deadly officer - involved shooting in cedar rapids. police stopped a vehicle suspected of being involved in drug activity tuesday night. they say one of the passengers... jonathan gossman... got out of the vehicle and ran. police say gossman started shooting at them... prompting two officers to return fire. gossman was killed... and no one else was hurt. but some neighbors were shaken up by it all... it sounded like fireworks but i'm an active shooter myself and i know what gun shots sound like. it was like 5 or 6 right in a row, there was no in between the officers are on

altoona police are stepping up patrols around elementary schools after children reported an attempted abduction. it happened near the corner of 5th avenue southwest and 3rd street southwest. two children walking home from school told police they were approached by two white men in a white, older pickup... possibly an s-10 or ford ranger. the children said the men asked them if they wanted some candy and a ride. parents are being asked to talk to their kids about safety and to call police if they notice anything out of the ordinary. police in pleasant hill want help identifying this man. he's a suspect in several recent vehicle burglaries. they believe he's using stolen credit cards across the metro. surveillance video shows him in a red, 2002 chevy silverado pickup with license plate bsf-277. if you have any information call pleasant hill police. we've seen rain the last few days.... and chief meteorologist ed wilson says we'll see more before the week is over. after months of speculation, vice president joe biden says he won't run after months of speculation, for the democratic presi

children will be trick-or-treating in altoona, ames, ankeny, clive, des moines, johnston, norwalk, urbandale, windsor heights among others tonight. there is a complete list of beggars' night activities and times on the kcci app and please don't forget to send us your u-local halloween photos. the day question is and the pressure is on, what will be like for everybody getting out there? jason: there is a reasonable chance we can see some sprinkles out there. mainly later on into the evening but during beggars'night, it's not looking too bad. isolated shot. we see some spooky showers throughout the timeframe. maybe just talking cloud cover in temperatures down to the low-to-mid 50's. fairly comfortable average time for this time of year. 57 degrees and we sit right around there. yesterday we talked out in the upper 40's. a bit more sun today. you can see the clouds beginning to work their way in from the southwest. that will help to drive in rain mainly for the overnight tonight. settle in for a little bit of sunshine, a lot more clouds, and isolated showers. of those showers in take a look at

officer brandon stoneburner of the altoona police department was out handing out candy on beggars' night in the venbury trail area, just off of 8th street southwest. he had the kids telling him jokes. and he was laughing and having a blast. kcci viewer lindsey herman sent in these photos. she says, quote, "this cop deserved some recognition on his great job patrolling." todd: plenty of trick-or-treaters out last night, sharing their pictures with us on social media today. you can always upload your pictures to the u-local page on our website, kcci.com. check this out. we also have a slideshow of halloween pictures up on our website right now. you can check that out, as well. lots of cute kids. from mr. potato head to kcci's steffani nolte's little gum ball machine. how about that? very cute. look at this big kid version, and entire vending machine. laura: very impressive. and her saw something impressive today. earth saw a special trick-or-treat today -- an asteroid that nasa says resembles a skull. it was discovered only a few days ago. the asteroid is believed to be about 2000 feet wid

to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donors,the homestead children's autism center in altoona was able to expand ...and now serve three times as many clients. stephanie: 24 additional kids can get the help they need. local five's kattey ortiz joins us now to share the story joins us now to share the story of one family who says homestead changed their lives. kattey: for two and a half hours a day ... five days a week ... 7-year- old brandon lust is at homestead learning social skills that come easily to most ... but very difficult for him. kattey: it wasn't easy to get in - he had been on a waitlist like many other kids. but three years later -- he went from being non- verbal ...to playing all sorts of games with his family. this is brandon's story. "brandon is a perfect example of a kid that came in with a lot of potential." "our three and a half have literally been life changing." "at first you're kind of in denial, you think well maybe he's a little bit slower to develop, but then eventually you have the realization that brandon is different." "they have helped change brand

to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donors,the homestead children's autism center in altoona was able to expand ...and now serve three times as many clients. elias: two dozen more kids will be able to get the help they need... amanda: that's right...and for children like brandon lust the center can make a world of difference... over three years he's gone from being non- verbal ...to playing all sorts of games with his family. local five's kattey ortiz has his story. "brandon is a perfect example of a kid that came in with a lot of potential." "our three and a half years at homestead have literally been life changing." "at first you're kind of in denial, you think well maybe he's a little bit slower to develop, but then eventually you have the realization that brandon is different." "they have helped change brandon's behavior and they've helped give us the tools to also manage his behavior." "it's fun because you get to interact with the other kids that come here." "i'm proud of how far he's come." "verbally he's been a lot better and behavior wise a lot better. he's able to p

to the prairie meadows legacy grant and private donors,the homestead children's autism center in altoona was able to expand ...and now serve three times as many clients. elias: two dozen more kids will be able to get the help they need... that's right...and for children like 7-year-old brandon lust the center can make a world of difference... over three years he's gone from being non- verbal ...to playing all sorts of games with his family. local five's family. local five's kattey ortiz has his story. "brandon is a perfect example of a kid that potential." years at homestead have literally been life changing." "at first you're kind of in denial, you think well maybe he's a little bit slower to develop, but then eventually you have the realization that brandon is different." "they have helped change brandon's behavior and they've tools to also manage his behavior." "it's fun because you get to interact with the other kids that come here." "i'm proud of how far he's come." "verbally he's been a lot better and behavior wise a lot better. he's able to play board games with me, (nats - i'm pl

alyx: an employee at bass pro helped bring the display to the altoona store. this weekend is the time to check it out because it will be taken down on monday. 8:05 on your saturday morning and metinka, for all of those runners we saw takeoff, they are bundled up. metinka: it is cold, 39 degrees now in des moines, 36 in ames and up to the northeast, temperatures have fallen back into the low to mid 20's. a hard freeze up to the north and maybe some patchy for frost this photo taken just downtown this morning shows all the pretty colors. the clouds are glowing nice and red. it will be a beautiful weekend. maybe you have to finish up some harvesting, or just take a walk in the leaves. tomorrow will be breezy but also warmer, headed for a high of 60 degrees. alyx: weekend activity in downtown des moines is hitting its stride, with activities and events leading up to the int des moines marathon tomorrow -- imt des moines marathon tomorrow. marcus: i do not know if you saw it at the top of the half-hour. you saw a bunch of people taking off running. that was the aly

elias: our big story back in the metro -- police are patrolling altoona elementary school this morning after a reported case of child enticement. elias: authorities say two boys were walking home tuesday near fifth avenue and third street southwest. two men drove up to them ... attempting to lure them into their truck with candy. the boys ran back toward the school and told the crossing guard who called police. those suspects drove away and are still out there ... leaving an uneasy feeling for people in the neighborhood. " my daughter walks to school to and from everyday. it's just not something i expected to hear about right here." elias: the boys gave police a detailed description of the suspects. they are two white men -- both with brown hair and hats. one had a goatee. they are thought to be in a white two door chevy s-10 or ford ranger. call the number here on your screen with any information. elias: developing now....pleasant hill police ask for help in identifying a burglary suspect.. elias: : they believe the suspect has something to do with multiple vehicle burglaries that hav

a little sleet came from the sky in altoona wednesday afternoon... local five's stephanie angleson shot this while out shooting video... but how far could we be from snow in the metro? let's ask sam... elias: (anchor toss to wx) sam: adlib toss. sam: weather adlib: sam: weather adlib: if you were looking for warm weather in my forecast today, keep looking. we have more harsh, cold weather in the forecast for today, and to be honest it's still going to be a couple more days till anything gets better! this afternoon we'll see more sun which will do a better job of pushing highs to 51, but the winds will stay strong and wind chills are going to be cold like yesterday. overnight tonight we'll get clear skies back across the skies with much less wind and lows falling in to the mid to low 30s. friday is going to be kind of awful as well with temps in the mid 50s and a gloomy second half of the day with clouds building back into iowa. we have a rain chance late friday night (probably after 10pm for the metro) through saturday morning, but i think tailgaters

elias: police will be patrolling near altoona elementary today, following a case of child enticement... two boys said a pair of men in a white truck drove up to them and tried to lure them into the vehicle with candy... the boys gave police a detailed description of the suspects. they are two white men -- both with brown hair and hats. one had a goatee. they are thought to be in a white two door chevy s-10 or ford ranger. call the number here on your screen with any information. elias: highly anticipated testimony today from democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. she will go before the select committee on benghazi, as part of an investigation into the 20-12 deadly attack on americans in libya. at the time of the attack she served as secretary of state for the obama administration. elias: one name clinton won't be worried about having to go up against in the primary will be that of vice president joe biden. after months of speculation, the long-time statesman announced wednesday that he would not seek the party's nomination. biden said the window had closed on mounting a re

the homestead children's autism center in altoona, held an open house in celebration of their recent grant. thanks to the e prairie meadows legacy g gnt and private donors, they received one hundred thousand dollars worth of new funds to expand their services. "started this clinic space 5 years ago with only four rooms, due to our community outreach and support we were able to expand our clinic threetimes the size and now we have 12 spaces to increase the ability to serve more children " with autism since 20-10, but they quickly outgrew their space. they were originally designed to serve 12 children at a time. and thatateant long wait lists for other families. but now w is grant is adding space for 24 more kids. jessica rae: ho-chunk incorporated has sold a building for just one dollar representatives from ho-chunk have basically gifted a former bank building to bishop heelan who is in need of a new administration office building. initially the ilding was purchased by ho chunk with plans to move it to winnebaggo nebraska, but due to the cost of moving the building, ho-chunk decided t

kiddos will be trick-or-treating in altoona, ames, ankeny, clive, des moines, johnston, norwalk, urbandale, waukee, west des moines, and windsor heights, among others tonight. others are tomorrow night. there is a complete list of beggars night activities and times on the kcci app and online. get your jokes ready and send us we love sharing them on facebook and our website. shaina: traffic picking up, bundle up, only at 36 degrees. we have the forecast and she will make no wendy's sun will set tonight -- when the sun will set tonight. >> ahead on cbs this morning, in kentucky what he meant accused of shooting at police is killed we are celebrating our >> weather is never more than five minutes away. only on "kcci 8 news this morning." metinka: good morning. a frosty start but the weather does not look too scary for your trick or treat plans, temperatures in the low-50's and especially in the western part of the viewing areas and the sun said that 6:12 -- sunset at 6:12 -- sun sets at 6:12. a half-mile visibility in ames and ottumwa. fog everywhere. -- had you fog everywhere. -- patchy fog

kiddos will be trick-or-treating in - altoona, ames, ankeny, clive, des moines, johnston, norwalk, urbandale, waukee, west des moines, and windsor heights, among others tonight. there is a complete list of beggars night activities and times on the kcci app and online. and send us your u- local halloween photos! now our final check of traffic! frosty start with temps in the 30s. it will be a great fall day with light winds and seasonably mild highs near 56. a few showers or sprinkles will move through this evening and overnight followed by clearing skies this weekend. temps will be warming up with 60s this weekend turning into 70s next if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. america's most innovative companies are already moving to clean energy using existing technology to improve their bottom line. now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricity and create millions of new jobs. it all starts with 50% clean energy by 2030.

when you look at altoona, jamestown, pennsylvania, every day you hear about it. crime keeps going up. they're fixing it with treatments that are not working. they go to jail in pennsylvania, a lot of them failed on purpose so they get mental health treatment. they have no rule set, policies are not written yet. what happens is there is a decode now, they dropped the charges, they get away with this. they know it. it's not going to stop until they ring it back. these people in pennsylvania they are drug addicts. they come to prison and they get that mental health issue. on the street they function okay until they got caught. >> ahead, what are your thoughts. >> i agree, a lot of times we see inmates who come in and they stabilize, they engage in their treatment programs here in the jail. they are very motivated to do well. other times they accept referrals we made. sometimes they don't. we cannot force treatment on someone who exits. this is something everybody has a choice. they are not ordered treatment unless they commit someone. it really is a very important t