dropped prices are hurting the business, they have no plans of slowing down. meyers says the ethanol industry lives and dies by supply and demand as well as mr. washington. "we export all of our ethanol all over the world...so what's been a bigger impact on us this year has been the strength of a dollar. so we export we export to strengthen the dollar," said meyers. lowered gas prices have affececd sioux city's budget. the city's finance director makes yearly plans to adhere to the slumping prices. "well last year at this time when we were doing budgets for the year we're in, we knew prices were trending downward and so we did make an adjustment at the very last minute as a part of our budget toreduce ouroverall budget by over $500,000 for anticipated lower prices," said forker. the city is not only responsible for filling up the tanks of city vehicles, but.... "you've got the street department, we have the police...firefighters, park maintenance. you know? lawn mowers...anything that uses gas we probably have," said forker. bria: according to reports, gas prices

abc 9 news. tim: an outbreak of mumps starting back in july of last year appears to have spread to plymouth county. the firsrs confirmed cases of the virus originated at the univerist of iowa. according to school officials between the months of july and vovember more than a hundred students tested positive for the virus. now the virus is popping up in plymouth county where several cases have detected abc9 reporter deborah souverain will have an update tonight at tim: south sioux city police are celebrating the 42 year career of their police chief . south sioux police chief scot ford, who first donned the badge january 22 1974, was greeted by over a

and officers today as he finished his last day on duty at the city/county law enforcement center in south sioux city. "we always try to maintainin this department a feeling of family and i think that's probably what's going to be the hardest to walk away from. it's like i'm losing part of my family or walking away from a part of my family." says ford. ford will appoint an interim chief, who will serve for 4 months, while the city's civil service looks for a replacement. tim: turning to politics now, donald trump is taking aim at a conservative magazine after the publication slammed the real estate tycoon in an editorial piece. "the national review" called the republican presidential front runner a "menace to american conservatism." trump firing back today y lling the

the magazine has since been un- invited from sponsoring an upcoming debate by the republican national committee trump's big lead in as ted cruz finds himself on trumps heels trailing trump by just 1 per-cent in the state. cruz had his own message when asked if trump is commander in chief. ted cruz: up every day and sees a slight drop in responds in a frenzy of tweets--i would suggest that the next commander-in- living or dying by the daily polllland-- and by the latest itter storm should focus on identifying our enemies the race on the democratic side is heating up as well.. a second poll this week finding vermont senator bernie sandes ahead of hillary clinton in both iowa and new hampshire, there are just ten days until the iowa caucuses. tim: successful presidential runs aren't organized by just the candidates themselves.

staffefe and volunteers to keep theheround game rununng stroro. especially volunteers as dedicated as some on the cruz campaign. reporter sabrina ahmed "volunteers pour out of camp cruz.. ready to door knock in below freezing temps... 15:24:00 "many many many thousands of doors." the ted cruz campaign has taken the old aib dorms and turned them into a hub for volunteers... 13:09:24 "we try to move nos into maybes, undecided into yes's and yes's into volunteers." this is where at least 50 of them they spend their nights. 12:21:24 "and a lot more. we're about to fill up both dorms here." they've come from all over... beth avery is here from maryland. 9:38:07 "i drove about two days out here e with m mmom." but thatatales in compararon to texan maggie wright. 17:16:16 "well wethe first trip we took was to sc, we went to oklahoma a couple times, and iowa a couple times." she's been team cruz since his first senate race... she's always had her sights set on the white house. 21:21;22 "i hugged before the general and i said, i hope i live long enough to see you as president. he said oh lets cross one bridge at a time

senate." 21:53:08 "he is the most consistent conservative and he's a chrsitan first and he loves our untry and he's spent his adult life fighting for the constitution." made a pretty drastic decision. 17:08:02 "ted says to drive your car state again and i said ted, i'm getting it wrapped, and he said you're going to have to go all over the nation." so she is... shehend her husband have been in iowa for months.. and will be here until caucus night. 22:40:23 "people are walmart say are you ted cruz's parents and i say no but its like hes our adopted son, we love him." wright says this is all for her grandsons. 25:00:14 "i want them to grow up and see the america that i saw." and if he wins? 24:23:10 "we'll have an inauguration that will be superb."" tim: repbulican

the campaign trail rson took a few days off after one of his lunteers died in a car accident tuesday night. carson was in glenwood iowa today for a town hall meeting speaking on why he's the best candidate for the party, as well as other issues importt to voters, like common core. tim: ben carson and donald trump will both be in siouxland tomorrow the trump campaign heads to hold a rally at dordt college. to speak tomorrow at 11 a-m doctor ben carson will be in sioux ctiy at the he'll be kirk camerononnd the caststg crowns. that rally will be tomorrow tim: an iowa group is making a push to encourage minorities to get out and caucus this february. the league of united latin american citizens, is conducting training for caucuses. to have more than 10 thousand

voters get to precincts for the iowa caucuses. joe enriquez henry, national vice president for lulac of the midwest region, "if you've gone to a caucus beforerethis time be prprared, you're going to see many young latitis participate e the caucus process. discussinghe issues that are important: jobs, health care, education, and the need for comprehensive immigration reform. " volunteers have been knocking on doors reaching out to the latino community for the past few months encoraging everyone to get out and caucus.. tim: it's now a little easier to find sioux city's launchpad children's museum. workers hoisted up the museum's new sign this afternoon.... it's one of the finishing touches for the museum thats set to open next month. staffers tell us the museum is designed to be a fun place for youngsters to learn and features regionally themed attractions. the grand opening of the launchpad children's museum is set for february 11th. tim: despite a warm start to the winter,

released their schedule a slew of winter fun is scheduled. favorites such as broom ball, winter flag for a complete list o oevents you can check out their website u- games-dot-com. coming up after do these bulls really know who president of the united states is? or are they just nd out when we return. cold tonight, above freezing this weekend... but more snow monday? details next.

exactly who will be the next president ofofhe u-s but two bulls seem to be in the know. the bulls at the world's toughest rodeo in the quad cities

"midnight." "cast their opinion" for favorite candidate this morning, and as you see it was a close race. oh-lee's ballot dropped between hillary and bernie and midnight was fhexom@kcautv.c om snow pack and cloudier skies today. got to 27, just shy of normal... this weekend we'll be a

too bad... teens and twenties. winds calm, we'll start to see a southerly wind kick in tonight. chills not bad with calm winds... in the teens. tonight wind chills will dip towards 0. stubborn clouds tonight with patchy fog. temperatures in the teens again tonight. stubborn clouds with not many breaks in sight. high pressure in place, we'll see some fog tonight. as high pressure shifts south, we'll kick in a south wind that will have us warming this ekend. but it willbe breezy totorrow so even though we'll be in the low 30s,

we're in the teens. high pressure gets out of here once the blizzard thats pounding the east coast moves east. that will allow a front to start to make it's move. southerly flow and warmer sunday. mid to upper 30s!! sunday night we'll start to see those winds shift, maybe a few flakes. snow really comes in for monday.

patchy fog. wind chills 5 below 0. tomorrow 32 with clouds and leftover fog. gusty winds has it feeling like the teens. 7-day breezy and 30s this weekend. blutery with light snow likely on monday. a colder day tuesday before we get back up to the 30s. by the way... a blizzard taking aim at east coast right now.. all yellow in winter storm warning, but blizzard warning from dc to philly to nyc and even the outer islands off ma. there's the system.. beautiful on sat rad. will bring 2 to 3 feet to dc. around a foot to nyc. coastal flflding in jersey and blustery white out conditions. jenna/tim/fred

use the word blizzard this winter! still to come... dozens of folks took a big step today in their hopes of an american dream more on their natrualization to the country.

representing 20 different countries are now officially u-s citizens after they underwent

quad c cies today. and after waiting some time, many there said this is one of the happiest days of their lives "prince mbarato, immigrant from the congo "i don't know. how can i explain this? joyful? i'm very very happy to be an american citizen." residents from 22 different countries made an oath of allegiance on friday at the rock island federal courthouse. they are now recognized as naturalized citizens of the u-s and are granted all the rights that come with the title. remarks were made by judge sara darrow as well as colonel elmer speights, the garrison commander of the rock island arsenal. (nats) colonel elmer speights, , rrison commande"you bring your cululre. you bring g ur language. you brbrg your talentstso the united states. that combined with what we already are makes us the greatest nation in the world." 54 men and women also heard a video message from president barack obama, before receiving their certificates at the end of the hour- long ceremony. obama's immigration policies and border control have recently been the topic of debate from presidential candidates... while republicans and democrats may have different opinions on immigration, the quad cities newest citizens are eager to vote and make their voices heard. alamin shwareb, immigrant from yemen "i suggest we could extend the background check, make the process a little bit difficult, ya know before you

what america stands for. and i believe in this" " coming up in sports...the iowa men are still perfect in conference play after last night's win over rutgers....hear from the hawkeyes after the break. plus...its hall of fame weekend over at briar cliff....hear from a handful of charger hoops

men's s sketball at briar cliff ununersity. over the next few days, the chargers will honor the past and the present as part of hall of fame weekend.... looking at the current team, the b-c men have tied a school record with 16 straight wins.... they will be in action tomorrow at 4:00, but this weekend is all about looking back. last september, legendary head coach ray nacke passed away...on sunday, briar cliff

and memorial service in his honor. throughout the weekend....the chargers will shine a spotlight on many of nacke's players...including a handfull of hall of fame inductees. here;s what they had to say about nacke's lasting legacy. mario butler--"coach nacke taught me personally to be the best you can, not only as an athlete, as a person, and to have two personalities, as a player and as a person. anything he said on the court, you couldn't take it personal. he was the nicest guy off the court, but on the court he was the toughest guy i ever met. he helped me a lot in my career and i'm really thankful for him and his family." rolando frazer--"nacke was everything for me.nacke taught me to shoot the ball with the backboard. and his family treated me good. i felt like i was at home everytime. nacke was probably one of the best coaches i ever had." a great coach

briar cliff held its annual lunch with the chargers... this event gives student athletes the chance to serve those who support b-c athletics. for senior softball player abby thomsen, today's event was s a golden opportunity to give back. abby thomsen--"it's huge. these guys come in here and they're the ones that help us out, donating to the school providing for our programs and everythingit means so much to us. and to serve them and get to talk to them, get to know them is really cool." tune in tomorrow at 6 and 10 for highlights from briar cliff's doubleheader with nebraska wesleyan.... the women tip at 2:00. the men follow at 4.... alex to the big ten......iowa is 6-0 in conference play for the first time in 29 years......... last night, the e hawkeyes took wn rutgers....their 12th straight bibi ten win.. iowa had three players score 20 points ib thursday's win for the first time since december of 2000. peter jok led the y with a career-high 29.......anthony clemmons and jared uthoff had 20.... a landmark to

surpassed 1,000 points in his career...the 44th hawkeye to achieve that honor. winners of eight straight, fran mccaffery and company...pleased with their rformance. "very proud of our guys. i thought itit was a very business- like effort. defensively in the first half, i thought rutgers did a terrific job running their offense. they really executed, they ran the ball we got ahead, they came back and took the lead, so we had to fight. i thought our defense was much better in the second half." "big win for us, even though we played bad, didnt play great at times, we still go the win, that was the goal. and to move to 6-0, feels good and now we have to prepare for purdue." "rutgers is a good team. we had to be prepared for them. its always tough coming into a big ten arena and getting a win but its a big win for us and we look forward to purdue on sunday." like jarrod said, iowa returns to action on sunday against 22nd- ranked purdue....that matchup at carver-hawkeye is

photo of the day. today's picture comes from...lunch with the chargers this afternoon where chris snapped a selfie with outgoing briar cliff president bev wharton. i don't think this was on bev's bcu bucket list but on wednesday night she will be checking one off the list when she takes chris's job and reads charger basketball highlights. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook

tonight 11 and patchy fog. wind chills 5 below 0. tomorrow 32 with clouds and leftover fog. gusty winds has it feeling like the teens. 7-day breezy and 30s this weekend. blutery with light snow likely on monday. a colder day tuesday before we get back up to the 30s.

>> celine onon heart break. inside the funerarafor her beloved husband.

as she says farewell.