their eyes tonight. really a feel-story and ktiv's sam curtiss is in studio with us. he was there for the moment today, sam. wrestling isn't a sport michael powell's mom says she expected her son to sign up for. after friends and some family sold him on the idea, he decided to give it a try. only a few weeks into it, he has no plans to tap out. with a hug from his mom "you can do this right?" asked trudy powell. and some last minute reminders. "this is all about a teaching league as well,","aid a wrestling coacac 1313ear-old michael powewe wrestles in his first match. "i was pretty excited," said michael powell. "i knew i could do it." michael goes three periods strong. "up, up, up," screamed rich wilmesherr. with mom anxiously cheering on her son. "come on michael," said trudy powell. "oh, oh." michael's up against two opponents, the one on the mat. the other autism. "he's never gotten up in front a crowd before," said trudy powell. "he usually lets everyone else take the show." and for two weeks that's what he did. the eighth grader at sioux city west middle school skipped

his first two matches of the three-week season grappling with nerves. "a student with autism, i never thought i'd see a student t me back and want to get involved with all the contact involved," said ch wilmesherr. thth190-pounder dropped d s first wrestling bout. but, remained optimistic. "nobody wins their first match," said michael powell. he's not the only one learning. its forced his coach to rethink his game plan with other athletes. "as a coach it made me stop and think about 'am i teaching them the exact proper technique' cause he'll do it exactly as i tell him," said rich wilmesherr. what he didn't tell him to do was wrestle again. confidence takes to the mat for another match. "to watch him grow in the last three weeks has wilmesherr. "i didn't know if he'd do it again but for him to step up and say 'yeah i want to' i think says a lot about his character." never forget this dada" said trudy powell. tonight, everyone who wrestled won. coach rich wilmesherr even riterated that's the big takeaway. michael does have one more meet before the season is over. wilmesherr did share one great sidenote with me. michael's such a happy kid all

the time. he told him before his first match, don't smile at your opponent. michael told him, coach you know i can't do that. in the newsroom tonight, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. (sheila) also making headlines, tonight, a major change in our weather. (matt) high winds, heavy rain, and the potential for several inches of snow. ron,, en does our weather r art to change? high wind warning in effecec for mostst of the arerewednesday and wednesday night winter ststm watch for holt county on wednesday day today before changes move in for tomorrow. clouds will already be on the increase tonight and western siouxland could see some showers as the night goes along. then rain and storms become likely for our day on wednesday with maybe even some snow falling by the afternoon in western siouxland. as a cold front pushes in, the winds are going to become gusty and that's the reason for a high wind warning for wednesday into wednesday night for the ktiv viewing area. winds could gust over 50 miles per hour at times.

at least two people have died in a fiery plane crash in akron, ohio. (sheila) the jet clipped a utility wire during its descent this afternoon and crashed into the building. the plane then hit an embankment beyond the building which caused a nearby house-- and the plane-- to catch fire. roberta porter/witness: "i was just driving down the road and i heard this noise. a plane just dropped out of the sky and veered to the left and plowed into the duplexes there. it was just a mass explosion. i was just so afraid for all those people

homes." no one was in the building that was destroyed, and there were no known injuries on the ground. fast food workers, and other workers who say they're underpaid, mounted their largest strike to date... to push for a hike in the minimum wage. walk os were planned in over 250 cities across the nation. the strikes were planned one year before the election to demand that local officials fight for a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage, and union rights. (matt) the minimum wage was one of the first topics raised during tonight's republican presidential debate, in milwaukee. (sheila) few, who were on stage during the "prime time" debate favor a minimum wage hike to $15 an hour. stevevhandlesman has more from milwaukee.

economic plans. (nat sot - moderator question) "did you want to name any specific steps, sir?" how ... exactly ... would each candidate fif our middle class? (sot sen. ted cruz / (r) presidential candidate :xx-:xx) "bold and simple - flat tax." (sot marco rubio / (r) presidential candidate :xx-:xx) "yes - i have a child tax credit increase - and i'm proud of it. i am proud that i have a pro family tax code." (sot donald trump / (r) presidential candidate :xx-:xx) "each one of those tax plans is better then the mess that we have right now." four candidates debated earlier this was the eight top polling republicans ben carson and donald trump tied at the top carson's account of his youth was an issue. (sot dr. ben carson / (r) presidential candidide :xx-:xx) "thanks for not askiki me what i said in the 1010 grade." trump again called f f a wall on the mexican border (sot donald trump / (r) presidential candidate :xx-:xx) "and if you think walls don't work - all you have to do is ask israel. the wall works - believe me." that gave jeb bush a chance to show passion (sot jeb bush / (r) presidential candidate :xx-x) "12 million illegal immigrants - to send them back - 500 thousand a month - is just not - not possible." (edit) "they're doing high five's in the clinton campaign when they hear this." it was a competition but also a look at how a republican president... presumably one of these 8...

donated food for the meal. the elk's club donated $2,000 worth of new winter coats. "mostly people know us as being the agency that helps connect military members and their we also have a significant service that we provide to veterans and that's what this is about," said american red cross executive director, tammy lee. the next event like today's will be held december 15th from 5:30 to 7:30 in the cross in sioux city. support siouxland soldiers presented an award today to students who are helping vetetens. the organization p pesents their "heroes on the homefront" award to organizations, schools and businesses w support troops in a major way. today, le mars community high school students received that award for their continued donations. they gathered food, hygiene items and care packages. "it's important for the young students to know how important their work is in the community and how appreciate we are of their help and supporting our troops," said support siouxland soldiers founder, sarah petersen. at the event today the students

brought a bus load of food, 40 care packages and 13-hundred- dollars to send the packages overseas. veterans day allows all of us to pay tribute, and honor, the sacrifice that these men and women make every day for our freedom. many serve their countriri in the military... and their communities asirefighters. today, veterans and current military members of sioux city fire rescue, were honored for theit service to our country. the international association of fire fighters organized the event. it took place at the flight 232 memorial, which sits in the shadow of the veterans memorial bridge. "we've traded in our combat boots for turnout boots and our fatigues for turnout gear," said sarah orwig, a firefighter for the sioux city fire rescue. "and our new mission is to serve the citizens of sioux city." out of sioux city's current 110 members, 25 percent have served, or are serving, in the united states armed forces.

an outbreak of mumps. see how the university of iowa is handling the outbreak. high wind warning in effect for most of the area wednesday and

winter storm watch for holt county on wednesday we got to enjoy one more mild day today before changes move in for

tomorrow. clouds will already be on the increase tonight and western siouxland could see some showers as the night goes along. then rain and storms become likely for our day on wednesday with maybe even some snow falling by the afternoon in western siouxland. as a cold front pushes in, t t winds are going to become gusty and that's the reason foror high wind warning for wednesday into wednesday night for the ktiv viewing area. winds could gust over 50 miles per hour at times and it's going to stay quite breezy even later wednesday night and into the day thursday. if any snow falls in sioux city it would likely be wednesday evening into early wednesday night with only minor accummlations possible. we will at least see the sun reappea on thursday and we'll keep lots of sun in the forecast into the weekend as temperatures will recover a little from the low 50s we see wednesday through friday.

still to come... folks rally around a local business that, some say, has violated a county ordinance. county leaders weigh in, next.

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the iowa department of criminal investigation is looking into the death of a man in calhoun county. (matt) around two this morning, the calhoun county sheriff was alerted to a home at 205 2nd strere in pomeroy. whenenhey arrived they fouou a man dead with a gunshot wound. so far law enforcers haven't made any arrests in the case. but, authorities say they the public isn't in any danger. investigators haven't released the victim's name. a sioux city man faces sual abuse charges involving a 13-year-old girl at a local hospital. investigators say on saturday night 20-

year-old alex anderson met up with the victim at the icu waiting room at mercy medical center. he then kissed her several times and put his hand in her shorts. authorities charged anderson with 3rd degree sexual abuse. officials at mercy medical center say their security staff was alerted about the situation and they called sioux city police. several people have rallied around a sergeant bluff, iowa, business, that's facing a complaint that it violated a county ordinance. leroy mcroberts trucking inc. is a carrier uck company. a few weeks ago, a neighbor voiced a complaint to the woodbury county board of supervisors that the business is an "eyesore". tonight, a representativ e of the company, as well as, nearly a dozen community members showed their support for the company during the supervisors meeting. supervisor matthew ung says the board may consider revising the ordinance in question. "we only want to seek penalties if it's a detriment to the community at large, but if the community at large supports the individual as we saw today, then the board wants to make certain accommodations to those individuals," said supervisor, matthew ung. leroy mcroberts trucking hasn't

been penalized. county leaders hope to deal with the dispute directly with the neighbor. still to come.... see why y n across the countryry are e tting their beards s ow out.t..and how that's helping those e th certain forms of f

b bush: we do not have to be the world's policeman. we have to be the world's leader. who's going to take care of the christians that are being eliminated in the middle east? who's going to take care of israel and support them - our greatest ally in the middle east? the united states has the capability of doing this, and it's in our economic and national security interest that we do it. i will be that kind of president and i hope you want that kind of president for our country going forward. announcer: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. the son of a pololh immigrant o grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power.

won electionnd praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change to create clean-energy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuition-free public colleges. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, ther, grandfather, an honest leadad building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. sanders: i'm bernie sanders, and l approve this message. the university of iowa is offering free vaccines -- after an unusually large outbreak of mumps hit the campus.

the outbreak affecting more than 100 people in iowa city since mid-july. the mumps is highly contagious and is spread through contaminated saliva... so the university of iowa is trying to put an end to it. students getting the shot will be the third round of the measles- mumps-rubella vaccination. nurses say the students actually had to get the fifit two rounds of the m-m-r vaccine to be enrolled at the ununersity. obese e ildren as young as 8 8 show e ely signs of heart disease. researchers used imaging tests to compare a small group of obese and normal-weight kids. they found that 40 percent of the obese children had thickened muscles surrounding the heart --- which could reduce the heart's pumping ability. some of the obese children also had other conditions such as asthma, high blood pressure, and depression. experts caution that heart problems during childhood could lead to more complicated health conditions in the future. around town and across america men are putting down their razors and letting their beards grow. and it's all for a good cause. november is a popular month to

going on. one is movember, and the other is no-shave november. movember raises money for prostate cancer and testicular cacaer among other healtlt issues. e goal behind no- shave november is to donate the money you'd spend on shaving related products to the american cancer society. dr. steve joyce with mercy medical center says it's all about awareness. "most of my patients have never seen me with even a stubble and they'll say 'gosh, you know, it's been a few days since you've shaved' and it's good conversation starter as far as raising health care awareness for men's health issues," said dr. steven joyce, mercy medical center. dr. joyce says it's especially important since men are less likely to check their health compared to women. if you're participating in movember, we want to see your photos! you can send them to connect at ktiv dot com and they might end up on air. brad's here -- it's day one of

tournament. bishop heelan was the first siouxland team to hit the floor in cedar rapids. the crusaders were the underdogs -- but didn't play like it. and, creighton tries to stay undefeated and move into the nebraska state semifinals. sports fource is next. you've probably seen ads that tell you which foods are fatty and what to eat to lose weight.

we'll tell you if those ads are true. and a new program is helping people with high blood pressure. but there are still a lot of risks that come with the treatment. tune in at 5:00! you've probably seen ads that tell you which foods are fatty and what to eat to lose weight.

we'll tell you if those ads are true. and a new program is helping people with high blood pressure. but there are still a lot of risks that come with the treatment. tune in at 5:00! bishop heelan and waverly- shell rock have a lot of history together on the volleyball court. the crusaders and go-hawks met in the state finals in '09 and 2011, with heelan fallinboth times. they met again in the first round of the class 4a state tournament. heelan ranked eighth -- waverly- shell rock is third. they split the first two sets tied at 18 in the third as waverly' krissa larson comos up with the kill to give the go-hawks a one point edge moments later it's larson again -- 20-18, it looks like the go-hawks are in control. but the crusaders rally. paige opsahl puts one home -- heelan wins set three 25 to 21. and the final game was all heelan as the attack error ends it --

plpl harlan in the semi'i' thursdayayt noon. five more siouxland teams playay wednesday. at noon in 3a, sgt. bluff- luton makes their first appearance at state since 1987, taking on kuemper catholic. in 2a, western christian and unity christian -- ranked first and second, each play at 2 o'clock. at 8 o'clock in 1a, top-ranked central lyon meets gehlen catholic. in south dakota, dakota valley's heading back to the state tournament. the second-ranked panthers beat beresford, 3- zip. the state tourney starts a week from thursday in sioux falls. the creighton football team has been dominant in nebraska's class d1 playoffs. the bulldogs have won by 66 points and by 40 points in the first two rounds to stay unbeaten. fourth-ranked creighton on the road in the quarterfinals to play number-9 high plains. a nice sunny day out in clarks, nebraska. creighton senior brook baller had a huge first half. he breaks free for a 33 yard gain. baller ran for 274 yards in the first two quarters. from close rangng the bulldogs pound it in with flback lane walton doing the honors from two yards out. creighton led 58-26 at the half. baller finished the game

creighton moves to 11 and 0, winning 72- 32. in d-2, unranked wynot wins on the road -- beating the defending state champs from exeter- milligan, 62-32. the blue devils move into monday's semifinals -- where they will play humphrey st. francis, who handed wynot their only loss this season, 24 to 20. in d1, #1 guardian angels central catholic falls to #2 b-d-s, 36 to 16. so creighton will play bds in the semi's on monday. clearwater-orchard scores 24 points in the 4th to beat elgin public, pope john 42-28. the iowa high school football sesefinals start thursday in n dar falls. sgt. bluff-luton will play in the class 3a semi's for the first time. the 8tranked warriors take on 7th-ranked norwalk. sgt. bluff-luton has been scoring a lot of points. the warriors scored a 3a playoff record 72 points in round two -- and are averaging 53 points in their three postseason wins. sbl is ging up 34 points a game in the playoffs and that has to improve. "we're going to have to continue

to play well on offense obviously and we're going to have to play better defense," said sbl head coach justin smith. "because now the competition just keeps getting better and we can't keep allowing 30 points per game and hope to come out on top." "we spend a lot of time on it and our offense is really explosive," said senior running back drew girres. "the line creates holes for us. us as running backs, we only have a good day if the lineman have a good day." "i'm really excited. we've been waiting for this for a long time," said senior linebacker sean kellogg. "it's been a dream of all of ours for a long time. every week our goal is to get better r d i really think we have done that." sbl and norwalk play at 5-30 on thursday in the uni-dome. the hawkeyes move up four spots to fifth in the new ncaa playoff standgs. the 9-0 hawks host minnesota on saturday night. the top four are clemson, alabama, ohio state and

students at holy cross schools, in sioux city, put aside their school uniforms this afternoon....f or a pair of sweats! that was thehereward, for students in n d through 8th grade students, for hitting their first-quarter reading goals. the goal was to read 1,700 books. and they exceeded that goal. students at blessed sacrament read more than 1,800 books and second graders at st. michael's, in leeds, read

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