fda has lifted its ban on gay men donating blood. but see what restrictions are still in place. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm matt breen. and i'm sheila brummer. tonight, a death investigation underway in northeast nebraska. law enforcement officials are investigating a suspicious death west of pierce, nebraska. the discovery came after a vehicle fire. shortly after 3 o'clock, this afternoon, pierce fire and rescue responded to a vehicle on fire nine miles west of pierce. firefighters with the pierce fire department worked to extinguish the fire, and saw human remains in the cab of the pick-up. the nebraska state patrol and state fire marshall's office were called to investigate. a state patrol lieutenant says that the pick-up is in the middle of a field and they believe human remains are inside the smoldering vehicle. investigators are allowing some

burn itself out so they can go through evidence at the scene. the community of spencer, iowa mourning the loss of a high school wrestler who died over the weekend. today, the clay county medical examiner says the preliminary investigation shows austin roberts died of natural causes. he was a senior at spencer high school. the case has been turned over to the state medical examiner. austin's father told nbc news that his son had never collapsed before and they don't understand what happened. one minute he was competing for the championship and was doing fine. the third period started and he just went down and never got back up. the high school was open yesterday for grief counseling. roberts placed eighth at state tournament last year. he planned on wrestling and playing football at iowa central community college in fort dodge. we'll let you know when funeral arraignment have been set. investigators have released the cause of a deadly fire in spencer, iowa over the weekend. firefighters responded to a a trailer home at 317 w. 18th around 1:30 saturday

after putting out the flames, firefighters found the person who lived there dead. investigators say the fire was caused by flammable items placed located too close to a space heater. but, they are not releasing the name of the victim. sioux city fire and rescue honoring the memory of the city's first female firefighter. today, on facebook they posted about the passing of jeanne vakulskas. she died yesterday at her home. valulskas served from 1985 to 2007. the fire department says she was one of a kind and will be missed. their prayers are with her family. vakulskas was 63-years- old. (matt) fog will be rolling in tonight. but what does this mean for the rest of the week? for that, we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers. it was a gray looking monday that had some communities battling some fog for a while. things don't change much tonight meaning patchy fog will again be across the region and we'll again have to watch for slick spots since lows will be in the 20s. clouds will hang pretty tough again on tuesday but with a stronger south wind we should warm up better with highs getting into the 40s

(sheila) for the first time since july, vermont senator bernie sanders brought his presidential campaign back to sioux city. (matt) back then, sanders had to contend with siouxland's summer heat. in the last few days the democrat has taken some heat after members of his campaign improperly accessed

hillary clinton.

said. "when we began this campaign, we weren't 5 or 10 points down, we were like 40 or 50 points down." sanders says he'll need even more support to put him on what he calls a "path to victory", and a path to the white house. "i think we have the possibility of pulling the biggest political upset in the modern history of the united states," sanders said. >> due to increased interest, the sanders campaign moved the location from the boys club of sioux city to the sioux city convention center. more than 1,000 people were on hand, tonight. today, the senator expressed how far his campaign has come. they now have 2.3 million campaign contributions. supporters throughout siouxland, many of them students, say they're in favor of his plan to make public colleges and universities free. "i've got a lot of friends who are really worried about the kind of debt they are going to be facing when they graduate," said mason calhoun, a senior at the university of south dakota. "i'm going to have a lot of student debt that i'm going to have to pay when i graduate," said taryn

university of south dakota. "i also have a lot of friends who weren't able to go to college, just on the face because they couldn't pay for it." those "feeling the bern" at tonight's event say they admire sanders' pledge to not take any money from wall street backers. donald trump says he wants an apology from hillary clinton. during saturday's democratic debate, clinton said trump had become the islamic state's "best recruiter." she claimed that, quote--"they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists." (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) what happened to her? no she's terrible. she's terrible. donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. and it turned out to be a lie, she's a liar. it turned out to be a lie, turned out to be a lie. there is no evidence to back that claim and a clinton spokeswoman later said "she didn't have a particular video in mind."

morning that clinton quote--"lies about everything." lindsey graham is bowing out of the race for president. the republican senator from south carolina posted a video today saying he was suspending his campaign. he's picked up such a small level of support, graham didn't even qualify for the undercard debate last month. graham told cnn this morning that his campaign has hit a wall. he said he had run "a campaign we can be proud of" that was focused on the nation's security. you may not have to pay as much if you're caught speeding by traffic cameras on i-29. starting saturday, the penalties are as follows: if you're 11 to 15 miles over the limit, the fine will be $100. 16-20 miles above the speed limit you'll pay $125.00 and $150 for going 21 or more miles per hour over the speed limit. today, a legal battle between des moines water works entered a federal courtroom. the utility is suing three counties in northwest iowa. attorneys defending sac, calhoun, and buena vista counties previously filed a

lawsuit. today a judge heard arguments from both sides to determine if those will be dismissed or not. last january, des moines water works sued three siouxland counties. the utility is suing 10 drainage districts, claiming the water it receives from the raccoon river is polluted by nitrates from ag operations located upstream in those counties. the counties' attorney says that under iowa law, drainage districts are immune from lawsuits and therefore some of those counts should be thrown out. they say the utility is arguing how law works and they're stepping outside the bounds of rules allowed regarding drainage districts. the water utility serving 500,000 customers in central iowa says it has spent more than one- point-five million dollars since december to remove nitrate from the water to keep it within safe drinking limits. the judge hopes to reach a ruling by the middle of january, if not sooner. a local sioux city company is expanding. consumer supply distributing plans to build a 50,000 square foot expansion in bridgeport west industrial park. the company is a "wholesale

nutirion products." the vice president says after being in business for 60 years in sioux city, they look forward to staying in town. (- "we're from sioux city, all of us and we'd like very much to stay in the sioux city area. i'm glad we could work with the city council to put together a tax package that allowed us to build down here in our own business district," said david patee, consumer supply disturbing llc. the company hopes to move into the facility in the spring. still to come.... the fda has lifted its ban on gay men donating blood. but there are still some limitations. that story on tonight's healthbeat 4. it was a gray looking monday that had some communities

don't change much tonight meaning patchy fog will again be across the region and we'll again have to watch for slick spots since lows will be in the 20s. clouds will hang pretty tough again on tuesday but with a stronger south wind we should warm up better with highs getting into the 40s for most of us. we could see a little light rain or freezing rain develop tuesday night with wednesday night giving us a slight chance of a snow shower. thursday looks mostly quiet but then by christmas day there's going to be a slight chance of light rain or snow developing in the afternoon. some light snow could continue into friday night and saturday with another chance of some snow by

still to come.... after recent violent events, a a least one siouxland county sees in increase in gun permits. that story in just a few minutes.

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overseas, gun control has taken center stage in the presidential campaigns. fears of potenenal new gun laws are often cited as

gun permit applications. that's true for at least one siouxland county as ktiv's sam curtiss reports. on a mid-december day, foot traffic at shooter's paradise in sioux city is slow. the owner, p pl barrett, says he's fielding more phone calls than transactions. "i'm getting a lot of concealed carry class questions," said paul barrrett, owner of shooter's paradise. barrett says he's answering three to four times more calls a day about the how to do it [or] how to go barrett. san bernadino shootings is the reason for the increase. but, babaett isn't sure about that. "i don't know," said pauau barrett. "i can't answer that." some people in woodbury county aren't just making calls about concealed carry licenses. they're taking action. "just in the first week of december we've had 120 applications f fled out for carry permits," said major todd wieck. which is a lot. december's applications were the most in any month since february of 2014. "i think people are a litte bit more inclined to protect themselves now rather than just protecting themselves in their own home," said major todd wieck.

county sheriff's office show they were averaging 72 permits a month until this point. back at shooter's paradise paul barrett continues to field phone calls. but, he says it's nothing like the aftermath of another tragedy. "sandy hook was really a bad time," said paul barrett. "now people are thinking about it but it wasn't nothing like sandy hook." in sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. as we prepare to start a new year, there might be another spike when it comes to gun permits. major wieck says that could be due to permit renewals. in 2011, iowa changed to a 'shall issue' law for permits. thosospermits are good for five-years. following the attack in southern california, gun owners in siouxland are taking advantage of their 2nd amendment right chase cjeka is a co-owner of american brothers in arms gun shop in sioux city. his shop has seen the impact on the store's firearm sales made by recent mass shootings that

"it really impacts sales as far as, it really increases sales," saidid american brothers in arms co-owner, chase cjeka. "everybody wants to be prepared, they want to have an option of defending themselves if they have to. and, i support everybody's opinon. if you don't think we should own guns, that's your opinion and your right, and it's my right to own one." nearly 1 in 3 americans own their own firearm. iowa's average gun ownership is just slightly above that mark. we asked you earlier what your opinion was on gun control. here are the results. 18 percent of you said you support stricter gun control laws in the united states. 79 percent said you oppose stricter gun laws and just 3% said you were unsure. you can continue to cast your vote on ktiv dot com. still to come.... a seasonal treat has been recalled. see why the chocolate company recalled the sweets and what you

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bernie cannot be bought out by big money. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our r xt president to getetn there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock. sanders: i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message. decades-long ban on gay men donating blood. gay and bisexual men will be allowed to become blood donors, as long as they've abstained from sex for 12 months. while h-i-v bloodtests have become much more precise ... there is a window period when newly acquired h-i-v recommendati on -- the f-d-a stated "no transmissions of h-i-v, hepatitis b virus, or hepatitis c virus have been documented through u.s.-licensed plasma derived products in the past two decades." mars chocolate noror america

voluntary recall today of its dove brand "chocolate assortment snowflakes." the item comes in a 24- ounce purple bag... and was only sold at walmart. dove says some 67- hundred cases of the product may contain peanuts, wheat, or eggs. those ingredients however are nonolisted on the outer package ingredient label. there is a concern that people who have allergies to those ingredients run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction. the manufacturer says if you bought this product and have allergy concerns you may return it the store where it was purchased for a full refund. brad's here -- with monday night basketball. . e south sioux city girls are in nebraska's top ten, and tried to stay undefeated against omaha mercy. and, a pair of streaks were on the line when west went to sgt. bluff. sports fource is next.

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for those with food allergies. 'll give you some tips to stay safe this year. bluff-luton boys have lost three in a row. wewe is going the opposite direction. the wolverines lost their first three -- but have won their last two on the road. someone's streak would come to an end. the "straight outta" west guys knew this would be a close game all night. sbl grabs the early lead. chris kroll had a pair of early three's and the warriors were up by five. west cuts into that lead. noah mcwell has his shot blocked -- but stays with it and gets the reverse layin to fall. wolverines down 33-30 at the half. it stays tight. darius moore with the nice spin move for 2 -- west led by five going to the fourth quarter. but the warriors pull it out.

the game- winner with a second left and sbl edges west 74-72. the south sioux city girls -- undefeated and ranked 10th by the omaha world herald, hosting omaha mercy. the cardinals were up big in the second half -- sydney hirsch drops in the corner 3 -- south sioux leads 63-17. now on the break -- bricelyn comstock leaves it for mary-beth rasmussen -- south sioux up by 49. everyone played in this one -- haley fritza drains the 3 to push the lead to 50. how abououone more? freshman mckenna sims drops in 3 more and south sioux goes to 7 and 0 with a 75-26 win. in the new iowa boys basketball poll -- sioux city east is receiving votes in class 4a after a 7-1 start. iowa city west replaces valley ininhe top spot. in 3a, bishop heelan falls to seventh after losing to east. moc-floyd valley is tied for ninth, while spirit lake and

pella's the new number-1 team. western christian is a unanimous number-1 pick in class 2a. pocahontas area, laurens-marathon moves in at number-1-1 undefeated ridge view and sioux center get votes. in 1a, ikm-manning moves up to fourth. boyden-hull falls to sixth after their first loss. south o'brien is 8th -- but lost to remsen st. mary's tonight. gt/ra, ar-we-va and mv-ao all get votes. see the entire poll at ktiv-dot-com. after losing at third- ranked oklahoma on saturday, the creighton men were back home to play north texas. the 7-4 bluejays were playing their final game before the holiday break. the mean green just ended a 7-game losing streak. billy bluejay in the christmas spirt -- at the qwest center. creighton doing a great job of 'giving' at the holiday -- nice dish on the baseline to zach hansen for the reverse. jays up 19 to 7. then, off the miss -- hansen doing the dirty work. the junior from pierre, south dakota had - points. more good passing. freshman ronnie harrell, junior, drops in 2 of

double digits. not much stress for the jays tonight -- tyler clement drops in the 3 and creighton takes down north texas, 105-81. iowa's kirk ferentz has finished second in the voting for ap coach of the year. ferentz received 10 of 60 first place votes to finish behind clemson's dabo swinney, who has his tigers undefeated and are the number-one seed in the college football playoffs. ferentz -- in his 17th season -- will take a 12-1 record to the rose bowl to face stanford. the 12 wins are the most ever for a hawkeye team. iowa leaves for the rose bowl on thursday. tonight: areas of fog. low: 24 windnd sw/se 5-10 mph tomorrow: mostly cloudy y d breezyzy