city north high school out on bond tonight. he's accused of sending sexual messages to a student. ktiv's sam curtiss with reaction from the superintendent of sioux city community schools.

"there are times where a resignation brings that closure with a certain level of immediacy in certain areas," said dr. paul gausmann. just a few months ago, sursely directed students at starfest, talking out the effort put i io the marching band d stival. "what's a lot of fun is putting in all the work in august and september and then going out and performing and doing the biggest group project you can ever imagine," said lucas sursely. sursley, now faces five years in prison if convicted of a class d felonly. sam curtiss, ktiv, news 4. >> sursely is currently out on bond. he's scheduled to appear before a judge on december 28th. this isn't the first incident involving north high school and a case of a sexual nature. thirty-year-old erick deleon received a five-year suspended prison sentence and placed on probation for sexual exploitation by a school employee. the judge found him guilty of having sex with a student. deleon ran a program for at-risk students at north high school.

also a school district employee because he was a soccer coach at west high. the girl's mother has filed a federal lawsuit against the sioux city community school district. north high school's previous band director resigned after stealing thousands of dollars of f hool inststments. in 2013, kevin massey was sentenced to three years of probation and a five-year suspended sentence. he pleaded guilty to theft after prosecutors lowered the charge. new details are being released following a threat made friday against sheldon high school. the threat was written on a bathroom wall of the school, but officials have not revealed whatt the threat said. accordininto the o'brien county attorney, a 14-year-old boy was taken into custody on saturday. the county attorney confirmed he was a student of the high school. the boy was taken into detention. a hearing is set to determine whether he should be held in detention or released. that hearing will take place sometime before christmas. so, far no charges filed against four students in connection with a threat at the high school in newman grove, nebraska.. the threat, was posted on

given the all clear later in the afternoon. the four students were being held at the northeast nebraska juveniele detention center. a friend and former neighbor of the couple that police say killed 14 people in california has been arrested in connection with the attack. 24-year-old enrique marquez has been charged with conspiracy to commit crimes of terrorism and federal weapons charges. investigators say three- years-ago marquez bought the two assault rifles that were used in the shooting. authorities say marquez, who has spoken freely with the fbi, has said that he and farook talked about conducting an attack in 2010 but called it off. cold weather's moving into siouxland. but how long will it last? for that, we'll go to chief meteorologis t ron demers. temperatures today may have felt a bit cool, but this is what average feels like (after quite breezy today but that wind will settle down tonight and lows settling back into the teens. we'll clear out the sky sunshine will not help our highs as we only top out in the upper 20s.

candidate mike huckabee made a campaign stop in siouxland today. the former governor of arkansas made an appearance this afternoon at the sioux county livestock company in sioux center. it was one of several stops throughout siouxland for the republican this week. huhuabee says his well-rounded principles are what set him apart from the crowd of republican candidates. "nobody's been able to, i think, embody the full breath of the republican principles not only economically, but also the principles of sanctity of life, traditional marriage, things that really matter to the republican

those are all factors that give me a unique kind of level of qualification." huckabee will remain in siouxland tomorrow, with planned stops in emmetsburg, algona, laurens, storm lake and sac city. presidential candidate marco rubio took his feud with rival ted cruz to the campaign trail in iowa today. each has accused the other of intentionally misrepresenting their past views on how to handle undocumented immigrants currently in the u-s. their battle over immigration exploded during tuesday's republican presidential debate. that's when rubio.. who supports potentially allowing undocumented immigrants to become citizens.. equated cruz's stance to his own. "what's happening here is pretty clear i think ted wanted to leave the option of legalization open, he wanted to get through a primary without having to discuss it, i know he never brings up his support of legalization in iowa or in his stump speeches but he supports legalization and i think his hope was once he got into the general election to then start talking about legalization as a way to attract

rubio told nbc news that he doesn't think it's quote, good for america to have millions of people permanently in the u-s with no chance to ever become americans. ben carson stopped in spencer, iowa tonight. tomorrow morning at nine, he'll take part in a meet and greet at buena vista university in storm lake. that will be followed by a townhall meeting at northwestern college in orange city at 3 p.m. and a rally in sioux city at stoney creek inn friday night at 7. watch for coverage tomorrow on ktiv news 4. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders will make campaign stops in siouxland next week. on monday, the vermont senator will be speaking at the boys club of sioux city at 7 p.m. on tuesday he will be at buena vista university in storm lake at 10 a.m. the last time sanders campaigned in siouxland was in july. the star wars mania has begun. the force awakens has already been showing in theaters across the country, including here in sioux city. this is a live look at the

getting ready to watch the movie. the last showing tonight at the carmike is at 11:20 p.m. star wars fever began early this evening at the promenade in downtown sioux city. dozens of people filed in before the seven o'clock premiere of the movie. there were people of all ages looking forward to catching "the force awakens" as soon as they could. "the battles, the lightsaber battles and he likes the laser battles," said 11-year-old xander deleperdang. "first movie there was not that much computer graphics," said david satory, a sioux city resident. "second set had a lot of computer graphics. this one's supposed to be a mix of both so i'm happy both ways." many fans were dressed in costumes to help bring the movie alive in their own way. "princess leia because she's the girl," said cathy robinson, a marcus, iowa resident. "she's the pretty princess. so that's why." "i've got the mandalorian mask going on," said patrick davidson, a sioux city resident. "it shows how much of a mandalorian -how revan took on the mandalorian army on by himself."

the promenade offered special star wars popcorn bins and soda cups. for those interested in catching the movie tonight, the promenade will have a showing every half hour through one a-m. advance ticket sales of 'the force awakens' have surpassed the 100 million dollar mark according to the hollywood reporter. fandango reports the film has broken their record for the most tickets sold for any film during its entire theatrical run. jurassic world currently holds the top spot for opening weekend sales in the u-s with almost $209 million. some experts believe the opening weekend sales of star wars film to be as much as 240 million dollars. christmas giving: a little girl who only wanted cards ended up getting surprised with a whole lot more. see all the gifts for our show.

a bit cool, but this is what average feels like (after quite a warm stretch). it was still breezy today but that wind will settle down tonight and temperatures will be

into the teens. we'll clear out the sky on friday although that sunshine will not help our highs as we only top out in the upper 20s. warmer weather does start returning over the weekend with upper 30s by saturday and lower 40s possible sunday. we'll keep conditions above average into next week with wednesday giving us only a very

still to come.... we'll travel to storm lake to

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lake, iowa. ktiv's sam curtiss takes us to santa's castle. "this is christmas," said ron should look like. this is what we should be doing every year."

everything is exciting," said ron stevenson. "it's like being at disney only it's christmas and it's snow." "most people have been here before and they like coming back year after year," said ron stevenson. "it's a generational thing for us." "my name is ron stevenson," said ron stevenson. "you're in santa's castle in storm lake, iowa" said ron stevenson. "this is my sixth year as director of santa's castle," said ron stevenson. "everybody that walks through the door is just happy to be here," said ron stevenson. "we don't have any sad kids unitl they see santa sometimes." "i get everything from puppies to kitties to the wiz," said santa. "i just had one child say i want the world to be peaceful and brought a tear to my eye," said santa. "one wanted a little sister tonight," said santa. "working

round project," said santa. "there's 65 decorated christmas trees [and] there's 70 pieces of animation," said ron stevenson. "but the secret is the animation always stays the same," said ron stevenson. "it's how we redecorate each year." "it's how it's displayed," said ron stevenson. "i keep everything down low to the ground so children ages two, three and four have an eye son view of it." "it's their size," said ron stevenson. "they actually think it's real." "where else can you go see christmas like this?" asked ron stevenson. "not at a shopping mall." " if you wanted to visit santa's castle, it's open on the 19th from 10 to 2 in the afternoon. plenty of people decorate the christmas. but in le mars, iowa there's a home that burns bright along highway 3. it's not hard to find if you've never driven by it before. your eyes will practically gravitate toward the display by how large it is. mark and shari frerichs are the two masterminds behind the aurora of lights and blow-up characters. frerichs says they've been doing this for what he thinks is 24 years now.

bigger every year. "how many lights, uh, we don't even know for sure," said mark frerichs. "we tried counting but we can't keep track of it. it's just unreal." the family says it takes about six weeks to put up the display. but, they're constantly replacing light bulbs. if you've seen it once, you haven't seen it all because it's different each year. still to come.... hear what experts have to say about new research surrounding

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ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers .... killing about 60-percent of patients within 5 years of diagnosis. new research suggests a blood test to screen for the disease may save lives. there is a blood test that measures an ovarian tumor marker called "ca-125." but experts recommend against it because it's never been shown to lower the death rate and has too many false positives. however, researchers using it in a new way, found it can reduce the number of women dying from the disease by 20- percent. doctors need several more years of research before the test could be available to the public. a little girl from new york who survived an arson attack that killed her family received hundreds of thousands of christmas cards and eight-year-old sa'fyre terry was first greeted by santa who delivered his own bag of gifts. and he was followed by a convoy of mail trucks... which has reportedly delivered some 430- thousand cards and more than

packages. this year her christmas wish was for some christmas cards. but when a family friend posted her wish on facebook... her wish went viral... and the cards and packages keep rolling in. plus... earlier this week she received an all-expense paid trip to disney world. the salvation army needs some the red kettle campaign is about 65% there at just over $117,000. christmas eve will be the last day that bell ringers will stand at 16 locations around siouxland. the final goal is $180,000. you can go to ktiv.com with details on how you can donate. brad's here -- with basketball and wrestling. the bishop heelan girls are ranked in iowa's class 4a -- but they ran into a buzzsaw from an unranked team from sioux falls. we'll have the highlights. and, the sgt. bluff-luton wrestlers try to stick north and

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around easier. how one company is using them to make a difference for disabled veterans. record online order means a record number of packages delivered this year. we'll show you how some residential units are handling the increase. the bishop heelan girls basketball team is ranked 10th in the latest class 4a rankings. after an opening night loss to west, the crusaders have won their next two games. heelan -- trying to make it three in a row against sioux falls roosevelt. the crusaders were in trouble -- right from the start. roosevelt was on fire from the outside -- tahia mitzel drops in the 3. rough riders up 16-3 after a quarter. the crusaders try to catch up. lexie stolen drives through the lane and get the runner to fall -- but heelan was down by 20 in the second quarter. heelan picks up the defense -- mckenzie pratt with the steal -- ahead to grace hanno for 2 of

crusaders only scored 9 points in the first half. roosevelt pulls away -- madison waltman drops in the long 2 -- and the rough riders win at heelan 57-36. wrestling triangular -- sgt. bluff-luton had already beaten west -- trying to top north. we start at 113 pounds -- sbl sophomore ethan kempema gets the near fall for 3 points -- he wins 9- nothing to improve to 7-1 on the season. rhyker sims -- just a sophomore -- gets the first period back points -- he would win by technical fall -- he's now 19 and 0. the warriors dominate the lighter weights -- second-ranked brayden curry did everything but pin his man -- curry wins the bout 14 to 2 -- and sgt. bluff-luton improves to 8-0 in duals with a 55-17 win. at the ncaa volleyball final four in omaha, nebraska is beating kansas 2 sets to none. the huskers took set one -- 25-20 and set two,

ku leads the third set -- 15- 13.. the winner will play texas in the championship match on saturday. the longhorns beat texas 3 to 1 in the first semifinal. going into their ninth season as a football program, dordt college is still looking for their first winning record. the defenders have gone 4 and 18 over the past two seasons -- but made a coaching change on tuesday. joel penner is dordt's new head football coach. penner spent the last four years as the offensive coordinator at malone university in ohio. the 37-year-old has 16 years of college experience, including three years at northwestern college. penner says he was looking for 3 things before he took the job -- player abilities -- being able to put together his own staff -- and institutional support. he says he found everything he was looking for. "i feel great about all three aspects," said penner. "we've got a lot of work to do but i feel like all three of those key components are in place. to have eleven strong on defense and eleven strong on offense is not enough. and so recruiting for depth, i

of the biggest challenges." dordt's all-time record in eight years is 12 and 66. the defenders have also won just three conference games in their history. the league features powers like morningside and doane, who made the playoffs this season -- plus northwestern, who is a playoff contender most years. renner says it will take everyone's help to compete in the gpac. man job," said penner. "the support that's required is pretty overwhelming to really get something going. i felt that dordt was at a place where they don't just need another hard-working staff. i believe they've had that. there needed to be an ignition of some sort and i'm excited about what that looks like." renner is dordt's third head football coach. you can see the entire interview inside this story at ktiv.com.

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