investigators say robinson was loretta dillinger's boyfriend. jerry dillinger was immediately sentenced to two life prison terms. a community will come together today to remember a family that was killed in a house fire. services for 27-year-old amber, 9-year-old riley, 6-year-old autumn, and 4-year-old brayden sorenson, are all being held at 10:30 a.m. this morning, at the southeast valley middle school in burnside. amber and her 3 children died boxholm. investigators believe a space heater may have sparked the fire. some iowa state university students camping out for a basketball game woke up to flames. around 3:30 a.m. friday morning, one of the student's man made tents was on fire at the hilton coliseum. the students have been camping out this week so they can get the best seats for monday's big game with kansas. >> it was really scary it was like three in the morning and all of a sudden we just heard like a big noise. so we ran outside and we looked and we started hearing people yell fire and then run away. so everyone was gathered all the

loretta dillinger- his ex sister in law. her body was found in a pond outside lorimor in december. days later, detectives found another body buried near jerry dillinger's home in thayer. he was arrested and charged with murder. stephanie: today in court, he stunned everyone by pleading guilty to both murders. " "did you undertake this with specific intention of killing loretta dillinger- yes"" stephanie: dillinger--who represented himself--took only minutes to waive all of his rights. he said he was sober when he shot and killed loretta and her friend, michael robinson of des moines. detectives say they're waiting to confim the second body is robinson's. after pleading guilty, dillinger declined a trial and asked to be sentenced on the spot. "wish to preceed with sentencing today correct? yes to save victims family and mine more grief" " stephanie: family and friends were in the surprising sentence unfolded. loretta's brother wrote a statement saying he wishes dillinger could get the death penalty. her other brother and cousins say they're glad it's all over with. stephanie: it's an

investigators say robinson was loretta dillinger's boyfriend. jerry dillinger was immediately sentenced to 2 life prison terms. cynthia: right now. a massive blizzard is already causing mayhem for people in the south as it moves up the east coast. craig boswell in washington, d.c an area bracing for the brunt of the snow storm. craig: treacherous driving conditions during the morning commute. people use snowblowers. >> we have a forecast i do not think we have had in 90 years. >> this satellite image in nasa it is expected to sit over washington, d.c., for the next 36 hours, dumping up to 2.5 feet of wet and heavy snow. topping trees on roofs and power lines. of storm. inches of snow per hour. routes a priority. challenging. skidding off the runway in chicago, no one was injured but other airports are suspending a service as a russian. it is not the snow but a lunar high tie that has residents worried about coastal flooding. new yorkers are bracing for up to one foot of snow. >> scared of the blizzard. craig: 50 million people are in the storm p

loretta dillinger- his ex sister in law. her body was found in a pond outside thayer in december. days later, detectives found another body buried near jerry dillinger's home. he was arrested and charged... and today... he stunned the court by pleading guilty to both murders. " "did you undertake this with specific intention of killing loretta dillinger- yes"" dillinger- who

investigators say robinson was loretta dillinger's boyfriend. jerry dillinger was immediately sent to two life prison terms. a community will come together today to remember a family that was killed in a house fire. services for 27-year-old amber, 9-year-old riley, 6-year-old autumn, and 4-year-old brayden sorenson are being held at 10:30 this morning at southeast valley middle school in burnside. amber and her three children died last sunday in their home in boxholm. investigators believe a space heater may have sparked the fire. some iowa state university students camping out for a basketball game woke up to flames. around 3:30 friday morning one student's man made tent was on fire outside hilton coliseum. the students had been camping out this week so they can get the best seats for monday's big game with kansas. >> really scary. heard a big noise so we ran outside and looked and started hearing people yell fire and then run away so everyone gathered over there. >> a scary scene and situation. now, students' tickets are general admission so i

police say he killed his former sister in law... 37-year-old loretta dillinger... and michael robinson, his niece's boyfriend. police found loretta dillinger's body in december in a farm pond near lorimor robinson's body was found near a house in thayer. following dillinger's guilty plea, he was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. a des moines man convicted for his role in the 20-13 beating death of another man is getting a new trial. the iowa supreme court reversed the conviction of kent tyler the third. tyler was found guilty of punching and knocking richard daughenbaugh to the ground. another group of men then beat daughenhbaugh to death. a polk county jury found tyler guilty of throwing the first punch and being part of the larger group assault. but the supreme court ruled that he should have only been tried for one of those acts ... not both. funeral services will he held today for four family members who died in a house fire. sorenson family's home in boxholm. heater. a mother and three children were killed after being trapped in an upstairs bedroom. 27

in december, officials found the body of loretta dillinger in a pond in rural lorimor. and what they suspect to be the body of michael robinson in a thayer home. officials have not officially confirmed yet body found was robinson, dna test results are pending. text messages are shedding death of emmalee jacobs. amanda: the i-s-u freshman was hit by a cy-ride bus while on her way december.... criminal complaint...the police this week, aware he hit her that morning. 23 year old benjamin clague was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and failing to obey a traffic device. the report involved. and in a face-to- with a friend, he said he felt he was the one who jacobs. however, clague failed to ever come forward. " we continued to ask for pleas from the public for information. he knew he was in the area, he knew he hit something tha tmorning, didnt come forward to our detectives. very frustrating for us and amanda: clague has jail. the friend he confided in will not be facing any charges at this point. amanda: snow preps are continuing this morning for what is a his

"did you undertake this with specific intention of killing loretta dillinger- yes" an emotionless dillinger explained he was not intoxicated when he shot and killed both loretta, his ex sister in law and on-and-off girlfriend, and her friend, michael robinson back in september. until this point, robinsons' identity had not been released- pending positive d-n-a confirmation. dillinger said he knows who he killed. "based on where the remains were found, any doubt theyre michael robinsons? no" "wish to preceed with sentencing today correct? yes to save victims famiyl and mine more grief" once the judge accepted dillinger's guilty pleas, union county attorney tim kenyon read a letter written by loretta's younger brother donald "i wish iowa had the death penalty so i could watch you fry. but that would not bring them back" dci officials believe the three were just family acquaintances. "how sure are you hes the right person? 100% 100% " dillinger will begin his sentence immediately, as will the closure for all the families invovled. "you always anticpate unique developments it was not completely

investigators say robinson was loretta dillinger's boyfriend. jerry dillinger was immediately sentenced to 2 life prison terms. a community will come together tomorrow to remember a family that was killed in a house fire. services for 27-year-old amber, nine-year-old riley, six-year-old autumn, and four-year-old braden sorenson are all being held at 10:30 tomorrow morning at the southeast valley middle school in burnside. amber and her 3 children died last sunday in a house fire in boxholm. investigators believe a space heater may have sparked the fire. some iowa state university students camping out for a basketball game woke up to flames. a fire was reported around 3:30 this morning at hilton coliseum in ames. tarps pushed together to make a were on fire. shelter the students have been camping out this week so they can get the best seats for monday's big game with kansas. three years, most of the big construction projects, like malls and movie theaters, had been built almost exclusively in the western suburbs. but now the eastside of the des mo

he is accused of killing 37 year old loretta dillinger and michael robinson who is the boyfriend of dillinger's niece shelly hartley. police found his ex sister in law and the other unidentified body in a farm pond near thayer in december. at today's arraignment, he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. the motive is not known yet, and because the county attorney is now focusing on the sentencing paperwork. we're now ten days before the iowa caucuses. and, the bitter battle between donald trump and ted cruz is far from over. peter alexander has the story. donald trump - on the attack... going after ted cruz in a political ad out just this morning... using cruz's own words against him on the topic of immigration... it comes hours after trump -- slammed cruz in front of a rowdy las vegas crowd... calling the candidate a party pariah. "here's a united states senator, republican - doesn't have support of one other republican senator. and i can tell you... they like me! cruz -- attacking trump on the very same point. "if as a voter you think what we need is more republicans to cut a deal

he said he was not intoxicated when he shot and killed loretta dillinger and her friend, michael robinson, of des moines. detectives say they're still waiting on positive d-n-a identification for robinson. however, dillinger said in court that is who he killed. after pleading guilty, he declined a trial and asked to be sentenced on the spot. ""wish to preceed with sentencing today correct? yes to save victims family and mine more grief" " stephanie: family and friends were in court today as the surprising sentence unfolded. loretta's brother wrote a statement saying he wishes dillinger could get the death penalty. her other brother and cousins say they're glad it's all over with. " " familys releived it went the way it did, justice is being served. stephanie: dci officials said they believe the and not involved. serve two consecutive life sentences at oakdale prison. ordered to pay restitution to both loretta and the robinson families. jack: new at 6 tonight. jack: a murder charge is reversed because there's not enough evidence. kent tyler was charged with second degree murder back in 20-

he killed 37-year-old loretta dillinger... and michael robinson, the boyfriend of dillinger's niece.. police found both of the bodies in a farm pond near thayer in december. the judge overseeing today's proceedings immediately sentenced dillenger to two consecutive life terms. dillenger did not give a motive for the murders. a des moines man convicted for his role in the beating death of a man in 20- kent tyler is accused of throwing the punch that knocked richard daughenbaugh to the ground in august of 2013. a group of other assailants then stomped and beat daughenhbaugh to death. in its ruling today the supreme court says the jury found tyler guilty punch and for assault. only been tried for one of those acts ... not both simultaneously. two other men were convicted of second degree murder for their role in daughenbaugh's death. it was a scary wake-up call for iowa state students camping out to get good seats for monday's game against kansas. " this morning, woke up. i smelled a little smoke and i could hear some fire. i peek

the body of loretta dillinger thayer in december.. while investigating that death ... police discovered another body. jerry dillinger was charged with two counts of first degree murder. in law. dillinger was in court for an arraignment when he unexpectedly entered a guilty plea to both counts. he admitted the second body authorities found was that of boyfriend. dillinger received two life sentences. we are learning more about a bus driver and bus attendant fired information came to light in an unemployment insurance appeals decision. the document claims, the attendant... ruby taylor... "threatened the child... telling him that if he did not stop crying... she would kick him off the bus." the decision goes on to say... "taylor pins the student against the side of the bus more and more tightly"... until the student's cheek is pressed against the glass and is unable to move his head." the child's mother complained about marks on the child's face to the school district the next day. the bus attendant was fired... the bus driver was also fired for failing to intervene. des

loretta's body was found last month in a pond near lorimor. the second body - who dillinger says is robinson -- was found near a house in thayer. he was apparently in a relationship with one of dillinger's relatives. dillinger was given two consecutive life sentences. a man who injected a woman with heroin, causing her to overdose is sentenced to two years in prison. 37-year-old richard roberts, of cedar rapids, pleaded guilty to october. he admitted to injecting the woman, causing her to lose consciousness. she was revived by emergency crews, and they say she was close to brain injury and death. roberts is being held in the united states marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison. new at ten -- one local college student's class project has now turned into an effort to save lives. a university of wisconsin platteville student looking to kwwl's brad hanson joins us live now from the t-h media newsroom in dubuque. and brad, you found out today no it's not--you can buy bulletproof backpack or inserts right now. expensive, and wants to make a cheaper, but

they found the body of loretta dillinger in a pond in rural lorimor. and another body in his thayer home. local 5 will be in the union county courthouse tomorrow morning. look for the latest developments in this case tomorrow. stephanie: still to come on local 5 news at 10... it's the olympics of apartment maintenance... what it takes to be the best handy man in iowa. jack: then-- one group here in iowa wants 10 thousand latinos to get out and caucus come february first. see how they plan to make it happen. james: ((ad lib weather toss)) take sot tomorrow on good morning iowa... it's friday, so local five heads to the movies, with a new comedy featuring robert de niro hitting theaters. and sam has a look at your forecast ((:04 wx ad-lib)) that's tomorrow on "your watching local 5 news at 10 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 10. we are iowa." james: weather adlib: james stephanie: jack: jack: indianola girls basketball team is on fire this season. coming up in sports, ho

the iowa division of criminal investigation found the dy of loretta dillinger in a pondndast month. they found the body of michael robinson at a home in the same area a couple days later. today a judge sentenced dillinger to two do you know this man? linn county crime stoppers and hiawatha police say the man in this picture is using stolen credit cards in the area. police say he was seen walking out of this target store on the night of january 4th. he then drove away in a white jeep wrangler with a black top. anyone who knows his identity is asked to call linn county crime stoppers at 1-800-c-s crime. the trial for a man accused of driving drunk and injuring a cedar rapids couple in las vegas has been rescheduled. police say 25-year-old jonathan donner was drunk and on drugs when his hicle slammed into a a tour bus last labor day. the crash seriously injured 39-year-old brian zerbee and 34-year-old sara zerbee. two men in the bus also died. donner's defense attorney says he's currently preparing for another trial and needed to reschedule. the court set donner's new trial for july 25t

they found the body of loretta dillinger in a pond in rural lorimor. and another body in his thayer home. local 5 will be at the courthouse as well...look for the latest updates on local five news and online at we are iowa dot com.. elias: text messages are shedding new light on the death of emmalee jacobs. elias: the i-s-u freshman was hit by a cy-ride bus while on her way to a final exam in december.... according to the criminal complaint...the man arrested by police this week, may have been aware he hit her that morning. 23 year old benjamin clague was arrested 23 year old benjamin clague was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident and failing to obey a traffic device. the report shows he texted to a friend, saying he felt he was involved. and in a face-to- face confession with a friend, he and in a face-to- face confession with a friend, he said he felt he was the one who hit and killed however, clague failed to ever come forward. " we continued to ask for pleas from the public for information. he knew he was in the area, he knew he hit somet

double-murder case made a stunning guilty plea today. 37-year-old jerry dillinger pleaded guilty to the murders of his sister-in-law loretta, and michael robinson. investigators found loretta's body in a union county pond on december 2. they discovered another body in a home in thayer. they are still waiting for dna tests to positively identify that body. but today in court dillinger identified the man as michael robinson. the judge sentenced immediately sentenced dillinger to 2 consecutive life prison terms. cynthia: the iowa supreme court threw out the guilty verdict of a des moines man convicted of second degree murder in the 2013 beating death of richard daughenbaugh. kent tyler was convicted and sentenced to 50 years in prison. ripple. enough evidence to convict based on the theory used at trial. but there is enough evidence to steve: new information tonight about a lawsuit. over the use of iowa state's cy logo on t-shirts made by a student organization in favor of legalizing marijuana. iowa state university banned the isu normal group from using the logo. but the former president of the group sued. today a federal ju

loretta's body was found last month in a pond. the second body - who dillinger says is robinson -- was found near a house in thayer. he was apparently in a relationship with one oo dillinger's relatives. he was given two consecutive life sentences. a man who injected a woman with heroin, causing her to overdose is ssntenced to tt years in prison. 37-year-old richard roberts, of cedar rapids, pleaded guilty to distribution of heroin last october. & he admitted to injecting the woman, causing hererto lose consciousness. she was revived by emergency crews, and they say she was close to brain injury and death. roberts is being held in the united states marshal's custody ununil he cananbe transported to a federal prison. in continuing coverage this morning... a man arrested for allegedly robbing a bank is now accused of calling in a a mb threat shortly before the robbery... clifton brinkmeyer - robbed a u-s bank in iowa city on tuesday... he was arrested for the robbery - and through investigation, officers determined the 911 call reporting the high school bomb threa