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lake, iowa. lieutenant chris cole was one of the officers who found baby doe two decades ago when patrolling the vista estates mobile home park. and as years continue to pass, justice for the infant is still just as strong. "this is the mobile home park where 20 years ago, officers came across something they would after all these years, they say it's a day they'll never forget." "i think there's always hope anyday somebody could come forward and provide information about what happened or someone may have a suspicion as to who's involved," said lt. chris cole of the storm lake police department. "that's what we're hoping for." cole and police chief mark prosser have been looking into the case since the beginning. they say they have had leads in the past, but none turned out to be suspects. while they are hopeful and believe they will complete the investigation, they still reflect on the day of baby doe's funeral at the buena vista memorial park cemetery. "it was just a sad, somber day that we lay to rest an unnamed, small child, who's only family at the time were only people who
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other community strangers to that child." a day which showed how one baby could bring a community together. in storm lake, iowa, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> lieutenant cole says that he hopes they are able to complete the case while he is still with the police department. if anyone has any information, you are asked to contact the storm lake police department by calling the number on your screen. and to prevent tragedies, like this, prosser says there are always other options for parents. "contact a counselor's office," said prosser. "look at the safe haven program's where you can drop the children off at hospital emergency rooms and so on, as opposed to doing harm to those children. talk to adoption agencies. there's a variety of adoption agencies out there that will work with you." under the "safe haven"
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provision, the law allows parents or their authorized representativ es to leave a baby who is 14 days or younger at a health care facility and remain anonymous. a judge has ordered a 100-year prison sentence cut in half for an orange city, iowa woman who killed a 3-year-old girl in her care. autumn elgersma died in october rochelle sapp slammed her to the ground for not taking off her coat. last week, a judge ordered sapp's two 50- year prison sentences to be served at the same time. that effectively halves the sentence he handed down last year, when he ordered the sentences be served one after the other. sapp pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death. the judge said he reconsidered because sapp had no prior record and has been a model prisoner. a review uncovered several "policy and procedural errors" that allowed an inmate to escape from an iowa prison for hours without detection.
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iowa state penitentiary released a summary of the investigation into justin kestner's july 4 escape from fort madison prison. kestner, who's a sioux city-native, told investigators he removed screws on his shower to access a pipe chase next to his cell. he crawled up through that space, and into the attic. he then got onto the roof and climbed down a drain pipe. kestner claimed he made several practice runs and timed his escape during 4th of july fireworks, hoping the tower guards would be distracted. he was captured in rural illinois hours after his escape. a cherokee, iowa woman was life-flighted to the hospital after she was pinned underneath a vehicle in a rollover yesterday afternoon. authorties say marilyn mcqueen was driving north on old 21 road in cherokee where she lost control and her vehicle went into the ditch and rolled. mcqueen was partially trapped under the vehicle. she was transported to mercy medical center in sioux city. paramedics took passengers mackenzie gaes and a child to cherokee regional hospital. she is currently in stable condition. it's gotten warm today but how long can we keep it
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around? for that we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our forecast. weather ad-lib the warming that started over the weekend continued today with warm winds sending highs into the upper 70s and lower 80s. a system that moves into the midwest on tuesday will give us some clouds but not much in the way of moisture so we'll go with a dry forecast for tuesday with highs again above average in the
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summer is over, and sioux city's pools have been closed for two months. but, the discussion continues about what pools should close permanently. earlier this year, a consultant recommended closing lewis and leif erickson pools, and at today's pool meeting, committee members weighed in on what they think should happen to the city's five parks and recreation director matt salvatore says it's a big decision... and the committee is not taking it lightly. "swimming and pools are an important part of our community," says salvatore. there's a lot of people that take a lot of ownership and pride in them. so, we're making our decisions with all that in mind and we're delicately approaching the situation, trying to make the best decision possible." the committee will meet, again, on november 2nd to continue their discussion. that discussion could include an idea for a regional aquatics center. if built, it would be in morningside in the same area as the proposed cone park project. the proposal includes waterslides, zero-depth entry,
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earlier today, siouxlanders received some tips on how to improve their skills from a sioux city native. former gateway executive, bishop heelan grad and business coach, gene mcnaughton, was in sioux city this afternoon to present a lecture he calls: "how to grow your leadership skills and positively impact more people." hundreds attended the seminar in bishop heelan's fine arts building hoping to improve their communication skills and increase productivity. mcnaughton says his focus is to help those who are struggling with their own bad habits to achieve their life goals. "we help people to get really clear on what it is they want to do and help them really orchestrate why it is important, take the massive action to be able to measure their approach and ultimately achieve whatever it is they want to achieve in life," said gene mcnaughton. during his lecure, mcnaughton discussed improving communicatio n with co-workers, time management tips and his six steps to success. still to come... a look at a new sculpture that was unveiled at the hull library of a popular children's book
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moves into the midwest on tuesday will give us some clouds but not much in the way of moisture so we'll go with a dry forecast for tuesday with highs again above average in the 70s. we'll see more cooling from mid- week into the weekend with highs by saturday and sunday back into the low 60s. we'll finally have decent chances of rain coming our way. western siouxland will have some rain chances by thursday with that rain moving through the rest of the area thursday night into
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gift and dedication of the community. it's an alice in wonderland themed sculpture that took over eight months to create. "it's not something that you just see in every town or at every library. it's just something different and original," said co-owner of original art source, annette van voorst. it began with drawings, a prototype was made and then the cutting...weldi ng...and a powder coating was put on before the final assembly of the piece. roy hawkins created the piece, which pictures alice walking through the looking glass and parts of the story written out. hawkins has been welding for over 50 years, but he's never this. "this is the first of its kind for me so ya my benches i make is probably the most 3-dimensial piece i've ever metal designs," roy hawkins. "it's just a fun, unique aspect to the library you know it's something that draws people's attention as they go past," said hull public library director, matt hoehamer. hawkins says he enjoys going to work every day because he gets to create all
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types of metal work, just like this unique statue. in hull, iowa...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> hull public library's director says they hope the statue serves as a representation of the library and a new aspect to the community. mark freund, in for brad pautsch tonight - just one week left in the regular season for high school football. (mark) it's come fast - but the playoffs start soon. it's monday - which means we'll take a look back at friday's best plays. the sportsfource rewind is next. plus, iowa state held hilton madness over the weekend - and a cyclone great made an appearance. sportsfource is next.
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football left in siouxland. with 8 weeks in the book, the playoff picture is starting to become a bit clearer. lots of teams still jockeying for position - which made for some great football on friday. here's the sportsfource rewind. sergeant bluff-luton is still undefeated - warrior q-b jacob shultz races 47 yards for one of this four total touchdowns - sb-l shuts out denison-schleswig, 44 to 0. western christian outlasted unity christian - on 4th and goal from the 15 - tyson kooima hits joey horstman - western goes on to the 35-13 win. woodbury central quarterback ethan schutlzen found joe hayden twice for touchdowns - this one goes for 75 yards - the wildcats handle
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5 more touchdown passes for west sioux's porter hummel, gliding this 35-yard strike to justin negaard. the falcons fly past sioux central, 46- 12. ridge view pulled an upset - grant anderson to garrett lamp - the raptors upend number 10 west lyon, 28-14. akron-westfield - wearing pink for breast cancer awareness - aaron allard, catching 2 passes for touchdowns - the westerners push past lawton-bronson, 24-13. out to nebraska - crofton's tanner crosely on the halfback dive from 2 yards out -- the warriors move to 6-2 with a 26-14 win over hartington cedar catholic. stanton's michael sieh goes into the endzone on the keeper as stanton shuts out ponca, 20-0. that's the sportsfource rewind. the new iowa ap football poll is out.
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no siouxland schools make the 4a rankings - dowling catholic is still first. in 3a, sgt. bluff-luton stays at number-9. bishop heelan is still receiving votes after edging storm lake. in 2a, spirit lake stays at number-2, with four first place votes. they are one of four undefeated teams in the class. in 1a, south central calhoun is 6th. hinton and western christian are 8-9. ridge view and pocahontas area get votes - west lyon drops out. west sioux, still unbeaten, is third in class a. logan-magnolia is sixth, with two first place votes. and in 8-man, newell-fonda drops into a first place tie with gilbertville don bosco. m-m-c is fourth. graettinger-terril/ruthve n-ayrshire is ninth and west bend-mallard is receiving votes. see the entire poll on ktiv.com.. iowa sophomore running back akrum wadley is the big ten offensive player of the week. wadley entered the hawkeyes' 40-10 win over northwestern in the first quarter, after senior jordan canzeri was injured. in three
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quarters, wadley ran for a career- high 204 yards on 26 carries - and tied a school record with 4 rushing hawkeye to earn big ten player of the week honors this season. anticipation - and expectations - for iowa state's basketball season are high. with new head coach steve prohm, ranked in the pre-season top 10 by several media outlets. friday night was hilton madness. the cyclones competed in a dunk contest, three point competition and skills competition. former cyclone all- american marcus fizer was in ames after being inducted into the iowa state hall of fame. fizer says he talked to the team about how to handle the transition between fred hoiberg and prohm. "they're very excited," said fizer. "like i told them when i spoke to them earlier today, i went through a similar situation with coach floyd and coach eustachy. they're totally receptive. this is a smart group of guys, and we're excited about the season."
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yeah, tears of joy! starts at 7 followed by a new episode of blindspot at 9. then tonight on news four at ten.... two presidential candidates have requested secret service protection. hear why one of those candidates thinks its necessary. tonight: increasing clouds. low: 55 wind: s 5-15 mph tomorrow: partly cloudy. high: 78 wind: s 5-10 mph thanks for joining us tonight...
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yet another diet. >> oprah's weight watchers takeover. company? >> plus, is lamar about to leave the hospital? which kardashians are back by his bedside? >> it is what is coming up right now on "entertainment tonight." >> are you going to visit lamar? >> no. >> who is there? who stayed behind and what we have learned about lamar's prognosis. >> he did get up. he is still pretty weak and may need months of physical therapy. >> and how oprah's $43 million mayout could rescue weight watchers. what she told us about her weight battle.
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