were supposed to adjourn in april. they went more than two months over before finally settling on a budget that was signed june 30th. that's one day before the start of the 2016-17 fiscal year. this year lawmakers are vowing to tackle the budget sooner, and make a key component-- education-- one of the first things they tackle.

settle on school funding in the first 30 days of the session. "we need to get the numbers to the schools districts in time so they can plan and certify their budgets in the middle of april," said rep. ron jorgensen, (r) sioux city. "so, i know its a priority of mine to get that done as soon as we possibly can." "lawmakers will also contend with governor terry branstad's plan to extend the state's penny sales tax to generate billions of dollars for education and water quality," said matt breen. "but, some members of the governor's own party don't support the plan." like senator david johnson, of ocheyedan. "number one, those taxes were approved at a local level first before it went statewide," said sen. david johnson, (r) ocheyedan. "so, in one respect we are taking away a local vote if we were to move that money." second, johnson says it won't be enough. the republican has written a bill which would add a 3/8 of a cent sales tax to generate money for a dedicated natural resources fund. "i don't know how better we can do it," johnson said. fellow senate republican randy feenstra, of hull, says water quality is important, but he

isn't the answer. "i don't think raising taxes is a good idea at this point," sen. randy feenstra, (r) hull said. few lawmakers would disagree. it's a election year for every member of the house, and a third of the members of the senate. >> back to education for a moment... and the problem there are three competeing plans. last spring the house passed a plan for 2016-17 school funding with a 2-percent increase... the senate has passed their own plan with four-percent increase... and, today, the governor told me he supports a 2-point-45 percent increase to basic state aid for schools. i sat down with governor branstad, today, to talk about education, and his priorities that he'll highlight during tomorrow's "condition of the state" speech. look for that story, tonight, on "news 4 at

national politics was also at the forefront in northwest iowa today as presidential hopefuls try to win over voters before the nation's first caucus. dr. ben carson stopped at a townhall in denison for his "we the people" town hall. cronk's cafe was full of community members of all ages as the republican spoke about his vision for the country. he began with his ideas on the economy. one of the main things he said would benefit would be cutting down the federal government...t hrough a "hiring freeze." that would mean not hiring for a while after employees retire. he also talked about his goals for foreign policy and fighting terrorism. "we have to shut down all of their monetary sources throughout the world so that they can't transfer from," "because that's how they pay people. that's how they're able to recruit." rson talked about taking oil away from isis carson talked about taking oil

well as bombing isis centers where they have oil tankers. he's currently in sioux city at stoney creek at 6 p.m. then tonight in le mars, iowa at the blue bunny ice cream parlor and museum from 7:45 to 9 p.m. watch for coverage of his campaign tonight on news 4 at 6. and, republican carly fiorina making a stop in sioux city tonight at bev's on the river. this is a live look at the crowd listening to her speak. a recent poll showed the former hewlett packard ceo in 10th place. however, she says polls don't always pick the winner in iowa. presidential candidate, rick santorum, also stopped in siouxland today. the rupublican spoke at the pizza ranch headquarters in orange city today. the candidate discussed the threat of isis and how he would put more boots on the ground if he were to win the presidential bid. the former pennsylvania senator explained why he's concerned about the combination of radical islam and the iran nuclear deal. he says there's two things he would do to

iran nuclear deal and take away the land isis operates on in the middle east. "we have american politicians who aren't honest with the american public about the nature of the threat we confront and tell the truth because we want to be politically correct, we don't want to offend anybody. well we've gotten to the point where we're more concerned about offending people then telling them the truth about a real threat that is now attacking us," said former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate, rick santorum. pizza ranch's founder says santorum reiterated how everyone has a voice. "i didn't realize he's an expert on isis and that actually was it was good to hear that we got people out there who know and realize there are problems and issues," said pizza ranch founder and president, adrie groeneweg. santorum will continue his campaign run this evening and head to cedar rapids, iowa tomorrow. and, former president bill clinton will be in sioux city on friday to support his wife's campaign. an event will take place at morningside college on friday at noon at the olson student center. doors open at 11:15 a.m.

check out our website at ktiv.com. a few snow showers may make their way through this evening. let's toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers for more. weather ad-lib wind chill advisory for ne siouxland tuesday from 3 am until 10 am despite a lot of clouds, we all saw some warming today with central and western siouxland being the warmest topping out in the 20s and 30s. this warming is very brief because a cold front moves through tonight bringing with it a few evening snow showers (with only a dusting expected) and briefly windy conditions that bring in the cold yet again. northeastern siouxland is under a wind chill advisory tuesday from 3 am until 10 am for wind chills colder than

a fire forces a popular sioux city chicken restaurant to close its doors tonight. ktiv's sarah te slaa talked with the owner of sneaky's chicken on gordon drive about what he saw as flames engulfed his restaurant this morning.

ferris. he and his employees made it out safely, but they watched the fire grow. 1:45 "it was pretty painful sitting in my car watching the flames go up," says ferris. the fire started in a storage shed that was added on to the building. 1:08 "something in there caught all the paper goods and off it went," says ferris. even though smoke filled the entire restaurant, the fire didn't spread. fire officials say despite the sub-zero temperatures and difficult conditions, crews got the fire out quickly. "we got water on the fire quickly. we were not hampered by any frozen hydrants or anything like that luckily. everything worked smoothly this morning," says mark aesoph, the sioux city fire marshal. dave says it's hard to see his business of 37 years take a hit like this. 2:10 "it's tough but we are all safe everybody is good and healthy and the rest can be fixed," says ferris. no word yet on how long the restaurant will be closed, but dave says they are working to find another kitchen and another location that they can continue their catering

orders should be affected. reporting in sioux city, sarah te slaa, ktiv news 4.>> no word yet on when the restaurant will reopen, but ferris says they'll do so as soon as possible. one person was injured following a two-vehicle accident in between norfolk and battle creek, nebraska today. an suv appeared to have rear-ended a truck heading east on highway 275 about two miles east of the battle creek spur around nine this morning. one person was transported from the scene with unknown injuries. highway 275 was closed down for about an hour. still to come... hear from the million dollar powerball winner. what he says he plans to do with the money.... next.

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

cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. 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.

he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. wind chill advisory for ne siouxland tuesday from 3 am until 10 am saw some warming today with central and western siouxland being the and 30s. this warming is very brief because a cold front moves through tonight bringing with it

showers (with only a dusting expected) and briefly windy conditions that bring in the cold yet again. northeastern siouxland is under a wind chill advisory tuesday from 3 am until 10 am for wind

stays cold, warming isn't far

see highs get back into the 30s as soon as wednesday. then thursday looks like the warmest of the days ahead the weekend when highs only get into teens for saturday and sunday.

one state could start requiring students to pass the government's

up his big check today. joel dominguez bought his ticket at the gordon plaza hy-vee in sioux city. the first five numbers on the ticket matched, but missed the powerball number. joel who is 23-year-old, says he always believed he would win a big lottery prize. after taxes, he gets $700,000. he bought a few tickets for the drawing and his wife and family thought he was joking that he won. "they couldn't believe it, my wife couldn't believe it. she made me send her a picture of the ticket. it's a feeling that i never had before that i probably never have before unless i win that one point three four billion dollars you know?" joel

dominguez said he plans to use his lottery winnings to help his family, pay bills and he and his wife both plan to complete their college degrees. the next drawing takes place on wednesday night with a jackpot of a record-breaking $1.4 billion dollar prize. and, joel says he plans to buy more tickets for the drawing. cone park gained some new leadership today. the park includes a four-season lodge with winter and summer elements. plans have been approved and now leadership is being finalized. joe krage has been appointed to the cone park design and construction advisory committee for a three year term. he's replacing ragen cote. fran palmer-sheim has also been appointed to the committee for a three year term. nebraska could require high school students to pass the federal government's civics exam for united states citizenship if a bill in the legislature becomes law. a senator from omaha introduced the plan today.

answer at least 70 percent of the test's questions correctly before they graduate. if passed, the bill would go into effect during the 2017 school year. south dakota has a simular law. smithfield foods says a computer issue has forced a suspension of production at several of its plants. and, that includes it's farmland foods plant in denison, iowa. according to a recorded message, the second shift wasn't working today. a issue at their date center was impacting production. mark freund, in for brad pautsch tonight - iowa state hits the road this week. (mark) the cyclones have lost two of their last three games. but the team is saying that it's not the end of the world. we'll hear from i-s-u after the break. plus, siouxland fares well in the first iowa boys basketball

iowa state has won 30 of its last 32 games at hilton coliseum. both of their home losses in that stretch have come to baylor. the bears came into hilton and beat i-s-u, 94-89 on saturday. the cyclones have now last two of their last three games. i-s-u hits the road for its next two games. first up - is 9-and-6 texas tomorrow night, down in austin. the longhorns have lost three of their last four. the cyclones have led for at least 29 minutes in each of their last two losses. i-s-u just needs to re- learn

"this isn't the end of the world," said iowa state head coach steve prohm. "we're three games into conference play. you're not even thinking about the conference championship race until the last two weeks of the season. we've had some really good wins. we've closed games. we've done all the things we just didn't do the other day. we've got it in us, we've just got to be better at it." iowa state and texas are the late game on espn-2 tomorrow - tip off is set for 8 o-clock. iowa's mike gesell is the big the senior from south sioux notched his first career double-double in an 11-point win over nebraska last tuesday. gesell is second in the big ten in assists, he's also averaging a game. iowa, 3-0 in big ten play, travels to michigan state on thursday. the spartans are number-4 in the spots to 16th 17th. baylor's win over the cyclones gets number-22.

followed by oklahoma. the iowa women got off to a promising start in conference play, winning their first two big ten games. but the hawkeyes are now looking to rebound from back-to-back losses. iowa saw its 25-game home winning streak ended at the hands of number-8 maryland on sunday. the 20-point loss to the terrapins was the hawkeyes' first double-digit loss of the season. the big ten has 6 teams either ranked or receiving votes in the a-p poll. that includes iowa - but the hawks know the conference season is a grind. "the maryland loss, it wasn't that we lost," said head coach lisa bluder. "they're a final four team. they're a great team. it's kind of the manner that we lost. low assists, high turnovers, not shooting the ball well. you may not win every game, but you can fight in every game, and i don't know if we fought to our best ability." iowa is at wisconsin on wednesday at 7 o-clock. the badgers are also 2- and-2 in conference. in the new iowa boys basketball poll -- sioux city east is receiving votes in class 4a - the black raiders are 8-and-2. valley is number 1.

into the rankings at number-6 moc-floyd valley 9th - bishop heelan fell out of the rankings, but is still receiving votes. pella is still number-1. western christian is still the top team in class 2a - the wolfpack haven't lost to any siouxland teams. pocahontas area, laurens-marathon moves up to 8th, while unbeaten ridge view is at 10. sioux center is getting votes. boyden hull is 4th, with 2 ikm-manning is 5th. south o'brien, gt/ra, ar-we-va and mv-ao all get votes. see the entire poll at ktiv-dot-com.