the university of south dakota is beefing up the business school by adding different elements of other instries into the curriculum. i spoke to the dean of the department and he says, the innovate technology of 3d printing is going to take their students to an ultimate level as entrepreneurs. "you have to learn the cutting edge," said venkatachalam. the university of south dakota's beacom school of business is striving to be in a league of its own.. as it will now incorporate 3d printing labs an innovation, prominent in the engineering industry. this is something that dr. venky says will attract local entrepeneurs who have a strong work ethic "most of our students come from a farm background, that means they know the meaning of hardwork," said venkatachalam. by combing both business and engineering elements, usd plans to polish students for the real world with someeverage. "in some specific areas for example, innovation

all of the technology here and being able to create a succesful entrepeneurnal plan requires working with engineers, working with scientists," said venkatachalam. students say their education opportunites are like none other... "i enjoy the opportunity to come and gather with other students and share ideas to come up with entrepeneural things that most schools don't offer," said plath. future entrepenures will be able to take a prototype of their project and create a real life figure without the need for extra expenses and a middle man. "you're cutting out a lot of costs...engineerin g. if you were to make a product t of metal, you need a machinist...well if you paid a machinist to make you a prototype it would be atleast a hundred dollarsand that's not gaurenteeing that it would work in the end," said plath. bria: the program has been only running for 3 months and the business school plans to use this as a recruting tool for prospective students. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna:

self balancing scooters known as hoverboards will no longer be allowed in campus dorms. the university calls it a safety precaution. the associate dean of students says, the school reviewed policies after the u-s safety product commision released reviews concerning fire hazards. "we've only seen a handful of students. it's largely more just looking at the fire safety issues that could be caused by the possible combustion of the battery. we didn't want to take any risks by having our students in resident halls face that kind of a consequence, so that's what prompted the decision," said howe. studenen still can ride the boards on campus, but the recent ban has had mixed reaction from students. tim: a sioux city man facing murder charges has had his trial postponed and his next court date will be in july a woodbury county judge rescheduled the court date originally set for february after both sides asked for more time to prepare for the trial. schroeder, of sioux city, is accused of killing dustin wilder at

january ofofast year. prosecution alleges schroeder shot wilder several times while in wilder's home. schroeder's wife was reportedly with him during the incident. a dog sitter later found wilder dead the morning of the shooting. after finding a crucial piece of evidence, investigators in ames have made an arrest in a hit and run case invloving a bus . police are charging 23- year-old benjamin clague of gilbert with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to obey a traffic control device. he allegedly struck and killed 18-year-old emmalee jacobs while driving a cy-ride bus. a recording taken from the bus lead to his aresst. you don't sethe impact on video... you do hear the impact from the bus what we believe is striking emmalee turning the corner... ames police are still looking for anyone who may have witnessed the accident and officials from the cy-bus program

heir power from preventing an incident like e is from happenini again. tim: a car accident claiming the life of a young person ... has postponed the ben carson campaign for two days. tim: carson has suspended his campaign events in order to visit the family of 25-year- old braden joplin, a volunteer campaign staffer who lost his life after a car accident yesterday on i-80. carson has announced he'll be returning to the campaign trail tomorrow with a heavy heart. tim: the des moines be giving their r tim: the des moines register has

be giving their endorsement to a presidential candidate this weekend. the boost in momentum will come from the register's editoriaiaboard, after meeting with all but two candidate. donald trump and ted cruz declined invitations. tim: speaking of donald trump, he was in norwalk iowa stumping for support. but one person absent from his campaign rally there? sarah palin. who announced yesterday she's enddorsing the g-o-p front runner. earlier today while in norwalk, trump urged voters to get out and caucus come february first. you gotta bring your friends. i joke and i kid. if you don't feel well, no matter what's happening, if you have have the worst day of your life, doesn't matter, you have to get out there you have to caucus and we're going to bring it home. ideally, we're gonna bring it home." tim: the countdown to caucuses continues, as iowa finds itself a dozen days out. tim: alot of things get more challenging as we age... including staying steady on your feet. "and bring 'em back and spread your

a class offered to senior citizens through the siouxland pace program is hoping to cut down on falls, through education and exercise. the folks in this class learn how to make their homes safer and also work on simple strengthening exercises to improve their balance and overall movement. ff pilgrim, siouxland pace says, "some of them are just as simple as hand movements, others are stretching exercises." coming up at 10 in your health matters, jenna shares what these folks are benefitting from the program. coming up students are lining up days in advance on i-s-u's campus. we'll see why after the break. (fred) we have a chance of light snow tomorrow, and we will enjoy near- normal temperatures. by the weekend, things are looking even warmer. the forecast is after the break!

but that's just what these crazy iowa state students are doing outside hilton coliseum today. and they're going to be out there... for several more ys, waiting to be the first ones in for the iowa state-kansas game on monday. wewel have a lot of blankets hopfully getting some heaters as well and we also have some friends that bring us food and hot choclate anything we need so again the game's not til monday. and some of these students started camping this past monday night, right after the cyclones knocked off number one oklahoma tim/jenna/fred (tim) fred, how much snow is expected tomorrow? (fred) not very much! less

appears. some of us will see little to no snow. (fred) than a half inch, it appears. some of us will see little to no snow. fred hexom om road conditions are in pretty good shape, but highways 18 and 9 in northwestern iowa still have some snow and ice coatininthem as of the last report. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows cloudy skies on the ho chunk centre in sioux city. 27 is the high today and 19 the low. highs over western iowa were in the 20s today. eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota saw highs in the 20s for most, but with a few 30s in the

temperature in sioux citytylocal temperatures are in the 20s. winds are southeast at 10 to 15 miles per hour, resulting in wind chills in the teens for most, and single digits in storm lake. you can see low pressure forming and quickly stirring up snow in kansas today. that system will bring us a small chance of light snow, but this system looks less impressive today than it did at this time yesterday. the stormcast hd shows the kansas snow not presenting a large impact to us locally. this system looks weaker than yesterday. it will be gone by thursday night. on friday, high pressure will slide through, helping to brinmore sunshine but also dragging in colder air from the north in the process. as the high slides east saturday, a southerly wind will build in, pushing temperatures upward over the weekend. the snow

snow for most of us tomorrow. sioux city may see little to no snow. your forecast for tonight is a low of 17 with cloudy skies. tomorrow, expect a high of 25 and a slight chance of light snow. the 7-day forecast shows highs in the 20s except sunday, when we will actually get above freezing with a high of 33. after tomorrow, the weather pattern looks quiet. jenna/tim/fred (tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. still to come... believe it or not, tax time is already upon us. some helvful tips beforeou go to file

be working at a call center in sioux city today. a spokesperson for the century link call center confirmed it shut down on friday. saying the closure is part of "century link's ongoing effort to remain competitive " the work from sioux city's center will be transferred to a site in utah. the 47 employees were given the option relocate for those jobs and other jobs in the company or accept severance packages. tim: it's that time of year. tax time. but that also means thieves are on the hunt -- to steal your well earned refund. before you file your taxes -- there are some things you need to know mary moloney explains "millions will soon put their most sensitive personal and financial information in the hands of uncle sam. that's why it's so important to choose a tax preparer wisely. the irs says to look for an irs preparer tax identification number. avoid pele who base their fee on a percentage of your

and note if your preparer doesn't ask for receipts. not asking enough questions about deductions and credits could be a warning sign that something is wrong. also -- never sign a blank tax return. tax time is also prime season for identity theft. never give your personal information over the phone or online unless you started the conversation and confirmed the identity of your tax professional or an irs employee. if information on your return is missing or wrong -- that could also be red flags. common examples of idenenty theft from tax returns -- finding out more than one return was filed for one person in a year. or seeing more tax owed or refund offset for a year you didn't f)le. another seems like a good thing -- but it's not. irs records pointing to more wages than actually earned. it could mean someone is using your information -- to steal your money. for consumer watch -- i'm mary moloney " tim: wall street is having a particularly down start to the year.

with stocks taking another dip today, oil prices sunk heily around midday today and the dow jones industrial average closed down 249 points, with the nasdaq and s&p also taking a hit today. we're seeing some historiically low gas prices. in some areas of the nation gas is selling for less than a doller earlier in the week. tim: target has announced today, they'll be phasing out eggs produced from caged birds by the year 20-2525 target, headquartered in minneapolis, is jojning a long list of compahies around america moving to cage- free producers. the switch was prompted after a campaign made by the humane society. mcdonalds was one of the first to set the trend of "cage-free" products in september. coming up in sports...iowa is in the top ten for the first time in fifteen years. but find out why the hawkeyes say the number by their name means nothing. plus...the dakota valley boys and girls are off to their best starts on the hardwood.

chris: right now, it's a good time to be a dakota valley panther basketball player. the boys are off to a 9-0 start, their best in school history while the girls are 8-2, their best mark in more than a decade. of course there's a lot of basketball to be played before south dakota state champions are crowned in mid march, but both teams certainly have hopes of being there at the end. the panther boys haven't been to the state tourney since 2012, the girls? 2010, when they made their lone trip. and while the coaches of both teams are focused one game at a time, they're both excited about the potential for this season. jason kleis--"i'd love to say they haven't thought about being undefeated, but we

and everybody is excited. ive been coaching for awhile and i understand that we can enjoy the ride but keep focused on getting better." tammy lilly--"they push themselves to be the best they can, but they have a sense about them thatot a lot of teams have. they can take what you are telling them and put it to use on the floor." jason kleis--"undefeated is great this time of year, but we are having fun with it. we know in high school basketball, you want to be peaking at the right time, because its one and done." tonight at ten, abc9 sports reporter alex walker will have more with the panthers. chris: earlier this week the hawkeyes oke into the top ten for just the second time under coach fran mccaffery and the first time in two full years. but unlike in 2014, iowa has plans to stay there down the stretch. back when mike gesell and adam woodbury were sophomores, the hawkeyes reached number ten in the polls, but struggled to close out the season, ending the year on a seven game losing streak. that experience has the current hawkeyes less

of their name, and more concerned with taking care of business night in and night out. mike gesell--"it jusus means we're playing well righthtow. at this point in the season it doesn't mean a lot to me. it just means that every team's going to be gunning for us to build their resume, and it just puts a bigger target on our back." fran mccaffery--"most of us would say rankings this time of year are incredibly meaningless. and i mean that sincerely. this doesn't mean a thing. at the end of the season we'll look and see, okay, where are we. but if we don't take care of business between now and then, it won't matter." adam woodbury--"it's just a number. it doesn't mean anything right now. we've just got to continue to stay focused and prepare for rutgers." the hawkeyes are 21 point favorites on the road tomorrow night against rutgers. tip off is set for 6 o clock and the game can be seen on espnu. in other big ten basketball, the huskers are currently in action right now, taking on michigan state. xx-xx. we'll have full highlights of this

tonight at ten as nebraska looks for, believe it or not, their third straight win over the perennial power spartans. speaking of nebrbrka, the huskerer ananunced four future football games against oklahoma and arizona. that adds to this list of power five opponents the huskers have scheduled over the next 15 years. the first is oregon, who comes to lincoln september 17 of this year. they've also added home and homes with colorado and tennessee as the big ten implements its ban

photo of the day. today's picture comes from... susan monk. she took this monday morning in south sioux city. you don't see rainbows too often this time of year! if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook ge. jenna/tim/chris/fred:

tonight is a low of 17 with cloudy skies. tomorrow, expect a high of 25 and a slight chance of light snow. the 7-day forecast shows highs in the 20s except sunday, when we will actually get above freezing with a high of 33. after tomorrow, the weather pattern looks quiet.