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are searching for an 82-year old man who may be in danger. illinois officials say marvin davis has been missing since janurary 4th. he left his home in a maroon or burgandy ford ranger with illinois plates. davis called a relative on the 5th saying he was traveling to washington to be with a former companion. he has not been seen since. for more information go to our website ktiv.com. the fog was heavy throughout siouxland this morning. and while the fog is clearing up, we might have snow on the way. (sheila) chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us what we can expect. ron? weathb fog was the problem early in the day but snow will become the issue tonight through friday. moisture moving up from the south will spread snow into the area this evening with good chances of light snow continuing tonight on through friday with accumulations in the 2-4 inch range for many of us.
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sioux city police will have to use new avenues to find addresses for south dakota drivers caught by speed cameras. (sheila) on wednesday, south dakota governor dennis daugaard's office sent down a block on their database. ktiv's michelle schoening found out what this action means for sioux city police. sioux city officials will no longer get the addresses
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civil laws in iowa. a 2014 south dakota law bars sharing driver information when collecting a civil fine for red-light and speeding violations caught on camera. but, a policy advisor to governor dennis daugaard says this doesn't absolve south dakotans from paying fines in iowa. "this is an attempt from the administration to properly carry out the legistlator's intent when they passed this law. if a citizen of south dakota gets one of these tickets, they need to speak with their attorney to determine what their liability is as it relates to that ticket in the processes," said matt konenkamp, policy advisor to s.d.'s governor. the move protects south dakotans from private contractors, who oversee the cameras, from getting their personal information. although sioux city police can no longer access the information through the database, an assistant city attorney says the violations will continue to be sent as normal. "we're confident in the other methods that we have to research address and actually send out citiations that we don't feel there will be any glich going forward and tickets will go out like they did to anyone
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violating in sioux city," said justin vondrak, assistant city attorney. konenkamp says sioux city police will have 24-7 access to the south dakota disptach to get any neccasary information regarding criminal cases. michelle schoening, ktiv news four. when asked for comment, sioux city police chief doug young referred questions to the city's legal department. one south dakota lawmaker says he fully supports the governor's actions to block the database. representative jim bolin spoke constituent on thursday about a from the speed-traffic camera from sioux city. he says having the cameras on the interstate isn't right. "that was a road that was paid for by primarly federal tax money from all over the country and i don't think it's right to have that on an interstate," said rep. jim bolin, (r) canton. bolin also said having the cameras may be of service to sioux city, but that the interstate is not the right place for them. cameras
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interstate, i think that's wrong," said rep. jim bolin, (r) canton. bolin voted for the 2014 bill allowing sioux city police access to the information for only criminal violations in iowa. nebraska governor pete ricketts says he will ask lawmakers to pass a new infrastructur e package this year to accelerate long-delayed construction work on bridges and roads. the proposal would create an infrastructur e bank. that wouls allow the state to tap its cash reserve to pay for road and bridge projects faster than it currently can. a nebraska senator wants to tweak a law that prohibits voters from taking selfies with their marked election ballots. a senator from lincoln introduced a bill that would allow voters to snap photos of their ballots after voting. current law prohibits voters from showing their marked ballot to others. you can tell the iowa caucuses are approaching
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presidential candidates criss-crossing iowa over the last few weeks. republican rand paul and his wife, kelley, made a stop at the downtown sioux city, this afternoon. it was one of several "stand with rand" meet and greets scheduled across the state. during his town-hall meeting, the kentucky senator touched on his stance on president barack obama's new executive order tightening gun laws. "i think there still is an opportunity for trying to figure out a middle ground on this," said paul. "if you are criminally insane, meaning that you have a mental illness and you've committed a crime, then you would be part of a database and you shouldn't have weapons." senator paul will be traveling throughout the hawkeye state to meet with potential voters through tomorrow. ted cruz has signed on a northwest iowa-native as bob vander plaats, who's the president and ceo of the conservative "family leader" organization will help lead cruz' campaign. four weeks ago, vander plaats endorsed cruz for the republican presidential nomination. in
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called vander plaats "an inspiring leader in the conservative movement." in an effort to avoid mistakes made reporting caucus results in 2012, microsoft has launched new technology to track the results in 2016. the technology company has partnered with the iowa democratic and republican parties. in the past, precincts used an automated telephone service, or sent in results by mail. now, precincts will be able to enter, and keep track of data, through the app. from there, each parties staff will be able to monitor incoming results. if there's a problem, the parties will ask the precinct for additional verification. once the results are calculated, the app will send the results to public, and the press, on a smartphone or tablet. (matt) potential changes are coming to an iowa community college. (sheila) kuoo radio's steve schwaller has more on the upcoming referendum. steve? officials with iowa lakes community college are holding a series of informational sessions leading up to a february 2nd vote on a $16 million dollar referendum.
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vice president of administration says the funding would allow some upgrades to take place at each of the college's five campuses... "in algona we are planning an addition to our building for an entrepreneuri al center. in emmetsburg we're planning to coordinate all of our offices into one major area. we're going to have a remodeled area on the north part of the building. we'll probably move our convenience store. in spencer we anticipate putting a new roof on our building. we acquired a building in 2005 101,000 square feet, and the roof leaks and we need to improve that. in estherville we have a need for a music and fine arts area to have a fine arts addition to our campus. this has been discussed for over 25 years. there's a need for this, we'll be working with our local school system, if it's within their schedule also in spirit lake, we've had an alternative high school in
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and they're not there anymore. we also had nursing and they are not there. we're going to remodel the north part of the building. we're going to have an opportunity to increase corporate training, industrial training, in that area." to date l'heureux says they've met with more than 75 organizations and 1,500 people to get the word out about the referendum. steve, when are the rest of the informational sessions? the remaining informational sessions, or "community days", are set for this evening in spencer, january 25th in emmetsburg and january 11th in algona. still to come... the numbers are in.... and no one is the winner. but you still have another shot at winning millions.
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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 down drug prices. 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.
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they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change.
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> fog was the problem early in the day but snow will become the issue tonight through friday. moisture moving up from the south will spread snow into the area this evening with good chances of light snow continuing tonight on through friday with accumulations in the 2-4 inch range for many of us. as this system exits friday night, colder winds will start blowing in meaning highs on saturday will only get into the teens and those temps
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marco rubio thinks it's unfair to criticize him for missing votes. "but i am going to miss votes, i'm running for president." but he's been missing votes for a long time. "one third of all of his missed votes in 2015 were missed before he announced he was running for president." over the last three years, marco rubio has missed more votes... than any other senator. washington politician marco rubio. doesn't show up for work, but wants a promotion? right to rise usa is responsible
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(sheila) actually, no one did. lottery officials say the 524-million dollar powerball jackpot had no winning tickets sold by wednesday night. the numbers are: 2,11,47,62 and 63. the powerball is 17. the jackpot was one of the biggest in u.s. history. with no winners, the pot will keep growing and the next drawing will be saturday. the current jackpot is up to an estimated 700
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for a farmer, getting the most out of your product is important. one way to do so is with help from gps technology. another product adding even more accuarcy to your equipment is a product made right here in iowa. the protrakker system attaches to the hitch of your planter allowing its user to get with sub-inch accuaracy. combine that with a gps sonar system and it will assist farmers not just in planting but all year long. "we're trying to keep the rows in line across the entire field so when they come back with the next application with it be spraying, side dressing, strip till, etc., your next application is back on that sub-inch accuracy," said richard hundt, protrakker the hitch is a part of a guidance assistance line helping farmers to improve the cnos classic kicked off center. this is a live look at the tyson where the spencer and lawton-bronson boys are playing right now. the tournament goes on until
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over siouxland. sioux city east plays lemars tonight at 7:15. brad's here -- two games are already done at the tyson. the day started with a pair of girls games. woodbury central took on north -- and pierce tried to stay unbeaten against spencer. we'll have the highlights. plus, former iowa state football coach paul rhoads is still coaching job.
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cnos classic tipped off with five games on the schedule. the sioux city north and woodbury central girls took the floor first. the stars have just one win -- the wildcats are 6 and 4. woodbury central had a 13-point lead at the half - 32-19. second half, halle gray gets behind the defense and lays it in. wildcats tack on two more to their lead. north tries to keep up. grace mcloud with the board and bucket -- the lead is back to 13. woodbury central led by 19 after three quarters. mikayla mitchell to payge ronfeldt for the layin -- it's 44- 25. the wildcats are never threatened. keely steffen hits the 3 from the corner. woodbury central downs north, 54-34. a good matchup in game two -- the undefeated and 4th-ranked pierce girls -- taking on 5 and 2 spencer. pierce jumps out to a lead. kate
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up 8 to 3 quickly. more from pierce. jaci brahmer knocks down the pull up jumper. pierce only trailed once early on. spencer had five points in the first quarter. sara bauermeister connects on the long 2-pointer -- but the tigers were scoreless in the second quarter and trailed 25-5 at the half. pierce was in control -- shelby bretschneider scores on the inbounds play -- pierce goes to 12 and 0 - beating spencer 43-18. there are still three games left at the cnos classic today. spencer is leading lawton-bronson 46-24 at the half. the east guys play lemars at 7-15. the late game has the ponca girls taking on ahst at 9 o'clock. we'll have more action coming up at ten. the games continue friday and saturday. the musketeers are on the road tonight in cedar rapids. sioux city has won four in a row and six of their last eight games.
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muskies from last place in the ushl's eight-team western conference -- to fourth place. sioux city is 15-13 and 1 overall. the defense has been great -- giving up just four sioux city has also scored 92 goals -- the highest total in the conference. playing well on both ends of the ice has been the key to the turnaround. just about us getting better every day," said head coach jay varady. "if we can continue to build and grow and learn from experiences to hang in there and make sure we're ready to batle for a playoff spot in the end. if you look at how close the standings are right now, every game is really important." game time is 7 o'clock. the muskies go to madison, wisconsin, on friday night. former iowa state football coach paul rhoads is still looking for a new job. rhoads was a finalist for the opening at texas state -- but today that school hired everett withers. the job opened when dennis franchione retired after finishing 3-9. rhoads was fired after a 3-9
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was 32-55 in seven years at isu. after three years as iowa's linebackers coach, jim reid is going to his home state to be the defensive coordinator at boston college. reid helped a hawkeye defense that ranked 22nd in the nation this season. iowa coach kirk ferentz called reid a valuable member of the
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