nebraska's governor took to twitter monday. peteteicketts asked his s ste not participipe in the resettlement of syrian refugees. in south dakota, dennis dugaard wants the federal goverment to re-examine background checks... adding "it's very unlikely any syrian refugees end up in south dakota." at the mary treglia house, in sioux city, workers help immigrants, from many nations, adapt totoew communities.s. amy abraham is an immigrant lawyer there. she says she's saddened by the governors' rerks. "i understand the sentiment behind it," said amy abraham. "these people are fleeing isis, or depending on where they're from. they're fleeing horrible situations. they're victims, most all of them." there aren't many syrian refugees in the three siouxland states... if any. officials in nebraska say they've had no syrian refugees through resettlement. in iowa, officials also report no syrian refugees this s ar. and soututdakota hasn't had an in three years. the process of resettlement for refugees is a long one. "years usually," said amy

come here. i think that there already is a very strenuous screening process." some lawmakers don't see it that way, and blame the obama administration for the situation, today. "the failure of this administration's middle east policy is why we have a refugee crisis today," said iowa senator chuck grassley. =============== abraham says they would help any syrian refugee if one came to them. as for the governors, who want to block refugees, that's a decision that's ultimately up to the federal government. in the newsroom, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. totoorrow, the u.s. housuswill vote to demand tighter screening in lht of president obama's plans to bring 10,000 syrian refugees to the united states. sot: house speaker paul ryan (r) wisconsin :18-:25 "it would mean a pause in the program until we can be certain beyond any doubt that those coming here are not a threat." the president defended the prigram saying each refugee would get months of

security checks by agencies... including the cia. sot: john brennan, cia director :38-:42 "the backgrounds of these individuals as well as what their intentions might be." in the meantime,e,ussian president vladamir putin has a new alliance with france to strike in syria. republican presidential candidate jeb bush is backing, what he calls, a "massive use" of u-s combat forces. president obama says "no" to that option. fresh off his s dorsement of republican presidential candidate ted cruz, western iowa congressman steve king will campaign for the texas senator, in sioux city, on friday. both king and cruz will headline an event, on the briar cliff university campus, friday morning. they'll kick off a weekend of campaign stops at the stark student center a a10 o'clock. dr. ben carson will also campaign in northwest iowa on friday. he'll hold a rally at the airport, in spencer, iowa, at 3:30 friday afternoon. doors open at 2:30 p.m. we have snow and heavy winds headed our way. but just how bad is ththweather going to get? we'll toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers to find out. wind advisory in effect thursday 8

winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it was another day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixi in for some locations, especially to the system exits, the wind is going to become gusty and a for thursday for most of the ktiv viewing area with winds gusting over 40 miles per hour (but at least clearing will be short-lived as our next storm system moves in on friday with good chances of snow. tonight, much of merrill, iowa is without power. tonight, much of merrill, iowa is without power. midamerican energygyeports two

affecting 422 customers. there's no word on what caused the outage, or how long it might take to fix the problem. sac county sheriff's office released the names of three men injured in an explosion at the proliant plant in n tton, iowa last night. 34-year-old earl moore of ohio was inside a large storage tank to patch a seam when the explosion occurred. the other two victims were identified as 32-year old manuel ruiz of ohio was assisting 52- year old dana boom of lake view, iowa. they were in the room at the time of the explosion. moore and ruiz were transported to loring hospital in sac city, ia they were then taken to the university of nebraska of medical center in omaha. boom was transported to stewart memorial hospital in lake city where he was treated and released. "right now they're trying to focus on whwh caused the explosioioinside this tank. moore was actctlly inside this large storage tank, getting ready to weld when it exploded." investigators are still trying to determine the cause. the plant resumed production

authorities have made an arrest in a northwest iowa death. this afternoon, the calhoun county attorney announced the arrest of 48-year-old freddy crisp, of pomeroy, iowa, in the death of a north dakota man. crisp is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 41-year old dale e rrie potter. potter's body was found back on november 10th at a home in pomeroy. crisp is in the sac county jail, tonight. charges have been dropped against a man who was arrested in october for a sioux city shooting. 23-year-old mykale johnson was ininially chchged with aggravated domestic and carrying a weapon. those charges have been dropped. johnson was involved in the shooting incident at the 1400 block of isabella street in sioux city in october. authorities said 35 year- old nadia broady and johnson were engaged in a mutual domestst asasult, where a handgun was involved. during the struggle, the gun went off. johnson was shot in the hand, while an unnamed female was hit in the chest. broady has pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm,

domestic abuse assault and reckless use of a firearm in an incident. a sioux city man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of sexual abuse. investigators say 20-year- old alex anderson met up with the 13-year-old female victim at the icu waiting room at mercy medical center. he then kissed her several times and put his hand in hererhorts. authoritits 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. a pretrial hearing is set for march 2016. a judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a woman charged f flowing an arson-n-lated fire. 28-year old cassie zoubek was set to stand trial on charges of witness tampering stemming from a felony second- degree arson conviction after zoubek was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison in july. zoubek pleaded guilty for her role in burning wn a mobile home, ininorfolk, in october 2014. on the witness tampering charge, zoubek is accused of asking a friend to lie about her whereabouts on the night the mobile home was set on fire.

today, a judge declared a mistrial after three of the jurors selected for the 12-person jury declared business and personal conflicts that could interfere with a potential trial. a new jury will be selected and a new trial date is expected to be set for december. united airlines appears to have support of the sioux gateway airport board of directors in its bid for federal funding to rve sioux city. in a letter to the department of transportatio n, airport board president darrel jesse acknowledges the enviable position they are in, quote "to be courted by two of the leading, world class airlines." united airlines, and american airlines, which currently serves sioux gateway, haha both made bids for federal funds to serve sioux city under the essential air service program. but, united's bid is nearly one-million dollars less than the bid american submitted. jesse says he understands that the dot traditionally accepts the lower bid for service to chicago's o'hare airport. united has the lower bid. jesse says the airport board would support united's lection. still to come.... deals and savings every 5

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am until 6 pm winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it was another day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixing in for some locations, especially to the east of sioux city. as this system exits, the wind is going to become gusty and a a nd advisory has been issued foror thursday for most of the ktt ewing area with winds gusting over 40 miles per hour (but at least we'll see the sun). the clearing will be short-lived as our next storm system moves in on friday with good chances of snow. exact amounts will still

siouxland under a winter storm watch for the day on friday as the snow would develop in the morning and then move out by friday evening. skies will become brighter for the weekend but it will be feeling like winter with highs only in the 20s and

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minutes, starting this friday through black friday. last year, promotions were launched every ten minutes and didn't start until the friday after thanksgiving. amazon will host up to ten deals on thanksgsging, and ten more on black friday, plus more than 150 limited-time "lightning deals" on its mobile shopping app. deals include up to 45- percent off samsung and lg tv's, and half off toy brands including barbie and hot wheels. american airlines s s joined delta and d ited in changing itsts frequent flyer program. instead of earning miles based on miles flown, loyalty members will earn miles based on the price of a ticket. the move will take effect in the 2nd half of next year. industry experts say the the chchges will an fewer points willlle awarded to travelers who fly primarary on discount fares or sale prices. still to come.... we'll take you inside of the walls of a south dakota prison, and talk about the programs to help prisoners transition back into society.

correctional facilities. ktiv's sheila brummer with the details from springfield, south dakota site of the mike durfee state prison.

springfield. clip #2 :39 "our offenders live in the old dorms that were the college setting." they are able to walk around. :52 they aren't kept in cells like you would normally think is as a traditional prison setting.", said deputy warden jennifer stanwick. the prison is home to many programs. those incarerated can learn to read and take classes torward completing their ged. there's vocational education classes in trades such as welding, auto body, mechanics and landscaping. clip 1 12:24 "a lot of guys haven't had a scene of accomplishment and getting their ged a lot of times they haven't had something positive like that in their life," said jennifer stanwick. plus, treatments available for those with drug and alcohol issues as well as sex offenders. many of the inmates hold down jobs, where they receive twenty-five cents an hour doing everything from garmet making, t-shirt screening and building houses. 1:49 clip 1 "they are all learning skills and looking forward to giving back to the communities where they came from," said deputy warden jennifer stanwick. the goal for those in charge at the prison say they want to prepare the inmates here for life outside of these prison walls. in springfield, south dakota with

chief photographer jordan ogren, sheila brummer ktiv news 4. >> the prisoners also take part in a special dog training program with noah's hope, a rescue group from sioux city. tomorrow night. on news 4 you'll meet the canines getting hands-on help from inmates through two different programs. we'll feature the first program "hounds of hope" tomorrow night on ktiv news 4. still to come.... an increase in sexually transmitted diseases.

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d's increased dramatically in 2014. 1-point-4 million cases of chlamydia were reported. the cdc says that's the highest "number of annual cases of any condition ever reported to the cdc." reports of gonorrhea and syphilis also increased in 2014. according to the report....there was a particularly "troubling" increase in syphilis infections among men. alarming new research finds about 15-percent of women are raped - while incapacitated from drugs or alcohol - during their first year of college. the study of 500 freshmen found those who had been rape victims before college were more likely to be assaulted again. and young women who said they believed alcohol enhances a sexual experience -- were also at a higher risk of incapacitated rape. more than 23-million americans who have used drugs in the past now qualify for a diagnosis of drug use disorder.

researchers from the national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism evaluated data from a survey that included interviews with a large group of adults. they found that nearly 10 percent of americans had a lifetime diagnosis of drug use disorder, or dud, due to prior drug use. drug use disorder relates to things such as an increased risk for suicidal behavior and a reduction in quality of life and infectious diseases such as hiv and hepatitis. experts say less than a quarter of those with the disorder get proper treatment. brad's here -- with college basketball highlights. the gpac opened their conference schedule tonight. ranked teams from briar cliff were in action against dakota wesleyan. and, spirit lake and western christian talk about friday's state championship games. sports fource is next.

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the busiest travel times of the year. we'll tell you what places to stay away from to avoid the crowds. team. the ninth-ranked chargers -- at 4 and 1, were hosting number-24 top-scoring team in the conference -- averaging over 92 points a game. t-shirts to honor their late coach. both teams kept up a quick pace -- austin lefler nails 3 of his team-high 19 points -- chargers go up 7 early. wesleyan goes on a 22-7 run. trae bergh with a l-o-n-g three-pointer. tigers led 50 to 46 at the half. bc tries to catch up. bryan forbes muscles his way to the bucket for the layin. he had 18. and then, clay harreld, looks and launches -- he had five three's and 17 points but it's not enough.

dakota wesleyan wins 101-95. the 7th-ranked briar cliff women, trying to improve to 6-0 against dwu. the chargers led by 13 at the half, but the tigers cut the lead to 8. amber bray gets 2 of her team-high 14 points. but briar cliff pulls ahead. jessie corrick gets the hoop and the hack. chargers up 13, going to the 4th quarter. bc keeps that double digit lead. kaylee blake scoops in 2 of her 11 on the night. then, corrick feeds morgan hansen -- she led the chargers with 14 and briar cliff wins 70 to 55. other gpac scores. the top-ranked morningside women -- trailed in the second half, but beat mount marty 68-58. ryan tegtmeier had 20 points as the mustang men also win, 85-60. the 13th-ranked dordt men stop northwestern 89 to 80. in the women's game, the defenders also take it 64-53. that's dordt's first win over the red raider women in 18 years. round one of the northern sun volleyball tourney -- 8th-ranked

wayne state loses to #7 minnesota-duluth 3-1.. the wildcats are 24-7 and have to wait and see about a big to the ncaa division ii tourney. northwest iowa could have as many as four state football champions by the end of the week. we heard from mmc and akron-westfield last night -- they play on thursday. western christian and spirit lake play in their title games on friday. the first game on friday has western christian taking on iowa city regina in class 1a at 11:00 a-m. it's the first championship game for the eight-ranked wolfpack. regina has won five straight state titles -- that's an iowa state record -- and have won 81 of their last 83 games. western christian just started playing varsity football in 2- thousand-4, so their program has come a long way. "we knew as a program, especially football, you don't just all of a sudden get good," said western christian head coach travis kooima. "it takes a bunch of small steps and that's what we did. we've taken a bunch of small steps over the past 12 years. again, a testament to our players, our coaches, for just buying in." "it would be huge for our school,

our program and just everyone who has fought for this program to get it going," said western christian sophomore ben granstra. the 2a title game features spirit lake against mount vernon at 2 o'clock. the second-ranked indians are undefeated, at 13 and 0. ninth-ranked mount vernon has three titles, the last coming in 1994. spirit lake won their only title in 2012, when the current seniors were in ninth grade. "as of right now, it's just a great feeling to get back there," said spirit lake senior logan backhaus. "we were just little freshman running up and down the sidelines four years ago when we won it. we're just looking to do the same thing those guys did. we really look up to them." "we just need to continue to focus on getting better," said spirit lake head coach josh bolluyt. "we have an opportunity to come down here and play a game. the focus will be on us and what we need to do to get better this week." sports fource will be in cedar falls for all the title games. here is thursday's schedule. at 10 am, marcus meriden cleghorn takes on gilbertville- don bosco in the 8-man final. it's the last game for m-m- c, who will merge with remsen-union next year. at 1-30, un-ranked akron-westfield faces gladbrook-

reinbeck for the class a championship. see highlights and interviews tomorrow at 6 and 10. tonight: clearing skies. low: 27 wind:

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