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targeted ? the usd greek system reacts to insults spray painted on a frat house. " he's such an inspiration to the entrepenuers," " back home again... . billionaire and sioux city native ted waitt shares advice with entrepeneurs looking to follow his lead. tim: good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna: and im jenna rehnstrom. former iowa governor chet culver says he's giving a voice to the voiceless by advocating on behalf of iowans state's new medicaid plan. tim: meeting today to medicaid pateints say they are already facing. abc 9's bria bell was able to speak to the those at the meeting and has more in studio. bria: tim and jenna, former governor culver says he believes the power of legislation lies within its people and now he's stepping in to try and advocate for

"what can we do to stop it?" monday's town hall meeting gave siouxland residents a platform to raise concerns about iowa's move to priviatized medicaid services. some say the program, which becomes active on march first, has left them with no sense of direction with many feeling like the program will do more harm than good. "we don't always have a voice," says flamsburg. culver has taken notes on issues siouxlanders say they face and plans to represent those patients in front of state lawmakers by standing with "aims" also known as advocate for iowa medicaid. "we want to make sure they get the best possible benefit...i'm taking all of this testimony, we just had 2 hours of it today, non-stop and i'm sharing it with policy makers both in des moines and in washington d.c.," says lver. some attending mondays session believe there are too many red flags within the

"i can spot it. i know somethings going on. it's a game, it's a con, it's a scam and i'm afraid of what me and everybody else gonna lose because of what's going on," says catron. a common thread between attendees is a lack of doctors they say are available in the area that are under contract with one of the mco's or managed care organizations. "i have several providers and one of them has already said, 'we have not been notified. we may be losing you as a client.' they don't have a contract yet," says flamsburg. "i can't see me gettig proper good medical treatment with this kind of plan," says catron. bria: culver says he has plans to host a rally concerning the new medicaid plan at the state capital on february 24th. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. jenna: over the weekend supreme court justice antonin scalia passed away, prompting a mixed bag of reaction from the nation. scalia served 30

supreme court and was famout for writing several scathing dissents during his tenure. scalia's legacy has impacted people across the nation. including those in the legal profession here in sioux city. some saying he changed the face of justice in america. "the fact that liberal justices were seeking to go back to history to show what was kind of in the air when the founders were putting together the constitution shows the impact that scalia had on the court, because we didn't see that as much before scalia" says kyle irvin, attorney at corbett anderson law. today, iowa governor terry branstad ordered all flags at half-staff in memory of justice scalia. names of several potential candidates to fill scalia's seat on the supreme court have been circulating including a judge from iowa, jane kelly. who currently sits on the u-s court of appeals. tim: several politicians are adamantly opposed to an appointement from president obama including nebraska republican senator deb fischer. when asked about the appointment today, fischer

just like supreme court justices, we need to look at past precedent in order to make the best decision for scalia's replacement. " i'm just looking at the process and i don't believe that the president should have a confirmed supreme court justice at this point in his tenure in the white house. it has been a long long time since that has happened and there's a reason for it. so i probably would be supporting that the president not have that appointment confirmed." says senator fischer. tim: be sure to tune in to this week in siouxland this more from senator fischer. jenna: he doesn't usually specific iowa governor reflected on the presidential race weekly press months ago he said he didn't think a serious candidate. but it seems he's changed his mind after the iowa hampshire primary.. "branstad - donald unusual candidate and he's done things unconventionally.

appeal of the anti- establishment candidates, bernie sanders, trump aned cruz. " jenna: the governor has not yemade an official endorsement, but says he'll support whichever republican candidate gets the nomination. the only other candidate branstad has commented about is ted cruz, who, he said would be damaging to iowa since cruz does not support the renewable fuel standard. jenna: an anti concussion bill passed a senate education subcommittee today the proposed bill would require a certified athletic trainer at all iowa school athletic competitions in sports like football, soccer and wrestling. senators had plenty to say on the issue of trainers and high schools paying to provide them. "mr. chair, the goal of this bill is to increase quality of injury assessment by using professional medical providors to decrease the number of life long debilitating injuries.

the bill now heads to a full senate committee tim: some iowa students are making sure state lawmakes know they are watching how the legislature allowcates funding for k-12 education in the state. these davenport students used their president's day to visit the state capitol. students participated in the "we are not worthless" movement to encourage lawmakers to uphold equality in the state education system. in davenport, students do not receive the same state funding amount per-pupil as other areas and they wanted to bring attention to the matter on the statehouse floor. "student 33:15 what do you guys feel is more important? allowable growth or the funding inequality? cindy winckler 34:22 your foundation aid is most important. and all of the protections are around that foundation aid. ross paustn 34:31 $175 funding disparity is more important than state aid. especially for davenport and about 1/2 the districts of the state. "

requested to meet with the governor about their issue. they are pushing not only for an increased education budget, but also a change in the law that affects their area. jenna: the lawer of a man accused of shooting a sioux city police officer is looking to have the trial moved out of woodbury county. jenna: isaiah mothershed's attorney has also filed a motion for a gag order to be placed on sioux city's police chief and the woodbury county attorney's office. mothershed's is due back in court friday morning. he's being held on a 300 thousand dollar bond tim: a fraternaty house on the campus of the university of south dakota was vandalized over the weekend. a lewd message spraypainted on the walls has university officials teamin with police to investigate the matter tess hedrick has an update from vermillion. "

university says this is no way indicative of the fraternity's behavior 14> sunday morning, the fraternity woke up to this message. immediately they called the vermillion police. police believe the in the early morning suspect -- who that know yet. u-s-d's director of fraternity life laura doesn't know why phi specifically targeted and she hopes it doesn't deter anybody from joining greek life at u-s-d.

and gateway founder ted waitt was back in town this evening speaking to briar a part of the university's two week "entrapalooza" billionaire was able to share his advice on what it succesful entrepeneur. students were able to ask ted questions about his career during the forum and it's no secret that he was a fan favorite amongst the crowd. "it's unbelievable. we are just so excited to have him come. he's such an inspiration to the thompson. "it's kind of an honor to be in his presence almost. i grew up in sioux city, i'm a local. i've lived here my whole enitre life. so obviously i've heard of ted waitt ...you hear like norm waitt sr., the waitt foundation...all really familiar. so to actually meet the personwho started gateway is unbelievable, " says thompson. "entrepalooza will warp up next thursday with students participating in a re make of abc's reality show "shark tank". tim on cam folk rocked out at the anthem last night to the tune

troubling affliction. the second annual pete goede memorial a-l-s benefit concert, drew another packed house raising more than 14 thousand dollars for a-l-s or lou gherig's disease awareness. goede says the event was special for a couple of reasons,. "all i wanted to do was help out other people with als and be anble to feel him up on stage and i think we got that. they told me i'd be doing it annually if possible and so i'll be ready, i'll see what what i can do, we'll make it fun," said dane goede. tim: all of the money raised at the concer will remain right here in northwest iowa, to aid those battling a-l-s with their medical expenses. tim: still to come... after rowdy crowds put an end to an i-s-u tradition, studentsnd the community in ames are looking to start something new in place of veisha.

(fred) we have rain and snow tonight, and it will be breezy tomorrow. a warming trend will be enjoyed this week, too. your forecast is next!

university veisha last year. students, faculty and community have been meeting and brainstorming for a proper replacement. jenna: but even without the spring, one special tradition continued on more. " "one pie, great!" 97 year old traditions die hard. and this one, is helping to fill the void of no veishea. "we have to start somewhere. we cant expect that magnitude of things right away. we're trying it this year" the cherry pies have been around, well as long as veishea had. but this year, the pies are associated with valentines day ... not the spring festival. "i think its great we're trying to bring back the little things they were so iconic to veiseha" students will sell around 1600 pies...down 13,000 from two years ago. thats a 25 thousand dollar difference for scholarship fundraising. "hello how are you, i need five, five ok!" but student body president dan breitbach says something is better than nothing. " they raise money for students. all the money goes to

scholarships and funding orgs, thats what we wanted to bring back. somethign that directly effects the students" breitbach, faculty and communtiy members plan to spread out a few concerts and department activities through the spring. including the spring football game paired with the cyclone market- featuring campus grown and raised goods. "back and forth conversations throwing out crazy and not so crazy ideas, trying to fill the void left by teh cancellation of vesihea" but some students say there arent enough pies on campus to ease their veishea withdrawls. "nothign will substitute the vesihea parade and teh festival and its distastifying i think" but for others, seeing the smiles the back a little of that "just seeing people carry 20 pies all out much people love it" "a good step in the right direction" (jenna) fred, what will the store? a chance of rain and snow tonight, then a nice warmup later in the week.

(fred) a chance of rain and snow tonight, then a nice warmup later in the week. 2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the hd radar shows showers moving in. so far tonight, dry air has been causing the rain to evaporate, but that will soon change at the atmosphere saturates, allowing rain to reach the ground. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre. the almanac

hd shows the scene in eastern siouxland. 35 is the sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in generally light at the moment, but they will pick up late tonight and become quite breezy shows tonight's weather system moving in from the northwest. the stormcast hd shows that rain showers will become more widespread this evening, continuing into the overnight. cooler air late tonight will cause the rain to mix with

snow by tomorrow morning. there could be an additional round of light snow tomorrow evening. how much snow? less than 1" will be seen tonight, mainly across the east, then less than 1" of additional snow will be seen tomorrow night, mainly across forecast tonight is for rain early, then a rain/snow mix late. the low will be 29. tomorrow, the high will be 34 with a chance of snow in the morning. winds will be breezy. the 7-day forecast shows a warmup to the 50s friday and

(tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet.

officially tournament time for class 1-a and 2-a boys in iowa. we'll head to sloan for opening round action up ahead. tim plus the abc9 top plays is back with the best action from all over siouxland. stay tuned to find out what made the

wind down but as the schedule thins out the intensity and action increases just like in this week's version of the abc9 top plays. as always these by local athletes for local viewers...we kick things off in the college ranks...usd and ndsu. casey kasperbauer and austin sparks...the pick and roll, doesn't get much

sparks, he just takes it one step at a time...it's like learning to fly or falling in love. usd gets the win as well. some more acrobatics at play number four. east's connor murrell is one of the best scorers in the state...partially because he's shooting 49 percent from down town. but this kid can hurt you on the dribble drive as well. check out the tough finish surrounded by 3 defenders and then he wins the jump ball off e inbounds and then he's able to protect it and give it a little kiss off the glass. impressive stuff for the senior. for play number three we head to the lewis and clark championship game and ago's aspen lapointe shows why you need to pick him up at half court. are you kidding me?! this shot is legitimately a three pointer in the nba. not only that,t,t was the first bucket of the game for bago as they went on to win their third straight lewis and clark conference tournament. play number two s from morningside...and the only thing that lexi ackerman was

the finger wag. the mustangs taking on dakota wesleyan and ackerman sends at shot all the way back to mitchell. it's the biggest rejection i've seen since a bad pickup line on valentines day. morningside wins and clinches the gpac out right as s well. but our play of the week belongs to winnebago...the indians were out in grand island for the heartland hoops classic and found themselves looking at their first loss since january 3rd of 2015. enter d'von lapointe. with just 2.9 seconds remaining and the indians trailing by one, lapointe--as cool as the other side of the pillow...knocks down the game winner. that's now 45 straight for bago as lapointe locks up the top spot in the abc9 top plays of the week. chris: the road to the well started tonight for class 1a and 2a boys teams in iowa. the squads playing in tonight's opening round have had their struggles throughout the year, but all that could change over the next two weeks.

westfield and kingsley pierson...panthers led it by 4 out of the half and they'd add to it. nathan keck dishes it off to jacob harvey...he finishes off the power dribble and make it a 9 point advantage. then keck, this time comes with the theft and keeps it himself...he takes it in for the easy deuce as the lead gets to double digits. late in the quarter...keck lobs it up to camden bainbridge for the back door lay up...kp held a- dub without a field goal in the third. in the fourth, conner anderson, drives and gets the friendly roll on the road to stop that skid. but kp...not worried about that final quarter run...they hold off the challenge and move on, 61-44. in the nightcap, the host rebelel taking on conference rival river valley. it was the anthony mcollough show early...this drive and layup opens up the scoring shortly after tip off. then he gets it done defensively too...the steal and just misses the highlight reel slam...but he

on a personal 8-0 run. back come the wolverines...tuck er zahnley, misses but follows his shot for the board and the pretty reverse layup. then he scoops up the loose ball and takes it all the way for the lay in to get within six. but westwood too strong on their homecourt...they advance to play lawton-bronson, 55-44 the final.

the west. your forecast tonight is for rain early, then a rain/snow mix late. the low will be 34. tomorrow, the high will be 36 with a chance of snow in the morning. winds will be breezy. the 7-day forecast shows a warmup to

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