good morning. i'm sarah te slaa. al has the day off. coming up in this half hour of news 4 today... a sioux city woman is held at gunpoint, and her son is beaten, during a burglary. we've got the details on the investigation in just a minute. plus... we'll take you to a shrimp farm in siouxland. we'll show you how they grow the critters and tell you what you need to know about raising crustaceans in siouxland. and from a routine trip to walmart to an amazing memory for one little girl. an off duty santa made it possible and made the little girl's day as she got a little time with the busy man. that cute story is on the way.

after a mild monday,we'll see very similar temperatures today with a bit more cloud cover overhead which could squeeze out a few sprinkles if not an isolated shower. highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s will be the new norm this week with a good mixture of clouds and sunshine with some stronger winds expected on thursday. temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over the weekend with cloudier skies. models are still in some disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 >> sioux city police say a woman was held at gunpoint, and her son beaten, when burglars broke into their home early yesterday morning. ktiv's tiffany lane talked with the neighbor who called police after the terrifying incident.

a-m. the victims told sioux city police the suspects asked for drugs and money. police say the victims believe they had the wrong house. one of blackwell's sons sought out help from the next door neighbor after the police say they are searching for multiple suspects. but, they haven't offered any specifics on the suspects since it is an open case. a fire broke out in morningside apartment complex, last night. two of the apartment units were damaged by the fire. the cause of the fire was unattended cooking. the building was quickly evacuated and nobody was hurt.

into the building last night. the inspectors are expected to check the building today to see if first and second floor residents can return to their apartments. but the third floor will be closed for an extended period of time. a south sioux city, nebraska, man faces robbery charges after police say he kicked down the door to a sioux city residence. 20-year-old arturo silvas is charged with 1st degree robbery after police say he entered a home on west 2nd street. authorities say he kicked in the door and threated a man with a handgun. police say silvas left the home arrived. he was located a short time taken into custody. he is currently in the woodbury bond. a judge has sentenced a storm lake, iowa man to five years probation for having explosive devices in a home that's across the street from a preschool. the sentence came after 28-year-old dion caldwell pleaded guilty to possession of an explosive or incendiary device with intent to public offense.

prison sentence, which a judge suspended in favor of probation. back in march, storm lake police responded to reports of a fight and arrested three people in relation to the altercation. caldwell was arrested after police found several homemade explosive devices, plus the materials to make more inside the home. the devices were described as metallic cylinders with gun powder inside and a detonator cord. the police chief said had one exploded, it could have caused damage up to 100 feet away. it's been three years since hunters found two little bodies. three years and still no one has been charged with the murders of lyric cook and elizabeth collins. they were riding their bikes when they were abducted in evansdale. nearly five months after they went missing, hunters found their bodies at seven bridges wildlife area in bremer county, iowa. investigators continue to believe that area is a major part in this case. family believe the girere killed the same day they were abducted.

girls were killed. police have arrested a lake allegedly made threats against an area business. 28-year-old daniel wingert was arrested after the spirit lake police department received a call on sunday about those police searched wingert's home in lake he was booked into the dickinson county jail and was charged with a threat of terrorism. a federal appeals court has ruled that six people wrongly convicted in a 1985 slaying of a woman in southeast nebraska should have a chance to argue that the officials who prosecuted them acted improperly. today's ruling from the 8th u.s. circuit court of appeals revived the group's complaint against gage county and the officials who built the case against the six in the 1985 killing of helen wilson in beatrice. the initial trial in the lawsuit ended in mistrial in january. the wrongly convicted individuals -- known as the beatrice six -- served a combined 77 years in prison before dna testing

if you live in sioux city, you may see your trash rates increase at the the start of the new year. yesterday, the city council voted to increase the rates. currently, residents pay $15.44 a month. but, if approved at a meeting in early january, there will be an 86-cent hike. so, you'll end up paying $16.30 a month for trash collection. that amounts to about 10- dollars more you'll pay next year. "if we would have raised them 2% a year, we wouldn't still be where we're at," said sioux city mayor bob scott. "so, those citizens got a break for a little while. number two, i don't want to bid this contract right now, because i'm afraid the rates will be much higher than what than what these are proposed to be." that rate will stay the same for a minimum of three years. the san bernardino community continues to mourn the lives lost during last week's terrorist mass shooting. a candle light vigil was held at the government center there last night.

for each one of the victims. fourteen people were killed and and more than 20 wounded when the husband and wife team went to farook's job and opened fire. the couple was later killed in a shoot out with police. oregon families packed up their homes after evacuation orders were issued monday, as heavy rains flooded homes across the state. record rainfall overflowed rivers and creeks in milwaukie, oregon. the national weather service issued a flood watch for most of northwest oregon and southwest washington through wednesday afternoon. the storm has washed out homes and left many families searching for a new place to stay, while they wait for things to dry out. hoping to compete with neighboring cities, the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. the sioux city events & facilities executive director

improved experience at the venue. "we're looking not only for things that we can do at the tyson events center to make it better, but also what is our niche for booking, like what sorts of show should we be booking now that we have a lot of increased competition around us," said erika newton, executive dir. for sioux city the enhancement study won't exceed $68,000 the city council also approved the mayor's youth commission, last night. there are 71 new members this year and about 190 in total. the most students on the commission come from bishop heelan high school. several parents across the country are upset about a toy called "bunchems". we'll tell you why they want the toy off the market, coming up.

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norm this week with a good mixture of clouds and sunshine with some stronger winds expected on thursday. temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over

models are still in some disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics. >> toy troubles. frustrated parents have been posting angry

section about "bunchems" which have caused a "buncha" problems for kids. randy mac explains.

when i put a few of them in this wig. they attach almost instantly. and when i go to try to pull them out... when i pull hard i pull on the hair so you can imagine what it feels like for a child trying to have these removed." (nats: "and it pulled!") (sot: dottie hutchens, grandmother) "she sat there for 2 hours while we pulled on her hair basically. she was traumatized. i know, i feel like it's so silly because it's just hair, but she thought she was going to lose her hair." some kids have. one mom sent us this photo of a clump she had to cut out of her daughter's hair... an experience reviews. the i-team reached out to spinmaster, which makes bunchems, and received a statement saying, "the bunchems packaging and directions clearly state, 'caution: keep away from hair. may become entangled.'" (nats: video) spinmaster also directed us to a video now posted on the bunchems instructing parents how to use conditioner or oil to remove the toys from hair. which is how dottie... with the help of hayley's panicked mom finally managed to untangle them.

knows this can happen, the product shouldn't be on store shelves. (sot: dottie hutchens, grandmother) "i feel like this was very avoidable, very preventable." (sot: hayley) "i don't want it to happen to my best friend or anyone else, no more toy. no more toy. no." >> that was randy mac reporting. bunchems are sold at target, wal-mart and on amazon.com. still to come this morning, when we talk about farming, chances are you think of corn and soybeans. but, for one producer, his crop is crustaceans. we'll tour his unique "farm",

a northwestern iowa producer is supplying the state with shrimp. ktiv's tommie clark visited his unique farm and shows us how he's going from agriculture...t o aquaculture.

which are 14-foot swimming pools. "it's neat to be able to do something that not others do and to be able to learn a different trade then what i'm used to. any new learning i can do i love," said aquaculture shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. he gets the shrimp from florida as post larva, he then raises them for 3 months and sells them in rock valley, iowa. van zanten says it helps the community. "stick back as much money as we can into our community and i hope that it gets returned in the process. everything i've tried to do here all the labor that we've had to do the piping, electricity i've done local and i've always tried to do local stuff," said aqua shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. and when asked what the biggest thing he learned was... "should have listened more in biology in high school, but i've learned you know how to take care of shrimp," said aqua shrimp farmer, dalton van zanten. his goal is to expand to a bigger facility and some day have his shrimp in local restaurants. in rock valley, iowa...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> van zanten opens his shrimp shop mondays and fridays from 5 to 7 in the evening. you can find out more on his facebook page where he posts updates and shrimp recipes. his shrimp are grown with no chemicals, additives or hormones. instead he recreates a natural occuring process that happens in the ocean.

thing. all of the shrimp that comes to the united states currently gets imported. it comes from china or the asian countries and we don't know how that shrimp is raised we know how our shrimp is raised," said rachel van zanten. the van zantens say they're happy to provide another option to buy seafood in iowa. snow is melting across siouxland. ben's in next to tell us how much more melting we'll see today. and one man is keeping the christmas spirit alive for one little girl. we'll tell you what he did,

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showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics.

an ordinary trip to walmart turned into a lifetime memory for one little texas girl. reporter veronica dietrich spoke with the four-year-old about her encounter with saint nick.

long beard." aria's mom, ana-marie says it was a sweet gesture and she's thankful to "santa" for keeping the christmas spirit alive. s/ ana-marie/aria's mom :53-:58 "there's just so many bad things going on in the world today, that just a simple act of kindness like that, it just reassures you that there's still good people and there's still good things out there." the kind gesture has gotten quite a response on social media as well... almost 21-thousand likes.. and more than 46- hundred shares. "being santa in general makes me happy all year round because i have something to look forward to. it's just a part of my life." reporter: "you want to say anything to santa?" "yeah." reporter: "what do you want to say?" "thank you.">> it's . time for a break. but we've got more news and weather for you on news-4 today. first though.. here's a look at some of the events on the

good morning. i'm sarah te slaa. al has the day off. we've got a lot headed your way including the controversial comments from gop presidential candidate donald trump. he's proposing to close the u.s. border to all muslims - even those who are united states citizens. as he defends his plan, other republicans are expressing unease, and muslim-american groups are reacting with disbelief. also... the brightest home on the block. we'll take a look at one nebraska home's dazzling christmas lights display and hear from the owners about why they put so much effort to make the season bright. and later... a new bag that can destroy drugs are part of a pilot program with the goal of

prescription drug abuse. we'll show you how it works in today's healthbeat 4 report. but first, a great day yesterday, more of the same today? ben is on the outdoor weather patio with the answer.

donald trump isn't backing off his statement that muslims should not be allowed in the u-s. in fact, overnight... he urged supporters to throw racial profiling out the window... in favor of national security. his idea is certainly drawing heat... even from republicans. tracie potts has reaction from washington.

muslim leaders call it reckless and un- american. (sot: niwad awad/ cair :19- :25) "donald trump sounds more like the leader of a the house homeland security subcommittee has a hearing scheduled for this

it's concerning the transportatio n security administration 's efforts to protect threats to the homeland that involve aviation. the t-s-a's deputy assistant administrator is scheduled to testify. the department of justice is investigating chicago's police department. attorney general loretta lynch says the federal probe will have engaged in a pattern or practice of violating residents' civil rights. the investigation comes at the request of a number of state, local, and community leaders.. and after a preliminary review. "specifically, we will examine a number of issues related to the chicago police department's use of force, including its use of deadly force, racial, ethnic and other disparities in its use of force, and its accountability mechanisms. such as its disciplinary actions and its handling of allegations of misconduct," says loretta lynch, u.s. attorney general. the inquiry will be broader than the federal investigation already underway into the deadly police shooting of laquan

dashcam video showing an officer shooting him 16 times sparked protests and cost the head of the police department his job. secretary of state john kerry headed back to paris to join negotiators there trying to break through impasse on a climate change agreement. kerry's visit comes after negotiators over the weekend adopted a draft agreement that leaves many key issues unresolved. over the course of the week, kerry and others will try to resolve sticking points in what is envisioned to become a universal pact combating global warming. "we could give up automobiles, ride bicycles, plant trees, and everything we want to have zero emissions to the united states, and developing countries will completely wipe out all those gains in a very few years and we will still be in the same predicament we are in today," said secretary of state john kerry. kerry hopes they will be able to come to an agreement by the end of the week. the sioux city pool committee

move forward with recommendations that would close two pools after the next swimming season, and close two others in the future. the committee first made those recommendati ons, last week. those included closing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season, and replacing both facilities with a splash pad. riverside would stay the same. lewis pool would close after a new aquatic center is built in morningside. leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no longer operational. at that time it would be replaced with a splash pad. "we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving forward. and we're going to provide a recommendation one way or the other." the pool committee will present the recommendations to the parks and recreation advisory committee. that will be tomorrow afternoon at four. it will be at the long lines family rec center third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. the outcome

while one nebraska couple's christmas display continues to grow, so does siouxland's holiday spirit. gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls with christmas spirit for more than 30 years. but over the last 10 years, the array of decorations has grown to what it is today. to date, the christmas collection includes more than 100 inflatables, 17 full-size christmas trees and several hundred nutcrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited the home last year and the couple says they expect even more visitors this holiday season. "it's spectacular," said first time visitor, diane hoyt. "you wouldn't believe that a display this beautiful would be sitting out here in out-state nebraska, or the people who put that much time and energy and love into providing a display that everyone can enjoy." for some who live in the area, visiting the holiday

brooke kneifl, who lives in ponca, saw the display for the first time with her grandmother when she was in 4th grade. "it's so lit up every year," said brooke kneifl. "it's kind of become a tradition to come and see this." if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be giving tours every weekend from now until christmas on friday, saturday and sunday nights. their address is on the bottom of your screen. today is national brownie day! a rich cross between a cookie and a cake. the first variety of these turned up in the 1800s in chicago...and had walnuts. according to the national day calendar, a chef first created them for a ladies luncheon. and today, there are loads of different kinds of brownie

teen drug abuse is an issue all over the world. now there's a new tool that is helping prevent it. that's coming up in healthbeat four.

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there's a new tool available in the fight against drug abuse. it's a unique bag that can destroy prescription drugs before they get into the wrong hands. a pilot program in florida is the first in the nation to try it out. john rogers reports in healthbeat four.

(sot: brandilyn karnehm, former drug addict) "it seemed like everybody was doing it." when brandilyn karnehm was 18, she dabbled into abusing pain fledged addict. (sot: brandilyn karnehm, former drug addict) "if you leave stuff in your addicts around, people do go prescription drug abuse is rampant. that's why officials at drug free manatee were given 10- thousand of these deterra bags for a pilot program. (sot: rita chamberlain, drug free manatee) "what we're trying to do is prevent misuse." prescription drug abuse often starts at home. [dr. jessica spencer] "they generally will open up the medicine cabinet and that's where they find their first pill." so the deterra bags can safely destroy them. here's how it works: you rip open the top, and inside are bags of specially formulated carbon. each bag can hold up to 90 pills. so you toss in the drugs and fill the bag with warm water. the process immediately starts breaking down the pills. after shaking it for a few moments, the medicine is neutralized and worthless, and you can safely throw them away. karnehm sees this as a promising tool in the

(sot: brandilyn karnehm, former drug addict) "it could probably help stop it for the next generation of teens." she hopes these bags can save someone from the living the hard life she did. >> that was john rogers reporting. these bags also serve as an environmental ly friendly way to dispose of drugs. if you toss pills in the trash or flush them down the toilet, the drugs can harm the environment or seep into the water supply. so these bags can prevent that. still to come this morning on news 4 today... the united states postal service is testing a new notification service. we'll tell you how they plan to use e-mail to help their customers. and king james will be king for life.... as far as nike is concerned, anyway. straight ahead, the details on

> > stocks closed lower yesterday after u.s. crude dropped nearly 6 percent to its

years. airline stocks rose on the prospect of lower fuel costs, while exxon mobil and chevron each fell 3 percent. the dow gave up 117 points to close at 17,730. the nasdaq dropped 40 points and the s&p fell 14 points. the u-s-p-s is testing a new notification service called "informed delivery". the postal service will send out an e-mail to customers each morning with their letter size mail. images will only detail the exterior front side of the envelopes. the service is already active around northern virginia... and is now expanding to new york city. in 2013, the postal service acknowledge d that it photographs every letter and package mailed in the u.s. to help sort the mail. "informed delivery" is a free service and customers can sign up online at u-s-p-s dot com. financially-strapped puerto rico is raising taxes on companies making more than

walmart -- one of the companies impacted by the increase -- doesn't want to pay ... and they're suing puerto rico over it. it's such a dramatic hike that walmart estimates now it will have to pay more than 91 perent of its net income in puerto rico in taxes. that's about three times what walmart pays, on average, in taxes elsewhere. puerto rico has accused the multi-billion dollar company of not paying its fair share of taxes. puerto rico is currently 70 billion dollars in debt. lebron james' nick-name is 'king james'... and as far as nike is concerned, he's king for life. the company just signed a new deal with james and it's nike's first-ever liftetime guarantee. nike wouldn't say how much the deal was worth, but a urce close to the deal told e-s-p-n it's nike's largest single-athlete guarantee ever. a source also said it's worth more than kevin durant's 10-year, 300 million dollar deal with nike last summer, according to e-s-p-n.

he first signed with nike in 2003 for a seven-year, 90-million dollar endorsement deal. when we come back this morning, we'll have the top headlines in siouxland. plus, eagles of death metal was back on stage in paris yesterday. and a sneak peek at the new season of game of thrones. it's all coming up in hollywood

if you're just joining us, here's a look at the top headlines in siouxland. sioux city police are investigating an armed robbery that happend early yesterday morning. jodi blackwell and her children were at their home on the 26-hundred block of south alice street. two men entered their home around three a.m. and asked for drugs and money. the woman was held at gunpoint and her son was beaten. the suspects stole multiple gaming systems, a tv and a cellphone from the home. police say there are multiple suspects they're searching for, and the investigation is on going. a northwest iowa farmer is helping bring a rare trade to the state. dalton van zanten used to raise hogs, but he recently made the switch to growing shrimp. he produces about 4- thousand crustaceans. he imports the shrimp from florida as post larva and then feeds them for 3 months. he then sells them in rock valley, iowa. van zanten says his goal is to help the community. eventually, he wants to expand his farm and have his shrimp served in local

the sioux city pool committee will move forward with closing two pools after the next swimming season. they will also close two more pools in the future. the recommendati ons were made at last week's meeting. leeds and cook pools will close after the 2016 season and be replaced with splash pads. riverside will remain the same. lewis pool will close after a new aquatic center is built in morningside. and leif erikson will remain open until it is no longer operational. the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center last night. the sioux city events & facilities executive director hopes the outcome will result in better ticket sales. the consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. the study will not cost more than $68,000 dollars. eagles of death metal gets back on stage in paris just weeks after terrorists attacked their concert. plus a sneak peak into season 6

today's hollywood minute.

coming up in our third half of hour... we're kicking off our 12 days of holiday trivia this morning. hopefully, you've refreshed your knowledge on all things christmas. and you can play from home. and iowa and iowa state will face off on the basketball court later this week. we'll have a look at both teams so far this season in the sports fource

good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm sarah te slaa. al has the day off. coming up in this s lf hour of news 4 today... a sioux city woman is held at gunpoint, and her son is

burglary. we've got the details on the investigation in just a minute. plus... we'll take you to a shrimp farm in siouxland. we'll show you how they grow the critters and tell you what you need to know about raising crustaceans in siouxland. and from a routine tririto walmart to an amazing memory for one little girl. an off duty santa made it possible and made the little girl's day as she got a little time with the busy man. that cute story is on the way. but first, here's ben. he's got the forecast for us,

sioux city police say a woman was held at gunpoint, and her son beaten, when burglars broke into their home early yesterday morning. ktiv's tiffany lane talked with the neighbor who called police after the

police say they are searching for multiple suspects. but, they haven't offered any specifics on the suspects since it is an open case. a fire broke out in morningside apartment complex, last night. two of the apartment units were damaged by the fire. the cause of the fire was unattended cooking.

evacuated and nobody was hurt. no occupants were allowed back into the building last night. the inspectors are expected to check the building today to see if first and second floor residents can return to their apaptments. but the third floor period of time. a south sioux city, nebraska, man faces robbery charges after police say he kicked down the sioux city residence. 20-year-old arturo silvas is charged with 1st degree robbery after police say he entered a home on west 2nd street. authorities say he kicked in the or and threated a man with a handgun. police say silvas left the home before police arrived. he was located a short time later and taken into custody. he is currently in the woodbury county jail and held without bond. a judge has sentenced a storm lake, iowa man to five years probation for having explosive devices in a home that's across the street from a preschoooo the sentenen came after -year-old dion caldwdwl pleaded guilty to possession of an explosive or incendiary device with intent to use it to commit a public offense.

prison sentence, which a judge suspended in favor of probation. back in march, storm lake police responded to reports of a fight and arrested three people in relation to the altercation. caldwell was arrested after police found several homemade explosive devices, plus the materials to make more inside the home. the devices were described as metallic cylinders with gun powder inside and a detonator cord. the police chief said had one exploded, it could have caused damage up to 100 feet away. it's been three years since hunters found two little bodies. three years and still no one has been charged with the rders of lyric cook and elizabeth collins. they were riding their bikes when they were abducted in evansdale. nearly five months after they went missing, hunters found their bodies at seven bridges wildlife area in bremer county, iowa. investigators continue to believe that a aa is a major part in this family believe the girls were killed the same day they were abducted.

police have arrested a lake park, iowa man after he allegedly made threats against an area business. 28-year-old daniel wingert was arrested after the spirit lake police department reccved a call on sunday about those threats. police searched wingert's home in lake park, and arrested him. he was booked into the dickinson county jail and was charged with a threat of terrorism. if you live in sioux city, you may see your trash rates increase at the the start of the new year. yesterday, the city council ted to increase the rates. currently, residents pay $15.44 a month. but, if approved at a meeting in early january, there will be an 86-cent hike. so, you'll end up paying $16.30 a month for trash collection. that amounts to about 10- dollars more you'll pay next year. "if we would have raised them 2% a year, we wouldn't still be where we're at," said sioux city mayor bob scott. "so, those citizens got a break for r litttt while. number two, i don't want to bid this contract right now, because i'm afraid the rates will be much higher than what than what

proposed to be." that rate will stay the same for a minimum of three years. ththsan bernardino community continues to mourn the lives lost during last week's terrorist mass shooting. a candle light vigil was held at the government center there last night. some in attendance lit candles for each one of the victims. fourteen people were killed and and more than 20 wounded when husband and wife terrorist team syed farook and tashfeen mal-lick went to farook's job and opened fire. the couple was later killed in a shoot out with police. oregon families packed up their homes after evacuation orders were issued monday, as heavy rains flooded homes across the state. record rainfall overflowed rivers and creeks in oregon. the national weather service issued a flood watch for most of northwest oregon and southwest washington through wednesday afternoon. the storm has washed out homes and left many families searching for a new place to stay, while they wait for things

hoping to compete with neighboring cities, the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. the sioux city events & facilities executive director hopes the outcome will result in better ticket sales, and an improved experience at the venue. "we're looking not only for things that we can do at the tyson events center to make it better, but also what is our niche for booking, like what sorts of show shouou we be booking now that we have a lot of increased competition around us," said erika newton, executive dir. for sioux city events & facilities. the enhancement study won't exceed $68,000 the city council also approved new members to the mayor's youth commission, last night. there are 71 new members this year and about 190 in totol. the momo students on the commission come from bishop heelan high school. coming up next, we'll show you how one man is keeping the holiday spirit alive in his town. and i'll have your complete

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the new norm this week with a good mixture of clouds and sunshine with some stronger winds expected on thursday. temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over the weekend with cloudier skies. models are still in some disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics. >> an ordinary trip to walmart turned into a lifetime memory for one little texas girl. reporter veronica

an ordinary trip to walmart turned into a lifetime memory for one little texas girl. reporter veronica dietrich spoke with the four-year-old abouher encounter with saint nick.

cart and i put it in her basket." s/ talilisandoval/aria' s sister :25-:30 "it makes mm feel ppy for her ecause we both really love candy aa my sister's the one that really eats sweets." hill tells us every year around this time hi meets a lot of people who see jolly old saint nicholas in him... but it's usually when he's dressed in the red suit. reporter: "how did you recognize him?" "because of his long beard." aria's mom, ana-marie says it was a sweet gesture and she's thankful to "santa" for keeping the christmas spirit alive. s/ ana-marie/aria's mom :53-:58 "there's just so many bad things going on in the world today, at just a simple act of kindness like that, it just reassures youuthat there's still od people andhere's still good things out there." the kind gesture has gotten quite a response on social media as well... almost 21-thousand likes.. and more than 46- hundred shares. "being santa in general makes me happy all year round because i have something to look forward to. it's just a part of my life." reporter: "you want to say anything to santa?" "yeah." reporter: "what do you want to say?" "thank you.">> that was veronica dietrich reporting from texas. iowa and iowa state basketball teams will face off on the hardwood later this week. but they both had non- conference games to get past first. we'll have the highlights from those match ups coming up in the

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iowa and iowa state are getting ready for a showdown on the basketball court later this week. ktiv's brad pautsch has more in the sports fource morning wrap.

a 15-0 run. abdel nader with the three, cyclones up 30-16. 2nd half, iowa state only up 6 -- georges niang with the alley-oop to jameel mckay for the dunk, iowa state leads 38-30. niang doing all he can to lift iowa state out of this tight game, with the great drive in the lane. niang had a career-high 31 points. isu pulls away late -- monte morris with the steal and the lay in, iowa state goes to 7 and 0 -- 84-63. the 6-2 hawkeyes hosting 6 and 1 western illinois. this was all iowa -- the miss goes right to adam woodbury -- the senior from sioux city east puts it back in -- 6-zip iowa. then, off the turnover -- iowa runs -- jared uthoff dunks it for 2 of his career-high 27 points -- 24 were in the first half. the lead quickly goes to 16 -- mike gesell drives for the layin -- iowa shot 58 percent in the first half. east grad j-c fuller came in averaging 16 a game for the leathernecks -- he was held to 5 in this one. woodbury had 10 points -- iowa rolls, 90 to 56. high school hoops -- the 14th-ranked west girls visiting north. close game early -- west's rachel knudson-kobold takes the 'drive- thru' lane for 2. wolverines up 17-10 after a quarter. north doing a good job of breaking the press. madiuon huggins finds cire strim under the hoop for the easy layin. more good inside play from the stars. freshman jayda graham- petersen with the nice move to score -- but north couldn't come back. the wolverines pull away -- the kick-out to sky silvas for the three ball is good -- west beats north 54-45. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap.

our 12 days of holiday trivia starts this morning. we have our first questions coming... you our 12 days of holiday trivia starts this morning. we have our first questions coming... you won't want to miss it. plus... when we talk about farming, chances are u think of corn and soybeans. t, for one produce, his crop is crustaceans. we'll tour his unique "farm",

it's time for today's 12 days of

question. today is the first of 12 questions, but we'll be keeping track of who is in the lead. each day we play for a player at home. here's who we're playing for today. i'm playing for lori mousel from alton, iowa.. and because al isn't here today, i'm also playing for charles gambell of sergeant bluff, iowa.. and i'm playing for lori bush from cleghorn, iowa.

our players win a 20 dollar gift card to a step in thyme florals. but even if we get the question wrong, our at home players are dollar gift card to the floral so let's get to it... here's our morning show producer kaitlyn kinney with today's question. thanks guys. here is today's question... "boxing day" is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following christmas in the united kingdom and other former british colonies. what is the origin of the term "boxing day?" (a) the day that various servants and trades people expected to receive a box of ney or a gift as a thank you for good service throughout the year (b) the day christmas decor and gifts are "boxed up" and put away for the season (c) the day everyone throws their empty gift boxes out the window onto the street and passing children

centuries-old traditional day of the year for boxing matches and those of you at home can also play. just go to our facebook page and give us your answers. ben and sarah? thanks, kaitlyn. a northwestern iowa producer is

unique farm and shows us how he's going from agriculture... to aquaculture.

van zanten opens his shrimp shop mondays and fridays from 5 to 7 in the evening. you can find out more on his facebook page where he posts updates and shrimp recipes. his shrimp are grown with no chemicals, additives or hormones. instead he recreates a natural occuring process that happens in the ocean "we think this is the next thing. all of the shrimp that comes to the united states currently gets imported. it comes from china or the asian countries and we don't

that shrimp is raised we know how our shrimp is raised," said rachel van zanten. the van zantens say they're happy to provide another option to buy seafood in iowa. it's . time for a break. we're back with our fourth half hour of news 4 today. we'll head into the break with a look at some of the events on the ktiv-dot-com community

good morning and welcome back. i'm sarah te slaa. al has the day off. we've got a lot headed your way including the controversial comments from gop presidential candidate donald trump.

border to all muslims - even those who are ununed states citizens. . as he defends his plan, other republicans are expressing unease, and muslim-american groups are reacting with disbelief. also... the brighest home on the block. we'll take a look at one nebraska home's dazzling christmas lights display and hear from the owners about why they put so much effort to make the season bright. and later... a 90-year-old great-grandmother has become an internet sensation for her impressive soccer skills. that's in what's trending. and we'll answer today's holiday trivia question. but first, a great day yesterday, more of the same today? ben is on the outdoor weather patio with the answer.

with a bit more cloud cover overhead which could squeeze out a few sprinkles if not an isolated shower. highs in the 50s and ws in the 30s will be the new norm this week with a good mixture of clouds and sunshine with some stronger winds expected on thursday. temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over the weekend with cloudier skies. models are still in some disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sunday, so we'll see how thoss chances ppy out in the coming days. see graphics. >> donald trump isn't backing off his statement that muslims should not be allowed in the u-s. in fact, overnight... he

throw racial profiling out the window... in favor of national security. his idea is certainly drawing heat... even from republicans. tracie potts has reaction from washington.

americans...plays right into thth hands of terrorists." bernie sanders: trump wants us to "hate all muslims" martin o'malley called him a "fascist demagogue." even republicans are distancing themselves: (sot: carly fiorina/ (r) presidential candidate :43- :47) "saying we're not going to let a single muslim into this county is a dangerous over reaction." (sot: ted cruz/ (r) presidential candidate :47- :49) "no that - that is not my policy." (sot: fmr. vice president dick cheney/ no super :49-:52) "...goes aaainst everything we stand for and belleve in." jeh johnson - who overrees customs and bordee patrol: (sot: jeh johnson/ homeland security secretary :55-1:02) "we must not force american muslims to run and hide and retreat to the shadows." legal scholars question whether it's even legal to close our borders to certain people based solely on religion. is trump's rhetoric having an impact? cnn's latest poll still has him in the lead, but a monmouth university poll has ted cruz leading by 5. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. >> the e use homeland security subcommittee has a hearing scheduled for this afternoon. it's concerning the transportatio n security administration 's efforts to protect threats to the homeland that involve aviation. the t-s-a's deputy assistant administrator is scheduled to testify. the department of justice is investigating chicago's police department. attorney genenal loretta lynch

federal probe will examine whether chicago police have engaged in a pattern or practice of violating residents' civil rights. the investigation comes at the request of a number of state, local, and community leaders.. and after a preliminary review. "specifically, we will examine a number of issues related to the chicago police department's use of force, incluung its use of deadly force, , cial, ethnic and other disparities in its use of force, and its accountability mechanisms. such as its disciplinary actions and s handling of allegations of misconduct," says loretta lynch, u.s. attorney general. the inquiry will be broader than the fededel investigatatn already underway into the deadly police shooting of laquan mcdonald. dashcam video showing an officer shooting him 16 times sparked protests and cost the head of the police department his job. secretary of state john kerry headed back to paris to join negotiators there trying to break through impasse on a climate change agreement. kerry's visit comes after

adopted a draft agreement that leaves many key issues unresolved. over the course of the week, kerry andnothers will try to resolve sticking points in what is envisioned to become a universal pact combating global warming. "we could give up automobiles, ride bicycles, plant trees, and everything we want to have zero emissions to the united ststes, and developing countries wilil completely wipe out all those gains in a very few years and we will still be in the same predicament we are in today," said secretary of state john kerry. kerry hopes they will be able to come to an agreement by the end of the week. the sioux city pool committee has decided to move forward with recommendations that would close two pools after the next swimming season, and close two others in the future. the committee first made those recommendati ons, last week. those included closing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season, and replacing th facilities with splash

same. lewis pool would close after a new aquatic center is built in morningside. leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no longer operational. at that time it would be replaced with a splash pad. "we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving forward. and we're going to provide a recommendation one way or the her." the pool committee will present the recommendations to the parks and recreation advisory committee. that will be tomorrow afternoon at four. it will be at the long lines family rec center third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. the outcome will be presented to the city council. while one nebraska couple's christmas display continues to grow, so does siouxland's holiday spirit. gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls with christmas spirit for morerehan 30 years. but over the last 10 years, the

has grown to what it is today. to date, the christmas collection includes more than 100 inflatables, 17 full-size christmas trees and several hundred nutcrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited the home last year and the couple says s ey expect even more visitors s is holiday seasas. "it's spectacular," said first time visitor, diane hoyt. "you wouldn't believe that a display this beautiful would be sitting out here in out-state nebraska, or the pele who put that much time and energy and love into providing a display that everyone can enjoy." for soso who live in the area, visiting the holiday display has become tradition. brooke kneifl, who lives in ponca, saw the display for the first time with her grandmother when she was in 4th grade. "it's so lit up every year," said brooke kneifl. "it's kind of become a tradition to come and see this." if you would like to check out the lights, gene and julie will be givingngours every weekend from now until christmas on friday, saturday and sunday nights.

of your screen. today is national brownie day! a rich cross between a cookie and a cake... the first variety of these turned up in the 1800s in chicago...and had walnuts. according to the national day calendar, a chef first created them for a ladies luncheon. and today, there are loads of different kinds of brownie recipes. most 90 year old's don't get around easily. but one great grandmother has taken over the internet with her soccer skills. that's up next in what's trending.

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for her impressive soccer skills. a video of the norwegian woman doing tricks with a soccer ball went viral - and now she has fans all over the world. she says she plpls with a soccer ball every day in her apartment. she even has a special shoe she wears while doing her tricks. her personal record is one-thousand-and- three kicks in a row. don't forget to take a guess at this morning's 12 days of holiday trivia question. "boxing day" is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following christmas in the united kingdom and other former british colonies. what is the origin of the term "boxing day?"

servants and trades people expected to receive a box of money or a gift as a thank you for good service throughout e year (b) the day c cistmas decor and gifts are "boxed up" and put away for the season (c) the day everyone throws their empty gift boxes out the window onto the street and passing children would hope to catch them (d) a centuries-old traditional day of the year for boxing matches and be sure to weigh on what you think the answer is on the facebook page. today marks the 35th anniversary of the death of beatle's lead man john lennon. how he's being remembered today, coming up. plus... kim and kanye didn't make us wait long to find

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if you didn't stay up last night for jimmy fallon... here's what you missed.

and troye sivan and bernie sanders. you can catch the tonight show with jimim fallon right here o o ktiv at 10:35 after news 4. today is the 35th anniversary of john lennon's death. the beatles co-founder was shot dead on december 8th, 1980 in front of his manhattan apartment building. his killer, mark david chapman, is still in prison. lennon, who together with paul mccartney fronted the most influential rock b bd in history, wouldlde 75 years old todod. the wait is over. kim kardashian and kanye west have named their second child... and the name they chose is.... saint west. saint was born on saturday and weighed 8 poinds, 1 ounce. kim and kanye famously named their daughter north h st two years ago. ovov the summer, the rumor was thaha the couple was planning to stick with the direction theme and name their son easton. both mom and baby are doing well.

is 31. ben- singer sinead o'connor is 49 sarah- actress teri hatcher is 51 ben- political commentator ann coulter is 54 sarah- actress kim basinger is 62 bem- rock singer- musician gregg allman is 68

temperatures will cool back down to the upper 30s and lower 40s over the weekend with cloudier skies. models are still in some disagreement, but a couple snow showers do appear to be possible saturday night and sundnd, so we'll see how those chances play out in the coming days. see graphics. >> when we come back on this tuesday morning, we'll rundown the top headlines in siouxland. we'll also give you the answer to our holiday trivia question. and baby pandas are back! we've got more video of cute little

if you're just joining us, here's a look at the top headlines in siouxland. sioux city police are investigating an armed robbery that happend early yesterday morning. jodi blackwell and her children were at their home on the 26-hundred block of south alice street. two men entered their home around three a.m. and asked for drugs and money. the woman was held at gunpoint and

the suspects stole multiple gaming systems, a tv and a cellphone from the home. police say there are multiple suspects they're searchingngor, and the ininstigation is on going. a northwest iowa farmer is helping bring a rare trade to the state. dalton van zanten used to raise hogs, but he recently made the switch to growing shrimp. he produces about 4- thousand crustaceans. he imports the shrimp from florida as post larva and then feeds them for 3 months. he then sells them in rockckvalley, iowa. van zanten says his goal is to help the community. eventually, he wants to expand his farm and have his shrimp served in local restaurants. the sioux city pool committee will move forward with closing two pools after the next swimming season. they will also close two more pools in the future. the recommendati ons were made at last week's meeting. leeds and cook pools will close after the 2016 season and be replaced with splash pads. riverside will remain the same. lewis pool will close after a new aquatic

open until it is no longer operational. > two adorable giant pandas have delighted visitors by climbing trees and frolicking in the snow at a zoo in northeast china. the two pandas were both sent to the zoo from a breeding center. this is the first time that giant pandas are being raised at a high altitude... but both of them are currently healthy. the pandas will continue to stay at the zoo for two and half years, during which

related to panda breeding in cold regions. time to answer today's 12 days of holiday trivia questionon let's go to our morning show producer kaitlyn kinney. ok, kaitlyn, read us the question one more time. "boxing day" is a holiday traditionally celebrated the day following christmas in the united kingdom and other former british colonies. what is the origin of the term "boxing day?" (a) the day that vararus servants and trades people expected to receive a box of money or a gift as a thank you for good service throughout the year (b) the day christmas decornd gifts are "boxed up" and put away for the season (c) the day everyone throws their empty gift boxes out the window onto the street and passing children would hope to catch them (d) a centuries-old traditional day of the

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