klintobe. evidence found at the scene press authorities to believe josh may taken his wife's life before committing suicide. a go fund me account has been set up for the klintobe family, the couple leaves behind seven children tim: visit siouxland matters dot com if you would like to help donate to the family. tim: the names of two vicitms from a fatal collision near newel iowa have been released authoritieiesay 1919ear old juan loloz hurtado and 46 year old maria hurtado gaitan, both of fonda were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. 27 year old alex spielman of spencer iowa and a 7 year old were in the other car involved. but were treated for their minor injuries. the accident is still under investigation. tim: across the south, some devestating storms tore across the region claiming at least 10 lives one child

making this a devastating christmas for so many families. at least 24 reported tornadoes touched down... across seven states... including mississippi.. arkansas and tennessee. in holly springs mississippi a monster tornado left a 7-year-old boy dead leaving residents scrambling for safety. gwendolyn jones/ tornado survivor: and we all closed the door and laid in the floor (11:30:46) it lasted- we heard this great big whwho- train, and en it was gone (11:30:55)and ititas over. a state of emergegey has been declared in both tennessee forecasters say tornadoes is heavy rain and continuing concern across southern alabama and northern georgia. tim: iowa got a bit of a dusting this morning, parts of central iowa seem to be getting it the worst, even prompting a closuer of interstate 8 8 locally we mayay have gotten less

but down in omaha they weren't so lucky. the omaha metro area got over a half a foot of the white stuff. the snow began falling before dawn this morning causing several fender benders and spinouts on roads. tim: of course christmas eve means time with the family.... but some folks are enjoying a family tradition of another kind as well... a return to some sioux city classicscs abc 9's bria bell l caught up with folkat a couple of those "holiday hot spots" and is with us now. bria: once a siouxlander, always asiouxlander... many people that are here in siouxland this holiday season aren't just spending time with their families, but visiting places they loved growing up. "if they didn't call it palmer's candy, they would call it candy land," said christiansen. palmer's candy company is a fan favorite for both young and old customers. some are visisng for the first time, while others have become gulars by bagging candy all year long. "every christmasas every easter, every holidadathat we have, we comto palmer's toelebrate that," said koinzan. mile's inn is next on

charlie boy tavern. locals say ordering the top seller sandwhich and is another way they look to celebrate christmas with loved ones. "i enjoy this bar because it has a warmth about it and coziness, especially around the holidays. they have great food, their charlie boys are amazing and i do it every year especially around the holidays," said kosiba. last, but certainly not least, milwaukee wiener house is a packed around this time of year. and similar to the those that grew up children to expepeence milwaukee's popular "thiis a family started by my dad many, many years little girl. we use to do all of our christmas shopping christmas eve day and we always came to milwaukee wiener, so when i got married and had kids its something that we continue to do," said denney. bria: it seems tradition runs strong in siouxland as many families carried runs strong in

the same idea. live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim:crowds filled part of downtown sioux city today. the third of 3 services conducted at the orpheum by sunnybrook community church started just a few minutes ago. thousands filled the theatre for two afternoon services as well. pastor jeff moes says the church spreads it's christmas message in a unique way with special lights and music. the pastor says the gospel will be presented through various acts and in front of people from all over. "so we do it in a veve contemporaryfashion, there's going to be music, there's going to be drums...guitars. there's going to be skits that are kind of fun and funny and then there's a message based on the word of god," said pastor moes tim: sunnybrook

just over six thousand people as well as a high traffic through its online streaming service. tim: elsewhere, more than 51 hundred miles away, in vatican city, the pope carried on with a more traditional holy rmon this afteteoon. po francis welcomed hundreds to christmas eve mass in st. peter's basilica tim: some folks attend sermons for the season and others hold different festive gatherings to celebrate and then there are people who like putting up holiday lights. one of those people out of davenport,put up about 36- thousand lights and synced the whole deal together with music for all to enjoy aarik woods from our quad cities affiliate checked d it outut " you have nine of the white christmas trees, which only had 400 white lights on them. but i put 600 red lights on each one of the trees." when it comes to holiday decorating...there's one davenport house that stands out. "since i'm retired now, it took me

to ten hour days." james peachee puh shay runs what he calls candy cane of lights...likely cords...and one computer program. "it's all defined over hand side. tells me is, where itit at, and whwh it does." the result is a mix of -nat- together in harmony. jenny schaumburg "we love trans siberian orchestra and he does one of their songs and it's just beautiful i mean it's just breathtaking no mater how old you ar almost every year we've brought in- laws and parents and our kids are in the back seat." the bright lights bring new visitors by as well. anna gibney, davenport with daughter audrey gibney "i belong to a mom's stay at home mom and saw the posting. we were looking for something to do and show the kids right get them really excited. we thought we'd drive by since and we're pretty peachee puh shay says the whole production only raises his bill about 50 dollars during the month of december. a price he says is well worth it. it's the rction of really hooked me for basically forever. because it's the kids react." woods "

the holidays are an excellent time to break out your best recipe for holiday drinks. why you may want to pour some egg nog tonight. after the break... (fred) we have a warm chirstmas day coming up, and light rain and snow are possible. cooler weather will follow next week. all that, plus the abc9 santa tracker, after the break! " "

fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) radar shows that the snow is gone,

shows that the heaviest snow fell in the south and the e east. omaha had over conditions are but central iowa has ground. stormy the east earli today. in the past 24 hours there have reports and 41 reports of wind damage, with 54 total reports. here's a picture of tornado damage to a road mississippi! meanwhile, there is widespread flooding in atlanta. look at the melting snow on thport neal welding company skycamd from the ho chunk centre in sioux city. the high today was 33 and the low 27. 32 is our sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the upper 20s and lower 30s. wind

have some teens and single digits in the east. the satellite and radar shows quiet weather to our west for now. but be aware that areas north and west of siouxland will have more snow tomorow and early saturday. that's where we find winter weather advisories in light blue (which includes lyon county in iowa, lincoln and turner counties in south dakota, and the sioux falls metro. farther west is a winter storm warning in yellow. the stormcast hd shows the next round of snow, maybe mixed with some rain, mainly

late tomorrow and into early saturday. quiet weather is expected during the day saturday and into sunday. the snow forecast shows less than 0.5" of accumulation for most of us, but 1-4" across the north. the low tonight will be 18 8 th clearing skies. tomorrow, look for a high of 39 and a chchce of rain and snow with the highest north. the 7-day shows breezy winds saturday and 37. come next week with slight chance of monday. the

senior living santa tracker shows santa flying over we'll have updates through the evening. jenna/tim/fred (tim) thanks! (tim) thanks! tim: did you know it's

do you even know what's in eggnog? as a drink made of eggs, sugar, milk or cream thth may or may not include liquor. it's usually enjoyed in the u-s between the thanksgiving and christmas holidays. tim: most historians agree eggnog's forerunner was probably the early medieval britain drink called "posset" - which is a hot, milky ale. eggnog became tied to the holidays when it crossed the atlantic in the 17- hundreds. george washington was known for his famous recipe that included rum, sherry, brandy, d whiskey. you can look that recipe on our website siouxland matters dot com

it may not exactly be a white christmas but your dinner plate should have some white on it. we'll look at the benefits of winter white fruits and vegetables.

experts are hoping for the same when it comes to the fruits and veggies on your plate. holly firfir explains. "we often hear, the more colorful your produce, the healthier. but winter whites - fruits and vegetable that are pale in color are packed with healthy nutrients as well. veggies such as white potatoes, cauliflower, turnips, onions, garlic and even parsnips - which look a lot like a white carrot. (marisa moore/registered

nutrients but they also have some compounds in them that help to fight cancer, fight heart disease as well as keep your blood presesre in check, as well as cholestetel levels. and though potatoes often get a bad rap, it's what we put on them, not the vegetable itself that's an issue. (marisa moore/registered dietitian) white potatoes are virtually fat free and they are also a good source of vitamin c and a great sourcef potassium which helps to lower blood pressure levels. moore says garlic that has been shown to reduce the risk for prostatetend stomach cancer. and onions have nutrients that help th digestion. and when it comes to winter white fruits, top of the list are such as apples and pears. (marisa moore/registered some studies to can help lower the we can get most but when we buy tastes better. firfer. we often hear, the more colorful your produce, the healthier. but winter pale in color are packed with healthy nutrients as well. veggies such as white potatoes, cauliflower, turnips, onions, garlic and even parsnips - which look a lot like a white carrot. (marisa

nutrients but they also have some compounds in them that help to fight cancererfight heart disease as well as pasadena for the rose bowl. hear their thoughts on stanford's potent offense after the break. plus...northern iowa looked to bounce back at the diamond head invitiational against washington state.

on saturday in des moines. the panthers then flew to honolulu to face off withhawaii. the opener against the host school didnt go point loss. u-n-i had the chance to bounce back in the consolation bracket. their next test came from the pac- 12......washington state and star forward josh hawkinson.... late second half.....game tied at 48......m-v-c player of the week wes washpun goes iso....hangs and hits! panthers take the two point lead....... next wazzu possession....grea t passing leads to an easy bucket from hawkinson........he had a double- double...14 points 13 boards... but back comes washpun././.this kid is tremendous...som ehow gets that floater to fall....the senior finished with 16 points....

end....the cougars respond....que johnson! right on que! washington state takes the one point lead with four minutes to play.... uni would hit five free throws to take the four point lead...then its junior longrus....and one! cougs hanging around.... but the panthers had no desire to lose two in a row...paul jesperson.....dagg er from deep! he had a game high 18 points......uni survives and wins it 63-59. they will face byu in the fifth-place game at 2:30 on christmas day. alex after a nice and easy flight, the hawkeyes have arrived in southern california. on new years day, iowa will take on a very talented stanford team in the rose bowl. the cardinal won the pac-12 championship this season . and they are led by heisman trophyhyunner up christian mccaffery. the sophomore rushed for nearly 1900 yards this seasas, adding 540 rereiving yards and ov 1000 yards on returns. iowa's defense knows they are in for a challenge. "they are a very powerful running team. they have a big

running back. they have a great quarterback so its going to present a huge challenge for us but as long as tough, physical iowa defense, we should be fine." "fantastic team, pac- 12 champs, they do a lot of good things on defense. they have a fantastic offense, its going to be a good game, two teams that do some things pretty similar, t ty are going to run the ballllwe are going to run the ball, and d s going to be a smash mouth game." we will have coverage over the next week and a half leading up to the rose bowl. on new years eve, we will be airing a rose bowl special called "dream season" right here on abc9. alex matt campbell has been the head coach at iowa state for 26 days. in that time frame, the former toledo head man has been on a mission. locking up the current class, recruitng the future....and finalizing his coaching staff. eli rasheed coached the toledo defensive line....he will work in a similar role at iowa state. under rasheed's leadership this season, the rockets led the mac in scoring defense...and they

rushing defense. also of note....rudy wade has been named iowa state's director of strength and conditioning. 2015 was an incredible year for athletes in siouxland. don't believevme? check out tomorrow's abab top plays of the year. i sat down this week and compiled the best of the best......the hardest hits......circus-act touchdowns.....ga me-winning goals....you name it. tune in tomorrow night at 10:20 to relive the year that was. its time to announce our abc9 rising star. congrats to colton rohlk from holstein, iowa. the 6-year-old is a stud baseball player and we hope to see him on the plays of the year one day. colton will receive a t-shirt,a framed photo, and two passes to kings pointe courtesy of the education station

today's picture comes from...former reporter allison warrne... now working at our sister statioj in rochester new york.... she went to work prepared for christmas today.... if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. later tonight. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred)

skies. tomorrow, look for a high of 39 and a chance of rain and snow with the highest accumulations in the north. the 7-day shows breezy winds saturday and 37. cooler weather will come next week with highs in the 20s and a slight chance of snow late in the day

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