between surrounding schools until construction is complete. 3 3 the group dedicated to improving downtown sioux city is taking steps to improve and better protect trees aong the city's streets. currently the trunks of most trees in the downtown are surrounded by metal grates... which are expensive to replace.now... downtown partners is trying a new system that surrounds the trees with a semi- permeable, rubber substance. 3 "the cost is very minimal so really we figured lets test this area, see how it works for sioux city in the winter. see how things go and if we like it, we'll keep spreading it around"each tree costs around 200 dollars to surround with the rubber... compared to 12- hundred dollars for steel grates.the trial grates are being used on 9 trees on 4th street between pierce and nebraska. 3 sioux city police say good surveillance video is the reason they were able to quickly arrest the suspect of on the west side.23- year- old regan maryland of houston texas is in custody tonight.he's charged with first degree robbery in connection to friday's robbery at k and n auto on center street.mary

here's the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk center in downtown sioux city. 34 was the high today and 32 the low. the king's pointe skycam hd shows a snowy scene in storm lake. we have 33 and snow in sioux city. local temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. wind chills are in the 20s for most. winds are just 5-15 miles per hour but will be stronger tomorrow. visibility is low across the area, especially in yankton at just 0.50 miles. radar shows the low pressure system spinning bands of snow across the upper midwest. the stormcast hd shows that this system will be slow to leave. in fact, we could see light snow through early wednesday morning! an additional 1-2" of snow can be expected for most of the abc9 viewing area on top of what we have already received. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 25 and light snow. tomorrow, look for a high of 32 and light snow plus breezy winds and blowing snow. the 7-day forecast shows breezy winds wednesday as the snow ends. then, we'll see a period of dry, quiet in the 30s. tomorrow's ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102's birth

it will be at the orpheum theatre in downtown sioux city. there is a social at 5:30 p-m. starting at seven, there will be a special screening of "the hornet's nest," an in-depth documentary on landen's 101st airborne division. "this movie will give the exposure, you know," said aprel landen, todd landen's wife. "so i hope that it also brings healing for veterans to be able to start talking. i think talking about being in war that brings healing." todd landen will be doing a question and answer session with the public after the screening. the event is free but will be open to donations. still to come... we'll take a look at some student-built robots that will be battling it out at morningside elementary. that's where ktiv's sam curtiss joins us live. matt and sheila... students at morningside elementary are having a robotics scrimmage as part of their stem program. << >> the wind picked up as temps stayed up for us again today with most of our highs getting into the 70s. but the republicans... they want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. they don't sta

we take a look into downtown and how shops are encouraging small business saturday, coming downtown sioux city is home to hundreds of locally owned shops. and on this "small business saturday," siouxlanders were encouraged to support those local businesses. ktiv's tommie clark shares how "the whistle stop" on nebraska street, is one of those shops. << "when walking around downtown sioux city, small businesses line the streets-- including the charles swaggerty pursued his passion four years ago when he decided to open his antique shop. he sells everything from half-a-century old toy cars to classic furniture. "the first time i think i started going to antique stores i was 10- years-old. i had a paper route and when i when i got paid i'd go buy something at the antique store,"said the whistle stop owner, charles swaggerty. swaggerty says "small business saturday" is especially important for stores like his. "i think it's important to have local businesses instead of going to the big box stores. we usually have done well on small business saturday. a lot of our renters are running sales right now

in downtown sioux city, another celebration for veterans. this one focused on veterans of what has become known as "the forgotten war.r. "o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave." presenting the colors.. "present." ...and honoring our veterans. acknowledging those who have served, and rememeering those who made the ultimate sacrifife. thisisribute took place at the woodbury county courthouse in downtown sioux city. ktiv's own matt breen had the honor of leading today's ceremony. norfolk, nebraska veterans gathered to honor those who served or are serving. retired navy caplin mike moreno was the guest speaker at the norfolk veterans home. moreno served eight years on aaive duty, and still l rves in the e serves. he spoke about purpose, and said those who serve put on the uniform so the "we don't fight because we hate the people in front of us, we fight because of the people behind us that we love and that's you guys." moreno went on to say people can honor the terans who died by following theieidreams. today, students of lyons-de

it's part of a larger....three part project in downtown sioux city....that was chosen to receive part of an 8 million grant from the iowa economic development board. next, the project must secure a 2 million dollar pledge from woodbury county in order to become a reality. the 2 million dollar pledge from the city...will be distributed over a so far...one point-five million committed to the project from the if all goes as planned..the ag open for business beginning of 2017. 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 res

as they make their ambassadorial debut at the holiday lighted parade in downtown sioux city. langseth says their goal is to display the camp's values... as well as have some fun while doing it. 3 3 no- shave november was celebrated tonight at unitypoint health st. luke'ssiouxland news at sunrise anchor jacob heller took part in this year's celebrity facial hair contest...he didn't win, but it was established that his facial hair was less *creepy* this year.doctors at st. luke's were also giving prostate cancer screenings. 3 "i think finding cancer early, early detection and appropriate treatment is really important. so if you can do screening test even without seeing doctor it's nice to know what your base line is and follow that over time. if there are increases that make it seem concerning then to get further testing done."this year's event also included a hot wings eating contest.sioux city musketeers' captain joe snively placed second in that. 3 3 big brothers big sisters of siouxland is kicking off its annual holiday tour of homes.this year's fundraiser for the group wil

this ceremony at the woodbury county courthouse in downtown sioux city, specifically honored those who fought in the korean war. ktiv's own matt breen had the honor of leading today's ceremony. (sheila) siouxland students paying tribute to veterans today. (matt) students from west sioux community schools in hawarden, iowa packed their gym today. american legion leaders spoke to the students about war. and commander of the sons of the american legion left everyone with one piece of advice: "if you come across a veteran while you are out, make sure to thank them for their service". student at storm lake st. mary's paying tribute to veterans during a special ceremony that took place today. elementary students sang patiotic tributes to the veterans who attended the event. and, students in mrs. klinker's third grade class in cherokee, iowa sent veterans day wishes to her son. he's serving with the navy aboard the uss cape george in the paciific. students at lyons-decatur northeast gave back to veterans. every student, preschool through 12th grade took part in a special assembly . they do it

(new look) some trees in downtown sioux city will be getting a new look.(ladies in the navy) and... we'll introduce you to "the women" of the new u-s-s sioux city. 3 plans are expanding for a new northside elemenenry school in sioux city. thanks for joining us tonight, i'm larry wentz, diana castillo is off tonight. 3 3 this evening the sioux city school board agreed to spend about three million dollars to make changes and improvements to the property where the new bryant elementary school will be built. that includes tearing down 8 homes and doing some street work to make room for the new school. more than a million of that will bebe imbursed by the state. they also agreed to spend 660- thousand dollars to install a georthermal heating system... which requires a well to be built. 3 "this has been a long journey, i've been working on the bryant project since i came to the district in 2008, and bryant has been a challenge mostly because it's very difficult to find d nd where we a a going to build the replacement school r bryant."the new school is expected to open in 2019. students cur

on that day. 3 "small business saturday is a great way to kickoff downtown sioux city. we are the home of hundreds of business here in downtown. locally owned small business who really depend on that day in siouxland to come out and support and shop small businesses. "maps and a list of businesses taking part will be posted online next weekend. 3 3 the sioux city art center is teaming up with local design firms to honor a legendary sioux city businessman.t. s. martin founded the t.s. martin company department store in 1890. his granddaughter... margaret ann martin everest... helped build the art center's current facility. now... the art center is displaying some of the 80 works of art donated by her family in imaginary store window displays pioneered by t.s. martin. 3 " the word legacy is an important thing because at least 100 years of what we might call visual culture in sioux city. we worked with area retailers, designers to create a photo department window display around artwork in our permanent collection."in addition to the window displays, more of the art will on

they make their ambassadorial debut at the holiday lighted parade in downtown sioux city. langseth says thee goal is to display the camp's values... and have some fufu while doing it. 3 the small taco stand that gave birth to a fast food giant is on the move.the original taco bell building is leaving its home in downey, california... moving to the company's headquarters in irvine. the trip is about 34 - miles. company officials are re - locating the e storic structururbecause it demolished where it was. once it gets into irvine it'll get a face lift... too. taco bell fans ll even get the chance to say how the building should be used once it's done. fast food entrepreneur glen bell opened 62. 3 3 3 3 3 coming up this s morning..... the u - s coast guard has seized more cocaine this year than the last three years combined. we'll show you what 800 - million dollars of 3 3 3 winter storm warnings are out for the entire area, as we are expecting the season's first snowfall. we can expect widespread snow amounts of up to 6-8" through early saturday. the storm will start impactin

several of sioux city's downtown businesses and restaurant are planning to offer special deals to shoppers on that day. maps and a list of businesses taking part will be posted 3 the sioux city art center is teaming up with local design firms to honor a legendary sioux city businessman.t. s. martin founded the t.s. martin company department store in 1890. his granddaughter... margaret ann martin everest... helped build the art center's current facility. now... the art center is displaying some of the 80 works of art donated by her family in imaginary store window displays pioneered by t.s. martin. in addition to the window displays... more of the artwork will be on display in a traditional gallery setting. the art center has also worked with historians to create a book on t. s. martin's legacy and 3 sioux city's press club is looking to help deserving college students who are majoring in journalism or mass communication s.the karen a. luken memorial scholarship offers a thousand dollars to a junior or senior in one of those majors at one of 7 qualifying siouxland schools.to qualify... a st

downtown sioux city is home to many locally owned shops. siouxlanders were encouraged to support those local businesses over the weekend, on "small business saturday." ktiv's'sommie clark shares how "the whistle stop" on nebraska street, was a popular place on saturday. << "when walking around downtown sioux city, small businesses line the streets-- including the whistle stop." charles swaggerty pursued his passion four years ago when he decided to antique shop. he sells everything from half-a-century old toy cars to classic furniture. "the first time i think i started going to antique stores i was 10- years-old. i had a paper route and when i when i got paid i'd go buy something at the antique store,"said the whistle stop owner, charles swaggerty. swaggerty says "small business saturday" is especially important for stores like his. "i think it's important to have local businesses instead of going to the big box stores. we usually have done well on small business saturday. a lot of our renters are running sales right now from 10% to 50% off

turned to ice on sioux city streets. i'm in downtown sioux city and as you can see they are all out on the roads. i spoke with the sioux city streets department who are making sure siouxlanders are able to still travel around on those slippery roads. they're warning drivers tonight to take it slow and give yourself additional time to get to your destination. drivers also need to stick with the main traveled roads because those are top priorities for plowing. the superintenden t of the streets department says it's the hardest time of the year. "we're making the roads as safe as possible. i think that's the biggest one just trying to help the citizens out and make sure the roads in good as shape as they can be," said sioux city streets superintendent, ed pickens. tonight at 6, i rode with a driver of one of those plow trucks. he told me what it's like and the pride they take in their job. matt and sheila? (sheila) as you saw, road conditions are bad, and plows are in full force. but, as always, safety comes first. (matt) ktiv's robert low

the cosmopolitan club of sioux city was instrumental in establishing the original senior center, downtown sioux city and built the garden at the present location, performed several projects at the boy scouts and girl scout camps, continue to sponsor little league baseball team, major projects at the boysyslub, built and provivid the flfl pole at the welcomeme center, and build the bruguier monument at war eagle park. the club aslo have and continue to work on and donate to numerous other >> we'll be right back after america's never been a country of quitters. it's not who we are. we don't ignore threats like c cmate change. we face our problems head-on. with american-made clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil... spark new innovation... and create millions of new jobs. solving our climate crisis starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change! [ cheers and applause ] bernie sanders -- husband, father, grandfather. he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged econo

the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene in downtown sioux city from the ho chunk cene. our high today reached 51 after a low of 27. the king's pointe skycam hd shows the winter scene in storrm lake. 47 is our temperature in sioux city. around siouxland, temperatures range from the 30s northeasasto the 50s soututest. wind chills are as s ol as the lowewe20s in the northeast, but not a problem elsewhere. telative humidity is quite high, espeically across high as 100 percent in storm lake. as a result, we could see areas of fog tonight. right now, though, visibility is fine at 8-10 miles across the map. the stormcast hd shows fog tonight, drizzle tomorrow, and then thursday's weather will be rain changing to an icy mix changing to snow. the ice forecast shows up to a tenth of an inch of ice in the east. the snow forecast shows 0.5" to 1.5" of snow. your forecast tonight is for partly cloudy skies and areas ofof fog. the low will be 34. tomorrow, the high will be 45 with areas of fog and 7-day forecast shows ice and snow thursday and a high of 33. we'll see a gradual coold

tim: if you need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. bid on over 70 and eaths in the hochunk then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. the siouxland autism support group. tim: christmas trees again fill the south dakota state capitol in pierre. the 2015 grand lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season at the capitol. the capitol christmas display includes nearly 100 trees that are decorated by volunteers from communities, schools, churches, nonprofit organizations and state government offices. this year's theme is "christmas around the world." the largest tree in the capitol is a 29-foot colorado blue spruce that had to be trimmed just to fit inthe capitol. tim: drones are fast the hot ticket hoping to find this hoiday with drones are now increasing in popularity. conflict. as the personal hobby has become commercial airplanes pilots. abc's brandi hitt reports. " nats - (hobby drone takes off) 1 they are everywhere nats -- (drone) from small hobby drones.. to highly so

the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 53 was our high today and 36 the low. here's the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake. the allergy report tod shows low overall pollen levels. 52 is the sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the 40s and lower 50s. the satellite and radar shows yesterday's storm system moving east. the stormcast hd shows clear skies tonight and sunny skies tomorrow. the big change for the weekend will be a warmup to above- normal highs in the 60s. your forecast for tonight is for clear skies and a low of 26. tomorrow's high will be 55 5 der sunny skies. the 7- day forecast shows a warmup to the 60s saturday and sunday. a great weekend! next week, we'll see scattered showers, espeically on tuesday, when it will also be windy. temperatures will be sliding steadily next week. so get youou yard work donenehis weekend! fred: tim: jenna: (jenna) thanan, fred. (fred) you bet. jenna:jen a slushy slew of severe weather hit parts of the midwest including in nebraska and right here in iowa. in dubuq

sioux city. that puts the 3-day total at 1.54". here's the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 48 was the high today and 37 the low. the king's pointe skycam hd from storm lake shows the scene in eastern siouxland. 46 is our sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. windndare breezy, bubulook northwest--they are about get a lot stronger. o'nejll already has 35 miles per hour. looking at the satellite and radar, we see the beginnings of disturbance will head our way. the stormcast hd shows clearing skies tonight. tomorrow will be a very windy day. friday will bring snow, and quite a bit of it. the snow forecast shows 3-6" ofofnow north and 1-3" across most of the south. tonight, look for a low of 30 and strong win. tomorrow, expect a high of 42 and winds gusting to 40 -iles per hour. the 7-day forecast shows 3-6" of snow friday. the weekend will be cold! highs will be in the 20s with lows in the teens. next week's highs will be in the 30s with another wintry mix possible next jenna/tim/fred (jenna) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. still to come... some habits you

it will be at the orpheum theatre in downtown sioux city. there is a social at 5:30 p-m. starting at seven, there will be a special nest." it's an in-depth documentary on landen's 101st airborne division event is free but is open to donations. if you have too much candy laying around the house after halloween, there's a way to share the treats while giving to a good cause. ktiv's sam curtiss joins us live at the lilly family dentistry where they are having a candy buy- back. sam, what can you tell us? matt and sheila...i'm joined now by amanda wink, a dental assistant with lilly family dentistry. after a few days of warm colder around siouxland. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now to tell us more. despite morning clouds and fog, we saw enough sunshine and a powerful enough south wind to send a lot of our highs back into the 70s today. changes start to come our way tomorrow. a chance of a shower or thundershower will be with us tonight, especially in western siouxland. then a chance of thundershowers will continue tomorrow with a cold front moving in that will all

rebos, a restaurant in downtown sioux city, opened its doors to those who might not be able to afford their own thanksgiving dinner. "i'm inside, warm, meeting around good people who care," said william dufek, a sioux city resident. "i like this place a lot. the food has been fantastic. you can't beat this, no way, no how." su "people eating here today say, it's not only a great way to have a nice meal, but it's also a nice way to celebrate the holidays with others." "it's good because i see a lot of people i haven't seen in a long time and it's kinda nice," said misty rodriquez, a sioux city resident. "you know ii think that this is nice that rebos is doing this because a lot of money to do it." there was a traditional thanksgiving meal offered, and all of it was donated to the restaurant. volunteers came from around the community to help the restaurant's cause. "we're close, we're a pretty close family too so we knew that we could still do something like this and yet we're still all together," said heather rees, a co-owner at rebos. and on thanksgiving, the rebos family was just a l

some baked goods, you still have a few minutes to head over to the greek orthodox church in downtown sioux city. the dinner runs until 7 p-m. still to come...more details are being released on the russian passenger plane that broke into pieces in mid- air...leaving hundreds dead. stay with us... afternoon...a south sioux city gas pump was knocked over onto an s-u-v. the incident occured at a casey's general store on dakota avenue in south sioux city. according to witnesses, a car that entered the gas stion through the exit, backed into a gas pump... causing it fall over onto a nearby cadillac. deborah new information today in the plane crash that killed more than 200 people in egypt. the plane, bound for russia, crashed less than half an hour after take-off. investigators are already sifting through the debris....finding the all-important flight recorders. abc's alex marquardt is in the debris field stretches over five miles. from huge chunks of the plane? to tiny pieces of metal. stray clothing scattered in- between. sot - steve ganyard / abc news aviation consultant "why an airplane would jus

jessica rae: a plan to bring a multi-million dollar makeover to downtown sioux city is closer to becoming a reality. monday....sioux city's... city council pledged to support a new state of the art agg expo and the council...voted to invest 2 million dollars in the project over a ten year period. they also donated a 12 acre lot... at the site of the former stock- yards. untapped giant that the elected potential and it the people who built farmer, the rancher," said dennis gann, ag expo bobod of directors. "it celebrates theirlifestyle and forms of entertrtnment and leararng." jessica rae: e agg expo....is between 11 and 14 construct. it will feature an equestrian indoor arena....retail spaces....and classes led by wit community the project must now receive a 2 million dollar pledge from the county before it can move forward. expect to see all five of sioux city's swimming pools summer big changes could be in the works. a pools committee meeting for after next cook and leeds closed and splash pads. the pools hear public comment on the the first week of december but a been set. director mat

airports worldwide to better protect americans traveling abroad. 3 3 3 taking a live look out over downtown sioux city tonight on our j- c roofing and insulating skywatch camera. 3 a coco and windy day has turned into a merely cold night. kayla's got a look at our weekend focast, coming 3 3 3 larry, diana and kayla talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 tonight temperatures will cool down into the upper 20s, while frfray lookokmostly sunny with temperatures in the low to mid 50's.the weekend will be sunny and mild with temperatures just above 60 degrees.our next system will come through on monday bringing rain back to siouxland and high temperatures near 50 once 3 3 still to come tonight... an adorable aussie animal is getting affectionate ahead of her first birthday... that's tonit's check this out. 3 asman says: 'fried chicken... from the colonel, right to your front door. i'm david asman with the fox business network, more coming up.' 3 it's no secret there are a lot of different kinds of tires; we've taed about them at length here onauto matters. bu now that the season is changing

celebrating the thanksgiving holiday. 3 3 3 taking a look out over downtown sioux city tonight on our j- c roofing and most of the winter weather has moved out of siouxland, but it looks like the cold is setting up camp.kayla's weekend forecast is coming up next. 3 if you have a car that you really care about, you put it away for the winter. no point getting your baby covered in rain, snow, sleet & salt, right? but before you put it away, there are a few things you can do to help it survive it's hibernation. keep a charger on your battery; they're a lot less expensive than getting a new battery every year. you should also put a fuel stabilizer in the tank; that prevents gas from going stale & gunking up your fuel system. consider a car cover too; it's so easy to have something bump into your pride & joy even when it's just sitting there minding it's own business. and don't forget to wash it! put it away clean so it'll be ready and waiting for you when the weather warms back up! need any more tips to store your car? we've got lots to share when you visit one of our trusted car care pro

the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene in downtown sioux city from the ho chunk centre. our high today reached 51 after a low of 27. the king's pointe skycam hd shows the winter scene in storrm lake. 47 is our temperature in sioux city. around siouxland, temperatures range from the 30s northeast to the 50s southwest. wind chills are as cool as the lower 20s in the problem elsewhere. relative humidity is quite high, espeically across the northeast--as high as 100 percent in storm lake. as a result, we could see areas of fog tonight. right now, though, visibility is fine at 8-10 miles across the map. the stormcast hd shows fog tonight, drizzle tomorrow, and then thursday's weather will be rain changing to an icy mix changing to snow. the ice forecast shows up to a tenth of an inch of ice in the east. the snow forecast shows 0.5" to 1.5" of snow. your forecast tonight is for partly cloudy skies and areas of fog. the low will be 34. tomorrow, the high will be 45 with areas of fog and areas of drizzle. the 7-day forecast shows ice and snow thursday and a high of 33. we'll se

sioux city sent two people to the hospital this evening. the incidede happened around 7:30 at the corner of 7th and nebraska st. in downtown sioux city. the suv was traveling northbound, when it lost control, went over the wall and crashed. the driver was able to get out easily, but the passenger was entrapped. sioux city fire rescue, police and siouxland paramedics helped remove the passenger. neither injury is considered to bebeife threatening. no word on whahacaused the driver to lose control. a sioux city man, who's charged in a deadly hit and run, will enter a plea in court tomorrow. 29-year-old dustin suppi pleaded not guilty to charges related to the hit and run death of troy ford. on august 8th, police say suppi was slumped behind the wheel of his pickup in the 4000 block of division street when troy ford walked up toto check on h h. police say suppi woke up, and sped away. that caused a trailer attached to the suppi's truck to run over ford. court records show suppi has a plea and sentencing hearing, tomorrow morning, which indicates a change in his earlier not guilty plea. sioux city police have arrested an omaha man for the

this ceremony at the woodbury county courthouse in downtown sioux city, specifically hononed those who fougug in the korean war. ktiv's ownwnatt breen had the honor of leading today's ceremony. and, students in mrs. klinker's third grade class in cherokee, iowa sent veterans day wishes to her son. he's serving with the navy aboard the uss cape george in the paciific. students from west sioux community schools in hawarden, iowa packed their gym today. american legion leaders spoke to the students about war. at the end of the event, speaker and commander of the sons of the american legion left everyone with one piece of advice: if you come across a veteran while you ararout, make sure to t tnk them for their service. it's the type of love story you usually only hear about in movies. but for one sixland veteran and his wife, it is a reality as ktiv's tiffany lane shows us tonight. << "she is a friend and my love of my life," said roger johnson, a vietnam veteran living in hawarden, iowa. roger and mary johnson tied the knot almost 47 years. and while that seems special in itself. it's the

mid-afternoon tomorrow.stay tuned to siouxland news for the latest on this first winter weather. 3 3 downtown sioux city has a new gas station tonight.kum and go opened its new facility at the corner of gordon drive and virginia streets this morning.the new store has a wide variety of fuels available... including e- 15, e- 85 and both regular and biodiesel blends.company leaders say the new site was strategically chosen. 3 "i know with the road construction gordon drive and with the new interstate coming through this was one of the locations we thought would be a great spot for a new store. "as part of grand opening festivities... the store offered its first 99 customers this morning a coupon for a 99- cent whole pizza.and tomorrow... drivers who fuel up between 10 and 2 will have for just $1.15 per gallon.the new store is one of just 120 stores nationwide that offer e- 15. 3 3 and more business development is taking place in sioux city's bridgeport industrial area. 3 the city celebrated the grand opening of a new spec building in the park this afternoon.the building is 50- thousand square feet... avail

moines metro.the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 53 was our high today and 36 the low. here's the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake. the allergy report today shows low overall pollen levels. highs over western iowa were in the upper 40s and lower 50s. eastern nebraska andsoutheastern south dakota also saw upper 40s and lower 50s. 42 is the sioux city temperature, 10 degrees cooler than an hour ago. local temperatures are in the upper 30s and 40s. winds were strong earlier today, but you can see that we have dropped off rapidly lately. current winds are northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. the satellite and radar shows yesterday's storm system moving east. the storast hd shows clear skies tonight and sunny skies tomorrow. the weekend will be a warmup to above- normal highs in the 60s. your forecast for tonight is for clear skies and a low of 26. tomorrow's high will be 55 under sunny skies. the 7- day forecast shows a warmup to the 60s saturday and sunday. a great weekend! next week, we'll see scattered showers, espeically on tu

name really helps to symbolize the fun and the taking off of excitement and energy here in downtown sioux city." says executive director of the museum, bobofitch. fitch sasa that he is atonished by the amount of workrk thth has been completed so far. tim: unity point st. luke's, the children's miracle network and sioux city ford lincoln held a ribbon cutting this morning to unveil their state of the art theme room in their pediatric ward. officials from the children's miracle network, and sioux city ford lincoln were present along with both the sioux city and south sioux city chamber of commerce and others from the community to get the first view at the new theme room. "nats of ribbon cutting and clapping" "we have created the first of its kind theme room for pediatric patients. this entire room is dedicated in car memorabilia and car decor. it's really fun for the kids to have something to look at while they are in bed but it also has items on the wall designed to get them up and out of bed and get them engaged." scfl donated $12,500 to make this possible. while nothing is in the works yet, u

natpop -- people talking so monday...dozens packed into buffalo alice's bar in downtown sioux city..for one last hurrah. "he touched soo many lives and made so many people feel like they were special because they worked for a special company. it's just a joy to be here celebrating his life," said bart brown, friend of mike hammond. hammond was just 53 when he unexpectedly passed away at his sioux city home thursday. known for his sense of humor...he's remembered most as 1-3 of the pioneering team...that created the computer company "gateway" .... in 1985 in an iowa farm house. "he had incredible loyalty among the gateway employees and i know all of them really mourn his loss, he was too young, but the legacy he left on gateway is permament," said jim wharton, friend and former colleague of mike. the company....became a major success....by shipping computers straight to customers in boxes with a spotted-cow design. their former headquarters in sioux city...still dones the cow inspired logo. it's a piece of hammond's legacy...that his son mike junior...hold close. 'he was a great person,

siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell is chillin' out at the tyson events center in downtown sioux city... where the snowfall has really lightened up from earlier today.he joins us now... chad, why have we seen so much snow already? 3 <> 3 3 all this snow *is* proving to be good for something.kids all across the siouxland area enjoyed their first snow day of the year. they celebrated as any kids would... by building giant snowmen, snowboarding, sledding, and tossing around a few snowballs. a group of kids in t

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 out, we can see push through northwest. the and snow along that front. we will be warm enough for all-rain when the system arrives in siouxland. the stormcast hd shows the front getting closer tonight and tomorrow, so we will stay breezy and warm, and with partly cloudy skies. the cold front will move through on thursday, with a chance of showers. cooler weather will follow. your rain forecast shows 0.1" to 0.4" of rain. your forecast for tonig

name really helps to symbolize the fun and the taking off of excitement and energy here in downtown sioux city." says executive director of the museum, bob fitch. fitch says that the construction of the building is currently on schedule, and atonished by the amount of work that has been completed so far. " ""it's really that the klinger their sub- done to keep this time and phenominal progress especially in the last couple of weeks." says fitch tim: and with all that progress fitch was also happy to annouce that the completed and have it's grand opening febuary 11th 2016. yearly memberships are now already as well. for more information on that and more just head to our website. tim: unity point st. luke's, the children's miracle network and sioux city ford lincoln held a ribbon cutting this morning to unveil their state of the art theme room in their pediatric ward. officials from the children's miracle network, and sioux city ford lincoln were present along with both the sioux city and south sioux city chamber of commerce and others from the community to get the first view at the new theme ro

sioux city. that puts the 3-day total at 1.54". here's the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 48 was the high today and 37 the low. the king's pointe skycam hd from storm lake shows the scene in eastern siouxland. 44 is our sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. winds are already very strong, gusting over 40 mph in sioux falls. tomorrow's wind will also be strong. looking at the satellite and radar, we see the beginnings of friday's snow in montana. that disturbance will head our way. the stormcast hd shows will be a very windy day. friday will bring snow, starting around the morning commute, and becoming heavier and more widepread by noon. snow will continue all afternoon and into the evening, before tapering off before sunrise saturday. the snow forecast shows 3-6" of snow north and 1-3" across most of the south. there will be a narrow band of 7-9" of snow, too. right now, it looks like that band will set up across the northern part of the abc9 coverage area, which would put over 9" of snow of this system could shift that heavy snow band south toward hig

downtown sioux city is lit up for the holidays. the season kicked off with the lighted parade last night. ktiv's tommie clark takes us to the festivities. << "it was an evening packed with activites for the whole family to kick off the holiday season in siouxland." residents took on the chilly weather to enjoy the annual holiday lighted parade-- christmas music and bright lights. "it's the first time i've been in the parade. i've been to it sitting their on the curb. it's a lot more fun to plan it to organize it," said volunteer with the bernie sanders campaign, jeremy dumkrieger. "we just want to help celebrate the holidays. the kids enjoy it. we love showing our appreciation and everything to the city," said business representative for the carpenter's union local 948, ernie colt. siouxland organizations used the floats not only for fun, but to raise awareness. jeremy anderson motorcycle awareness is one of those organizations. "we're trying to be part of the community. getting our names out there being in community events and sho

stay safe and bundle up siouxland, reporting in downtown sioux city, i'm kayla novak.back to to you. 3 3 3 as kayla mentioned... officials have responded to more than two dozen accidents just in woodbury county so far today.we captured this video of a rollover accident on highway 20 near correctionvill e earlier today.other cars have found their way into ditches throughout siouxland. and as kayla also mentioned... a towing ban is currently in effect in woodbury county and monona county... so if you don't *have* to travel, please stay off the roads. 3 an accident in cedar county last night has claimed the life of a south sioux city man.25- year- old aaron surber was driving on highway 15 south of laurel just after 7 last night when he crossed the center line and hit an oncoming pickup.that collision caused surber's jeep to roll several times and eject him.he was not wearing a seatbelt... and was pronounced dead at the scene.his passenger *was* belted in... and received minor injuries.the driver of the pickup was not injured. 3 it's not all doom and gloom tonight... we've got some *goo

need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the hochunun centre atrium.m. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. proceeds this year will go to the siouxland autism support group. tim: christmas trees again fill the south dakota state capitol in pierre. the 2015 grand lighting ceremony kicks off the holiday season at the capitol. the capitol christmas display includes nearly 1010trees that are decorated by volunteers from communities, schools, churches, nonprofit organizations and state government offices. this year's theme is "christmas around the world." 29-foot colorado blue spruce that had to be trimmed just to fit inthe capitol. tim: still to come... well take a look at a tradition in that was only supposed to last one year " " in the quad cities a on and is now celebrating its 45th anniversary. mr. thanksgiving is a tradition that brings thousands toghether, sarah greene brings us more. (nats o

downtown sioux city is home to hundreds of locally owned shops. and on this "small business saturday," siouxlanders were encouraged to support those local businesses. ktiv's tommie clark stopped by "the whistle stop" today. and tommie, how is this locally owned shop benefiting from "small business saturday"? well tiffany, the owner of "the whistle stop" says when this day comes around every year-- it always draws in customers. he grew up with a passion for antiquing and used to admire his grandmother' s collection. and now he's opened a consignment shop of his own and hopes to share his passion with other siouxlanders.

need some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take your family to downtown sioux city for the festival of trees. you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the hochunk centre atrium. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start with the highest silent bid. proceeds this year will go to the siouxland autism support group. tim: still to come... well take a look at two of the heros that will be honored during the heros game on friday (fred) ice and snow are coming tomorrow, and that will bring travel headaches. cooler weather will follow. your forecast is next! friday's game and the players -- its called the hyvee heroes game for a hereos" will be honored at halftime on friday, including two iowans. without an iowa state trooper and a local nurse, an oklahoma man may have lost his life back in april. they're being hailed as hereos. clair powell brings us more "the engine is revving high, it takes off tires squeal" "this is not good something's going on inside this truck" seven months ago, iowa state patrol trooper tracy bohlen sp

the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene in downtown sioux city from the ho chunk centre. our high today reached 51 after a low of 27. the king's pointe skycam hd shows the winter scene in storrm lake. 37 is our temperature in sioux city. the wind is east/southeast at 9 mph. around siouxland, temperaturesesre in the 30s.s.elative humidity is quite high, espeically across the northeast--as high as 100 percent in storm lake. as a result, we could see areas of fog tonight. right now, though, visibility is fine at 8-10 miles across the map. the stormcast hd shows fog tonight, drizzle tomorrow, and then thursday's weather will be an icy mix of rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the morning changing to snow in n the afternoon. the ice forecast shows up to 0.1" to 0.2" of an inch of ice in the south d east. the snow forecast shows 0.5" to 1.0" of highway 20 and 1.0" to 2.0" of snow north of highway 20. your forecast tonight is for partly cloudy skies and areas of fog. the low will be 34. tomorrow, the high will be 45 with areas of f f and areas of drizzlelethe 7-day forecas

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. winds are south at 10-20 miles per hour, except in the west, where the front has shifted the wind to the north and northwest along the front. as we zoom out to midwest temperatures, we can clearly see much co

moines metro.the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 53 was our high today and 36 the low. here's the king's pointe skycam hd in storm lake. the allergy report today shows low overall pollen levels. highs over western iowa were in the upper 40s and lower 50s. eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota also saw upper 40s and lower 50s. 38 is the sioux city temperature. local temperatures are in the 30s for the most part. wind chills are in the 20s and 30s. dew points in the 20s indicate dry air, which will allow temperatures to cool into the 20s tonight. winds were strong earlier today, but you can see that they have dropped off this evening. the satellite and radar shows yesterday's storm system moving east. the strong winds we had today were the result of the pressure difference between the departing system and the higher pressure behind it in siouxland. the stormcast hd shows clear skies tonight and sunny skies tomorrow. the big change for the weekend will be a warmup to above- normal highs in the 60s. your forecast for tonight i

(sheila) the festival of trees got underway, in the atrium of the ho-chunk centre in downtown sioux city. siouxlanders stopped to hear holiday music, while bidding on specially decorated holiday trees, which were donated by local companies, organizations and individuals. the proceeds benefit the siouxland autism support groro. "it's great to have the community turn out supporting events that are helping others through the season and after the season," said maryann niemeier. you can see the trees through thursday, december 3rd at the ho- chunk centre. . ey'll hold a live auction starting at 6:30pm. (sheila) earlier tonight, we asked you what kind of christmas tree you put up... (matt) here are the results. 21% of you said you put up a real tree. 72% said you have a fake tree. and 9% said you don't put up a (matt) still to come... two more northwest iowa teams take a shot at a state football title. highlights s om the uni- dome are 22-minutes away have your next burger with a side of awesome. the one-of-a-kind, creamy blend of sweet anantangy. miracle whip and p pud of it. at kraft we star

the 23rd annual festival of trees got underway last night in the atrium of the downtown sioux city building. siouxlanders stopped by for the kickoff ceremonies and to place bids on christmas trees that have been decorated and donated by local businesses and groups. every year, the festival benefits a local charity. this year, the proceeds will go to the siouxland autism support group. "it's great to have the community turn out supporting events that are helping others through the season and after the season," said mary ann niemeier. you can place bids on the trees up through december 3rd, when they'll be sold in a live auction, starting at the top silent bid. shrimp are pretty small. in fact, the word is used as a slang term for "small." but, one restaurant chain is super sizing the shrimp they serve. the story, next on "news 4 at noon." << it's called a rigged economy, and this is how it works. most new wealth flows to the top 1%. it's a system held in place by corrupt politics where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is powered by over a million small contributi

some help getting in the christmas spirit after thanksgiving, you can take youou family to downtown sioux city for the you can view and bid on over 70 decorated trees and wreaths in the hochunk centre atrium. then, on december 3rd, the live auction will start >>> hey, happy friday. weome back to "gma." the race is on. more than 100 million shoppers flooding stores today trying to grab those door buster deals and find the biggest savings, black friday shoppers are expected to spenend an arage of nearly $370 each, up % from last year. >>>>ow much time are they spending out there, as well? a lot. >> t that's a stat i don't have. i'm sure it's a lot. >> which you can never get back. you know it's blackriday when you come to work at 4 a.m. and you see people with huge shopping bags. >>>> yeah, i'm not quite sure whahat those shohopping bags were filled with. >> we routinely see people at 4 a.m., not witith shopping bags in hand. middle of t country could wreak havoc. more than 25 million americaca are on alert for flash flooding, snowow and ice from st. louis to dallas and donald trump stirring up

view and vote is thursday the fifth, dinner and option friday the sixth, at stony creek in downtown sioux city. topping our list of nine things to know, municipal election comes up tuesday, november 3rd november 3rd. turn out is expected to be light. makeuree you get out and cast your ball who the, whether in sioux city or arod siouxland. it's yourself i can duty. make sure to cast a vote in your own community. before we wrap up, a reminder that the goal of this week in siouxland is not only to bring newsmakers to the table but to spark a discussion on important issues to you. we would like to know what you would like to hear abo. join the conversation. you can go toacebook. you can get ahold of me on twitter or send me an e-mail. let us know what you would like to hear each week right here on this week in siouxland. and make sure to cck out the show online at siouxland matters.com. you can click out any parts of this week' show or clickck on any portion of any previous show. look for the this week in siouxland tab at siouxlandmatters.com. and with that, this week's edition of "the week in sio

between surrounding schools until construction is finished. 3 3 the group dedicated to improving downtown sioux city is trying to improve and protect trees along the city's streets now. the trunks of most trees in the downtown are surrounded by metal grates... which are expensive to replace. downtown partners is trying out a new system that surrounds the trees with a porous... rubber - like substance. 3 "the cost is very minimal so really we figured lets test this area, see how it works for sioux city in the winter. see how things go and if we like it, we'll keep spreading around"each tree costs around 200 dollars to surround with the rubber... compared to 12 - hundred dollars for steel grates. the trial grates are being used on 9 trees on 4th street between pierce and nebraska. 3 sioux city police say good surveillance video is the reason they were able to quickly arrest the suspect from a friday morning armed robbery on the west side.23 - year - old regan maryland of houston texas is in custody now...charged with first degree robbery in connection to friday's robbery at k and n auto on center stre

rebos, a restaurant in downtown sioux city, opened its doors to those who might not be able to afford their own thanksgiving dinner. "i'm inside, warm, meeting around good people who care," said william dufek, a sioux city resident. "i like this place a lot. the food has been fantastic. you can't beat this, no way, no how." su "people eating here today say, it's not only a great way to have a nice meal, but it's also a nice way to celebrate the holidays with others." "it's good ecause i seeee lot of people i haven't seen in a long time and it's kinda nice," said misty rodriquez, a sioux city resident. "younow ii think that tis is nice that rebos is doing this because a lot of money to do it." there was a traditional thanksgiving meal offered, and all of it was donated to the restaurant. volunteers came from around the community to help the restaurant's cause. "we're close, we're a pretty close family too so we knew that we could still do something like this and yet we're still all together," said heather rees, a co-owner at rebos. and on thanksgiving, the rebos family was just a littl