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, Broadcast News and a Minor in World History.
Jack Miller is a three-time Emmy award winning journalist who's anchored and reported across the country for more than 20 years. He joined Local 5 in December 2014 as anchor of the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. news.
For the past 12 years, Brad's forecasts have been certified as Central Iowa's Most Accurate Forecasts by WeatheRate, the weather forecast verification experts.
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 Valley High School, and is thrilled to be back working in West Des Moines.
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 also covers in-depth investigative and features stories each week. He takes a hands-on approach to his work by producing, shooting and editing the pieces he covers.
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 Midwest.Taylor was born and raised in Lincoln, NE, and earned his degree in Meteorology and Climatology from the University of Nebraska in 2012.
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 highlights, and a love of sports to Local 5. It isn’t rare to see him out shooting sporting events, talking with fans, players, and coaches to find those stories that mean so much to viewers.
Matt McCullock joined the Local 5 Sports team in June 2017, as weekend Sports Anchor. He may have southern roots but his hard-working personality mimics those of the Midwest. Matt is from Allen, Texas, a small suburb outside of Dallas. He has always had a passion for sports, growing up playing several different sports, but after realizing his talent wasn't enough to get him far he decided to continue that passion by talking sports. His pursuit to that goal led him to the University of...
Alex Wilson is excited to join the Local 5 news team as a Reporter/Midday Anchor after spending a little over two years as an Anchor/MMJ in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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 in Iowa.
Adam joined the Local 5 Sports team in February 2017 as the Hawkeye Headquarters reporter. He is excited to provide in-depth coverage of University of Iowa athletics.
Jacob Peklo returned to Iowa as a multimedia journalist in September of 2015 after two years as the Bloomington bureau chief and fill-in anchor at WMBD in Peoria.
Jessica Smith joined our Washington, D.C., newsroom in April, 2017. She covers our state Congressional delegation and the Federal government stories that affect us here at home. Jessica shoots, writes and edits all her own stories.
Morning Reporter Lakyn McGee joined the Local 5 News Team in October 2018. Lakyn previously spent two years as an Anchor/Reporter for Fox 5 in Springfield, Missouri and is excited to call Iowa home!
