"hey ... trump is coming to dodot college in i ia. " it's a campus college in iowa. " it's a campus creating mixed reviews in this college community. "debate " taking aim at trump.... gop candidates hit the debate stage just days before the iowa caucus. "powerball winner " this onawa man is millions richer but he says he's still headed back to work. "we are going make america great again ... that i can tell you ... we'll make make america great again ... that i can tell you ... we'llake it great again." tim:

frontrunner is bringing his campaign back to ouxland... but that's stitiing up a debate of its n. tim: good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom. donald trump is set to visit a concervative northwest iowa community next week. tim: dordt college in sioux center will play host to the controversial candidate... stirring up a bit of a controvery of its own. jenna: lukas voss tells us more about the reaction on social media... and why college administrators say they're opening their doors to donald trump. nat sot: calling for a of all muslims entering the united d states" vo: it's statements like donald trump also controversial. has their own controversy with hundreds of people speaking out against having the on campus ... the college however arguing that this is not about supporting a sot: an opportunity for

have first hand access does not mean endorsement by the institution." the college responded critism with an open letter by hoekstra .... sot/standup: "and this actually is the letter from the dordt community. in outlines the three coices the school invite no candidates them on our campus. the second one is to allow every candidate in good standing with their party equal acces to our campus and third one to pick and chose those who are worthy of having access to our campus and those who are not. they eventually opted for number two for one specific reason. sot: "we didn;t differentiate at all in terms of f ying to pick and choose candidates that share e r faith tradition or ristian biblical perpective on things ... it was an open invitation." vo: the letter well received by the student body ... in part because it explains. sot: "because there are so many different , president did a bery good job of what we are about and why to come." had so much from it and i reallz enjozyed it mostly because we are taking a side ... and vo: but it's also about one thing students feel like their sot:

and to allow ether or not we listen." " it's important that for the community to realize that there actually people that do believe in those ideas." vo: reporting from news. donald trump was on stage tonight in south carolina for a pre-caucus debate. he doubled down on his questions abououtexas senator ted cruz's eligibility to serve as president, because he was born in canada. cruz accused trump of raising the issue only because polls are getting close in iowa. meanwhile, other candidates took aim at president obama... and hillarclinton. (sen. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate): "the good news is, the next commander in chief is standing on this stage." (gov. chris christie/(r) presidential candidate): "you're worried most of all about keeping your homes and families safe and secure. you cannot give hillary

rly fiorina, rick santorum and mike huckabee took the undercard stage before hand. rand paul who decided to when he was eliminated from the main stage. tim: nationally, trump continues to dominate the polls. a new the wall street journal poll shows trump with 33-percent of the support from likely voters. senator ted cruz has 20-percent. rubio with 13- percent and ben carson with 12. on the democratic side of things, the race is tighning up. today the des moinesegister released a poll showing sanders in striking distance from just two percent behind. martin o'malley distant third with 4 percent of the vote. sanders says he's happy to see such enthusiasm on the campai trail. (bernie sanders/(d) presidential candidate) what are we going to have? was an email that went out yesterday. enthusiasm here in we're seeing all over the country

clinton has been critical as of late, questioning whether sanders' plans sound too good to be true. (hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) "i wish that we could elect a democratic president who could wave a magic wand and say, 'we shall do this, and we shall do that." sanders camp says recent criticisms have actually helped them. they say they've seen four times their normal campaign contributions in the past two days. tim: hillary clinton will be gettinina boost in support from her husband and former president bill clinton who will be in sioux city tomorrow. campging event at college tomorrow at the yockey family hillary clinton was in sioux city just last week, holding a town hall at the orpheum. doors open in just after 11 in the morning tomorrow. tune in tomorrow to abc9 news at 5,6, and 10 we'll have full coverage of that event. tim: bernie sanders also will be making an appearance in sioux city. this coming tuesday. he'll be at the orpheum theatre.

meeting. sanders also has sts planned in carrol and underwood that day. jenna: lawmakers in iowa say education is a top statehouse matter this session--this week they're already working on next year's budget. a house subcommittee looked at the senate file from last year that proposed a four percent increase for schools. takes a closer look amanda intro: 22:22 both democrats and republicans say a top priority for them. we're hearing what some of the numnbers will be that they'll b working with. inside the walls of the iowa state capitol, lawmakers are ready figure out funding for iowa school bobby kaufmann 18:56 getting education funding done early is the key to this session. janet petersen 26:01 i'm hopeful we can come together on education funding. keven koester 14:40 love the education process, think we'll do better by it this year. in a news conference, democrats say they're the ones following the law. education funding is supposed to be decided on two years at a time, they proposed a 4 percent increase

year and that's the same senate file that house republicans took a look at again today. mark smith :45 we're glad the republicans are starting to move on the issue of school funding, but we want to point out they are 336 days late. they moved on the issue, but lowered the amount to a 2 percent increase instead of 4, which is even lower than what the governor proposed in his budget. branstad 9:46 i'm recommending 2.45%, that's the same number irecommended last year. amanda tag 23:27 leaders from both parties say education funding is a top priority, and needs to be decided early. there's still a big gap between what each side is proposing. from the statehou, amanda krenz" tim: iowa governor terry branstad says his decission to change iowa's medicaid system from state run to private, managed care was a neccessity. while sitting down with me for a one on onene conversation today, the governor said

entire budget was at risk. " even with managed care our costs go up 46 million dollars next year. without it it would go up 150 million. 150 million is most of the growth we have in revenue so if we dont do this theres virtually nothing left for education or anything else in the budget," said governor branstad. iowa's medicaid roll out begins march 1st. it was delayed for 60 days f flowing a request by federal officials. tim: to hear my full conversation with governor branstad join me for this week in siouxland, sunday at 9am here on abc9. jenna on cam coming off his state of the state address, nebraska governor pete ricketts made a stop in south sioux city today spreading the word on his plans going forward saying he'll be nebraskans relief property taxes and increasing state funding for education. iowa won't ever be colorado.... mean you can't on thelopes... r some special

who gathered in the quad cities, today's downhill runs provided a rocky mountain rush. sarah greene has more on the state winter games qualifier. "nine special olympic athletes took on one of the most difficult sports the special olympics has to offer... (nats of skis) alpine skiing. (cathy bet/area director of special olympics in western il) "special olympics is all about what they can do, so we don't ever focus on their disability. it's always about trying to do their personal best and that's what they want to show everybody that look i can ski. " athletet in four different skill l groups competed in slalom andndownhill skiing events.... boththvents are titid.. but it's not just about the competition-- (nats) (sarah) "for the athletes tackling the slopes... they say it's all about having fun and making friends." (tom glenn/ warren county special olympics athletics director) "our big thing is to have fun first and wins will come as time, as they go on. so, the more fun they have the more chance they have to win." (cathy betar) "they just love it so much they just want to get out and show the world what they're capable of doing." long time special olympic skier beverly matern says it's all about the feeling she gets when she speeds down the slopes. (beverly matern) "i can feel like i'm flying when i'm going down the hill." all the athletes will advance to the state winter games in galena on february 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. tim: one iowa man is going home with a

seven-figure consolation prize. bryon stewart's ticket matched the firsrsfive numbers of wednesday's lottery, but not the powerball number. anyone who gets just the first five numbers wins one million dollars. but stewart play" option to his ticket, doubling his prize. stewart and his girlfriend say money to pay off some loans and possibly buy a house. (bryon stewar, powerball winner) "we got out - the car was just too small to hold all of the excitment. so we jumped out and we were just hugging each other and we were just the happiest couple in the world." bryon described winnin the powerball, "like living in a dream" still to come... it was a nice day to get out for

way an iowa man spent his sunny day. bring major changes to our forecast, starting tonight. arctic air will move in over the weekend, and we have a few chances for light snow. details next!

the warmth today... and proved the weather is really all relative. we spotted quite a few people who ditched their heavy winter coats today. we even found some people who traded jeans and boots for shorts. this weather also provided a good ance for siouxlanders to get the caca washed... getting some of that winter grime off. m: one des moines man used the nice weather today to get out and enjoy the sunshine, by making it his art studio. reporter dan corey has this story. "gary keenan "i'm a professional chainsaw carver. the main thing i do is carve trees onsite

"i started playing hobby. did it as a years and then went full time with it." "i've doneneo many eagles, i'm doing this one in two days, even though it rather large. smaller trees, i might do in one day, bigger trees might take days." with the building looking like a castle, i initially tried to talk them into a dragon, but they eagle." "the area of fantasy favorite of mine me more artistical license." "i just enjoy doing this, the freedom, it's maybe not quite as fun in january. aside from the bitter cold, i really enjoy being outside and having the freedom to create> " (tim) fred, it's going to get cold this

that is for sure. 2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the hd radar shows light snow showers to our north that are headed our way. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. the high has been 41 and the low 21. downtown, the high was 46! we still have 36 degrees in sioux city. temperatures range from the teens northeast t near 40 southwest. winds are 5 to 15 miles per hour from the northwhwt, indicating the cold front moving in, and producing wind chills ranging from 4 in estherville to 32 in norfolk and tekamah. zooming out, we can see the beginning of very cold air across north dakota. fargo has only 7 degrees.

heading our way. the upper level wind, featuring the jet stream in the big arrows, separates warm and cold air. the southwest upper flow we had today helped push wam air into siouxland. as the jet stream dips south, we are going to see cold northwest winds push in frigid weather. we'll get a reinforcing shot of arctic air saturday night. but our coldest weather will come sunday and satelite and radar and snow along the heading our way. the the cold front

chance of light snow after midnight tonight. another chance of snow comes saturday evening and early sunday morning, as very cold air moves in. while we could see a light t sting of snow tonight, saturday night's snow could bring a half inch to an inch of accumulation. your forecast tonight is for a low of 21 and blustery conditions with a chance of snow after midnight. tomorrow, temperatures will be falling from a morning gh of 21. blustery conditions will continue. the 7- day shows evening

bitterly cold air comes for the weekend. sunday's high will only be 1 above zero, and we're headed for -13 monday morning. temperatures will very gradually warm ne week. another chance of snow comes tuesday and thursday. jenna/tim/fred (jenna) thanks, fred! sure!

sports...we'll head around the metro for action from four high school games. stay tuned for all the highlights up ahead. tim plus the hawkeyes were looking for their first season sweep of michigan state in 23 years. find out if they could hold on to a big lead against

number 1 michigan state, some skeptics discounted the hawkeyes because the spartans were without their best player, denzel valentine. but with valentine back in the lineup tonight and the game played at the breslin center, the hawks had a chance to make a statement. valentine and the spartans, trying to keep iowa winless at breslin since 93. hawks with the 3 point lead but look at this slam...eron harris goes baseline and this dude can fly. oh my goodness

one point game. midway through the half though, peter jok drills the triple to put iowa up 11...that forces a timeout and tom izzo...well he's not real happy. he wouldn't be for most of the half...adam woodbury kicks it out to dom uhl...3 of his 10 points off the bench right here, iowa led by 22 at the break. in the second half, mike gesell to jarrod uthoff...he's borderline unguardable...he had a double- double, 15 and 10 toght. peter jok led the way though...he had 23 and the hawkeyes sweep michigan state for the first time since 93, 76-59. chris: the past couple been kind to west or hinton. the blackhawks have dropped two straight, the wolverines? four in a row. tonight, one of those streaks was coming to an end as they met up on the westside. early on...tre wickey...on the inbounds to noah mcwell...silky smooth shot puts 4. james king and get out of his way...he barrels to the hoop...west opens the game on a 6-0 run. but back comes

downtown...that cuts the lead to 1. then ross johnson, puts the rock on the floor, gets into the paint and finishes as the blackhawks take the lead. but it was shortlived...cliff mcray with the steal and the layup...west wins it big, 71-51. to the pit, heelan taking on the top ranked team in south dakota's double a, washington. in the second quarter...jade visker...has space in the corner, she connects on the three and the warriors lead it 19-10. but on the next possession heelan answers...lexie stolen, money on the triple to get it back to six. and that spurs a little run...taylor ferguson grabs the loose ball and gets it ahead to rhea greer for the deuce to cut the lead to four. then kierrah llanos...nice turnaround from the stripe keeps the washington lead at 21-17. but the warriors would pull away from there...they led by 11 at the break, they win it by 14, 60-46. walthill, coming

omaha nation, taking on siouxland community christian tonight. check out the defense...christia n kyles...swats that clear to singing hills for the eagles. but literally the next time down, kobe smith sends it straight into your living room...my goodness. he wasn't done...great ball movement and smith with the two handed flush...walthill up 8 in the third. jeremiah khat...has the answer for the eagles, the triple cuts the lead to 6. but then the press gets to scc...jayden sheridan lays it home and that sets up a 6-0 run off turnovers...blu jays, no e, but a w...81-51. and in the girls game, eagles up 11 in the third...cadi jones can't find anybody so she takes it herself...scc up 37-24. then check out the outlet, cortney nelson with the long pass to faith campbell...eagles up 15. the blu jays get a couple back...kalleah

around the defense and finishes in traffic. but hannah connelly and the eagles too much tonight...they force a split, 62-42 siouxland christian. chris: after netting 17 goals in 4 games right after the holiday break, the musketeer offense went cold last week, getting shutout twice. tonight they traveled to conference leading lincoln trying to get the offense going and gain some ground in the standings. just 3 minutes into the game, matt steeves, unloads on one...right off the faceoff. take another look at this rocket...he gets the bottle pop and the muskies lead it 1-0. less than 2 minutes later, sioux city on the powerplay...teemu pulkkinen...rips the one-timer to the back of the net...that would be the game winner...musketee rs win it 3-1.

your forecast tonight is for a low of 21 and blustery conditions with a chance of snow after midnight. tomorrow, temperatures will be falling from a morning high of 21. blustery conditions will continue. the 7- day shows evening

bitterly cold air comes for the weekend. sunday's high will only be 1 above zero, and we're headed for -13 monday morning. temperatures will very gradually warm next week. another chance of snow

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