elisa raffa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m look at these lows from this morning!!! everyone below0, 11 below in sioux city air temps! there's our arctic high spilling into the plains, it will shift a bit east tonight, warming us tomorrow, and then bring another shot for tuesday. closer to home, still below 0 in nw ia. winds calmer than yesterday, but we still have wind chills well below 0. don't forget the pets, layer up, and wear gloves! temperatures tonight will stay above 0 and even increase a bit with increasing cloud cover. our low will occur early afafr midnight, wind chills still below 0. snowy and clear on sky cam. high of 8. high see clouds pushing in from north. cold tonight, increasing clouds. tomorrow still cold, but not ascold as today, up to 20 degrees with clouds. then a front pushes south through the afternoon bringing light flurries overnight and kicking that nw flow back in gear. more arctic air overnight tomorrow into tuesday with a few of those flurries. blustery tuesday, temps back to single digits. then back to 20s wed. tonight, 0 degrees withi

elisa raffa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co advisory in effect for southeast siouxland. tonight late wintry mix possible, low 26. tomorrow.. icy roads southeast, blowing snow.. 1-2". gusts to 30mph. icy early.. clouds linger tuesday. then sunshine and 30s for the rest of the week! " " " " it's time for our for joining us as we explore "america's untold journey" i'm tim seaman. jenna and i'm jenna rehnstrom. few people realize that among the first settlers to reach the new world in 1565 were black. tim nor do many people know that the first underground railroad ran south, not north. jenna the purpose of this preseation is to explain those portions of african american history, which are often left out of text books and history lessons. tim it is for that exact reason that we are also sharing these stories with area schools. the same documentary you are about to watch will be viewed by local students, along with lesson plans we have provided. jenna we hope you enjoy "america's untold journey."

elisa raffa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m (fred) the port neal welding company skycam hd shows a cold looking scene from the ho chunk centre in sioux city. today's high was 26 and the low 16. highs over western iowa were in the 20s.y 21 in le mars! eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota were also in the 20s for highs, with the exception of ord, which reached 37. sioux city's current temperature is 21, but the dew point is 16 and falling, showing dry air that will lead to a chilly night. local temperatures are in the teens and 20s. winds are north to northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. wind chills are in the single digits and teens. we are already seeing fog see some fog tonight. the stormcast hd shows high pressure slidiing through tonight. that will keep skies mostly clear and temperatures cool. tomorrow, skies will be partly cloudy. winds will pick up from the south on tuesday. that will warm us up. clouds will increase on wednesday, and we may also have some flurries. the forecast for tonight is for mostly clear skies and areas of fog. the low will be 5. there

elisa raffa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill advisory tonight and siouxland, a warning in northern iowa for sac, emmet, and palo alto counties. bundle up and don't forget the pets! our lows this morning... brutal cold!! 20 below as temperatures in northern iowa. there's our arctic plunge... another day of very cold air before this pushes east. temperatures barely above 0 now, below 0 in northern iowa. wind speed still out of the northwest. chills all below 0, near 30 below at the border. another night of subzero temps, again colder nw iowa. subzero tumble tonight with a few flakes possible and 20 below wind chills. but we're headed up from here! after tonight... more positive readings, nearing 20 on tuesday.. but with some snow. decieving sunshine on sky cam. clouds blast on stormcast hd, last bit of nw flow tonight with dangerous wind chills. tomorrow high shifts east taking arctic air with it. south wind warms us to 10 degrees. sunshine during t t day, increasing clouds late as we bring in a bit of snow. starting monday overnight into tuesd.. lasting tuesday morning.

here's your 7 day forecast. 2 line cg: elisa raffa unlimited downhill fun ... those five dollars by the way where our temperature in sioux city made it to 35. let's check out our current conditions now on the port neal welding company skycam hd. temperatures are currtly in the 20s and 30s. we haha a light wind from the west and northwest at 10 to 15 miles pe hour. the satellite and radar picture is quiet, however you can see some clouds descending from this is associated with a weak cold front that will move through overnight. let's go to the stormcast hd where you can watch that frontal passage occur. this will set us up for some cooler weather on sunday and monday with highs near 30. it's going to be a quiet 7 day forecast without too much activity. tonight's low is 10 under mostly clear skies. the high temperature tomorrow will be 29 under partly cloudy skies. it'll be seasonal and slightly cooler. here's your 7 day elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m deborah/elisa deborah: coming up in sports...the muskies hosted their i-29 rivals from sioux falls tonight. we'll

and our elisa raffa is there now and she joins us with more.. elisa.. elisa tim and jenna... and out as the exhibit just officially opened at 4 o'clock today. ron campbell has some of his post career paintings on display here, things he's been working on in his retirement. some of the characters on these paintings may look familiar to you. ron campbell is an award winning screen cartoonist. 50 years in the business, peabody awards... campbell has worked as an animator, director, producer, and story editor on many cartoon films. just to name a few that should be familiar.... yellow submarine, smurfs, scooby the jungle, flintstones, the jetsons, teenage uutant ninja turtles.... this morning i sat down with him and asked of all the characters he's worked on... which one he's most like? "that i'm most like?! golly... cool mccool... how's that?! (laughs) that's an odd question, i'm not like any of them really... they're all crazy characters" says ron campbell, retired screen such a great response! campbell also told me he loves coming out and meeting the people who are touched by

served in the senate reporting in studio...elisa raffa..abc9 news jenna: bernie sanders is tomorrow. senator has four events scheduled in iowa. dodge, carroll, underwood and sioux city. the sioux city event is at the orpheum theatre at 7. sanders seems to be gaining some ground on hillary sanders seems to be gaining some ground on hillary clinton, but is still trailing in most polls with just two weeks before the iowa caucus. jenna: 70 more national guard troops are expected to arrive in flint, michigan today amid an ongoing water crisis. yesterday alone, troops visited five thousand homes to provide free bottled water and filters for families. the city has been grappling with toxic lead contamination in its drinking water, following a cost-saving measure by the local government that involved switching the water supply to the flint river. researchers discovered the river water was 19 times more corrosive than the water in lake huron. president obama has declared a state of emergency in flint. tim: yesterday the u-s lifted some sanctions on iran after it was confirmed the nation conti

our elisa raffa "sioux city fire marshal mark aesoph says every fire comes as a shock, but this one hits a little bit closer to home here at sneaky's chicken in sioux city. fire crews responded to reports of fire and heavy smoke here at 9 o'clock on monday morning" elisa raffa dave ferris, owner of sneaky's restaurant and catering says after 37 years in the business, he never thought this would happen to him. "it's pretty overwhelming. you kind of joke through the years, but all of a sudden when a fire hits and you see your own place on fire... i have a new appreciation for people who go through this in life" says dave ferris, owner, sneaky's restaurant and catering. ferris says it's difficult and he's grateful for the already, large outpour from family,y, friends, and busniess partners in ththcommunity. "it has been unbelieveable from the facebook to the text messages to the phone calls...i would say literally we've had over 300 phone calls and text messages from friends and businesses" says dave ferris, owner, sneaky's restaurant and catering. sneaky's will be closed for the time being

abc9 news reporter elisa raffa has more. "sioux city fire marshal mark aesoph says every fire comes as a shock, but this one hits a little bit closer to home here at sneaky's chicken in sioux city. fire crews responded to reports of fire and heavy smoke here at 9 o'clock on monday morning" elisa raffa dave ferris, owner of sneaky's restaurant and catering says after 37 years in the business, he never thought this would happen to him. "it's pretty overwhelming. you kind of joke through the years, but all of a sudden when a fire hits and you see your own place on fire... i have a new appreciation for people who go restaurant and catering. ferris says it's difficult and he's grateful for the outpour from family, busniess partners in the community. "it has been the facebook to the the phone calls...i would say literally we've had over 300 phone calls and text messages from friends and businesses" says dave ferris, owner, sneaky's restaurant and catering. sneaky's will be closed for the time being, but ferris says not to worry. i

launch pad children's museum in sioux city is set our elisa raffa got a sneak peak of the museum and takes us inside for a preview. elisa: as a scientist myself, i was drawn to all the exhibits... all geared towards having fun a learning at the same time. physics, agriculture,e,ven some weather....all things children of any age e n learn at the launch pad children's museum. nat sound... air blowing "we want them to be able to leave and say 'wow, that was really fun, but i also learned something today!' and whether they realize it or not, they will be learning things" says valerie petersen, outreach director, launch pad. the long anticipated grand opening of sioux city's launch pad children's museum is set to open in just under a month all of the exhibits in the museum are regionally based, intended to teach children about agriculture, wind, water, and physics. "take scarves, put them in here, and then there is suction n at brings them up and will shoot them oututhe top. and it's kind of fun because kids can manipulate which way they want their scarf to go" says valerie petersen, outre

elisa elisa raffa m light rain coming up on satellite and radar now. a disturbance taking shape and headed east.. rain/snow tonight.. turning to all snow by the morning. temperatures staying above freezing so little rain on stormcast hd..ixing with snow after midnight, leftover flurries by morning. clouds stick around through the day, and into monday as well as we start to bring in our winter storm from theheour corners rereon. monday will be dry, ok for caucus events. shouldn't see snow move into siouxland until after midnight. blustery with snow picking up by tuesday morning. winter storm watch is in effect for tuesday as that storm comes through for south siouxland. high likelihood of 6 or southeasterly track..meaning heavy snow areas south and east of us, sioux city can get in on some of that, but will likely have totals on the lighter end of the heavier snow. risk of 6" or more is central ne, moderate for sioux city... meaning we will probably see around 6 inches. and a high risk of 6 inches or more areas south and east. timing early tuesday throu

elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill warning/ advisories in effect. bundle & don't forget the pets. there's our arctic air, single digits now. winds breezy from the nw and wind chills all below 0. tonight ourtemperatures will all be below 0. around 15 below in sioux city, colder than that nw. our planner for tonight has light snow and our last positive temperature. we'll spend all of tomorrow below 0 too. cold on sky cam with clouds. light snow moving through today and we'll see a system develop and hit us before it heads south. stormcast has that snow developing and dipping farther south than mentioned yesterday. we'll continue to see it through midnight but high pressure tonighgh and tomorrow, even with sunshine w wll stay below 0 all day. sunday night, another dangeous cold one. monday better, but still cold. then tuesday we'll see another system approach to give us more light snow.less than 1" tonight for sioux city. tonight & tomorrow dangerous cold. snow on tuesday in the 7-day. deborah/elisa cold! still to come... if you see more older women ha

2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill advisory in effect tonight, layer up and don't forget the pets! temperatures already near 0, below 0 in nw ia. wind chills in teens and will plummet to 30 below tonight. below 0 tonight under clear skies. i'll letetou know how lolo the cold lasts coming up next, but first here's deborah with your local news! " " 900 million dollars is on the line in the powerball... and siouxlanders are hoping to win big "let us help make your lifes easier." a new way to shop ... that might just be the way to go ... if you're constantly on the go. republican frontrunner donald trump goes on the attack against his main rival for the g-o-p bid. deborah good evening and thanks for j us... i'm deborah america continues to have lotto fever... the powerball jackpot is up to a whopping 900- million dollars.s. the largest in history for north america it hit 700 million thursday....after no-one won on wednesday night...the 18th drawing without a winner. but you'll have another chance at the jackpot tonight. and if you plan on playing...you're odds of winning are

that's where we find elisa raffa who has been at the scene of the fire since 9:45 this morning. elisa is there any idea of what may have sparked the fire? deborah hey elisa how's it going out there? elisa deborah, im here at the sneaky's on gordon drive where earlier this morning a fire broke out in the attached shed in the back of the resturant. at 9:30 this morning sioux city fire responded to a call at sneakys chicken on gordon drive. there was heavy smoke coming from the storage attachment behind the resturant but the entered the building, although heavy smoke did, employees inside of the restruant made it out safely. the cause of the fire has not yet under investigation " " of year we have a lot of concerns with freezing conditions. this was one of the fires that went really well though, especially considering the frigid temperatures. we got water quickly on the fire, we were not hampered by frozen hydrants deborah a fire that destroyed a popular pub in omaha is still under investigation this morning. according to reports, a fire broke out...after an explosion was heard at m

abc9 news reporter elisa raffa has more. "sioux city fire marshal mark aesoph says every fire comes as a shock, but this one hits a little bit closer to home here at sneaky's chicken in sioux city. fire crews respspded to reports of fire and heavy smoke here at 9 o'clock on monday morning" elisa raffa dave ferris, owner of sneaky's restaurant and catering says after 37 years in the business, he never thought this would happen to him. "it's pretty kind of joke through the years, but all of a sudden when a fire hits and you see your own place on fire... i have a new people who go says dave ferris, owner, sneaky's restaurant and catering. ferris says it's difficult and he's grateful for the already, large outpour from family, friends, and busniess partners in the community. "it has been unbelieveable from the facebook to the text messages to the phone calls...i would say literally we've had over 300 phone calls and text messages from friends and businesses" says dave ferris, owner, sneaky's restaurant and catering. sneaky's wil

elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m (fred) a blizzard watch is in effect for almost all of siouxland on tuesday. heavy snow and high winds will cause dangerous travel conditions. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows a nice looking picture of downtown sioux city from the ho chunk centre. 43 was the high and 33 the low today--both above normal. we have 41 in sioux city. local temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. wind chills are mainly in the 30s. northwest winds of 5 to 15 miles per hour are pushing in. zooming out to the national satellite and radar, we can see our tuesday storm currently over california. the stormcast hd shows quiet weather during the night tonight and during the day tomorrow. the snow will start to push in tomorrow evening, becoming heavy tuesday morning and continuing tuesday afternoon before tapering off tuesday evening to wednesday morning. blustery winds mean that even after the snow has ended blowing snow will be a concern wednesday. the snow forecast shows a sharp gradient northwest to southeast. these tals may still shift tomorrow if the e storm tracks moror to

details next. " " deborah/elisa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m stububrn clouds todadaand no breaks in sight. that held temperatures steady today and will do the same tonight with some fog. snow to talk and south wind in place tonight.. a rather mild night with steady temps.s. fog and clouds linger into the morning. temps in the afternoon hold in the 30s today due to cloud cover. front approaches from the north sunday night. maybe a few flakes but for the most part dry. we'll see that snow monday morning impacting your commute. light snow lingers through the day into the evening. but gets out fast.. gone by the overnight. light accumulations... 1-2 inches for sioux city... a pocket of 2-4 mostst around south kota and minnesota. even with light accumulaitons roads will be slick. again timing.. late sunday night through monday with the morning commute impacted. slick roads and blowing snow. got to 28 today. temps still steady in upper 20s for most. winds are breezy though out of the south, less breezy tomorrow. wind single digits northern border. tonight... 25 dense fog and clo

abc9's elisa raffa has more.... "property tax relief is not an education issue. education is dependent upon the mechanisms the state identifies for us, and there are limits to what we can do. we get the fact that there needs to be property tax relief, but what we'r'ralso saying is n't do that on thebacks of oururids" says vernon fisher, superintendent, south sioux city schools. nebraska govenor ricketts has put into motion a legislative bill that wod cap property taxes in oder to help ag land producers. the problem is nebraska is ranked 49th in the country for state funding of k through 12... making them the second most reliant on property taxes to fund schools. with little funding from the state, and a possible cap on property taxes. red flags have been raised. "the problem is by capping it, it may or may not, depending on that area, affect and appropriately limit the property taxes because you may have local governments that need that revenue to provide services so they increase their levees and in other areas, you may end up having to slash services that peopl

elisa elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m look at these lows from this morning!!! everyone below 0, 11 below in sioux city air temps! there's our arctic high spilling into the plains, it will shift a bit east tonight, warming us tomorrow, and then bring another shot for tuesday. closer to home, still below 0 in nw ia. winds calmer than yesterday, but we still have wind chills well below 0. don't forget the pets, layer up, and wear gloves! temperatures tonight will stay above 0 and even increase a bit with increasing cloud cover. our low will occur early after midnight, wind chills still below 0. snowy and clear on sky cam. high of 8. high pressure clearing clouds but you can see clouds pushing in from north. cold tonight, increasing clouds. tomorrow still cold, but not as cold as today, up to 20 degrees with clouds. then a front pushes south through the afternoon bringing light flurries overnight and kicking that nw flow back in gear. . re arctic air overnight tomorrow into tutuday with a few of those flurries. blustery tuesday, temps back to single digits. then ba

elisa raffa has some tips for staying warm yourself... and how folks in sioux city are taking care of people who can't keep themselves warm. " it was a mild december but that doesn't mean these cold snaps can't happen, so when they do,o,ake sure you wear your gloves, cover your ears, and wear extra yers to keep you warm " e esa it doesn't take much for frostbite to set in. nurse practitioner cindy lewin from unitypoint health - minutes outside in temperatures or wind chills at 15 below 0 can cause a major problem. "you'll start having some numbness or tingling of your fingers or toes or ears. you may get some redness of the area, and then it may turn white or might get kinda of waxy hard looking" says cindy lewin, nurse practitioner. lewin says babies, the elderly, and anyone with other health concerns are at greater risk. alcohol and dehydration also make you more suseptable. "you want to slowly warm your extremities, so you want to put them in a warm tepid water. you don't want to put it in hot wawar, you don't want to use like a blow d

elisa line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill warning/ advisories in effect. wind chills 40 below in warning, 30 below in advisory. bundle & don't forget the pets. there's our arctic air, single digits and below 0 wind chills all below 0, well below 0 in northern ia. tonight our temperatures will all be below 0. around 15 below in sioux city, colder than that nw. our planner for tonight has light snow and our last positive temperature. we'll spend all of tomorrow below 0 too. we'll spend the next 36 hours below cold on sky cam with clouds. light snow passing through, a we'll see some flakes through the overnight. stormcast has that snow dipping farther south than mentioned yesterday. we'll continue to see it through midnight but high pressure pushes it out by morning.very cold tonight, and tomorrow, even with sunshine we'll stay below 0 all day. sunday night, cold one. monday better, but still cold. then tuesday we'll see another system approach to give us more light snow.less than 1" tonight for sioux city, up to 3" possible south. 13 below tonight with light

right back here tomorrow night. " forecast first elisa 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m winter storm watch in effect for south siouxland tuesday. for now, light rain on radar north of sioux city. tonight rain and some flakes mixing in... mix turning to snow by the morning then lingering clouds. temperatures stay above freezing. updates on tuesday's winter storm

elisa elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m dense fog advisory in effect tonight. visibilities already near/ below quarter of mile in some spots. wininr weather advisory in effect for southeastern siouxland counties the morning and afternoon... during commute times. very gloomy skies today, front starting to set up a bit. clouds will stay.. we can tonight with patchy fog.. more ice potential by morning with icy roads as you're headed to work and school. there's our front on tonight... mainly clouds but we could see a mix starting after midnight. stormcast isn't picking up on it, but we could see some freezing drizzle in sioux city for the morning commute, that lasts until the afternoon for areas se where the advisory is in effect. blustery.. blowing snow could be a hazard. this might be too fast, but we'll see snow ending later in the evening.. light accumulation all around. clclds linger tues, sunshine wed. ice potential... sioux city will see ice in the morning, but it will last longer for areas south and east, small accumulations but slippery noneththess. sioux

the campaign trail is heating up in 2 line cg: elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m (fred) good day! it's cool in siouxland--temperat ures are only in the teens and lower 20s. wind chills are in the single digits and teens. your planner shows mostly clear skies tonight and 14 degrees at 9 pm, 10 degrees at 1 am, and 5 degrees at 5 am. i'll be back with a look at when our next chance of snow will move into the forecast in just a few minutes. here's deborah with local

elisa elisa raffa eraffa@kcautv.co m wind chill advisory tonight and tomorrow morning for most of siouxland, a warning in northern iowa for sac, emmet, and palo alto counties. bundle up and don't brutal cold!! 20 below as temperatures in northern iowa. there's our arctic plunge... another day of very cold air before this pushes east. temperatures barely above 0 now, below 0 in northern iowa. wind speed still out of the northwest. chills all below 0, near 30 below at the border. another night of subzero temps, again colder nw iowa. subzero tumble tonight and 20 below wind chills. deceiving sunshine tomorrow. but we're headed up from here! after tonight... more positive readings, nearing 20 on tuesday.. but with some snow. clouds on sky cam. clouds creeping in and breaking up. arctic blast on stormcast hd, last bit of nw flow tonight with dangerous wind chills. tomorrow high shifts east taking arctic air with it. south wind warms us to 10 degrees. sunshine during the day, increasing clouds late as we bring in a bit of snow. starting monday overnight into tuesday.. lasting tuesday morning. tue

abc9 news reporter elisa raffa got sneak peak of the museum and takes inde... nat sound... air blowing "we want them to be able to leave and say 'wow, that was really fun, but i also learned something today!' and whether they realize it or not, they will be learning things" says valerie petersen, outreach director, launch pad. the long anticipated grand opening of sioux city's launch pad children's museum is seseto open in just under a month all of the exhibits in the museum are regionally based, intended to teach children about agriculture, wind, water, and physics. "take scarves, put them in here, and then there is suction that bringk them up and will shoot them out the top. and it's kind of fun because kids can manipulate which way they want their scarf to go" says valerie petersen, outreach director, at the big red barn, you can learn how to milk a cow. "water will come out, come through here, and it flows down and then circles back around...back into the cow" says valerie petersen, outreach director, launch pad. once you've got your milk and your fresh crops, you can b

abc9 news reporter elisa raffa has some tips for staying warm " was a mild december but that doesn't mean these cold snaps can't they do, make sure you wear your gloves, cover your ears, and wear extra layers to keep you warm " elisa it doesn't take much for frostbite to set in. nurse practitioner cindy lewin from unitypoint health - st. luke's says 30 minutes outside in temperatures or wind chills s 15 below 0 can cause a major problem. "you'll start having some numbness or tingling of your fingers or toes or ears. you may get some redness of the area, and then it may turn white or might get kinda of waxy hard looking" says cindy lewin, nurse practitioner. lewin says babies, the elderly, and anyone with other health concerns are at greater risk. alcohol and dehydration also make you more suseptable. "you want to slowly wawa your extremities, so you want to put them in a warm tepid water. you don't want to put it in hot water, you don't want to use like a blow dryer or anything. then that will bring the tissue back and you'lll have less chance of having damage to the tissue" says cin

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