thanks for joining us, i'm robert lowe it's the day after christmas and that means local stores are rolling out those after- christmas shopping deals. ktiv's tommie clark visited with people around siouxland and found out how big the rush was today.

"super busy. in the morning i got here and it wasn't as bad and then it hit afternoonish and it was crazy. everybody was coming in with returns, with coupons, with exchanges of sizes. we've had lines on our cash register since 12 so it's quite busy," said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. according to an american express survery, the day after christmas may be the busiest shopping day of the year...surpassi ng black friday and cyber monday. and, employees from siouxland stores...agree. "a ton of people behind you and you're just like i need to get this transaction done because i need to go on to the next one and so it's been hectic. there's really good deals around christmas time so it's a really good time to shop here," said rue 21 sales associate, joanna soto. shoppers say whether stores were busy...all came down to the deals. "the good deals...getting good bargains," said larissa waggoner. "we're just looking out for christmas deals, seeing anything we can grab for clearance prices," said kelsey momsen. there's those bogos, buy one get one half off, coupons and gift cards shoppers are excited to spend. "they save. they save a lot of money so i think that's one of the main reasons they come out here," said rue 21

lots of returns, exchanges...an d some shoppers said they're even looking for stocking stuffers for next year. in sioux city...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> if you got a gift card that you don't want.. there are ways to exchange it for one you'd prefer. many target stores are now offering an exchange program that enables you to turn in a third party gift card for a target gift card with a lesser value. the exchange takes place at the mobile phone you can also use websites like cardpool and cardcash. and that coinstar kiosk in the grocery store? you can scan a gift card there and coinstar will make you an offer to get cash on the spot. in southern california, hundreds of firefighters are battling a growing wildfire that has burned more than 12-hundred acres,

near the pacific ocean - and at one point closing parts of a major roadway. we get that story from nbc's blake mccoy.

from burning homes. a successful effort. helped by a change in the winds -- sot: norm plott division chief, ventura county fire department "it is a very dynamic fire the fire is going to resist our control. december is not typically fire season in california -- but with the historic drought -- fire season is now all year long. >> back here, two big highway construction projects have gotten the okay to continue in siouxland. the iowa department of transportation has received bids of nearly $127-million- dollars for widening projects on both u-s highway 20 and interstate 29. one will pay for grading and paving of the highway 20 expansion from correctionville to holstein. that's part of an expansion to

the interstate 29 project will replace seven bridges and complete other paving and grading work as part of a $400- million-dollar plan. that will widen the freeway to six lanes near sergeant bluff to the south dakota border. after our christmas day storm, there will be a lull in the snow, but just for a couple of days. high pressure will briefly build in giving us sunshine for the day on sunday along with cold temperatures. highs are expected to be in the low 20s around the viewing area. our next, more potent snow storm moves toward us sunday night with increasing clouds. snow will begin monday morning and will increase in intensity as the precipitation moves into siouxland your 7-day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes one siouxland man is facing

a drug bust. yesterday, le mars officers and plymouth county deputies served a search warrant for narcotics. they searched a house on 1st avenue northwest and as a result, officers found remanants of a "clandestine lab," or a secret lab. 30-year-old, chase kounkel, was arrested and transported to plymouth county jail. he was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. the investigation remains ongoing. a minimum-security state prison inmate who walked away from a correctional facility in yankton shortly before midnight christmas eve is back in custody. the south dakota department of corrections says 26-year-old dustin emery was arrested by the yankton police department yesterday, hours after he left the yankton community work center.

sentences for grand theft and possession of a controlled substance out of yankton county. crossfit spencer in spencer, iowa held a special workout program this morning. it's called the "the beastmode" hero workout and it's honoring the memory of wrestler, austin roberts. roberts died last week while competing in the championship match of the spencer tigers home wrestling invitational. the workout began with a prayer and then the lifting began. austin wrestled at the 220-pound weight class so they completed 220 reps per round. around 30 people showed up and each person made a donation to the roberts family. crossfit spencer raised over $750 for the family. . trainers say they wanted to open their gym to anyone in the area who needed to relieve some stress during this difficult time. switching gears, sam curtiss joining us now. iowa gearing up for the rose bowl but not without some fun first. that's the fun part for these

a lot of bowl games are in touristy areas. and the hawkeyes spent some time at the happiest place on earth. mark woodley from our sister station kwwl is live in los angeles. he'll be with the team all week. as was the case today, hey mark, the hawkeyes have some fun at disneyland? the team went to disnyeland. the team have a good time? any of the players say it was their first time there?

mark woodley working hard for us. he'll have reports and contiuunue our coverage all week from los angeles. thanks mark! and nebraska in action taking on ucla in the foster farms bowl. that game going on right now, we'll update you later in sportsfource.

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storm, there will be a lull in the snow, but just for a couple of days. high pressure will briefly build in giving us sunshine for the day on sunday along with cold temperatures. highs are expected to be in the low 20s around the viewing area. our next, more potent snow storm moves toward us sunday night with increasing clouds. snow will begin monday morning and will increase in intensity as the precipitation moves into siouxland. blustery ne winds will be accompanying the system so blowing snow will also be factor. visibilities will be greatly decreasing throughout the day.

for most of the viewing area. some light snow may linger into tuesday afternoon as a little disturbance moves through. as this system exits siouxland we can expect cold temperatures through new year's day with highs barely making it to the 20 degree mark.

our country, got a very special phone call on christmas day. you're looking at seth seward. seward is deployed to the 455th expeditionary security forces squadron at bagram airfield in afghanistan. this onawa, iowa native received a phone call from president barack obama. he was selected by his commander to receive the president's call. still to come here on news 4 at 10 new number show the us airlines are headed for their best their

new numbers show u-s airlines are headed for their best year ever... with sky-high profits... but what does that mean for the next time you fly? here's nbc's tom costello with tonight's consumer alert

nats: (airplane overhead) ...now, profits are taking off... nats: (jet liftoff) ...up 75-percent in just one year... totaling more than $20-billion... per-passenger profit soaring almost sixty percent... airlines now make more than twenty dollars ($22.48) for each per person on the plane... that's up from thirteen bucks ($13.30) last year. add in $56 million more in bag and change fees this summer over summer 2014... ...and for profits, it seems, the sky's the limit! business traveler: 14:04:20 "it seems like it's excessive - hundreds and hundreds of dollars just to move from a 4:00 flight to a 1:00 flight." husband and wife flying to rome: 14:10:50 "we're going really light, so we didn't have any baggage fees." mother flying from columbus: 14:07:12 "you buy a ticket, and then when you pick your seats, it's additional fees." but airlines are passing the buck... back to consumers... farecompare-dot-com found last- minute deals for christmas... chicago to new orleans for only $187, roundtrip. $257 for d.c. to dallas. miami to vegas: just $241. but you don't have to wing it! want a deal? book now... airfares for the last three weeks in january - and most of february - are at a five-year low... just avoid warm- weather destinations... and those three day weekends. sot: rick seaney, ceo and co- founder, farecompare.com: 14:35:33 "fly on the cheapest days, that's tuesday, wednesday and saturday, and you'll always find a decent deal." giving airlines a lift... all those extra fees... and falling fuel prices... this year, they paid $45-billion less to gas up those planes. but airlines argue... they're reinvesting their profits, just like big

starbucks... sot: jean medina: airlines industry spokesperson: 12:58:46 "airlines are doing the same thing with new planes, new seats, new apps for your phone- making the travel experience better." >> airlines say this is the first time since the great recession that their profitability has fallen in line with the average u-s company. sam curtiss joins us now. we talked about iowa having some fun as the prepare for their bowl. the fun was over for nebraska though. in a sense. nebraska in santa clara, california, to take on ucla in the foster farms bowl. that game in progress right now.

stats so far coming up. and the hawkeyes had fun at disneyland earlier today. but the team says this is a business trip. stick around and

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few teams asked to play in a bowl game. and they were awarded a great matchup with 8-4 ucla in the foster farms bowl which was tonight. that game is still going on. it's very early in the third quarter. after falling behind 21-7 midway through the second quarter, huskers reeled off two quick scores to notch things at 21. tommy armstrong has taken care of the ball so far. he's 8/10 for 115 yards. nebraska doing their damage on the ground as three different players have scored rushing touchdowns. huskers have outgained ucla in

earlier in the newscast we saw the hawkeyes having some fun at disneyland while that's the fun part, iowa has said all along it's a business trip. as mark woodley reports on the focus the hawkeyes will need to beat the pac-12 champs in stanford. and of course when you think about stanford, the first name that comes to mind is christian mccaffery,the a-p player of the year, and a guy who can get it done both running and catching the football. it's also a stanford squad that's big and fast defensively and the hawkeyes know they're in for a challenge if they want to win in pasadena for the first time in more than 40 years. "they're an athletic group just like every other team and they're the pac 12 champions, so they're definitely played good football and we're excited to go against them," said tevaun smith. "they've got a lot of good players on defense and offensively they're a good team as well. they're well coached, they've got a lot of good players, and we know in order to win the game we've got to play our best football," said c.j. beathard. "we're going to try to do the same things that helped us all year. that helped

going to keep our minds right and treat this like it's another game like the big 10 championship game," said george kittle. in los angeles, california, as we get ready for next week's rose bowl, i'm mark woodley, ktiv news four. be sure to stay with ktiv as we'll have more stories and live reports from los angeles through the rose bowl.