>> made in georgia scott: thanks for joining us this midday. snow is continuing to wind down across the region. all winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings have now been lifted. visibilities show where the snow continues to fall - mainly along the iowa and minnesota line. today we'll manage to work into the middle 20s with some peeks o o sunshine before clouds build back inin tonight with another shot at snow. more details ahead - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " we begin with breaking news

where a crews are batttling a massive apartment fire. good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. i'm deborah souverain deborah we've gotten word thathe fire broke out around 10 a-m in sloan....at the prairie apartments on buckley street. as you can see here there's quite a bit of smoke billowing out of the building. wewee told that reredents were evacuated....andnd are currrrtly taking shelter at a nearby church. abc 9 reporter scene of the she tells us two people have been taken by ambulance due to unspecified injuries. deborah bria is joining us live via phone to describe what's gong on there.. hi bria..what can you tell us? you told us two people were taken by ambulance..any word on their injuries? do we know how many people were evacuated from

happened not too long ago...but do officials know how the fire started? alright, thank how the fire started? alright, thank you bria...and we'll bring you more information on this developing story as it comes in.

on this developing story as it comes in. deborah heavy snowfall can be a burden when you're out on the road.... however in one iowa city....it's t just drivers who are reeling from wintery road conditions... in rock valley...the city itself is having trouble simply affording the clean up. " parts of minnesota and iowa are preparing to bear the brunt of this storm. even though this season has had mild temperatures, the amount of snow fall has been well above normal. rock valley, iowa is expected to get several inches and

clear it out of the roads. residents are getting ready for another snow storm in rock valley. "welcome to iowa," chris heroneous said, "we have got to keep scooping, got plenty of snow and it's going to keep coming." "i like the snow, as long as we can keep that ice away, that's always a problem. so if it's just snow and we can keep the roads open that would be great," marshall rosenblad said. to keep the town's roads open, they need to be plowed. nine inches could fall during this storm and they're still cleaning up snow from last weekend. "i think we're at about 7 7 8 inches so it's piling on top of that current amount andndt causes some i iues," city administrator m van maanen said. one of those issues is money. the city administrator says this will be rock valley's fourth significant snow fall. "it puts an impact on our budget. we don't necessarily have a line item, but from based on overtime and supplies, the council will have to approve an amended budget at some point to pay for all the snow removal," van maanen explained. even though it's financial matter left completely up to one of those options you have that we're going to stop plowing snow in february, it just has to be done," van maanen said. so they'll just plow through it. the city administrator says money for plows could come out of

companies are busy helping clean up the snow. you might have seen their pick-up trucks plowing parking lots and walk-ways s ound siouxland yesterday. most of these companies specialize in lawn care but focus on snow removal during the winter. for travis from sharp lawn care... the snow is not a concern. travis chartier, sharp lawn care says, "this is great, this is a perfect time for us. this is what we live for basically. lot's of snow ... no problem we have plenty of men and plenty equipment. " the company had around 7 guys working in dakota dunes yesterday ... and chartier says they clean around 50 acres of snow on average each day. deborah and slick roads have caused a number of accidents already in the sioux city metro area. according to the sioux city police department....the city averages between ten and 15 crashes on a winter day.. however they say...there are multiple factors that contribute to that. city officials say,

crashes occured on november 20th, which saw the first snowfall of the winter. that day there were 36 wrecks in town. take yleh stinger now on to the race to the white house... four republican presidential candidates will speak to new hampshire lawmakers in the final weeks of the state's primary campaign. donald trump, carly fiorina and jim gilmore will address new hampshire's house of representatives on january 7th. john kasich will speak on january 20th. new hampshire's primary is on february 9th. a c-n-n poll this month showed trump with 26 percent support in the state. the other three candidates slated to address new hampshire lawmakers....are all in the single digits. pitching themselves to legislators is part of their last big push for momentum...in the first in the nation primary state. deborah the campaign trail is also heating up in the first in the

later today florida senator... marco rubio will be making a stop in sioux city as part of his tour across iowa. rubio's campaign says he will be joined by a "special guest," whose name hasn't been released. rubio plans on speaking tonight in sioux city at 6:15 p.m. at the holiday inn on gordon drive a sioux center man has been sentenced to two years in prison for making sexual advances on a 14- year-old girl. 43-year-old danny barnes has plead guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse. this stems back to july of 2014...when police say barnes' began contacting a girl who was a friend of his family. barnes was sentenced on this lesser charge after originally being charged with felony sexual abuse. norfolk's economic development director is gearing up for a new job for the state of nebraska. here's paul hughes with the details. " norfolk city officials have

a.m. wednesday. residents will be asked to park on the even-numbered sides of streets where parking is normally allowed on both sides and not at all on the city's snow- emergency routes. for maps and other snow-removal information, check the city's web page. norfolk's economic development director is packing her bags, getting ready to move to lincoln to bece the state director of economic development. gov. pete ricketts tells newstalk wjag that courtney dentlinger is a "rock star." dentlinger's last day on the job in norfolk is thursday, jan. 7, and her first day as the state economic development director is monday, jan. 11. in addition to property taxes and roads funding, 16th district senator lydia brasch of bancroft expects medicaid expansion and medical marijuana bills to be on the agenda for the 2016 session of the nebraska legislature. brasch says she expects senator kathy campbell to once again push for expansion of medicaid and senator tommy garrett's bill to allow medical use of marijua to also be discussed. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag,

. " deborah a note for you if you're a cable one customer. unfortunately, we have yet to secure a new agreement for continued carriage of abc9 by cable one. we have agreements with all major carriers with the exception of cable one. we are requesting that cable one pay fair market value for abc and local programming we provide. if cable one declines our agreement, subscribers would lose access to abc9 starting at midnight on thursday. for information on other providers in our community, please visit siouxland matters dot com. jessica rae: still to come... one national chain store is offering up a program to help you get rid of any of your unwanted gift cards. we'll have the details when we come back. scott:

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on the port neal welding company skycam hd. snow totals have been comingn nerally between 4 and 6 inches. many of us have received a significant amount that will require the shovels to remove! winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings have expired this morning and d will have improving conditions moving forward. right now, it's about 20 degrees with cloudy skies and snow flurries north

wind chills are brisk...bundle up! let's pace through the stormcast hd where snow should be wearing down as we pass through the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 w wh some better conditions. today's hihi is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with more light snow. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae " " totals have been coming in generally between 4 and 6 inches. many of us

shovels to remove! winter weather advisories and warnings have and we will have improving conditions ving forward. right now, it's about 20egrees with cloudy skies and snow flurries north of highway 20. the wind is strong and wind chills are brisk...bundle up! the stormcast hd where snow should be wearing down as we pass through the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track for warmer weather later in the week as it looks like we'll start off 2016 with some better conditions. today's high is 23 with lighgh morning snow, then

weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll hav a high of 23 with more light snow. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott: some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with more light snow. here's your 7 day forecast. jessica rae scott: deborah: if you have any unwanted gift cards lying

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family... but hate...hate washing pots and pans... than you'll love the recipe howard has for us today. take a look! "one big thing we always keep in mind here in the test kitchen is that cooking should be fun and not a chore. one of the best ways we found to do that is by making sure that every recipe is as simple as can be, using as few pots and pans as possible. that's why we love one-pot meals. and the chicken cacciatore we're

wonders. all we did some boneless bit of seasoned it in a little you prefer, you can use cut up, bone-in chicken instead-just make sure you cook it a little longer.)now, we tata the chicken out of the pan and add in some mushrooms, chopped greeeepeppers, onions, and fresh garlic. we'll let that cook until the veggies are tender before stirring in our favorite spaghetti sauce, a can of diced whole can, juice and all). it's readyo serve as is,r if you want, over some rice or maybe pasta, which will help soak up all the flavorsi hope you'll go online and get a copy of our, "chicken cacciatore one pot" recipe, along with a few other favorite one- pot meals. i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where every day we're looking for a simpler way for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" jessica rae: coming up after the break... adult coloring books are all the rage these days, but now they're crossing over to the political relm.

bria is joining us live via phone to describe what's

you tell us? you told us two people were taken by ambulance..any word on their injuries? do we know how many people were evacuated from the building? i know this happened not too long ago...but do officials know how the fire started? alright, thank you bria...and we'll bring you more information on this developing story as it comes in. jessica rae: scott's up next with a final check of our forecast. stay with us.

from school got a fun lesson in health monday. sunnybrook community church put on "ninja warrior camp" yesterday at morningside college's hper (hyper) center. the idea is to get kids off the couch and keep them active while they're not in school. the kids went through 10 different stations in 10 minute intervals. they also learned about healthy nutrition. "it is grueling, like you said it's something where they're getting great exercise, they're learning about healthy nutrition, and they're having fun doing it at the same time. and yet the feedback i've gotten from the kids is they've enjoyed it." says coordinator matt holmes around 350 kids are taking part in ninja warrior

the camp kicks off again today. jessica rae: now let's check in with dr. oz to see what's coming up on the show today. "michael strahan is changing the game. today he reveals his rules to win at life. how he pushes past obstacles, stays positive, and wakes up happyvery day. michael shares the advice his father gave him that he lives by still this day. plus, are you cooking rice all wrong? see how to cut your rice calories by half, literally. and, headache solutions from a person who deals with alot of them, one of our nurse search finalists." jessica rae: again that's coming up today on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae scott: snow should be wearing down as we pass through the middle of the day. beyond that, we can expect a small wave of energy to pass through tomorrow that will yield some flurries and light snow with accumulations under half an inch. we're then on track

it looks like we'll start off 2016 with some better conditions. today's high is 23 with light morning snow, then cloudy and cold weather. the low tonight is 15. tomorrow we'll have a high of 23 with more light snow. here's your 7 day forecast.