local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more. jacob: hundreds of volunteers spent their morning...prepari ng meals for families in need. but now, one former homeless man has made it back on his feet, and is giving to those who have the greatest needs. and he never wants to forget the changes that he's made. terry gable remembers hitting rock bottom. terry gable, intake coordinator: "while sitting in eight days of jail, i decided i'd had enough of that old life, and wanted something new." after battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol, he joined the program at hope ministries, designed to help people get their lives back on track. terry gable, intake coordinator: "after turning my life over, it completely changed. it transformed my whole life for me and my family." now, six years after first volunteering to work here, he's got a full time job. and when he sees more than 200 other people giving their time on this thanksgiving day, he knows firsthand how it can make a big difference. here and ate, myself, when i was running around

local five's jacob peklo joins us now from from university avenue. jacob, things are looking a little different than yesterday, huh? jacob/live nikki, the roads were not a great place to be last night. as i drove back from clarion, there were a lot of slick spots, and as a result cars went sliding off the road. crews worked throughout the night to clear things out. but that didn't mean it was easy to head out today, natural sound of scraper steve gee has been in the car business for 25 years. steve gee, car salesman: "it's not any more fun than the first day." natural sound of scraping gee says he and his co-workers arrived early at the dealer, to start clearing the lot natural sound of plow and scraping the packed snow off of the cars. steve gee, car salesman: "we have to do everything that the consumer does to their one car in their driveway, but we have to do it 330 times." with more than half a foot of snow solidly packed onto these windshields, he says the weather is already way ahead of last winter's pace. steve gee, car salesman: "i think we o

reporting in clarion, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa." stephanie: thanks jacob. now, brad says the snow will keep coming for a few more hours. make sure to visit our website for the latest conditions and cancellations in your area. stephanie: still to come on local 5 news at six... how the students who were supposed to face off for the state championships tonight are taking the winter weather delays, later in sports. jack: but next-- it's just the first snowfall of the year. but we'll show you why we may break some records. "your watching local 5 news at 6 in hd with jack miller, stephanie angleson, we are 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." stephanie: the snow just keeps coming down, this is a look at downtown des moines tonight, just outside the brenton skating plaza. not many people enjoying the first day the plaza is open. stephanie: earlier we talked about the onight one event, that's outdoors, says it's still happening. the living history cross countr

amanda local 5's jacob peklo is live with more in our team coverage. jacob/tvu now, it's all in the hands of the iowa utiliteis board. geri huser, libby jacobs, and nick wagner. this was the only day that the public could comment on the issue directly to the board. on monday, the process continues with an evidentiary hearing. after that, it's in the hands of the three board members. they can have a meeting to discuss their decision or they can just send out a written notice. jacob/tvu again, though, the key to remember is that there is no time table for when that has to happen. the board can take as little or as much time as they want to, to come reporting live in boone, for amanda krenz, i'm jacob peklo, we are iowa. today is all about cleanup across central iowa after tornadoes and strong storms left behind damage. the national weather service is out surveying the damage. so far they confirmed ef-1 tornadoes touched down in knoxville, and northern mahaska county near barnes city. and say ef-0 tornadoes hit the lake panorama and yale areas. they say s

local 5's jacob peklo joins us now with more on why they were here. jacob? jacob: that's right. people came here from all over the country. some flew here, others made drives of ten hours or more to get the chance to testify at today's hearing. some people have monetary stakes in this project but the vast doing it for the laborers. "gary speegle spent 8 hours in his car, traveling from tulsa, boone, iowa, for thursday's hearing. gary speegle, tulsa, ok: "every major pipeline that comes through the midwest comes into cushing, and then it travels out speegle says the major asset for oklahoma, and that the work in cushing project can work in iowa. ok: "the misunderstanding is that the pipelines leak. now, granted, 30-40-50 years ago, they had bad pipe. but with the technology that they unheard of. but it's not just oklahoma that's from as far away as texas and alaska also testified on thursday in favor of the pipeline. and laborers in the midwest want to make sure that the jobs stay local, instead of sending them far away. megan hardy, bellevue, ne: "a lot of times people could be

nikki: local 5's jacob peklo is live at the scene in waukee with the very latest. jacob? jacob/live nikki, this was quite a joint effort to capture mcguinness. the investigation included the local attorney's office and des moines police. waukee police haven't dealt with something like this in a very long time. police say this is the city's first homicide case in nearly 40 years. michael seeman was still in shock saturday morning, after hearing his good friend, gino risola, was killed overnight. michael seeman, des moines resident: "you know, i thought he's such a great guy. he's a father, a great husband, and it just blew my mind that somebody would even raise a weapon at him." waukee police were called out to 5-05 carefree lane around 1-30 saturday morning, after getting a call that risola was shot outside of his home. neighbors say it's way out of the norm for their community. brian anderson, waukee resident: "never had anything like this at all, never even had any burglaries. it's been a pretty quiet neighborhood." risola's wife told police that mcguinness confronted h

in ames, jacob peklo, local five news. we are stephanie: in addition to the partnership with cutters, the industrial design students are also partnered with tupperware, boeing and . pretty cool opportunity for those students. jack: another round of high school football playoffs tonight. here's local 5 sports director jon schaeffer live at johnston high school. jon? jon: thanks jack the valley tigers and johnston dragons are getting ready to battle it out in a little over an hour and half. the dragons are a little bit of a surprise being here in the quarterfinals. it's the furthest they've been in 4a history. now they will try to upset a valley team that hasn't won a state title since 2011. they were back in the dome in 2013 but came up short. valley entered the season as number one but two losses dropped them in johnston is at number 9 and very dangerous after they knocked off centennial last week-- the jags beat valley in the regular season and johnston is playing with a lot of confidence right now. jack: watch local 5 ne

in west des moines, jacob peklo, local five news. we are iowa. right now, city leaders say they've built about as many trails as they can. the only way they could add more would be to annex land to the city. jack: okay, let's check in with local 5's sports director jon schaeffer who's in van meter covering the second round of high school football playoffs. how's the atmosphere out there, jon? jon: thanks jack. a great night for some playoff football. i'm here in van meter where the bulldogs will try to take down the madrid tigers. madrid with a stud at running back in michael santi-- he's ran for more than 2 thousand one hundred yards this season. number two in the state. but he is number one in yards per carry with 11 yards per touch. van meter's ben trent has tossed the ball for 17 hundred yards this season-- and he'll look for another big number tonight in what could be a high scoring affair. of course we'll have highlights of 13 games local 5 news at six... 10 republican presidnetials in des moines over the weekend. how they used one event to