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Stephanie Angleson
Stephanie Angleson anchors Local 5 News at 5, 6, and 10. She graduated from Drake University in 2000 with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communications, Br...
Brad Edwards
Chief Meteorologist Brad Edwards has been with Local 5 since September 1996.
Jon Schaeffer
Des Moines native Jon Schaeffer joined the Local 5 team in October of 2014 as Sports Director. Jon brings an emphasis on storytelling, high energy hig...
Elias Johnson
Iowa native and award-winning journalist Elias Johnson joined the Local 5 News team in November of 2014 and currently anchors Good Morning Iowa. Elias als...
Sabrina Ahmed
Morning and Midday anchor Sabrina Ahmed joined the Local 5 News Team in May 2013 as a photojournalist. Born and raised in West Des Moines, she graduated from Va...
Taylor Kanost
Taylor Kanost is the AMS certified morning meteorologist for Local 5. The past few years have taken Taylor all over the place, but his roots are in the Mid...
Jackie Schmillen
Jackie was born and raised in Cherokee, Iowa, but graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy in California.
Brandon Lawrence
Brandon Lawrence joined We Are Iowa’s Most Accurate weather team and Local 5 News in June 2017. He’s thrilled to take on the challenges of weather forecasting i...
Rachel Droze
Rachel joined the Local 5 News Team in July 2019.
Eva Andersen
As a native eastern Iowan, Eva considers it an honor to continue to tell stories of the people in central Iowa as a weekend anchor and weekday reporter. Eva is ...
Matthew Judy
Matthew is a reporter and anchor with Local 5.
Lakyn McGee
Lakyn is a morning reporter with the Local 5 News Team.
Jon Diaz
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Khalil Maycock
Reporter, "Good Morning Iowa"
Ryan Robertson
News Director
Ryan Morris
Executive Producer, "Good Morning Iowa"
Sarah Beckman
Sarah Beckman has been the Executive Producer at Local 5 since January 2017. She also produces Local 5’s weekly political show, “This Week in Iowa&#...
Mario Rossi
Mario joined the Local 5 team in January 2017 as Assignment Editor before shifting into the role of Digital Executive Producer in January 2018.
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