bye! a sioux city man has been stabbed to death and his accused killer is in police custody. ktiv's tiffany lane is on the story in the 19-hundred block of st 1st street, wherere police say elias wanatee stabbed vernon mace early this morning. tiffany? al, police received a call just after two this morning saying that mace had been stabbed. i spoke with his daughter, verna hoffman, who calls the situation shocking. she says wanateeees her cousin's husband. hoffman said that the suspect was waiting for mace outside mace's home in the blue building behind me as mace was going home. that's when wanatee chased mace around this corner about a block down the 1900 block of west 1st

n see a trail of blbld as mace made his way to his friend's home. that's when they say a friend pulled up in front of the driveway and took him to mercy hospital. hoffman spoke with the surgeon who said mace was stabbed in his head, arms and lungs. mace passed away in the hospital with family members present earlier today. coming up on news 4 4 six, mace's daughters talk about their father and what he meant to them. the search for an ida grove man

attempted murder is now in its third day. the sac county sheriff's office says 36-year jeremy werneburg intentionally struck kyle freese of glidden with his car outside a bar in carnarvon sunday night. freese was pinned against the outside wall of the bar. he's hospitalized in des moines where he'll undergo surgery on his leg. werneburg has ties to the ida grove, wall lake, carroll and humboldt areas. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the sac county sheriff's office. a protest is going on this noon hour in denison, iowa, involving police and community members. at the center of the protest, lewd images allegedly y eated on a computer r by the police chief. ktiv's tommie clark is with live link 4 in denison with

well al, denison chief-of- police john emswiler is accused of making pictures that weren't meant for others to see, including some that t me may consider racist or pornographic. i spoke with the city attorney who was indirectly involved with the matter. he says the information was on the police chief's private computer and somehow it got to the shared drive. the city attorney says mayor daniel leinen investigated the allegations and determined that disciplinary action was appropriate. he then administered that discipline in accordance with city policy. but he's not saying exaclty what that punishment is. leinen told me he cannot comment on camera for legal liability reasons, but he says that he believes he "used correct protocol." he also says he "does not agree with what the chief of police did and he was reprimanded for his actions."

and he is declining to comment. tonight, hear further details and hear from the police officers who turned the chief-of- police in to the city. al? thanks tommie. > weather ad-lib one more day until our warm-up gets back on track! today will once again be cloudy and cool with highs in the 30s with a few areas of patchy fog, although some of you out west will get a touch more sun which will help you reach the 40s. clouds will continue to be persistent up which should keep temperatures same winds will take a more southerly turn tomorrow, become a bit brisk and combine with a few rays of sun to produce highs near 50 degrees. expect much of the same to finish out the week as both our sunshine and wind increase on friday before calming down again on saturday. temperatures will gradually cool back down to the 40s by early next week, but overall, it's safe to say we'll stay away from any sort of brutal cold the next

>> secretary of state john kerry says there is increasing evidence of militarization by china in the south china sea. it's reported today that china has put anti-aircraft missiles on it's disputed man-made island in the south china sea. those are international waters, but china has been increasingly trying to lay claim to the area. analysts call china's actions a "significant military escalation." kerry described it as a "serious concern." kerry did not confirm the reports, but said there would be more talks with china in coming days. the airliner that carried pope francis to mexico was hit by a laser light from the ground as it arrived on friday. ali-talia airlines says no one was hurt and the aircraft landed safely. the carrier said today that the crew notified the mexico city airport's control tower of the

officials around the world have been increasingly concerned about people training laser pointers on jetliners. in some cases, crewmembers have suffered permanent eye damage. apple says it's not just about a single terrorism case. the company is asking its stomers to understand why it's fighting an order fr a feral judge that it help the fbi hack into an i-phone that belonged to one of the san bernardino, california shooters. nbc's steve patterson has more.

there are any other clues to the plot that left 14 people dead and 22 wounded. just0last week - fbi director james comey to a senate panel getting into farook's phone is key. "we still have one of those killers' phones we haven't been able to open. it's been over 2 months now, we're still working on it." overnight, apple's tim cook released a statement saying it's cooperated with the fbi on the case, but will fight theherder saying: the united states government has demanded that apple take an unprecedentnt step which threatens the security of our customers. we oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand. the company has five business days in which to object if they find the order "unreasonably burdensome." cook has been an adamant opponent of opening phones to the government... telling cbs's 60 minutes... t would makees all vulnerable. tim c ck "on your iphone, there's likely alth information, there's fincial

that was steve patterson reportrtg. what the governmeme is actually worriededbout is uilt-in security software that could auto-delete all the data on the phone when they try to crack it. one of the key players in selecting the next supreme court nominee is iowa senator chuck grassley. the republican is chairman of the judiciary committee, through which the president's nominee must pass. so where does grassley stand on the fight over a nominee? dave price has more.

"i'm going to take it a step at a time." people here learned grassley's answers won't step past that. "my question is will you continue to obstruct the president's nomination and at what point in the president's term does the constitution expire." sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i don't set the agenda of the united states senate. question: in your committee?" "i will take it a step at t time. the president hasn't nominated anybodyet." if he does, grassley's washington power's on display. he chairs the powerful senate judiciary committee... and that committee's the first step in hearings for a supreme court nominee. as chair, it's grassley's call whether to hold those hearings... but he doesn't think the lame duck president should put him in that position. sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i think i'm pretty clear that this should carry over to the next election but on the other hand i think take it a step at a a me."

to kw that next step now. reporter off camera: "you're not ready at this point to say it doesn't matter who the name is, we're not going to take it. why are you holding back?" sen. chuck grassley/ (r) iowa "i'm not holding i'm taking it one step at a time. i'm saying we're taking it one step at a time." >> warmrm weather is headed o o way. pretty soon. ben's back with details after this... it's still cloudy in spencer, where the current

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row? they're surging today. we'll check in with wall street when we come back... and a snapshot of iowa's economy from the woman charged with bringing more business to the state.

u.s. stocks are higher in midday trading after some encouraging company earnings and a 6-percent jump in the price of crude oil, which is now above 30-dollars a barrel in new york. the director of iowa's economic development authority say the quality of jobs in the state is improving. debi durham says incomes are rising and jobs are being created in iowa. but, she says the economy is slowing.

dollar, that really hurts our imports right now and so even though last year we had a banner year with imports or exports, 15.1 billion broke all records, we're going to be down probably double digits this year when the final accounting is done." durham says iowa needs more workers, but population growth is slow. she mentioned the aging population, and replacing the jobs that "baby boomers" are leaving. one way she says iowa is addressing the issue is through programs like "home base iowa", which gives employers incentives to hire military veterans. she also likes the stem curriculum of many schools that focus on science, technology, engineering and math for students at a young age. still ahead, some rock and roll legends are booked to play awesome biker nights... and our first good look inside the minnesota vikings new stadium. we'll give you the grand tour when news four at noon continues

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from our okoboji skycam... the lineup is set for this june's "awesome biker nights" in sioux city. cheatrick, of "surrende and "i want you to want me" fame will be one of the headliners, along with blues musician edgar winter of "free ride" and "frankenstein" fame... modern rock bands, "in this moment"

the stage. there's a change of venue for awesome biker nights this year. it's moving down to the other end of htoric 4th street, outside the hard rock hotel & casino, " we want it to be maybe awesome-er biker nights, this year," said hard rock general manager, todd moyer. "battery park was built for entertainment in mind. it's a great state of the art facility. we can't wait to show it off to the thousands of people that are going to come from way long distance o check out these bands." the 17th annl awesome biker nights will be june 16th, 17th and 18th. minnesota vikings fans are eagerly awaiting the opening of the team's new stadium. it's s ill months away, but t w we're getting our first bibilook inside. lou raguse took the media tour.

officials say because of u.s. bank stadium's design -- u don't feel like you're in the nosebleed section. "we have suites that are closer to the action than anywhere in the nfl. we have seats that are closer to the action than any in the nfl." two huge scoreboards are in place at each end. dave mansell, mortenson project manager "it's 90 by 55 feet tall. andnd that one's 120 by 85 feet tall. on the west end." that only makes the big screen the 10th largest in the nfl - but they argue the placement makes the scoreboards superior to other stadiums. "because it's not center hung and you can see them from anywhere in the stadium." in the concourse -- some concession stands are finishsh -- wle others still need finishing touches. the luxurious club rooms look ready to go. lester bagley, vikings exec. vp, public affairs "this is the ideal club because it has the view of the river and riverfront. as well as the stadium and the action." lou raguse, reporting "and this is the view from the purple club. these luxury seats and club rooms were what was severely lacking at the metrodome and stand to make the

u.s.s.ank stadium." "because this is what makes money for t te club? well, it's also a fan experiince." adium officis are touting uses for the stadium beyond nfl games. "we're booking weddings. we're booking corporate meetings." they say everything will be ready for the first big event -- a luke bryan concert in august. >> that was lou raguse reporting. the stadium roof lets in a lot of sunlight. 60 percent of it is a clear material which stadium officials sawill still reflect a lot of noise and create that home field advantage. ot in the dark produions is taking oa dark topic. that's still to come on "around

thisiswhy do they need to see this? it's such an interesting subject mater. basically because our world has changed so much since 1981 to 83 is when this play takes place. it deals a lot with getting the information out. back then there were few people that could help spread the word on something like this. truly the government and the new york times and television news just didn't find this an interesting enough subject. because of it, the aids epidemic bloomed, i don't know if that's the right wordrdit exploded because of that. give us those details, when can people check this out? we open on friday februaryhe 19th and we play through march the 7th. every frid and saturday night, there's some sunday matinees, the thursday night and monday night. be sure to get your tickets. michael thanks so much for being here. thank you for having me. thank you for joining us for ararnd siouxland. >>

look at the weather forecast. thanks for joining us.

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