families usher in the new year... with some cultural traditions... and without alcohol. "we'll be picking them up as soon as we have a place to store them all." a vermillion bike enthusiast... plans to share his love of riding... with those who may realal need it. " nats" and, a sioux c cy couple ringsgsn the new year... by exchanging rings. deborah good evening and happy new year's eve! thank you for joining us tonight im deborah souverain filling in for tim and jenna. often, new years eve and alcohol go hand-in-hand.

american groups are spreading a message of the positive affects of a sober celebration. bria bell tells us more about the sobriety pow wow going on at west high. deborah she's live from there to tell us more. bria: deborah, the sobriety pow wow is a way forpeople to celebrate the new year with their friends and family without alcohol. both natives and non natives are here and it's pretty packed right now... there's food, dancing, and an important message behind it all... "one of the statistics that recently came out wawathat there was er 40 percent of public intoxication, belonged to native americans s d so here tonight we're going to try and reverse those roles and hopefully that's a start to someting," said garan coon. typically new year's eve means popping a bottle of champaign, but native americans are celebrating in a different way...without the use of alcohol or any substance for the matter. substance abuse is an issue for natives and today's pow wow is a unique way to solve the problem. native american leaders say this is a prevention tool and

"the reason for a pow wow is to celebrate. we had a lot of good things happen in 2015 and we want to bring in 2016 on a goonote and so it's always good to come together and bring our youth together and bring our elders together and shararin songs and dadae," said coons. "traditionally in america it's a night to go out and get high and get drunk or look for a party...and this is actually a par@y, but we're doing it in a good way," said holum. the event also serves as an eduction tool as doors are opened to anyone from any background... giving the community an opportunity to learn more about tribal traditions and heritage. "if they want to learn more , if they want to see some dancing and some music, come on down to our celebration," said coons. bria: the pow wow will continue just after midnight, music, come on down to our celebration,"said coons. bria: the pow wow will continue just after midnight,

signs of slowing down. reporting live in sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. deborah thanks bria. deborah new year's eve is sure to be a date you'll nevev forget... especially if it's also your anniversary. more couples are ditching the tradition of a summer wedding for something more unique. sioux city couple mary horton and shawn olorundami (ola-run-dahmi) made getting married their last big hurrah of 2015. they tied the knot tonight at trinity lutheran church. family and friends were there to witness the big event....and then celebrate not only the happy couple... but also the new year. our congratulations to the happy couple! deborah ananon this night, most kids won't t stay up until midnight... so a family museum in the quad cities celebrated the new year at noon, instead. " " " 3.. 2..1.. cheers" this is the family

bettendorf's annual noon the event offers children a chance to celebrate the without staying bedtime. kids made crafts, played games and counted down to 12 o'clock. " the kids just have a ball. they love the nfetti. they love the balooons.. it's a mess you don't have totolean up at home. we'll take care of that. it make take a few hours, but we'll take care of it." the museum says they hosted about two-thousand people this year. deborah for adults in sioux city... the hard rock casino offered plenty of ways for grown- ups to celebrate. the event kicked off this afternoon. the hard rock has giveaways, special food and....a dueling piano concert. entertainment manager brad streeter says, this time of year everyone at the hard rock brings their a-game for the big bash. " as it being new w year's we want to do a little special extra inside, so we brought in a little bit more hands we been here since this

setting up something that people are going to have fun tonight. and that's the best part of our job is when we see people have a good time and new year's is one of those best times of the year." says entertainment manager brad streeter. deborah a gene simmons impersonator is also at the hard rock tonight...to greet guest and take a few selfies with them. deborah a local non-profit is getting a huge boost to start the new year. today, woodhouse chrysler in sioux city donated more than $78,000 to the food bank of siouxland. that monon was raised over the past couple of months through a company-wide initiative "woodhouse" makes for local food banks. the money will support the backpack program, which sends ekend food sacks home with children...who rely on the free and reduced lunch program. this is the thir year woodhouse has done the local food bank challenge. last year they raised $40,000. james rainey, woodhouse sales rep, says, "when you have that type of owner that has the type of drive and determination to do this, i mean, it just sprinkles down to to all of us, so it's awesome." it costs $132 to

for the entire money will definitely go a long way. deborah a vermillion, for cycling to others to get active. he's starting a new bicycle co-op, kevin brady is abandoned and broken bikes... and plans to fix them up to give to those who may wheels. received from the police department,and there's 39 bicycles in here of other ones that ve been donated to us," said kevin brady. bikes total. interested in find recyc 605 on facebook. we have a link on siouxland matters dot com. deborah everyone has a good luck charm. rabbits foot, gameday rituals, whatever it may be. but for one hawkeye....her's is the 19-57 rose bowl medal she

drummer in a university of iowawa band. she wore that medal proudly for every hawkeye game. this thanksgiving, it went missing....but the good luck it provided her was never lost. " " "anyone who knows me knows about my rose bowl medal" take one look around dorothy carpenters home "we're certainly a family of haeye fans" there's no doubt. shes a hawkeye. and has been since 1956 when she joined the famous scottish highlanders, an all female bagpipe and drumming band. "oh im right here, third snare" as fate has it, her first year at iowa, the hawks made it to pasedena. "was of course that magical football season for t t hawkeyes to get to go to the rose bowl for the very first time" the bandndlayed on their train n de out, in the parade, at halftime and on the rides back. and ter it all, they got this medal. carpenter has worn it nearly every day since. "i consider it a good luck charm too. i wear it to all teh games" that was until the monday before this thanksgiving. nearly 60 years later. she went to the grocery store with it on... "the chain was there, the link was on the chain, teh medal itself is gone. i could not imagine, what on earth, how i couldve lost it" so she put an ad in the paper and crossed her fingers. "lost and found, reward if found and my undying gratitude and my

it was in a pawn shop somewhere, her phone rang. " this womans voice. please call, i have something important to tell you. that was all. could it possibly be... that shes calling about my rose bowl medal..." fate struck again. "she was absolutely excited about finding me as i was about her finding my medal,. i had really lost all hope" looking back makes her laugh "too much stuff..." even though she's not making another trip to pasedena, she thinks the medals return a sign. good luck is on it's way. just like 1957. "....i have a good feeling" deborah carpenter said she considered going to pasadena again for memories sake. but said she'll

going to pasadena again for memories sake. but said she'll stay here instead- so that she can catch all the games. of course including the hawks. deborah still to come... the hawkeys are gearing up to take on stanford in the rose bowl tomorrow, well hear from iowa's coach when we come back. about the return of 30s to our forecast, plus there isn't any snow! details next! " " deborah tomorrow is the

iowa hawkeyes, taking on the rose bowl for the first time since 1991. the team and the fafa a like are excited and hopeful l r a victory. jon schaeffer is in pasedina and he brings us more about what kirk ferentz had to say about the season leading up tohe big day.

(fred) this cold weather won't last much longer.

fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the hd radar is quiet. we have a quiet night visible on the port neal welding company skycam from the ho chunk centre. the low today was -3 and the high 27. sioux city currently has 26 degrees. current temps are in the teens and 20s. winds are west at 5 to 15 mph. wind chills are single digits and teens. the satellite and radar shows no major systems across the midwest, and decreasing clouds locally. the stormcast hd shows quiet weather throughout, with a warmup coming and generally clear skies. happy new year! your forecast for tonight is for moly clear skies and a low of 11. tomorrow, we'll see sunshine and a high of 34. the 7-day shows highs in the 30s each day. while cloud cover will increase next week after a stretch of sunny days, no precipiation is expected. looking back at the month of december, it was of snow, while the normal is 7.8". (deborah) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. sports...the four-thousand of their closest

sports...themusketeers and four-thousand of their closest friends got together for holiday hockey. we'll have the highlights up ahead. tim plus as the hawkeyes gear up for the rose bowl, it's extra special r a siouxland family. we'll have the story of the croston family

palmquist the sioux city

playing on new years eve, but lately, the game has been one to year. over the past 12 years, the just 1-11 on new coach jay varady winner on december 31st. lancers have 3 raight new year's wins over but just 49 steeves on the beautifully to conner valesano and he sneaks it in glove side...1-0 sioux city and that deserves a cookie. several rushes in tolvanen, rips a the pipe to keep on the other end, cam gornet, with net...he sees it traffioff the musketeers after minutes. scary gingell goes high on brian rigali...jacksonon keane immediatelel comes in to help his teammate. rigali would have

the ice. later in the period...lancers on the attack and nick rivera finds the loose puck for the easy goal...thaties it up at 1. but minutes later...evan wisocky...looking for the pass, but it gets deflected off the defender and in...his first goal with the team is the game winner. because cam gornet stood on his head tonight...28 saves on 29 shots and e musketeers, wrap up the year with a 4-1 win. chris: thirty years ago whwh the hawkeyes took the field at the rose bowl against ucla, chuck long was protected by an offensive tackle by the name of croston. tomorrow when the hawks line up against stanford, there will be another croston protecting cj beathard. i had the chance to talk to cole and dave about the croston family tradition. nat (dick enberg)--"and now the hawkeyes of hayden fry are ready to take the field." chris palmquist--"among the swarm of black and gold coming out of the tunnel that day was a redshirt junior offensive tackle named dave croston. tomorrow, 30 years to t d, his son, cole, also a redshirt junior tackle, will do the same.

y, the grand daddyof them all. we cocodn't be more excited with the history of that bowl game and hawkeye teams that have been there in the past. it's one of the greatest wls you can go to." dave croston--"i couldn't be more proud. i'm really happy for cole, the team, but i'm also happy for coach ferentz. chris palmquist--"and that's because the father-son connection doesn't stop with the crostons. 30 years ago, dave's offensive line was coached by a young assistant named kirk ferentz. he's since had a raise in responsibilities, but his son brian now leads the men in the trenches. dave croston--"i think brian [ferentz] was in diapers having that situation where you have the father and son on bh ends coaching, it's pretty cool. at some point i just kind of look at this and i'm in disbelief hohothings have turned out. ris palmquist--and evev though the family trend has worked well so far for cole and dave...they'd both like to see a different outcome in pasadena tomorrow. cole croston--"it would mean a lot i think, i'm not necessarily playing for him, but it would be really cool to get something done that maybe necessarily he couldn't get done." dave croston--"this would be a little redemption. i would love to see cole go out and do something i couldn't do." chris: before last season, the iowa-

in women's basketball belonged squarely to the huskers. the scarlet and cream had won 8 straight in the series, but last year the hawkeyes got revenge, taking three from their border rivals. today the hawks and the huskers opened up conference play at pinnacle bank arena in lincoln. the huskers get a nice start...rachel theriot finds jessica shepard for the old- fashioned 3 point play...shepard had 28 points and 8 boards. then in the second quarter...alexa kastanek...a lincoln triple in front of her hometown crowd. winding down in the half, ally disterhoft, beats the buzzer...iowa led it 42-28 at the break. early in the third...it's kastanek with space at the top of the key...she had 13 in her homecoming. but nebraska would make a run...in the fourth, natalie romeo...that cuts the hawkeye lead to 3. but it wouldn't be enough...christina buttenham...her only bucket of the game puts the lead at 8...and iowa wins its 4th

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