abc 9's deborah souverain joins us now with more. deborah jenna....the torres family lost everything, when flames engulfed their home during halloween weekend. now two woman are hoping a silent auction will help the faly as they ststt over. 3 year-old nico torres was kikied...in the house fire...on october 30th. to raise funds for his family...misty rains.nd tina lopez...who met on facebook....are noplanning a sile auction. so far, they have received closeo 4-thousand dollars...in donated items for the event. the pair says...they're also hoping to collect house-holds items for the family. "the family did lose everything in the fire, so we're having a collection point. they're mainly in need of household items from big to small. so if you think about in your house you lose everything,g, we're talking spoons, plastic ggies, everything.all that has to be -purchased," said misty rains. the silent auction...will be held on november auction...will be he on november 14th. that's this saturday....at saint. michael's church in sioux city. the

abc 9's deborah souverain attended an event called "road to the final forty" at the convention center today.. she joins us now with the details. deborah? deborah tim and jenna it was 1958..when the first four lane portion of highway 20 was constructed in moville. now nearly 60 years later the project is near the end of its road. "i'm just really proud to put this last piece on the puzzle. clapping with that puzzle piece...iowa governor terry brandstad...marke d the last portion of the highway 20 expansion project. today..the iowa d-o-t announced that...the 40 mile stretch from moville to early...is set to be completed by the end of 2018. governor branstad says he is excited to finally see an end date for the project. "it's going to help with economic development in sioux city, fort dodge, and all of northwest iowa so it's been a longtime coming and i'm really proud that it's going to be completed while i'm governor in 2018," said branstad members of the iowa d-o-t...and u-s highway association were on hand for the event...and lieutenat on hand for the event...and lieutenat governor..k

reporting live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news. tim on cam plans for a new outdoor, winter recreational park in sioux city are moving ahead. on monday city council voted 5-0 approving a consulting service agreement for park. company can now move forward with designing a snowmaking equipment, other infrastructure, pad and environmental analysis associated with the park, located near the ibp ice center and explorers ballpark is expected to open in december of 2016.... with construction spring. alot of support and we're excited about moving forward and now we just want to get into the nitty gritty and get the design finalized and construction." the total project cost is about $4 million dollars. jenna: the council also is in agreement concerning a $4.6 million dollar state dot grant application. the funds are tied to roadways, signage and other street requirements in the are of the new seaboard- triumph pork plant. ground work at the plant site is ground work at the plant site is already underway. the state of the art processing plant

deborah souverain abc 9 news. tim: a memorial service will be held tomorrow morning at meyer brothers tomorrow morning at meyer brothers colonial chapel. the family is asking attendees to show support for mike's favorite sports teams by dressing in either iowa hawkeye or chicago bears apparel. jenna: could the pool where you learned to swim as a kid... be closing? well, the city doesn't know quite yet. a committee of sioux city's parks and recreation department is discussing possible closures and renovations of sioux city pools. cooks, leeds, leif, and lewis have all been part of the discussion since august. "leif-erikson has the potential to be closed just because there's a lot of structural issues there. but there's been some debate on some of the other facilities: leeds and cook where there is some age and structural issues that need to be addressed" says matt salvatore, director of sioux city parks and rec. jenna: but the committee is having a problem coming to a deicision. possible solutions include replacing

reporting live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news. jenna: rain, wind, and even snow this afternoon caused trouble for drivers, especially truck driverer downpours leftsioux city with over an inch of rain. winds gusted to 40 and are expected to continue gusting through the overnight. and as temperatures dropped, snow starting to mix in creating slick spots on the "it's been rough, slow going....55mph from kansas city, that's about all i could get. you just wanna go, go, go but you can't!" says dylanjer downey, truck driver. state troopers say although there were no reports of accicents earlier, they are expecting more trouble on the roads as snow ststks to already wet surfaces. theyeyay to go slow and caution trucks, especially in windy conditions. tim: the iowa state patrol is investigating three unrelated semi rollover accidents. all happen today as thunderstorm gusts of 60 miles an hour were being reported across the state. the first was on interstate 80 near avoca. the accident was reported around 2 p.m. closing the westbound lanes

reporting live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news. tim: still to come well have some ways to help combat the stress of the holidays (fred) warm weather is expected again comes thursday. a cooldown will follow. your forecast is next! " fred, we'll take more days like today! (fred) we have one more in store, before things change by the end of the week. fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om (fred) the port neal welding company skycam hd shows a quiet scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 72 was our high today after a low of 42. the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake shows a nice looking scene. the allergy report today shows low pollen levels yet again! it appears that our high pollen readings may be over for the season. highs over western and 70s. it was the eastern nebraska south dakota. 69 is sioux city. local temperatures are in the 60s and 70s. winds are still fairly breezy, out of the south at around 5 to 15 miles per hour. local visibility is fine, but patchy fog is possible late tonight and early tomorrow. if we zoom o

reporting live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news (jenna) fred, today was nice yes, but a cold front means today will be the last day in the 70s. 2 line super: fred hexom fhexom@kcautv. om (fred) the port neal welding company skycam hd shows quiet conditions from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 74 was our high today...only 2 short of tying the record of 76 set in 1975. last night's low of 54 is the normal high for this date! and, on this day in 1991, the record low was -3, following the halloween snowstorm! let's take a look at the warm start to november. the first four days of the month have seen highs in the upper 60s to middle 70s, that's about 15 to 20 degrees above normal! the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake shows a peaceful scene. pollen levels are high today! weed pollen is medium, tree pollen is high, and and grass pollen is low. 64 is our sioux city temperature. winds are south/southeast at 9 miles per hour. local temperatures are in the 50s 60s for the most part, but you can't miss the cold front nosing into chamberlain, sd, where it is only 45 degrees. wi

deborah souverain abc 9 news tim on cam a close call for in a single vehicle accident in downtown sioux city (monday) tonight. they were headed north on nebraska street when the pickup they were in went out of control careening through a parking lot fence and over a retaining wall before running head-on into a concreate wall. two men believed to be in thier twenties had to be pulled from the wreckage by firefighters. both were taken to mercy medical with non life threatening injuries. it could have been much worse... a post from the chain link fence speared the trucks windshield but missed both men... coming two rest between them in the front seat. police are still investigating but it appears the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the wall. police say there were no skid marks visible at the scene. jenna: an arrest has been made in connection with last thursday's robbery at the kum and go on pierce street. 21-year old leander tyndall is charged with robbery, possession of drug paraphrenalia and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. early last thursday morning

reporting live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news. . jenna: the majority of members of the omaha tribe of nebraska are giving their support for legalizing marijuana. tim: in three separate ballot measures today, he tribal council asked for input to help them decide if they should pursue legalizing of marijuana. the majority of voters were in favor of all three proposed questions. of the 650 voters, 59% say they were support the recreational use of marijuana on tribal land. 78% say they would support its use for medical purposes. and 67% say they're for allowing the omaha tribe to grow industrial hemp to sell. tim: the vote does nothing to legalize marijuana now, but gives the tribal council the go-ahead should it choose to work with the federal government to legalize it in the future. jenna: voters in sioux center are not overwhelmingly supportive of plans to expand highway 75 to five lanes through town. in a ballot measure today, 56% of the close to 1,600 voters said they would support the city moving foward with expansion plans. but,

deborah souverain. that wasn't the only blaze last night. fire fighters responded to another fire just minutes later.....at a nearby home. abc 9's bria bell has the details. "i was inside with my children and i just heard someone pounding on my door and i came out and the mother of my baby broke my front door window asking for help," said cristal santiago who lives across the street from the fire scene. sioux city fire crews were called to the 1400 block of center street at 11:25 late last night. neighbors reported hearing a man and woman screaming for help because a child was inside a burning house. according to an official report from the sioux city fire rescue department, the fire was so strong that crews had to attack the male victim was found inside the living room of the one story home. "i just came out and saw the house on fire and big flames. the mother looked like she was panicking, trying to get her baby out of the house," said santiago. today neighbors and onlookers were still in shock from last night's incident as it was visually clear that something tragic had happened several hours earlier. "it was probably one