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,

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 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

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

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: 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 ,