able to do it." " three family pets killed - and for no reason? a family is in shock after what happened. "the challenges with 'no child left behind' have been related to assessments." says dr. gausman. the sioux city school's top reacts to news that "no child left replaced. students challenge their outgoing fellware... with some flare! the nae nae' was my wharton. tim: thank you for

joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom out of the storm two separate domestic dogs were apparently tim: dogs that family in alta were found shot in a ditch. meanwhile another family in lakeside reported their dog missing the same day. it was found dead on sunday, in a neighbors backyard. our own lukas voss was in lakeside today and has more on the story. thanks tim and jenna ... the dimig family who lost their dog in the tragic very much shaken up as roo was family . kids from the neighborhood the dog after the dimig's had started a search themselves and also took to facebook to look for help ... and while this certainly has them rattled it has also brought somebody new into their life ... nats: mother explaining vo: it's a day and a place not soon forget.

walk ... he walks down the street and normaly returns within 10 to 15 minutes. never made it home. sot: "my sister had called me and said that he had been missing for over an hour ... i knew that something was wrong." very wrong ...after continuing the search and not finding roo ... the family continued looking .. at 3:30 the following day ... neighborhood kids had found the dog shot and killed in a neighbors backyard. an emotional time ... trying to find answers. sot: "i don't know .... i don't know how anybody would be able to do it in the first place." it's like losing a family member ... because that's what he was. "he slept with me, we went on road trips and .... he was my best friend ...." the sheriff's department ... still in the dark about what happened ... themselves shocked sot: " it was a little disturbing to receive two reports just in a matter of days. nats sot conversation: "this whole thing has an upside ... right ... there is a new g ... yes ... as crazy as it may sound ... what's that like. it's very emotional because he looks exactly like roo.

family contacted jen after they had heard about roo ... and offered them their puppy ... the familt lost one of their own .... but also gained a new friend that will walk the streets for roo ... it's certainly not roo but beau is definately settling in nicely. the sherrif also told me that it can happen that dogs wander onto somebody's property and end up being shot but it is extremely rare. from what they know now ... the dogs were shot with either a pallett

if eventually caught the shooters would face chargrg of firing a gun within city limits and killing an animal. we'll keep you updated on that story right here on abc9 and on siouxlandmatters. com reporting live in studio ... lukas voss abc9 news. jenna: it appears the plane was trying to make it to eppley airfield. the plane took off from the airfield at just before noon, but turned back. that's when witnesses say "the plane cut a hard right ... the landing gear dropped and the power line and the ntsb and faa are investigating the crash. more details as they come in. tim: say a body found in the cedar river year-old who's been missing for months. tim: moe sed disappeared in october from his home in waterloo on bicycle with no cell phone or money. during several organized searches, groups trails and lake

greenbelt in waterloo. sed, a burmese refugee, was known to love fishing and was familiar with the natural areas around black hawk county and would go fishing on his bicycle. a teacher with waterloo schools says this is going to have a big impact on the district. tim: police say sed's bike has not been found. the iowa medical aminer's office is performing an autopsy. jenna: a man involved ina fatal accident nene homer, nebrasas last yeararas been found ilty of vehicular homicide. a dakota county district court reached a verdict of guilty yesterday against 41 year old russel roberts of homer. along with the one count of vehicular homicide, roberts is also facing two counts of driving under the influence

serious bodily injury. sentencing for this case has been set for january 27th. tim: members of the ethiopian communithere in siouxland, were in downtown sioux city tihis morning, protesting recent action taken by the ethiopian government. "we need (we need ) justice (justice) for our land (for our land) "we need (we need ) justice (justice) for our students (four our students protestors were raising attention of local state representatives and leaders, to recent atrocities committed overseas in the ethiopia, annex of the area the government capitol of ethiopia. protestors in sioux city shared alarming and graphic images found on social media crimes being students in ethiopia. tim: medical students being trained to save lives spent in chicago today they say they were sending a powerful message about the e ty's police department, its mayor, and the response to

jessica d'onofrio reports. " " a row of bodies on the steps of city hall... laying in silence for 16-minutes, signifying the number of times laquan mcdonald was shot by a chicago police officer. these are medical students and residents in schools like university of chicago and rush... coming together to say the excessive violence and lack of accountability is not just a public safety crisis, but also a public health crisis. (paris austell, medical student): " we want rahm emanuel to resign because we're tired of theover-up. we're tired of all of the police brutality. systemic racism in something needs to be done about it," people on their way to work in the loop stopping to take pictures and video, saying was a powerful image. mos: "it is amazing. they've got a powerful force together, so hopefully they make the point they want to peacefullll" meanwhile, new information is expected today in city's plan to hire a new chicago police superintendent, after gary mccarthy's resignation. it will detail the process that would likely solicit public input. jenna:

signed new leleslation today at the whitehouse in front of f teachers, students and lawmakers. critics have said no child left behind gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. earlier today, we talked to dr. paul gausman, superintendent of sioux city schools gausman says he feels there was more good than bad in "no child left behind", but there is a lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to these changes... mostly in regardrd to standardized testing " but the challenges with no child left behind have to do with assessments, every state takes a different approach to assessments, students perform at different levels many states like iowa continue to change the form of the assessment, the reporting of the assessment,so its very difficult to discover, but the federal government still has to under the previous law hand out these negaitive designations to different schools and different

many opposed 'no ... saying i i involved too much testing and not ... saying it involved too much testing and not enough teaching. it also had federal oversight... now each state decide's what's best for it's students. best for it's students. tim: today inside the capitol buildingngn des moines, members of the conservative iowa group - family leader - publicly endorsed texas senator ted cruz for president. tim: bob vander platts, of the crus challenges while also holding true to ma of the group's values such as religious liberty and the american family. "i happen to believe extraordinary for these is u.s. senator, ted cruz " vander plaats repeated several times that the cruz endorsement

from family leader as an organization, but rather its individuals. last month, sioux city representative steve king also pledged his allegiance to the cruz campaign. former secretary of state matt schultz was also an early backer of cruz's campaign. jenna: republican presidential candidate marco rubio had a town hall in west des moines today, where he spoke about critical issues facing iowa's veterans and military families, voicing his support of more flexible and convenient veteran health care. "who does the benefit belong too? does the benefit belong to the government or does the benefit belong to the veteran? if the answer is, thebenefit belongs toto the veteran. then the veteran should be able to t te the benefit anywhere they want and recieve care timely and effectivly this town hall was an extension of the concerned veterans for america's "defend and reform" policy series. tim: also at briar cliff today... three siouxland organiztions got an early start on celebrating christmas.

students and faculty were hosted thier annual christmas party y r mid-step servrves, opportunites unlimited anan siouxland residential services. guests from those organization say, the party is the favorite part of the holiday for some of their residents. "as long as i can remember briar cliff has made this an annual tradition for our consumers and this is one of the highlights of their year. they enjoy coming out here and being with the students, they enjoy the meal, and of course...last but not least, they love the grand finale of santa and his elves. students sang christmas carols and served hohoday lunch to ththresidents. and served holiday lunch to the residents. jenna: briar cliff university president bev wharton is known for being approachable... and getting to know students. now, as she prepares to retire after 15 years at b-c-u... she's getting some help from students... to make the most of her time left. briar cliff university has allenged president bev on several occassions through twitter with the hashtag bev's b-c-u bucket list and so far she's answering the call. and today, the

and complete another task the bcu students say they wanted to see her do . " " "it has been the creative genius of and as you can see now our students and alumni...they are for me," said she has done some as part of the challenge, one of the favorites from both bev and the students was when she did the whip and nae nae. jenna back on cam: and earlier today we here at abc9 gave her a challenge of our own, for her to join us at the desk! tim: still to come... with the holidays around the corner most folks would dread being pulled over coming up well show you how for some thats not the case. (fred) friday looks mild, but a cooldown is

precipitation on the way too. your forecast is next! " " tim:

usually causes a lot of anxiety for some people. but instead of tickets, this week drivers in kentucky got a huge surprise they'll never forget. daniel mcfarland reports. " " the warren county sheriff's office received a generous donation of ten- thousand dollars. the donor's only request was to give the money to those who need it most. officers pulled over drivers and gave them one-hundred dollars. (houston humphrey, given cash by deputy) "extremely my day i can say that. this made my day." some people pulled over had been going through tough times and said this was a big help. (jo-ann morgan, given cash by "i was sacred, i was a little nervous. i kindof had a rough weeee was sick so its kind of been n rough week and this has with christmas right around the corner, people may be afraid receiving a traffic and having to give up some of their but a traffic stop like this can turn all those feelings around. (elizabeth doucette, given cash by deputy) " reaction was relief

wonderful present and i have six children and this will be a great treat for us." a kind act like this doesn't just make the drivers happy, but the officers as well. (sergeant curtis hargett, wararn co. sheriff'f'dept.) " i can speak for all the staff at warren county sheriff office, it is a privilege for us to be able to do this. it's a blessing for us just as much as it is for the people are very pleased to be a part of this." (jenna) be even warmer? (fred) amazingly, yes! 2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) sioux city had 0.04" of rain from those morning showers. here's the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre. 40 was last night's low and today's high of 58 is 25 degrees above normal. here's a look at the first 10 days of december. we started out slightly below

normal and have not looked back so far. and, it looks like it may be above normal for another week! in sioux city, we have 39 degrees. local temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. winds are west at 5 to 10 miles per hour where we have wind, but many locations in eastern nebraska have calm winds. the satellite and radar shows this morning's showers, which dipped a bit farther south than we expected. to the west, we have clear skies, but over montana, you can see a weather system that will begin to affect us locacay saturday. the stormcast shows tonight and building in late saturday and into sunday. the heaviest across the south and east, where over 1" of rain may be possible! the rest of to a half of an inch of rain. tonight's low will be 31. will be 59 with the 7-day shows 46 saturday and a chance of rain, 42 sunday and a chance e of rain and light quickly. on monday, from the wet weather, but rain may return tuesday, with a chance of snow wednesday and these rainbow pictures from this

(tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. coming up in sports...it was a busy night on the high school hardwood. we'll head to west and north for a pair of metro matchups tim plus the cy-hawk series came down to the final minute yet again. stay tuned to see the incredible

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busy night on the high school we'll head to for a pair of tro matchups tim plus the cy-hawk series came down to the final minute yet again. stay tuned to see the incredible finish from hilton

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series was played in hilton coliseum. georges niang scored 22 points including that bucket with 18 seconds remaining that helped erase a double-digit deficit for isu and gave the cyclones a lead they wouldn't relinquish on their way to a stunning, come from behind 85-82

city. chris: that win, two one of many examples of hilton mic we've seen throughout fast forward to tonight's game, and on paper it didn't look like the fourth- would need to magic, hosting the hawkeyes. fired up for this last two matchups. it was the story of two players in the first half...jarrod uthoff...the hawk senior...connects on one of his five threes in the first 23-14. but here comeses isu on the breakak monte e rris with the e ley, jameel mckay with the oop...that cuts the lead back to single digits. uthoff can run too...he stuffs it home...he had 30 at the break. but matt thomas keeps the clones within striking distance...4 three pointers in the first half...hawks led it 49-35 at the half. in the second, here comes isu...georges niang...with the spin move and finish...that gets themithin 11. cyclones within 6...when mike gesell...loses the handle for a minute but recocors and it's an 8 point game with 2 a a a half to play.

left...thomas...clu tch...3 of his 19 off the bench for isu. ten seconds to play...iowa up one...monte morris...takes the defender off the dribble...floater falls and isu takes the 83-82 lead. gesell, brings it up court for the hawks...looking for the win, gives it off to uthoff who can't hit...and the magic is alive and well...cyclones storm back to stun their rivals by one. to the high school ranks...fourteent h-ranked west hosting east. first possession of the game for the wolverines...and sky silvas...gets forgotten in the corner...that's a home court bounce and west takes the lead. east answers back...taylor copple...stops pops and connects on the midrange j jper to get within one. then later on, rylie zyzda...the old fashioned three point play, but west starting to pull away. and the wolverines respond...maddy casillas...a'ain alone in the corner...wolverin es open up a seven point lead. then check out the ball

knutson-kobold finishes with the nifty move and west wins it, 59-23. up to north, the stars hosting south sioux and up to north, the stars hosting south sioux and taking some serious selfies too. we pick it up out of half...jajaen billings...he spots up at the arc and drains it...stars cut the card lead to 28-25. on the other end christensen...gets the feed at the elbow, as south sioux goes back up five... sweater vest game strong tonight and billings likes it too...he gets out on the break as north takes the lead and i nearly get taken out. but it was short lived...denten porter with the no look feed to lance denny and the cards are back on top. then dustin birkes...lays it home for north...stars come from behind and win it 50-45. wayne state is now just one win away from playing for a national the wildcats took down carson newman 3 sets to 1 earlier this advance to the final four. alyssa

kills while katie hughes and michaela mestl had double- doubles. heelan grad leisa mcclintock had 48 assists in the match. the wildcats will play tomorrow at 6:30 against a yet to be determined opponent. chris: for just the fifth time in 55 years, northwestern has a new head football coach. after kyle achterhoff resigned the position yesterday, the red raiders introduced long- time defensive coordinator matt mccarty as the new nwc head coach.h. mccarty has spent the last 11

mostly sunny skies!