around three a-m monday morning, a sioux city family had an unexpected and unforgettabl e experience. two masked suspects made their way into their locked home at 26-27 south alice street while the family was asleep, police say. su sioux city police say the twl men kicked in the door and you can see one of the footprints remaining here and they entered the house with a handgun and a crowbar. the suspects tied up, and hit the 19-year-old son with a crowbar, and held his mom at gunpoint. according to the womana when she would try to stop them from hitting her son they would pull the gun on r, keeping her from tryjng to protest her son. "once tied up, the suspects continued to kick and hit the victim wh a crowbar," said det. nick thompson of the sioux city police department. "the men threatened to shoot the residents of the home and demanded money." the mother who still comes to tears when describibi the traumatic incident, said that her son received blows to the head as well as a gash in his back from the beating. her 13-year-old son was also in the home at the

harmed, according to police. during the armed robbery, the suspects stole multiple gaming systems, a television and a cell phone. "the suspects did take the cell phone that belonged to the mother, preventing her from calling 9-1-1," "once the suspects left, the younger son did leave to a neighbor's house to phone for help." the teen wenenaround the back of t t home for safety, according to his mother and made his way to the neighbor's where police were finally called.>> i spoke with the 19 year- old victim who was treated at mercy medical center yesterday. he says that he has experienced more mental injuries than anything from the devastating experience. but he s ss overall, they are e doing okay at the moment. police described one of the men as tall and thin, and around six feet tall. the other suspect is male, with a thin build, between five foot eight and five feet 11 inches. police were unable to release any additional detatas about the suspectsts.

clothing description. police are asking anyone with information in the case to contact them at 279-6440 or crime stoppers at 258-tips. police say to take a look at some of the security measures you have in place at your home, right now. make sure you lock doors. also, make sure all outside lights are working. and, if you don't have an outdoor security light, you might consider gting one. the mother of a sex exploitation victim has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the sioux city community school district. the complaint filed thursday says the negligence of sioux city community schools and iowajag inc. was responsible for erick delele's abilily to have contact with the girl after school hours. the lawsuit includes a claim against the former high school soccer coach for assault and battery or sexual exploitation. thirty-year-old deleon, the district and ijag face a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress while the girl's mother is seeking an unspecified amount of damages.

three years of probation and a suspended fifi-year prison ntence in the case. the yankton school district is making changes to its security protocols and systems after two men were arrested last week for entering the high school. the district today told parents the front entrances of the schools will now remain locked. a camera and buzzer were installed at yankton high school, and now people may only go inside the building i ia staff member authorizes it. the same system will be installed at the elementary and middle schools. the changes come after 18-year-old joseph vanbuskirk and 19-year- old adam gerard, who are university of south dakota students, entered the high school. police say the men didn't have permission to enter the school. they are facing various charges including trespassing and possession of firearms on school grounds. a fire forced people from m eir homes at a morningside apartment complex last night. firefighters responded to the call at 22-01 gibson street just before 10 o'clock. when crews arrived, they saw smoke coming from the three story building. officials say food left unattended on the stove in a

the fire, which then spread to the attic. smoke and flames damaged 2 units and forcededbout 20 people from their homes. south dakota governor dennis daugaard is outlining his key priorities for the 2016 legislative session. the governor's budget address is scheduled for today in pierre. daugaard says he plans to discuss issues including paying off debt and a task force that examined education and how to raise teacher pay. woodbury county y pervisors are diussing what can be done to expand the law enforcement center and close prairie hills jail. an engineer has determined that the law enforcement center can support an addition that would allow extra space where beds could be added. the next step would be to hire a consultant to figure out how to create the addition and how to get everyying up to code. ktiv's robert lowe is at the woodbubu county supervisors s meeting tonight and will bring up more on news 4 at ten. another nice day if siouxland. chief meteorologis t ron demers has more

part of the day couldn't stop temperatures from warming to about 20 degrees above average for this time of year. and as more sun returns f f wednesday, temperatures may be on the rise a bibimore again with highs in the 50s expected where there is little snow cover with highs being held to the 40s in northern siouxland with more snow cover. (matt) ktiv's tree of love made it's first stop in northeast nebraska today. (shehea) we dropppp by the golden living

spread some holiday cheer. ktiv's sarah te slaa and ben dorenbach sang christmas carols and handed out gifts. special thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with part of our morning crew for the third year, norfolk will be hosting the nebraska school activities association one-act ay production champipiships. over 1,000 students from all over nebraska will be competing in the championships which start tomorrow at the johnny carson theatre. the norfolk area sports council sports development manager says they've learned a lot over the years hosting the championships . "when those schools walk into the johnny carson theatre, they're awestruck if they haven't seen it before and they're starstruck. the theatre stage is huge is for them, norfolk area sports council sports development manager mike fuehrer said." it's not easy to host the thousands of people that are expected to compete in and attend the championships. organizers say the community has been quick to assist in any way they can. the state one-act championships will begin on wednesday and continue through friday. today is national b bwnie day!

the 1800s in chicago and had walnuts. they were first created for a ladies luncheon. today, there are loads of different kinds of brownie recipes. but we want to hear what ingredients you add in your brownies! go to our website, ktiv dot com and take our poll celebrating all the different kinds of brownies. ill to come... a non-profit has been heing siouxland's elderly for over ten years. learn how they're making an impact on the community. > even mostly cloudydykies for part of the day couldn't stop temperaturesesrom warming to about 20 degrgrs above average for this time of year. and as more s returns for wednesday, temperatures may be on the rise a bit more again

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announcer: tested and proven leadership matters. jeb bush. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. the day couldn't stop temperatures from warming to about 20 degrere above average for this time of year. and as more sun returns for wednesday, temperatures may be on the rise a bit more again with highs in the 50s expected where there is little snow cover with highs being held to the 40s in northern siouxland with more snow cover. a front moves through by thursday giving us more wind but stilil very little in the way of cooling. cooler weather does

the weend and a chance of a few rain showers will be with us on saturday and that could turn into a mix by saturday night and sunday. we'll then keep the cooler weather around into the first part of next

still to come... how a local non-profit is making

one siouxland non-profit is making sure seniors aren't going hungry this holiday season. it's called "meals on wheels" and ktiv's tommie clark rode along to deliver food this morning and shows us how the organization could use some more help.

thankful that you have brought the meal to them. to be able to just see them light up and knowing you're doing something for the good of the community," said connections area agency on aging meals on wheels volunteer recruiter and healthy legs instructor, stan wisnieski. the program has 18 delivery routes around siouxland. volunteers arrive at connections area agency on aging around 11 a.m. and then deliver over the lunch hour. they serve 400 meals a day, but recently they haven't had enough drivers to deliver the food. "we're always looking for drivers. you have to remembers as i said a lot of these people are shut-ins. if you were to deliver, you might be the only person they see in the outside world all day long and they really appreciate having meals delivered to them," said connections area agency on aging meals on wheels volunteer recruiter and healthy legs instructor, stan wisnieski. volunteers say it's worth the drive just to see the elderlys' faces light up when they get that meal. "people will not go without their meal, we will get it coveredit's just that it sure woutd be nice if we had more volunteers," said stan. in sioux city...tommie clark...ktiv news 4.

if you would like to volunteer, visit ktiv.com and therre will be a link inside this story. officials are trying to determine the species of a large canine shot in northwest iowa. the iowa department of natural resources says it is teing the animal's dna following a shooting sunday morning in osceola county. a hunter looking for coyote used a common technique to shoot the animal from about 100 to 150 yards away. the hunter determined the animal was not a coyote and contacted a local state conservation officer. officials think the animal could be a wolf. (sheila) brad's here -- with a exciting night of basketball ahead. the spirit lake boys have not one -- but two division one recruits in their starting lineup. ktiv's sam curtiss is live with more ryan kriender and billy brown will both join big- time programs next season. both will be on display tonight in cherokee. we'll have a preview in just a minute. and, a new era tips off for the

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very young, so some teams haven't even played at home yet. the bishop heelan boys have their home opener tonight against sgt. bluff-luton, and it's also the debut of the crusaders new head coach -- andy foster. foster had been an assistata at heelan since 2-thousand-5.

stepped down after 14 seasons -- with three state championships and a pair of state runner-up finishes. foster knows he's filling big shoes -- the crusaders had 264 wins and just 83 losses under betz -- but he's excited for his first game in "the pit" as the head man. "it'll be interesting," said foster. "it'll be fun. i'm e eited, i'm nervous, i can't stopophinking about it. i've been thinking about it all day. not only is it our first home game, it's become even more of a rivalry with sergeant bluff." "i'm anticipating a great game. we're going to grow, we're going to learn, and if we lose, we lose, but our guys are ready to move on and learn from those particular losses that we may swallow." bishop heelan is 1-1 this season, while sbl is 2 and 0. it's tips off at 7-30 and we'll have the highlights on sports fource extra at ten. the hawkeyes have eight native iowans on their men's basketll roster this season. there will be at least one more next season when spirit lake's ryan kriener joins the list. he'll be in action tonight in cherokee. sports fource is "on the road" in cherokee.

more. it's not every day you get to see a big-time division 1 basketball recruit in siouxland. but fans here in cherokee will get a treat tonight -- even if it's two players on the visiting team. ryan kriener averaged over 19 points and 8 rebounun as a junior. so far as a senior, he's averaging 22 and a half points per game in spirit lake's first two games. the indians are 1 and 1 -- beating sioux central -- then losing to cedar rapids kennedy. kriener shot 71 percent from the field last season and signed with the hawkeyes last month. spirit lake beat cherokee by 50 points last season. kriener isn't spirit lake's only division one recruit. guard billy brown has signed to play at north dakota next season. cherokee comes into tonight's game with an 0 and 1 record. also, the girls teams are both ranked in class 3a and they're playing right now. we'll have the highlights on sports fource extra at ten. live in cherokee, sam curtiss

we're planning on highlights of 13 games on sports fource extra. we want to see your "fan fource" pictures. it's easy -- tweet photos to @ktivsports, and use the hashtag --- sportsfourceextra. or share them on our facebook page. you can also email video to connect-at-ktiv dot com. the indoor football season is coming quickly. the sioux city bandits are getting ready to defend their 2015 champions indoor football league title and have announced the signing of eight players. running back johnny bentley returns for his ninth season. bentley is the bandits career leader with over 29- hundred rushing yards and 110 rushing touchdowns. running back drew prohaska is back for his fifth season. the briar cliff product has 44 career td's. the bandits, who were 11-3 last season, open up at home on febebary 27th against omaha. five other veteran players have signed with the bandits -- offensive lineman darius barnes was a second-team all-league pick last season. former briar cliff defensive back jonathan smith returns -- he had a career high 87 tackles last year with 15 career interceptions.

tackles last year. linebacker marlon lobban is back for his fifth h ason -- he was a first team all- league pi a year ago. defensive back denzel adams also returns for season number-5 -- he has 175 career tackles. another day, another award for kirk ferentz. the hawkeye coach has been named the woody hayes coach of the year by the touchdown club of columbus. last week, ferentz was named the big ten coach of the year for the fourth time and was named the region 3 c cch of the year on monday. the woody hayes award is named after the former ohio state coach and has recognized the nation's top coach every year since 1977. the hawkeyes have been invited to play

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