are able to enjoy the things that they want to," said iowa state patrol chief, colonel michael van berkum. colonel van berkum says the iowa state patrol will always serve iowans the best they can-- no matter the amount of troopers there are out on the roads. tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> troopers say they hope to soon get numbers back up to what they were a decade ago. a cleghorn, iowa man was airlifted to a sioux city hospital after an accident on highway 3. investigators say benjamin barritt, of cleghorn, was traveling west on highway 3 when his car crossed the center line and struck the rear end of a semi. john hentry, of boone, was driving that semi. he wasn't hurt. but, rescue crews had to use "mechanical means" to free barritt from his car. he sustained severe, but non-life threatening injuries. barritt was flown to sioux city's mercy medical center. there's no word on baritt's condition, tonight. sioux city police continue to follow-up leads from thursday

downtown convenience store. tonight, we have a much closer look at the culprit. this is suveillence video released by police, this morning. you can see the cashier open the register for the suspect. the suspect then takes the entire cash drawer out of the register. and, sioux city police releasing video of another robbery that took place this afternoon on west 3rd street at nueva imagen. the suspect had a knife and she threw a board at him instead. the suspect is in his 50s or 60s with a gray beard. if you have any information about either robbery call the number on your screen. three boys that, authorities say, tortured and and killed a cat in stanton county, nebraska, will be charged as juveniles. the stanton county sheriff says the three boys will make their first appearances in court later this month. the incident was recorded using a cell phone, which has been seized as evidence. the boys potentially faced felony animal abuse charges if they were to be prosecuted as adults. the case was turned over to the nebraska attorney general's

citing a conflict of interest. a part of i-29 will be closed for about a year starting today. bridge and pavement reconstruction requires closure of the northbound i-29 off-ramp at floyd boulevard. that's exit 147. cording to the iowa dot, it will remain closed until november of next year. traffic wille redirected to exit 148. drivers will turn leftt on wesley parkway. signs will direct drivers onto soututound i- 29, and thenennto floyd boboevard. it was nice enough today but warmer weather is on the way. chief meteorologisis ron demers joins us now with the first l lk at our forecastst

despite it being friday the 13th, we were able to get rid of the wind yet keep the sun andndnjoy a fine friday afternoon. the warming trend we've felt the past couple of days will only increase this weekend as highs could go into the low 60s. the three democratic presidential candidates debate is in des moines, iowa, tomorrow night. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley will be there for the televised debate on cbs. ktiv's robert lowe will be there, too. he'll have coverage 4 at six." with the presidential election heating up a- a-r-p is getting involved. today they launched the "take a

stand" campaign, urging all presidential candidates to explain their campaign leaders say it's all about presidential candidates showing their leadership. "by expressing specific plans on how they would manage the social security and update the social security for the next 80 years," said kent sovern, aarp the effort is nationwide, but the campaign is focused in the three early voting state iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. the holiday season is a time of happiness, but it's also a time where there's a bigger need to give back. to help fill tt void, the sioux city professional fire fighters, local 7 is stepping in. today they presented donations to various groups in town. a total of 8,000 dollars was donated. "we thank the communitfor their continued support that we get throughought the year. we always get really great support and we want to take this opporunity, to give back," said lieutenant ed voloshen, sioux city fire rescue. the food bank of siouxland recieved a 1,000 dollar donation.

aoney is helpful year round, but things get tighter during the holiday season. "no, it does become extra challenging this time of year, so the support to day is incredible," said linda scheid, executive director of the food bank of siouxland, linda scheid says each dollar allows the food bank to get 13 pounds of food. (matt) still to come... the wait is over...santa claus is back to work. see where you photo taken with him. if you work hard, and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.

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american consumers are demanding more cage- free eggs from restaurants and stores and those businesses and their suppliers are heeding the call. the nation's three largest egg producers are replacing caged systems with cage-free hen houses after large food chains including mcdonald's, starbucks and most

recently, panera bread, started requiring suppliers to go cage-free. farmers say they'll accommodate the demand as long as consumers pay significantly more for cage-free and organic eggs. still to come... your kids aren't the only ones who can take a picture with old saint nick. see where you can take the

if you think there's no solution to the climate crisis, think again. in iowa, wind energy is already producing enough power for over a million homes, reducing our dependence on foreign oil and supporting six thousand jobs. i'm tom steyer. with bold leadership and an endless supply of wind and sun, we can do that across america. the goal is 50% clean energy by 2030.

is back on the job. if your kids have been working on their wish lists, the wait to share it with santa claus is over. santa will be at the southern hills mall in sioux city starting today until christmas eve. tonight kicks off the first round of annual family photos with furry friends taken by the siouxland humane society. the annual "paws 'n claus" event is underway at the old knoepfler outlet napa

building on singing hills boulevard. it offers families a chance to pose with their pets for a family photo or greeting card. although tonig is all booked, there's still five more days of photoshoots. this year there's a new holiday set and there will be holiday pet items for sale. for details on pricing or to book a sitting visit k kv dot coand the link will be inside the story. e holiday tour of hos kicks off next week. the annual tradition features beautiful locations s the area all deckededut for the festive chririmas season. this year the tour will travel through mes in the dakota dunes area. plus, the event raises money for big brbrher big ster of siouxland :51 "all the money stays in n siouxld d to help us with the mentoring program and help make a difference in the lives s approximently 400 children we work w wh," said mike skaggs, big brothers big sisters of siouxland. the holiday tour of homes takes place next thursday through saturday from 9:30 a.m. through 6:30 p.m. for tickets call big brothers big sisters at the number on your screen. brad pautsch is on assignment - mark freund sitting in tonight.

(mark) but brad will join us in a few minutes with state football action from cedar falls. akron-westfield playing mount ayr in the class a semifinals. a full recap of that game, is next. plus, emerson- hubbard plays in the state volleyball semifinals at the pinnacle bank arena in lincoln. sportsfource is next.

stories in the iowa high school football playoffs. the westerners were in the class 1a semifinals in the uni-dome -- and one more upset would put them in the state title game. ktiv sports director brad pautsch has more. brad says, "akron-westfield wasn't even getting votes in the final class a rankings of the season. but after wins over fifth-ranked logan- magnolia and third-ranked west sioux, a win over number-9 mount ayr would give the westerners a spot in next week's title game aw came in with the top passing game in the state and they threw it all over the uni-dome. tied at 14 at the half, cal eskra finds aaron allard to make it 21-14. first play of 4th, eskra to kyle anderson. 28-21 aw back in front. now tied 28-28 with 3:00 left. kyle dolacek makes 1-haed grab for a 29-yard td. mt. ayr up 35-28. just over a minute left. eskra to austin allard 18 yds. aw down 35-34. eskra t`rew unofficially

yards. aw goes for 2. eskra to dylan irazarri for the 2oint conversion and the 36-35 win, keeping their dream season alive. "the last drive, we do that every day," said akron-westfield head coach eric walkingstick. " look at the clock and a lot of the time, when there's three mimites left, our kids are laughing because we go no-huddle and the tempo stuff. it didn really phase us too much. we f flt comfortabbe, we've been there before, and they y performed." "it was a crazy decision," said eskra. " "was totally behind h h on it. i believe in o or guys, we wanted it bad, and just ininhat moment, i know we wanted d . we were neverr out of the gamemei felt like we were e control l e whole time, and that two-point convnvsion was awesome." akron-westfield willlllay in the class a championship game next ththsday at 1:30. in ceded falls, brad pautsch, ktiv sports fource.e. semifinals in nebraska's class c are tonight - top-ranked norfolk catholic out to an early lead over number-2 boys town in c-1. battle creek and oakland-craig meet in oakland at 7 o clock in

c-2 - we'll have highlights of both games tonight at 10. it's semifinal day at the nebraska state volleyball tournament in lincoln. emerson-hubbard and o'neill st. mary's are both top seeds, and morning. emerson-hubbard, the top seed in johnson- brock. second set - look at the defense by payton blanke - getting a hand on it - and getting rewarded with a prove important. because the pirates would win the set by just two points, 25-23 - shelby utech with the block as e-h evens the match at 1. the pirates play well in the third set too - kylie belt with the set winner from their first appearance in the state finals. but the pirates drop set 4 - and then ran out of gas - losing the fifth set 15-7. emerson-hubbard will play for third place, falling 3-2. "i think that fifth set, we were

nervous," said emerson-hubbard head coach kendra boden. "i think we thought we had them in that fourth set. we were playing really well, they came back and got us. that fifth set, got nervous, and maybe played a little bit scared, and i think that's what did it for us." in d-2, top-seeded o'neill st. mary's, taking on fifth-seeded hampton. first set - cardinals setting it up for emily pongratz - too much for hampton to handle - st. mary's with a good start. but the hawks hung tough all day - tristin mason with the big block at the net - hamptotogiving the cards aa run. but backckomes st. mary's - riley sibibl - huge kill to thehe floor - but st. . mary's actually lost the first set - and needed 5 sets to close out hampton. but sibbel leads the cardinals to the victory - st. mary's is the two-time defending state champs in class d-1 - but they're on to the finals in d-2 with a 3-2 win. other state semifinals from lincoln - in class c2 third-seeded stanton tops

the mustangs will meet hastings st. cecilia in the final - the hawkettes beat guardian angels central catholic of west point, 3-1. the c-2 final is tomorrow at 1-o- clock. western christian is playing for a class 2a state championship in cedar rapids. the wolfpack, currently out on the court against sumner-fredericksbur g. wolfpack came out with a tenacity and on a mission hungry for the 2a ttitle kaarsyn winterfeld got the wolfpack off to a strong start with two aces to open the first set. defense at the net working too - kaira moss and ashtyn veerbeek combine to block the spike - wolfpack claim set one, 25-16. early in the second set - kaira moss kills this one - right now it's in the 4th set - western leads it 2-1 - we'll have a full recap coming up tonight at 10. iowa state basketball, opening its season up at the pentagon in sioux falls - against colorado. first half - monte morris - the alley - jameel mckay - the oop - with authority

- morris was one of four iowa state scorers in double figures. - cyclones led 30-25 at the half second half now - georges niang - ahead to morris - the nifty finish - forces a buffalo timeout - and steve prohm is 1-0 as iowa state's head coach - the cyclones win it 68-62. the son of a polish immigrantt who grew up in a brooklyn tenenent. he wenento public schools, then college, whwhe the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermrmt, won n ection and praise as one of america's'sest mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families ananfor 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,

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tonight on k-t-i-v and n-b-c, undateable starts at 7 followed by truth be told at 7:30, grimm at 8 and dateline nbc at 9. then tonight on news four at ten.... at least 60 people were killed late in paris today and even more are being held hostage. we'll bring you the latest from france.

it's friday, which means it's our favorite time of the week...pick of the litter! this week's furry friend is little harper. she's a one-year-old female terrier breed. the humane society staff say harper is very sweet, loves getting lots of attention and being pampered. they also say she is a snuggle bug. to adopt harper or any other animal, stop by the siouxland humane society or call the number on your screen. tonight: clear and cool. low: 29 wind: s 5-10 mph tomorrow: sunny. high: 62 wind: s 10-20 mph thanks for joining us tonight... et is up next... don't forget to go t we turn and she is there. >> attacked on a hollywood street. >> we have her only on camera interview about her alleged

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