ricketts is looking to ease that burden for his constituents. but, some are worried about the unitended ripp effect that could have on rural school districts. city and school leaders in south sioux city talked about that today. ... abc9's elisa raffa has more.... "property tax relief is not an education issue. education is dependent upon the mechanisms the state identifies for us, and there are limits to what we can do. we get the fact that there needs to be property tax relief, but what we'r'ralso saying is n't do that on thebacks of oururids" says vernon fisher, superintendent, south sioux city schools. nebraska govenor ricketts has put into motion a legislative bill that wod cap property taxes in oder to help ag land producers. the problem is nebraska is ranked 49th in the country for state funding of k through 12... making them the second most reliant on property taxes to fund schools. with little funding from the state, and a possible cap on property taxes. red flags have been raised. "the problem is by capping it, it may or may not, depending on that area, affect and appropriately limit the property taxes because you may have local governments that need that revenue to provide services so they increase their levees and in other areas, you may end up having to slash services that people rely on" says renee fry, executive director, opensky policy institute. superintendent fisher of south sioux city says three elementary schools,

all at capacity. fry notes that most urban capacity issues stem from students ming fr rural districts. south sioux city, unlike the rest of nebraska, does recieve more state funding for k through 12, but fry says that's not even enough. "south sioux city actually gets a lot of sta aid, the problem is we're not putting enough money in state aid to really cover the needs of the district. so, in south sioux city school district, for example, they've seen flat numbers over the last five years and are actually expected to see a decrease in funding next year" says renee fry, executive director, opensky policy institute. bottom ne....without morefunding from thestate some say schools could be left hanging if f cap on properttaxes is passed. "so you have this situation where it's really not working well for districts that@get a lot of they're not getting for low property for school districts property weath because those folks are paying so much to fund their schools. and so, it's really not working very well for a lot of school districts in nebraska" says renee fry, executive director, opensky policy institute. a siouxland congressman is

governor after what he said about a candidate. steve king is backing senator ted cruz... and says governor branstad and his son... are off base in their critisism of the candidate. explains. ":57 listen, i just gave an honest ananer to a point blank question. you know person i am. won't endorse a presidential candidate, but he wanted iowans to know that ted cruz wants to phase out the renewable fuel standard. 1:57:10 i'm not backing any candidate. i'm just advocating on behalf of my state and recognize renewable energy is important to the state. iowa congressman steve king - supports ted cruz for president. and told local five the governor made those comments about cruz because of the governor's son, eric branstad being the leader of a bipartisan group "america's renewable future." king: : e governor seems to be buying tinto the message

delivering, that ted cruz is for eliminating the rfs, that's not true. governor: 2:02:10 i don't ever like to see anybody ever attack any member of my family and i'm proud of what my son has done. amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa. " jenna: branstad says he and congressman king are longtime friends and they've had a good conversation about all this. and says his number one concern is not about the candidates, but about iowa voters. jenna: we're just a week away from the iowa caucuses... but there's still plenty of time to brush up on the process if you've never caucused before. today two local organizations are teaming up to educate first time caucus goers. tim is at morningside college to tell us more. tim: nna, morningside college's colonel bud day center

engagement and sioux city's league of women are working to help people better understand the caucus process. tim: in just a few moments, voters here will learn all the in's and out's of caucusing, everything from the history of the process, to actutuly voicing your opopion during a caucus. iowa is one of 13 states which has a caucus system and is the first in the country for the political process. but if you don't know how to caucus, you can show up here tonight at morningside college's ckey family community room from 6:30 to 8 tonight for the caucus 101 workshop and get a crash course on how to caucus before you show up to your precinct a week from today. i'm here with theresa weave- basye (bay- see)from the league of women voters of sioux city. thanks for joining

again if you like to find out more about the iowacaucuses to find out more about the iowa

you can come here to the yockey family room at morningside college starting at 6:30 for caucus 101. jenna: thanks tim, tonight is the democratic town hall meeting in des moines the event will be a bit different than the last televised debates. the town hall will serve as the last opportunity for democrats hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin omalley to sway potential voters to caucus for them. eight o'clock. the opportunity meeting. "and when we began this campaign recentlylyested hillary clinton in several of the latest polls

presidential candidate donald trump says sanders' has one person to thank for the recent bump in polling numbers. him. (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "i was the best thing that ever happened to bernie sanders because my attack on hillary... all of a sudden she went down and sanders got all the credit for it. r rht? this guy, , mean this guy bernie sanders...give me a break. trump will be in iowa city later in the week for the last republican debate before caucuses. jenna: hillary clinton de a stop today in iowa as well. she spoke to the jewish federation of des moines today in waukee. clinton was recently endorsed by the des moines register over the weekend. and the republican candidate endorsed by the register? florora senator marco rubio. ananthat's some good news for his campaign. since 1996, the republican the register has backed, has won the republican nomination. today rubio's colleague iowa senator joni

campaign trail in des moines this afternoon. jenna: ted cruz has also recieved an endorsement, this one coming from a former political rival. rick perry has announced he's's backing the texas senator for president. perry was on the campaign trail himself early on, , but dropped out in september, after garnering little support. jenna: he's the man behind some of your favorite cartoons. and this week... ron campell is in sioux city, sharing his art. campbell has worked as an animator, director, producer and story editor on several cartoons including the beatles animated series. the peabody award winner has alwo worked on the smurfs, scooby doo, and the flintsones. when asked which cartoon he think's he's most like he had this to say. "that i'm most like?! golly... cool mccool... how's that?! (laughs) that's an odd question, i'm not like any of them really... they're all crazy characters" says ron campbell,

campell will be in sioux city for the next three days during the vangarde arts exhibit, he'll be signing autographs and meeting with fans until the conclusion of th exhibit wednesday. it's free and opop to the public. coming up after the break... football fans, get ready to shell out some serious dough if you want a ticket to the super bowl. we'll take a look at the record high prices, next. (fred) little to no more snow is expected, and we have warmer temperatures in the 7-day forecast. we'll see 40s by friday! the forecast is coming up after the break.

denver broncos will be playing for all the marbles in the big game but the price range of tickets may put a live experience out of reach for many. this year's average resale ticket price to the big game is expected to be more than 5 thousand dollars. according to ticket price tracker seatgeek. a pair of club seats near midfield have already sold for $12,1010each, making them the most expenenve ats sold so far. tim/jenna/fred (tim) fred, i'm glad to hear that warmer

fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the hd radar shows light snow pushing east. road conditions show that we have widespread light snow cover on roads. a winter weather advisory will be in efffft in the east until 12 am for the threat of some slick roads. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows cloudy skies. 31 was the high today and 26 the low. highs over western iowa were in the 20s to 30 in

dakota saw highs in lower 30s. in sioux degrees and light snow and blowing snow. winds are strong--northwest at 17 miles per hour. temperatures are in the 20s. wind chills digits and teens. . winds are northwest at 10 to 25 miles per hour. gusts are 36 miles per hour in norfolk. we have a combination of blowing snow and fog. visibility is less than 5 miles for most of us. the satellite and radar shows snow moving east. the eaststoast snowstorm is now

anytime soon. shepherdstown, wv saw an incredible total of 40.5" of snow. round hill, va saw 36.3". new york's jfk airport received 30.5". baltimore, md got 29.2". newark, nj had 28.1". central park in new york got 26.8". the stormcast hd shows the low moving east and taking the snow with it tonight. we'll then see quiet weather with cloudy skies tomorrow and a bit more sunshine wednesday. the snow forecast shows another half inch or so of accumulation across the east. the rest of us will not see any more

19 with snow ending. foggy and breezy conditions will persist. tomorrow, look for a typical january day. the high will be 30 with mostly cloudy skies. the 7-day shows a warmup to the 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. no significant chances of snow will be e en after tonighgh jenna/tim/fred (jenna) thanks, fred! (fred) you bet. still to come... a good sign for childhood health from a recent report. details ahead.

t protecting their children's health, but a new report has something to help worrying parents relax a bit. lana zak has more "childhood is a

those beautiful babies grow into kids and then teens, how we protect them changes too. in a new report? researchers from around the globe examined rates and causes of childhood death in children of vavaous ages. finding mortality rates in kids, on the whole, are on the decline. and while that's welcome news to parents, there is still work to be done --nearly eight million children and teens worldwide died in 2013? and more than four in five of these deaths were in children younger than five. the top causes of death, according to the report, were all preventable. from respiratory illnesses in children under five? to road injuries in adolescents aged ten to nineteen. the message to parents... take the steps you can to keep kids healthy and safe. you may not be able to protect them forever... but you can improve the chances that live a long and happy life. with this medical minute, i'm lana zak " coming up in sports... hilton

the place to be tonight if you're a college basketball fan. we'll preview the matchup between the cyclones and kansas up ahead. us... the hawkeyes continue to climb the polls. what the a-p voters think of

iowa wasn't typically known for college basketball but that it might be changing. consider it done. the hawkeyes and the cyclones combined to move up 11 spots in today's ap poll, and iowa vaulted all the way to number 3, a ranking they haven't held since december 8, 1987! iowa state, they shot up as well following wins over oklahoma and tcu last week. the cyclones rose five spots to 14 and we'll have more on their upcoming brutal schedule in just a moment. but first the hawkeyes...iowa hasn't been ranked third since some guy nameddoctor t t davis was on t t sidelines.s.

yesterday's 83-71 win over then number 22 purdue, the hawkeyes improved to 7-0 in the big ten for the first time since the 69-70 season. as we've heard from the team the past couple of weeks though, they know there's still a lot of basketball ahead of them. adam woodbury--"we're excited to continue to get to 8-0, 9-0 and further on, so. right now it just means that one game at a time for us. we're not really looking too hard at our record and just trying to take it one at a time." jarrod uthofof-"i think we're finally getting recognition for being a great team. we've always believed that we're a great team. i think we stay away from looking at what we're ranked because the only ranking that matters is at the end of the year." the hawkeyes face a big challenge thursday when they travel to number 8 maryland. chris: last monday night, hilton magic was on full display as iowa state knocked off a top-ranked team for the first time since 1957. tonight, another big challenge as fourth-ranked kansas comes to ames.

gotten the better of the jayhawks not many isu has won three against k-u, year's big twelve tournament game when the clones rallied the trophy. if iowa state can pull off the win tonight, it would be the first time coach bill self of five to a conference rival. the first of two scheduled the big twelve rivals is set to tip off at 8 o clock espn. brent musberger and jay bilas are on the call as the cyclones head into the game one point favorites. we'll have all the action for you tonight at 10. and the cyclones will take the court with the big twelve player of the week. junior guard nte morris earned the honor today after averaging 19 points, 4 and a half assists and 3 and a half rebounds in last week's two wins. the ap college ranks aren't the ly poll out today. the latest iowa high school basketball

afternoon and 14 teams from around siouxland were at least receiving votes this week. in class 4a, east is receiving votes yet again...the black raiders trail just fifth ranked abe lincoln in the missouri river conference race. some movement in 3a, spirit lake falls to 6th and moc floyd valley moves up to 9th. heelan fell out of the poll after their overtime loss to east on friday in 2a, western christian continues its strangle hold on the top spot...ridge view is up to 6th with pocahontas area falling to 7th. sioux center continues to receive votes. finally in 1a, boyden hull is the only area team in the top ten, but four others...south o'brien, arweva, mvao and hms are

siouxland. tonight's low will be 19 with snow ending. foggy and breezy conditions will persist. tomorrow, look for a typical january day. the high will be 30 with mostly cloudy skies. the 7-day shows a warmup to the 40s friday, saturday, and sunday. no significant chances of snow will be seen after tonight.