local 5's claire powell is at the raccoon river park nature lodge. claire, how is it claire:::: (adlib) jack: we'll check back with you for an update on the crowd there at the lodge coming up at 6. stephanie/2shot coming up on local 5 news at five... cookies and the caucuses mix in a local elementary the youngest iowans get involved in the excitement. sabrina next... it's a record breaking amount of candidates who want you to get out caucus in less than 2 hours. and we are your local election headquarters. i'm sabrina ahmed and i'm amanda krenz... joined by dr steffen schmidt... we will be here all night giving you perspective along with real time results and reaction.. "you're watching local 5 news at 5 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are meteoroliowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards. this is local 5 news at 5, we are iowa." stephanie: now let's go out to your local election headquarters with local 5's sabrina ahmed and amanda krenz. they are joined by political analyst and i-s-u professor dr. steffen schm

let's check in first with our road warrior claire powell. with a look at current conditions, claire? claire: road warrior wintry weather claire powell new this morning, a police pursuit leads to an officer involved shooting... elias: the incident began when officers attempted to stop a vehicle around two- morning... the suspect refused to stop 14th and porter...leading to a chase. he has now been identified as 25 year-old des moines resident pursuit, allen lost control of the car and stopped. when an officer approached the car, allen began driving in the direction of the cop. that's when the officer fired at allen... allen was arrested after abandoning the vehicle and attempting to flee on foot. he has been charged with assault with a weapon on an officer, second degree theft, and eluding. allen also has felony warrants out of west des moines and kansas. the car he was driving was determined to be stolen. elias: also new this morning....the issue of voting rights will go before the iowa supreme court... the hawkeye state is currently one of t

local 5's claire powell has more. claire/bam: the warren county attorneys office has filed two more charges against the oklahoma driver who killed eric fuller and karla handy. richard hutton was originally facing failure to obey a stop sign. now, hes also facing failure to maintain control and driving on the wrong side of the road. but for the first time on camera, the two survivors and family say all they want is accountability. " " " he took a piece from me and lilly too" for the fuller's the last six months have been nothing short of a nightmare. " they had to be careful around me because i was still kind of hurting"- lill in august, an oklahoma man ran this stop sign and hit the car carrying kim fuller, her mother karla. "he changed our lives forever. and i want him to remember for the rest of his what he did to everyone else." karla and eric didnt survive. he said he seen the stop sign but ddint think it was for him" since then,the fuller family has been tacking on thousands of miles to and from the hospital

local 5's claire powell is here with more. claire/bam: jack, there's a delicate balance between giving information on the zika virus and scaring people. of the two speices of mosquitos known to carry the virus, yes one is found here in the u-s and in iowa. but its the unknowns that have iowa researchers frustrated. they're trying to make an effective vaccine while educating people in the meantime. at this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. " it feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected" within 10 months, that's all changed. "what was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1.5 million in brazil. its incredible, thast just from last year" the virus, discovered in the 1940's, has spread to a pandemic. recently, newlinnk ames, known for their ebola vaccine and infectious diseases division has tossed their hat into the ring. their researchers are attempting to find a vaccine to battle the mosquito-borne illness. " its all in theplanning stage

local 5's claire powell is here with more. claire? claire/bam: jack, the iowa insurance division deals with madoff- like pyramid schemes, affinity fraud and online fraud, all of the time. in fact, theyve dealt with it so much, three years ago, they started the "iowa fraud fighters." the commissioner and his team travel across iowa to make sure you're asking the right questions and asking enough. like if the person offering this "great deal" is licensed, if so by who? and who regulates them? they say generally older people with retirement savings are the main targets. but no one should consider ""its exactlylike you grandma used to say if its too good to be true, it probably is" ." " claire/bam: they added, a lot of people dont report these scams because of the embarassment of falling for it. but instead of letting away, not hesitating to ask the tough questions will save you a lot of time and money. the bernie madoff miniseries on abc continues tonight, detailing madoff's lifetime ponzi scheme. the second part of "madoff: after the fa

local 5's claire powell is live at the tournament with more on this story. claire? claire: jack, there's a proposed bill that just passed into the senate education committee all focused on preventing and being able to diagnose concussions in what legislators are calling "collision sports". one of those sports? you got, wrestling. this sport is the main reason senator tod bowman authored the bill -- he's proposing that every home team has an athletic trainer, doctor or physical therapist present at every varsity collision sporting event. other collision sports are football, girls and boys soccer, lacross, and hockey. if a concussion occurs- trainers have 48 hours to report it to a-d's. making sure schools are doing the most they can to keep student athletes safe. the goal is this bill to increase quality of injury assessments to number of life long debilatating injuries" claire: now this bill- again requiring athletic trainers to be present at every varsity collision sporting event- passed the senate subcommittee monday. next it will hit the senate education committe

local 5's claire powell has that story. "really unpredictable what you'll run into the day of or after a snow storm" the people at perrys towing service prepare for winter storms as much as possible. "fewer snows we have, the less prepared people are for it." the incoming calls come from drivers who's vehicles slid, turned and flipped in the most recent winter storm. "you hit that slush and traction and it'll go a long way sending you into the ditch and off the road" once the tow ban lifts the towers hit the road. "i pulled off jordan creek, ill get back on head up there" "want to be in an hurry but if we hurry too much, get into an accident yourself, you wont do anybody any good" "tow truck drivers say this is the most dangerous part of their job. cars not getting over and going by way too fast. kind of how that guy ended up in the ditch in the first place" in some emergency situations, tow trucks are considered similar to first responders- and mov

local 5's claire powell is live outside the courthouse to give us a recap of what family and that tape revealed to the jury. claire? claire: the prosecution called six more witnesses to the stand today- and for the first time emily fazzino's family- her sister, brother in law testified emily's sister ammie dighton started the morning- testifying about the couples rough relationship. dighton told prosecution emily "wanted away" and doesnt believe that emily had a drug issue. jeff dighton- emilys brother in law - told prosecution he helped the kids the night of emilys death- and the only thing alex fazzino said to him was "i never touched her" ""kissed her, where was alex fazzino when you went to emiyl, he was running downstairs. claire: prosecution continued the morning & afternoon with an hour and half long video of fazzino being dci and police the night of marriage was over and that he family for help to get her clean but no one listened. " "i went upstairs to the world ended. it's really not my wife that you know... its the addiction" :17 claire: today's testimony ended early, around

local 5's claire powell has more. " " this is whats left-- after the silver car you see here, failed to stop at this 66th street stop sign--- slamming into this southbound suv. both came to rest in this front yard. the driver of the suv luckily walked away, while the other driver was transported to a hospital with serious injuries. urbandale police say the only thing they're sure of right now is that speed was definitely a factor. "according to teh witness who talked to cops, that car was going a very high rate of speed, much higher than the 25 posted... plus he had a stop sign he didnt obey" claire: "north to south from aurora all the way to douglas, theres not one stop sign. not even a speed bump. with no stopping and speeding this neighborhood says theyre not surprised at all. some say theyve been waiting for an accident like this to happen" "no stop sign, this is signs" anna mcnaughton has five kids . she says they rarely play in the front yard because theres too many cars easily doubling the 25 mile per hour speed limit. "we have those signs that say children a

local 5's claire powell is here with details. claire/bam: there have been mixed reviews since this morning's announcement. instead of a headquarters for merging ag giants dow- dupont, johnston will now become a "global business center" for the company. dupont pioneer president paul schickler said "this choice will be an innovative choice for farmers and he's proud of what pioneer has accomplished." after the announcement, the iowa economic development authority awarded 16 million dollars in incentives. two million of that is forgivable loans to retain 500 research and development jobs. the city of johnston also approved a one million dollar matched incentive - in total giving 17 million to the in hopes to reduce the amount of layoffs potentially coming with the merger. " " see some more loss of jobs in short term. but over long term we believe they'll do research activities here in johnston, employment numbers will go back up again, possibly higher than what we have currently" " claire/bam: dupont pioneer currently has 26-hundred

local 5's claire powell is here to tell their story, and what happened to all that money. claire: within the last week, 22 veteran groups across the nation have received checks - or have been told they will- all coming from the trump foundation. that includes four veteran groups here in iowa- three of which have received a check for one hundred thousand dollars. but its how one received it that has people talking. on january 28th republican presidential candidate donald trump said he after skipping the fox news debate and fundraising six million dollars- donating one million of his own. all for veterans. "whatever the result did the right thingbecause i did it all in all, 22 veterans groups nation wide have been receiving surprise checks. of those, four are here in iowa-- the souixland soldiers, project for patriots, foundation seen here with their check... and one other. right here in des moines. "one enevelope nothing to it, pretty basic" with no notification, this simple fed ex letter- randomly showed up last week- with this blank envelope inside. "kind of s

jack: local 5's claire powell met with school leaders tonight and joins us from wells fargo center with more in tonight's big story. "its the biggest week for iowa wrestling but on alot of minds- athletes, athletic is actually safety and what a new iowa bill could mean for their sport and schools" to make it to state wrestlers take a beating. dangers that come grant boehmer, is one of three lake mills bulldogs, who is benched because of concussions "i got two in football one after in a week, then antoher one two weeks ago in wrestling in an effort to curb these serious injuries, in an effort to curb these serious injuries, a proposed bill passing through the senate says every home team should require an athletic trainer at every varsity collision sport. football, soccer. and wrestling. but can schools handle that? a lot say no. "you knwo as ad's we love the idea, we'd also love the support to get that done and get invovled in the conversations on how we can provide that" jim boehmer - grant's dad and lake mill's athletic director- says there's more than one problem. ho

live from winneshiek county claire powell local 5 news we are iowa. jack: three months after a metro double homicide, the man police say is responible has been arrested, 47-year-old barney fraaken is charged with shooting and killing his wife, amy, and daughter, amber, last november. the two were found dead inside the family's home on hull avenue. " "ok we're going to do a magic trick with playing cards" " jack: that's video of amber who was a student at central campus high school downtown. those who knew her say she was a vibrant and happy teenager, jack: barney fraaken has been in the hospital since the shooting last november, for self- inflicted injuries. he was released and then arrested last night. he faces two counts of murder and is being held in the polk county jail on a two million dollar bond. stephanie: progress is happening is west des moines. kind that's making lot of folks sad. it threatens a beloved institution around these parts -- donut king. jack: yeah, you probably know what we're talking about. 50 plus years and going

local 5's claire powell is in decorah with a wrap-up of today's events. " the first day of the alexander fazzino trial here in winneshiek county was an emotional one. with jury selection witnesses to take the stand and started off the day with a chilling 911 call" "please help oh god, shes dead. shes dead. shes purple? ok" after brief opening statements by prosecution and defense, the first witness was called - the 911 dispatcher. "oh god shes dead, do you want to try cpr yes!" bringing emily fazzino's family, alexander fazzinos family... and even alex fazzino himself to tears. evidence continued- showing paramedics arriving- body cameras rolling on a frantic fazzino. fazzino suggests she was trying to get clean from addiction " how long shes been in here? i dont know she was taking a bath" "made some comment, emily has potentially abused prescription drugs why i went into the bathroom to look for pills" the next two witnesses, boone polic officers-- who noted to prosecutors the dead end search for more of emilys pills and fazzino's calm then frantic changing behavior "she couldve taken

jack: local 5's claire powell continues our coverage of the trail from decorah in tonight's big story. day two of the fazzino trial started bright and early. with the state prosecution showing two lengthy demonstrations and calling seven witnesses to the stand. more ems and police highlighted their efforts to save emily fazzino that january night- in cpr demonstrations and bath tub recreations. 2012 search warrant- where they discovered a packed back pack full of the clothes alex wore that night, emily's jewelry, a 250 thousand dollar life insurance policy and divorce papers-- filed just six days before her death. but the most compelling testimony of all came last. the family's nanny for nearly a year- gave an inside look at what she called a "rocky relationship" through emily's known addiction to medication and fazzino's "controlling nature" questions, one if she was afraid of alex- what'd she say? -yes. then i asked her a second, i asked if she thought alex would harm or even kill her...... she nodded her head yes." with ten witnesses down in this trial, more are expected tomorrow-

that's where we find local 5's claire powell. claire, as you're talking to people out there, have they already decided which candidates they want to support? claire: (adlibs) claire/live: back to you in the studio. stephanie: if you're still unsure where to caucus tonight, visit our website to find your location. that's we are iowa dot com. stephanie: the biggest question of the night is how many people will show up to caucus. it's one thing to go to a big event where your favorite musician or actor is stumping for a candidate... it's another to stand for an hour at your caucus location to show your own support. jack: local 5's sabrina ahmed and amanda krenz are downtown in your local election headquarters at capitol square with our political analyst steffen schmidt. they join us now for more insight into how tonight's turnout could affect the caucus results. :: sabrina:: amanda:: steffan: stephanie: at capital square right after this newscast for a special edition of this week in iowa. followed by continued coverage of the caucus

local 5's claire powell has more. " "with a record number of gop caucus voters, senator ted cruz surged past trump and rubio to win the iowa caucuses. thanking all of his supporters along the way" "god bless the great state of iwoa" a large republican turnout proved perfect for texas senator ted cruz in his monday night victory over donald trump and marcrubio. "you wanan know what scare sthe washington cartel? actualyl not remotely, i dont scare them in the tiniest bit. what scares them is you" by his side on the stage, cruz's family and iowa republican leaders bob vander plaats, matt schultz and an emotional, iowa congressman steve king. "even if you had the terrific candidate, you can see how he did that by the way he moved people and they came to the caucus in iowa. im proud that they care that much abotu iowa values that they did that and made decisions they made" with applaudes to his 12 thousand iowa volunteers and courageous iowa conservative voters- cruz turns to the next state tomorrow. "senator cruz wrapped up he's looking ahead to new hampshire nad south carolina. asking them

stephanie: joining us now to explain is local five's claire powell. claire jack and stephanie, right now the roads are mostly cleared off-- good to go for your commute home. perfect, fluffly flakes really fooled drivers earlier today. it took next to nothing for the roads turned trecherous. with more than those crashes patrol and local very busy. "middle of february we should be used to this smashing into barriers, sliding off the road. of the fifty plus crashes the state patrol responded to, they said luckily, no one was killed and none were too serious. but they were stuck. "when you get that 1-2 inches is worse than 8-10 its bad enough to not cancel school or work, people just arent expecting it" stuck in scary situations where even swapping information driving. "dont be standing outside your car, youre safer in your car than the side of the road" claire:"its best to use common sense if you get into an accident, get off the busy street onto a quiet one. take photos, exchange information with teh other driver. then call 911, s

election claire powell" " caucuses not weakness in the presidential campaigns...but also cut down the number of contenders.. for republicans, mike huckabee announced his decision to end his run for the white house. the former arkansas governor actually won the 2008 caucus... and on the democrat side, martin o'malley also announced his decision to suspend campaigning. neither has been polling outside of single digits for most of the campaign. nikki: meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: the first major snow storm and blizzard is finally upon us and we are definitely in for a lot of snow and dangerous driving conditions. light snow in the very early morning hours will turn in to very heavy snow through the morning commute and into the early afternoon hours, especially in west and northern iowa. on top of heavy snow amounts there will be a large amount of wind keeping visibility low and causing large drifting especially across less traveled country roads. during the morning hours des moines will see mostly snow but we will be mixing tha

from wells fargo arena, claire powell local 5 news we are iowa" lucas: and we want to know what you think? if this legislation passes, who should pay for all those trainers? each school or the state? let us know, we may use your comments on-air. you can post you thoughts on twitter and facebook.... we'd love to hear what you think! the contact information is on your screen. lucas: iowa wrestling takes center stage at the wells fargo arena today, as individual matches begin in the state tournament. this is the 96th year for the event, which draws hundreds of athletes, coaches, parents, and fans to downtown des moines. expect lots more traffic both on the roads and sidewalks....visit ors should also be aware that sections of the skywalk are closed due to construction of the convention center hotel. lucas: local 5 sports director jon schaeffer is live now out at wells fargo. let's check in with him. jon? jon/live: live at wells fargo arena state wrestling tournament history of wrestling. 96th year meteorologist sam schrier joins us again with a look at your forecast. sam weather adlib: we've

we'll have more coverage as winneshiek county, claire powell local 5 news we are iowa." : 28 " sabrina: now the judge has said this trial could go as long as three weeks... local five will be following all the proceeding from the courtroom and bring it to you on air and online at we are iowa dot com sabrina: over to the statehouse...whe re lawmakers are looking into serious allegations inside an southeast iowa school. sabrina: the investigation of child abuse allegations at midwest academy has state lawmakers questioning oversight... the boarding school for troubled teens is located in keokuk...and was raided by authorities back in january... the house government oversight committee is asking how this school was able to operate without any state oversight. "in the past, often when there is an investigation going on, there are sometimes we can't talk to who we want to because they are under investigation by other authorities and so we get what we can take and try to put it sabrina: administrators from the department of education, human services, and the state's attorney's office will go

local 5's claire powell has more. claire: body cameras are a hot topic that police know will soon become a necessity. des moines police have been working on purchasing body cameras and developing a policy since mid- last year. they're currently accepting bids from multiple camera companies- trying to choose which to buy. they've already purchased a server to hold the footage and have also developed a lengthy policy with rules and that policy has gone through multiple revisions and committees. and now the department has set a goal date of this june to have the cameras in place. "right now evaluating the cameras how they work with our exsisting camera system, durability and history on how they perform and what the actual video looks like coming out of those " sgt. paul parizek- dmpd claire: they're calling that date "aggressive" because it's only a few months away and the equipment will cost more than 1 million dollars. some of that will come from public and private donations- like the 125 thousand dollar donation from r

local 5's claire powell was at des moines international, and has more. " " "the heavy, wet snow that fell across iowa this morning, shut down a des moines airport runways this mroning. but as it spread east, it delayed flights nad even cancelling in some cases" " as the snow was heavy adn wet, it literally turned to ice. " the des moines international airport was over prepared for national media. but mother nature took them more off guard. didnt get here. those early morning flights got out in good shape, until the snow did start coming" the snow shut down until the snow did start coming" the snow shut down runways from 830-9 and ruined plans for connecting flights. especially flights to denver- where monday's snow cancelled 130 plus flights. or to chicago- where the winter storm system is headed. "its a large system, effecting a lot of airports we connect to." but the airport says showing up early is never a bad idea, especially on days like today. "always 90 minutes for arrival or departure. check in with oyur airlines. they have the most current information. " stephanie/2sho

local 5's claire powell met with school leaders wednesday to see what they have to say. "its the biggest week for iowa wrestling but on alot of minds- athletes, athletic directors and parents, is actually safety and what a new iowa bill could mean for their sport and schools" to make it to state wrestlers take a beating. "we do know there are dangers that come with each sport" some have taken so much, they're out. grant boehmer, is one of three lake mills bulldogs, who is benched because of concussions "i got two in football one after in a week, then antoher one two weeks ago in wrestling in an effort to curb these serious injuries, a proposed bill passing through the senate says every home team should require an athletic trainer at every varsity collision sport. football, soccer. and wrestling. but can schools handle that? a lot say no. "you knwo as ad's we love the idea, we'd also love the support to get that done and get invovled in the conversations on how we can provide that" jim boehmer - grant's athletic director- says there's more than one probl

reporting live claire powell local 5 news we are iowa. stephanie: thanks, claire. and with this big change coming to johnston. here are some numbers that show how the local community will be affected by the move. the city council reported visitors to the dupont pioneer headquarters in 20-13 spent nearly 3 million dollars, staying at hotels and eating at local restaurants. dupont pioneer makes up almost 40 percent of taxabale commerical value in johnston and 9 percent of all taxable value for the city. city council said it is vitally important to keep the company in johnston. jack/lam: governor branstad released a statement today about the move, saying quote we are proud that dow dupont's leadership has selected iowa as its global business center for its newly formed agriculture company. for the past few months, we've had the pleasure of showing them what iowa has to offer a world-class biosciences company. stephanie/2shot: the waiting game continues for the iowa utilities board decision on the bakken pipeline. jack/2shot: today, the board resumed its discussions ab

in the studio, claire powell, local five news. we are iowa. jack/ots: so where is eddie tipton now? not in prison, even though he's been sentenced to 10 years for free while he's appealing his conviction. howver, he is being tried in another state in july of this year. jack: des moines police put up a disturbing safety alert on their facebook page we wanted to show you. there's this radical group called "return of kings" that's run by an organizer who calls himself "pro-rape". the group is organizing what they're calling "international meetups" all over the world... including two in rapids and des moines. is listed as february 6th -- des moines, a certain tree right by the v-a. tonight at 10-- we talk to des moines police about why they're concerned, and what they're doing about it. stephanie/ram: a scare this morning in waukee-- several schools were locked down because of shots fired at a town home complex. police aren't saying much-- call at a-m. nobody was however there injured that was hospital with injuries. upon arrival there injured during an determined during the course of t

stephanie: local 5's claire powell is live with tonights big story. claire stephanie, since the cancellation, students, faculty and community members have been meeting and brainstorming. planning multiple small- scale events for the spring and fall semesters, instead of one big one. while one special tradition continued today on campus, it was plain to see that a veishea-less spring was going to have an impact. "one pie, great!" 97 year old traditions die hard. and this one, is helping to fill the void of no veishea. "we have to start somewhere. we cant expect that magnitude of things right away. year" the cherry pies have been around, well as long as veishea had. but this year, the pies are associated with valentines day ... not the spring festival. "i think its great we're trying to bring back the little things they were so iconic to veiseha" students will sell around 1600 pies...down 13,000 from two years ago. thats a 25 thousand dollar difference for scholarship fundraising. "hello how are you, i need five, five ok!" but student body presiden

live from winnishiek county claire powell local 5 news we are iowa. jack: new at 6 tonight, a clive man accused of taking in a trophy deer with bait won't be going to jail. jack: joseph franz from clive was found not guilty. he was charged by the department of natural resources with the use of bait hunting and taking deer in marion county in october 2014. the court found that even though franz was hunting within 57 yards of land that had materials that attract deer, he didn't place the bait for deer hunting. the court also pointed out that franz may have hunted on the land because of this advantage, but being on that particular piece of land is not illegal. stephanie: an iowa democrat running for for u-s senate is shedding light on orascom's iowa fertilizer plant project in lee county. bob krause at today says thousands of workers don't know if they'll be working onthe plant project next month, and krause says that's a problem. "the thing is coming to a head because one of the large contractors has stated if they dont get paid a hundred million dollar

local five's claire powell will be covering the trial for us in winneshiek county. look for a live report coming up on local five news at six. that will include testimony from the couple's nanny, who says the couple had a rocky relationship. they had recently filed for divorce. jack/lam: president obama is now saying it will be quote "difficult" for republicans to explain any attempt to block a supreme court nomination. the president's comments come a day after republicans on the senate judiciary committee wrote a letter vowing not to have any hearings on the president's choice to replace justice antonin scalia. " ( president obama ) "i recognize the politics are hard for them, because the easier thing to do is to give in party and stand pat and do nothing, but that's not our job. our job is to fulfill our constitutional duties."" jack: as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, iowa senator chuck grassley has been facing criticism over this decision to block any hearings. he says history shows president obama shouldn't even present a nominee. people in abraham

decide how much contact i want them to have personally, im very involved " from west des moines claire powell local 5 news we are iowa stephanie/ram: the senate bill will be debated in sub-committee on monday afternoon to see if it will continue to the senate floor. we want to know what you think. should athletic trainers have to be at every varsity sporting event? let us know by calling, on facebook or sending an email. jack: a horrible car crash in rural ankeny around noon today. the driver was traveling along northeast 29th street, when she lost control of her vehicle and skidded off the road... into a ditch and violently hit a tree. a child in the passenger's seat was taken by helicopter to the hospital. investigators were trying to reconstruct the accident this afternoonbecau se no one actually saw it happen. sgt. brandon bracelin, polk county sheriff's department: "we had some witnesses in the area that've seen the vehicle travel down ne 29th street, but nobody's seen the collision. they just drove up and seen the jack: investigators believe speed was likely a factor in the crash. the n

local five's claire powell will be covering the trial for us in winneshiek county. look for a live report coming up on local five news at six. new tonight at five. stephanie/1 shot: former iowa governor chet culver is back in headlines. he's been holding town hall meetings and rallies against the decision to privatize iowa's medicaid. this is causing some speculation that he may be gearing up to run for office. local five's sabrina ahmed asked him about it today. chet culver, former iowa governor, "you being in the spotlight again about this, i just want to ask one more time, everyone is speculating, everyone thinks the reason you're doing this is because you're going to run for office again. i am doing this because i care passionately about the state of iowa. i'm not running continuing to advocate on behalf of these people that desperately need good healthcare" stephanie: so no immediate future political plans for chet culver. you can see the rest of culver's interview on this week in iowa. we'll also be talking more about the medicaid change-over, as well as presi

claire powell from our des moines affiliate has more. " at this time last year, researchers say the zika virus was basically dorment. " it feels like a mild flu, most people thats what happens and they dont know theyre infected" within 10 months, that's all changed. "what was amazing was there were no cases and now its over 1.5 million in brazil. its incredible, thast just from last year" the virus, discovered in the 1940's, has spread to a pandemic. recently, newlinnk genetics, a cancer research company in ames, known for their ebola vaccine and infectious diseases division has tossed their hat into the ring. their researchers are attempting to find a vaccine to battle the mosquito-borne illness. for every company its in the palnning stages. like i said, this virus wasnt recognized as a threat. the virus has been nked to serious health issues including birth defects like microcephaly- the shrinking of infants brain size and developmental growth. "everything points to that being the case, so yes, it scary this association" of the two species of mosquitos known to carry zika, one is found

local five's claire powell will be covering the trial for us in winneshiek county. at six, she'll be live recapping the details from opening arguments and day one in court. attorneys anticipate about two dozen witnesses will take the stand, and going through all the evidence with the jury will take weeks. look for daily updates, right here on local five. jack: it's time for the republicans to vote in the nevada caucuses. and even though the polls show donald trump far ahead in that state, caucuses tripped him up last time in iowa because local organization is key. brittany edney is in las vegas with more on the candidates' final hours of campaigning. today, candidates have made every last second count as we head into tonight's caucus--making that final push for last minute support. trump held a rally in sparks, that's near reno...where he focused on issues like immigration and foreign policy... and he'll actually be returning to las vegas tonight for another rally. ted cruz also spent time in northern nevada today.. he will return to las vegas this evening for an el

local 5's claire powell is live outside the winnishiek county courthouse to tell us first hand what happened on the second day in court for tonight's big story. claire? claire: day two of the fazzino trial started bright and early. with the state prosecution showing two lengthy demonstrations and calling seven witnesses to the stand. more ems and police highlighted their efforts to save emily fazzino that january night- in cpr demonstrations and bath tub recreations. most described alexander fazzino's rollercoaster behavior in great detail. later on, a detective detailed a february 2012 search warrant- where they discovered a packed back pack wore that night, emily's jewelry, a 250 thousand dollar life insurance policy and divorce papers-- filed just six days before her death. but the most compelling testimony of all came last. the family's nanny for nearly a year- gave an inside look at what she called a "rocky relationship" through emily's known addiction to medication and fazzino's "controlling nature" ""i asked emily two questions, one if she was afraid of alex- what'd she say? -yes. the

reporting live claire powell local 5 news we are iowa jack: new tonight at five. jack/1shot: layoffs of about 100 employees announced at john deere in eastern iowa. the layoffs will affect about 80 employees from the davenport john deere while the other 20 are at the dubuque facility. the layoffs start april first. deere says this reflects the company's ongoing efforts to balance its workforce. this past september the plants in davenport in east moline laid due demand. there are now cases of the zika virus in iowa. all three are women who are not pregnant. they all traveled to zika-affected countries. recommended that women who are pregnant consider postponing travel to places where zika virus transmission is active. stephanie/wxhang: and brad. some nice, spring weather today, nicer this weekend. ok, thanks brad. jack/otsl: on the campaign trail now. the gloves came off in last night's republican debate in houston. marco rubio and ted cruz pounced on the trump. on issues like immigration and trump's tax return, the two senators ganged up on trump. trump fired back

the dow-dupont merger is expected to be finalized sometime after claire powell local 5 news we are iowa jack: we want to know -- are you worried about how this will impact the city of johnston and metro jobs? do you know anyone who's affected? you can connect with us on facebook and twitter. send us an email to: "news at we are iowa dot com" or call us in the newsroom: 1- 800-858-5555 we'd love to hear what you think about this story or any other. stephanie: new tonight at five. stephanie/ots: iowa has its first confirmed case of zika virus.... the iowa public health that an iowan after recently traveling. don't know the name of the person, we do know that it is an older woman ranging from 61 to 80 years old who has travelled to central america. department sas something most worry about. "while this virus is not found in iowa - and we anticipate it ever being found in iowa naturally because we don't have the right mosquitos, but even though it's not found for any iowans who the carribean, central america, south america. that they could pick up this virus, come home, and then get sick he

reporting live claire powell are iowa details tonight in the double homicide case mother and daughter dead. barney fraaken is charged with killing his wife, amy, and daughter, amber, last november in des moines. today, new court documents show fraaken admitting to shooting amy, amber, and then himself. fraaken had been in the hospital since the shooting last november, for self- inflicted injuries, but was released and arrested wednesday night. he faces two counts of murder and is being held in the polk county jail on a two million dollar bond. stephanie/1shot: a frustrating result for a former d-c-i agent today... the iowa supreme court dismissed part of his wrongful termination lawsuit against the state. on july 16, 2015 larry hedlund was fired, just days after making some complaints to his had to do with a state trooper who was caught speeding while driving governor branstad, but not ticketed. the incident was caught on dash camera. hedlund emailed his bosses saying he didn't think anybody should be above the law, he was later put on leave and then let go. the issue before the supre

claire powell, local 5: "i'm just wondering, i'm trying to get hold of him. i don't know if he was out sick or vacation..." secretary: "he's just not in today." claire: "is he going to be in tomorrow or any other point this week?" secretary: "he's just not in today." board members declined to comment after the final decision came down thursday evening, but released this generic statement on the resignation, saying quote, "there is no evidence that any persons have been harmed, and there is no evidence that district programs or operations have been compromised. nevertheless, the superintendent has offered to resign and accepted his offer of resignation. " ellingson's salary immediately comes off the books for the district, but he will receive a payout for his unused vacation days, as well as any other benefits he accumulated during that time. jacob the district has already started its search for a full-time replacement. in the meantime, officials have said they could work with baxter's superintendent until the replacement is seated. stay with local five as we t

jack: local five's claire powell has the latest developments. jack and stephanie-- this lawsuit filed in polk county court today says that because eddie tipton manipulated the hot lotto system so he would win... another person, a man from webster city, was deprived of a very big jackpot. just last year, eddie tipton, former security security director at the multi state lottery association was convicted of fraud for rigging the hot lotto jackpot. tipton tried claiming the 16 million prize for himself back in december of 2010. the main evidence - this quik trip video surveillance showing tipton buying the ticket himself. knows if hed be there and this still going on" now the crawford mauro lawfirm has filed a landmark lawsuit- stating by allowing tipton to rig the jackpot- the iowa lottery and multi state association deprived the legitmate hot lotto winner millions of dollars. "the odds arent exactly great,if you actually win you should get your prize" attorneys are asking the courts to award their client - larry dawson, of webster city- 10 millio

local 5's claire powell tells us in tonight's big story that didnt stop him from giving the jury a look at a side of emily- only he and his wife ever saw. " " this mornings testimony began with richard beckwith- emilys father. his statement with prosecution read by a county official due to beckwiths doctors advising against giving his testimony in person. beckwith told attorneys they loved alex like a son and knew alex had concerns with emilys use of prescription medications. "i think alex cared about her and that she was taking too much. i think he genuienly cared" beckwith stated he became aware of emily's abuse of prescription anxiety drugs in 2011 after seeing her under the influence with slurred speech. "emily was noticiably effected. i dotn know if i knew what she was affected by, trouble with speaking. unsteady ? oh yeah" beckwith said emily went through a 3 day detox at his house to get clean in late 2011 after her detox and secrecy about the "i started seeing the understand, i think he may have been thinking affiar" then while on a business trip to florida, he said he got stran

local 5's claire powell is live, breaking down the details from the courtroom today. this morning, prosecution began testimony with a written emily fazzino's father. explaining his knowledge of emilys pain medication addiction. up next for the state, the medical examiner who performed the initial autopsy on emily in 2012. she described emily's multiple injuries and how she doesn't believe one fall into a bathtub is the only thing that happened that night. following the last beckwith family member to take the stand- prosecution called on dr. michelle catellier- iowa's associate medical examiner. dr. catellier - who performed the initial autopsy on emily in 2012- originally identified emily's death as "undetermined." but prosecution pressed her about emilys extensive injuries- from four different places... and cause all of those "its hard for me to can fall and have injury on both sides of the head, back and top with that description" hours, prosecution questioned emily's injuries. "i considered it couldve happened during cpr from a mask, but i dont usually see that. i

stephanie: local 5's claire powell is live with tonights big story. claire stephanie, since the cancellation, students, faculty and community members have been meeting and brainstorming. planning multiple small- scale events for the spring and fall semesters, instead of one big one. while one special tradition continued today on campus, it was plain to see that a veishea-less spring was going to have an impact. "one pie, great!" 97 year old traditions die hard. and this one, is helping to fill the void of no veishea. "we have to start somewhere. we cant expect that magnitude of things right away.

just a lot of energy, i think, claire powell is there, she says you could feel how excited everyone is. of course they put a lot of effort the into this. it's not just ted cruz who should be excited tonight, marco rubio had an incredibling. >> yeah, i think show too. donald trump did not want to lose iowa because one of his rallies and he was saying referring to pundits that the pundits are saying that i just need to do well here. he was like, you know, i want to win iowa. i kind of felt that tonight in his speech. he seemed gracious and happy, but slightly defeated, i think. what do you think, chris? >> you know, where he really fell short is he didn't really have a county that gave him a huge margin. board, and where cruz was able to run up the score in certain counties, you know, story counties, some other places where he really was able to put some distance. other wise it's a pretty even race. the map's pretty colorful on the republican side. it's not - - in the past with santorum and huckabee we saw the map really all one color. rule was one way on the coast was different. much di

local 5's claire powell is live at the tournament with more on this story. claire? claire: jack, there's a proposed bill that just passed into the senate education committee all focused on preventing and being able to diagnose concussions in what legislators are calling "collision sports". one of those sports? you got, wrestling. this sport is the main reason senator tod bowman authored the bill -- he's proposing that every home team has an athletic trainer, doctor or physical therapist present at every varsity collision sporting event. other collision sports are football, girls and boys soccer, lacross, and hockey. if a concussion occurs- trainers have 48 hours to report it to a-d's. making sure schools are doing the most they can to keep student athletes safe. the goal is this bill to increase quality of injury assessments to

local 5's claire powell is here to tell their story, and what happened to all that money. claire: within the last week, 22 veteran groups across the nation have received checks - or have been told they will- all coming from the trump foundation. that includes four veteran groups here in iowa- three of which have received a check for one hundred thousand dollars. but its how one received it that has people talking. on january 28th republican presidential candidate donald trump said he after skipping the fox news debate and fundraising six million dollars- donating one million of his own. all for veterans. "whatever the result did the right thingbecause i did it all in all, 22 veterans groups nation wide have been receiving surprise checks. of those, four are here in iowa-- the souixland soldiers, project for patriots,

local 5's claire powell is live outside the winnishiek county courthouse to tell us first hand what happened on the second day in court for tonight's big story. claire? claire: day two of the fazzino trial started bright and early. with the state prosecution showing two lengthy demonstrations and calling seven witnesses to the stand. more ems and police highlighted their efforts to save emily fazzino that january night- in cpr demonstrations and bath tub recreations. most described alexander fazzino's rollercoaster behavior in great detail. later on, a detective detailed a february 2012 search warrant- where they discovered a packed back pack

local 5's claire powell is live outside the courthouse to give us a recap of what family and that tape revealed to the jury. claire? claire: the prosecution called six more witnesses to the stand today- and for the first time emily fazzino's family- her sister, brother in law

local five's claire powell county. look for full reports later today at five, six, and ten.. new this county authorities warn of an increase in phone scams... the sheriff's significant increase, with falling victim to the scams... the most include the i-r-s where a victim is suspect and told they owe back taxes requiring immediate payment... reports have also come in of a jury duty phone scam...where the caller claims to be "deputy jim lewis." they then threaten a fine for the victim failing to appear for jury duty. also being used is the utility phone scam, where money is demanded or utility services will be cut off. and also the lawsuit scam....involving claims that a lawsuit will be filed and the victim arrested make payment so what should you do if you received a suspicious call? do not call the contact your local about any suspicious call and help spread scammer is people in your community.. a change will be moines water works... lucas: it'll end the practice of into the raccoon river. water works has been told it needs to make some changes to the way it disposes of nitr

local 5's claire powell takes us through the day...which began with a chilling 9- 1-1 call. "please help oh god, shes dead. shes dead. shes purple? ok" after brief opening statements by prosecution and defense, the first witness was called - the 911 dispatcher. "oh god shes dead, do you want to try cpr yes!" bringing emily fazzino's family, alexander fazzinos family... and even alex fazzino himself to tears. evidence continued- showing paramedics arriving- body cameras rolling on a frantic fazzino. fazzino suggests she was trying to get clean from addiction " how long shes been in here? i dont know she was taking a bath" "made some comment, emily has potentially abused prescription drugs why i went into the bathroom to look for pills" the next two witnesses, boone polic officers-- who noted to prosecutors the dead end search for more of emilys pills and fazzino's calm then frantic changing behavior "she couldve taken anythign in here!" they told attorneys when they asked about the bruising on emilys body...fazzino said he wasnt sure. it happened when she was taken out of the