this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: a makeshift memorial set county, virginia, to honor fallen officer ashley guindon. it was guindon's first day back on the job. an army staff sergeant is behind bars tonight, facing murder charges in her death and the death of his wife. -- death of the wife. >> bagpipes, candles, and prayers were part of a memorial for officer ashley guindon, killed on her first day on patrol with the prince william county police department in virginia. >> we will continue one step at a time in honor of ashley. it would be a discredit to her memory and her selfless service to do anything less. >> one officer down. i don't know where the suspect is. reporter: guindon and two other officers were responding to a domestic dispute saturday night, about 30 miles outside of washington dc. police arrested 32-year-old ronald hamilton, an active duty army staff sergeant assigned to they say he shot and killed his wife, then opened fire on the officers. >> it was very scary. i heard the

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. andrew: that can always be awkward. if you, like, get down that far down the road, and you find out they're voting for someone like donald trump or something like that. todd: well, you might call it the lighter side to the presidential campaign. bernie sanders may not have won south carolina, but he's helping win hearts nationwide. laura: a new website offers a place for people with a common interest in the politician to meet. sister station in vermont, explains. and it is new at 10:00. katy: we both got involved with bernie. and it is like calling on the phone, doing signs, and knocking on people's doors. keele: katy osterholtz and andrew whitney are best friends, rooting for bernie. there's now a new way for sanders fans to connect -- at berniesingles.com. katy: i mean, hey, i'm not going to be on the dating site now, because i'm only 17, but i think it's great. keele: the free dating site was founded by bernie supporters. and it's an online community for people,

kcci's todd magel is live downtown along the parade route with a big change in store this year todd: we're at 15th and grand, this is prime viewing spot for the parade. the problem kind of conflicts with the ncaa basketball tournament here in des moines. it is a tradition, the st. patrick's day parade as marched through downtown for decades. this year, the parade moves the day after, which is friday march 18. why? the ncaa basket ball tournament comes to town on thursday march 17. >> is going to be cool to have both things here going on. but boy it could create a lot of congestion downtown. todd: greg edwards at the greater des moines convention and visitors bureau went to work and asked the friendly sons of saint patrick to think about moving their historic celebration. >> i mean this was like moving christmas. i totally understood that. march 17 to st. patrick's day. todd: parade organizer o'connell says they came around more quickly thanks to a $10,000 -- from downtown des moines leaders. now, st. patrick's day revelers will have two days to celebrate. think of it as an extra dose

todd magel joins us live near the des moines river and southeast scott bridge with more on the $18 million plan. todd: we're just south of downtown des moines, and this dark locks behind me to the river could soon be home for the eagleview locks a rare apartment of the best views in downtown des moines. it's been more than a year since hansen development announced plans to turn this riverfront parcel into the eagle view lofts. back in 2014, developer troy hansen unveiled the project with the obvious name. >> it's called eagle view lofts. there's a ton of eagles to the south on the river. it will be cool. todd: but funding for the plan dried up. fast forward to today and it appears the $18 million project is ready to go again. 120 efficiency and one bedroom units just south of the east village. the site overlooks the des moines river to the south and the downtown skyline to the northwest. >> this is a really good project. todd: monday night, the des moines city council voted to give it's initial approved to the revised plan. city leaders say they're glad it's back on track. >> we don't have

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: in recordings of calls from the el faro cargo ship to its owners, the captain can be heard pleading for their help, as the vessel goes down in a the emotional calls were played saturday, during the coast guard's ongoing investigation into the worst u.s. maritime disaster in three decades. laura: the ship was lost after sailing directly into the path of hurricane joaquin last october, killing the captain and all 33 crewmembers. chris parenteau reports. it's new at 10:00. captain davidson: the clock is ticking. can i please speak with a qi? chris: after captain john lawrence didn't answer his cell phone, captain davidson called the call center. trying to get in touch with anyone he could about what he and his crew were experiencing. captain davidson: i have a marine emergency, and i would like to speak to a qi. we have a hull breech. a scuttle blew open during a storm. we have water down in three hold with a heavy lift. we have lost the main propulsion unit. th

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

steve: todd magel is live along i-35 near ankeny with how high it could go. todd: the current top speed limit here the state of iowa on hour. now, lawmakers are thinking about raising it to 75 miles an it's been 10 years since iowa hour. raised the interstate speed limit from 65 to 70 miles an hour. now, a new bill, just passed in an iowa legislative transportation subcommittee, would raise the limit to 75. act. todd: storm lake legislator gary worthan is sponsoring the bill. he says the dot tells him the the average speed on iowa's interstates is 72. all the more reason to boost it to 75. >> if you're not going to in 470 to slow that traffic down, let's make it legal. todd: one driver we talked with lung interstate north of des moines agrees. >> most of the people are going that speed anyway, so if someone is going 70 they are actually slowing the traffic down. todd: in fact, in a very unscientific test, we set our cruise control at 70 along i-35 and traffic constantly passed us. but not everybody is convinced faster is better. >> the thing is, they go fast

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

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura nichols, -- carol meteorologist jason sydejko and sports with scott reister. todd: it's a story we've been following all day long. the death of us supreme court judge antonin scalia. laura: scalia was an influential conservative and most provocative member of the supreme court. omar villafranca has a look at his life. omar supreme court justice : antonin scalia made his mark during his 3 decades on the supreme court. he asked more questions and made more comments than any other justice and was known for his outsized personality and brilliant legal mind. ronald reagan chose scalia for the high court in 1986, and he was to the longest-serving member of the current court. >> always sticking to his guns. : immigrants in trenton, new jersey. his family later moved to queens. college took him to georgetown university and harvard law school. one of the staunchest conservative members of the court he was a strong advocate for gun rights, privacy and he consistently voted to let states outlaw abortion. in 2012, he talked to charlie rose about

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: 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

kcci's todd magel has the details of the lawsuit. todd: larry dawson of webster city won his $6 million jackpot back in 2011. now he says a rigged jackpot won just before his win, cheated him out of a bigger prize. >> the question that our lawsuit poses and that we think should be very easy to answer is if you can't trust the lottery to pay in full when you win, why would you ever play? todd: des moines attorney jerry crawford is representing larry dawson who did not appear at a news conference detailing his lawsuit. dawson did appear at lottery headquarters in 2011 after winning a $9 million hot lotto jackpot. he took the $6 million cash lump sum. but then dawson and the rest of us learned of a big problems with lottery security. security chief eddie tipton rigged the lotto jackpot and cash prize. he is now facing 10 years in prison. dawson says that money should have been added to the $6 million jackpot he won a few months later. we asked crawford if that seems greedy. >> that's absurd. there would never be a lottery if that was th

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

todd magel, if you can hear us, please set the scene. it sounds like it sounds like is very, very loud. todd: that years have been loud all night long. they were the loudest, of course, when hillary clinton came out with bill clinton a few moments ago. senator tom harkin introduced her, saying they are ecstatic with the win in iowa. they are going to take this all the way to new hampshire and the white house, according to him. it is very close, but they say those numbers are a win. ms. clinton: what a great campaign this has been. an incredible honor to campaign across iowa with so many of you, future we want for the democratic party and for the united states of america. [applause] there is so much at stake in this election. i don't need to tell you. every single one of you who came out for me, who works so many hours, from my young organizers with energy and passion to the families and friends across the state, i am deeply grateful. i love all of you. here's what i want you to know. it is rare that we have the opportunity we do now. to

this is kcci 8 news at 10:00 with todd magel, laura terrell, meteorologist jason sydejko, and sports with scott reister. todd: new tonight, a central iowa mother almost missed her but her daughter took things into her own hands. forrest saunders reports on a big change of venue. reporter: the story of kelsea and shane prather, the bride and groom up there, began at a mall. through friends, the two were encouraged to meet there. but, kelsea's mom, misty butler one of the most important people , in her life, had doubts. she said, are you sure he's >>she said, are you sure he's going to be at the mall? i said, yes, he said he's going to be there. sure enough, he was at the mall that day. that was the first time i ever got to meet him. forrest: fast forward about eight years. kelsea and shane decided to spend the rest of their lives together. they were planning on getting

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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 ,