criminal record. (sheila) ktiv's tiffany lane joins us from the newsroom with details of wanatee's previous murder conviction. tiffany? matt and sheila, it's a case that dates back to an incident, in 1990, in downtown sioux city. one man died, and wanatee went to prison.

he was accused of pulling out a machete-type knife during a disturbance at the super wal-mart on floyd boulevard. wanatee was charged with assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. he still hasn't been sentenced in that case. >> wanatee was also give credit for time her served inj prison prior to his conviction. that also reduced the time he spent behind bars. while serving his sentence, wanatee was placed on work release, and parole, and violated both. (matt) thanks tiffany. while the temperatures may be nice, the wind not so much. (matt) chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now to tell us more about the wind advisory in most of siouxland. weather ad-lib high wind warning for holt county from until noon friday wind advisory for most of siouxland

weather reaching the 60s out in o'neill and the 40s and 50 for most of the rest of us. even more warming will be coming our way on friday but it will be at the expense of having to put up with very gusty winds. the cold front bringing that wind moves in tonight with only a small chance of a shower in northern siouxland. the wind could gust over 40 miles per hour tonight with gusts from 40 to 55 miles per hour during the day on friday and that's the reason for a wind advisory for most of the ktiv viewing area tonight and friday. holt county is under a high wind warning until noon on friday where they could see gusts between 50 and 60 miles per hour. (sheila) a man wanted for attempted murder in sac county, iowa, is in custody today. (matt) police in fort dodge got a tip that 36-year-old jeremy werneburg was coming to the local wal-mart to pick up a

they say werneburg resisted arrest and an officer suffered a knee injury during the scuffle. the officer used a taser to subdue werneburg. he had been on the run since sunday night when authorities say he intentionally ran a man down with his car outside this bar in carnarvon. that man, 33-year old kyle freese of glidden, iowa, suffered a severe leg injury and is hospitalized in des moines. the car used in the assault was found late last night in the k-mart parking lot in cheorkee. werneburg is being held in the webster county jail. the sac county sheriff's department turned to facebook to try and ktiv's tommie clark shows us how their job.

you know when you get over 125,000 people viewing that and people talk and they share it you know virtually everybody knew who he was," said sac county sheriff ken mcclure. besides the post about werneberg, mcclure says their facebook page regularly posts information that is important for the public to know. that includes news releases, weather and information from other law enforcement agencies. but there are drawbacks to social media use if the wrong person posts something... "victims of crimes, family members, have found out because somebody posted it on social media," said sac county sheriff ken mcclure. "mcclure says social media does more then just give people information." "i think this is a way to show people that you know we're humans, we have families, we have kids, we live in your communities, we're part of your community and all we want to do is make it a better place," said sac county sheriff ken mcclure. and community member agree... "just paying attention to what is going on and the things that

there are situations that are maybe not so safe for everybody just continue checking stay on n p of things," said details owner, cheryl gerry. mcclure says they've only had their facebook page for a little the way they pursue leads because people feel comfortable enough post. in sac city, iowa...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> sheriff mcclure says they've never had so many views. they usually get around 30,000 views on posts. a link to their facebook page can be found inside this story at ktiv dot com. an accident stopped traffic on a busy sioux city street, this afternoon. police say the accident happened when a green van, which was headed south on summit street, ran a stop sign and rear-ended a silver car. that car spun several times before finally coming to rest in the yard of a home. traffic heading west on 18th street was diverted for a short time while police were on the scene. for running a stop sign, and

other driver was treated on scene. an aquatic weed may cause some problems for boats this coming spring. kuoo radio's steve schwaller is here to tell us more. steve? an aquatic weed that can literally choke off boat traffic on a lake made its presence known last spring and early summer on the north side of east lake okoboji. a possible resurgence of curly leaf pond weed this coming season has officials looking at possible ways to manage it so at leasassome boat traffic can get through. mike hawkins, a fisheries biologist with the iowa department of natural resources told the dickinson county board of supervisors tuesday one option is to treat the affected area with an aquatic herbicide. he estimated the cost of treating 65 acres of the lake at between $19,000 and $20,000. hawkins says t t treatment would need to be done annually in the spring, when the water temperature is between 50 and 60 degrees. hawkins says he wants to hear from stakeholders

there's a willingness for them to raise money for the project... "we talked today about meeting with the city of spirit lake, the city of orleans, the east okoboji lakes protective associatatn and looking at the general interest, how much interest is there in generating some revenue or some dollars to put together a project like this." a meeting to that affect has been set for 7:00 p.m. this coming tuesday, february 23rd at the spirit lake public library. steve, are there a a other options available to manage the weed? hawkins say riparian lakeshore property owners can mechanically cut the vegetation that's within a certain distance of their dock. but he says they must disposing the weed once its been cut. still to come... hundreds of wrestlers begin the

tournament in des moines and omaha. we'll have highlights and interviews later in

high wind warning for holt county wind advisory for most of tonight through friday weather

reaching the 60s out in o'neill and the 40s and 50 for most of the rest of us. even more warming will be coming our way on friday but it will be at the expense of having to put up with very gusty winds. the cold front bringing that wind moves in tonight with only a small chance of a shower in northern siouxland. the wind could gust over 40 miles per hour tonigig with gusts from 40 to 55 miles per hour during the day on friday and that's the reason for a wind advisory for most of the ktiv viewing area tonight and friday. holt county is under a high wind warning until noon on friday where they could see gusts between 50 and 60 miles per hour. highs on friday will mostly be in the 50s and 60s with saturday also looking very mild with a lot less wind. we'll see a slow cooling trend beginning on sunday and heading into next week with no good chances of rain or snow in our 7-day forecast. ill to come... legososike you've never seen them before. a look at the new exhibit at the sioux city art center that both adults and kids can enjoy, next.

be opening a newexhibit on saturday. nathan sawaya's "the art of the brick," an exhibit of lego sculptures, openenthis weekend. sawaya is a natiti of oregon, whsculpts all his pieces exclusively with lego bricks. the exhibit will be held at the

until may 8th. some of sawaya's lifesize adult sculptures are made with over 15,000 bricks, and can take nearly a month to complete. one art center official said that siouxlanders will get a glimpse at some very unique art pieces. "the thing that's realal special out this is that eerybody ows what a lego is. and these are all using the very traditional, square and rectangular legos. there are no, none of the fancy curves and circles and things. he's very old school. but, it shows what you can do when you're using your creative mind to transform things far beyond the expectation." said todd behrens, curator for the sioux city art center. the exhibit opens saturday at 5 p.m. the number of farms and ranches in nebraska declined again last year. the u.s. department of agriculture reports the number of farms and ranches in the state declined 400 from the previous year to 48,700 in 2015. the number of small farms with less than n 00,000 in

number of large farms increased by 100. the average size of farms in nebraska increased by 7 acres to 928 acres. (matt) brad's here -- it's a big day for high school wrestlers. it was a packed house in des moines for day 1 of the iowa state tournament -- highlights and interviews are ahead. and, we'll have first round action from all four classes at the nebraska state tournament.

nearly 700 wrestlers will have first round matches today at the iowa high school state tournament. the class 1a grapplers were the first to hit t t mats, early this morning. yoyocan see all of the s suxland wrestlers -- still alive in the winner's bracket -- at the bottom of the scen. ktiv's sam curtiss reportsrom des moines. westwood sent 6 guys to state. of those 6, 2 are still in the hunt for a title. at 120 kody berg won a 5-0 decision and markes myers he'll face t ts guy, tanner lulugren of emmestburg i the quarters. as lundgren escapes on his way to a 11-4 win. moving up to 182 - hinton's daniel bishop. he's top ranked in that class technical fall. "getting that first one is really good," said daniel bishop, a junior from hinton. "[it] gets my confidence back in me. i didn't wrestle with all the ceceral iowa kids and it's just able to dominant move forward through

round to the finals and, eventually,opefully, win it." nathan kruger of manson northwest webster advances in 182 with a 6-4 call. up to 195 - drake johnsen of logan magnolia is on to the quarters. two guys lookijng to keeeetheir record perfect. in 220 - south central calhoun's rylan richardson did just that. and cole jensen of maple valley-anthon-oto at 285 showed why he's the top-seed and doesn't plan to take a loss now. "i hope not," said cole jensen, a senior at maple valley-anthon-oto. "i just got to keep taking it one match at a time [and] wrestle as hard as i can every match." on the opposite end of the spectrum in 106 - oa-bcig's kurtis krager took down seth wright of woodbine. sibley ocheydan sent seven guys. of them, dylan schuck, trent kruger, garrett saylor and matt naig advanced to quarters. which start at 9 a.m. on friday. in des moines, sam curtiss, ktiv sportsfource. class 3a took to the mats this afternoon. at 170 - sioux city north's deion clayborne is a four-time state qualifier - the takedown leads to a 10-4 decision. clayborne is

- jacob wiley of east - the senior ranked second in 43-4. and at 285 - nic hoefling of spencer pins his man and is on to the quarterfinals with his 39th win. "i stayed focused more during my senior at sioux city north. "the last couple wasn't really going hard or going all out." "i'm ranked i deserve that ranking," said jacob wiley, a senior at sioux city east. "i haven't lost to a 3a kid yet and i really think this is my tournament. i can do well at this tournament." "i was a bit nervous consnsdering he's a bit bigger than i am but i've taken down some pretty big guys this year so i didn't really let it get to my head," said nic hoefling, a junior from spencer. class 2a wrestlers just started, we'll have those highlights at ten. the four-class nebraska state wrestling tourney alal started is morning in omaha. class b & c guys hit the mat a a the century link center at 9-30.

mark: by the end of day one at the nsaa state wrestling meet, the semifinals would be set in all weights, in all classes. grapplers from classes b and c were the first to take the matat for the first round and quarteteinals. just one s suxland wrestler advanced to theemis in class b. that was riley berg of west point-beemer, ranked 4th in the state at 126 pounds. berg picks up a third-period pinfall to advance. "i want it really bad," said berg, a junior. "every year i have a tough match in the quarters, i come out on top. i look to go past semis and go straight to the finals, and win." up to class c - o'neill gets three semifinalists, including top-ranked jason hahlbeck at 220 pounds. madison's aron reynaga improves to 44-and-0 with a 2-1 win at heavyweight. tons of success for battle creek - freshman caydon mccracken with a pinfall at 106. another semifinalist at 132 pounds preston

to advance. and at 170 pounds, 2nd- ranked drew lanman gets an 8-4 decision - that's three semifinalists for the braves. "we all work hard," said lanman, a senior. "we work hard in the practice room. we do everything we can to get us in the position to win, and we had some underdogs win today." "this is my third trtr to the semis, and this time, i hope i can come away with a win." in omaha, mark freund, ktiv sportsfource. let's check out first-round action from classes a and d. class d, 126 pounds - top-ranked christian miller of plainview wins his match with a second-period fall. staying at 126 - creighton's garrett zimmerer alal sticks his man - bobo miller a a zimmerer are defending ate champions. winside's marcos escalera, ranked 2nd, wins quickly via fall to move to the 132 pound quarterfinals. in class a, south sioux city's jacob schroyer moves on at 145 pounds - nice pin to win. and at 152 - norfolk's caleb licking - the defending champion - contntues to roll - he's hungryryor another title.

for the last time," said licking. "i'm really trying to just enjoy it and have fun with it and just wrestle me." "there's been a lot of controversy this season, just trying to come back and win another one, and there's a lot of low points when you're trying to come back for that. winning another one would just be awesome, going out my senior year." one last class d match aa 152 - top-ranked drew loberg with a pin for randolph. the semifinals in all classes start at 5 on friday. sioux city native kirk hinrich has been traded by the bulls to atlanta for the second time in his career. the west grad has spent parts of

an image that's captured the hearts of many. how a photograph has united three families in an unusual way. ktiv's sarah te slaa brings us the heartwarming

a o in central japan unveiled a pair of baby capybaras to the public today. visitors to the zoo can now see the furry rodents frolicking around. the babies, born on january 29th, are now about eight inches long and weigh two pounds each. they feed on their motherer milk as well as apppps and k branches. toght: partly cloudy and breezy. low: 40 wind: w 15-30 mph taylor sent kanye over r e wild n n video. >> plus adele adadts to a breakdown after the grammys.

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