jenna: would require the home team at to provide a licensed athletic assess other njuries. abc 9's christina gri-hall-va went to see what they think of the bill. christina new bill is geared specifically toward-- what is known as-- collision sports. that includes football, wrestling, plus boys and girls soccer. great schools are how feasible something like this-- really is. the westwood rebels had something to cheer about this morning at their school pep rally. westwood's wrestling team advanced to the state dual tournament in des moines-- and six individuals will compete as well. "it's a honor to wrestle for this team and i'm so proud of everyone that made it." although winning is a hope for every athlete-- staying healthy and safe is something also very crucial to their career. wrestling is known as a collision sport-- prone to the possibility of concussion-- and now a new senate bill is being discussed to provide more help for these types of injuries. athletes like senior wrestler jakob

"if they need help then, better to have the help there then not need it, to not have the help and to need it." the bill would require the home team at high school varsity games-- to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. "the goal of this bill is to increase quality of injury assesments by using professional medical providers to decrease the number of lifelong debilitating injury." the estimated cost for these trainers is between 2-thousand to 5-thousand dollars annually--money that would come from a proposed increase in state school funding. the superintendent at westwood thinks that that number may actually be a little higher. "there's gonna be high demand for those people, so cost is going to go up. i think it's going to end up being a lot higher than that." the cost however is not the only thing to consider-- but also the availability. "it's difficult, the cost is high and the availabilty of certified people that could come down and take care of our athletes and out opponents athletes those people are hard to find." until a decision about the bill is made-- burkhart says that they try and saty proactive when it comes to the safety of their athletes. "we try to be proactive and like i said we educate our coaches and we're tryign to be ahead of it, not because we're required to, but that's for our kids, that's for our athletes and that's what's most important top us." christina right now-- about half of the

provide some coverage for athletic trainers or other experts at sport events. reporting live in studo-- christina grijalva-- abc 9 news jenna: today women of siouxland gathered to be inspired and empowered together. the organization, iowa women lead change held its second annual siouxland women leadership conference at the marina inn today. 400 women and 125 college students gathered to hear speakers on the topics of body language, feedback, and

25 exhibitors were also there to sell books and provide health tips. the regional manager of the health tips. the regional manager of the organization says their mission is to inspire, lead, and motivate women. "the goal of today's conference is to have women be educated, motivated, and inspired when they leave here...the women that we work with on this conference are the women who really are going to make that happen" says bobbi segura, regional manager of iowa women lead change. jenna: many were excited about the keynote speaker... winona laduke. the harvard educated environmentalist has spent her life helping native american groups. she also ran for vice president twice, alongside ralph nader. "women, we share a lot of similar experiences... you know, being little ladied, being told that you're not good enough for it, or just like being really surprised when you show up! and that's the women that i'm with here, i'm pleased to be with them" says winona laduke, author and executive director of honor the earth. jenna: i was excited to be a part of the conference's student track. i moderated a

geared towards preparing college women for personal and professional success after graduation. tim: lt gov kim reynolds made a few stops in sioux city today as a part of her statewide stem tour.... checking out schools that emphasize sicience, technology, engineering, and math. jenna: she had two sioux city stem schools on her list today... our elisa raffa was along for her visit and has more elisa tim,teachers and students were glowing with pride as the lt gov walked down their halls. but the principal says it's the hard work of his teachers and students that made that happen. "so what's your favorite part about doing this?.....you love it?! " says lt. gov. kim reynolds. lt gov kim reynolds embarked on her statewide stem tour tuesday... visiting two sioux city schools to check out their program. loess hills elementary was one on her list for their emphasis on techology in the classroom with students as young as kindegarten. "my job here at loess hills is to help integrate the use of coding into all the different subjects... reading, math, science, social studies" says layne henn, technology consulting teacher at loess hills elementary. "if they do decide to go into computer

kind of have a step up on others because they've been doing it here at loess hills since they were kindegarteners" says john beeck, principal at loess hills elementary, loess hills is currently in their second year of the stem program. each student from second through fifth grade has their own laptop for class, even the younger ones use tablets in class. both teachers and the principal agree that skills in problem solving and processing algorithms learned from coding will take these children far, a skill some high school and college students don't get exposed to. "thanks for taking kind of the grassroots things that you have going on here and really mirroring them up with the govenor's statewide stem initiative" says lt. gov. kim reynolds. and the principal says the feedback has been great. teachers enjoy being creative with lesson plans and projects through coding applications like tynker, and students are challenged by the feat of coding and proudly show off their projects when they're done. "any free time a child might have here at loess hills, they automatically reach for their programming programs and they like to create code" says john beeck, principal at loess hills elementary, "it's really fun!" says students. "you like it a lot?" -- asks elisa raffa, abc9 news "yes... mostly techology... so like if you want to do technology, you'll have more background knowledge" says students. these young girls are taking advantage of the technology they have in school. they interviewed the lt gov equipped with a microphone, camera, and some tough questions for their television program. elisa on cam i've been working with those students on their

and i've got to say they did a journalism skills and i've got to say they did a greatjob today. the lt gov was very impressed... not only with the codes they create in class, but with their well thought out and professional questions. reporting live in studio... elisa raffa.. abc9 news tim: the attorney for an emmet county teen accused of shooting another teen this past summer has decided not to seek a change of veunue tim: the attorney for lee christensen filed a notice with the court that he does not seek to

murder trial out of emmet county at this time, but may do so if he feels that he cannot find an impartial jury. christensen is accused of killing 19-year-old thomas bortvit in june of 2015. jenna: authorities in sac county are searching for a man wanted for attmpted murder after hitting a man with his car. the sac county sheriff's office is looking for 36 year old jeremy werneburg of ida grove. authorities say he struck a glidden man with his car on sunday night. the man was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. werneburg is described as a white male 6'3" 205 lbs. anyone with information on the whereabouts of werneburg is asked to call 911 or the sac county sheriff's office. tim: tim: three nights of events aimed at benefitting sioux city's boys and girls home and family services begin on thursday. the 19th annual faceoff for charity is a mix of hockey fun, sports memoribillia and a special dinner served by this years sioux city musketeers players. call 712-252-2116 for reservations

event...players, staff and fans raised a record $72,000 ... pushed the total amount raised over the past 18 years to just under $600,000. jenna: and still to come tonight a look into the past that has helped shape the future for african americans, stay with us. (fred) a light mix of snow and freezing drizzle may be seen tonight, but a warming trend is still in sight in the 7-day forecast. that includes 50s friday and saturday. stay with us! " " tim/jenna/fred (tim) fred, do we still have those 50s on the way?

now, but later tonight a light mix of snow and freezing drizzle will be possible. cloudy skies are seen on the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 37 was the high today and 34 the low. in storm lake, plenty of clouds are seen on the skycam hd. highs over western iowa were in the 30s today. eastern nebraska

mix of 30s and 40s. 36 is our sioux city temperature. local temperatures range from the 20s to the 40s. this morning's system dropped plenty of snow and ice in parts of central iowa. and you can see tonight's system currently pushing through the dakotas. the stormcast hd shows the arrival of mainly snow in the east tonight. there could be some light freezing drizzle as well, soook out for slick spots. after that, we can look forward to a big warmup friday. the snow forecast shows 0.5" to 1.0" over northern and eastern siouxland tonight. tonight, expect a low of 25 with cloudy skies this evening. a mix of freezing drizzle and snow will be seen after midnight. tomorrow, expect a high of 37 and cloudy skies. the 7- day forecast shows 46 thursday, then 50s friday and saturday, before we start to cool a bit next week. here's an el nino update. you can see we have been well above the el nino threshold this past fall and winter. it's been a strong el nino. to the right of the dotted line, we see the different model solutions--quite a wide variety! the dotted line represents the average of those models, which suggests a switch to la nina by next winter. la nina is the oppostite of el nino and a la nina winter usually follows an el nino winter. what would that mean for us? if it materializes, we would likely see a cold and stormy winter next winter. we have 2 final alan jackson tickets to give away tonight on ask fred! keep those questions coming to fhexom@kcautv.c

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(fred) you bet! tim: and when we come back..a story out of a small town in florida that celebrates black history month tim:

americlessons are emerging from a small town in florida. int augustine was instrumental in shaping the dialogue of racial equality in our country. jenna: but it's not a story that gets a lot of attention. until now. all month long we'll be bringing you special reports unveiling aspects of this historic city. today we take you to the 19-60's and a neighborhood called lincolnville. " " trt: 1:55 narr 20 - by the 1960's, lincolnville had

stronghold of middle class values and commerce. otis mason 00:06:02:00 lincolnville was never totally segregated in terms of living. i can recall when i was a kid on the corner of, what is now ml king and lincoln street, there were a couple of grocery stores located in the immediate neighborhood that were owned and operated by jewish families. essie bush 01:38:32:12 - oh we were a clknit family of people. now i had fun in lincolnville, now otis mason - 0006:29:12 - we were not totally segregated, white families lived in the community as well. narr 21 - while its influence on the local economy grew. these advances were only going to go so far in the face of segregation. otis mason - 01:11:59:20 - i could not attend the university of florida. i went down for an interview . it was very interesting about the results of my visit there. i was told that i spoke very well. that's all i heard.. thomas jackson - 00:49:18:00 - my father was a teacher and he was told that if he participated in the movement, he would lose his job. narr - fearing retribution. many of st. augustine's middle class blacks were either hesitant or silent about the growing civil rights movement. there needed to be a new front opened in the fight against segregation, and there was no better place to do it than in a city about to celebrate its 400th birthday. video out - tag tim: the story doesn't end there. on our

untold journey... we'll go back to the intense summer of 19-63. jenna: coming up in sports...the state dual wrestling tournament gets underway tomorrow at the

we'll take a look at our teams competing up ahead. tim: plus...peter jok has become a key part of the hawkeyes attack this season. we'll hear about

jok is definitely on the short list. the hawkeye junior has seen his scoring averagshoot from 7 per game last year to nearly 16 this year. hawkeye headquarters reporter alex giaimo has more on jok's emergence. alex giaimo--"the hawkeyes have legitimate national championship hopes this season and a major reason why is because of the improvement of peter jok." jarrod uthoff--" his game has always been at a high level but i think his confidence is through the roof right now. i think that's showing on

always had this ability and now you're starting to see just a little bit of it i mean he has a lot more in the tank." alex giaimo--"jok is 10th in the league in scoring, averaging 15.8 ppg and is shooting 41.8 percent from beyond the arc. but he's also playing defense and has the 4th most steals in the conference." peter jok--"coach gave me the ultimate green light. he gave me a lot of confidence and i can just go out there and play my game and not have to worry about making mistakes and coming out but i mean i still got a long ways to go but i just feel like every game i'm getting better." alex giaimo--"one thing you'll notice when you watch pete play basketball is that he's always smiling or laughing and he'll tell you it's a major reason why he doesn't get nervous on the court." peter jok--" it's basketball.. a lot of people overthink it than it being just basketball and you just got to have fun out there with your friends and i just try to enjoy myself, i mean i take it serious, but at the end of the day it's just a game." alex giaimo--"he bullied his high school competition in west des moines. today not much has changed...he's doing it just a few miles east in iowa city." peter jok--"i've got a lot of family and friends in des moines that come to watch me they are always showing me love no matter if i win or lose. and it feels great to play in front of my home town because i'm comfortable and when you're comfortable you play better and i feel like that's why i'm better this season too." alex giaimo--"in iowa city with your hawkeye headquarters report, alex giaimo, abc9 sports." jok and the hawkeyes return

tomorrow in happy valley to take on penn state. iowa crushed the nittany lions 73-49 earlier this month and they are early 10 and a half point favorites in this one. tip off is at 5:30 tomorrow night over on btn. coming up tonight, the cyclones head to waco to look for some revenge against baylor. the bears beat isu 94-89 in hilton five weeks ago. like we mentioned yesterday, georges niang is just four points away from passing fred hoiberg for third on the isu scoring list and just 10 away from 2000 for his career.

here closer to town morningside senior jessica tietz was named gpac and naia national player of the week today. the bancroft- rosalie alum went for a career-best 32 points in wednesday's win over dakota wesleyan, which clinched the gpac outright for the mustangs. on the week, tietz averaged 24 and a half points and five and a half rebounds. she also leads the country, shooting 63 percent from the floor. chris: it's state wrestling week here in iowa and the fun gets underway tomorrow with the dual team tournament. three siouxland schools in two classes will have a chance to claim a title there. in class 2a, sergeant bluff luton is making another trip to des moines the warriors were a perfect 14-0 in duals this year. in 1a, westwood clinched its first ever spot at the duals after they took down ahstw a week ago. also in 1a, sibley- ocheyedan will join the rebels in des moines...the generals only have one dual loss this year. here's a look at the brackets for our teams...sb-l opens up with the third seed creston orient macksburg tomorrow at 9 am with davenport assumption and washington in the opposite dual.

five seed and they'll take on logan magnolia tomorrow morning. lo-ma finished fifth last year. finally in the bottom half of that bracket westwood earned the six seed. they open up with alburnett who finished third in the team duals last year. " "

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after midnight. tomorrow, expect a high of 37 and cloudy skies. the 7- day forecast shows 46 thursday, then 50s friday and saturday, before we start to cool a bit next week. here's an el nino update. you can see we have been well above the el nino threshold this past fall and winter. it's been a strong el nino. to the right of the dotted line, we see the different model solutions--quite a wide variety! the dotted line represents the average of those models, which suggests a switch to la nina by next winter. la nina is the oppostite of el nino and a la nina winter usually follows an el nino winter. what would that mean for us? if it materializes, we would likely see a cold and stormy winter next winter. we have 2 final alan jackson tickets to give away tonight on ask fred! keep those questions coming to fhexom@kcautv.c om or enter on our

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