dordt's paige engbers hits the three. dordt goes up five to three overerakota wesleyan.3. dordt now w down seven to five.. cassidy vredevoogd misses the layup but mycah hulst is there to follow up. game tied at seven.4. move ahead to the end of the first quarter and alissa pollema with the steal and the layup. dordt down twenty three to fifteen.5. than abby chapman hits the three at the buzzer.. 3 dordt trails after the first quarter twenty-three to eighteen and...they fall 93-65 3 alright on the men's side northwestern and morningside meeting up in sioux city.1. early in the first half.. northwestern's nathan wedel with the nice move and the layup. . red raiders up two to nothing.2. northwestern's t-j buyert steps back and hits the nothing.3. later in the first.. morningside's bryce koch with the layup.. mustangs trail seven to four.4. northwestern comes right back and . jordan baker hits wedel cutting across the lane.. hoop and the harm. free throw was good.. red raiders up ten to four.5. later in the half.. northwestern's taylor francis misses the shot but wedel skys ab

one of those teams is dordt college. the defenders, ranked 13th, were the gpac regular season champions, but had to play their way to the final site, sweeping mount mercy last saturday to advance to sioux city. dordt has 11 wins or receiving votes, experience that will help the defenders compete in a pool with two other nationally-ranked teams. "we love our pool," said dordt head coach chad hanson. "we have a great, great pool of top teams. to know that we need to come out right ay, play outstanding volleyball, there are no warm-up matches for us, it's just on. that's what the national championship should be about." "i think that's going to lend itself to some fun, and lord-willing, some successful volleyball for dordt college." dordt plays georgetown of kentucky at 8:30 in their national championship opener. briar cliff is already out on the floor, taking on top-ranked lindsey wilson, also of kentucky. the chargers trail 2-0 in that match - we'll have highlights and reaction from the tyson events center tonight at 10. t

among them, dordt and briar cliff. the chargersa are in the field as the host school for the third straight year. b-c-u had a tough test to open pool play - facing top-ranked lindsey wilson of kentucky. the blue raiders had some trouble keeping pace with b-c-u out of the gate. chargers played with a lead most of the first set - breanna nogelmeier things rolling for a while - dani helland has got one ace at least heading into finals week - b-c-u led 22- 19. but the blue raiders show why they're the top seed - carol siqueria kills that one immediately - blue raiders would take the first two sets. third set now - makenzie montano finds a hole for the kill. and that would do it - b-c-u is swept in straight sets. "i'd always expect the number-one team in the nation to come in here and probably be one of the best teams we've seen all year," said briar cliff head coach trevor schirman. "we just have to play at a consistent level for a long period of time." "we've got to be ready for those big blocks," said junior katelin lang

northwestern would go on to win 90-74. 3 dordt and viterbo squaring off in the tyson event center in day two of naia pool play.1) first set it's 10-8 viterbo. off the viterbo serve. this is some goooosetting ananthis is some good killing by jenna horstman! defenders down 1.2) off another viterbo ser this is another nice set up this time for orange city's own 11-10.3) then haley moss gets into the action with the throwdown! still down one though 12-11.4) later in the set dordt down 21-17 thatats a blococparty at thehenet! that't' horstman again!but dordt would lose the first set 25-18 and they fall 3 sets to 2. 3 briar cliff and eastern oregon in their second day at the naia tournament!1) no score to start things off let's change that! toni beck gets us starte

dordt closes pool play tomorrow at 5:45 against olivet nazarene. to hoops action...the battle of the nagys...wayne state taking on sdsu. jacks with the early lead, but vance janssen, frees up some space at the topof the key and ains the three, cats up p e. then joel hehech, drives and kicks to jordan cornelius...he buries it and wsc has the lead, but sdsu would turn it on. cats trail by 17 late in the half but heesch strips it away to break...sdsu cruises in this one...80-53. mike gesell and the hawkeyes mmc wrapped up a story book season with a 57-52 win over don bosco in the 8-man state championship game two weeks ago. but since the school will consolidate with remsen union next year, it was an incrededly special momeme for the the win capped four year run in 8 man football for mmc, that saw the eagles win two state titles and rack up an overall record of 47-5. earlier tonight, mmc head coach kyle oswald as well as seniors jacob simonsen and joe peters were in the abc9 studioiofor a live interview during our six o clock news and i asked coach osw

viterbo survives 3 to 2, likely ending dordt's chances of advancing. the host school, briar cliff, battling number-11 eastern oregon. the mountaineers take the first set, 25-21 -- kassandra tuma rises up from the middle and drills it for the point. bc comes back in the second set. toni outside and puts a good swing on it. 26-24 chargers even up the match. bc would force a fifth set. nicolette lavulo bloops in the point -- and there's an upset alert. but eastern oregon r rgroups. emily nay had a dozen kills and briar cliff loses a close one, 3-2. the chargers close out their tourney on thursday at 5-45. morningside will play in the naia semifinals on saturday against southern oregon. the winner will be in the national title game in florida. the top-ranked mustangs blew out tabor of kansas in the quarterfinals, 51-6, to improve to 12 and 1. southern oregon is ranked seventh at 10 and 2, but are the defending naia champions. this is the 12th year in a row that morningside has been in the playoffs, but they've only been to the title game once, in 2012. the

her team high 16 kills as dordt gets into a groove. then it's altena...way too hot to handle...the defenders storm back and force a fifth set. but it's match point for viterbo in the fifth...haley moss comes up with the huge block for dordt. but on the next rally...the tip ends it...dordt's rally falls short in five. chad hanson--"it's a tough pill to swallow in the sense of the outcome being what it was. but the growth that we demonstrated in this fifth set and in the match overall was really encouraging. nothing is final yet, because crazier things have happened here in this exact national tournament. for us to stay hungry and focused and emotionally be stable and prepared for what ever may happen here tonight." chris palmquist--dordt and briar cliff close out pool play tonight at 5:45. that will do it for sports...have a great day everybody. jessica rae: scott: it's time now to check on y yr scott: good morning siouxland. we have some very cold temperatures in the single digits and lower teens as we start off our thursday. we also h

renner is dordt's third head football coach. you can see the entire interview inside this story at ktiv.com. morningside's zac schleuger , is one of 63 national finalists for the cliff harris award. the award goes to the nation's top small college defensive player -- representing almost 500 schools -- and is named for the former dallas cowboys safety. schleger was morningside's leading tackler and the gpac co-defensive player of the year. he had 115 total tackles and returned two interceptions for touchdowns. iowa state's basketball team still hopes to contend for a national title. the fifth-ranked cyclones won't be at full strength after the loss of shooting guard naz mitrou-long. the senior will miss the rest of recover from surgery on his hips this mitrou-long played in the fifit eight games this season -- all wins -- while averaging 12 points. isu does add marquette transfer deonte burton to the roster when he saturday. mitrou-long will seek a medical redshirt and hopes to get back to 100 percent for next season. "just after

but on the next rally...the tip ends it...dordt's rally falls short in five. chad hanson--"it's a tough pill to swallow in the sense of the outcome being what it was. but the growth that we demonstrated in this fifth set and in the match overall was really encouraging. nothing is final yet, because crazier things have happened here in thth exact national tournament. for us tototay hungry and focused and emotionally be foreca... scott: good morning siouxland. we have some very cold temperatures in the single digits and lower teens as we start off our thursday. we also have some freezing safely. the wind is calm and skies are clear. the dayplanner shows those clear skies translating into lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures this afternoon with a high of 36. single digits and lower teens as we start off our thursday. we also have some freezing fog outside, so drive safely. the winds calm and skies are clear. the dayplanner shows those clear skies translating into lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures this afternoon with a high of 36. still ahead in our sho

dordt begins pool play at 8:30 ranked georgetown of kentucky. chris: over the weekend, iowa state announced matt campbell as the 32nd football coach in cyclone history. the 36 year old, now the youngest power five coach in the country, racked up a 35-15 record in four plus years with toledo. today, campbell was introduced in ames, and he stressed faith, football and family. so what do the cyclones think of their new head coach? jordan furbee has more from ames. just listening to matt campbell, you know right away where his priorities lie. "it's all about the players. it's not about matt campbell, it's about our players. kids don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care about them." "thahawas something out of coach rhoads, he was a players' coach and he genuinely cared about his players and as you can see coach campbell wants you to know he's a players coach." "very selfless, that positive attitude, i think that's the biggest thing players will like about him." "in fe change is inevitable, change happens, but greatness is a cho

renner is dordt's third head football coach. you can see the entire interview inside this story at ktiv.com. wind: w 5-15 mph

dordt would lose set three though. in set four. horstman had 12 kills and dordt ends their season with a 3 to 1 win. briar cliff closing out the tourney against 14th-ranked midamerica nazazane of kansas. chargers trying to stay alive in the third set -- but sophia the gym. the latvian native led the way with 16 kills. bc goes on a run. courtney schafer hits that one deep and down. chargers down 20 to 12. then, nicolette lavuolo goes around the block -- and gets one of her team-high 11 kills -- but it's not enough. mid-america nazarene has too many weapons and they sweep the chargers, 3-zip. at the ncaa division ii central regional in st. paul -- wayne state beats central missouri state 3-1. the wildcats will play conference rival southwest minnesota state on friday at 5 o'clock in the semifinals. iowa state beats miami 3- zip in round one of the ncaa tourney. moc-floyd valley grad alexis conway had nine kills for the cyclones. the cyclones will face wisconsin on f fday at 8. tonight: areas of fog. low: 17

but dordt and briar cliff, aren't among them. here's chris with a preview of our local teams competing for a national championship. chris palmquist--"good morning everybody. snow or shine the naia volleyball tournament will begin today down at the tyson. 24 teams from arouou the country will take the courts championship, including two from right here in siouxland. briar cliff has qualified for the tournament in each of head coach trevor schirman's three seasons at the helm. this year, despite a schedule featuring the numbers one, eleven, and 14 teams in the country, the chargers are optimistic heading into pool play. katelin langel--"this is kind of a hope and dream for everyone to come to the national tournament. so you know, making it this year again, is just a privilege for us and it gives us hopefully a way to send the seniors out on a good note. and i know that being in the gpac conference will help us out a little bit with the competition." trevor schirman--"it's always a goaoaof ours to make it to this tournament, represen

t dordt and briar cliff, aren't among them. here's chris witita preview of our local teams mpeting for a tional championship. chris palmquist--"good morning everybody. snow or shine the naia volleyball tournament will begin today down at the tyson. 24 teams from around the country will take the courts national championship, including two from right here in siouxland. briar cliff has qualified for the tournament in each of head coach trevor schirman's three seasons at the helm. this year, despite a schedule featuring the numbers one, eleven, and 14 teams in the country, the chargers are optimistic heading into pool play. katelin langel--"this is kind of a hope and national know, making it this it gives us hopefully a way to send the seniors out on a good note. and i know that being in the gpac conference will help us out a little bit with the competition." trevor schirman--"it's always a goal of ours to make it to this tournament, representing sioux city, and being a part of an incredibly strong gpac this year. we're excited, th

dordt and briar naia tournament tonight. the upset minded chargers taking on top seed lindsey wilson out of kentucky. in the first, breanna nogelmeier, comes around on the slide hit...homer nebraska loves it and it's 8-5. then emily sanburg, getting up on the block...the chargers continue to lead by 3. toni beck...gets in on the offensese for bcu...that swing finds the floor as well. then gehlen alum katelin langel...with the big lefty swing from the right side, chargers up 3 late. but lindsey wilson would score the final six points...this one right here their first lead at 23- 22...and they down the chargers in 3 katelin langng--"with that good of a team you can't go down like that because you know they're going to pick up off of your negative attitudes towards the game. so, i mean, they're number one for a reason so we just have to make sure we're playing at the same level as them the whole time." trevor schirman--"i told them forget games two and three. you know, remember what it was like to be out there and compete at th

dordt did beat viterbo in the regular season but lost 15-11 in the decisive fifth set. the defenders are playing unranked olivet nazarene of illinois right now. briar cliff also lost a tough 3-2 match last night to number-11 eastern oregon. the chargers also lost 15-11 in their fifth set. bc is playing number-14 midamerica nazarene of kansas, which is also underway. at the ncaa division ii central regional in st. paul -- wayne state opens with a 3-1 win over #8 central missouri state. it's the tenth trip to the regional in the past 11 years for wayne state. the wildcats improve to 25-7 and will play conference rival southwest minnesota state on friday at 5 o'clock in the semifinals. sioux city north grad damek tomscha has been named a minor league all-star in the philadelphia organization. tomscha is the top third baseman in the phillies farm system, according to m-i-l-b-dot-com. last year in class a, he led the lakewood bluelclaws games. tomscha played two years at iowa western community college, before two more years at auburn university. this summer, we asked for foo

dordt and briar cliff begin their pursuit of titles today. i'll be joined by dordt head coach chad hanson and gpac commissioner 3 "sports with sports director chris neyenhouse." 3 3 hi everyone i'm live here at the tyson events center where the naia volleyball national championships will be held today through saturday. joining me is gpac commmmsioner corey westra d chad handon head coach of the dordt defenders who open up play this evening. corey, the weather has been pretty intense to start things here. how has that affected this tournament and what does conference?(ad-lib)3 and coach hanson your 14th ranked defenders begin pool play tonight against number 11 georgetown. 3 what a matchup tonight at 8. what is key to your girls (ad-lib)3 and coach what is the key to pool play? it's a different feel because you plpl a different team every night and the top two teams our of four advance to the first round. what changes about your preparation for a tournament like this?(ad-lib)briar cliff is up up (ad-lib)3 briar cliff is up first at 5:45 taking

in the nightcap...dordt the gpac champs taking on georgetown. in the first...the give and go...brooke granstra to jamie gesink back to granstra...defender s trail by 4. and on set point...sarah bell, serves up a dandy...tigers take the first 25-19. in the second, dordt finds a bit of a rhythm...elizabeth kiel with the fantastic placement...ties things up early. then haley moss, with a heavy swing...the second was tight throughout but the defenders drop it by 2...they fall in straight sets 3-0. dordt back in action tonight at 5:45. that will do it for sports, have a great day everybody. jessica rae: scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. after almost 2 days of continuous snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing! the satellite and radar shows snow away to the east. visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is coming down, so drive cautiously. temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the west and northwest at 10 to 20 miles per hour

northwestern is 7th at 4-3 and dordt is 11th at 1-7 in gpac play. on the men's side, briar cliff was picked as the favorite and they're at the top of the standings, a half a game up on dakota wesleyan. dordt, not far off the pace at 5-3 with northwestern and morningside both at 2-4 in the conference. how about some bowl game comes from... mercy medical center. remsen st. mary's high school students visited the hospital today to sing christmas carols to patients and staff. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna: a rare sight is expected overhead this christmas... and no, we're not talking about santa claus. nasa says the last full moon of the year will appear on christmas day. its peak should happen just after five a-m our time. the rare sight is called a full cold moon because it shows up during the beginning of winter. a full moon hasn't appeared on christmas day since 19-77. and it won't happen again for jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for a low of 35 with rain late.

dordt has hired joel penner as their new head football coach. penner spent the last four years as the offensive coordinator at malone university in ohio. he has 16 years of college football coaching experience, including three years at northwestern college in orange city from '09 to 20- 11. penner graduated from trinity international in illinois. he replaces joel youngblood, who was 4 and 18 over the paststwo seasons. that's going to do it for tonight. if you missed anything, go to ktiv-dot-com. thanks for watching sports

in the nightcap...dordt the gpac champs taking on georgetown. in the first...the give and go...brooke granstra to jamie gesink back to granstra...defender s trail by 4. and on set point...sarah bell, serves up a dandy...tigers take the first 25-19.9. in the second, dordt finds a bit of a rhythm...elizabethkiel with the fantastic placement...ties things up early. then haley moss, with a heavy swing...the second was tight throughout but the defenders drop it by 2...they fall in straight sets 3-0. dordt back in action tonight at 5:45. that will do it for day everybody. jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. after almost 2 ds of continuous snowfall, our wintry system is finally departing! the satellite and radar shows snow showers pushing further and further away to the east. visibility is still slightly limited where the snow is coming down, so drive cautiously. temperatures are in the 30s across most of siouxland and we have a wind that is fairly strong from the west and northwest at 10 to 20 m

plus...chris sat down with new dordt football cocoh joel penner. find out how he plans to lead the defenders into a college football program and seeing success on saturdays. 2008 was the first year of varsity football at dordt college and new head coach joel pennererill try to lead d e defenders to the next level. dordt has never won more than two games in a season and in eight years of varsity football, the defenders have an overall record of 12 and 75. but building the defenders into a penner welcomes. he said his experience turning football makes him the job, but it's a task he can't do alone. joel penner--"we all we've gotta push hard. we've got a locomotive here,e, and it's very heavy, and it's going uphill, and it's going to take all hands on deck. the thing about is, once that thing starts moving, that thing is very heavy, and it can get a lotk some of those sparks are happening right now. and so the strategy going forward is get everybody on board to push, because it's a lot of work." penner also said he wouldn't put a win total as a goal f

on the court next door, dordt taking on olivet nazarene. in the first, jenna horstman, playing her final match, big swing there and the defenders lead it 12-9. then check out this play...aubrey drake, with the great save...jamie gesink sets it up and brooke granstra finishes it off...defenders up 3. a few points later.....'s granstst...a more traditional swing on this one stretches the lead to 5. then haley moss, gets it to fall in the back to football, granstra...a more fog. tomorrow, look for a high of 39 and mostly sunny skies. the 7-day forecast shows drizzle and 39 saturday, then 40s and plenty of

passing billionaire businessman donald trump.he'll speak at the de yager activity center on the dordt campus beginning at 6 o'clock tuesday night. 3 3 he's being called a hero...the woodbury county sheriff's deputy who saved two women in a fire that broke out in an apartment building yesterday.deputy todd peterson was the first responder who arrived at the burning apartment complex yesterday morning.when he got there just before 10... peterson saw the building in the 3- hundred block of buckley street in flames.one woman living on the second story had already jumped out of the window to escape... and a second was hanging out of the window. 3 "i basically slowed her down more than anything i think. tried to slow her down, avoid her landing on her neck, was the main thing. i don't think i've had any training regarding a situation like that. it's just, i don't know, i just reacted."the women were taken by ambulance to mercy with non-life threatening injuries. there's no word on their condition.the apartment building was destroyed in the fire... which was caused by unattended cooking mate

among them, dordt and briar cliff. the chargersa are in the field as the host school for the third straight year. b-c-u had a tough test to open pool play - facing top-ranked lindsey wilson of kentucky. the blue raiders had some trouble keeping pace with b-c-u out of the gate. chargers played with a lead most of the first set - breanna nogegeeier one of her team-high 10 kills. things rolling for a while - dani helland has got one ace at least heading into finals week - b-c-u led 22- 19. but the blue raiders show why they're the top seed - carol siqueria kills that one immediately - blue raiders would take the first two sets. third set now - makenzie montano finds a hole for the kill. and that would do it - b-c-u is swept in straight sets. "i'd always expect the number-one team in the nation to come in here and probably be one of the best teams we've seen all year," said briar cliff head coach trevvr schirman. "we just haae to ppy at a consisttnt level for a long period of time." "we've got to be ready for those big blo

viterbo survives 3 to 2, likely ending dordt's chances of advancing. the host school, briar cliff, battling number-11 eastern oregon. the mountaineers take the first set, 25-21 -- kassandra tuma rises up from the middle and drills it for the point. bc comes back in the second set. toni beck comes flying in from the outside and puts a good swing on it. 26-24 chargers even up the match. bc would force a fifth set. nicolette lavulo bloops in the point -- and there's an upset alert. but eastern oregon re-groups. emily nay had a dozen kills and loses a close one, 3-2. the chargers close out their tourney on thursday at 5-45. for more go to ktiv.com. i'm brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. >> single digit temperatures this morning, but ben says i'll warm up today. he's in next with the forecast. and it's known as the invisible disease. meet a siouxland woman living with crohn's disease.. and hear how she's raising awareness for others >> << wx timer @ 1:15 in addition to the many single digit temperature readings early this morning, many will h

then, at 8:30 dordt will be plpling georgetown, kentucky. you can hear from dordt's head coach coming up in sportsfource on news 4 at 6. but for now i will send it back to the studio. matt, sheila? still to come on live at five.... checking off the to do list. that's what one couple says they are doing when they drop a check in the red kettle. the story... next. and.... how you can help local jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united s stes should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we can't withdraw from this threat or negotiate with it. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: righghto rise usa is r rponsible a minnesota couple checks giving off the holiday to-do list.. dropping a massive check in a salvation army kettle. slipping this one in outside minneapolis over the weekend. all those zeros add up- totaling 5

the block makes it 2-0 dordt. 3) later in the set defenders up 6-3. siri nelson's turn and siri is *always* right! the senior defensive specialist showing off her range. dordt wins the first set 24-19.they win the whole thing 3 sets to 1. but dordt does *not* advance in pool play. 3 3 3 <

college and new head coach joel penner will try to lead the defenders to the dordt has never won more than two games in a season and in eight years of varsity football, the defenders have an overall record of 12 and 75. but building the defenders into a strong program is a challenge penner welcomes. heheaid his experirice teams around right man for the he can't do alone. gotta get down and we've gotta push hard. we've got a hill illustration i've given is, there's a locomotive here, and it's very heavy, and it's going uphill, and it's going to take all hands on deck. the thing about is, once that thing starts moving, that thing is very heavy, and it can get a lot of momentum. i think you need a spark to really get it going and i think some of those sparks are happening right now. and so the strategy going forward is get everybody on board to push, because it's a lot of work." penner a ao said he wouldn't put a win total as a goal for next season, rather he and his staff will stress process

northwestern's karlie schut and dordt's brooke granstra each earned the honor today. schut is now a 3 time all american and the reigning gpac player of the year. granstra, a junior, earned her first all-america accolades. congratulations to both. chris: for the 13th t te school history, northern iowa is in the f-c-s quarterfinals. and this year, their opponent will be a familiar one. the panthers take on conference rival north dakota state saturday for a spot in the semifinals. back in 2014, the panthers upset ndsu, snapping the bison's 33 game winning streak. but inctober, it was the bison protecting their home turf in the fargo dome with a 31-28 victory, but don't expect coach mark farley to play up the revenge factor. motivational speaker a speech or a revenge factor, all that stuff lasts for about a play. you know, it comes down to players. you're playing a top-ten team in the country right now when you're in the final 8, so, it's exciting to be there but we just have to make sure that we go about our business the same way." kick off between the panthers and bison

alex dordt also announced today that they've hired their next football coach. joel penner comes to sioux center from malone university in canton ohio where he was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and recruiting coordinator the last 4 seasons. penner's familiar three seasons as the offensive coordinator at northwestern from 2009-11. (fred) radar shows a band mn back toward central nebraska. yoururorecast for totoght is for a low of 3 3and light rain and snow with fog and bree winds. tomorrow will be windy, and we have a chance of light snow. northwest winds will gust to 40 miles per hour. the 7-day forecast shows a cooldown the rest of the workweek, with friday's high of only 24. any snow won't last long, though. next week's highs will be above freezing starting saturday, so a white chistmas looks less and less likely. dear future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk, and i'm reading like a third-grader. but now it's time to go out into the world. and from what i hear, it's not all toys and games out there. will you look out for me, f

passing billionaire businessman donald trump.he'll speak at the de yager activity center on the dordt campus beginning at 6 o'clock tuesday night. 3 3 he's being called a hero...the woodbury county sheriff's deputy who saved two women in a fire that broke out in an apartment building yesterday.deputy todd peterson was the first responder who arrived at the burning apartment complex yesterday morning.when he got there just before 10... peterson saw the building in the 3- hundred block of buckley street in sloan completely engufled in flames.one woman living on the second story had already escape... and a second was nging out of the window. 3 "i basically slowed her down more than anything i think. tried to slow her down, avoid her landing on her neck, was the main thing. i don't think i've had any training regarding a situation like that. it's just, i don't know, i just reacted."the women 3 were taken by ambulance to mercy with non-lili threatening injuries.therers no word on their condition.the apartment building was destroyed in ththfire... which was caused by unattended cooking mate

and, dordt has a new head coach as well. and, all-american honors go out northwestern sports fource is next. the best conference in the f-c-s. but the coyotes don't have a winning record against any team in the missouri valley football conference. so, usd went out and hired one of the more successfull coaches in the league. bob nielson, from western this afternoon as the new head coach of the coyotes. nielson was named the mvfc coach of the year after leading the leathernecks to the playoffs this season. before spending three years at western illinois, he won two ncaa division ii national titles at minnesota- duluth. so, at the age of 56, what attracted him to the job at south dakota? "the leadership that has a strong vision f f the future of a division oneeootball progrgrm," said nielson. "as you get to be my age, people are extremely important. a program that has the vision of moving forward and continuing to do the things that you're going to need to do to compete at a national level is something i wanted to be a part of.

he'll speak at the de yager activity center on the dordt campus starting at 6 o'clock tuesday night. 3 he's being called a hero... the woodbury county sheriff's deputy who saved two women in a fire that broke out in an apartment building tuesday.deputy todd peterson was the first responder who got to the burning apartment complex in sloan tuesday morning. when he got there just before 10... peterson saw the building in the 3 - hundred block of buckley street completely engufled in flames. one woman from the second story had already jumped out of the window to escape... a second was hanging out of the window. 3 "i basically slowed her down more than anything i think. her landing on her neck, was the main thing. i don't think i've had any training regarding a situation like that. it's just, i don't know, i just reacted."the women were taken by ambulance to mercy with non - life threatening injuries. no word on their condition. the apartment building was destroyed in the fire... which was set off by cooking. the red cross is helping the families who lost their home. 3 a storm lake woman

candidate is making plans to be in northwest iowa next week...texas senator ted cruz will speak at dordt college in sioux center tuesday night. cruz i ileading in the state of iowa in quite a few polls... passing billionaire businessman donald trump. he'll speak at the de yager activi center on the dordt campus starting at 6 o'clock tuesday night.that's all for now... >> 5-4-3-2-1! happy new year! >> they do have to make sure this works which is why they do rehearsals. times square underwent last-minute checkup on wednesday. i wonder if people get confused when they are in that area. you don't know what time it is, whatever else. the ball weighs about six tons d put in 32,000 l.e.d. lights and millions of people are expected to gather in times square to see the ball descend at midnight tonight. it's already new year's in other parts of the world. >> it is supposed to be mild tonight. >> supposed to be great the next few days. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >>> this half hour, bill cosby was charged with sexual assault nearly 12 years after an encounter with his accuser. legal expert

dordt was 30th, northwestern was 77th and briar cliff was 84th. biola of california was number-1. one benefit of going to a bowl game is seeing the sights of the city you're in. nebraska is in san francisco to fafas bowl -- and the huskers visited one of the bay area's top tourist sights. the huskers took a tour of alcatraz -- the former federal prison on san francisco bay. alcatraz closed in 1963 -- but still attracts more than a million visitors every year. the huskers got to walk through the cells and take pictures. if you're not a nebraska fan -- don't make jokes about this on christmas. nebraska and ucla play at 8-15 on saturday nig. paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. nobody's gonna do it for you. you have to get out there and do it yourself. bernie sanders is a well-known friend of family farms. bebeie cannot be bought out by big money.. bernie's opinion cannot be purchased. it's time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, and get the working class back to where they should be. he's a rock.k. tonigh

one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. a major shake-up in the ben the republican candidates two top aides have resigned. carson campaign manager barry bennett and communicatio ns director doug watts have stepped down. bennett says he left because of mounting frustration that carson was listening more to his longtime business manager, and not the advice of his paid campaign staff. carson has struggled in the polls since october when he was rivaling donald trump for the lead in the republican presidential race. he's now in third place in the nomination behind front- runner donald trump and runner-up ted cruz. it is going to be a cold end to 2015! so just how cold will it be tonight when we ring in the new year... ben's full forecast is coming up south korea celebrated the beginning of 2016 with a bell-tolling ceremony in central seoul. the bell was tolled 33 times, to bring well- being to south korean citizens. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins

northwestern now becomes the second local school in search of a new head football coach...dordt's greg youngblood resignededhree weeks ago. it's time for our facebook fan photo of the day. today's picture comes from... the woodbury county sheriff's office. instead ofhe popular "elf on a shelf" tradition some families do this time of year... the sheriff's office has a "deputy on the shelf." if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for a low

the ice has been replaced with volleyball courts as dordt and briar cliff prepare for their second games of the national tournament. muskies head coach ?coach have you had a chance to watch any volleyball yesterday or today?another split over last week. a 4-1 win in des moines and a 2-1 loss at sioux falls. your team hasn't lost a single game when they've scored four goals or more. what worked well against the buccaneers and what are you u oking to 3 improve on after the sioux falls game?(ad-lib)3 you'll get to put this all to the test when you play the team usa under 18 team. these kids are young but they're some of the best at their age our country has to offer. you'll get them friday and expect when you play 3 them?(ad-lib)coach you've the past three games. what's been key to the improved defense?(ad-lib)he's the head coach of the sioux city musketeers, the muskies wrap up their four game roadstand with games friday and saturday night on the road facing the team usa under 18 squad. they'll be back at the tyson a week from friday and saturday at 7:00 each hosting a pair of games agains

one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux ciciy on sunday. theeformer maryllnd governor will stop by the mary treglia house. doors open at 11:45 a.m. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for an afternoon event. the crystal ball has been tested, and is ready for tonight's new year's eve celebration in times square. organizers tested the waterford crystal ball wednesday.. to make sure everything goes smoothly at the big moment tonight. the ball weighs more than 11-thousand pounds.. and is decorated with more than 26- hundred waterford crystal triangles. coming up on news 4 at noon we'll preview the big rose bowl matchup between iowa stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach next on news four at noon. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this praised as one of america's best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. bernie

then in the night cap dordt takes on georgetown out of kentucky. features riley and jason winquist... shwoing off a 9 foot snowman built yesterday. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) radar shows light snow moving through siouxland. your forecast for tonight is for up to 1" of snow and breezy winds. tomorrow, look for blustery conditions and a high of 3333the 7-day shows no more snow after tonight. highs will be in the 30s! tonight's ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102's birthday bash featuring echosmith and andy grammer! to enter, email a weather question to fhexom@kcautv.c om or enter on our abc9 news facebook page.

to celebrate the new year. 3 last night we told you about texas senator ted cruz's planned stop at dordt college next tuesday.now we know he's planning on making several other stops in northwest iowa early next week as well.the stops in carroll, onawa, cherokee, rock rapids, sibley, spirit lake, spencer and storm lake are all part of cruz's "cruzin' to caucus" bus tour. we've got the times and locations for all 9 stops on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 an update tonight on democratic presidential frontrunner hillary clinton's planned stop in sioux city next tuesday.earlier this week... we found out the former secretary of state would be in town tuesday afternoon.now we know her event will be at the orpheum theatre downtown.it is scheduled to get underway at 2- 15 tuesday. 3 3 and one of secretary clinton's opponents for the democratic siouxland this weekend.former maryland governor martin o'malley has three stops planned in northwest iowa. saturday evening, he'll be in storm lake at 5- 15 and le mars at 7 -30.sunday afternoon, he has an event scheduled for noon at the mary j. t

briar cliff and dordt are each back on the court after losing their pool play opener yesterday. lost the first set, 25-18. the defenders beat viterbo in the regular season, 3-1, in sioux center. at 8 o'clock, briar cliff faces #11 eastern oregon. the chargers were swept by top- ranked lindsey wilson of kentucky last night. we'll have highlights of both matches, tonight at ten. this summer, we asked for football gear from siouxland scscols for our set on sportsfource extra. now we're looking for basketball gear - if you have it, we want it. you can send it to us at ktiv, at our new address, 2929 signal hill drive -- or you can just bring it to the station. we're looking for school jerseys, warmups, banners, anything your team uses. when the season is over -- you'll get the equipment back. northern iowa athletic director troy dannen has been hired as the ad at tulane. jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we a"e at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay to

yards than beckham through their first full 16 games of their career. 3 siouxland news and notes now dordt senior center mycah hulst has been named the gpac huaff mid america sports the week. she just set a new school record with 25 rebounds against number fourteen concordia last week. that record had stood since 1977. 3 3 3 3 3 3 tonight clouds will be prominent with temperatures in the mid 20s. thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some light snow across the area. otherwise, mostly cloudy skies will persist through friday evening with temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are also keeping our eyes on a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned.

yards than beckham through their first full 16 games of their career. 3 siouxland news and notes now dordt senior center mycah hulst has been named the gpac huaff mid america spspts womeme basketball player of the week. she just set a new school record with 25 rebounds against number fourteen concordia last week. that 3 3 3 tonight clouds will be prominent with temperatures in the mid 20s. thursday morning and early afternoon could bring some light snow across the area. otherwise, mostly cloudy skies will persist t through friday eveningngwith temperatures in the low to upper 30s. christmas evening brings chance for rain/snow mix that will change over to snow by saturday morning and continue through saturday evening. sunday will be mostly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the upper 20s. we are also keeping our eyes on a potential storm system that will impact the area monday and tuesday of next week. stay tuned. 3

one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. democrat martin o'malley will be visiting sioux city on sunday. the former maryland governor doors open at 11:45 a.m. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for an afternoon event. today more than 350 kids found out if they have what it takes to be a ninja warrior. the second annual siouxland ninja warrior camp began monday at the hper center in sioux city. the camp included different stations with several inflatables. the kids' favorite..the melt master. not only did the camp touch on physcial fitness but also learning about healthy snack options. today marked the last day of the camp this year. holmes already has a vision for next year's event...more inflatables. later in sportsforce: ready for the rosebowl: the two head coaches meet the media one more time before the big game on new year's day. days after the paris attacks, senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the

dordt also announced today that they've hired their next football coach. joel penner comes toioux center from malone university in canton ohio where he was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and recruiting coordinator the last 4 seasons. penner's familiar with the gpac as well, spending three seasons as the offensive coordinator atat northwestern from 2009-11. chris: heading into the season, expectations were high for the they've lived up to them so far, climbing into the top five nationally after a 9-0 start. but the road to a championship got a little tougher today as naz mitrou long will miss the rest of the season. mitrou-long had arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips in the offseason, but had played the first 8 games for the cyclones, averaging 12 points per. he sat out sunday's game ainst arkansas pinebluff to rest, bubuthe persistentsoreness led him to decide to shut it down. iowa state will seek a medical redshirt for mitrou long, which would allow him to turn in 2016-17. here locally, east and heelan renew their rivalry on the hardw

that will include siouxland's own dordt and briar cliff. pool play begins tomorrow where four teams play each other, each of the next three days. with the top two advancing to the first round. more than 17-thousand people are expected to attend the festivities now through friday. organizers say they're excited to show siouxland off to all the visitors. 3 "it gives s a chchce to show off the city. we havavgreat community support. the sponsors we have come back year after year. we've had some that have done volleyball every year that we've had it. basketball we've had a few that have been here 18 years with us. and they look forward to it. they build up relationships with the girls and the coaches over the years and keep in contact and it just makes for a great experience for everyone." 3 brbrr cliff is up first tomorrow and the unranked chargers facethe daunting task in pool play of trying to beat the number two team in the nation, lindsay wilson. it's pool play so that means they can afford a loss since they'll play the other two libero amy

but the bulldogs had a tough time with josh van lingen in the middle - 16 for the dordt commit - that led western christian. but its le mars that has the lead after a quarter - trent hillbrands had 22 points - and the bulldogs led 17-14 after one. taylor miedema goes the other way - miedema had 13 - western cruises in the second half, 60-44. in girls action, 8th-ranked okoboji at central lyon in a siouxland conference matchup. 2nd quarter - pioneers on the attack - emily wintz with a good hard drive to the cup - okoboji took a 31-13 lead into halftime. to the third quarter - boji working it in to megan peschong - easy layup off the glass - pioneers take a 20-point lead. central lyon keeps fighting - nice look inside from summer struckman to hope rasmussen - nice post moves for the lions. but okoboji is a lot to handle in the paint - very tall - molly mitchell off the square - the pioneers move to 5-0 with a 58-29 win over central lyon. sioux center, coming off a win over western christian - taking on sibley-ocheyedan. this one all warriors from the get-go - katie te grotenhuis buries

dordt just lost 3-0 to georgetown of kentucky. earlier briar cliff was unranked and they had to face number two lindsey wilson in the first game of pool play.1) 1st set briar cliff is up! and this will help! it's a block party at the net and it's 11-8 briar cliff.2) later in the set nice dig from the chargers and katelin langel throws it down with a lefty slam. it's 12-8.3) more chargers now. toni beck with authority! it's 13-10!4) then off the lindsey wilson serve langel with that deadly lefty hit! chargers not relenquishing this lead!5) then off the east grad amy frank's serve homer's own breanna nogelmeir backs up her libero! 6) and then it's gonna be 17-13 after this stuff by nogelmeir! chargers on a roll! 7) some nice sets by the chargers nicolette lavulo with the throwdown! but lindsey wilson would come back and win game three sets to none. 3 magic and timberwolves! this is magic guard victor oladipo(oh-la-dee-po)(m) spinning through the defense... dishes to nikola vucevic(voo- cha-vich)(m) who finishes with the slam...vucev