anner shows a chance of light snow overnight and 32 at 2 am, 31 at 6 am and 30 at 10 am with cloudy skies. i'll be back in a few minutes with a look at how much snow to expect, plus a big warmup saturday. here's tim with local news that matters! "everyone knows the same amount of information right now which is basically nothing " still as many questions as answers as iowa's medica change roll out is now officially approved "we know that with heart attacks, time is muscle." this heart month... how doctors and emt's are working together to save your life. " we had to turn it over and we don't have much space left," " 's a birthday greet that never gets stale even though it nearly

tim: goodning and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman. jenna has the night off. although officially approved this week by the federal government..... iowa's privatized medicaid plan doesnt begin until april first. but that isn't helping those whstill have questions about their service and coverage. as our bria bell found out today, that includes parents of childr who attend therapy for developemntal needs s bria: tim,the federal government has given iowa the green light on the anticipated new medicaid plan that will go into affect about a month from now. but some parents don't know the ins and outs of their children's coverage and say they feel left in the dark. therapy station in sioux city hopes with the extra time, the privatized companies can help better inform concerned parents. " the bad things is everyone knows the same amount of information right now which is basically nothing," says hindman. many parents who's children visit therapy station for developmental issues are covered by medicaid, but with

coverage could change. the federal extended iowa's new medicaid rollout to april first. but more time, means more questions from "well the biggest thing that it means honestly is more questions. there has been a shortage of information, not only for provide, parents," says reuter. according to brooke hinderman, a therapist for therapy station, parents are so confused they're turning to anyone and everyone who might have answers. "so they're just looking for simple answers like, 'is my kid going to get speech therapy?' or "how many or many visits are they going to get?' you know,'will my child's services get covered? will their medidition be coverere' it's just a bunch of questions and no a awers as of right now," says hindman. as iowa's medicaid update nears, both parents and businesses like the therapy center are sitting back and hoping for the best "for me, i think that the hard part is the parts that are unknown and not knowing and wanting to have more information, but we just have to be patient i guess," says reuter. bria: there are about 560 thousand iowans who will be affected by the new change. reporting in studio,

tim: it's been almost 2 decades since siououcity's, city council picked up a pay increase but that could ne changing. the council recently gave initial approval for a 50 per-cent hike. it may seem like a large bump but current and former city council members tell us they think it's time. when compared to the salary of a county supervisors, who receives anywhere from 32 to 40 grand a year, the 10 to 15 thousand earned by the city council averages out to less than minimum wage. about 5-45 an hour on a thirty hour week. even council members who were initially against the increase thinknkt could help the

"if the salary increase incentivizes people, uh others interested, good, hopefully young people interested in city government and more importantly interested in the city and have invested commitment to the city, then so be it." the pay hike would not affect current members of the council. tim: film makers from far and wide are gathering in sioux city tonight kicked off the 12th annl siouxland fi festival where abuot 100 movie goers got the chance to check out a few of the finalists films at wit community college's cargil auditorium. the event expanding over recent years to a 4 day gala with the addition of short documentary films this year each year bringing a different style of film competition. "we did watch 126 films and we have narrowed it down to 40 films for the four

growing interest, the first time we had about 30 films." says board memeber margo chesebro. viewers have the opportunity to vote on their favorite film though saturday. tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students with the next showing at the sioux city art center tomorrow. tim: a lot of eyes on a high school in des moines as it makes a change geared to make students of any gender identity feel sa... roosevelt high school is opening up two of its restrooms that used to be staff only... for all, now labeling them " all-gender" restrooms. the change comes after a student created a petiton...and approached school leaders with it.... principal kevin biggs says he wishes he had thought of the idea sooner... the student that lead the push for change says she started her missononfter seeing another student struggle.

and a student who identifies as a male, he was using the womans restroom because for some reason he didn't feel safe using a restroom intended for the gender he identified with, i don't think thats right. all that's going to be changing at the school physically is a new sign on those single stall baoms... no one is required to use them... they're just available for anyone if that's what they'd like... tim: in south dakota, some controversy as a bill concerning transgendered students using bathrooms in schools is on the governor's desk today, the second dadaof rallies in erre greeted lawmakers on the steps of the state house, with transgender students and advocates eaking out against the bill asking dennis daugaard to veto the measure the issue seems to have state representative split "i'm protecting their hearts. their eyes and their minds. i don't want our children to be exposed to the anatomy of other genders," "it is an unfriendly message! it's hostile! it's unacceptable in a state where we're trying to progress

today, the governor met with advocates for transgender rights in pierre. he says the meeting "put a human face" on the bill, which would make south dakota the first state to require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth. tim: the controversy over whether or not to fill supreme court justice antonin scalia's vacant seat c ctinues. today senate judiciary committee chair and iowa senator chuck grassley speaking out saying quote: people in abraham lincoln's time didn't have to have at concern, that they didn't hold it, is because the president had enough respect for the american people to wait for their decision. abraham lincoln, in a like situation, didn't nominate anyone until after he was re- elected. grassley will be meeting with president obama, early next week says he , quotete, "welcomes the opportunity" to explain his position to wait for the next president, before the supreme

meanwhile, rumors that this man, brian sandoval, governor of nevada is being vetted as scalia's replacement. sandoval is a former federal judge... and is considered a moderate republican in his home state. tim: february is national heart month. and, if you, or a loved one, have signs of a heart attack... you should call 9-1-1 or go to the e-r immediately. jenna has more about the system in place to save your life... once you get there. jenna rehnstrom the difference that's why the association has to connect first responders, doctors, and community members to improve patient here's more in tonight's your health matters. as soon as siouxland paramedics get to a heart attack patient, the life-saving measures are put in place immediately. john says, "we automatically do these four out here to start with." john jorgensen has been using equipment and

american heart association fofo several years. he also teaches rural, volunteer amlence squads to do the same. 's part of an initiative called mission: lifeline. the idea is to close the gaps that lead to slower and less effective patient care. john says, "the key is to save time, because time is muscle and so that's our goal throughout this whole process is to save the time." while still in the field, paramedics do an ekg, so a heart attack can be diagnosed in the field. the results are sent to doctors at a aocal hospital, they can know almost immmmiately what situation to prepare for. dr. jerome pierson says, "we're able to pull these ekg's up and look at them and it tells us if a heart attack is occuring, is it normal? is there something else going on that we need to identify." mercy heart center director dr. jeroue pierson says the goal is to have a patient diagnosed and get treatment underway within 90 minutes. in a smaller community like sioux city, that can happen even faster. dr. pierson says, "i

off the gurney from the ambulence, [we] take them right up to the catherization labratory, onto the table and go. a lot of times we can have these arteries within 20 minutes of them entering our emergency rooms." doctors, and emt's, know it's that early intervention that saves lives... dr. piern says, "we know that greatly reduces the amount of heart damage that's being done." and mission: lifeline gets everyone one the same page when it comes to the best care for you or a loved one. jenna rehnstrom the leona m. and harry b. helmsley charitable trust is the lead funder r is initiative. mercy medical center recently got a a eck for 105- thousand dollars to help implement mission: lifeline. statewide... about 4 and a half million has been given to hospitals and ems squads. but, each piece of equipment to perform and send those ekg's is about $30,000, and the hope is to eventually equip all 900 servies in iowa with the same technology. still to come...

still to come.e. a special tradition between two iowans for nearly the past 50 years. we'll explain after the break. (fre light snow will continue tonight with minimal accumulation for most, and breezy winds will remain in place through tomorrow. but a big warmup is coming saturday! see you after the break for the forecast.

someone who's been through it all, knows just about every detail and is there, year after year. in st. ansgar, iowa there's a duo fitting that very description. and along with years friendship, there's been a special card. through every birthday since 199. reporter megdan reistad shares their story. " " who would have thought, a cammode adorned card could hold such treasure "getting quite full so we had to turn it over." it reads. "well, there it goes another year down the drain." or at least it used to. text now barely visible after 37 years being passed

careful not to lose it." and it's never been sent through the mail, "save a lot of stage" always hand livered. "fun and happy birthday we'll count them sometime okay" (reading card) "hope this year is a lot better than last. it must have been a bad year." (reading card) "harriet and i were quite a bit younger when we started this." sylvia wilson's now 87 and harriet (hoi- er) heuer 92. and even with an address change for harriet, the card keeps coming. "we're kinda an oddity oh real oddity." and it all started on accident. "when i gave it to you, you got a a but hysterical and i thought that isn't that funny." in 19-79, harriet had boug the same card for sylvia. so they decided just one would work. "you said, 'well, because i have it in the drawer. going to give it to you. i remember that." "who'd have thought we'd fill a card up like that? well who would think that paper would be that good?" "we can't quit now our fun is just starting" messages covering

their friendship. cover with vid "knew each other as s teenagers and ouou husbands both were long-distance e uck drivers so she andnd and the kids s snt quite a bit of time entertaining each other and (pause) it was a good life." "a lot of give and take, a lot of sorrownd happiness we've had everuthing. we've had a good life." a card almost full... and two lives to match. "i don't know where the time goes but it goes by so fast. oh it does, it really does." in st. ansgar meghan reistad abc 6 news while the card spans 37 years... sylvia and harriet's frienship goes back to their teen.. about 75 years ago. (tim) fred, what is the outlook for tonight? (fred) a half inch or l ls of snow. 2 line super: fred hexom

the hd radar shows light snow mix in parts ofofiouxland. a time lapse of the port neal welding company skycam hd shows that we've had periods of non- accumulating snow tonight. 41 has been our high and 24 the low. here's the picture live from storm lake on the skycam hd. 35 is our sioucity temperature. local temperatures are mainly in the 30s. winds are north to northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour. the satellite and radar shows the light snow moving through siouxland this evening, and we also see a major weather system over the eastern fourth of the country. after several severe weather reports yesterday, there are many more today. in the past 24 hours alone, there have been over 20 tornado reports and almost 300 total reports of severe weather in the

incredible 200+ reports of wind damage have been received. and, on the northwestern edge of this system where cooler air is found, we have winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings from illinois into michigan, including the south side of the chicago metro. up to 10" of snow will be possible in these areas! the stormcast hd shows light snow this evening, then scattered light snow showers overnit. breezy winds will be with us again tomorrow before high pressure calms the wind down tomorrow night, paving the way for a warming trend and sunny skies friday into saturday. the snow forecast shows the potential for about a half inch of snow tonight along and just west of interstate 29. elsewhere, just a dusting or less of snow is expected. the forecast for

chance of light snow and blustery winds. the low will be 28. tomorrow, expect a high of 36 under mostly cloudy skies and a strong northwest breeze. the 7-day forecast shows a jump to 47 on friday and then 62 saturday, both with mostly sunny skies. winds will accompany a slight chance of light rain on sunday, then it's back to the 50s monday before a stronger cold front offers a chance of snow tuesday, strong winds, and a return to highs in the 30s.

thanks, fred. (fred) sure. tim: plenty of people are excited about fred's weekend outlook. but there are a few who were hoping for something a little colder. for the 5th year in a row, the rivercade-noon sertoma cardboard box ed races are cancelled. ththgs were looking promising a few weeks ago but recent warm weather has melted snow at sertoma park where the

"supose" to be held this years races re set for sunday at 2pm, but members of both groups say they will try again next year. coming up in sports...the hawkeyes had the weekend off to prepare for wisconsin. we'll see if the extra time was enough for an iowa win. tim plus the top seeds in the gpac conference tournament had e-possession leads at halftime tonight. find out if the morningside women and briar cliff men could avoid upsets after the break.

32 naia teams from all over the country will be here in sioux city for the women's d-2 national tournament. there's a good chance that six of those teams s e in action tonight in the gpac tournament. let's start with the regular season champs from morningside, taking on college of st. mary. a two point mustang lead out of the break...but pilar aldrich...former star at

strong move to the tin and the flames tie things up at 38. but a couple of possessions later...a basketball court is 94 feet long...lexi ackerman takes this one about 90 all the way fo the lay in...stangs up three. then check out this beautifullydrawn up play...ackerman fights through the contact for the basket and the bonus...morningsi de leads 43-38. and the outside game gets going...madi braun...three of her game-high 20 here and the mustangs move on to the semis, 82-72. across town, a rematch of a fab four game last year, concordia and briar cliff. we pick things upi n the third...kaylee blake with the nice footwork in the paint, she scoops it up and in for a 41-36 lead. after the bulldogs got within 2, blake, knocks down the 15 footer...she had a team high 16 points tonight. former crofton star quinn wragge, keeping concordia in it...she gets the old fashioned 3 point play here...she had a game-high 21. but morgan hansen answers with the triple of her own...it will be briar cliff

saturday, 76-69 the final. over to the men's bracket...the regular season champs from briar cliff hosting northwestern. check this out...bryan n forbes, swats it off the backbobod on one end...then in the front court...erich erdman with the no-look dish to austin homan...chargers go up two and tim can't believe it. on the other end...colton kooima, answers with the pretty play of his own...great body control on the jumper to tie things up at 20. northwestern, played tough all night...justin van kalsbeek grabs the deflection, puts on the spin cycle to get within one. but shane graves went for a career best30! ! cluding 3 righghhere...briar cliff moves on, 94-83. other scores from tonight, the dordt men see their season come to an end, they fall on the road to nebraska wesleyan, 111-98. and up in yankton, the northwestern women put up a fight but fall to the lancers, 75-67. in the northern sun conference, wayne state men and women in

opening rounds. the wildcat women outscored mary by 20 in the 3rd quarter to move on, 78-69. and in the men's bracket the wildcats couldn't overcome 17 made threes by msu moorhead, they drop it 109-83. chris: with just four games left in the regular season, iowa's in good position in the big ten race. even though they trail indiana by half a game, the hawkeyes control their own destiny for the regular season championship. but they finish with a tough tonight against won 8 of 9. first minute of the game...mike gesell, with the strong deke...he finishes with the left and the hawkeyes strike first. a couple of possessisis later...jarrrr uthoff, stretches the floor for three...io takes a 5 point lead. then gesell, inside to adam woodbury, he had a career high 18 rebounds tonight. the offense belonged to peter jok...he had 17 in the first half but just like these kids, there was no "w" in iow tonight...wisconsi n heads to carver and gets it done, 67-59. football is back this weekend in siouxland as the bandits open up

been some turnover on the roster for coach erv strohbeen's squad, most notably at the quarterback position. former marshall quarterback aj graham will make his team debut saturday. but with a strong core returning around him, the bandits have high expectations for 2016. (fred) (fred)

most of siouxland. the forecast for tonight is for a good chance of light snow and blustery winds. the low will be 28. tomorrow, expect a high of 36

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