goododorning. thanks for joining us on this tuesday february 16th. coming up in this half hour of news 4 today... a phone call fuels a feud. a recorded telephone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu and pocahontas county sheriff bob lampe has reignites a rivavay that dates back toto 2014. also, vandalism in vermillion. a vulgar message spray painted on the side of a fraternity house. police are investigating the crime on the university of south dakota campus and updating for the future, while preserving the past. the city h hl in denison, iowa is getting an update with an familiar look by revealing what's been hidden underneath.

most of our precipitation last night fell as rain, and it should be completely out of the viewing area by sunrise. but, as temperatures continue to drop to near/below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight//arly wednesdada morning, but other than that, tooight shuld be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will brig more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 >> a recorded telephone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu a a pocahontas county sheriff bob lalae is adding fuel to a fued that dates back two years.

telephone conversation to the media. in the call, threats are exchanged between the two men, who are both running for sheriff in the november general election. ktiv's michelle schoening with the story from pocahontas.

leu, whohowas in missoori for military traiing, says he was nevee notified of the investigation. "i called the fbi and said what's going on? i need to know information it's an officer safety thing. i don't care who wants to do a search in fonda but it's dangerous not to let the locals know," said leu. in an interview with the pilot tribune, lampe says leu's part-time officer was notified of the investigation. in that same interview lampe says the entire conflict stems from a questionn of leuutepping outside of is jurisdiction back in 2014. "his issue with my practice was--i would hear a call it may be domestic but i would start driving toward the call...that's it," said alex leu. leu says he has two voicemails from lampe that he has no intention in listening to. leu adds he will work with lampe as a professional but says he will not accept an apology. >> in the newspaper interview lampe admits to "blowing up" at leu on the phone.

comment, but he said he couldn't comment because of possible litigation. fonda mayor don wolf said in a statement that the county needs to work together with alalof its agencies. the mayor says public safety comes first. new developments in the case of a sioux city man accused of shooting a police officer and taking part in a string of recent robberies. isaiah mothershed's lawyer says wants his client's trial moved. court documents, momoershed's attorney, matthew metzgar, calls comments made by sioux city police chief doug young, and woodbury county attorney p.j. jennings, "prejudicial". metzgar says the comments were published in the sioux city journal, last week. metzgar says the "adverse publicity" that those comments generated would make it hard for his clilit to get a fair trial. the 18-year-old mothershed i charged with two counts of attempted murder after, police say, he shot officer ryan moritz during an incident at the valley park apartments on february 7th. mothershed is also charged with five counts of first-degree robbery in incidents dating back to december 7th, 2015.

cliven bundy is scheduled to appear in court today. bundy will answer to the charges brought against him from an armed confrontation in 2014 that forced federal officials to release cattle being rounded up near his rarah in nevada. bundy is the first to face charges in what some advocates hailed as a victory in the fight to turn over federal land to state control. more recently cliven bundy's son ammon bundy staged an armed sit in on federal land in oregon for the same issue. ammon's bundy's occupation of e malheur national wildlife refuge lasted for more than a month. a hearing on the sinking of the el faro will take place today. the united states coast guard is conducting the hearing in jacksonville, florida. this is the first of two sessions the coast guard will conduct. they are expected to focus on the evenen that d up to the sinking of the ship such as biographies on crew members and previous voyages the el faro made as well as the coast guard's search and rescue efforts. a second hearing, which hasn't been scheduled yet

tragic voyage itself that took the lives of all 33 people onboard. data released by the state of michigan says high levels of lead are still being detected in tap water in some flint-area homes. more than 250 tests done this month have shown lead levels above the federal limit ... including dozens of tests conducted just laststeek. the country's top doccr is in flint today as the leader of the n-a-a-c-p threatens protests if action does not come soon. cnn's kim hutcherson reports:

call- to-arms over the situation monday. if governor rick snyder doesen't take action within 30-days, organization president cornell brooks threatened: "to send bodies and consciousness to flint to engage in a mass campaign of direct action civil disobedience in flint, michin." the water crisis has been attracting the attention of democrats on the campaign trail bernie sanders met with families impacted by the water crisis before a rally on monday. "i really did not know how ugly and how horrible and how terrible what is going on in that community. it is beyond my comprehensio n that in the year 2016, in the united states of america we are poisoning our children." hillary clinton has been talking about the water crisis in debates and stump speeches. she's met with mayor karen weaver and sent two top campaign aides to meet with her as well. flili will be the site of a dememratic debate on marcrc sixth. i'm kim hutchers reporting. >>

investigating vandalism on the university of south dakota campus. vandals spray painted the side of a fraternity house early sunday morning. ktiv's tiffany lane has the story from vermillion.

and this is retaliation. we don't know. we're looking at everything." other students on campus are reacting to the words spray painted on the fraternity house wall, including first-year graduate student jackie hendry. "sometimes with your friends you hear things about questionable behavior, maybe not necessarily this house, but at other greek affiliated events," "and i've never had a personal experience with that. but sometimes kinda makes you wonder. but i mean obviously i don't necessarily means that just some paint on the side of a building should you know determine anyone's opinion about a specific house." vermillion police say there is no information to suggest that any member of phi delta theta has committed a date rape. "authorities say there are no current suspects in the vandalism investigation. they do say they believe there's only one person involved. in vermillion, south dakota, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4." >> the fraternity did not have cameras to catch the act, and there were no

the i-r-s is already reporting fraud. coming up next, we'll tell you how you can avoid having your money stolen.

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viewing area by sunrise. but, as temperatures continue to drop to near/below freezing, soso ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this moring with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to

into the weekend. see graphics. >> we're just a few weeks into tax season and already the irs is alerting taxpayers that there could be something terribly wrong with their tax returns. nbc's chris clackum has the details.

year's data security breaches... ....where millions of social security numbers ended up in the hands of i-d thieves. the thieves then use the number to file a fake return and get other people's tax refund. (sot/ kelli grant / cnbc :33 - :43 ) "in most cases, we're hearing that they're e-filing. they're just doing this in bulk...massive amounts of returns and they know a lot of these are going to get rejected, they're going to be caught by the irs" she says taxpayers should take comfort that many are being caught by the irs... and that more security measures are in place this year to detect the real return from a fake one. but the individual can't do much to prevent fraud.. except to file before the thief does. (sot/ kelli grant / cnbc :59 - 1:07 ) "try to get all of that done so that as soon as you have all of your w-2's, 1099's..all of that in hand..you can file right away" which means trying to file your return by the end of this week. chris clackum, nbc news. >> you haven't done it

straight ahead on news 4 today... old buildings usually need to be updated. and an iowa city hall is one of those buildings getting a facelift. a look at how denison is preserving the history of

denison, iowa's city hall is getting a facelift. but, this project has more to do with the building's rich history. ktiv's tiffany lane shares how

back in time.

almost a year, we're all kind of, there were six of us in two office spaces," said lisa koch, denison city clerk. a new elevator also takes people from the basement to the top of the building, offering easier access. there is also a new hvac system that will handle summer heat, and winter's chill. "we feel that as far as the taxpayers' dollars are really going to help pay back the cost of this building in a shorter time because of the high efficiency utilities," said crawford. crawford says the improvements will cost just under a million dollars. in denison, iowa, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> to pay for the renovations, 600-thousand dollars came from a general obligation loan.

through a general fund loan from the city. the entire project will be completed by this spring. some of us could see some snow this morning, but things are warming up. ben's in next with the details. and ever wonder what it would have been like to be inside apollo 11? new technology is giving us a glimpse inside the first spaceship on the moon. that story is coming after the

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tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds ck up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. >> the smithsonian's national air and space museum is giving visitors a chance to get a rtual look inside apollo 11. cheryl conner gives us a sneak peek at the first spaceship to land on the moon.

smelly but "one step" closer to what was happening inside apollo 11 on its trip to the moon in 1969... both personal and technical. astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins had lockers and designated areas holding their personal stuff.. sometimes real personal. (allan needell/curat or) "what's really e eiting is to be ableleo find a scribble on the wall with a number and be able to find the transmission in which ground control relayed up to them." directions from theground had collins linking up with the eagle -- which took armstrong and aldrin to the surface of the moon. there's also a calendar that kept track of their dates in orbit. all new images discovered when specialists with the air and space museum sent in 3-d technology... eliminating the treasure. (cheryl conner/repor ting) "we want to get you a little oser to some of the technnlogy that was used. vincent rossi is going to scan my hand with a 3-d laser scanner, showing the detail of this equipment." we got a sneak peek. the images will be online in july. (adam metallo/3-d imaging specialist) "basically anybody is going to

like to be in the command module." kids stopping by say it's pretty y ol. "because i mostly see models. i don't see the real thing." "one giant leap" toward what it's like to live in a spacecraft and be the first to walk the moon. >> it's . more news and weather for you on news-4 today after the break. first though.. here's a look at some of the events on the

good morning and welome back. we've got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 today. president obama has begun discussions on nominating a replacement for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. . publicans in the senene and on the presidential campaign trail say there's no way any obama selection should be considered, and that the pick should wait until the next president takes office nxt year, leaving the supreme court with eight justices until then. also, siouxlanders hear from one of the a aa's most successful l entrepreneuers. the co-founder of gateway, tedwaitt, talks business with people looking to start their own companies. and virtual reality isn't just for video games anymore. doctors are using it to help

being a patient in the hospital. that's in todadas healtbeat 4 port. bubufirst ben....

democrats are insisting president obama's choice to replace supreme court justice down" vote. republicans have vowed to block it... so the next president can fill that vacancy. tracie potts is following the latest developments from capitol hill.

(d-ny)/ senate judiciary cmte) "let's have a hearing. let's hear from our constituents what they think and then vote -- not say no vote at all." (sot: hillary clinton/ (d) presidential candidate) "the people of this country should send a very clear message: that is not the way our constitution works." they point out: anthony kennedy was confirmed by a democratic senate... in president reagan's final year. (sot: eric schultz/ principal deputy wh press secretary) "the constitution does not include exemptions for election ars, or for the president's lala term in office." flash "we're in an election year, so i'm not going to pretend that that's not part of the atmospherics here." republican candidates insist the replacement for justice antonin scalia should not be president obama's (sot: donald trump/ (r) presidential candidate) "the republicans should reject it. i think the n n president should have that opopon." (sot: marco ndidate) "the practical implications are nil. it's all they argue even if an obama nominee is confirmed, it could this term. in an op-ed posted overnight by the washington post, top democrat harry reid calls this "nakedly partisan" and says republicans are "insulting g ericans' intelligence" by b bcking a vote. i'm m acie potts in washington, >>

of justices to replace antonin scalia is from iowa... jane kelly is a circuit judge on the u-s court of appeals. but before that her career went through iowa where she was an assistant federal public defender and then served as supervising attorney in cedar rapids uil 2013. kelly was identified by the new york times as a potential nominee to the high court shortly after the news of scalia's death. president obama nominated kelly to the eighth circuit court of appeals in january 2013. former president george w. bush is campaigned for his brother in south carolina yesterday. the room erupted into applause when mr. bush and the former first lady, laura bush walked to the american legion post in columbia, south carolina. the bush family has performed wewe in south carolina....ith president george h.w. bush and george. bush winning primary elections there. south carolina senator lindsey graham believes jeb bush is the only candidate taking on donald trump.. and that.. combined with his executive leadership experience as

him most qualified to be the republican nominee. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders spoke about the flint water crisis during a campaign event in michigan yesterday. sanders said he privately met with a couple of the impacted residents... and the federal government should intervene if state and local government cannot proroct its citizens. sanders also said that while repairinthe water system in flint would be expensive... it would not be nearly as expensive as the iraq war. the white house says president obama will make his first visit to vietnam in may. the announcement came monday after mr. obama met with vietnam's prime minister at a summit with southeast asian leaders in california. the president's vietnam visit this spring will be a de trip while in the region for the group of seven summit in japan. mr. obama will become the third straight president to visit the southeast asian nation. bill clinton was there in 2000, followed by george w. bush in 2006. the u-s looks to strengthen relations with vietnam as that country worries over china's aggressivenes

a new plan to privatize medicaid in iowa has left thousands of iowans with unanswered questions. former iowa governororchet culver, visited the siouxland centnt for active generations in sioux city, yesterday afternoon, to address those questions. several dozen siouxlanders were in attendance to better understand the new plan for the state to privatize medicaid. governor culver is leading the charge for advocates for iowa medicaid, or aim. the group aims to provide a clear voice fofoiowans. "we're really building a ststewide coallition of f advocates, providers, beneficiaries, people that are directly impacted by iowa's medicaid system everyday." said culver. "it's a broad cross- section of iowans that are representing more than a half million people on medicaid and we just want to make sure their voices are heard." approximately 560 thousand iowans currently rely on medicaid for their healthcare needs.

fischer, the chance to meet with nebraskans-- especicily during a presidential election year-- has reinforced her belief that her constituents are interested in national events. fischer held a community coffee event in norfolk yesterday. she says although the topics of conversation have centered around national security concerns, she's hearing about proposed government regulations such as the e-p-a rules. with a presidential election coming up, fischer re-iterated her support for republican marco rubio and says nebraskans remain connected to the presidential election process. "we're seeing a great diversity of candidates and support among those candidates kind of ebbs and flows. but nebraskans are paying attention to this presidential election." fischer has more community coffee events scheduled for today and tomorrow. promoting start-up businesses throughout siouxland. that's the goal l hind the 10-day event knono as "trepalooza ." it started last night with a speech from gateway founder ted waitt.

waitt's advice for young entrepreneur s.

meaning, just maybe, the next successful entrepreneur is a student sitting right here. in sioux city, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> looking back on gateway's legacy, waitt said the combination of relocating the business to san diego, coupled with a number of bad hires, was "fatal" in 2007, a taiwanese software company bought gateway for $710 million dollars. new technology is helping ease stress and pain of being sick. coming up in healthbeat 4, how doctors are using virtual reality to treat hospital patienen. ben: and i'll have your

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"oh my god this is increreble.." the woman whose voice you hear... . shark just went by y head!" ... is not scuba diving... she's a patient in the hospital. "oh my god!" doctors at cedars-sinai in los angeles are studying the effects of virtual reality on hospital patients... whose real world surroundings can be sterile, uncomfortabl e, sometimes frightening. (sot: dr. brennan spiegel - cedars-sinai health system - :28 - :33) "this is an incredible opportunity to escape the four walls of the hospital." patients are carried away to different worlds... like iceland or the ocean. researchers have tested the virtual reality system with about 70 people so far. many say it's helping relieve stress and anxiety. (sot: kathy freund - patient - :45 - :48) "this was like the greatest diversion that i could have ever had." "ahhh oh gosh!! that feeling.. illustrated perfectly... by a young boy at c.s. mott children's hospital at the university of michigan. doctors there have also used virtual reality -- in this case

rollercoaste rs! "i'm on top of the world!!" the cedars-sinai team thinks virtual reality could also be useful for women enduring long labors... . d those having to wait for painful procedures. (sot: dr. brennan spiegel - cedars-sinai health system - 1:13 - 1:18) "now we need to know -- ds it improve pain scores, does it improve blood pressure?" (nats) younger patients have been most willing to test the system... but it's older patients who appear to be most amazed by it and could get the biggest benefit. erika edwards, nbc news. >> another study out this week from the u-k suggests virtual reality might also help ease symptoms of depression. coming up next on news 4 today... apple music is quickly taking over the music streaming business. and iphones are getting stuck in the past. we'll explain when we come back.

no farm market or wall street numbers this morning because markets were closed for president's day. the spring housing season kicked off this past weekend, but with record short supply. with more on that story and other business news, here's ktiv's kaitlyn kinney.... presidents day weekend is the start of the spring housing market... which is the busiest time of year for home sales. but according to the latest numbers from the national association of realtors, inventory at the end of december was down nearly four percent from a year ago. the supply of homes for sale was the lowest since the start of 2005. as for january, the national association of realtor's listing site, realtor dot com, reported listings were down an even sharper 4 point 4

google has announced it is shutting down its free online editing service picasa. google says it wants to place its emphasis on just one photo service - google photos. the search giant says after march 15th the company will no longer support the picasa desktop application. however, people who have downloaded the software can continue using it, but google won't provide more updates. picasa users will be able to access all their photos in picasa web albums through google photos. apple music is quickly gaining on its biggest rival, spotify. apple now has 11 million subscribers which is more than half of spotify's 20 million subscribers who pay around 10 dollars a month for unlimited digital music. apple has collected the subscribers in less than a year while spotify has been in eration since 2011. other streaming services such as tidal and google have found it difficult to get a foothold in the streaming music subscription business. and pandora announced its

and some apple fans have discovered going back to the 19-70s can kill your i-phone. itturns out, manually changing an i-phone, i-pod touch, or i-pad's date to may 19-70 or earlier can prevent the device from turning restart. apple has not provided a reason for the bug, but it has acknowledge d it and says an upcoming software update will prevent the

thanks, kaitlyn. when we come back, ben checks back in with weather.. and we'll run down this morning's top siouxland headlines... and music's biggest night... the grammy's took place last night. we'll have a recap of the top performances and the big winners

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slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tnight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. >> > if you're just tuning in, here's a quick look at the stories making headlines this morning in siouxland. a phone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu and pocahontas county sheriff bob lampe is adding fuel to a fued that dates back two years. in the call, part of which leu recorded and released to the media, lampe says to him, quote--"as long as you are running for sheriff you ought to know this: everyone is going to know that you knocked up a 15-year old and she had a miscarriage." leu says lampe's accusation is false. sheriff lampe told the storm lake pilot tribune the conflict stems from a question of leu stepping outside his jurisdiction in 2014. lampe declined comment to

vermillion police are investigating a report of vandalism at a fraternity house at the university of south dakota. the university says someone spray painted the words "we date rape" on the side of the phi delta theta fraternity house. school and law enforcement authorities say it's unclear why the fraternity was vandalized, because there have been no assaults reported. fraternity members have been since washed off most of the paint. the man behind gateway computer company came home to share his insight with young entrepreneurs in sioux city. ted waitt kicked off the the sixth annual "entrepalooza" with a keynote address to a crowd of 200 last night. waitt and partner mike hammond turned a 10- thousand dollar loan into a fortune 500 company. waitt says he always advises people to start when they're young. he says when he started gateway, he didn't have kids, didn't have a mortgage to pay, there was no risk, nothing to lose. the worst thing that could have happened, he says, was he would get a job. nebraska senator deb fischer says her constituents are tuned

in norfolk yesterday for a community coffee event. the republican says although the topics of conversation have centered around national security concerns, she's also hearing about possible government regulations like proposed new e-p-a rules. fischer also met with people in south sioux city yesterday. music's biggest night took place in los angeles last night as the 58th grammy awards were handed out. most of the awards -- all but eight of the night's 83 -- were announced before the telecast, leaving more time for some memorable performances . david daniel has a recap in the hollywood minute.

of "hamilton" got the l-a crowd ready to rap and roll -- long-distance from broadway. (singing) "the thrill is gone..." some of the most memorable performances were tributes to fallen stars: an all-star guitar jam for b-b king... (singing) "take it easy..." ...jackson browne and the eagles honoring glenn frey... (singing) "this is ground control to major tom..." ...and lady gaga's heavily-hyped performance channeling david bowie. (nat) "everyone you meet is jamming in the street all night long..." music-cares honoree lionel richie joined his own musical tribute. there was plenty of emotion from the night's big winners: meghan trainor cried -- so did her father -- when she won best new artist, and alabama shakes was all shook up after taking a trio of trophies. "my heart is beating a mile a minute." taylor swift, who opened the show, was a triple winner... and the first woman to win album of the year a second time. and the evening's final award, record of the year, went to the most inescapable song of 2015: mark ronson and bruno mars' "uptown funk." "we wouldn't be up here if it wasn't for the people dancing to this song." a fitting end to a show that had

(nat-music) "all night long..." >> coming up in our third half hour of news 4 today.... new technology is giving us a clearer look at what life was like inside apollo 11. and high school basketball postseason is here. class 1a and 2a boys teams in iowa hit the tournament trail.

thanks for joining us on this tuesday february 16th. coming up in this half hour of news 4 today... a phone call fuels a feud. a recorded telephone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu and pocahontas county sheriff bob lampe has reignites a rivalry that dates back to 2014. also, vandalism in vermillion. a vulgar message spray painted on the side of a fraternity house. police are investigating the crime on the university of south dakota campus and updating for the future, while preserving the past. the city hall in denison, iowa is getting an update with an familiar look by revealing what's been hidden underneath. but first, here's ben.

with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. >> a recorded telephone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu and pocahontas county sheriff bob lampe is adding fuel to a fued that dates back two years. chief leu released that recorded telephone conversation to the media. in the call, threats are exchanged between the two men, who are both running for sheriff in the november general election. ktiv's michelle schoening with the story from pocahontas.

county sheriff bob lampe. lampe confirmed that fact to the storm lake pilot tribune newspaper. on the other end of the line, recording the entire conversation, is fonda, iowa, police chief alex leu. leu released a short segment of the call to the media. leu says lampe's accusation is false. "i can promise you 100% there is no truth to that allegation," said leu. the heated phone conversation, which was recorded on friday, january 29th, stems from a fbi investigation, in fonda, in late january. the fbi was searching for a couple of murder suspects, from wisconsin, who were believed to be in the area. leu, who was in missouri for military training, says he was never notified of the investigation. "i called the fbi and said what's going on? i need to know information it's an officer safety thing. i don't care who wants to do a search in fonda but it's dangerous not to let the locals know," said leu.

tribune, lampe says leu's part-time officer was notified of the investigation. in that same interview lampe says the entire conflict stems from a question of leu stepping outside of his jurisdiction back in 2014. "his issue with my practice was--i would hear a call it may be domestic but i would start driving toward the call...that's it," said alex leu. leu says he has two voicemails from lampe that he has no intention in listening to. leu adds he will work with lampe as a professional but says he will not accept an apology. >> in the newspaper interview lampe admits to "blowing up" at leu on the phone. we reached out to lampe for comment, but he said he couldn't comment because of possible litigation. fonda mayor don wolf said in a statement that the county needs to work together with all of its agencies. the mayor says public safety comes first. the sioux city teen accused of

his trial moved in court documents, isaiah mothershed's attorney, matthew metzgar, calls comments made by sioux city police chief doug young, and woodbury county attorney p.j. jennings, "prejudicial". the comments were published in the sioux city journal, last week. metzgar says the "adverse publicity" that those comments generated would make it hard for his client to get a fair trial. the 18-year-old mothershed is charged with two counts of attempted murder after, police say, he shot officer ryan moritz during an incident at the valley park apartments on february 7th. mothershed is also charged with five counts of first-degree robbery in incidents dating back to december 7th, 2015. activist and cattle rancher cliven bundy is scheduled to appear in court today. bundy will answer to the charges brought against him from an armed confrontation in 2014 that forced federal officials to release cattle being rounded up near his ranch in nevada. bundy is the first to face charges in what some advocates hailed as a victory in the fight to turn over federal land to state control.

ammon bundy staged an armed sit in on federal land in oregon for the same issue. ammon's bundy's occupation of the malheur national wildlife refuge lasted for more than a month. a hearing on the sinking of the el faro will take place today. the united states coast guard is conducting the hearing in jacksonville, florida. this is the first of two sessions the coast guard will conduct. they are expected to focus on the events that led up to the sinking of the ship such as biographies on crew members and previous voyages the el faro made as well as the coast guard's search and rescue efforts. a second hearing, which hasn't been scheduled yet is expected to focus on the tragic voyage itself that took the lives of all 33 people onboard. a restaurant in columbus, ohio reopened its doors.... days after a violent machete attack left several people injured at the eatery. the healing process has just begun for the ones connected to nazareth restaurant and deli. a large number of people stopped by the restaurant after it opened its doors yesterday.

walked into the eatery and started swinging a machete, injuring four people. he was fatally shot by officers when he tried to lunge at them while wielding a machete and knife. data released by the state of michigan says high levels of lead are still being detected in tap water in some flint-area homes. more than 250 tests done this month have shown lead levels above the federal limit ... including dozens of tests conducted just last week. the country's top doctor is in flint today as the leader of the n-a-a-c-p threatens protests if action does not come soon. cnn's kim hutcherson reports:

organizations. the policies we enact when it comes to water, or transportation, or housing can have a profound impact on health." he is also meeting with doctor mona hanna-attisha, who first reported elevated levels of lead in the blood of flint's children. the naacp issued a call- to-arms over the situation monday. if governor rick snyder doesen't take action within 30-days, organization president cornell brooks threatened: "to send bodies and consciousness to flint to engage in a mass campaign of direct action civil disobedience in flint, michigan." the water crisis has been attracting the attention of democrats on the campaign trail bernie sanders met with families impacted by the water crisis before a rally on monday. "i really did not know how ugly and how horrible and how terrible what is going on in that community. it is beyond my comprehensio n that in the year 2016, in the united states of america we are poisoning our children." hillary clinton has been talking about the water crisis in debates and stump speeches. she's met with mayor karen weaver and sent two top campaign aides to meet with her as well. flint will be the site

i'm kim hutcherson reporting. >> vermillion police are investigating vandalism on the university of south dakota campus. vandals spray painted the side of a fraternity house early sunday morning. ktiv's tiffany lane has the story from vermillion.

is retaliation. we don't know. we're looking at everything." other students on campus are reacting to the words spray painted on the fraternity house wall, including first-year graduate student jackie hendry. "sometimes with your friends you hear things about questionable behavior, maybe not necessarily this house, but at other greek affiliated events," "and i've never had a personal experience with that. but sometimes kinda makes you wonder. but i mean obviously i don't necessarily means that just some paint on the side of a building should you know determine anyone's opinion about a specific house." vermillion police say there is no information to suggest that any member of phi delta theta has committed a date rape. "authorities say there are no current suspects in the vandalism investigation. they do say they believe there's only one person involved. in vermillion, south dakota,

the fraternity did not have cameras to catch the act, and there were no witnesses. coming up on news four, new technology is giving us a glimpse inside the first spaceship on the moon. and i'll have your complete

(allan needell/curat or) "it says smelly waste." smelly but "one step" closer to what was happening inside apollo 11 on its trip to the moon in 1969... both personal and technical. astronauts neil armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins had lockers and designated areas holding their personal stuff.. sometimes real personal. (allan needell/curat or) "what's really exciting is to be able to find a scribble on the wall with a number and be able to find the transmission in which ground control relayed up to them." directions from the ground had collins linking up with the eagle -- which took armstrong and aldrin to the surface of the moon. there's also a calendar that kept track of their dates in orbit. all new images discovered when specialists with the air and space museum sent in 3-d technology... eliminating the foot traffic inside this treasure. (cheryl conner/repor ting) "we want to get you a little

technology that was used. vincent rossi is going to scan my hand with a 3-d laser scanner, showing the detail of this equipment." we got a sneak peek. the images will be online in july. (adam metallo/3-d imaging specialist) "basically anybody is going to know what it feels like to be in the command module." kids stopping by say it's pretty cool. "because i mostly see models. i don't see the real thing." "one giant leap" toward what it's like to live in a spacecraft and be the first to walk the moon. >> the postseason started for class 1a and 2a boys teams in iowa last night. four teams were trying to keep their championship hopes alive. we'll have highlights from both of those games, coming up in the sports fource

> the road to des moines, and the state tournament, has started for iowa boys basketball teams. ktiv's brad pautsch has more in the sports fource morning wrap.

for 2. westerners get within 12. but kp never sweats it -- coby fischer grabs the loose ball and scores. kingsley-pierson advances, 61-44. in game 2 -- the host, westwood -- taking on river valley -- still looking for their first win. the rebels didn't take long to get the lead -- senior anthony mcollough with the steal and drop-in -- he scored westwood's first 6 points. river valley rallies with back to back buckets. freshman trey goettsch scores in the paint to cut into the lead. but the rebels went up by double digits in the first quarter -- zach allen sinks the short jumper to make it 14-4. all rebels in this one -- alex korver scores on the block. westwood moves on, 55-44 over river valley. for more postseason basketball watch sports fource extra at ten. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. >>

this morning... but after today... things are looking good. ben's got the forecast after the break. and an iowa city hall is getting a facelift. a look at how denison is preserving the history of

wx timer @ 1:15 most of our precipitation last night fell as rain, and it should be completely out of the viewing area by sunrise. but, as temperatures continue to drop to near/below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the

denison, iowa's city hall is getting a facelift. but, this project has more to do with the building's rich history. ktiv's tiffany lane shows us how denison is taking a look back in time.

constructed in 1895," said denison city manager terry crawford. it's a project that's been in the works for about a year, and is a few months from completion. city manager terry crawford has pushed for the renovations. su "one of the appeals of the project is that it keeps the historical preservation of the original building, crawford says." "i could show you the cupolas that have been installed already on the exterior, the south one here next to what we hope to have a bell tower in the future," said crawford. "it's not a part of this contract." but, the exterior of city hall isn't the only part that will look different. before the project, the top floor of the building was only used for storage. the top floor has been transformed to include the city council chambers, an employe lounge, and a small room for storage. "it's just nice to be able to have an office again, when we were at our temporary location, which was almost a year, we're all kind of, there were six of us in two office spaces," said lisa koch, denison city clerk. a new elevator also takes people from the basement to the top of the building, offering easier access. there is also a new hvac system that will handle summer heat,

that as far as the taxpayers' dollars are really going to help pay back the cost of this building in a shorter time because of the high efficiency utilities," said crawford. crawford says the improvements will cost just under a million dollars. in denison, iowa, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> it's . time for a break. we're back with our fourth half hour of news 4 today. first though.. here's a look at

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good morning and welome back. we've got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 today. president obama has begun discussions on nominating a replacement for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. republicans in the senate and on the presidential campaign trail say there's no way any obama selection should be considered, and that the pick should wait until the next president takes office in 2017, leaving the supreme court with eight justices until then. also, siouxlanders hear from one of the area's most successful entrepreneuers. the co-founder of gateway, ted waitt, talks business with people looking to start their own companies. and... the hype for episode 7 still lingers... as disney starts production on the next star wars movie. details coming up. but first ben....

viewing area by sunrise. but, as temperatures continue to drop to near/below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend.

democrats are insisting president obama's choice to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia get an "up or down" vote. republicans have vowed to block it... so the next president can fill that vacancy. tracie potts is following the latest developments from capitol hill.

one of the names on a short list of justices to replace antonin scalia is from iowa... jane kelly is a circuit judge on the u-s court of appeals. but before that her career went through iowa where she was an assistant federal public defender and then served as supervising attorney in

kelly was identified by the new york times as a potential nominee to the high court shortly after the news of scalia's death. president obama nominated kelly to the eighth circuit court of appeals in january 2013. former president george w. bush is campaigned for his brother in south carolina yesterday. the room erupted into applause when mr. bush and the former first lady, laura bush walked to the american legion post in columbia, south carolina. the bush family has performed well in south carolina.. with president george h.w. bush and george w. bush winning primary elections there. south carolina senator lindsey graham believes jeb bush is the only candidate taking on donald trump.. and that.. combined with his executive leadership experience as the governor of florida makes him most qualified to be the republican nominee. the white house says president obama will make his first visit to vietnam in may. the announcement came yesterday

vietnam's prime minister at a summit with southeast asian leaders in california. the president's vietnam visit this spring will be a side trip while in the region for the group of seven summit in japan. mr. obama will become the third straight president to visit the southeast asian nation. bill clinton was there in 2000, followed by george w. bush in 2006. the u-s looks to strengthen relations with vietnam as that country worries over china's aggressivenes s in the south china sea. former governor chet culver has been lobbying against privatization of medicaid in iowa and on monday, he brought his message to sioux city. he spoke to a crowd at the siouxland center for active generations. culver is leading the charge for advocates for iowa medicaid, which says it wants to provide a clear voice for iowans. "we're really building a statewide coallition of advocates, providers, beneficiaries, people that are directly impacted by iowa's medicaid system everyday." said culver. "it's a broad cross- section of iowans that are representing more than a half million

want to make sure their voices approximately 560 thousand iowans currently rely on medicaid for their healthcare needs. after hearing from the people she represents, u.s. senator deb fischer says nebraskans are tuned in to national politics, especially during this presidential election year. fischer held a community coffee event in norfolk yesterday. she says although conversations have centered around national security concerns, she's hearing about possible government regulations such as the proposed new e-p-a rules. with a presidential election coming up, fischer re-iterated her support for republican marco rubio and says nebraskans remain connected to the presidential election process. "we're seeing a great diversity of candidates and support among those candidates kind of ebbs and flows. but nebraskans are paying attention to this presidential election." fischer has community coffee events scheduled for today and tomorrow.

siouxland. that's the goal behind the 10-day event known as "entrepalooza ." it started last night with a speech from gateway founder ted waitt. ktiv's robert lowe has more on waitt's advice for young siouxland entrepreneurs.

entrepreneur s, eagerly awaiting waitt's every word. to see someone who actually succeeded it gives us hope, said christopher nkoghe, a freshman at briar cliff university. "we've got to work on that and make our plans around what he has to say." younger generations always get excited," said jared belin, a briar cliff university sophomore. "i think in today's age it is a great time." the billionaire entrepreneur agrees. "i always advise people to start when they're young," said waitt. "i didn't have kids, i didn't have a mortgage to pay. there was no risk, there was nothing to lose. the worst thing i was going to do is go get a job. meaning, just maybe, the next successful entrepreneur is a student sitting right here. in sioux city, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> looking back on gateway's legacy, waitt said the combination of relocating the business to san diego, coupled with a number of bad hires, was "fatal" in 2007, a taiwanese software company bought gateway for $710 million

more than 2-thousand people ran into the atlantic ocean, despite the 20-degree weather. their chilly dip in the water is coming up in what's trending. and i'll have your complete

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continue to drop to near/below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. >> thousands of people channeled

polar bear as they plunged into the atlantic ocean over the weekend. more than two-thousand brave souls courageously jumped into the ocean as part of the 22nd annual sea isle city polar bear plunge. hundreds of other people braved the 20-degree temperatures and arctic freeze to watch the spectacle. the plunge is a fundraiser for the sea isle city chamber of commerce and revitalization. city officials say the entire polar weekend of events draws in about 30- thousand visitors each year.

jimmy fallon makes a music video with will ferrell and christina aguilera. crews with star wars episode 8 have officially started filming. that's on the way.

last night, jimmy fallon had will ferrell and christina aguilera on the tonight show.

on the show tonight zach galifianakis, ronda rousey, and pitbull. you can catch the tonight show with jimmy fallon right here on ktiv at 10:35 after news 4. star wars fans rejoice! filming has started on the next installment of the star wars saga . . . walt disney announced that shooting began on star wars episode eight yesterday in the united kingdom. the announcement was accompanied by a short video that shows the filming starting right where episode seven left off. harrison ford, mark hamill, and carrie fisher are slated to reprise their

benicio del toro and laura dern are joining the cast as well. episode eight is expected to hit theaters in december of 2017. tuesday, february 16 sarah- international tennis hall of famer john mcenroe is 57 al- actor-rapper ice-t is 58 sarah- actor levar burton is 59 >

night fell as rain, and it should be completely out of the viewing area by sunrise. but, as temperatures continue to drop to near/below freezing, some ice could still develop on area roads and make things a bit slick for this morning's commute. we'll also have a strong northwest wind to deal with this morning with gusts upwards of 30 miles per hour. said wind will diminish throughout the day as clouds stay in place for the most part keeping our temperatures in the 30s. another weak disturbance passing by to our north might drop a quick snow shower on northern siouxland late tonight/early wednesday morning, but other than that, tonight should be dry, but with some patchy fog. wednesday will bring more gray and cool conditions before the more serious warming comes on thursday with highs jumping up to the 50s and staying there for friday and saturday as winds pick up again. we'll also see increasing sunshine to add to our warmth as we move into the weekend. see graphics. >> when we come back, we'll recap the top headlines from across siouxland.

how this feline is conqif you're just tuning in, here's a quick look at the stories making headlines this morning in siouxland. a phone call between fonda, iowa police chief alex leu and pocahontas county

lampe is adding fuel to a feud that dates back two years. in the call, part of which leu recorded and released to the media, lampe says to him, quote--"as long as you are running for sheriff you ought to know this: everyone is going to know that you knocked up a 15-year old and she had a miscarriage." leu says lampe's accusation is false. sheriff lampe told the storm lake pilot tribune the conflict stems from a question of leu stepping outside his jurisdiction in 2014. lampe declined comment to ktiv, citing possible litigation. vermillion police are investigating a report of vandalism at a fraternity house at the university of south dakota. the university says someone spray painted the words "we date rape" on the side of the phi delta theta fraternity house. school and law enforcement authorities say it's unclear why the fraternity was vandalized, because there have been no assaults reported. fraternity members have been since washed off most of the paint. the man behind gateway computer

insight with young entrepreneurs in sioux city. ted waitt kicked off the the sixth annual "entrepalooza" with 200 last night. waitt and partner mike hammond turned a 10- thousand dollar loan into a fortune 500 company. waitt says he always advises people to start when they're he says when he started gateway, he didn't have kids or a mortgage to pay. he says there was no risk and nothing to lose. the worst thing that could have happened, he says, was he would have to get a job. nebraska senator deb fischer says her constituents are tuned in to national events. she was in norfolk monday for a community coffee event. the republican says although the topics of conversation have centered around national security concerns, she's also hearing about proposed government regulations like proposed new e-p-a rules. fischer also met with people in south sioux city on monday.

we'll talk to chuck todd about that .. as well as the looming battle to replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. also ahead.. could you be at risk? growing concern after a new study suggests a link between heartburn medications.. and dementia. those stories, plus.. we've got tre inside scoop on music's biggest night .. from taylor swift's big win to adele's microphone troubles .. that's all coming up.. when we get started, here on today. >> a cat in norway is making a name for himself with an unusual talent... this is jesper... the skiing cat. jesper isn't your typical house cat. he loves skiing, hiking and tagging along with his owner on all her adventures. he has his own blog and has amassed thousands of followers on facebook.

good morning. winter wallop. nearly 50 million americans waking up to a sloppy commute. a massive storm sweeping across at least 17 states, from north carolina to new england. and spawns a tornado outbreak across the south. a 94-year-old woman trapped inside her home. >> first responders and volunteers form a human chain to pu woman from the debris. ultimatum. donald trump now threatening to sue ted cruz if the senator doesn't stop running attack ads. >> ted is an unstable guy. i've never, ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz.