the storm lakekeolice dept. is askiki for your help in locating a suspect in a burglary and assault. 28 year-old domonick tribble alledgely enetered a house in the 100 block of irving st. in storm lake. once inside, the victim says her estranged boyfriend assaulted her, stole her cell phone and fled on foot. tribble is described as a black male, approximately 6'4", 180 lbs. with a tattoo of the name "nick" on his left arm and a skull on his right arm. if you have any information on his whereabout, please contact the stom lake police dept at the number on your screen. more details are emerging about an iowa woman who faces several charges after police say she crashed into another vehicle on purpose. according to court documents ,melissa ebert of cherokee, iowa was driving a car with t t passengers--eastbound on c 38. she and the front seat passenger, got involved in an argument. that's when documents say ebert threatened to crash

ebert collided head-on with a westbound approaching vehicle, approximately 1/4 of a mile east of otter drive. the incident resulted in three people ending up with serious injuries. she also faces her second owi offense and a charge of serious injury by motor vehicle. for the first time since more than fifty women started accusing bill cosby of sexual misconduct... a criminal charge has been filed against the famous comedian,. nbc's stephanie gosk has more for us this afternoon.

quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with?" cosby answering "yes". sot - kevin steele/montgomery county district attorney - "reopening this case was not a question..." the new charges announced by the montgomery county district attorney who just won a heated political election by running this attack ad against his opponent. nats - campaign ad - "bruce castor... a former d.a. who refused to prosecute bill cosby." sot - kevin steele/montgomery county district attorney-elect - "we examined all of the evidence that we had available to us, made this determination because it was the right thing to do." in a statement to nbc news... cosby's attorneys suggested the charges were motivated by local politics and "came as no surprise... we intmount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge and we expect that mr. cosby will be exonerated by a court of law." one of the 12 women who came forward as a "jane doe" in the 2005 civil suit... saying she doesn't believe cosby will admit any wrongdoing at trial. sot - patricia steuer/cosby accuser - "i have not ever known him to be a person who tells the truth so no i don't have a particular desire to hear him testify." tag: stephanie gosk reporting. cosby' lawyers have repeatedly denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations against him... even filing defamation lawsuits against nine of his accusers in recent weeks. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for january 14th. if he's found guilty... cosby

cosby's lawyers have repeatedly denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations against him... even filing defamation lawsuits against nine of his accusers in recent weeks. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for january 14th. if he's found guiltyty. cosby could face up to ten years behind bars. > weather ad-lib >> a state of emergency in missouri.. as flood waters

a state of emergency in missouri.. as flood waters continue to rise. the mississippi, missouri and meramec rivers are all at or above flood stage. the mississippi is expected to crest in downtown st louis today.. nearly 14-feet above flood stage. wednesday, governor jay nixon toured areas that are threatened.. and said even

danger isn't over.. there will be damage underneath. .an officer with the woodbury county sheriff's office is being hailed as a hero after rescuing a w wan from a burning apartment building on tuesday. the fire started because of cooking materials that were left alone. officer todd peterson arrived at the scene and saw a woman dangling upside down from a window, trying to escape the flames. peterson immediately went to the window and braced the fall of the woman. he says he doesn't want to be called a hero, because he was just doing his job. turning our attentntn to politics, the final push on the last day of the year to get momentum going into 2016 for wanting to be president. strong language from donald trump and some fourth quarter fundraising winners. edward lawrence is in washington with the latest from

damage tornadoes caused in texas. he's the first candidate to do so.. also before president obama. sot sen. ted cruz / (r) texas "we heard stories of people in their homes that were just standing in th one spot thut didn't' collapse." at the same time he raised a whopping $20 million dollars in the fourth quarter.. far surpassing his totals for the previous quarter. only ben carson surpassed that amount for the fourth quarter. senator marco rubio brought in $6 million. this.. as donald trump amps up his attacks on the democratic frontrunner for president.. hillary clinton. sot donald trump / (r) presidential candidate ( pl01w trump rally) "the husband wants to come and she wants to accuse me of things, and the husband's one of the greatest abusers in the world? give me a break." ...the

it out for third place behind trump and cruz. sot chris christie (vod nn07w decision :39 in) "if they think this is tough now, we're nowhere close to tough yet!" in a drastic move.. jeb bush cleared ouu his campaign staff ininmiami and shipped them to early primary states to get his supporters out to vote. this is do or die time for a number of republican candidates for president. we are about one month out from the first caucus. i'm edward lawrence in washington, now back to you. >> ted cruz will be campaigning in iowa next week. he's planning to visit 36 counties in six days. one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux ciciy on sunday. theeformer maryllnd governor will stop by the mary treglia house. doors open at 11:45 a.m. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for an afternoon event. the crystal ball has been tested, and is ready for tonight's new year's eve celebration in times square. organizers tested the waterford crystal ball wednesday.. to make sure everything goes smoothly at the big moment tonight. the ball weighs more than 11-thousand pounds.. and is decorated with more than 26- hundred waterford crystal triangles. coming up on news 4 at noon we'll preview the big rose bowl matchup between iowa

stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach next on news four at noon. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this

praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie sanders passed more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sanders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in.

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this is the time of year more people get busted for drinking or impaired driving. ktiv's tiffany lane road along with sioux city police to find out the steps it takes to make an arrest.

sioux city police department's asap unit takes. "when we are looking for drunk drivers are small cues, like somebody who drifts across the dotted line and move into the wrong lane." once the drivers are pulled over, there are a set of tests. for drunk driving: "follow it with your eyes only, keep your head still." looking for involuntary jerking of the eyes. "five, six, seven, eight" the nine step walk and turn test. "like this. one thousand one. one thousand two. one thousand three." and the one leg stand test for 30 seconds. there is also a preliminary breath test on scene. "nats blowing" "we take kind of the totality of all of it," "just cause they fail one doesn't primarily mean we're going to take them for drunk driving. it's just combining all of them together." su "after arriving at the jail, drivers take the state certified datamaster, which is an official breath test." (nats of blowing) whether they test over a point o-8 or not is whether they'll be charged. for drugged driving, testing for police takes a little longer. there is a 12 stete process that takessat least 45 minutes. officers check pupil size, clinical signs such as blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature.

released, law enforcement makes sure it's safe first. "for drunk driving or owi, before the jail will even let them out of jail, they have to test under a .08," "the jail's not going to let an intoxicated person out of the jail." after that they have to post bond, otherwise they have to see a judge at 9:30 in the morning. in sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> if you need to take a cab on new year's eve there's a number you can call l r a free de. this marks the 6th year edward j. keane has sponsored the safe ride service with siouxland taxi. the free rides are offered from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. you can call the number on your screen for your free ride through early new year's day. still ahead on news four at noon... we'll head to pasadena

iowa vs stanford. days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat... marco rubio was missing - fundraising in california instead. two weeks later, terrorists struck again in san bernardino... and where was marco? fundraising again in new orleaea. ovov the last 3 years,

and missed more total votes than any other senator. politics first: that's the rubio way. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. here's a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam... a week that's been great for the hawkeyes and kirk ferentz got even better today. ferentz was named the bobby dodd national coach of the year. there was one last chance t/ hear from both coaches before

kwwl has more shutters clicked and flashes popped as iowa's kirk ferentz and daysysefore the showdown i i pasadenanait's the biggest stage ever for the current hawkeye roster but kirk ferentz says that shouldn't matter come game-time. augusta or the british open or you're some point you've got to block out the other stuff is," said ferentz. gotten the hawkeyes to this point, focus and development, as ferentz points out his teams accomplishment have come from a roster full of guys who didn't get a ton of respect coming out of high school. "when we go shopping we don't get to go to the gououet store, it's one of those things." but it seems to have worked out as the hawkeyes get set to face one of the most efficient offenses in the country, led by record setting back christian mccaffrey. cardinal coach david shaw believes efficiency also seems to describe the hawkeye defense they'll be facing on friday. "you see coordination, you see everybody being where they're supposed to be," said shaw. "that's how you keep the score down, that's how you keep big plays down. there's nobody out of position. guys know their jobs and they do it full speed." and the hawkeyes expect to keep that up on friday. despite all the hype surrounding this game, ferentz believes his team will be ready. "as good as this is, it's a historic bowl,

environment in ameriia to play college football. it's still a game. once the game gets going it's a game on the field, and our challenge is to play a really good football team." re-live the hawkeye season during a half-hour special -- "the road to the rose bowl", airing tonight. we'll look back at the undefeated regular season - and look ahead to the matchup against stanford. that hawkeye special airs tonight at 6:30. up next we'll go around

pecaut nature center. we're talking about a couple of different things: one, winter trail hiking or snow shoeing if we get enough snow for it, and

stuff on those trails. let's talk about the snow shoeing and hiking first because that is a great activity that can be done all year round. we hope people will recreate not hibernate this winter. with the 40 degrees it's not hard to recreate but when we're getting sub zero temps. if we get enough snow we do have snow shoes available to rent at the dorothy pecaut nature center. it's a great activity to try. we do need a minimum of four inches before we will let those go out the door. we also have some events scheduled with snow shoeing on january 13th you can try snow shoeing at 1 if there's enough snow. we will have a hike if there's not enough snow, we'll still go out on a walk. that's something you can join us as a chance to get out. fyi, it is a no school day for sioux city schools so you could get the kids ouu the door and come out to the nature enter get some tra energy out so that's a possibiity. once you get past christmas people think what do i do with my chritmas tree. why not sed it to the dorothy pecaut nature center because you guys can use it too. we can. we

have those trees delivered to us. we chip them and then distribute them on our trail so we have a mulch and a nice base and the great aroma that they create. smells so good. we don't want any stand, we don't want any ornaments, we don't want them in bags and that kind of thing because it gets in the chipper. drop them off by january 10th. please. if you want more information about any of the programs that we talked about 712-258-0838 or go to their website woodburyparks.org. dawn, thanks for joining us. thank