todd magel with the hillary clinton campaign at the olmstead center. todd: they just opened the doors to the hillary victory party here on the second floor. we are going to kind of show you the crowd that is just coming in alter our right, your left. those are all network correspondents from abc, fox and nbc, and cnn. there are probably doesn't fall from iowa stations and other stations across the country. the feeling here is one of excitement. the phone to came at the door were cheering when they walked in. even though they were very close, they feel that they may have a real victory party here tonight. we talked to some of the clinton they said she is at a des moines hotel, watching these results go in. as soon as they have a fairly competent feeling about where these numbers are, she will come over to drake university and either accept a victory or talk about defeat. eight years ago, it was a tough defeat. this year, they change their game and hope they have the kind of support. we are in a holding pattern here with the folks who have come in. we wi

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with steve karlin, stacey horst, -- with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: chances are you dropped , some serious cash this valentine's holiday. the national retail federation crunch the numbers. looks like americans are dropping nearly $20 billion to celebrate. men shell out almost twice as much as women. the average expense nearly $200. ,for women, almost $100. despite the snowy start to the day, a local flower shop got the job done. laura: kcci's marcus mcintosh says, whether you stopped in for a last minute flower pickup or called for a delivery, boesens on beaver was ready. >> are we sending this to her house or where are we sending this today? marcus: when valentine's day falls on a sunday, boesens on beaver does works to accommodate every last minute delivery request. , the work really begins. flowers have to be picked out and arrange, and lever ranges those flowers must know -- >> how to shoot things the right , way to cut flowers. marcus: the results of the matter of packing the flowers to make sur

kcci's todd magel is live at the -- todd magel with more on how the story of price chopper has succeeded. todd: the sounds of the checkout lane maybe the same but the look , is all new. the transition from dahls to price chopper is just about complete at the merle hay store and 4 other locations in the dm --n the des moines area. and if you could pick two words to describe the look? >> it is fresh and clean. todd: store director kenny kane had been with dahls since 1989. chopper took over, and is glad he did. they've made a huge investment in updating the old dahls locations. >> we were long overdue in the dahls world, to be remodeled, and this has just been a fresh, clean look so we're very happy to have that. todd: the stores include new lighting, graphic decoration, fixtures, layouts, and of course, pricing. kane also says most of his dahls coworkers stayed on with price easier. he says the customers stayed, too. >> oh, i was really sceptical about it, and i was a little nervous about it. but it's beautiful. , they've done a great job with it. todd: price chopper isn't releasing sales

kcci's todd magel is live downtown in the east village with the new details. todd: we are at east 5th and locust. kirk blunck died here more than we can go. now, police say they have interviewed two potential witnesses caught on surveillance tape inside the building the day blunck died. >> we're just trying to piece it all together. todd: des moines police have a mystery on their hands. how did prominent des moines architect kirk blunck die? a witness found him at the bottom of a stairway sunday january 24, minutes before he'd been drinking next door with a friend at the locust tap, a building he owns. that friend? nick stapek, who has worked for blunck for 15 years. >> we spent the last couple hours chit-chatting in the corner and just before he left he said he had to go across the street for a few minutes and then he was going home to watch the game. todd: 15 minutes later, stapeck saw police cars and ambulances at the teachout building. >> in my heart, i didn't know my friend had gotten hurt across the street. todd: soon after, rumors of foul play began cir

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. laura: this weekend, a community showed support for a man who lost his entire family in a house fire. john sorenson was working when flames tore through his home in boxholm, killing his wife amber and 3 children. dozens showed up at the southside club in boone on saturday for a live auction. organizers say all they had to do is put the word out and the goodwill of the community did the rest. 25 years ago, "home alone" ruled the box office and vanilla ice released "ice, ice baby." todd: and disc jockey jimmy wrights was starting at star 102.5 radio. kcci's marcus mcintosh sat down with wright to talk about his >> -- marcus: february 11 of 2016 marked a milestone for what is now a very familiar voice in central iowa. >> i did think i would last three or four years, at that. marcus: jimmy wright talked his way well past that estimate. he has worked in radio for 27 years, the last 25 behind the mic at star. wright says radio was always in his blood. >> this was my pass

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: welcome back. excitement is building for the ncaa men's basketball tournament des moines is hosting in march. laura: but there's another tournament in the metro now that will have another big economic impact. kcci's kim st. onge explains. craig: it's just a bunch of friends getting together, bowling, having a good time. that's all it is. kim: it's a friendly competition, for some serious cash. this is the 99th annual iowa state bowling tournament. dick: it's enjoyable to see. and hopefully, maybe, we'll have somebody shoot a 300, which is a kim: for the next 14 weekends, teams of five, doubles and singles, will compete for a part of the $186,000 prize. shannon stolba is team captain for bohica. would you say you're a pretty good bowler? kim: his tattoo says otherwise. he averages 175. shannon: i've been bowling since i was three years old, so i could be a lot better. kim: the tipton native says, win or lose, it's fun to spend time in other parts of iowa. i've

that's where we find kcci's todd magel live with what we know right now. todd: we are just south of merle hay mall. from the outside, there's not -- it doesn't look like there is much of a fire. this house. the fire call came in about 7:00 tonight and once firefighters , got inside, they found a man, who was dead. we are told he was in a wheelchair at the time. short time after firefighters and they confirm the victim was a 35-year-old man. he had multiple sclerosis and was combined to a wheelchair -- was confined to a wheelchair. we are also told he was a smoker, though it's too soon to say if that contributed to the fire. >> it didn't appear to be a significant structure fire, but the contents inside of the house produce a lot of terrible by products and combustion, so that part of it will be investigated further. todd: now it's up to the fire department, the state fire marshal's office, and des moines police to investigate what happened inside this house. we have learned that they won't release the name of the victim until all of the relatives can be no

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: right now, the college town of blacksburg, virginia is in mourning after the murder of a 13-year-old girl. brian webb reports tonight, police have arrested two promising virginia tech students in connection with her death. brian: police say david eisenhauer abducted 13-year-old nicole lovell and that natalie keepers helped him dispose of highway 90 miles from her home. we were investigating all types >> of things, social media included. there were lots of things coming in that led us to a general area. brian 18-year-old eisenhauer, a : virginia tech freshman engineering major and member of school's cross country team, is now charged with abduction and murder. 19-year-old keepers, a sophomore engineering student, is charged with improper disposal of a dead body. >> she was always the cutest little thing, you know? brian lovell's family believes : she climbed out the bedroom window of her blacksburg, virginia apartment wednesday after blocking her door with a ,