matt b ben has the night off. after momo than four decades of service to his community, south sioux city's police chief is retiring. ktiv's tiffany lane spoke with those he led for so many years.

and accomplishments. "he brought us into the electronics era," said andy backman, an investigator with the south sioux city police department. "you know i can tell you when i first started here, our reputation wasn't the best in the state. but he has brought us to the forefront as far as our equipment, our cars, equipment we work with." and while ford, kept theheepartment moving forward, he made sure it always felt like family. "he was firm, but fair," said doug adams, lieutenant of investigations for the south sioux city police department. "he was willing to listen to any ideas you had and if he had one idea, you could convince him that your idea was maybe better, he'd go along with it." that firmness is something ford's colleagags say came from his time serving in the army. and while they say they will miss his leadership, they are happy for the time he will have

leaving. in south sioux city, nebraska, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> ford's retirement ceremony will take place on friday. students in northeast nebraska learned what to do if an active shooter strikes. the wausa and bloomfield school districts held a training session today. it was run by sioux city police officer chad sheehan. "one of the first hurdles to overcome is denial. this idea that it is not going to happen where we live. it's a small town. it's nebraska. it's iowa. it's not going to happen here. so that is one of the most difficult things to make people realize and face. it can happen anywhere." -chad sheehan, sheehan strategic solutions, llc sheehan started the s.a.v.e yourself program. the "s" stands fororhelter in place or barricade yourself. "a" - awareness. "v" - violence s sps violence. fight back as a last resort. and, "e" - evacuate! some light snow heading our way.

at our forecast. we didn't get the aesthetic beauty of the sun, but maybe just as beautiful was seeing our temperatures go back into the 20s across siouxland. we'll keep the 20s around again on thursday but we'll bring back a chance of some light snow. this isn't going to be a big system, but we could see a dusting of snow that begins tonight in western siouxland and gives us all a chance of that snow during the day tomorrow. just 12-days until the iowa caucuses. two presidential candidates were in cherokee, iowa today. ktiv's tommie clark was there and joins us tonight tommie?

former senator rick santorum and former governor mike huckabee each held a town hall gathering today. they talked about why they should get that presidential bid.

northwest, iowa and we get to meet them one on one and that's very important to me," nancy kunickis of laurens, iowa. but, they're still not ready to make a final decision... "i gotta tell ya i'm still on the fence about many, ya it's a very, very large field and the fact that they allow us to meet them one-on-one is very helpful and very important to all of us," said ken kunickis of laurens, iowa. both candidates say it's time to get serious and cast that vote on february 1st. >> both santorum and d ckabee said how critical this campaign is for the country. and, they're serious about winning the state of iowa. sheila? thanks tommie. polls show they have some ground to make up. a new national poll showing trump way out in front.with more than twice as much support as the next challenger. and, in a cnn poll, in new hampshire trump tops the pack, 20 points ahead of everyone else. dr. ben carson plans to resume

death of a volunteer. carson says he has a "heavy heart". he wrote on facebook page this afternoon "that he'll be "filled with the inspiration" of braden joplin's life story when he returns to the campaign trail in iowa. joplin was a texas tech student. he was killed yesterday in a crash along i-80 in cass county when the ran he was riding in hit an icy patch. the van got rammed by another vehicle. the candidate immediately stopped campaigning and d lew from south carolola to omaha. the other three passengers in e van were released from the hospital. sarah palin hit the campaign trail today with republican frontrunner donald trump. the duo hitting the campaign trail together in oklahoma. they rallyed supporters at oral roberts university. (sarah palin/(r) former alaska governor) "and here we got a redhead from the big red apple running for president and yet, the gop machine all of a sudden -- they're saying we're not red enough. we're not conservative enough. and i say what in the world do they know

conservatism?" earier today, the former governor of alaska did miss a campaign stop in iowa with trump. cruz today in new hampshire launching a fresh attack at trump for favoring big government when it comes to energy policy. "donald trump promised not only to protect the ethanol mandate, but to expand it, to have the federal government do even more picking winners and d sers by mandatatg ethanol be a larger part of the marketplace." yesterday, iowa governor terry branstad called cruz an opponent of renewable bio-fuels, a critical industry in iowa. iowa representativ e steve king had strong words for branstad and his call for the defeat of gop candidate ted cruz. king said today, the governor's comments were potentially dangerous for the future of the iowa caucuses. "what presidential candidate is going to come to iowa and run if they have to fear that the governor is going to come out and campaign directly against him and yet still not come out and ask iowans this is who i'm for," said congressman steve king. king accused branstad of

works in the bio-fuels industry. iowa's u.s. senator charles grassley has set a record among the country's lawmakers. the 35-year veteran of the senate has gone the longest, out of any other senator, without missing a single vote. grassley has not missed a vote in 22 years, six months, and six days, according to roll call, a political watchdog website. the last time grassley missed a vote was in 1993, when he toured the flood damage in iowa with president bill clinton. lawmakers in nebraska are considering a plan to give terminal ill people the right to end their own life with a doctor's assistance. it would only apply for patients believed to have less than 6 months to live. nebraska students will not be required get vaccicitions against meningitis. nebraska lawmakers rejected a bill that would require two rounds of meningitis vaccinations for nebraska students between seventh grade and age 16. however, some senators argue the disease is a public health concern. hats off to a young sioux city student,

campaign to raise money and awareness for a deadly disease. we didn't get the aesthetic beauty of the sun, bututaybe just as

there are two democratic visions for regulating wall street. one says it's okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. will they like me? no. will they begin to play by the rules if i'm president? you better believe it.

siouxland. we'll keep the 20s around again on thursday but we'll bring back a chance of some light snow. this isn't going to be a big system, but we could see a dusting of snow that begins tonight in western siouxland and gives us all a chance of that snow during the day tomorrow. accumulations should stay under an inch and the

bit. low 30s are going to be a possibility by the weekend with a little more light

straight ahead in healthbeat 4: how one student raised money and hats! the heartwarming story coming up in just a few minutes.

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inspired a young sioux ciy girl to take action. ktiv's sam curtiss shows us why she joined in the fight against cancer. "that she went through all this," said kellesse heard. kellesse heard gets emotional talking about her aunt. using both hands to wipe tears away. "and i'm thankful to have her in my life," said heard. her aunts husband and kellesse's uncle, edward courts, battled with stage four stomach cancer. he died in december. "and i had a thirdrdrade teacher who had breast cancer," said heard.d. so, kellesse wanted to make a difference. from sports hats to bucket hats and custom hats. wednesday was hat day at crescent park elementary because of her. "it really touched my heart when i

something for others," said melanie robinson, kellesse's teacher. so the fifth grader wrote her principal. seeking and getting approval for hat day. the only requirement - for each one worn - students would donate a dollar for the june e. nylen cancer c cter. "it shows that they care,","aid kellesse heard. "it was really impressive how many people we got to donate(d)." of the 204 students, kellesse says all pitched in. raising $216. something she could tell mom at pickup. "i was very proud," said tina heard, kellesse's mother. "we were actually going through a loss at that point and she just decided on her own that she wanted to help. it was the best feeling." the school even posted a bulletin board to show the donations. which is what she stood in front of answering one last question about what the word fearless on her hat meant to her. "just because you have cancer, you can still do whatever you want," said kellesse heard. in sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. arrangements for getting the

center are in the works. kellesse's ( ) mom hopes her daughter will be the one to deliver the gift. a new mount rushmore is coming to south dakota made up of usd basketball players. see how you can help the school

wall street today. stocks recovered much of their early plunge, but the price of oil still suffered its worst

drop since september. exxon mobil fell 4 percent and chevron fell 3 precent. the dow jones industrial average fell just under 250 points. earlier in the day it was down as much as 565 points. because of lower oil prices delta airlines reported it saved more than five billion dollars. and, it believes those savings could continue this year. the airline expects to keep another 3 billion dollars in 2016. despite the big drop in oil prices-- so far in 2016-- shares of delta are down sharary along with the marart. there's a new mount rushmore coming to south dakota. to celebrate its 37-year history in the dakotadome, the university of south dakota's basketball program is holding an online vote for fans to pick their favorite players. usd athletic officials whittled down the hundreds of players who've played for the 'yotes in the dome from 1979 to now. they've come up with the top 16 men and top 16 women to create the mt. rushmore of dakotadome

"we want people to look back at their time rooting for the coyotes in the dakotadome, we want to kind of memorialize this era as we move into the new area. it's a great new facility. it's going to be a great improvement for us, but at the same time we don't want to forget all those players that played for 37 years here at the dakotadome and forget all of the accomplishments that they had," said joe thuente, an assistant athletic director at usd. the online voting will narrow down the sweet 16 players to the final four. usd athletic officials will reveal the chosen players at the final basketball game at the dome on february 21. if you want to vote, you'll find the link inside this story on our website, ktiv.com. brad's here -- wednesday's a big college basketball night. close to home -- dordt and northwetern re-newed their rivalry -- while the top-ranked morningside women take on mount marty. and, nebraska tries to keep a winning streak alive, in a tough game at michigan state. sports

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learning to communicate. and one couple from arkansas just found out their adopted daughter had leukemia. we'll show you what the community is doing to help them find hope. the dordt and northwestern men's basketball teams squared off for the 109th time tonight. the red raiders lead the overal series, 77 to 31 -- but the defenders have won seven of the last ten meetings. even though both are in the middle of the gpac standings, this game always draws a full house in sioux county. dordt beat northwestern earlier this season, 89-80, in sioux center. the defenders get off to a good start -- leighton sampson gets the turnaround basket to go, dordt takes a two point lead. dordt continues to roll as

paint and sinks the jumper -- the defenders go up four. but the red raiders come storming back, colton kooima drives and takes it all the way for the bucket, northwestern starting to take contntl. this time it is jaxon heinz who drives and scores -- northwestern gets the revenge and beats dordt in a high scoring affair, 99 to 86. the red raider women also looking to avenge their loss to dordt earlier in the season. late in the 2nd half, dordt grabs the momentum -- alissa pollema hits the short jumper, the defenders trail by four. but northwesesrn answers right back, arianne gesell drives the baseline and puts in the basket, red raiders go back up by six. a few plays later, northwestern catches the defenders defense sleeping as katy kuiper gets the easy basket off the inbounds pass, red raiders up three. but dordt battles back late -- with the game tied -- kim kroeze hits the go ahead basket, plus the foul -- she led everyone with 20 points and the defenders come from behind and

the morningside women have won 11 straight on their climb to number-1 in the country. the mustangs -- 19-1, hosting 12 and 8 mount marty. the mustangs trailing by 3 at the half, 46-43. mount marty doesn't back down in the third quarter -- logan wagner scoops in 2 of her game-high 26 points. lancers built the lead up to 8. morningside rallies. lexi ackerman drives for the hoop and the hack. mustangs tie the game at 48-all. (no reason to worry, right?) morningside tries to come all the way back. jessica tietz scores down low -- she led the mustangs with 16 points. but the lancers made 15 three- pointers. raquel sutera drops in the triple and mount marty shocks number-1 morningside, 84-77. the morningside men had 15 players score -- and they keep mount marty winless in the gpac, 87-58. the south dakota men beat western illinois 76-67. casey kasperbauer had 26 points to lead the coyotes -- east grad j-c fuller had 16 to lead the

the briar cliff men win at dakota wesleyan, 87-75. the chargers tie a school record with their 16th straight win. the charger women win a battle of ranked teams, 67-65. kaylee blake had the game-winning basket with :01 second left. in the iowa conference, the buena vista men lose at dubuque, 100 to 78. the b-v women win big, 83-66. after starting 0 and 3 in the big ten, the nebraska men were on the road to play michigan state. since going to number-1, the spartans have lost three games and are ranked 11th in the country. nebraska had lost ten straight games to ranked teams. 1st half -- huskers down 2 -- glynn watson jr. pulls up and hits the jumper, ties the game at 33. 2nd half -- it's s sll tied. tai webster knocks down the pull up jumper -- nebraska in front by two. nebraska leading 66-62 -- shavon shields drives and hits the jump hook -- huskers up six. shields tied a seaosn-high with 28 points. final seconds -- huskers up one -- denzel valentine with the

the e n -- but the ball hits the front of the rim, and n nraska with theirirourth straight game, 72-71. the northern iowa men, loser's of four of their last five -- hosting wichita state, who leads the valley at 6-0. the shockers -- very business-like. fred van vleet hits the baseline jumper. he made five of his 8 shots for 12 points. uni tries to find some offense -- off the in-bounds play, matt bohannon knocks down the 3-pointer. if it ain't broke, don't fix it -- same play, same result -- bohannon with another triple -- he tied for the team lead with 14 p pnts. but wichita state never gave up the lead -- markis mcdufee hit back to back three's and northern iowa falls to the shockers, 74-55.