a sioux city teacher arrested for sexting a student. local educators react. "either way i'm always going to be there for her" wayne state student make their voices heard in support of a professor whose job is on the line. and, after 10 years, siouxland sci-fi fans get their first look at years, siouxland sci-fi fans get their first look at a new star wars classic. tim: good evening and

im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom the sioux city community school district held a press conference today to talk about the arrest of the former north high school band director, lucas sursely (sirs-lee). tim: he faces a charge of sexual exploitation by a school employee. even more concerning ... this is not the first time the high school has delt with something like this ... lukas voss brings us more. thank you tim and jenna ... indeed this is actually the third time i i just over two years that north high has had to deal with scandals sourrounding their educational staff. earlier this year ... a soccer coach s found guilty of sexual exploitation by a school employee ... he was sentenced earlier this month then in 2013 the former band director resigned after he had admitted to selling school owned instruments to recover from gambling debt, and now ... this ... nats: marching band vo: north high's 34-year old band director arrested and chargegewith sexual exploitation by a schoololmployee. textinina 15 year old student ......exting the stududt about having sex with her ... and .... sending her pictures ... actions promting a swift response by

sot: "we have met with the entirety of the staff first thing monday morning as i mentioned we received the information on friday took action on friday and received the resignation on friday." there are already a number of checks and balances in place to make sure teachers are cleared to be in our schools. their names get run through the fbi's database in multiple states. the iowa department of criminal investigation checks them as well. then ther are also run through several criminal data bases such as the sex offender registry. while alarmed ... the local teachers union warns about generalizing. sot: "they have integrity.they keep them safe, to somehow say everyone or even a high percentage are folks that shouldn't be teaching is wrong." the union and teachers agree it's something that needs to be adressed especially in early teacher's education. and educators have already taken steps to make sure future teachers don't run into trouble. sot: "we do discourage them from participating in social media and texting with their students. it's too fine of a line to cross and it's best to not do it all. "we as an association have talked to people repeadetly and about ethics and that nees to be drivin home." searsly's case now lies in the hands of the iowa board of educational examiners. a state entity responsible for licensing the state's teachers ... their first standart within their code of professional conduct and ethics. . "conviction of crimes , sexexl or immoral conduct with or toward a student and child and dependent adult abuse."

progressing i did want to mention that surslee was allowed to resign because if terminated by the school board ... he would have been employed by the eligible for payment until the termination process would have been finished. reporting live in studio ... lukas voss abc9 news. jenna: a wayne statat college professor will soon find out if she will be

and although not allowed to participate in her personel hearing, they did make today. dr. karen walker is a physchology professor at wayne state college and was escorted from campus in october. rumors began to circulate about her absence and now students are answers from administration. administration say the student's to trust that being handled. the end of the day, people will trust the process. this is a process that was agreed upon each time the faculty and the other unions here renegotiate their bargaining agreements. they sign off on this process and we have followed this process from day one to the letter," said collier. a hearing was held to day to determine dr. walker's future with the school. if a decision is not made, there will be a second hearing tomorrow. tim: about two dozen people marched to university of iowa president

office today to protest his comment that unprepared teachers should be shot. harreld is backtracking from tt comment he allegey made at a december 9th u-i staff council meeting. protesters carried signs across campus today, demanding harreld resign in light of the comment. harreld has apologized to the person who brought the concern about the comment before him.. saying it was an "off- the-cuff" remark, and he does not support gun violence. one of the students actually dressed up like harrelelas part of the prorost " " "yes break is happening, people are going to go home, but that doesn't mean we can't email, that doesn't mean we're not ready to go, that doesn't mean we're not hearing and reading what he's saying and getting angrier and angrier. "> the protesters spent considerable time outside harreld's office, but he was not there. jenna: the search is over for missing des moines teenager sam kemp. he was reported missing sunday morning after he didn't return from a party in granger. this afternoon, a

seen. claire powell brings us more from des moines. "weve been out here every single day. this isnt the outcome we wand, we still want answers, wanna know how" around 12:15, not even three hours into the expanded search for missing 17 year old sammy kemp- divers discovered his body in a pond outside of granger. police and family say kemp left a party at this duplex off highway 141 on saturday night and hadnt been seen or heard from since. "cadaver dogs and they did indicate positively near the edge of the pond. trainers were confident there were remains in the nd. " 16 departments, cadaver dogs, divers and search planes were part of the search. police found kemps cell phone wednesday afternoon, just feet from the watir. when kemp's body was found, family was seen holing each other. "loved his family, doing things with family. he called himself a rapper , just a funny guy" "we all have been prayful and hopeful we'd find sammy, pins and needles you knwo. but we wanted answers since day one came up here tuesday with teh family and havent left you know" friends say even though they dont have answers as to what happened leading up to his death, the discovery comes as closure for the family of the smiling teen, who will be dearly missed. "sammy hes that person, when he comes around hes living up everythingand had everybody y laugugng" "this famimis going to

assistance. no mother should have to bury their child, no ones ever prepared for that" jenna: the 17 year old was a junior at scavo high school. baltimore is possible retrial police officer porter is one of the six police officers charged freddie gray . a judge declared a mistrial yesterday after jurors couldn't the officer was to blame for gray's death ... gray died april 19, a week after he injury in the back of a police van. prosecutors say porter failed to

didn't call for a doctor when gray said he needed medical help. legal experts say it's hard to prosecute inaction " " : typically in cases where police are on trial, we're talking about what the police did here we are talking about what police officers dn't do. they didn't do enough. they didn't strap him into a seat belt. they didn't get him medical help. that's not an easy case to win. the prosecutiors are weighing their next step? they haven't announced whether or not they will re-try porter? experts say, they might offer him a plea deal in exchange for his testimony? jenna: iowa is facing a 60 day delay in it's shift from a state run medicaid program to a privately managed system. in a letter to state officials today, federal administrators said they expect the iowa changes to be implimented, but added that they believe iowa is not ready to make the transition by january 1. adding without a delay medicaid beneficiaries could risk serious disruptions. ultimatelty iowa serious

needs feral approval for the mediciad changes because the federal government pays more than half of all medicaid benefits. jenna: marco rubio is back in iowa today as well, rallying support ahead of february's caucus, which is 47 days out. rubio held a town hall style event early in the day in muscatine, and was in knoxille, iowa tim: republican ben carson visitied both mcgregor and spencer iowa today... speaking to voters, about civil liberties and the muslim brotherhood. carson says those looking to do harm to the u-s will use america's politically correctness to recognize to thier advantage. tim: carson will also tim: carson will also be in iowa tomorrow, he will start his day at ... buena vista university in storm lake at the anderson auditorium followed by an event at northwestern college in orange city at 3 pm and the last event of the day will be right here in sioux city at the stony creek inn at 7 pm jenna:

theft protection compananwill pay a record 100-million dollars to settle charges it failed to keep customers' personal information safe. lifelock's deal ends its case with the federal trade commission. in 2010, the f-t-c alleged the company made false claims in promoting its i-d theft protection services. at that time, lifelock paid a 12- million dollar settlement. but earlier this year the f-t-c said the company violated the deal by continuing to make false claims. lifelock says this settlement doesn't confirm m or deny the allegations. tim: fans were lined up about three hours before the premeire tonight. star wars film the be complete without the correct gear and apparel. masks and lightsabers might allowed....but that didn't stop folks for having a good time. we caught up with some folks after the showing and

move was as good as they expected. "to me it was unbelievable how everything turned out it was seriously mind blowing. " "we have been waiting to see this and i didn't get out of seat until the time it started. it was absolutely fantastic." "i'd say it didn't live up to the hype but it didn't disapppoint and i am definatelty going to see the next two. showings of " the force awakens" at the promenade start at 9 tomorrow morning and run through midnight. jenna:and though it wawa't a storm troooor .....a sargent in nebrask lept into a semi truck to save a man's life a slow-moving police chase in nebraska came an end when a sergeant leaped onto an out-of- control semi- truck to stop it. this is police dashcam of thedecember second chase that went on for some 12- here you see the across traffic truck that was miles per hour. the truck driver and was slumped over the wheel after a diabetic

glucose and taken to the hospital. he's expected to be fine. jenna: still to come... the hawkeys are getting ready to head to the rose bowl, coming up we have a preview on all the prep it takes to get there (fred) even cooler weather is coming tomorrow, buwe'll be staying dry. a weekend warmup is also in sight! your forecast is next! " " tim: the iowa hawkeyes are 15

for the trip are already well underway. they're basically moving their operation from the football operations center here all the way to pasadena, california and they'll do that on their equipment truck, which they've outfitted with roses. today they filled the truck. tomorrow it leaves for pasadena, two weeks before the game. the truck is expected to arrive monday in los angeles, where equipment officials will unload about 40 percent of its contents at the team hotel. much of the rest will go to a

the hawkeyes will leadadg up to the game. and equipment crews go over to make sure taking winter jackets... to california. we do leave some stuff on the truck that's game day only, so like players capes, heavy coats, i years ago we always take our winter coats because it was florida at the there are some there and hopefully we never have to touch, but in case we need it, it's there."> in los angeles on christmas eve. at that point expected to be set upupor them. (jenna) fred, what does the forecast hold? (fred) cool weather in the short term, but warmer weather

2 line super: fred hexom exom@kcautv.c (fred) ththport neal welding company skycyc hd from the ho chunk centre shows downtown sioux city. the almanac shows a high of 32 today and a low of 24. 27 is our sioux city temperature. the air is fairly dry today, with a dew point of 14. that points to the likelihood of lows in the teens tonight. local temperatures are in the teens and 20s. winds are from the west at 10 to 15 miles per hour. wind chills are in the single digits and teens. there is some very cool air to our west, with denver at only 2 degrees and rapid city at 3 with fresh snow on the ground in those areas. the cool air tomorrow. but the long term weather picture is still warm! by the national showing a forecast temperatures to continue across the northern and western united states in january, february, and march. the stormcast hd weather pattern. high pressure sliding through friday night will reinforce that quiet weather. your forecast for low of 14 under tomorrow, expect mostly sunny skies

shows a weekend warmup to 40. we'll be as warm as 44 tuesday. so we're about to melt what little snow we have on the ground, and a white christmas looks unlikely. (jenna) thanan, fred. (fred)

third straight win tonight, hosting roosevelt out of sioux falls. highlights from the pit up ahead. tim plus north and sergeant bluff luton squared off in wrestling action tonight. we'll have the action from the mat after the break.

month and a half the road to wells fargo and the state wrestling tournament will begin. both north and sbl would like to have good showingsgsn des moines. tonight the conference rivals met up on the mats at a triangular. stars and warriors, the third and final match of the night, both teams 1-0. we'll start things off at 113...ethan, the killer, kempema...living up to his nickname...he gets the 3 point near fall toward the end of the third, he wins it 9-0 on major decision. up to 120...8th ranked rhyker sims taking care of business...he gets some back points and wins it easily with the 15-0 tech fall. at 126, brayden curry...state runner up p st year at 120...3 points for the near fall in the third...he wins big as well, 14-2 on the decision. north, gets on the board at 138...tenth ranked adrian jurado, with the reversal to start the third...he takes it on tech fall, 16- 0...but sb-l gets the last laugh...they win it 55-17.

after a season opening loss to west, the heelan girls have found a rhythm lately. the tenth ranked two game winning streak, heading into tonight's game against sioux falls roosevelt. tonight in the pit...and a strong start...tahia mitzel and hits the floater...it's 35-11 riders. but heelan's offense starts to rhythm...taylor ferguson...the high arching shot to cut into the lead. defense...carlie on the trap...grace hanno ends up with it, she finishes at the rack and the deficit down to 20...go irish! lalar on...lexie stolen, inbounding under the basket...defense forgets about her...she hits the silky smooth jay to keep it at 20. but that's about as close as it would get as kierra llanos hitsfrom the high post... roosevelt wins it big, 57-36.

ranks...nicole seekamp and usd taking on dakota wesleyan. early on...margaret mccloud gets position inside and she doesn't miss the gimme...yotes up early. then tia hemiller...running the break, she finds seekamp on the wing...and seekamp, she's on santa's nice list...she connects..and the big man himself approves. usd goes back inside...kate liveringhouse...wi th the baby hook...the yotes firing on all cylinders. hemiller led the way with 22 and usd improves to 7-4 with the 94-54 win. in college volleyball action tonight, the huskers at the final four in omaha. this game got off to a late start, but nebraska up 2-0 on kansas at last check, looking for a spot in saturday's championship against texas. chris: it usually takes a lot of time between starting a college football program and seeing success on saturdays. 2008 was the first year of varsity football at dordt college and new head coach joel penner will try to lead the defenders to the

dordt has never won more than two games in a season and in eight years of varsity football, the defenders have an overall record of 12 and 75. but building the defenders into a strong program is a challenge penner welcomes. heheaid his experirice teams around right man for the he can't do alone. gotta get down and we've gotta push hard. we've got a hill illustration i've given is, there's a locomotive here, and it's very heavy, and it's going uphill, and it's going to take all hands on deck. the thing about is, once that thing starts moving, that thing is very heavy, and it can get a lot of momentum. i think you need a spark to really get it going and i think some of those sparks are happening right now. and so the strategy going forward is get everybody on board to push, because it's a lot of work." penner a ao said he wouldn't put a win total as a goal for next season, rather he and his staff will stress process