involved a "direct threat" against the school. he says the school was made aware of the post just after noon today and followed their school protocol. the all-clear was given earlier this afternoon and the lockdown

a law enforcer in nebraska is

hero after he jumped into a moving semi. ktiv us-92's mike flood has the story from norfolk.

stated. several more deputies and state troopers joined the pursuit hoping to stop the driver. "as we got closer to norfolk, the vehicle began to slow down and we were coming in on highway 81 past the airport," said sgt. volk. as the tractor trailer barreled towards norfolk, police in the city were already making plans in the event the truck went over the viaduct into the city's biggest intersection. it was at that point, right before the river bridge that deputy volk knew something needed to be done. "as he came by, i could see the driver's head slumped down and felt he was not conscious and it popped in my head that we need to get this vehicle stopped. at that point in time, the truck was traveling about 20 mph, i jumped back in my patrol vehicle, punched it and got up in front and jumped out and jumped up and grabbed the hand railing and the mirror on the

breaks. when we got in the truck, the driver was sitting there and i mean we found out later he was a diabetic and was having a diabetic reaction. his blood sugar was very low at the time," said sgt. volk. volk's boss, longtime madison county sheriff vern hjorth, said volk risked his life to save another. >> that was mike flood reporting

no injuries were reported after a car hit a house in norfolk, nebraska this morning. it happened on victory road just north of the norfolk avenue at about 9 a.m. this morning. a southbound car lost control and struck the front porch of a house. the car suffered heavy front-end damage, but while the porch was damaged, the house was not. we saw snow in parts of siouxland today. will we see more? let's check in with chief meteorologis t ron demers. weather ad-lib much of siouxland woke up to a little bit of sleet and snow this morning but the heaviest amounts easily fell farther northwest. it will get a little colder tonight as temps fall through the 20s and with a breezy northwest wind it will be

the single digits and teens. we'll keep quite a few clouds around tonight and tomorrow and highs tomorrow will mostly be in the upper 20s. and even though there wasn't heavy snow throughout sioux city, it was still visible in some places. in some residential areas, you could see thin layers of snow on the rooftops. grass could still be seen through the snow. some cars were even covered. one sioux city resident even threw salt down to prevent from falling. "last night it rained, or sprinkled anyway," said sioux city resident david goodon. "and so the sidewalks are slick and insurance companies charge a

your sidewalk." along with putting salt on his own driveway, david goodon also put salt on the sidewalk for passerbys. that is where you could see some ice formed. yankton, south dakota will be in the world spotlight for archery. it has been selected to host the 2018 world archery indoor championships and the 2020 world archery field championships. a big boost expected in meat production in the u.s. in 2016. beef production in is projected to be more than 24 and a half billion pounds. pork is projected at just under 25 billion pounds. turkey - 6 billion pounds. that's all record production for beef, pork and turkey. iowa secretary of agriculture bill northey will be visiting two iowa counties tomorrow. northey will visit emmet and pocahontas counties. he will be in estherville at 11 a.m. he'll tour iowa lakes community college's sustainable energy resources and

then he'll visit pocahontas high school at 2:30. still to come... meet a retired nurse who fills her sioux city home with an amazing christmas collection. she goes nuts for nutcrackers! > > much of siouxland woke up to a little bit of sleet and snow this morning but the heaviest amounts

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farther northwest. it will get a little colder tonight as temps fall through the 20s and with a breezy northwest wind it will be feeling like it's in the single digits and teens. we'll keep quite a few clouds around tonight and tomorrow and highs

the upper 20s. clouds will be decreasing friday with another day of below average temperatures. warmer weather starts to return

40s again. our next chance of precipitation doesn't come at us until the middle of next week.

members of our ktiv crew got to spread some holiday cheer today. a look at the tree of love.

dear future, please help. the present is kind of a scary place. i have no money, no job, no clothes. i feel completely helpless. but i hear good things about you, future. like i'll have hair, and friends, and books and music. i can't wait to meet you. it's been her fight for twenty years. something is wrong with our healthcare system and it needs to be fixed. then, it was about health reform and getting eight million kids covered. now, it's about stopping republicans from repealing obamacare, and taking on insurance companies to bring

i'm not going to let any family be deprived of healthcare. i'm not going to let the republicans rip up obamacare and throw it away.

for one sioux city woman, that hobby is christmas. and her niche is nutcrackers. ktiv's sam curtiss reports on a collection that has grown over the years. nutcrackers on the floor. nutcrackers on the shelves. nutcrackers small and large. everywhere you look in jacque goettschs family room, there's nutcrackers. "i kept getting them as gifts," said jacque goettsch. her collection is up to 243 figures. this was the first one in the hoard. "1988," said jacque goettsch. "i

at the old bostwick store which is now shopko." of the 243, only three are duplicates. "i opened them all on the same night," a family christmas. i got one from one and one from niece and when i opened them they said 'oh i didn't know you got the same one'." she has all different types including this on made by her dad. around the rest of her home, 53 displays. and one room dedicated to the jolly red man. jacque goettsch says it takes her about a week and a half to set up the decorations. "each one i have to dust off and look at and remember who gave it to me," said jacque goettsch. "there's a lot of memories down here for me." but goettsch's collection isn't quite complete. the retired nurse needs just one more to be satisfied. "i do not have a nurse nutcracker," said jacque goettsch. come the first week of january her prized set will be still be on display. only inside boxes stacked in the garage. "it's priceless to me only," said jacque goettsch. "there's other people

nutcrackers and they aren't so it's not improtant to other people but it's important for me." in sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. goettsch isn't sure if she'll get another nutcracker this year. but says she's okay if she doesn't. brad's here -- it's a big basketball weekend in iowa. the big 4 classic features iowa state against northern iowa -- and iowa against drake. we'll preview both games. and, we'll hear from south dakota athletic director david herbster -- who found his new football coach at a conference rival. sports

for the fourth year -- iowa's four division one men's college basketball teams will meet in the 'big four classic' in des moines. it's a chance for the fans of iowa, iowa state, northern iowa and drake to see all four teams on one day -- in one arena, at the wells fargo center. the cyclones take on northern iowa in the late game saturday. iowa state is 9-0 and ranked fifth in the latest a-p poll. isu has had their trouble against the panthers, losing six of the last nine meetings. add the fact that the panthers have already beaten north carolina this season, and they have iowa state's attention. "great program, a program that's about winning, about doing

state head coach steve prohm. "a terrific culture they have there, a terrific program. obviously a lot of respect for them and what they've been able to accomplish." "they are the best, or one of the best two or three in the country in terms of transition offense," said uni head coach ben jacobson. "they just get the ball on top of you so fast. what they do with made shot, missed shot, turnover, it really doesn't matter for them." iowa will play drake in the first game of the day. it's the first time the hawkeyes will be on the floor since giving up a 20- point lead at iowa state last thursday. the hawkeyes are still 7 and 3 -- taking on a 4 and 6 bulldog team that's lost three in a row. iowa is 57 and 10 all-time against drake -- winning the last four in the series. "it's the next game on our schedule. we have to play well," said iowa head coach fran mccaffery. "we want to continue to get better. we're playing a really good team that we have a lot of respect for in an excellent environment." "it's fun to get to kind of get in the center of the state and have more fans come out and watch all four teams compete," said iowa senior adam woodbury. "i think

state and each program as a whole." "we're coming with the mindset that we have to get better," said iowa senior jarrod uthoff. "we need to improve in those situations, late game situations. we've lost a couple close games this year and i think we're going to get better and better as the year progresses." iowa and drake play at 3-30 saturday. iowa state and uni play at six. northwestern's kassidy dejong is the gpac women's basketball player of the week. the freshman from hospers, iowa, scored 30 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds for her second double-double of the season in a win at st.mary. she made 7-of-8 three- pointers and also dished out four assists. ' northwestern evened its gpac record to 3-3 and is 8-4 overall. hiring a football coach might be the most important thing a college athletic director does. south dakota's david herbster raided a conference rival to find their new coach. herbster introduced bob nielson of western illinois on tuesday. nielson is the reigning missouri valley football conference coach of the year. he improved the leathernecks win total in each of his three years -- with a

titles at minnesota-duluth. herbster feels like the coyotes got everything they wanted with the hire. "i wanted a head coach that was experienced, had midwestern roots, had a track record of winning, had built programs before, had been in a variety of places, that could bring those experiences here," said herbster. "it was pretty clear to me that bob rose to the top." nielson also had three playoffs appearances in division iii. basketball games for morningside and briar cliff tonight against

spread some holiday cheer in south dakota. the "tree of love" mad a stop in alcester, south dakota this afternoon. ktiv's very own ron demers and brad pautsch were there visiting with residents in alcester.

there as well spreading holiday cheer. there was singing of christmas carols and handing out gifts. tonight: mostly cloudy and breezy. low: 23 wind: nw 15-25 mph tomorrow: mostly cloudy and breezy. high: 29 wind: nw 15-25 mph thanks for joining us tonight... et is up next... don't forget to go to ktiv-dot- com for all of your news, weather, and