"either a walnut bowl where you put a pole in the middle," said ruthie warren. her daughter says she's even rebuilt six houses. "made stairs on the outisde, stuccoed, plastered," said rebecca warren. at her age, warren relies on her faith to help finish the job if she needs it. "i sleep on it and god helps me in daytime," said ruthie warren. but she makes sure others have what they need to. once dug out, she plans to get two thanksgiving turkeys and two pies. one for her family, the other "for a neighbor of my daughters," said ruthie warren. " they're a little hard up for money." in sioux city "this will melt pretty soon," said ruthie warren. sam curtiss "it won't last," said ruthie warren. ktiv news four. warren will turn 81 in december. her father lived to over a hundred. something she says she'll do too. digging out might not be that fun, but with fresh snow on the

fun today.. "oh my gosh," said a sledder. "watch out," screamed the sledder. sertoma park in sioux city was packed with sledders and a few snowboarder s. many coming out to enjoy the snow before it melts. sertoma park is one of two public places in sioux city to legally sled, the other is grandview park. some say it's a great family atmosphere and it was tough to find a kid who didn't enjoy it. "pretty fun but once you wipe out on a snowboard it kind of hurts," said tristan monk. "it was intense at first because the snow just hit ya, ya know," said dominic eastman signs at those parks designate where and when you can sled. sledding was happening from the west to the eastern part of the state. several families out today at allison henderon park and bunker hill golf course in dubuque...enoying the snow by sledding. last year, the city of dubuque banned sledding at most of parks because of worries over lawsuits if someone got hurt. parents say

"i think it's great, you know. everyone just gotta keep safe when their doing it like anything, you know. just gotta watch what their doing and i'm glad they allowed this again...especially after this snowfall." now -- these kids can have fun again since earlier this year the sledding bill was signed into law by gov. branstad...mak ing iowa cities not resonsible if someone got hurt. whiteout conditions a lot of funf for kids, but the future conditions may not be so great for holiday travelers meterologist ben dorenbach joins us with more, ben usually a cold snap will follow a major snowfall like yesterday's, and that's exactly what happened! some places like spencer, iowa registered sub-zero low temperatures early this morning, and quite a few of our evening wind chills are close to those very same marks. see graphics. your 7-day forecast is coming

most siouxlanders are dealing with the first winter storm of the season. but, a number of residents in sioux center, iowa took on the storm without power. community members say they heard what sounded like an "explosion." ktiv's tommie clark was on scene this morning and brings us late details.

could be several days before everyone has their power back." once on scene, firefighters found no fire to control, because the damage was done. nce then they've been working with the city to restore power. "it's a major undertaking to try to accomplish all of that and get power and service back to people because now we're into winter and we want to make sure people are taken care of," said sioux center city manager, paul clousing. >> in the mean time, the red cross has set up a shelter at sioux center community high school. residents of sioux center are helping out too "i woke up and my power was on that was probably at about 9 o'clock this morning. but for the others in town i might run up there a little bit later and find out if there's anything we can pitch in and help out with," said sioux center resident, john renken. "we understand that this is inconvenient and difficult the holidays are coming, but it's onn of the unique parts of sioux centtr we look out for one another we have neighbors lots of people have friends and familities and it ultimately will pull people together and i expect there will be some great games of monopoly played today," said public information officer for sioux center fire

the core area without power was in the center of the city from 3rd street down to 9th street. but, most folks in that area should see power tonight. for now, officials are stressing safety to people. they say not to panic, but rather be patient. city officials want to remind residents to conserve water through the evening. and, residents who live in the parts of the community that are unlikely to get power restored--need to monitor their home temperature. officials don't think freezing pipes should be a concern, but they want to remind people to not let their house get low 30 degrees. "it's amazing not even four, five days ago we were wearing short sleeve t-shirts now we have a foot of snow and we're worried about people being cold in their house...what do ya do," said sioux center community high school principal, gary mceldowney. in the next few days the city will make permananet repairs to the damaged substation. in addition to the second substation, a temporary substation has been set up to help residents still without power. turning our attention overseas, a terrorist attack on a hotel in the west african nation of mali killed at least

20 people, including one american. anita datar lived in maryland and worked for an international development agency. president obama, speaking in malaysia, said the "barbarity" shown by islamic extremists yesterday in mali's capital "only stiffens our resolve e meet this challenge." one week aftft the terrorist attacks that killed 130 people, thousands of parisians turned out for a friday night on the streets of paris. many paid tribute to those killed in the attacks. some lit candles. others stood in silence at the many makeshift memorials. coming up on news 4 at 10 saturdays are for college football, but northern iowa team scored a big upset o o the hardwood. mark's in later withthho it was

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theatre tomorrow afternoon. briar cliff professor dr. richard steinbach will be playing his new album called "fususn" for the first time on a stage in siouxland. he actually premiered the album during a show at carnegie hall in new york city back in june. earlier this year, ktiv's ron demers featured him in a special report. he use to be ron's piano instructor at briar cliff. the two even played a duet. tomorrow's performance at the orpheum theatre starts at 4:00 p.m. still to come here on news 4 at 10 fans in iowa city braved the cold weather with a chance to see the hawkeyes remain perfect.

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morning from the winter storm... despite frigid temeraturues and lots of snow -- loyal hawkeye fans came out to support their team. hillary maglin has the detetls

matter whaa i mean, if they're playing in it, we can obviously be in the stands and we can still support them." the fans that came to the hawkeye game agreed... snow and freezing temperatures won't stop them from being loyal to their team. (sot) "bottom line is, hawks, awesome. been in cold weather games, doesn't matter. this is great." >> a lot of those fans also said they hoped their adrenaline would help them not even feel the below freezing temperatures in the stadium. mark's in with sports - some great college foototll action today. (mark) iowa coming up with a win and morningside with a thriller at home to open the naia playoffs. you'll want to see these highlights coming up after the break. plus, the musketeers are back at home against a repeat opponent.

for morningside. the top-ranked mustangs opened up the n-a-i-a football championship series against saint xavier of illinois. both morningside and the cougars lost in the semifinal round of last year's playoffs - but they played a dandy today at olsen stadium. good job by the morningside staff to get the field cleared in time for this thriller. st. xavier got out to a 14-nothing lead in the first quarter - john rhode finds dennis vilimek for a 16 yard touchdown - rhode threw 7 touchdown passes on the day. second quarter - mustangs down 21- 10 - but some great blocking downfield for connor niles - 27 yards - morningside took a 3-point lead into the half. but st. xavier comes roaring back in the 4th quarter - stephen simms - the cougars have a 54-40 lead with 6 minutes to go. here's morningside - scoring twice in the final four and a half minutes - ryan

the game-tying score with under a minute to go. we would go four, yes, four overtimes - but after the mustang defense holds - tyler kavan finishes things off with a 13 yard touchdown run. offense - over 200 plays - but it's morningside moving on in comeback fashion - what a game, 75-69. after weweame back from two touchdowns, we believed we were going to win the game," said morningside head coach steve ryan. "we had a chance in the first overtime, and we gave it away.we just kept playing, kept playing, and it worked out for us, so it was fantastic." "the guys kept playing, they fought, they played hard, phenomenal game." the second round naia pairings will be announced nonoater than sunday - -f seeds hold, morninide will host tabor next weekend. with the wins piling up - so does the pressure for iowa. but the hawkeyes have done a

keep winning, looking to move to 11-and-0 against purdue. in this season of firsts, a win would give the hawkeyes another "first" - their first appearance in ththbig ten championship game. at's right - iowa clinches the big tev west with a victory. first quarter - hawks up 7-0 - leshun daniels bounces it outside - finds the seam and is in for a 13 yard touchdown - his second score of the day - 14-nothing iowa. it's 20-nothing in the second - purdue on the move, though - markell jones scores - purdue was actually within a touchchwn in the 3rd. but in the third - c.j. beathard - over the middle to george kittle - 35 yard touchdown - iowa pulled away late - to iowa state - on the road at kansas state. second quarter, game tied at 7 - joel lanning - on the fake - ininrom a few yards out - iowa state takes a tocuhdown lead. and they'd build that lead to 35-14 at the half - lanning to allen lazard - just gets the foot down - those

two connected twice for scores. but k-state shuts out the cyclones in the second half - scores with 42 then on the ensuing iowa state possession - they force the fumble on lanning - wildcatsts recover - - d kick the game- winning 42-yard field goal. meltdown in manhattan - iowa state falls, 38-35. on their current four-game losing streak, the musketeers have scored just 7 total goals. sioux city, looking to snap the losing skid at home against green bay, the first-t-ace team in the eastern conference. the gamblers beat the musketeers 3-1 last night. green bay - gets a dangerous attack 20 seconds in - former musketeer sam saliba rips a shot to the near post but evan smith grabs it in his right arm. later in the period - saliba walks in - finds joey marooney who lines up a shot - but smith with

after a period. second period - another puck finds its way deep into the zone - but smith covers it up - he recorded 28 saves - and the musketeers snap their losing streak, 2-1. college hoops - uni hosting top-ranked north carolina. first half - wes washpun - driving - oh no - a savage throw down - washpun had a huge game. time winding down in the half - washpun takes - one dribble - 60 feet out - money - uni down 9 at the half. but the panthers storm back and have a 3 point lead in the final minutes - washpun - 21 points - 8 assists - doing it all for uni. rolina has a shot with time wiwiing down - but the tar heels throw it away. upset! northern iowa takes down

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