moving away, but cloud cover is left map. it's cold with temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s. the dayplanner displays afternoon temperatures stretching into the lower 20s before crashing later tonight under clearing skies. your full forecast is coming up - your news starts now. "announcer: "now live from kcau-tv in sioux city, iowa... this is abc9 news this midday.... " " jessica rae: good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. i'm jessica rae. after dozens of accusations from women who say bill cosby sexually assaulted them, the comedian is now facing criminal charges for the first time. expected to be arraigned this afternoon, after

opened a 12 year old case. abc's bazi kanani has the latest. " prosecutors announce for the first time since bill cosby has been accused of drugging d assaulting dozens of women over decades: he will be arrestededn charges in one of those cases. (sot kevin steele) mr. cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault. this is a felony of the first degree the decision to charge cosby... comes just one month before the statute of limitations would have expired in the case brought by andrea constand. the former temple university employee accuses cosby of pennsylvania mansion in 2004. (sot kevin steele) on two other occasions before this, he made two other advances that were rejected. that night, he offered he drugs so she couldn't move and committed aggravated indecent assault against her. years ago, when constand first reported the alleged assault, prosecutors decided there was not enough to evidence to pursue the case. she settled with cosby in civil court. prosecutors say they re-opened the criminal case based ononew evidence-- including incriminating statements cosby made in a thousand page deposition released for the

summer-- admitting that he had given qualludes to women though insisting he did it only when consensual. (sot steele) our team review the initial investigation. reinterviewed witnesses. prosecutors may also be able to use testimony from the dozens of other women accusing cosby of rape. the 78-year-old former tv dad is now fighting back against some of those accusers. filing a counter-suit against 7 women in civil court. his attorney accusing the women of trying to profit from the famous comedian. (sot cosby attorney) we are taking steps to right a wrong. restoring cosby's good name ??is an objection and these are things these 7 women wanted to destroy. ==bazi on cam tag== constand's attorneys have statement on her bebelf. she thanks the prosecutors and investigators, and says she will not comment further." jessica rae: two women and one man have been charged after a prostitution sting in sioux falls, south dakota. according to officials, after arranging meetings at a sioux falls hotel monday night authorities arrested 28-year old amanda meyer, 23 year old

rashad lee. all three suspects are from sioux city and investigators believe they drove to sioux falls for the illegal activity. authorites don't believe the women were being trafficked. jessica rae: the new hornick city clerk uncovered thousands of dollars of mis-spent funds dating back more than a decade. an audit of the city of hornick identified more than 130 thousand dollars of unsupported purchases since 2003. 18-thousand of that money was improperly used, about half went to two city clerks serving during that time. the report stated the city did not document spending costs such as employee wages, phone charges, equipment and office supplies. "the report is complete at this point so we will not be doing any further investigation into the 115,000 dollars. we'll simply say that that is the amount during this 11 year period of time that was spent that had no documentation." jessica rae: the report has been forwarded on to local

if any charges wi be filed. jessica rae: coming off his campaign stop to sioux city yesterday, g-o-p candidate marco rubio continued his iowa tour in pella this morning. rubio held a town hall style event at the pella golf and country club where he got the chance to speak to constiuents about his stance on topics ranging from planned parenthoood to national security. rubio has plans for stops in newton and boone later today. jessica rae: after some inclement weather, republican presidential candidate chris christie is making up for some lolo time in the hawkeye state. yesterday christie held several town hall in muscateen, iowa rapids. he had a message for president obama. the american people are anxious about terrorism because the american people have seethe dead bodies, killed by radical jihadist terrorists. they've seen dead parisians and they've seen dead americansand they are nervous because, for the first time in years, they don't believe that their

that's why they're anxious, mr. president." christie also took the opportunity to take jabs at fellow g-o-p candidates marco rubio and donald trump. jessica rae: and speaking o o donald trump, yesterday he was in northwest iowa. trump held a campaign rally in council bluffs, where he took a stab at several people, commenting on george pataki dropping out of the race and calling bernie sanders a quote "communist", no political adversary was spared, donald even had something to say about democratic frontrunner hillary clinton. listen. 'madam president.' can you imagine that? women -- believe me, if it's got to be a woman. which i'm all in favor of some day. it shouldn't be hillary. it shouldn't be hillary." trump was also very adament about the lack of spending his campaign has put fourth, saying he's spent the least for the "best result" jessica rae: democratic candidate martin o'malley will also

right here in sioux city. the former maryland governor has a campaign stop scheduled for january third at the mary treglia house here in sioux city. that's on jennings street at 11:45 in the morning. governor o'malley will meet and greet voters and speak on issues faced by many americans. jessica rae: but he's not the only democrat that will be in sioux city in the new year, frontrunner hillary clinton also has a campaign stop during her "river to river in iowa tour". clinton will be in sioux city on tuesday january 5th. she'll also be attending events in osage and council bluffs. jessica rae: madison county nebraska is opening bids on a road repair project. here's paul hughes with the details. "bids will be let in the spring for the final part of a road-repair project related to the elkhorn river flood of 2010. the madison county board of commissioners received an update on the project, known as meadow grove north, at its meeting tuesday. the federal government is expected to pay for 80 percent of the costs for the bank stabilization, with the county responsible for the remaining 20. the dixon county town of martinsburg - population 94 - has received a u.s. department of

assessment of the village's water system. usda community progogms specialist janice stopak says the community received a a ecial evaluation assistance for rural communities and households - or search - grant of $26,300. norfolk is celebrating its 150th birthday this summer and the norfolk arts center is looking for artwork with ties to the community over the past century and a half. arts center program coordinator denice hansen says they're looking for pieces for an exhibit that will run from june 30th through the end of august. submissions will be taken through january. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, kix. " 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.

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... a deadline is approaching that could be netting you u ney if youre a sprint or verizon customer. details when we return.

get a look at the port neal welding company skycam hd in sioux city. currently, it's in the upper teens and lor 20s. the wind is pretty light at under 15 miles per hour. we've got reduced visibilities and slick travel so exhibit extra care in driving to your morning destinations. here's your satellite and radar imagery where some light snow continues to move away through the upper midwest as we get into the middle of our wednesday. going to the

snow is quickly carried away and by noon today it'll be completely wrapped up. it'll be chilly for both new year's eve and new year's day. as the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and we'll have 30s for the weekend. today's high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5! tomorrow, we'll have partly cloudy conditions and it'll be chilly with a high of 23.

scott: jessica rae: verizon and sprint customers have one more day to

customers have one more day to file a claim if they believe they are a victim of "cramming". for that and other business headlines here's katie copple. " tomorrow is the deadline to file a

from verizon wireless or sprint mobile. the two wireless providers were hit with fines over unauthorized charges they place on customers bills - a practice known as cramming. websites have been set up for customers to file a claim online or they can print out a form to submit by mail. both companies said the amount of the payouts may depend on how many people file claims. steady job growth, low mortgage rates and tight inventories all helped fuel rising u.s. home prices in october. the standard and poor's case-shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in the 12 months ending in october, up from a 5.4 percent pace in september. home values have climbed at a roughly 5 percent pace during much of 2015. strong hiring has bolstered a real estate market still recovering from a housing bust that began about eight years ago. home sales have increased this year as the 5 percent unemployment rate has strengngened confidence in the economy. fitbit appears to have had a good holiday season. the fitness tracker saw its i-o-s app move up 20 spots on the free app list at apple's app store after christmas. the boost in app downloads indicates many people bought or received the fitbit wristbands over the holidays. the company currently has a wide range of devices available and is the overall market leader in wearable fitness tracking devices. and star wars: the force awakens helped propel the north american box office past a record $11 billion for the year - the first time movie ticket sales ever reached that milestone. the latest star wars

total of about $600 million so far in north america, making it the latest in a string of 2015 box office hits that include movies such as american sniper, jurassic world and furious 7. with your morning business report, i'm??." jessica rae: after the break... howard has just the recipe you need to ring in the new year! stay tuned for champagne

that new year's eve party? well howard has a delicious recipe that will help you ring in the new year with a smile on your face! "before i joined the mr. food test kitchen team, which seems like forever ago, i had a catering company and on new year's eve we would serve a drop-dead- gorgeous cake with an icing that was amazing. so when i was thinking of what recipe i should share with you today, i thought it would be the perfect ..but cupcake size. we start by making a white cake mix according to the package instructions, except rather than adding the water, we add the same amount of champagne or asti spumante. if you want, toss in some gold decorating sugar like i used to in my catering days. you can find it in the baking section. it'll make these nice and sparkly. now we spoon the batter

silver liners, and into the oven they go. while they're baking, we make an icing which is simply some softened butter beaten with powdered sugar, vanilla and a splash more champagne. once they cool, we slather or pipe them with icing and finish them with more gold sugar. not only do these look fun and festive, the taste is crazy good. you see the creaminess of the icing paired with the fluffy cupcake and a hint of the bubbly makes them a real treat. i hope you'll go online and get the recipe for our, "champagne cupcakes," so you can welcome in the new year with a bang, or shall i say a "pop". i'm howard in the mr. food test kitchen, where today we found a "bubblicious way" for you to say . "ooh it's so good!!" jessica rae: if you would like a copy of that recipe you can send us a self addressed stamped envelope here to a-b-c 9 news. our address is 625 douglas street. the zip...51101. be sure to write "champagne cupcakes" on your request. or you can visit our website...siouxlan d matters dot com. and click on the mr. food logo.... jessica rae: coming up after the break... the affluenza teen has been found in mexico find out what he and his mother are facing. stay tuned!

ethan couch have taken legal action to stay in mexico, after being on the run from police a new video has first look at how spending their time. abc's matt gutman has the latest first images of ethan and tonya couch's life on the in this exclusive video you see ethan entering this across the street from his shabby rental? -the formerly blonde black - hat backwards. he seems at ease - breezily talking to the butcher- paying - even sending out a two days earier his top - tries to pay for dollars? she chats who wont take the the texan? 90 minutes after this surveillance video of couch is shot monday? he is arrested? (still pic)you see him cuffed and escorted to a cruiser? - and

pros pic) sot: acting us ma northern district tx richard taylor 11:09:37 "after 11 days of the us marshal service tracking down ethan couch, we can finally say he's in custody." authorities say couch and his mother "pland to disappear" shortly after this video allegedly showing couch violating parole at a boozy party -went viral on twitter. but before they left? dee anderson they had what you'd call a going away party" taking tonya's truck to the border? sot: tarrant county sheriff dee anderson 11:14:40 "our understanding is they did drive the truck down there." (gfx) investigators confirming to abcnews that ethan this morning the first images of ethan and tonya couch's life on the run in mexico in this exclusive video you see ethan entering this butcher shop across the street from his shabby rental? -the formerly blonde teen's hair died black - hat backwards. he seems at ease - breezily talking to the butcher- paying for chicken in pesos

two days earier his food with us dollars? she chats who wont take the the texan? 90 minutes after this monday? he is pic)you see him then up close in pros pic) sot: acting us marshal, northern district tx richard taylor 11:09:37 "after 11 days of the us marshal service tracking down ethan couch, we can custody." authorities say couch and his mother "planned to disappear" shortly after this video possibly showing couch violating parole at a boozy left? dee anderson they had what you'd call to the border? sot: tarrant county sheriff dee is they did drive the (gfx) investigators and tonya couch to elude detection?investiag ors say they initially checked into this

los tuleon the show today. "almond milk. it's been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. there are questions as to whether or not it delivers everything it promises. we've done our research, and we're going to share what we've found. then, we're breaking down the benefits of the other nut milks to see which one is right for you. plus, can bread increase our risk of alzheimer's? i want who says he has the again that's coming up today o'clock right here on abc9. scott: as the week goes on, we can expect some warmer air to come back and we'll have 30s for the weekend. today's high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. tonight, clouds of 5! tomorrow, we'll have partly

and it'll be chilly with a high of 23. " " back and we'll have 30s for the weekend. today's high is 24 with light snow this morning followed by mostly cloudy skies. tonight, clouds diminish with a low of 5! tomorrow, we'll have partly cloudy conditions and it'll be chilly with a high of 23.