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custody and the other two were shot. the buildings under attack included about 670 staff memers who help people with developmenta l disabilities. :12 "all a sudden it was like boom.. and i was behind the buildling and heard all of the shots." :21 at least 14 people were injured in the attack by heavily-armed gunmen. the president offered his condolences to the victims and their families today. president obama says, "our hearts go out to the victims and the families. the one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world." the president says there needs to be stronger background checks when it comes to gun safety laws. watch for contining coverage of the deadly shooting tonight on news 4 at 10 and during a special expanded version of the nbc nightly news with lester holt at 6:30
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streaming at ktiv.com. six months after her death, there's a new push today to find answers in the death of a sioux city woman. a $5,000 reward is now being offered in the homicide investigation of alicia hummel. her body was found on june 1st near a boat dock at myron grove outside of vermillion, south dakota. an autopsy showed she drowned but her neck was cut and she was beat in the head. anyone with information in the case is asked to contact the clay county sheriff's office at 605-677-7100. authorities in clay county, iowa today released information surrounding a shooting over the weekend in everly, iowa. fifty-seven-year-old michael shorey faces charges of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and reckless use of a firearm. the shooting happened sunday at a home on west 3rd street. the sheriff says shorey grabbed a gun and shot into the ground during an argument. an arrest has been made in an armed robbery in north sioux city, south dakota.
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morning at the casey's general store on river drive. 25-year-old mykel booth from atlanta was picked up today in sioux falls. he faces several charges including first degree robbery, assault and grand theft. investigators say he threatened people inside of the casey's with a gun before taking off with cash. the sun reappeared today but it might get cold again tonight. for more on that, we'll toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers. weather ad-lib after two straight days of snow, it was wonderful to see the sun reappear for siouxland today! we'll keep the clear skies tonight and with the snow melt, we could see some
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ourselves of the fog thursday morning, we'll have another day of sunshine and temperatures should get just above freezing. state democratic lawmakers are showing concern over iowa governor terry branstad's plan to privatize medicaid. ktiv's tiffany lane is at western iowa tech in sioux city where there was a public forum. tiffany? robert, there are some lawmakers saying that services under governor branstad's program won't reach
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minutes ago, they addressed the move for people who will be impacted. there were about a dozen people that showed up to the event. monday, branstad said there's no reason to delay the plans for the program. that's even though a judge recommended the state throw out one of four contracts awarded to companies to run it. state representativ e chris hall- one of the event's organizers- says he is concerned. "this is beginning to become a partisan issue...uh, the governor has really moved forward very forcefully in trying to privatize medicaid. democrats have said let's at least pause, let's be thoughtful of how this moves forward." said representative chris hall. iowa will shift the four-point-two billion dollar medicaid program to private management starting on january first. i spoke with a community member who says ..... i will have that story coming up at ten. with live link 4 and chief photographer jordan ogren,
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there's a push to legalize medical marijuana in nebraska. two meetings were held in norfolk and dakota city today. nebraska senator tommy garrett recently took a trip to minnesota last month to study how that state has implimented strict medical marijuana bill. he says he's not in favor of recreational legalization. but, he does say giving families an alternative to a treatment has shown success. "we've done our homework. i'm here to tell you that cannabis has medical efficacy and can really help a lot of people." the pierce county sheriff says he is not in favor of legalizing marijuana in the state. plans for major developments in and around sioux city will be unveiled tomorrow. ho-chunk capital is planning several different projects including living and retail space including this location on virginia street in downtown sioux city. a news conference is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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ktiv news 4. some of the country's best college athletes are showing some special olympics athletes a few new moves mn the court. volleyball players from teams competing in the naia women's volleyball tournament in sioux city took time away from practice for the floor time with the special olympians. the annual clinic at the tyson events center pairs up the atheletes with special needs with the college players to help foster new friendships. it's also a chance for all the athletes to learn from each other. "it's actually amazing because you can meet them and you can say hello and high five them," says gerardo robles, with the west middle school special olympic team. "it's better standing right here instead of standing up there and say hi and shake hands," says evan longwell with the west middle school special olympics team. "because we get to play with a lot of people and we get to know more people," says alex perez with the west middle school special olympics team. the volleyball players say it's a great way to give back and get to know people from the community. eight naia volleyball teams and about a hundred special olympians from siouxland took part in the clinic. still to come... a look at one woman's journey living with what some call the "invisible
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at the first world conference on climate change, the challenge seemed insurmountable. but today, as world leaders come together in paris, the solutions are clear. with a real commitment to clean energy, we can tackle the climate crisis, end our dependence on oil from foreign countries, and create millions of american jobs. but none of it will happen unless america leads.
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thousands of pigs died in a fire last night at a hog confinement in southeast iowa's washington county. the fire broke out around 9:30 last night. 4-thousand pigs died in the fire, and the building housing them is a total loss, but no people were injured. the fire started started back up this morning. still to come... we'll take a look at one woman's journey with crohn's disease and what you can do to help those in your life with the illness.
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and one mercy medical center doctor says it's common enough that he sees it on a day-to-day basis. crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract. when you have it, your body's immune system begins attacking healthy cells. anyone can develop it at any age and doctors still don't know what exactly causes it. it can be genetic, but most of the time people deveop it sporadically. and, the progression is different for everyone. "i think people aren't as aware of crohn's and ulcerative colitis and things like that because we just don't talk about it. it's kind of on the do not talk about list if you will when we talk about our gi track system and things like that. so we're much more likely to talk about heart disease or kidney disease or things like that, but when it comes to gi issues as aasociety i think we just don't talk about it as much," said pediatric and internal medicine specialist at mercy medical center, dr. steven joyce. dr. joyce says it's important to recognize the symptoms including unexplained abdominal pain, blood in stools, fever, and joint pain. siouxlanders should get to the
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washburn wouldn't have it any other wawa "i think that it's made me the person that i am today. there's a lot of things in life that we take for granted and i think when you have a disease like this where it limits what you can do...it makes you really appreciate the day-to-day stuff a lot more," said crohn's disease patient, lindsay washburn. her husband, jeremy, says it's changed his life too. "i've developed some empathy for others that are suffering through diseases that affect their qualaly of life and it's not always obvious that they're sick ," said washburn's husband, jeremy mcclure. washburn along with her support system like her husband and family and friends-- are working towards a better life. "i'll never be quote on quote normal because you never quite get there, but i can at least try and get back to how i used to be," said crohn's disease patient, lindsay washburn. "washburn says she's come a longg way y her recovery, but she still has a long way to go. for now she plans to work to stay healthy, take her medication, and just take one step at a time." >>
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documented her crohn's flare up on facebook and other social media platforms. she says social media is big with the crohn's community. washburn makes new post on her blog and writes poetry. she's also done a photo shoot to show how the disease affects your body. she says even if it's helped one person, it's worth it. "crohn's disease is an invisible illness and just because someone looks ok on the outside doesn't mean they're not sick on the inside because you think someone looks a certrtn way, you have no idea what they're going through," said crohn's disease patient, lindsay washburn. washburn says the biggest thing you can do to help people with crohn's is to be supportive. she will continue to tell her story and make as many people as possible aware of the disease. brad's here -- the awards keep rolling in for the hawkeyes. kirk ferentz is the big ten coach of the year for the fourth time, putting him in some elite company. and, morningside is just two
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'02, 04 and '09. he's now seventh all- time in big ten wins. this year's team has set a school-record with 12 wins. it's the fifth time a ferentz team has had double digit wins. as usual, he knows winning an award won't help iowa beat the spartans. "we've played in a lot of big mes historically and this team's played in big games this year," said ferentz. "what it really gets down to is it's another game. it's important but it's another game. what's going to decide it is who plays the best, not all the other stuff so that's what we really have to focus on." "we've got a great coaching staff and they've got a great staff as well," said quarterback c.j. beathard. "i think it goes back to the coaching and then that trickles down to the players. they've got a lot of good players and they know what they're working for and they're tough players and i think we are as well." iowa's only first team all-big ten pick was guard jordan walsh. quarterback c-j beathard and center austin blythe made the second team. iowa and michigan state kickoff at 7-17 on saturday night. morningside will play in the naia semifinalalon saturday against southern oregon. the
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title game in florida. the top-ranked mustangs blew out tabor of kansas in the quarterfinals, 51-6, to improve to 12 and 1. southern oregon is ranked and 2, but are the defending naia champions. this is the 12th year in a row that morningside has been in the playoffs, but they've only been to the title game once, in 2012. they want another shot. "i think they're hungry," sasa morningsgse head coach steve ryan. "we've talked all year about finishing it, finishing the process and finiing games out. i think they'll have a good week. i think they'll be ready to go next week." "we're a family. we're a true family. we're a band of brothers out here," said quarterback ryan kasdorf. "we play for each other. no-one is selfish. everybody knows their role. everybody sacrifices for one another. when you haha a group of guys thahacare so much about each other, , 's really hard to give up. it's hard to quit when you know the guy next to you is playing his heart out." the naia championship game is december 19th in daytona beach. saturday's game starts at noon at olsen stadium. it's day two of the naia volleyball tournament in sioux city. briar cliff and dordt are each back on the court after losing their pool play opener yesterday.
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lost the first set, 25-18. the defenders beat viterbo in the regular season, 3-1, in sioux center. at 8 o'clock, briar cliff faces #11 eastern oregon. the chargers were swept by top- ranked lindsey wilson of kentucky last night. we'll have highlights of both matches, tonight at ten. this summer, we asked for football gear from siouxland scscols for our set on sportsfource extra. now we're looking for basketball gear - if you have it, we want it. you can send it to us at ktiv, at our new address, 2929 signal hill drive -- or you can just bring it to the station. we're looking for school jerseys, warmups, banners, anything your team uses. when the season is over -- you'll get the equipment back. northern iowa athletic director troy dannen has been hired as the ad at tulane. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we a"e at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay
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