have until 11:59 tonight to place a bid with the department of transportation... sioux city would then be notified tomorrow morning on the proposals along with the bidder's request for aid . assistant city manager mike collett says that even though there's no gaurentee sioux gateway will receive a bid, he is hopeing for atleast two... with one of them being sioux city's current provider, american airlines. " first i guess i'm not expecting us not to get a bid, we should get atleast one. with the rules right now, we are required to have an essential air service, so there will be service in sioux city, " said collet. bria: aftetethe bidding, ere is a 30 day window where the city has to make a prefernce towards a bidder...after that the d-o-t will make the final decion. take gridwall at 10 i'll bring you more information on what happens if no airline makes a bid. live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim: public hearing for the bakken pipeline is just a

week away. the proposed pipeline would cut through the state and has been stirring up a lot of controversy. right now the hearing is scheduled for next week in boone, and the iowa utilities board is adding 210 speakers to the meeting. but some people aren't happy with how those speakers are divided. the iowa utilities board looked at several options for an organized way to hear public comment at the hearing... they ended up with a 5o....50 split half the people who speak next will will be in support of the pipeline, the othehehalf will be opopnents. tim: water treatment isn't something g most people think about..... that's unless there's an odor issue. but with millions of dollars of improvements at sioux city's waste water treatment plant, city officials are hopeink folks "will" take notice. abc9's lukas voss joined in on a tour of the updated facility tod and gives us a review. thanks tim ... yeah it does smell ....

outside you can't really tell what it is. that's part of the reason why city council members and the community visited sioux city's plant this morning to learn more about what keeps our water clean. "nats: machines loud" machinery is rumbling. it's loud and from the outside it's hard to tell what the machines actually do. city council members and the community visited treatment plant for that reaean ... to understand better. sot: it's s ry important bebeuse sioux city is s owing and so d ds everything else. we need to knowowhese things because we are paying out money d we have to have the facts." said city council member rhonda capron the facility receives an average of 1000 truckloads of waste with 10 -15 industrial loads a day, it's a modern facility with a focus on enviromentnlly friendly processes nevertheless the city council visit is important financially. sot: some of the equipment down here dates back to the 70's so we need to upgrade some ings. it's good just to see what's good about the plant and where we might need some upgrades. jim maynes, plant superintendent said. earlier this year and investigation concluded that the

plant adjusted chlorine levels on days were samples weren't tested for echoli bacteria. the plant has since adjusted the process and is taking testing more serious than ever with an in house lab and new testing standarts. sot: we are doing some extra testing above and beyond what the det is requiring eventhiought they have not asked us to do so we just want to proove that we are meeting the requirements. jim maynes, plant superintendent said. and if you do notice a weird smell next time you are outside. remember it's probably just your water being cleaned up. and while the smell can be badad experts also told me that the water that is being treated by the plant actually comes out cleaner than the water is in the missouri river. reporting live in studio, lukas voss, abc9 news tim: sioux city's children's museum hasn't opened yet, but it's already changing it's name. the building at the corner of 7th and pearl st is now called "launchpad children's

museum". the "pad" in launchpad stands for "play and discover". we caught up with executive director of the museum bob fitch to ask why the change in name. " ""the name really helps to symbolize the fun and the taking off of excitement and energy here in downtown sioux city." says executive director of the museum, bobofitch. fitch sasa that he is atonished by the amount of workrk thth has been completed so far. tim: unity point st. luke's, the children's miracle network and sioux city ford lincoln held a ribbon cutting this morning to unveil their state of the art theme room in their pediatric ward. officials from the children's miracle network, and sioux city ford lincoln were present along with both the sioux city and south sioux city chamber of commerce and others from the community to get the first view at the new theme room. "nats of ribbon cutting and clapping" "we have created the first of its kind theme room for pediatric patients. this entire room is dedicated in car

memorabilia and car decor. it's really fun for the kids to have something to look at while they are in bed but it also has items on the wall designed to get them up and out of bed and get them engaged." scfl donated $12,500 to make this possible. while nothing is in the works yet, unity point st. luke's hopes to partner with other siouxland businesses in the future to feature more great theme rooms. tim: families across the sioux city tro rely on the crittenton center for support with their kids... and emergency help when times are tough. a fundraiser going on tonight is supporting them. jenna joins us live from stoney creek hotel to tell us more. jenna: tim, this is "design and dine" a two- night fundraiser for sioux city's crittenton center. the organization has been in sioux city for over 100

years and they serve kids and familili through prograra like an emergency youth h shelter, stella sandford preschool and the west high infant center. this unique event helps raise money for some of those efforts. check these tables out. each one resents a different broadway musical... we have phantom of the opera and wicked... little shop of horrors and oklahoma. people will get to vote for their favorite table during a party tonight... and then dine at the tables during the formal dinner and auction tomorrow evening. marian burnett from the crittenton center joins me now. jenna: you can still come to the party tonight. tickets are 10- bucks and you can get them at the door. last year thisevent raised 77- thousand dollars,

turnout t ain this year. tim: thank you jenna well see you back at the studio soon! tim: students and faculty at morningside llege are rallllng behind one of their profesrs as he starts treatment for esophogeal cancer. the eatment includes getting rid of the beard he's been growong for 40 years. today, freinds of dr. mark heistad

(high-stad) gathered to help transform his look, including jenna, who is one of his former students. chief photographer johnathan mack shares the sights and sounds of the session. "how are you? thanks for coming. of course, hey i want to see chin just as bad as everybody else." "i've known from my first meeting with my surgeon that this was coming and then my oncologists told me that it was probably going to start falling out in chunks. i wasn't looking forward to that at all." says dr. mark heistad. "when i found out that he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this summer we really didn't think about him losingngis hair to the chemo, but then when it came up we're e ke well we can'n'just let him cut it without seeing it so we kindndcame up with this big event." " say senior jennini theisen. "given sharp objects to students is never a good idea." "when i was cutting the beard i was hesitant of where to cut beuse we haven't seen his chin, so i was like a literal moment of silence for the beard." says sophomore taylor devary. "i think seeing so many people here shows the impact he has on students that are here. he's been my advisor for 4 years and i can definately say that i would have come

alumni." says theisen. "jenna was my very first advisee, who plopped on a chair in my office as a little freshman and i asked her the question i ask all new students, "what do you want to do for a living after college?" and she said... i wanna be a tv anchor. you on the otherhand were nothing but a pain. laughter.... why thank you." "you wouldn't believe the support... excuse me.... the support i've tten from family, from colleagues,from students has been overwhelming." says heistad. "sound of razor..." "it was such a shock, we've always guessed what he looked like under there and seeing that for the first time we're like oh my gosh here it comes, her it comes. then you seit and it's completely not what expected. it's hard to imagine what someone will look like when you've seen him for 4 years with that beard." says theisen. "who is that guy?" "that just doesn't look like much, when you boil it down to a baggie, but that's what he cut off." say heistad.

still to come tonight well take a look at when its the best time to transfer your little one from baby food to solids (fred) cooler weather will be coming the next couple of days, then a sunny weekend awaits. will there be a weather system next week? i'll fill you in on the situation after the break. stay with us!

company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre shows plenty of clouds today. our high for the day was 65 and the low 47. the king's pointe skycam hd shows mostly cloudy skies in storm lake. the allergy report today shows medium overall pollen levels. 48 is the

temperature in sioux city. winds are northwest at 9 miles per hour. chk out the temperature drop today between 8 am and 9 am! we slid 12 degrees, from 63 to 51, as the cold front plowed through! local temperatures are in the 40s, and that's about 20 degrees cooler than this time yesteay. winds are out of the northwest, as we would expect post- front, at 5 to 15 miles per hour. you can see the front very clearly on the national temperature map, and the system produced snow in north dakota and some severe weather in texex. here's a picture of a tornado warmed storm in texas today. here's a picture of a roof that was damaged by the texas tornado and dropped into a parking lot. the stormcast hd shows the cold front moving away from us, ushering in cool but quieter weather. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 33 and partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, expect a high of 52 and a slight chance of light rain in the afternoon and/or evening. many of us will stay dry. the 7- day forecast shwos highs in the 50s and 60s. another system

wednesday and thursday. the various computer models don't agree on this system, though, so stay tuned! jenna/tim/fred (tim) thanks, fred. (fred) yobet.

the break when is the best

when is the best time to start your baby on solid foods? we've got the guidelines, coming up in today's health minute.

experience for you and your little one. but it can also raise a lot of questions for parents. adam mccoy has the details in today's health minute. " " like so many other new parents, ashley and d n maloy had lolo of questions about t en and how to introduce solid foods totoheir daughter, hannah. most children are ready totory their first solid fofo between 4 and 6 months of age so how do you know

if it's time to for baby to give solids a try? (dr. jennifer shu/pediatrician ) one sign that some parents see is that their babies will be waking up a lot more to feed, and that means that the breast milk or formula is no longer tiding them over... the other thing is that some babies really like to stare at the parents' foods. so they'll be looking at you, they'll be smacking their lips, might even grab at your food. and that's another sign that they might be ready. dr. shu also has some advice for parents concerned about food allergies... (dr. jennifer shu/pediatrician) it is probably better to introduce things early rather than waiting too late. so whereas many years ago, we used to say wait on things like peanuts until a baby's three - peanuts are now fair game as soon as you start solids. for an allergic reaction, i usually recommend waiting three days in betweeeeeach new differert food. adam mccoy coming up in sports...the iowa state volleyball field is set. after the break at the brackets schools.

plus...nebraska lost for the fourth time in five games last saturday. find out what the huskers say bout their struggles

under first year head coach mike riley, the nebraska cornhuskers have made history...but not the kind that he, or the fan base, was hoping for. after last saturday's loss to purdue, the huskers fell to 3-3- on the seaean. it's the first time in the 125 year r history of theprogram thth nebraska had six losses before november. and the home stretch doesn't get much easier...two of the huskers final three opponents, michigan state and iowa, are currently undefeated. despite the struggles, the huskers though have seen some positivein this rough stretch. mike riley--"my biggest focus is the 135 players i have. you know, so with all of this going on, we can't be distracted. we i know are doing good things. good things in the program and good things in

solidifyg what we know to be good football. we have to stay the course and do what we think is right and keep doing it. and know that there are better days ahead. i'm more confident about that even in a bad situation than ever as to where we can go." sam foltz--"you'vegotta be able to x out the outside wowod, whatever's going on out there and you'veveust gotta be able to going on within your because that's the day that's all that matters. we've got guys in that locker room that are going to be making plays on saturdays so we've gotta stay positive. you know, take this game as an other opportunity to finish this year off." kick off between the huskers and this saturday is at 6 pm on espn. next tuesday the volleyball tournament will get underway in cedar rapids with forty teams mpeting in five classes. northwest iowa will have 6 rereesentatives in heelanandvanced to state for the 17th time e 18 years in class 4a...that ran began

when the current seniors were born. in 3a, sb-l is making the trip to state for the first time since back to the future was released, 30 years ago. a pair of traditional powers are headinin 2a...western christian and unity christian. and in 1a, centr lyon and gehlen return for the third and seventh straight year respectively. here's a look at those opening round matches...heelan takes on waverly shell rock on tuesday night and sb-l opens up with the 2nd seed from carroll kuemper wednesday at noon. western christian begins its 33rd run at state with st. albert wednesday at two and at the same time, unity christian makes its 17th appearance when theyeyake on sumner- fredericksburg and in 1a, siouxland is guaranteed a semifinalist as gehlen and central lyon square off at 8 pm wednesday night. time now to check out our rising star this week--or i should say stars. this is jaxon and jarett prichard of westwood ater their team took second place in their championship last summer. the boys will receive a t-shirt, framed photo, and two passes to

kings pointe courtesy of the education station and sign pro. another young hot shot in siouxland, eeli tolvanen of the musketeers has taken his scoring to canada. the rookie is representing his native finland at the world u-17 hockey challenge in brititi columbia. and it's'safe to say his s aft stococis skyrocketing. tolvanen leads the tournament with 7 goals in just three games including a four goal game against sweden on tuesday. tolvanen's finnish squad plays team canada white later tonight in the quarterfinals.

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post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for a low of 33 and partly cloudy skies. tomorrow, expect a high of 52 and a slight chance of light rain in the afternoon and/or evening. many of us will stay dry. the 7- day forecast shwos highs in the 50s and 60s. another system could bring showers next wednesday and thursday. the various computer models d d't agree on thihisystem,