making a bold move today... governor branstad's plan medicaid. it's a move that could affect iowans. our chief correspondent statehouse with our big story. democrats who are stop medicaid from managed care, but they're also getting republican support. frustration, that's how the president of the senate, pam jochum describes what's happing with the state's attempt to change medicaid to managed care. she says the hundreds iowans who received these packets, still have many questions

are scheduled to start march first. pam 4:46 questions as simple as, are my child's providers signed up with any of the managed care companies? what do i do if i have my medical doctor over here in this company but my child's waiver service provider's over in this one. senator jochum and other senate democrats wrote a bill to stop the deal with the manage care companies. it passed 29-19, getting support from 3 republicans. schultz. in opposition to this would set us back, turn the train around and take us to the governor branstad stands by his plan, his statement saying "managed care means more doctors for medicaid patients. managed care means better access for those patients to doctors. and managed the exponential cost growth associated

amanda tag 13:48 one important thing to agency that has to give approval has given a deadline of march 1st. they still approval at this point. at the statehouse, amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa." jack: those numbers once again on from earlier today include: republicans joining 26 democrats in passing the house republicans say they will not even consider the bill when it arrives, however. medicaid changes affect more than 560- thousand iowans. and the changes are set to take effect on march 1st. jack:: have you seen these two people connected to a fraud investigation? two people used a cloned credit card to buy from several stores at merle hay mall, racking up more than 3 thousand dollars for the victim. des moines

anyone with information to call the crime stoppers hotline. jack: here's another guy to watch out for. randal caswell is wanted after several recent thefts and has two outstanding warrants. he's 46 years old and has a scar over his left eye. caswell is violent, police say, so don't approach him. he also has several aliases. police are asking anyone with information to call crime stoppers. jack in ames, a woman was side swiped as she crossed the street this morning. it happened around 10-30 near the iowa state campus. the woman was crossing the street near the corner of beach and lincoln way when the driver, an isu student, hit her. investigators say the driver was looking at her phone while turning and side swiped the victim. the driver immediately stopped to help, and so did a few other people. " " we continue to preach, in an area congested with pedestrian and bicyclists, we have to do our due dilgance

jack: the driver will be charged with failure to yield, additional charges. the victim was hospital with but will be ok. jack: the zika virus has everyone's attention these days, including researchers up in ames. newlink genetics, a cancer research company, known for their ebola vaccine, has researchers trying to develop a vaccine for the mosquito the virus has been linked to serious health issues including birth defects like microcephaly. of the two species of mosquitos known to carry zika, one is found here in iowa. but researchers say the unknown heavily outweigh the known facts at this point. " " its all in theplanning stages, for every company its in the palnning stages. like i said, this virus wasnt recognized as a threat.

right now, newlink genetics does not have a timeline of when a vaccine could be develeoped. the c-d-c says only travel- associated cases have been found in the u-s. and anyone traveling, especially pregnant women, should protect themselves or not travel at all. jack: today in court, a missouri state highway patrol trooper charged for an iowa man's death. jack:: anthony piercy is the trooper who arrested brandon ellingson of clive when he thought he was driving a boat drunk in 2014 in missouri. he's now facing charges after brandon ellingson drowned while handcuffed. piercy appeared in a missouri court today for an arraignment - and protestors outside the courthouse called for a change in venue. they say piercy is well known around there and could get preferential treatment unless the trial is moved somewhere else. piercy was not originally charged for ellingson's

investigating, a special proseuctor formally charged him. jack: a man who admitted to killing his ex wife and an acquaintence was found dead in his johnson county jail cell overnight from an apparent suicide. we first showed you the unusual story of jerry dillinger last month, when he appeared in front of a union county judge without a lawyer and pleaded guilty to first degree murder. he told the judge he did it, and that he didn't want to waste anyone's time or money with a trial. even though police say there's nothing about dillinger's death that shows anything other than suicide, they're still investigating. jack: coming up on local 5 news at six... another movie theater is opening in the metro, and it has features that you may have never seen before. jack: and.... the home and garden show kicks off today with special booths for any outdoor fan. "your watching local 5

angleson, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist brad edwards, and local 5 sports with sports director jon schaeffer. this is local 5 news at 6. we are iowa." jack: there's another comfy theater in town that you may want to add comfy theater in town that you may want to add to your places to go out. the nextgen cinemark theater in altoona opened today, after about nine months of construction, to movie goers eager to watch in movie goers eager to watch in comfort. the luxury- themed theater has 12 auditoriums with huge recliners, as well as enhanced sound systems. nextgen says it's a new way to

are big fans already. jim pierce, altoona: "the seats alone, they just blew my mind. they're all electronic and they recline and are really, really comfortable. it's almost has a home theater experience, but obviously you can't get the screen or the sound or the digital quality of the film at home." jack: you can buy your tickets through an app. the cinemark theater is right across from prairie meadows casino, and will be showing movies like deadpool, zoolander two, and others. jack: the annual home and garden show is attracting dozens of people on opening day at the iowa events center. local 5's meterologist sam schreier was out at the show earlier today to meet with vendors and visitors. the home and garden show has more than 53- hundred square feet of garden landscapes to walk through, as well as featured guests like kevin o'connor, host of pbs's this old house. one of the vendors, habitat for humanity, is hoping a unique item from their group catches the eye of visitors. " the green bin is a little unique. we use a lot of reclaimed materials so the re store has donated material and some purchased as well, but

definitely something you wouldn't normally find in the store" jack: the home and garden show goes through sunday, february 14th. it's open this weekend from 9 to 9 on saturday, and sunday from 10am to 6pm. tickets are 12 dollars for adults and 4 dollars for kids. you can buy tickets at the door or online. jack/wxhang chief meteorologist brad edwards is here now... brad:wxcdl ( local 5 weather is coming up next.

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brad/wxc: welcome back. i'm local 5 chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: let's take a look at we are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: weather adlib: put are iowa's most accurate forecast. brad/wxwall: weather adlib: put script here in green our latest "clipper" system will bring us about an inch of snow this evening, but it will move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by midnight with skies remaining mostly cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as drier, but colder, winds come in from the nw at 15-25 mph. this colder air will keep our temps from rising very much in spite of the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below zero in most of central iowa by saturday morning. (toss to jack) move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by midnight with skies remaining mostly cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as drier, but colder, winds come in from the nw at 15-25 mph. this colder air will keep our temps from rising

the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below zero in most of central iowa by saturday morning. (toss to jack) move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by midnight with skies remaining mostly cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as drier, but colder, winds come in from the nw at 15-25 mph. this colder air will keep our temps from rising very much in spite of the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below zero in most of central iowa by saturday morning. (toss to jack) move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by

cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as winds come in from the colder air will keep our temps from rising very much in spite of the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below central iowa by saturday morning. (toss to jack) move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by midnight with skies remaining mostly cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as

nw at 15-25 mph. this colder air will keep our temps from rising very much in spite of the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below zero in most of central iowa by saturday morning. (toss to jack) jack/2bam: i'm here with sports director jon schaeffer, and jon the iowa wild have looked like a new team since christmas jon/2bam: yeah jack they've been playing a whole lot

because of some guys returning from injury coming up on local 5 sports hear what team torch is comparing this group to right now and why it may be a good sign of things to come! may be a good sign of things to come!

are iowa sports" jon: welcome back. one of the few things people have been critical of this season is adam woodbury for the iowa hawkeyes. but really his numbers haven't been that bad. alex giaimo tells us how the hawkeyes big man is using the critics as fuel for his game. "(alex giaimo) adam woodbury's fourth year on the iowa hawkeyes has been nothing short of incredible. he's heard plenty of criticism from haters over the years but this season, the 7 foot 1 center, is finally feeling appreciated. (adam woodbury) i mean who would say it

obviously feels nice being appreciated but for the few people that didn't appreciate me that kind of gave me more motivation to work even harder. (mike gesell) people get on him or when they're praising him i think he still just stays true to himself and still just plays his game. you know he's not looking for approval or anything he's just looking to get better every single day. (giaimo) he's a "dirty work" type of player, so his stats were never eye-popping.. but this year he's averaging over 9 rebounds and close to a double-double in every game. he also wins nearly every 50/50 ball on the floor. (fran mccaffery) his role is obviously much more critical than its ever been. he's been a starter since he got here but the way he anchors the defense and the communication that he provides and the rebounding. you know he doesn't make mistakes he's scoring the ball. he provides an element of toughness that i think every team needs. (giaimo) woodbury always believed that he was on the right path and now hawkeye fans are now buying in. (adam woodbury) i think if you guys listened to some of my interviews from back

what i wanted to do. i wanted to help bring the iowa team back to some of the national prominence that it used to have. this is a very storied program that we have so we're just trying to help it and get some of the esteem that it once had. (giaimo) in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, local 4 sports. " woodbury and the hawkeyes tip off at 8 pm tonight on espn. the hawkeyes are trying to stay ahead of the hoosiers in the big ten standings. iowa is currently at the top of the conference. jon: on the ice-- the iowa wild are rolling back into wells fargo weekend for a pair of games against grand rapids friday and saturday. since christmas break the wild are 9-7. and they're coming off of a five to one win in chicago last weekend. the wild have won three of their last four in large part because they've gotten healthy up the middle with their centers. it's a team that looks rejuvinated the second half of the season here. while they're still back in the standings-- head coach john torchetti says it's a lot more fun putting some tallies in the win column. he feels the program is at a point where it once was before they made the move to iowa. " before i got here before we moved from houston that's exactly how it feels. great locker room great atmosphere everyone

the guys who are doing well and develop correctly are the ones that get called up and that's what the idea is being an american league team. it's a lot of fun, fans have been coming out in droves. we've been getting over 10 thousand on a weekend the last five games and they've seen some pretty nice games." the wild will be doing thier annual pink in the rink event tomorrow night as they host the grand rapids griffins. and then again saturday the two teams meet both games will drop the puck around 7 p.m. jon/2ram jack/2ram we'll be right back... you're

show you a brave family going through what no parent ever wants their child to have to deal with. "8:43 i was glad because i knew that i wasn't alone and i knew that other people were there to support me 8:50 " and reagan anderson needed that help. diagnosed with cancer at the age of eight, he had some tough days ahead of him. see how he triumphed, who helped him, and how you have a unique opportunity to get involved right now. that's tonight at 10. jack/wxhang: now one last check of your weather, with chief meteorologist brad edwards. brad: weather adlib: our latest "clipper" system will bring us about an inch of snow this evening, but it will move out pretty quickly. we should have dry conditions by midnight with skies remaining mostly cloudy through friday morning. those clouds should give way to sunshine by mid- morning friday as drier, but colder, winds come in from the nw at 15-25 mph. this colder air will keep our temps from rising very much in spite of the ample afternoon sunshine. friday night will be very cold as our temps drop below zero in most of central iowa by

jack/3shothang: thank you for spending your time with us tonight. we are working hard on another great newscast for 10pm. we're proud to say we are iowa... have a great night. lamar odom walking.

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