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

local five's jacob peklo has more from waukee. kori young, parent: "the timing couldn't have been worse to come pick up the kids." students at waukee elementary school were forced to stay after school a little longer on wednesday. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "they said it's going to pick up a lot of wind." instead of boarding the buses, the school kept them inside their classrooms until the storm passed through the area. jared johnson, parent: "we actually live about five blocks away, and there was a little bit of hail, little pieces of ice hail and the rain was coming down pretty good, and the wind was blowing stuff around pretty good." students say some of their classmates were more worried than others. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "i felt a little bit scared, and worried about my sister." it's why the line of cars spilled into the street, right after the storm had passed. but many parents say it was worth a little inconvenience for them to keep things running on a somewhat normal schedule for their

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