>> why did you come all the way up here to polk county? >> is this polk county?in't that but a bitch? >> what's that mean? >> tell me what you know about polk county. >> why is that. >> you were always on tv for arresting. >> julie says she is not proud of what she is doing but right now, she says it's paying the bills. >> it's not a hobby. it make ends meet. i'm only 19. i wasn't planning on doing this forever. >> i know. and now is your time to stop. it's time to turn around and go a different direction. >> like hayley, she doesn't divulge much to the police. >> that's my baby right there. she got my name tatooed on her finger and everything. >> once in the holding room they relax and announce more details. about their life in the game. >> this was our last one, our last [ muted ] one, bro. >> they say they were working without their pump's knowledge because they were trying to raise enough gas to ditch him. >> the $350 would have paid for gas, tolls and food, and we would have been on the [ bleep ]ing road to her mother's house eating right now, and not having

>> no. >> polk county. do you know about polk county? >> heard about it. >> they are very serious. >> they don't have to worry about me coming back, i'll tell you that. >> first thing that happens is they are going to go to jail. next thing is going to happen is they are going to read about themselves in the paper of widest circulation in the county. then they are going to get to come to depositions or hearings or motions repeatedly at the courthouse. life is miserable. life is miserable for using bad judgment in polk county. >> all i saw tonight were little girls with not just one horrifying stories, all of the stories were horrifying. one girl, jacqueline, her mother sold her to a pimp at age 15. another girl admitted that she had been incested since the age of 9, and pregnant at the age of # 16, and her mother didn't believe her. so there has to be some relationship between the trauma and the selling sex? >> it is a sad comment on family system is broken down. and we see a lot more -- a lot of people look at prostitution as a victimle

. >> welcome to polk county. if you come to this county, you are going to get the full effect and force of the law. >> tonight msnbc returns to poke county, florida. where they catch a wayward minister's penchant for young girls. >> they deserve to go to jail. >> i'm going to lock you up and i'm going to talk about how you were going to engage a child in sex. you are a bad person. >> have you ever had sex with a minor before? >> no, never. never. look in my eyes. never. i never -- i never do that kind of thing. >> do you want to have sex with a minor? >> no, no. >> in central florida, msnbc was granted exclusive access to a human trafficking sting run by the sheriff's police of polk county. >> what our cameras captured was a massive law enforcement effort netting some 90 arrests in four days, including 12 pumps, a juvenile, and this man, a 45-year-old youth minister named samuel eun, who came looking to buy sex with a 14-year-old girl. >> what brings you to florida. >> a business trip. >> police hirono human traf

live in polk county, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowa's news leader. stacey: right now, police are still searching for a suspect in case. 20-year-old dashawn smith of des moines was killed. a lottery industry insider is in more hot water tonight. officials say eddie tipton allegedly fixed two jackpots in kansas. that means he's now charged with fixing jackpots worth millions in five states. tipton, the former multi-state lottery security director, was convicted earlier this year of fixing a $16.5 million hot lotto iowa. iowa prosecutor rob sand says evidence will show, in kansas, others claimed the prize and half of the winnings were returned to tipton in cash in 2011. 37 other states and u.s. territories are investigating tipton. let's take a live look outside right now from one of our d.o.t. cameras. good news for drivers this busy holiday traveling season. gas prices are at their lowest a gallon of regular gas now and kurtis good weather news for drivers, too? kurtis: a nice tranquil day for tomorrow. we are finishing out fall right now. winter sols

polk county deputies resumed their this morning near granger. right now searchers are on out on foot, the air and in the pond. they're currently looking at the south end of the pond and in the woods. the 17 year old was last seen at we're told about 3-hundred kids were there. when the police arrived, everyone scattered... including kemp. police say nothing can be ruled out at this point -- including foul play. 6:36:06:12-6:36:16:13 "we're gunna use the resources we have which is plenty and we are going to do a extensive search...as far as time goes...we could be out here all day." polk county authorities told us this is one of the most extensive memory.. a des moines man is behind bars this afternoon, after police say he stabbed another man following an argument over dirty dishes. they arrested 35 year old william nixon. he is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for the incident that happened wednesday. he is now being held on a 2-thousand dollar bond. police say they were called to an apartment in the 16-hundred block of east grand ave

polk county deputies are trying to find a missing des moines teenager... police say 17 year old sam kemp went to a party saturday in granger. he hasn't been seen since. he's a black male... standing 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. he was last seen wearing a black nike sweatshirt... blue jeans... and blue shoes. anyone with information about his location should call the polk county sheriff's office. the man accused in a white powder scare at the state capitol is now admitting to it... 28 year old michael mcrae pleaded guilty in federal court. the charge was "conveying false information concerning a biological weapon." mcrae admitted to writing a letter with racial threats to he was serving as abdul-samad's legislative clerk. police say mcrae opened the letter... spilling white powder on the house floor back in 20 - 12. that prompted an evacuation. mcrae spoke to channel 13 shortly after the incident... when i opened the mail, the letter, white powder just went in a lot of different directions mcrae faces up to 5 years in prison. he will be senten

we head to southeast polk high school fourth quarter.. this one coming down to the wire... johnston moving the ball nicely-- working it inside to taryn knuth who puts it off the window and in. dragons up 4 with under four minutes to play. but southeast polk fights back down three casey stuart with a three from way downtown-- tie game. after a foul-- rachel hinders hits both free throws but it's stuart doing it all tonight-- drives jump stop and lays it in as the buzzer sounds we go to overtime. the rams kick it in gear. stuart a three ball stretches the netting and s-e-p leads by three. after a couple of free throws-- the lead is back to one-- stuart drives again-- another bucket pushing the lead back to 3. knuth rebutles driving the lane and kissing it off the glass for two... but the rams close it out on free throws up three-- johnston can't get the buzzer beater to go and southeast polk gets the upset 60 to 57. we head over to valley second quarter--valley up early in this one. but the the dodgers making a push sam kalacia from the corner knocks down the triple cutting t

county sheriff's office or the polk county crime stoppers. sabrina: we're back with meterologist sam schreier... sam: sam: weather adlib: today is going to be an amazing day for iowa with temperatures climbing into the 60s across central iowa! we should start with partly cloudy skies but i think we'll have full sunshine by the end of the day. all that sun and a westerly wind during the day is going to push high temps right near 60 degrees here in the metro. overnight temps are going to stay fairly mild with a low down near 40 degrees. friday is still going to be very nice and warm with highs in the upper 50s. the weekend is looking cooler with highs in showers, especially on sunday. next week is going to start off mild with highs in the 40s, but by the end of the week a more winter- like feel should return as lows fall into the 30s. snow looks pretty limited through the forecast but if we are going to see any next tuesday is going to be our best chance. sabrina: the holiday sabrina: the holiday decorations have been going up across the hawkey

it sits outside maccabee's kosher deli on polk boulevard. it will be lit every night until december 14th... at five p - m. tonight... governor branstad will do the honors. traditional jewish food... like hot potato pancakes and donuts... will also be served during the lighting ceremonies. the final "hunger games" movie isn't playing around at the box office... "the hunger games - mocking jay part two" fought off the competition... staying atop the weekend box office for the third week in a row. the conclusion to the series earned more than 18 million dollars... bringing its domestic total to 227 million. the holiday horror comedy million dollars. and "creed"... with sylvester stallone reprising his role as the legendary "rocky balboa"... took in more hey! this holiday, u.s. cellular's giving you 15 gigs of data for just $70! but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] you're getting data. pony-sized data? u.s. cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. i'd like $100! you're getting $

county sheriff's office or the polk county crime stoppers. elias: and finally-- a local police department unveils a new look... the waukee police department has launched a new brand, giving the force a new patch and vehicles a new design. the new patch design features the scales of center, with the words integrity, honor, and pride around the image. the police chief says the new look is part of an outward change to reflect the department's internal improvements. three police vehicles have already been striped black and silver....with new vehicles added to the force also being painted the same. the department worked with the waukee high school art department to come up with the final designs. elias: in your sports news now-- a big in-state rivalry takes the basketball court in ames tonight...as the cyclones welcome the hawkeyes. both teams looking for big wins, iowa wanting payback, and iowa state wanting to stay undefeated. alex giaimo has a look at the game. " (alex giaimo) the hawkeyes head into ames for the annual cy-hawk battle as winners

elias: but first...for those traveling into polk those traveling into polk county...be safe this morning... the sheriff's office has automated traffic enforcement vehicles at two locations.... one at the ...13- hundred block of northwest 66th avenue. and a second at the ...88-hundred block of northeast 29th street. so take care on the roads today... sabrina: let's also get a quick look at this is i-235 at valley west... [current conditions] good morning iowa continues after this! "your wathcing good "your wathcing good morning iowa in hd with elias johnson, sabrina ahmed and we are iowas most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. this is good morning iowa." james:: weather adlib: wednesday will be mostly cloudy most of the day, but we might see a few rays of sunshine from time to time- especially in western iowa in the afternoon. it will stay mainly dry as our latest system moves away. expect to have some light morning snow greet you as you head to work. little to no accummulation is expected, except maybe on your car if its outside...grab the scraper. clearing skies will me

joining me right now is kim king out in polk county. what's it look like there? >> kim: hey, jason. the weather has improved out here. i-26 is moving slowly with traffic heading out of asheville area this afternoon on to this evening. earlier today we saw some heavy rain and there was a major mudslide on the road near here on polk county. white oak mountain road was definitely closed. we could not immediately see from the point what the damage was. about a half mile up we could, though. with boulders sliding off the mountain. a dot crew came out and documented it. and then assessed the damage. >> trees out of the road. making sure basically that roads are open if they're safe to open. i have been cataloging pictures in case we get reimbursement. they have to declare -- the governor actually has to declare that. >> kim: there was a smaller mudslide near piney gate road on the saluda grade. early this afternoon with heavy fog and wet roads. that larger mudslide we showed you, we talked to dot officials out there and they gave an initial estimate for repairs of over $100,000. they have

in polk county. they're trying hard to keep up with all the new applications and issuing permits. bracelin 1:09 they're absolutely swamped. started seing an uptick in weaon permit applications beginning in october. take a look at a month by month comparison compared to last year in polk county. 100 more permits issued in october of 2015, more than 400 issued this november, and only a week into december there's a big increase compared to the whole month last year, 528 permits so far and most of them are new applicants. bracelin 1:54 out of that 528, only a little over 109 are renewals. amanda: things aren't down after the start of the new year, in fact they could pick up even more. iowa's law changed in 2011 that allowed people to have their permit to carry for 5 years before renewing it, thousands of people got their permit to carry at that point... and they'll be looking to renew it after the start of the year, 5 years later. in the studio, amanda krenz, local five news, we are iowa. jack/2shot: tha

polk county officials force a metro bar, out of business. evolution nightclub faced heavy scrutiny after a deadly shooting there last month. polk county suspended the bar's liquor license after the november 8th shooting. investigators reviewed hours of surveillance video from inside the nightclub, and found multiple violations including serving minors, failure to check id's, and serving alcohol after hours. county leaders now say moving forward, they'd prefer that property remain alcohol-free. robert brownell: i think the bigger overshadowing piece was just safety, when we had the gun it's going to take some convincing for the county to go along with another liquor license in that building, i don't care who it is. elizabeth: a kcci investigation revealed county deputies responded to evolution nightclub 70 times in seven months. that's more than twice every weekend. and this morning, ankeny centennial high school is investigating hazing reports, allegedly involving the sophomore boys basketball team. a district spokesperson tells us 11 studen

it was also the subject of a polk county board of supervisors meeting yesterday... but details of the meeting haven't been released. west des moines students will see some changes in the district's foreign language offerings... the district wants to trim its budget by nearly 600 thousand dollars for the upcoming school year. last night... the board of education approved more than a dozen ways to do program... and starting spanish education in fourth grade... instead of first grade. the cuts are a result of declining enrollment in the district. the "food and drug administration" has lifted its ban on accepting blood donations from gay men. they are now allowed to donate... but only after 12 months of celibacy. the move comes after years of scientific research and consultative with government agencies... the ban of blood donations was implemented by the f-d-a in 19-83... at the start of the aids crisis. little was known about the spread of the disease at the time. the human rights campaign is calling the change "a step in the right direction." hillary clinton wants to

wanchanic's being held in the polk county jail. his next court appearance is scheduled for december 14th. the number of homicides in des moines now stands at 19 for the year 20-15... that's the most murders in the capitol city since 1996... and des moines police are still working to solve two other homicides... police still haven't identified a suspect after 20 year old dashwan smith was shot and killed outside "evolution nightclub" on northwest 6th drive last month. police are also trying to solve a deadly shooting last weekend. they say 21-year-old edmanuel perez was killed along court avenue on sunday. a second person was also shot... and is recovering in the hospital. police officers across the country are on high alert, following several police involved shootings. and here in iowa, there's a new effort to better prepare iowa's law enforcement. "it's a holistic approach and it's continual. it's not just something that we send you to a two hour class and how you've received your training. it's continual." "blue courage" is a nat

gerald "tig" johnson turned polk county jail. he's charged with "sexual exploitation by a school employee" and "assault with intent to commit sex abuse." the des moines school district says he is on administrative leave.. pending the results of the investigation. a pleasant hill babysitter is headed to prison for abusing kids in her care... christina williamson was sentenced to five years in prison. she was arrested in may after video surfaced showing her abusing three kids at her daycare. she was originally charged with five counts of child endangerment... but three were dropped as part of a plea deal. williamson said she's working to better herself... and receiving treatment for several mental health issues. the man who went on a shooting spree in pleasant hill learn his fate today... a jury found pete polson guilty of attempted murder... two counts of assault... and six other charges in october. he hit two people and narrowly missed a third when he opened fire last year. all of the victims polson's sentencing is set for 8 - 30

every day, she goes to her office, working with polk county kids who've been in trouble with the law. >> the goal is to keep them out. give them that prevention, intervention. reporter: on lunch breaks and late afternoons, she carries her full load of sociology classes at the private school, where rich kids far outnumber foster kids. >> and i just didn't know what i was doing here and how i would make it. reporter: on saturday? >> i'm i'm excited. reporter: eddye vanderkwaak will take a walk foster kids almost never take. >> i can't believe i'm here to be honest. like i never dreamed i would graduate from drake university. seriously. i don't want to cry but it's my graduation is so symbolic because it represents the fight that i've put up against all of the odds that were stacked against me. and again, i'm not some super resiliant, super power foster youth, i'm really just someone who people got in my face and said, you can't keep yourself down. you've gotta keep going. reporter: now? >> i think she's going to have an incredible impact. reporter eddye's professors are : convinced she'

he's been transferred to the polk county jail. that's where we find channel 13's josh nguyen... it was a big relief. we had approximately 30 officers out here on scene. it's a lot of man power. and it's cold. so hope everybody's healthy family and friends are remembering the victims of the double homicide... dozens of people gathered at a bridge near belieu and howard's home last night. they held candles and shared memories. howard's mother spoke briefly about the loss... its awesome to know that my son and heather were loved so much, it just goes to show you that good people, bad things happen to good people. i know they both accepted christ.. and i think that's the only gives me comfort right now. belieu leaves behind four children. des moines police say they're closer to finding those responsible for a deadly downtown shooting... the shooting happened along court avenue on sunday morning. police say it followed a fight between two groups. 21 year old edmanuel perez died from his injuries... 23 year old andrew hurley boyd remain

elias: then...police are called nearly 70 times in one year to a polk county nightclub. tonight the doors are closed and those in the neighborhood say they are relieved. but first.... "do not tell me...that i have not shown courage in standing up to the gun people." elias: sparks fly on the debate stage. but the issues take a back seat to the fueds between two candidates. we've got a recap tonight in your local election headquarters. " local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa" "they want american terrorism and the fight against isis was just one of the many topics that got a big response during the third and final democratic debate of the year. elias: good evening. i'm elias johnson, nikki davidson has the night off. that debate just wrapped up here on local 5. we'll have a recap of the event in just a moment...but first.... elias: the big 4 classic was going on down at the well this evening and what a night it was... down at the well this evening and what a night it was... local 5's jordan furbee joins us now with more.. jordan: that's right elias, iowa and drak

stephanie: local 5 teamed up with fareway food stores, hunger free polk county and the des moines area religious council today to collect food for iowans in need. we want to thank you for helping us can hunger. 1 in 8 people in polk county dont know where their next meal will come from. but today, you helped change that. nats thank you so very much oh wonderful oh great have a wonderful holiday a lot of people dont have enough food and dont know where their next meal is coming from nats bells it's so exciting to see people giveand to know they're really moved by the people around them i don't think all of us realize that is really is our neighbors its not sombody living in another part of town their are people all aroubd us who need food nats bells going in and out of the store multiple times goods so it's been really great nats bag crumpling reaching out to the community and just helping people in need is really what we're about stephanie: we want to remind you that there is need year round. you can find more information on donating on our website we are iowa .com jack: coming up on l

elizabeth: first at 4:30, polk county officials force a metro bar out of business. heavy scrutiny for evolution nightclub after a deadly shooting there last month. the parking lot shooting sparked an investigation into day-to-day operations. eric: what investigators found resulted in a liquor license suspension. kcci's ryan smith has the new details. ryan s.: it appears the controversial nightclub is shutting its doors for good. >> i think that's a good idea. had enough of that. ryan s.: last month a kcci investigation revealed county deputies responded to evolution nightclub 70 times in seven months. that's more than twice every weekend. >> it was finally an overall symptom of a greater disease which was an out of control bar. ryan s.: polk county supervisor robert brownell says the tipping point, a deadly shooting in the parking lot six weeks ago. >> i think the bigger overshadowing piece was just safety when we had the gun activity. ryan s.: polk county suspended the bar's liquor license after november's shooting. we've learned the owners failed to appear for an

this unanimously, there were two items in this, the upper fo*ek street light was part of the upper polk streetscape project, the only concern we had was with regard to its coordination with the van ness brt projts, that's what you might want to talk to fta about and sloat boulevard, this is for the backlog of traffic calming implementation to sloat boulevard project, so one of our concerns was how that would be backfill, how those funds would be pult into the traffic calming portion of that. on item number 7 regarding the congestion management plan, we approved this unanimously, three items that came up in our questions regarding level of service as a ceqa threshold was repealed by senate bill 743 but cac staff ashirebacker insured us it was a good measurement, mta's red carpets have shown -- or part of why bus service is maintained at a consistent level while other speeds of vehicles are dropping, so these red carpets appear to be working. and in a congestion management plan was also asked, we were also asking about why we don't see things about off-peak hour ins the congestion managem

anyone with information should contact the polk county sheriff's office. stephanie: over in minburn, a fire burned through a home earlier today- with the homeowner inside . it happened around 10-30 this morning in the 700 block of laurel. crews were battle the blaze. a neighbor who emergency crews says the homeowner was asleep in the home when the fire started. how the fire started. say the home is probably a total loss. jack: the last republican presidential debate of the year is tuesday night. jack: donald trump will remain center stage at tomorrow night's debate. but next to him this time will be texas senator ted cruz, who's been surging in the polls. chris christie will join the top contenders as well after getting knocked to the undercard debate last month. mike huckabee, however, will remain on the undercard stage, as he did not get enough support in a group of national and primary state polls. the 2008 iowa caucus winner says he doesn't mind debating the lower tier candidates. " one good thing about being on the undercard is, there's only four of u

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he was taken to the polk county jail. the victims of the double homicide are 36 year old bryon howard and 31 year old heather belieu. they were discovered shot to death in their home on center street monday afternoon. last night... friends and family members gathered near there for a candlelight vigil. belieu leaves behind four kids. what marks the start of the for many it's the annual lighting of the rockerfeller center christmas tree. that's set to take place tonight... following a list of star - studded performances. sarah dallof has the story. for four generations, this ten ton norway spruce has towered over one new york state family. "it's part of history, you know. it's been in the family for years." "when we moved in '57, i was four. and-- my father used to trim the top of it." the tree growing along with the family... woven into their childhood memories.' "we've always been in and out of it. got hollered "it's pretty much all my memory. and finally.. outgrowing the family.. at 78 feet.. it became too much to care

in polk county. they're trying hard to keep up with all the new applications and issuing permits. bracelin 1:09 they're absolutely swamped. started seing an uptick in weaon permit applications beginning in october. take a look at a month by month comparison compared to last year in polk county. 100 more permits issued in october of 2015, more than 400 issued this november, and only a week into december there's a big increase compared to the whole month last year, 528 permits so far and most of them are new applicants. bracelin 1:54 out of that 528, only a little over 109 are renewals. sabrina: now, things aren't going to slow down after they could pick up even more. iowa's law changed in 2011 that allowed people to have their permit to carry for 5 years before renewing it, thousands of people got their permit to carry at that point... and they'll be looking to renew it after the start of the year, 5 years later. sabrina we have lots more good morning iowa ahead...but first here's abc's richard bacon

wachanic will be processed at the polk county jail. in bouton kattey ortiz local five news we are iowa sabrina: the brother of heather beleiu spoke with local five yesterday about the tragedy his family is suffering... ryan belieu says he actually met michael wanchanic, the person of interest, last week. he says wanchanic came to the same house where the double homicide happened....but seemed quiet and didn't stay long. meanwhile, he confirms his sister and bryon howard had been dating for years, and just had a baby in march. while flipping through family photos, no one can understand what happened or why. "cause anybody that did knows that they got the chanec to know her, she was a blessing. she was a really special person and she'd do anything could" " sabrina: police still have not released how they died, or a motive as to why. police also removed two children from inside. heather's family confirmed all four of her children are currently staying with family and are ok. elias: now, this case stretched into story county as well. sheri

polk county and landrom drive is shut down near the south water. dispatch is reporting several other roads that are flooding throughout the county. please use caution in that area on your commute. there are several problem spots in transylvania county. these five roads that you are seeing are closed due to flooding. there are also power lines down blocking jewelry lane. checking back on the parkway, crews are still working a wreck near hendersonville road, so please avoid that area if you are heading the roads in south asheville soon. that's a look at your on-time traffic report brought to you by the wired mouse computer solution. >>holly: as we near the end of 2015, we take a look back at some of our most memorable persons of the week. >>jay: absolutely. year's eve, we will also name our person of the year. our first finalist is a police officer from spindale. >>holly: as john lee found out, one push can go a long way. >>reporter: putting life into words is a struggle. victor whiteside often writes his thoughts. >> i will write something myself. i

it was also the subject of a polk county board of supervisors meeting yesterday... but details of the meeting haven't been released. west des moines students will see some changes in the district's foreign language offerings... the district wants to trim its budget by nearly 600 thousand dollars for the upcoming school year. last night... the board of education approved more than a dozen ways to do so... they include phasing out the japanese program... and starting spanish education in fourth grade... instead of first grade. the cuts are a result of declining enrollment in the district. authorities continue to investigate what caused a woman to drive into a las vegas crowd. meanwhile... the woman will make her first appearance in court. 24 year old lakeisha holloway will have her formal bond hearing today. the 24 year old is accused of driving up on onto the one and injuring dozens. her three year old daughter was in the car at the time. officers believe they had been living in the vehicle in vegas for about a week. the child is now in protective custody. the case a

he's being held in the polk county jail. police say farnum broke into this home on southeast 6th street last night. officers had the home surrounded for about an hour... before convincing him to come out... and taking him into custody. the state parole board has denied a domestic abuser's request to be set free... the board denied parole to scott parks... citing several reasons... including his likelihood to re offend. one of parks' victims... tiffany allison... has been pushing for tougher laws to keep habitual offenders behind bars. but lawmakers have been reluctant to embrace her ideas... my life drastically changes when he gets out. there's no such thing as a routine for me or any of the other victims because that puts us in a potentially dangerous situation. allison says she'll continue to a des moines teen accused of killing his grandmother won't go to trial until may... 17 year old noah laprei was in court yesterday. the judge pushed back the trial that was set for january. laprei is accused in the beating death of 79

he's being held in the polk county jail... without bond. this morning des moines police are still working to solve two other homicides... 20 year old dashwan smith was shot and killed outside "evolution nightclub" on northwest 6th drive last month. police still haven't identified as suspect in the case... the same goes for a deadly shooting last weekend. police say 21 year old edmanuel perez was killed along court avenue on sunday. a second person was also shot... and because of the violence... the "court center organization" is hiring two officers to patrol court avenue. the increased security begins at 11 - 30 tonight and runs until 2 a - m... the same goes for every friday and saturday nights. the organization is also planning to install additional lighting and security cameras. the number of homicides in des moines now stands at 19... that's the highest number of homicides the city has seen since 19 - 96... and the year isn't over yet. nearly half of them occurred just last month... leading some to believe gang activity is at play. the

tom is on the board of polk county supervisors. we hope you'll help us come out to the fareway store on 86th and meredith from 8 am until 9 pm. we'll be collecting all food donations to help our neediest right for christmas and well into 2016. stay tuned with us, as we broadcast live all day today from the fareway. we are iowa and we give back to the break, and we'll be back after this. elias: we hope you'll help us "can hunger".... come out to the fareway store on 86th and meredith from 8 am until 9 pm. we'll be collecting all food donations to help our neediest right here in central iowa for christmas and well into 2016. stay tuned with us, as we broadcast live all day today from the fareway. we are iowa and we give back to the community. we'll take a quick break, and we'll be back after this. weather adlib: it's friday everyone another absolutely going to be breezy and climbing into the upper sam sam weather adlib: it's friday everyone and we are in for another absolutely gorgeous day! we are going to be breezy and climbing into

club closes a polk county night club is shut down this morning. the reason it closed its doors and why neighbors are relieved. christmas campaigning candidates are taking advantage of these last few days before the holiday. what the candidates are saying about each other and where you'll find at least three in iowa this week. it's monday, december 21st. today in iowa starts now.... i-235 @ mlk i-80/35 @ douglas first on 13... we begin this we take you to a developing moines... authorities are combing the city... searching for a missing woman. this is a picture of 20 year old erica johnson. she stands four feet ten inches tall... and weighs about 100 pounds. police say she's mentally disabled. if you see johnson.... call the west des moines police department at the number on your screen. at least one person is dead after a woman deliberately drove her car on the sidewalk of the las vegas strip... six people are still in critical condition this morning... like, it literally looked like she wasn't even trying to stop the car. she was just sitting the

it was also the subject of a polk county board of supervisors meeting yesterday... but details of the meeting haven't been released. west des moines students will see some changes in the district's foreign language offerings... the district wants to trim its budget by nearly 600 thousand dollars for the upcoming school year. last night... the board of education approved more than a dozen ways to do so... they include phasing out the japanese program... and starting spanish education in fourth grade... instead of first grade. the cuts are a result of declining enrollment in the district. the mad dash by last minute christmas shoppers is already underway... and stores aren't going to be the only places crowded in the next few days. the saturday before christmas is already behind us..and like last year, the busiest shopping day of the season.. "i've been feeling the pressure for weeks, but even more so now that we're less than a week away" so, retail experts are again expecting deep discounts over the next few days at brick and mortar stores... ...on practically everyt

here in iowa, polk county emergency management says they are ready for a situation like this. 47:43-47:58 whether its a shooting like we've seen in san whether it's a natural disaster or even a traffic accident. basic processes is the same. dealing with a large number of casualties and that that's practiced on a regular basis. director a-j mumm says today's shooting serves as a reminder that people need to be prepared for situations like this, but he also says it's important not to panic. a man accused of killing his two roomates at a des moines moneay is now charged with first degree murder. authroities arrested michael wanchanic following a four hour stand-off on highway 1=41 near woodward last night. channel 13's justin surrency talked with the man who helped authorities track down wanchanic... justin... tell us what happened.. "and i don't remember saying the letters, i just saw it and phone and i was shaking and said siri, call 911." while on his way to volunteer at woodward academy...maxwell resident chris charron says he was trailing the vehicle police described michael wanchani

polk county... and donors to finish it. today the "prairie meadows board" will consider donating another 200 thousand dollars. that's in addition to the one million the the madrid community will gather to remember a legendary football coach... randy hinkel died of a heart attack over the weekend. he's been a fixture on the madrid sidelines for the past 26 years... making the playoffs nearly all of them. a visitation will take place in the high school gym.. from four to seven tonight. hinkel's family is asking everyone to dress in tiger orange and black. iowa state wins again on the court after being upset over the weekend... the cyclones challenged number 22 cincinnati on the road last night. the team took an early lead... and held it well into the second half... but with 15 seconds to go... abdel nader sinks a three pointer...bringing i- s-u up by two. final score... 81 to 79... and the coach calls it a good win. merry christmas. i'm just really proud of our guys. obviously we suffered a tough loss saturday. obviously they

no metro cameras deployed for today or tomorrow however......there are speed cameras deployed for polk county for both today and tomorrow !!! polk county locations for christmas eve 7300 nw 4th st - sw of dmacc ankeny 300 walnut street in elkhart -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------ -------------------------------- ------------------------------- polk county locations for christmas day 1500 ne 66th ave - just west of the ankeny regional airport 3900 ne 108th st - south of mitchellville, just by thomas mitchell you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. our top story... people in the south with spend this christmas eve cleaning up from deadly spring like storms. a powerful storm system roared

anyone with information is asked to call the polk county sheriff's office. hundreds of waukee students will roam different hallways next year... last night, the waukee school board approved new school boundaries. the plan moves nearly 6-hundred elementary students to a new school. school board members say the change was needed to handle meanwhile des moines valley is topping the state... the first boys high school basketball poll has them ranked #1. hoover is fifth, ankeny #6. the ames little cyclones are 7th, ankeny centennial ranks 9th, and dowling just makes the top ten ahead of waukee. other number ones: wahlert in 3a, western christian 2a, and gladbrook reinbeck in 1a. donald trump is issuing a want ad this morning... he wants to hired" to iowans... the des moines register reports team trump is looking to expand its iowa fleet of political bargainers. the "precinct captains" will reach out to lock in voters leading up to the caucuses... they'll work off a database of iowans that's reportedly as long as 55-thousand volunteer only. we are now just seven w

and turned the results over to the polk county attorney... but he declined to prosecute. filbert resigned... saying he was looking for job opportunities in the kansas city area. prosecutors are dropping two charges against a des moines man his alleged role in a fatal crash last month. charges of o-w-i and vehicular homicide by o-w-i were dropped against troy mure this morning. vehicular homicide by reckless driving ... and prosecutors are also reserving the right to re-file the o-w-i fatality charge. police say mure was speeding last month ... perez. mure has claimed he was speeding to avoid a person with a gun in a car behind him. deanna gliem was also in court today to answer to two charges of vehicular homicide by o-w-i. police say she was driving while drunk last month when she hit and killed rick hummel and randy sonnenburg as they turned onto hubbell avenue. police say she was also driving twice the speed limit at the time of the accident. authorities in union county are treating the death of a woman there as suspicious. the body of loretta dillenger was found in a

polk county, 15 minutes. rivers are running high across the region. satellite and radar shows barely any clouds in some of these shots and some high clouds elsewhere, including franklin. this is 65 degrees. a beautiful afternoon after a wild night here. radar and satellite showing light showers in our eastern zone and down south, it is dry. you can expect that to be the case through the majority of the day. don't get too settled because the flood watch is out through thursday morning because we have more rain on the way. this does include us in buncombe county. looking at the next couple of hours, 60's by late afternoon and 62 by dinner time. coming up, i'll talk about how much rain will fall for the second round and how cold we'll turn. >> stay tuned for the latest weather updates. we'll have more live coverage of the flood situation coming up in our next half-hour. >> the wild weather leaves a trail of destruction across the u.s. being blamed for at least 46 deaths the northeast is now bracing for its first winter storm. >> after an is usually warm

he is being held in the polk county jail without bond. johnson is a special education teacher, besides coaching girls basketball. a district spokesman tells us johnson was immediately placed on administrative leave... a statement reads, in part: "roosevelt and the school district are currently underway. in the meantime, a teacher is assigned to assume johnsons classroom duties and assistant coaches will be leading the basketball team." a pleasant hill woman is headed to prison for abusing children at her in- home day care. christina williamson received a five year sentence for two counts of child endangerment. channel 13's jannay towne joins us now... jannay, williamson had asked for probation.. the judge told williamson she needs to be punished for her actions... after calling the abuse "sickening". parents who spoke at her sentencing described williamson as "a monster". they can't get those images from the disturbing hidden video... taken inside her pleasant hill home.. out of their minds.. 39:23 i missed work, i missed sleep, i missed

anyone with information is asked to call the polk county sheriff's office. the man accused in a white powder scare at the state capitol is now admitting it... today, 28-year old michael mcrae pled guilty in federal court. the charge was conveying false information concerning a biological weapon. he admitted to writing a letter with racial slurs and threats directed at representative ako abdul-samad. mcrae was serving as samad's legislative clerk. police say mcrae opened the letter.. spilling white powder on the house floor in april of 20-12... that forced an evacuation. mcrae gave an interview shortly after the incident. wehn i opened the mail, the letter, white powder just went in a lot of different directions mcrae will be sentenced in the vote is approved.. hundreds of waukee students will head to a different school next year... the evening the waukee school board approved its new school boundaries. it means nearly 6-hundred elementary students will attend a new school. the school board says the changes were needed because of incredible growth within the

polk county... and donors to finish it. today the "prairie meadows board" will consider donating another 200 thousand dollars. that's in addition to the one million the the madrid community will gather to remember a legendary football coach... randy hinkel died of a heart attack over the weekend. he's been a fixture on the madrid sidelines for the past 26 years... making the playoffs nearly all of them. a visitation will take place in the high school gym.. from four to seven tonight. hinkel's family is asking everyone to dress in tiger orange and black. iowa state wins again on the court after an upset over the weekend... the cyclones challenged number 22 cincinnati on the road last night. the team took an early lead... and held it well into the second half... but with 15 seconds to go... georges niang sinks a three pointer... bringing i-s-u up by two. final score... 81 to 79... and the coach merry christmas. i'm just really proud of our guys. obviously we suffered a tough loss saturday. obviously they showed a lot of grit

she's now being held in polk county jail on a 120-thousand dollar bond. for the first time since 19-91 the iowa hawkeye football team is heading to sting away from yesterday's loss against michigan state. 131709 - everyone was saying that we werent gonna make the rosebowl that it was gonna be ohio state or the buckeyes but were big ten fans. ive been wanting the rosebowl my entire life. the playoffs would be nice but were going to rose bowl and i couldnt ask for anything more the hawkeyes will face off against standford -- for the first time ever on new years day. they haven't won a game at the rosebowl in nearly 60 years :00 - :20 to play in any bowl, new years day bowl is great. to play in the rose bowl is really special if you coach in the big ten. every game is important, to win this one would be a great accomplishment. we also know it's going to be a great challenge. i dont know a lot about the details as far as stanford goes, but i do know they're an excellent team, an excellent program, traditionally been that way tickets for the game go on sale tu

>> i need an ambulance right now. 3089 polk drive. 3089 polk drive. please hurry. >> what has happened? sir, don't hang up with me! what's happened? sir! sir? >> ken creamer would never kill his wife, said the defense. he adored the woman. and a parade of friends came to the witness stand to confirm it. music teacher. >> they seemed to get along well. >> the boy's fifth grade teacher. >> got along great, great hostesses. everything seemed very normal. >> and remember this man? creamer friend and jeweler, robert katz. >> a loving, caring family. >> and his wife, charlene. >> such a loving family. they were very, very close. >> as for that first crossbow incident, the one that injured anna, well, she herself said it was an accident, the teacher testified. >> she laughed about it. told me what happened and just -- that's about it. she was very lighthearted about the whole situation. >> as for those insurance policies, yes, they totaled over $1 million, but he had been an insurance agent, remember? those amounts were normal, said the defense. anna bought

polk county sheriff's deputies are looking for sam kemp... his mother tells police she hasn't heard from him since he left for a party in granger saturday night. sam was last seen wearing a black nike sweatshirt and dark blue jeans. anyone with information should contact the polk county sheriff's office. sabrina: this morning ames police hope to find the person responsible for monday's hit and run... the week began with tragedy on the i-s-u campus, where authorities found a student in the roadway...the victim of a hit and run. and i-s-u emmalee jacobs was found lying intersection of ash avenue and lincoln way. emergency services carried her to a hospital, where she later died. ames police are anyone with county crime stoppers. the information is there on your screen. sabrina is there on your screen. sabrina still to come on local 5 news midday... sam has the details in "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate the independent weather experts" sam weather adlib: we are finally done wit

it was created by the "polk county information technology department." just search for "skywalk-d-s-m" in play store. in future releases...the navigation app will also include information about businesses, atms, hotels and other points of interest in the skywalks. the app is free. messages... the iowa d-o-t has once again for drivers... the boards across the metro read santa." it's part of the message monday effort the d-o-t began last the d-o-t says about 93-percent of drivers and front seat passengers in iowa would find themselves on the "nice list" if wearing seatbelts is part of santa's criteria. but the goal is to have 100-percent compliance. the monday messages aim to raise awareness on several traffic issues in order to save lives. being cold is not something we like to think about this time of the year. but this type of chill might change your mind. @50:13 "it's a very stimulating experience. it's very chilly." what cyrotherapy is all about...and the health benefits many experience from it. plus.... lawmakers grill authorities helping implement t